Amusement devices: toys – Convertible from – or serving as diverse article – Including container or storing toy parts
Patent
1996-01-19
1997-10-07
Hafer, Robert A.
Amusement devices: toys
Convertible from, or serving as diverse article
Including container or storing toy parts
446118, 446128, 434259, 206457, 220 403, A63H 3304, A63H 3326
Patent
active
056741030
ABSTRACT:
Disclosed is a shape sorting bucket for use in combination with a set of construction toy blocks having coupling elements that make them detachably stackable onto each other. The bucket is made of three parts including a container defining an enclosure in which the construction toy blocks can be stored, a shape sorting rim extending above the container, this rim having walls provided with holes of different shape, and a lid detachably connectable onto the rim, this lid having an upper surface from which project coupling elements similar to or compatible with those of the construction toy blocks, whereby the lid can be used as a base plate for use to play with the construction toy blocks. Some of the construction blocks are sized and shaped to snugly fit into and thus be sortable through the holes in the walls of the rim, whereby the bucket can also be used as a shape sorting toy. This bucket can be personalized into a character. It is particularly attractive for young children and their parents who may use it in different ways, viz. for sorting shapes, for building up structure made of toy construction blocks, and for storage purpose.
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Bednarek Michael D.
Hafer Robert A.
Muir D. Neal
The Ritvik Group Inc.
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