Little remodeler playhouse

Abstract

A playhouse kit which includes a building constructed of melamine, white board or a wood or plastic product that when completely finished leaves a paintable outside surface and a clean, slick, nonporous inside surface. The kit also includes two cans of water color paint, a paintbrush, paint roller and paint tray, allowing the child to paint the playhouse. It comes with plain paper with no design, stamps, and stamp pad(s) so that the child can make their own wallpaper which has an adhesive already sprayed on one side, giving the wallpaper the ability to be applied, taken down and reapplied repeatedly. The kit also comes with elongated plastic pieces made to resemble brick and elongated plastic pieces made to resemble cedar wood panels to be added to the front of the playhouse. Plastic materials with a shake roof appearance, being rough, uneven and wooden in appearance are also included to be added to the plastic roof. Plastic, stone look squares are included to be added to the plastic floor completing the remodeling of the playhouse.

Description

BACKGROUND OF INVENTION [0001] Many other playhouses have been designed and patented in the past, allowing the child to play and exercise a degree of imagination. There have been houses that allow the child to play house, school and a variety of other things. There are playhouses with telephones, ovens, sinks, and various other items. Some, such as Chase (U.S. Pat. No. 4,883,443, date of patent Nov. 28, 1989) have pivotable panels defining the floors and walls which may be adorned with appropriate indica on the surfaces to represent different structures, but they do not come with additional materials to alter the appearance of said panels and do not allow for the altering of other areas of the playhouse, such as the roof and does not come with materials needed for remodeling such as paint and brushes or the supplies needed to make wallpaper. Others such as Peat (U.S. Pat. No. 5,069,623, date of patent Dec. 3, 1991) have panels made from fabric with attachments in the shapes of numer...

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Problems solved by technology

Some, such as Chase (U.S. Pat. No. 4,883,443, date of patent Nov. 28, 1989) have pivotable panels defining the floors and walls which may be adorned with appropriate indica on the surfaces to represent different structures, but they do not come with additional materials to alter the appearance of said panels and do not allow for the altering of other areas of the playhouse, such as the roof and does not come with materials needed for remodeling such as paint and brushes or the supplies needed to make wallpaper.

However, such wallpaper is pre-designed and does not allow a child to make their own wallpaper.

Because Ojeda does not for remodeling purposes, it does not allow for painting and does not come with materials such as brick look or cedar wood look pieces or stone look tiles that are specifically designed to mimic remodeling materials.

Carter (U.S. Pat. No. 5,827,103, date of patent Oct. 27, 1998) allows for a dollhouse activity book with pages that depict different rooms, but does not allow for the altering of said rooms.

Payton (U.S. Pat. No. 3,955,307, date of patent May 11, 1976) has magnetically responsive panels with printed surfaces illustrating interior rooms and other scenes but does not come with paint, brushes, rollers stamps, stamp pads or paper and the roof cannot be altered and it is not designed to be remodeled.

It is also not intended to be painted and does not come with the supplies needed to accomplish painting.

However, it does not include materials mimicking true building materials to allow the child to alter the appearance of the playhouse by remodeling and does not include paint or painting supplies, nor does it allow for the making of wallpaper.

Although an alternate floor can be chosen, because remodeling was not it's aim, it does not allow the child to remodel said floor, which could have been provided by including true rug material and imitation tack strips or linoleum and glue or tiles.

The child is able to display their artwork and imagination but is unable to imitate the art of remodeling and unable to use actual materials that imitate said art.

Because Feinberg's main concern was for the displaying of the child's artwork and not in teaching about remodeling, it is highly unlikely that they would anticipate the use of such materials in their design.

Rowland (U.S. Pat. No. 6,527,609, date of patent Mar. 4, 2003) has panels allowing for different surfaces to be installed to alter the appearance but does not allow for actual remodeling.

The inside allows for wallpaper to be used but does not furnish the materials needed to make said wallpaper.

Therefore the child is not allowed to use their imagination to the full.

Because the intention of Rowland was simply to allow for the altering of the appearance and not to teach or allow for the art of remodeling it is unlikely that the adding of any of these items would be anticipated.

Grooves and slots are a part of Walmer (U.S. Pat. No. 4,018,001 date of patent Apr. 19, 1977) as well as panels, however these panels are not designed to be painted, there are no additional materials to alter said panels, there are no materials for the making of wallpaper and the roof member is not designed to be altered.

Zimmer (U.S. Pat. No. 4,946,414, date of patent Aug. 7, 1990) is a changeable book structure that has slots and tabs, however it does not allow for the altering of its appearance.

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