Dual-purpose food container/building block element

Details Dual-purpose food container/building block element Dual-purpose food container/building block element

1992-10-26

1994-05-10

Pollard, Steven M.

Receptacles

Horizontally attached receptacle sets

Detachable

206509, B65D 8100

Patent

active

053100719

ABSTRACT:
A dual-purpose sealable food container / building block element comprising an upper portion and a bottom portion, the upper portion being open, characterized in that at least one of the upper portion and the bottom portion is provided with at least one connecting member, such that a plurality of the container/elements are connectable to one another by engaging the connecting members and sliding toward each other along the connecting members, for use of the container/elements as a toy after completing original use as a food container. By assembling a plurality of food containers in the play mode, three-dimensional structures may be created. In order to enable such large constructions to be firm and steady, the connecting members are of the slide type, engageable by insertion of rails at the open ends of sockets and sliding longitudinally into each other, perpendicular to the forces acting on assembled building blocks. This type of connection does not depend on friction as the main holding force, and is not easily separated.

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