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Combination storage container and play table for interlocking building blocks

  • US 5,218,912 A
  • Filed: 02/07/1992
  • Issued: 06/15/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/07/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A portable playing surface and storage container apparatus for interlocking building blocks comprising:

  • a frame having a surface on one side thereof adapted for playing with interlocking building blocks thereon;

    a compartment formed of inside, outside, and bottom walls, and pivotally mounted to said frame for receiving the interlocking building blocks therein when not being played with for pivoting to a first, closed position in which the inside wall of said compartment is adjacent the side of said frame opposite the playing surface for transporting the apparatus and a second, open position wherein said compartment forms a substantially vertical leg for supporting said frame to form a table having the playing surface at a level above the surface on which the bottom wall of said compartment rests to facilitate playing with the building blocks on the playing surface of the frame;

    a lid mounted to the outside wall of said compartment and, when said compartment is in said second, open position, pivotable between a first position closing said compartment and forming the top thereof, the top being substantially co-planar with the playing surface of said frame, and a second, open position allowing access to the inside of said compartment; and

    means for latching said compartment in said first, closed position.

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