Daniel B Gleason

US Patent:

20020108527, Aug 15, 2002

Filed:

Feb 8, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/071359

Inventors:

Robert Annis - Parkridge IL, US
Daniel Gleason - Brookfield IL, US
Trevor Hayes - Medford NJ, US
Robert Butkiewicz - Shamong NJ, US
Julian Payne - Delran NJ, US
Jeremy Robotham - Mt. Laurel NJ, US
Francis Ponton - Marlton NJ, US

International Classification:

A63G001/00

US Classification:

104/053000

Abstract:

A play set for use with unpowered (e.g. {fraction (1/64)} scale) toy vehicles having non-steerable, free rotating wheels includes a closed loop track with a conveyor that raises such unpowered toy vehicles from a lower end to an upper, elevated end and a driven, tilting roadway that randomly directs toy vehicles from the upper level to either of two track branches. At least part of each track branch can be opened to release a toy vehicle from the track. A merge track section joins together a lower level end of each of the two track branches and leads to the lower end of the conveyor. The upper end of the conveyor and the tilting roadway are simultaneously supported by a single and driven by a single motor.