Mattel, Inc.

Eugene J Kilroy

Otto L Gabler

Wayne R Halford

William J Kelley

Marius J Morin

Ferenc Fekete

Gordon H Buck

Philip W Crain

Thomas H Grimm

Michael T McKittrick

Michael O Hirtle

Kenneth I Amamoto

Nicholas DeAnda

James E Morse

Richard Anthony Leoncavallo

A toy train set includes a toy train car operative upon a two rail trackway. The trackway includes means for reducing the toy train speed at selected places along the trackway and a track intersection having no moving parts which permits a child user to select either of two direction paths. Means are provided on the toy cars to facilitate placement upon the trackway by a younger child.

Toy railroad vehicle with alignment bias

A toy vehicle energizer and launcher (10) having a draw string energizing mechanism (30) with a drive spool (40) receiving a draw string (38) and a return spring (46). The drive spool (42) is connected to a toothed driving wheel (54) by a one-way clutch (67) which allows a vehicle (34) held in the launcher (10) to be energized by a number of pulls on the draw string (38). A retaining and release means (32) coacts with a drive wheel (56) of the toy vehicle (34) and a toothed driver (54) to allow the vehicle (34) to be held within the launcher (10) during energization, and to be released after energization by manual actuation of the retaining and release means (32).

Launching platform for inertia vehicle

A carrying case may be opened to present upper and lower scene-simulating objects including a serpentine roadway for toy vehicles which may coast down the roadway from the top of the rearwall of an upper carrying case portion to the bottom wall of a lower carrying case portion hinged to the upper carrying case portion along a diagonal line.

Playset for toy vehicles

A machine for throwing a ball with a cylindrical aperture. The machine comprises an arrangement for mounting a rod which carries the ball and which is rotatably mounted to fall from an initial vertical position to a selected angular position after a preselected period. At the selected angular position, a spring drive projects the ball through the air. In a preferred embodiment the ball, which may be of any type, is projected with a spiral motion.

Ball throwing machine

A toy for accelerating unpowered toy vehicles along a roadway, the accelerator having a base with a roadway portion formed therein, the base having opposing elongate slots on either side of the roadway portion with vehicle engaging rollers rotatably mounted within the base and extending through the slots for engaging the vehicles sides. An air pump is provided, depression of which operates turbine means coupled to drive the rollers in opposite directions.

Air turbine operated vehicle accelerator toy

A toy launcher is provided for launching airplanes, missiles or the like, the launcher being provided with a base having a drum member pivotally mounted within the base, the periphery of the drum having a bearing for receiving the axis of a joy stick handle which is pivotally mounted with respect to the drum member. A gimbal mechanism within the drum is operatively connected to the handle and to a launch arm extending out from the drum, the launch arm containing a launch mechanism for releasably receiving airplanes or the like for launching the same in response to actuation of a trigger mechanism in the handle. Manipulation of the joy stick angularly displaces the surface of the launch arm to permit pre-positioning of the intended flight path and bank angle of the projectiles to a given attitude prior to launching.

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Palos Verdes Estates, CA, United States of America

Eugene J Kilroy