Amusement devices: toys – Building – tower – bridge or habitation – Folding or collapsible
Reexamination Certificate
2000-01-21
2001-09-04
Ricci, John A. (Department: 3712)
Amusement devices: toys
Building, tower, bridge or habitation
Folding or collapsible
Reexamination Certificate
active
06283819
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to toys, and more particularly to a toy doll house for housing, transporting and playing with figurines.
Toy playhouses for housing dolls and figurines, which provide space in which children can play with the dolls and figurines within the confines of the doll house are known. Various configurations have been selected for doll houses in the past, including hinged and multiple storied doll houses, having various levels of rooms, doorways, passageways, staircases, decks, etc. Some of these hinged doll houses have been collapsible with a handle thereon for transporting the doll house.
The themes or designs for doll houses have encompassed almost every imaginable overall appearance such as spaceships, vegetables, and medieval castles however, no doll house themes were integrally related to and implemented by storage and reposing structures for accommodating likewise thematic figurines in a manner in accordance with and befitting the overall theme of the doll house.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In accordance with the present invention, an improved thematic doll house is provided for storing and playing with thematically integrated dolls and doll accessories.
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide an improved doll house that constitutes a pair of mating, mushroom-shaped compartments which are hinged together to form a free standing compartmentalized enclosure, that when opened allows access to the interior surfaces of the compartments.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide an improved doll house in the shape of a mushroom with concave enclosed areas, molded into the head of the mushroom so as to house dolls that are visible and accessible through openable transparent bubble-like doors.
It is another object of the present invention to provide an improved mushroom-shaped doll house with internal drawers to allow storage of doll related accessories.
It is still a further object of the present invention to provide an improved mushroom-shaped doll house formed from two interior hollowed-out shell halves each having a scalloped seating arrangement formed in semi-circular fashion around the bottom of the mushroom head shaped section of the doll house such that a circular, scalloped seating arrangement for dolls is formed when the doll house halves are closed.
It is yet another object of the present invention to provide an improved mushroom-shaped doll house formed from two interior hollowed-out shell halves each having a scalloped seating arrangement formed in semi-circular fashion around the base of the mushroom stem shaped section of the doll house such that a circular, scalloped seating arrangement for dolls is formed when the doll house halves are closed.
An intention of the present invention is to provide an improved mushroom-shaped doll house with drawstring-type curtains employed to cover sections of the doll house compartments when the doll house is an open position.
A further intention of the present invention is to provide an improved mushroom-shaped doll house with mystical looking clear plastic windows molded in the stem section of the mushroom-shaped doll house, to allow peering into the doll house when the doll house is in a closed position, or from the backside of the doll house when the doll house is in an open position.
In accordance with still another aspect of the invention, a removable table is provided that is capable of being affixed to the base of one of the halves of the mushroom-shaped playhouse in a location central to a lower scalloped seating area.
Accordingly, it is another object of the invention to provide a thematic mushroom-shaped doll house for storing and allowing the reposing of dolls in a manner consistent with the theme of the housing structure including providing novel “sleeping arrangements” for Faerie-type dolls about the periphery and surface of the head of the mushroom-type doll house.
The subject matter of the present invention is particularly pointed out and distinctly claimed in the concluding portion of this specification. However, both the organization and method of operation, together with further advantages and objects thereof, may best be understood by reference to the following description taken in connection with accompanying drawings wherein like reference characters refer to like elements.
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Polinger Jessica
Polinger Kimmie
Dellett and Walters
Ricci John A.
Russell Howard
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