Patent ID: 8052503

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a wheeled toy vehicle having a motive system coupled to a chassis wherein said chassis includes a bottom surface nearest a rolling surface over which said motive system moves said chassis; and a launching system disposed in an aperture defined in said bottom surface, said launching system including an ejecting system, coupled to said chassis and to said motive system, for holding a ramp within said aperture and for dispensing said ramp between said bottom surface and said rolling surface while said motive system moves said chassis; wherein said ramp launches said chassis above said rolling surface when said motive system moves said chassis onto and over said ramp after said ramp is dispensed from said aperture; wherein said launching system includes a spring-biased ejector including a latch, said latch dispensing said ramp when said latch is released; wherein said latch is released responsive to operation of said motive system; wherein said motive system includes a cam-actuated latch with said motive system releasing said latch upon occurrence of a release event; wherein said release event includes a travel time from vehicle start.