ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,558, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to SPIN MASTER LTD. (Toronto).

"Launching apparatus for toy vehicles" was invented by Eli Halpert (Los Angeles), David Sheltman (Los Angeles), Romina Rodriguez (Los Angeles) and Liliana Sanchez Bravo (Long Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A launching apparatus for toy vehicles is provided herein. The launching apparatus is structured for sequentially launching a plurality of the toy vehicles, and includes a holding section that supports the plurality of toy vehicles in a sequential line, where at least part of the holding section is formed as an inverted support region that is structured...