ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,361, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Mattel Inc. (El Segundo, Calif.).
"Toy vehicle" was invented by Omar Rene Gonzalez (Gardena, Calif.), Brendon Vetuskey (Long Beach, Calif.) and Gabriel De La Torre (Los Angeles).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A toy vehicle includes a body, a first axle, a second axle, and a third axle connected to the body, and three pairs of wheels respectively coupled to the first axle, second axle, or third axle. The toy vehicle also includes a support configured to couple to an additional toy vehicle. Tilting the body of the toy vehicle to a first side causes the first axle to rotate in a first direction and t...