Abstract: A toy race type game employing magnetic coupling can be constructed utilizing a non-ferromagnetic support serving to hold one or more bodies serving as game elements in such a manner that such bodies may be moved relative to the upper surface of the support. A drive means is provided for moving an actuator carrying a holder beneath such support in such a manner that the holder is moved adjacent to the lower surface of the support. Magnetic members are provided on the body and the holder for magnetically coupling the bodies to the holder so that these bodies are moved relative to the surface of the support as the drive means are actuated. The actuator used comprises an endless, flexible belt which is located beneath the support and which is held so that along part of its length it is capable of flexing so as to follow a non-uniform path as the drive means is operated. Preferably the holder consists of a rotatable disk mounted on the belt.

Abstract: A simulated baseball game can be constructed so as to utilize a simulated baseball tethered on an arm in such a manner that the ball can be rotated across a simulated baseball playing field. The arm is mounted on a pylon by a universal joint so that it can be rotated generally between the field area of the playing field and the home plate of the playing field. A spring-loaded, latch-controlled propulsion member mounted generally in the field area of the playing field is used to hit the ball so as to cause it to rotate from an at rest position in the field area of the playing field toward and across the home plate of the playing field. A simulated bat may be actuated during such movement of the ball in an effort to hit the ball toward any one of a plurality of targets located in the field area. A base hit or a home run is indicated by the ball hitting a target labeled so as to correspond to such a hit or a home run.

Abstract: A toy musical vehicle can be constructed within a simulated vehicle body so as to utilize a single motor to simultaneously drive and operate a music producing mechanism and the vehicle. The vehicle is driven by coupling the motor to wheels of the vehicle through the use of a conventional gearing arrangement. The music producing mechanism preferably includes a fan which supplies air under pressure to a wind chest coupled to the motor. This wind chest is utilized in conjunction with valve actuators and valves which control the release of air so as to create sound in a conventional manner. The valve actuators are normally biased outwardly from the wind chest by the pressure of the air within the wind chest so that followers on these actuators are in a position to be engaged by any of a plurality of cams formed so as to extend from the surface of a rotary record member. The periphery of such a record member is formed as a ring gear and mates with a spur gear driven by the motor through a drive train.

Abstract: There is disclosed herein a racing game consisting of a continuous trackway defining separate paths constructed such that the racing vehicles travel faster in one path than in the other, a switching section provided in the trackway normally diverting each vehicle from the faster path to the slower path and actuating members available to each of the players permitting the vehicles to be diverted from the slower path to the faster path, a recharging station wherein the miniature electric motors powering the vehicles are recharged as desired by the players and a counting station recording the number of times each of the player's vehicles has traversed the trackway.