Patent ID: 7083111
Filing Date: 2006-08-01
Classification: A63H

Abstract:
1. A toy vehicle track having a plurality of releasably couplable track segments, each segment having a pair of opposing ends, each end comprising: a first coupling projection adjacent a first edge portion; a first coupling socket adjacent the first coupling projection; a second coupling socket adjacent a second edge portion; a second coupling projection adjacent the second coupling socket; a hooked locking tab; a locking lug; and a plurality of partially embedded conductive strips, at least one end portion of at least one of the conducting strips having a first bend such that the end portion extends beyond and wraps around an end portion of the track segment, and wherein the at least one end portion of the at least one conducting strip has a second bend to increase lateral contact pressure exerted by that conducting strip on a conducting strip of an adjoining track segment; wherein the first coupling projection, the first coupling socket, the second coupling projection, the second coupling socket, the hooked locking tab, the locking lug and the end portion of the at least one conducting strip of each end is configured to respectively engage the second coupling socket, the second coupling projection, the first coupling socket, the first coupling projection, the locking lug, the hooked locking tab and the end portion of one of the conducting strips of each of the pair of ends of each other track segment of the plurality to form a releasable locking engagement therebetween.