US1567849A

US1567849A - Collapsible toy building

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Publication number: US1567849A
Application number: US5967A
Authority: US
Inventors: Emil S Kliner
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1925-01-31
Filing date: 1925-01-31
Publication date: 1925-12-29
Anticipated expiration: 1942-12-29

Description

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UNITED STATES EMIL S. KLINER, OF BURLINGTON, IOWA.

COLLAPSIBLE TOY BUILDING.

Application filed January To all 107mm it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMIL S. KLINER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Burlington, in the county of Des Moines and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collapsible Toy Buildings, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to collapsible toy buildings. An object is to provide a sheet metal construction such that the parts of buildings may be packed in compact form in a base member when not in use and may be readily assembled whenever desired in such manner that the various parts will be locked together when the building is assembled. Another object is to provide a convenient form of window frame construction. Another object is to provide a toy building which will afford amusement for children and at the same time will be instructive.

The full objects and advantages of my invention will appear in connection with the detailed description thereof and the novel features embodied in my inventive idea will be particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings which illustrate an embodiment of my invention, Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a toy building. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the base in the reverse position in which it is placed for packing purposes. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the building in assembled condition. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the inside window frame before folding the outer margin. 5 is a plan view of the inside window frame after folding the outer margin. Fig. 6 is a plan view of the outside window frame before folding the inner margin. Fig. 7 is a plan view of the outside window frame after folding the inner margin. Fig. 8 is a sectional view showing the two window frames attached together and holding a piece of glass or other transparent material in place. Fig. 9 is a fragmentary view in horizontal section showing the corner construction of the building. Fig. 10 is a fragmentary view in horizontal section showing the manner of holding partitions. Fig. 11 is a fragmentary View in vertical section showing the manner of supporting the outside walls. Fig. 12 is a fragmentary View in vertical section showing the manner of lapping two roof sections together.

Referring to the construction shown in 31, 1925. Serial No. 5,967.

the drawings, thenumeral l4 designates a hollow sheet metal base member having a closed top 16 and an open bottom, three sides of the latter being surrounded by horizontal flanges 18 formed by turning inwardly the material of the sides. Adapted for co-operation with the flanges 18 is a slide cover 20 having compound marginal flanges 22 which slidably engage the flanges 18 of the base so that the latter may be used as a box in which to store the various parts of the building. The top member 16 is provided with a groove 24 extending all the way around somewhat inside of the margin. This groove serves to receive the lower ends of the out side walls 26 of the building as best shown in Fig. 11. The manner of securing together the corners of the outside walls is best shown in Fig. 9 in which it will be seen that the vertical edges of the. walls 26 are provided with outwardly and backwardly bent flanges 28. A11 outside corner locking strio 30 is provided which is bent at right angles and its edges are provided with backwardly turned flanges 32. An inside corner looking strip 34 is provided whose side portions are bent so as to form -degree angles with the body portion and are then bent backwardly to provide flanges 36. The

flanges

28, 32 and 36 are telescoped together so that the outside Walls will be firmly held together. Partition members 38 are provided whose vertical edges are bent at right angles to form flanges 40. As best shown in Fig. 10, vertical strips 42 are secured as by riveting to the outside walls or to partition walls and these strips have

flanges

44 and 46 formed by bending backwardly the margins thereof so that the adjacent ends of the flanges are spaced apart sufficiently to form a gap for receiving the partitions 38. The flange 40 of the partition telescopes with one of the flanges such as 44 and the other flange 46 prevents the partition from working out. In order to provide windows, an inside window frame 48 is provided the corners of which are mitered and the outer margins 49 are bent backwardly on lines 50 to produce inturned flanges 52. An outside window frame 54 is provided, the inner margins 55 of which are provided with miter cuts and bent backwardly on lines 56 to produce outwardly directed flan es 58. It will now be apparent that suitable openings formed in the walls may be readily furnished with windows by placing the inside frames 48 and the outside frames 54 upon the margins of said openings, bending the flanges 58 through the openings over the frames 48, placing a p ece of glass or other transparent material 60 upon the frames 48 and bending back the flanges 52 over the margins of the glass. The building may be constructed in any suitable shape and may be provided with any desired number and arrangement of partitions so that any desired type of building may be represented. A suitable roof may be provided from two pieces of

sheet metal

62 and 64, whose adjacent edges are overlapped and secured together to form the ridge 66 to which a chimney 68 may be attached.

I claim 1. A collapsible toy building comprising a hollow base of sheet material having a marginal groove extending around one surface thereof, wall members whose lower ends are adapted to be received in said groove and a sliding cover for the side of said base opposite said grooved surface whereby a receptacle is provided for receiving the wall meml'iers of the building.

2. A collapsible toy building comprising a hollow base of sheet material having a marginal groove extending around one surface thereof, wall members whose lower ends are adapted to be received in said groove, the vertical edges of said wall members being bent backwardly to form flanges, inner locking strips whose vertical edges are bent baekwardly to form flanges, and outer looking strips whose vertical edges are bent backwardly to form flanges, all of said flanges being adapted to fit together telescopically for locking the corners of said wall members together.

3. A toy building comprising wall members having window openings therein, inner frame members, outer frame members, flanges on both of said frame members, and a sheet of transparent material for said frame members, said flanges interfitting to hold said transparent sheet between said frame members and to hold said frame members in place in said window openings.

4:. A toy building comprising wall members having window openings therein, inner frame members having their outer margins bent inwardly to form flanges, outer frame members having their inner margins bent outwardly to form flanges, said last mentioned flanges holding said outer frame members in said window openings and holding said inner frame members in place, and a sheet of transparent material placed upon said last-mentioned flanges, said first mentioned flanges holding said transparent sheet in place.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature.

EMIL S. 'KLINER.