ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,679, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Hua Xue (Shenzhen, China).

"Pull-back or wind-up model car capable of travelling on at least two different paths" was invented by Hua Xue (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A model car has a car chassis having at least three wheels, a steerable wheel and a steering gear, a spring mechanism that stores energy used to steer the steerable wheel, and a coupling/decoupling mechanism arranged between the spring mechanism and the steering gear. The steering gear has an input gear wheel connected to the spring mechanism, an output gear wheel connected to the steerable wheel, and two interm...