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US 12,115,463 B2Granted
Stackable model
AssigneeThe Marketing Store Worldwide, LP
InventorsPeter Grinsell, Ming Tang, Mitzi De Castro, Evangelos Gicas
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Abstract
A model toy with stackable elements. The stackable elements are unitary layers which are attached to one another behind a front plate. The front plate has guide tabs to be threaded through openings in each of the unitary layers. The end of each guide tab is affixed to the last of the unitary layers.
Claims21
A model comprising:
- a plurality of layers comprising:
- a plurality of intermediate layers, comprising:
- a first intermediate layer, comprising:
- a first opening comprising a first length, and
- a second opening comprising a second length greater than the first length,
- a second intermediate layer, comprising:
- a first opening comprising the first length, and
- a second opening comprising a second length that is less than the second length of the first intermediate layer, the second length of the second intermediate layer being equal to or longer than the first length thereof,
- a front plate, comprising:
- a base plate,
- a first guide tab comprising a length substantially equal to the first length and an end portion,
- a stepped second guide tab, comprising:
- a first step, comprising a length substantially equal to the second length of the second opening of the first intermediate layer,
- a second step, comprising a length substantially equal to the second length of the second opening of the second intermediate layer,
- an end portion, and
- the first guide tab and the stepped second guide tab further comprising a depth configured to simultaneously extend through the openings of the plurality of intermediate layers;
- and
- wherein the end portion of the first guide tab and the end portion of the stepped second guide tab are configured to be bent to be substantially flat with the plurality of intermediate layers.
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A method of assembling a model comprising the steps of:
- preparing a front plate comprising the steps of:
- bending a first guide tab of the front plate to a position forming an angle from a plane of a base plate of the front plate, the first guide tab comprising a first length;
- bending a stepped second guide tab of the front plate to a position forming an angle from the plane of the front plate, the stepped second guide tab comprising a first step comprising a first length and a second step comprising a second length;
- mounting a plurality of layers on the front plate, wherein the plurality of layers comprises a first intermediate layer comprising a first opening of a first length substantially equal to the first length of the first step and a second opening of a second length substantially equal to the second length of the second step, wherein mounting a plurality of layers on the front plate comprises:
- threading the first guide tab through the first opening of the first intermediate layer;
- threading the stepped second guide tab through the second opening of the first intermediate layer;
- sliding the first intermediate layer toward the front plate along the first guide tab and stepped second guide tab;
- the plurality of layers comprising a second intermediate layer, comprising a first opening of a first length substantially equal to the first length of the first intermediate layer and a second opening of a second length substantially equal to the second length of the second step, the mounting of the plurality of layers on the front plate further comprising:
- threading the first guide tab through the first opening of the second intermediate layer,
- threading the stepped second guide tab through the second opening of the second intermediate layer, and
- sliding the first intermediate layer along the first guide tab and stepped second guide tab,
- bending an end portion of the first guide tab to be substantially flat with the second intermediate layer, and
- bending an end portion of the stepped second guide tab to be substantially flat with the second intermediate layer.
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