Folding cardboard playhouse
OwnerHelen Sue Martin, Eddie Glen Martininventors
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Abstract
A folding playhouse for recreational use by small children. The playhouse is of a single piece of rigid cardboard held together at its ends by strips of adhesive back hook and loop fasteners to form four walls. The playhouse has an integral roof formed by the same means. The playhouse folds flat for storage by means of an accordion style fold.
Claims4
A one piece folding collapsible play house made of one continuous piece of rigid cardboard having walls comprised of four equal sides which are defined by scores which form approximate ninety degree corners when said playhouse is assembled by folding along said scores forming an approximate square;
- also, said playhouse includes an integrated roof formed by two gabled ends which are contiguous parts of opposite walls and two main roof sections which are contiguous parts of the other two opposite walls which, when said main roof sections are folded downward to form an approximate forty five degree angle rest upon the gabled ends, forming a roof with a peak and definite pitch.
The means of assembling and joining together said playhouse being adhesive backed interlocking hook and loop fastener strips which are attached by said adhesive backing to a contiguous extension, also of cardboard, along one end of said playhouse which joins with the inside surface of the opposite end of said playhouse forming an approximate square when joined;
- also, the roof sections of said playhouse are joined by the same means, extensions along the sides of the gabled ends of the roof which join to the main sections of the roof by means of the adhesive backed hook and loop fastener system to the inside of the main sections of the roof forming the predetermined pitch of the roof, with the gabled ends supporting the main roof sections.
A method of folding the one piece playhouse in which all four walls and the gable and main sections of the roof remain in their original orientation, that is, the roof sections do not fold down when the playhouse is folded for storage.
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