Patent ID: 7628673
Filing Date: 2009-12-08
Classification: A63H

Abstract:
1. A toy vehicle play set comprising: a toy vehicle configured to perform a given operation, the toy vehicle including a body having first and second opposite sides, a plurality of wheels at least partially supporting the body including a first wheel on the first side of the body and a second wheel on the second side of the body and spaced from the first wheel, a drive mechanism drivingly coupled to one or more of the wheels for propelling the toy vehicle, and an operation-changing mechanism having an operation-changing element accessible from above the toy vehicle and vertically movable selectively to change a given operation of the toy vehicle; a track assembly including a track having a first vehicle-support surface defining a travel path; and a vehicle-operation changing assembly mounted adjacent to the track and manually operable for selectively changing the given operation of the toy vehicle while the toy vehicle is supported in an operation-changing position, the vehicle-operation changing assembly including a fixed frame and a rigid movable frame, the movable frame being movable vertically relative to the fixed frame between a first position in which a contact surface of the movable frame is spaced from the operation-changing element and a vehicle-support surface aligned with the track supports directly the wheels of the toy vehicle that are drivingly coupled to the drive mechanism while the toy vehicle is in the operation-changing position, and a second position disposed below the first position in which the contact surface engages the operation-changing element, the vehicle-support surface is spaced below the wheels of the toy vehicle leaving unsupported the wheels of the toy vehicle drivingly coupled to the drive mechanism, and the body of the vehicle between the wheels is supported on and in contact with the fixed frame.