Toy building units
AssigneeTonka Corporation
InventorsDale L. Murray, Jerry L. Dohse
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Abstract
A toy building is disclosed including a base member, a plurality of spaced posts are mounted on the base member and frictionally engaged with appropriately located projections. The support posts have channels in which projections extending from the base are gripped and also the ends of wall panels are engaged. The channels may have restricted zones which serve to engage the wall panels. A roof structure is superimposed over the posts and wall panels. The toy building may further include simulated overhead doors for the building, as well as, gas pumps, hoists and the like which are mounted on the base member.
Claims12
A toy building construction comprising:
- a base member, a plurality of spaced upstanding support posts mounted on said base member, a plurality of wall panels, each of said panels being fitted between a pair of said support posts, and a roof structure mounted above said support posts and wall panels, said base member including a plurality of pairs of upwardly extending projections, each pair of said projections being adapted to coact with one of said support posts to frictionally secure said support post to said base in a clamp-like manner, said support posts each including wall means defining at least a pair of channels extending the length of said support post, said wall means serving to frictionally engage one of said projections in the end of each of said pair of channels, said wall means further serving to entrap one end of one of said wall panels in one of said channels.
Toy building construction comprising a base member, a plurality of upstanding support posts, a plurality of wall panels interfitting between said support posts and a roof structure, said base member including a plurality of pairs of upstanding projections, each pair of said projections being adapted to coact with one of said support posts to frictionally lock said post to said base, each of said support posts including at least a pair of channels extending the length of said post, each channel of said pair serving to frictionally engage opposed surfaces of one of said projections and also serving to engage one edge of one of said wall panels, said roof structure including a plurality of pairs of downwardly extending projections to frictionally engage means at the upper ends of said support post channels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.