Motorless toy vehicle and propelling track.

摘要

The toy vehicle (60) includes a gear housing (68) having a drive system, the drive system (74) including a drive gear (78) and a ratchet means (80, 82) for controlling the direction of rotation of the gear drive. The track (10) is adapted to receive and laterally direct the toy vehicle as it passes there along and includes a rack (16) coextensive with the track having upwardly disposed teeth (20)there along which operably engage with the drive gear. A rack drive (30) reciprocates the rack back and forth in the track interacting with the ratcheted drive gear to propel the toy vehicle in the direction determined by the position of the ratchet means. Hill and switch tracks are also provided.