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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
May. 29, 2015
Mattel, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Stacy L. O'Connor, Long Beach, CA (US);
Gustavo Ferreyra, El Segundo, CA (US);
Mattel, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a launcher for a toy vehicle having a biased carriage that holds a toy vehicle as a drive wheel on the toy vehicle is being energized, and that propels the energized toy vehicle forward and onto a toy racetrack when the biased carriage is released. A launcher housing includes a carriage capture and release assembly that remains in an armed, ready position until a toy vehicle is positioned on the carriage, a pull cord is inserted through the launcher housing and into engagement with the drive wheel on the toy vehicle, and the pull cord is thereafter withdrawn from the toy vehicle and the housing. After the pull cord is fully withdrawn, the carriage capture and release assembly releases the carriage, allowing a biasing member to propel the carriage forward so as to launch the energized toy vehicle. The launcher may be combined with a toy racetrack having various stunt features through which a toy vehicle may travel after its launch.