Stacked components assembly toy
OwnerJerome H. Lemelsoninventor
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Abstract
An assembly toy is provided for constructing a three-dimensional composite object as defined by the successive edges of a plurality planar members stacked upon one another in a particular order. An axial structure such as a pair of rods is mounted to a base structure and passes through holes of each of the stacked members to align the holes of each such member and thereby fix its position and orientation. The toy may be provided as a puzzle with the user left to discover the particular order of stacking which results in the predetermined composite object, or each member may be labeled to indicate its stacking order.
Claims20
An assembly toy comprising:
- a plurality of planar members having opposite faces and a circumscribing edge, each member having at least one aperture passing therethrough;
- an axial structure attached to a base and extending vertically therefrom, said axial structure being shaped to pass through the apertures of said planar members as said members are stacked upon said base in face-wise abutment to align the apertures and thereby constrain the orientation of said members;
- wherein said planar members are individually shaped such that when said members are stacked upon one another;
- in a particular order and fixed in position and orientation by said axial structure, the circumscribing edges of the successive stacked members define a predetermined composite three-dimensional object;
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- further wherein two or more of said planar members have one or more notches in the circumscribing edges thereof so that said two or more planar members may be stacked and oriented to align said notches to thereby define a slot for frictionally retaining protrusions of ornamental articles to be mounted on the composite three-dimensional object.
An assembly toy comprising:
- a support including an elongated rigid member and a base supporting said rigid member in a vertical direction when said base is resting on a horizontal surface;
- a plurality of first components die-cut from sheet material, said components being assembleable in a stacked array on said support and arrangeable thereon to define an object, said object selected from a group of objects including figures, busts, and heads, and having a stepped outer surface configuration defined by the outer edges of said components;
- wherein certain of said first components have at least one select portion thereof configured to provide an indentation, a plurality of which define a cavity in the stepped outer surface of the shape defined by the stacked first components;
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- second additional components of said assembly toy shaped to assemble in said cavities defined when said die-cut first components are assembled in a stacked array defining said object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.