Patent ID: 7549612

Claim:
A track for a toy vehicle, comprising: a base; a guide groove formed in the base, the guide groove being configured to receive a guide follower of a toy vehicle, wherein the guide groove includes at least one fork with first and second branches such that a toy vehicle guided by the guide groove could follow two different paths; a switch arm that is pivotally mounted on the base at the fork in the guide groove, wherein the switch arm is moveable between a first position at which it will guide a toy vehicle along the first branch of the fork and a second position at which it will guide a toy vehicle along the second branch of the fork, wherein the switch arm includes: an elongated base with a pivot hole at a first end, and a cam profile on a second opposite end that can slidingly engage a retractable switch member of a toy vehicle traveling along the guide groove to cause the switch arm to move from the first position to the second position; and a guide surface that protrudes upward from the base, wherein the guide surface extends from a position adjacent the pivot hole along less than the total length of the base; and a biasing member mounted on the base that biases the switch arm into the first position.