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Mattel was granted a patent for a toy track assembly.

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What happened

In October 2026 Mattel patented a toy-car track design for playrooms and racing sets that helps vehicles stay on course and recover when wheels leave the rail.

Source

patents.google.comOct 27, 2026

US patent US12773642

Toy track assembly

Abstract

A track of a toy track assembly includes a wheel channel configured to receive a wheel of a toy vehicle and a rail configured to encourage the wheel of the toy vehicle to remain within the wheel channel. The track includes rerailing features to maintain proper travel of a toy vehicle along the toy track assembly. The rerailing features include an outer groove extending from an exterior surface of the rail toward the wheel channel to guide the wheel from the exterior surface of the rail into the wheel channel. Additionally or alternatively, the rerailing features include a deflector with a surface configured to guide the wheel of the toy vehicle from an interior side of the wheel channel into the wheel channel.

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Signal
Patent grant

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Grant date
Oct 27, 2026
Inventors
4
Patent number
US12773642
Assignee
MATTEL, INC.

The full record

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People

  • Matthew Licea PoloInventor
  • Benjamin Donaldson ReadingInventor
  • Binh Tieu PhunInventor
  • Jorge Alejandro Lugo GutierrezInventor
  • Tyler KenneyInventor
  • Christopher R. ColangeloInventor

Details

Primary CPC class
A63H 18/02
USPTO assignee
MATTEL, INC.
What the invention does
A track with a wheel channel, guiding rail, and grooves that steer a toy vehicle’s wheels back into position during play.

Topics and mentions

Tags

  • Intellectual Property
  • Research & Development
  • Consumer Technology
  • Product Development

Technologies named

  • toy vehicle tracks
  • wheel guidance
  • mechanical rerailing

Extraction

Detected
Oct 29, 2026
signal_type
patents-company
signal_subtype
patentGrant

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