ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,460, issued on July 29.
"Toy car" was invented by Hongjun Zhang (Shenzhen, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A toy car includes a body, an ejection mechanism, a collision mechanism, a first wheel assembly, and a driving mechanism. The body includes a placement position. The ejection mechanism may exert a force on the target object placed at the placement position to eject the target object from the placement position. The collision mechanism may exert a force on the ejection mechanism when triggered by an external force, causing the ejection mechanism to switch from the locked state to the unlocked state. The first wheel assembly ...