Patent ID: 7651398

Claim:
A toy raceway, comprising: a plurality of hingedly coupled multi-lane track segments configured to foldably transition between a first configuration and a second configuration, where in the first configuration the plurality of hingedly coupled multi-lane track segments are aligned to provide a multilane toy raceway having a first end and a second end, and in the second configuration the plurality of hingedly coupled multi-lane track segments produce a stack of folded track segments; a starting apparatus disposed proximate the first end of the toy raceway; and a finish line apparatus disposed proximate the second end of the toy raceway, wherein the finish line apparatus is configured to provide a nontransient indication of which of a plurality of racing elements first reached the finish line apparatus, wherein the nontransient indication of which of the plurality of racing elements first reached the finish line apparatus continues to exist after two or more of the plurality of racing elements have reached the finish line apparatus, and wherein: the finish line apparatus comprises a plurality of contact members and a finishing order indicating region; each contact member is adapted to move between first and second positions; in the first position each contact member at least partially obstructs a corresponding one of the lanes of the multilane toy raceway; each of the plurality of contact members is configured to move from the first position toward the second position in response to a corresponding one of the plurality of racing elements contacting the contact member while traveling in the corresponding one of the lanes; and in the second position at least a portion of the contact member is disposed in the finishing order indicating region, with the respective ones of the portions of the plurality of contact members stacked in the finishing order indicating region in an order corresponding to the order in which the plurality of racing elements contacted the respective contact members.