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Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012

Filed:

Apr. 23, 2010
Applicant:

Julian R. Payne, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Inventor:

Julian R. Payne, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Assignee:

Mattel, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63H 33/00 (2006.01); A63H 18/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A toy vehicle playset is disclosed herein the playset having: a vessel configured to define a receiving area; an object being located proximate to the vessel, the object having a pair of body portions configured for movement between a first position wherein the pair of body portions are next to each other and a second position wherein the pair of body portions are moved away from each other; first and second track segments disposed proximate to the vessel such that a gap is formed between the first and second track segments and across the vessel; a trigger disposed on the second track segment; a toy vehicle having a thermochromic paint thereon that is configured to travel along the first and second track segments, wherein the thermochromic paint on the toy vehicle changes from a first color to a second color in response to a temperature change of the thermochromic paint; wherein the pair of body portions are moved from the first position to the second position when the toy vehicle travels along the second track segment and actuates the trigger; and wherein the object has at least one spray nozzle fluidly coupled to a tank of fluid wherein a user operated pump sprays fluid from the tank towards the receiving area, the fluid being capable of changing the temperature of the thermochromic paint.


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