Fold open play set with slotted base
AssigneeHornby Hobbies Limited
InventorRobert B. Montgomery
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Abstract
A play system for enabling a construction to be built has a base plate, the base plate having a plurality of slots in the main surfaces thereof. A container for a toy or game, in the form of a box having two parts hinged together, can be mounted on the base plate. At least one of the parts of the box has a main wall with an edge portion which can be located in one of the slots in the base plate, whereby said container can form one or more walls for the construction.
Claims20
A container for storing toy or game elements, the container having a pair of adjacent hinged halves each half comprising a main wall having outer marginal edge portions and upstanding flange portions spaced inwardly of said edge portions;
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- a spine wall, said main walls being connected by said spine wall, and said spine wall being shorter than the main walls of the container and having edge portions terminating with said flange portions said container being adapted to be used as a construction element in an upstanding manner upon a slotted surface of a base plate, wherein said marginal edge portions engage at least one of said slots so that said spine wall may abut the surface.
A container for housing one or more play elements and being adapted to be used as a construction element upon a slotted surface of a base plate, the container comprising a pair of adjacent hinged halves each half including a main wall having outer marginal edge portions and upstanding flange portions spaced inwardly of said edge portions;
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- a spine wall, said main wall of each half being connected by said spine wall, and said spine wall being shorter than the main walls and having edge portions terminating with said flange portions so that, in use, said marginal edge portions engage at least one of said slots and said spine wall abuts the surface.
A play system comprising:
- a base plate, the base plate having a plurality of slots in at least one main surface thereof;
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- at least one container for a toy or game forming a construction having at least one upstanding wall portion when erected on said base plate comprising a box having a plurality of hinged together parts, at least one of the parts having a main wall portion, the main wall portion having an edge portion for selectively engaging one or more of the slots in said base plate to form the construction, the parts of the container including at least two adjacent hinged halves having outer marginal edges, each of said halves including side flanges set back in spaced relation from the marginal edges, when the box is closed, the flanges together forming side walls of the container, and the main walls lying opposite one another in confronting relationship when the container is closed;
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- said slots in said base plate have a width which is a multiple of the main walls for receiving at least one thickness of the container main walls.
A play system comprising:
- a base plate, the base plate having a plurality of slots in at least one main surface thereof;
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- at least one container for a toy or game forming a construction having at least one upstanding wall portion when erected on said base plate, the container comprising a box having a plurality of hinged together parts, at least one of the parts having a main wall portion, the main wall portion having an edge portion for selectively engaging one or more of the slots in said base plate to form the construction built on said base plate from said container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.