US2000618A

US2000618A - Collapsible two-room doll house

Info

Publication number: US2000618A
Application number: US724657A
Authority: US
Inventors: Carl A Schultz
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1934-05-09
Filing date: 1934-05-09
Publication date: 1935-05-07
Anticipated expiration: 1952-05-07

Description

May 7, 1935. c. A. SCHULTZ COLLAPSIBLE TWO-ROOM DOLL HOUSE Filed May 9, 1934 r E %L .UW HC s L m C Patented May 7, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 3 Claims.

My invention is a collapsible two room doll house particularly adapted for easy and pleasurable assembling and dismantling by any small child. It consists simply of a plurality of folding 5 cardboard members which form three walls of each of the two rooms, a hinged container which also serves as a base for the said doll house, two cardboard floor sections so constructed as to support the walls against the sides of the bottom and the hinged cover of the saidcontainer.

The main objects of my invention are: to provide a novel two room collapsible doll house that can be compactly folded into a container; to provide means for supporting the folding walls in position; to provide a hinged container, which serves as a base for the doll house when it is opened; and to provide a doll house that can be more easily and more economically manufactured.

An illustrative embodiment of this invention is shown in the accompanying drawing wherein:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the doll house.

Fig. 2 is a partial cross section of the doll house.

Fig. 3 is a cross section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

The doll house is constructed of cardboard or other suitable material and consists of two rooms, which are without ceilings or front walls in order to provide easy access to the furnishings in the two rooms. The container comprises a bottom section I, a cover section 2, and one end piece 3, all of which are suitably bound together by two strips 4 of cloth'binding Fig. 2, which being flexible acts as a hinging means for the cover 2 of the container. Two

floor members

5 and 5a, are supported at their ends by two uprights 6, which are hinged to the

floor members

5 and 5a, by a glued cloth strip I, a spacer 8 at right angles to the uprights 6 is hinged by a glued cloth strip 9 to the floor member 5, thereby preventing the uprights from buckling under. The walls III, II, I2, spacer I3, and the walls I4, I5, and I6 are hinged together in one folding unit by glued cloth strips I! on their exterior corners Fig. l. The wall III is fitted between the side of the bottom section I, and the uprights 6 of the floor member 5, the wall II slides between the rear side of the bottom section I and the edge of the floor member 5, the walls I2 and I 4 and spacer I3 drop into the opening between the bottom section I, and the cover section 2 over the end piece 3, the wall I5 slides between the rear side of the cover section 2 and the floor piece 5a, the wall I6 fits between the side of the cover section 2 and the uprights 6 of the floor piece 541, a vertical spacer I8 is hinged to the side of wall I2 by a suitable glued cloth strip, and is wedged against the wall I 4 to take up the free space, thereby holding the walls and floor sections rigid.

In dismantling the doll house the vertical spacer I8 is released and the wall unit lifted out of the base, the wall I is folded inward against the wall'I I which in turn is folded inward against the wall I2. the wall I6 is then folded inward against the wall I5, which'folds against the wall I4, the wall I4, with its accompanying walls I5 and I 6, flattens against the wall I2 to make a compact unit; the spacer 8 is flattened against the floor member 5, and the two uprights 6 folded beneath it. The two folded floor sections are then placed in the bottom section I of the container with the folded wall unit and the cover section 2 closes over the bottom section I, making a neat compact package.

Although but one specific embodiment of this invention has been herein shown and described, it will be understood that numerous details may be altered or omitted without departing from the spirit of this invention.

I claim:

1. A collapsible doll house consisting of a plurality of hinged wall members which can be folded against each other, a box container having a hinged cover, said container when open being employed as a base for the said doll house, two floor members in said container sections, upright supporting members hinged at the ends of each of the said floor members, a spacing member hinged on said floor members, a vertical spacing member hinged on the side of one of the center walls to be wedged against the opposite center wall thereby making the entire structure rigid, substantially as described.

2. In a device of the class described, a folding wall unit comprising a plurality of wall members, a hinging means to enable the walls to be folded against each other, a spacing member hinged in series with the two center wall members, a vertical spacing member hinged on the exterior side of one of the said center walls said spacing member to be wedged against the opposite center wall member.

3. In a device of the class described a floor section comprising a floor member, an upright supporting member hinged at each end of said floor