Tabletop totem
OwnerLarry McNenyinventor
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Abstract
A totem display. The totem display includes a base figurine having a flat base platform and a second figurine. Additionally, the totem display includes a latching mechanism for detaching and attaching the second figurine to a top portion of the base figurine. The base figurine and second figurine are aligned vertically when the second figurine is attached to the base figurine. The totem display may also attach additional figurines in a vertical alignment on top of the second figurine. The figurines may be any character, such as sporting figurines, political or religious leaders, actors/actresses, film characters, musical celebrities, composers, cartoon or action figurines.
Claims15
A totem display, the display comprising:
- a base figurine having a flat base platform;
- a second figurine;
- a latching mechanism for detaching and attaching the second figurine to a top portion of the base figurine;
- wherein the latching mechanism comprises a male platform including an extension having a plurality of latching arms, and a receiving platform including a recess area having open and covered portions configured to receive the extension and to retain the latching arms beneath the covered portions upon twisting engagement to form a conjoined platform;
- wherein the male platform and the receiving platform have substantially the same outer peripheral shape and dimensions and are affixed to facing surfaces of the base figurine and the second figurine such that the conjoined platform appears as a single continuous platform;
- wherein the base figurine and second figurine are aligned vertically when the second figurine is attached to the base figurine via the latching mechanism and wherein the conjoined platform provides a semi-permanent attachment of the second figurine to the base figurine.
A totem display, the display comprising:
- a base figurine having a flat base platform;
- a second figurine;
- a latching mechanism for detaching and attaching the second figurine to a top portion of the base figurine;
- wherein the latching mechanism comprises a male platform including an extension having a plurality of radially projecting latching arms, each latching arm defining a circumferential span, and a receiving platform including a recess area having open entry regions and covered retention regions;
- wherein the latching arms are insertable exclusively through the open entry regions in an axial direction, and engagement is completed only by rotational displacement of the second figurine which translates each latching arm from the open entry region into a covered retention region positioned above the latching arm;
- wherein the covered retention regions physically block axial withdrawal of the latching arms absent reverse rotation, thereby forming a torsion-locked conjoined platform providing a semi-permanent attachment of the second figurine to the base figurine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.