Mattel, Inc.

James E Morse

Philip W Crain

Thomas H Grimm

Eugene J Kilroy

Michael O Hirtle

Nicholas DeAnda

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 (12) including a tractor (14) and a semi-trailer (16) is steered by a steering wheel (84) rotatably mounted to the semi-trailer (16) and linked to the rear end of the tractor (14) laterally of its 5th wheel pivot (52) by a rod (88) which swings the tractor (14) about the pivot (52) when the steering wheel (84) is rotated.

Steering mechanism for toy vehicles

A toy airplane launcher having a launch platform adapted for supporting two toy airplanes, each of the airplanes having a rubber band engaging portion and a depending projection for abutting against an airplane engaging post positioned adjacent the surface of the launcher. A single trigger is provided for displacing the post relative to the platform for disengaging the airplane to permit it to be launched under the force of the rubber band. The platform, post, and trigger are so constructed to permit the sequential launching of the airplanes upon slow movement of the trigger and to provide virtually simultaneous launching upon rapid actuation of the trigger. In a first embodiment the airplanes are positioned along generally parallel runways with the airplane engaging posts for each airplane being offset from one another, the posts disengaging from the airplane as they move along a line perpendicular to the plane of the platform. In a second embodiment the airplanes are mounted in tandem on the platform and a launch platform is provided with ramp means adjacent the airplane projection, the lead ramp being closer than the rear ramp so that as the posts are moved in a direction parallel to the plane of the platform the depending projections on the plane are lifted from the post with the lead ramp disengaging its post first.

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Lawndale, CA, United States of America

James E Morse