Building card kit

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-11-01
SCHOLASTIC
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[0008] The present invention improves significantly over the prior art building cards and 3-D puzzles. In particular, in order to have building cards be more interesting, they are provided in a kit along with a character that is related to an assembled form

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3-D puzzles, however, are limited in that they can only be assembled into a single, pre-defined structure.
Thus, once a person assembles the 3-D puzzle into its intended form, the fun generally ends and any re-assembly of the same structure will be less satisfying to the person as they will not be as challenged during the assembly process.

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[0021] Referring now to the drawings, FIGS. 1 and 2 show a preferred embodiment of the building card kit 1 according to the present invention. The building card kit 1 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 includes a character 2 and a plurality of building cards 4. Additionally, the building card kit 1 may also include printed material 6 such as a storybook, a pamphlet, a set of instructions or the like, relating to the character 2 or the plurality of building cards 4.

[0022] As shown in FIGS. 3-6, the plurality of building cards 4 can take many different forms, shapes and / or sizes. For example, FIG. 3 shows a large rectangular shaped building card 4a, FIG. 4 shows a square shaped building card 4b, FIG. 5 shows a building card 4c in the shape of an arc, and FIG. 6 shows a small rectangular shaped building card 4d. The building cards are not limited to the shapes shown, but can be any shape. Regardless of the shape, preferably each of the building cards 4 are provided with at least one slot 5 which ...

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Abstract

A building card kit including a character, a plurality of building cards and printed material relating to at least one of the characters and the plurality of building cards. Each of the building cards preferably has at least one side thereof provided with indicia relating to the character.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a building card kit containing at least one character and a set of building cards for assembly into a structure that relates to the character. [0003] 2. Brief Description of the Related Art [0004] Building card sets have been known for many years. The cards in these sets are typically rectangular in shape and contain at least six slots which are used to interconnect one card to another and form a structure (i.e., a house of cards). Each of the cards in the set are typically provided with random images for purposes of decoration. [0005] 3-D puzzles provide an alternative to building cards. 3-D puzzles, however, are limited in that they can only be assembled into a single, pre-defined structure. In other words, a typical 3-D puzzle has only one specific location for each of the pieces in the puzzle. Thus, once a person assembles the 3-D puzzle into its intended form, the fun generally ...

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IPC IPC(8): A63F9/10A63F1/00
CPCA63F1/04A63H33/044A63F2001/0475A63F2001/025
Inventor CASSIDY, JOHN B.
Owner SCHOLASTIC
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