US2010184350A1PendingUtilityA1

Reconfigurable child's toy

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Individually held — no corporate assignee on recordPriority: Jan 21, 2009Filed: Jan 20, 2010Published: Jul 22, 2010
Est. expiryJan 21, 2029(~2.5 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Ronald B. CohenRobert J. PaganoLawrence Alan Weckstein
A47D 1/00A63H 33/008A63H 33/044A47D 3/00
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Abstract

A reconfigurable child's toy features a first configuration including a table with a top and a supporting pedestal and chairs about the table. A second configuration includes two or more of the chairs stacked on each other and the table top and supporting pedestal interlocked with the stacked chairs forming a play structure such as a tower, a rocket ship, or other round or square play structure.

Claims

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1 . A reconfigurable child's toy comprising:
 a first configuration including:
 a table with a top and a supporting pedestal, and 
 chairs about the table; and 
   a second configuration including:
 two or more of the chairs stacked on each other, and 
 the table top and supporting pedestal interlocked with the stacked chairs forming a play structure. 
   
     
     
         2 . The toy of  claim 1  in which the table top forms a base for the play structure. 
     
     
         3 . The toy of  claim 1  in which the chairs form a tower. 
     
     
         4 . The toy of  claim 3  in which the supporting pedestal forms a tower balcony. 
     
     
         5 . The toy of  claim 4  in which one portion of the pedestal includes castellations for the balcony. 
     
     
         6 . The toy of  claim 3  further including pieces used in the second configuration not used in the first configuration. 
     
     
         7 . The toy of  claim 6  in which said pieces include a flag and a tower top portion. 
     
     
         8 . The toy of  claim 1  in which each chair includes a base, a seat on the base, and a backrest upstanding from the seat. 
     
     
         9 . The toy of  claim 8  in which the base, the seat, and the backrest are configured such that when one chair is placed upside down on another chair, the result is a structure. 
     
     
         10 . The toy of  claim 8  in which each seat includes spaced detents and the backrest includes spaced ball members for stacking the chairs. 
     
     
         11 . The toy of  claim 8  in which at least one seat base includes, on a bottom surface thereof, spaced ball members and at least one seat base includes, on a bottom surface thereof, spaced detents. 
     
     
         12 . The toy of  claim 11  in which the table top includes, on one surface thereof, spaced ball members receivable in the spaced detents in the bottom surface of the at least one seat base. 
     
     
         13 . The toy of  claim 1  in which the supporting pedestal includes a base portion and a column supported on the base portion. 
     
     
         14 . The toy of  claim 13  in which the base portion includes castellations. 
     
     
         15 . The toy of  claim 13  in which the base portion includes a cavity receiving the column partially therein. 
     
     
         16 . The toy of  claim 15  in which the cavity includes spaced ball members and the column member includes spaced detents in a bottom surface thereof. 
     
     
         17 . The toy of  claim 16  in which the table top includes on an underside thereof a threaded cavity and the column includes a threaded top portion releasably received in the threaded cavity of the table top. 
     
     
         18 . The toy of  claim 17  in which the supporting pedestal base portion includes a threaded cavity in a surface thereof and the column includes a threaded bottom portion releasably received in the threaded cavity of the supporting pedestal base portion. 
     
     
         19 . The toy of  claim 1  in which the chairs, the table top, and the supporting pedestal includes means for interlocking them together in the play structure configuration. 
     
     
         20 . The toy of  claim 19  in which said means for interlocking includes balls on and corresponding detents in surfaces of the chairs, the table top, and the supporting pedestal. 
     
     
         21 . The toy of  claim 1  in which the table top and supporting pedestal include means for interlocking them together in the first configuration. 
     
     
         22 . The toy of  claim 21  in which the supporting pedestal includes a column with threaded ends and a base including a threaded cavity receiving a threaded end of the column and the table top includes a threaded cavity receiving therein an opposite threaded end of the column. 
     
     
         23 . The toy of  claim 1  in which the chairs form a rocket body in the second configuration. 
     
     
         24 . The toy of  claim 23  in which the pedestal forms a nose piece for the rocket body. 
     
     
         25 . The toy of  claim 23  further including legs for the table forming legs for the rocket body in the second configuration. 
     
     
         26 . The toy of  claim 23  further including pieces used in the second configuration not used in the first configuration. 
     
     
         27 . The toy of  claim 26  in which said pieces include a needle for the rocket and wings for the rocket. 
     
     
         28 . A reconfigurable child's toy comprising:
 chairs each including a base portion, a seat on the base portion, and a backrest upstanding from the seat; and   means for interlocking the chairs together when stacked to form a play structure including at least one chair stacked upside down on another chair.   
     
     
         29 . The toy of  claim 28  in which the means for interlocking include spaced detents in the seat portion of each chair and spaced ball members on the backrest of each chair. 
     
     
         30 . The toy of  claim 28  in which each chair includes a portion of a picture completed when the chairs are stacked to form the play structure. 
     
     
         31 . The toy of  claim 28  in which the base portions of the chairs are square and the backrests include a half-square outer surface forming a box shaped play structure. 
     
     
         32 . The toy of  claim 28  in which the base portions of the chairs are round and the backrests include a half-circle outer surface forming a round play structure. 
     
     
         33 . The toy of  claim 28  further including a table. 
     
     
         34 . The toy of  claim 33  in which the table is configured to be stacked with the chairs to form the play structure. 
     
     
         35 . The toy of  claim 34  further including means for interlocking the table with the stacked chairs. 
     
     
         36 . The toy of  claim 35  in which the means for interlocking includes balls on a surface of the table and detents in the base portion of a chair. 
     
     
         37 . The toy of  claim 33  in which the table includes a table top, a column supporting the table top, and a base portion supporting the column. 
     
     
         38 . The toy of  claim 37  in which the base portion includes castellations. 
     
     
         39 . The toy of  claim 37  further including means for interlocking the column with both the top and the base portion. 
     
     
         40 . The toy of  claim 39  in which the column has threaded ends, the base includes a threaded cavity receiving a threaded end of the column and the table top includes a threaded cavity receiving therein an opposite threaded end of the column. 
     
     
         41 . The toy of  claim 33  in which the table includes legs and a supporting pedestal. 
     
     
         42 . The toy of  claim 33  in which the table includes a block member stackable with the chairs.

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