Patent ID: 8747181

Claim:
A toy vehicle play set comprising: a toy vehicle configured to perform a given operation, the toy vehicle comprising a chassis having first and second opposite sides, a plurality of wheels including a first wheel on the first side of said chassis and a second wheel on the second side of said chassis and spaced apart from the first wheel, a drive mechanism drivingly coupled to one or more of the wheels for propelling the toy vehicle, and a magnet enclosed within said chassis between said first wheel and said second wheel, said magnet having a magnetic force configured to respond to other magnetic elements; a track assembly including a track having a surface defining a travel path and having multiple covered magnetic elements configured to attract or repel said toy vehicle along said travel path, said track further comprising: a forked track section having an entrance section; a first travel path; a second alternate travel path; said multiple covered magnetic elements positioned between said first travel path and said second alternate travel path and configured to attract or repel said toy vehicle towards one of either said first travel path or said second alternate travel path; and stabilizing projections positioned between said first travel path and said second travel path, said magnetic elements and said stabilizing projections positioned in an alternating pattern.