The present disclosure relates to packaging boxes for toy cars. The packaging box of the present disclosure serves a dual purpose, firstly for packaging the toy car and secondly, the packaging box serves as an accessory for the toy car. The packaging box comprises a container element and a lid element, each comprising at least one upright longitudinal sidewall and at least one lateral foldable sidewall, wherein the longitudinal sidewall and the foldable sidewall of the container element and the lid element engage with each other defining a track, which can be employed for displacing the toy car thereon.

A toy vehicle launcher translates a substantially vertical activation movement into a substantially lateral movement that launches a toy vehicle. The end of a lever arm used in the activation engages a vertical channel in a toy vehicle engagement mechanism. The vertical channel allows the end of the lever arm to move vertically within the channel with respect to the toy vehicle engagement mechanism as the lever arm rotates and the toy vehicle engagement mechanism moves laterally. The toy vehicle engagement mechanism engages a guide track in a base of the launcher. The guide track defines a lateral path that the toy vehicle engagement mechanism travels when moving between a loading configuration and a launching configuration. Thus, vertical movement from the activation is reduced in the transfer to the lateral toy vehicle launch.

According to embodiments of the disclosed technology, systems and methods are provided for a mobile gateway I.T. system that is configured to receive a message from a source for transmission to a destination and multiple varying communication channels on which to transmit the message to the destination. The system may use a logic control library that is tightly coupled to the mobile gateway and the communication channels. The logic control library may be configured to select a first communication channel from the communication channels to route the message for transmission to the destination. The logic control library may be further configured to select a second communication channel from the communication channels to route the message for transmission to the destination in response to a period of time expiring without receiving a confirmation protocol from the destination via the first communication channel.

A toy vehicle launcher comprising a housing, a guide track connected to the housing, and a slidable member movably engaged with the guide track. The housing includes a lever mechanism, wherein actuation of the lever mechanism causes the slidable member to move along the length of the guide track in a forward direction. A plurality of projections are pivotally mounted to the slidable member and protrude upwardly from the guide track. The plurality of projections are configured to allow a toy vehicle to pass over the one or more projections only when the toy vehicle travels along the guide track in the forward direction.

A toy vehicle booster includes a launcher that can be actuated via repeated user actuations of an actuator. The force of each actuation is mechanically transferred to a booster assembly to cause rotation of the booster assembly and repeated actuations of the actuator continuously increase the rotational speed of the booster assembly. The toy vehicle booster also includes a feedback portion configured to provide feedback based on a rotational speed of the booster assembly and/or a speed at which the booster assembly will boost a toy vehicle. In at least some instances, the feedback is based on the detected rotational speed of booster wheels. The detected rotational speed may also be transmitted to an electronic device to provide additional feedback at the electronic device.

Four embodiments or variations of launcher apparatus storing either one toy car, two toy cars, eight toy cars or ten toy cars are disclosed. As a safety feature a flex member is used to block toys or other objects that are not properly configured to deflect the flex member. If the flex member is not deflected and the object inserted will not push an ejector rearward from a relaxed position to a cocked position. When a proper toy is inserted, the ejector moves rearward and stretches a spring that supplies launch energy to the ejector and the toy. The flex member is also designed to allow the ejector to deflect the flex member when the ejector is snapped back from the cocked position to the relaxed position. A safety lock is mounted to the housing for preventing operation of the trigger mechanism when the launcher apparatus is not disposed on a surface.

A computer-controlled toy vehicle that provides two distinct modes of play: 1) a roll-around play mode where a child pushes the vehicle around which causes the wheels to slowly rotate and may receive audio/visual feedback related to manual the manipulation of the vehicle in a mode/operation appropriate for the roll-around play mode, and 2) a race play mode where the child pushes the vehicle quickly/vigorously (an increased velocity and/or acceleration) causing the wheels to roll or accelerate more quickly/vigorously. An ON/OFF or grip detector may gate determination of sequencing state and output results.

The present disclosure relates to packaging boxes for toy cars. The packaging box of the present disclosure serves a dual purpose, firstly for packaging the toy car and secondly, the packaging box serves as an accessory for the toy car. The packaging box comprises a container element and a lid element, each comprising at least one upright longitudinal sidewall and at least one lateral foldable sidewall, wherein the longitudinal sidewall and the foldable sidewall of the container element and the lid element engage with each other defining a track, which can be employed for displacing the toy car thereon.

The present disclosure discloses a transformable toy. The present disclosure provides a transformable toy, in which, when an arbitrary transformation inducing unit comes into contact with a body of the toy, the transformation inducing unit and the body are transformed together.

A reconfigurable toy vehicle launcher includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion includes at least a portion of a launching mechanism. The second portion includes a compartment configured to receive a set of launchable toy vehicles and is reconfigurable with respect to the first portion. In particular, the second portion is reconfigurable between a first position in which the launching mechanism can sequentially launch the set of launchable toy vehicles away from the toy and a second position in which the first portion and the second portion provide a toy or a storage solution.