DE19901825A1 - Mobile playhouse construction system for children consists of climbable container with accessible extra story for construction without tools - Google Patents

Abstract

The playhouse has fixed lockable rollers to allow its movement, it can be climbed on, and it can be extended by a further story. It can be reconstructed without the use of tools. When dismantled, all parts and accessories are contained within itself, so that it acts as its own transport container. The playhouse is constructed from parts of various materials, e.g. tubes, timber bars, clothes, etc.

Description

field of use

The invention relates to a gaming device according to the preamble of claim 1.

State of the art

There are various solutions from other manufacturers for playhouses that are flexible in terms of opening and closing Are remodeling.

There are

• - Fixed wooden houses, e.g. B. in the playground or in kindergarten, as relevant known manufacturers (e.g. yew, Wehrfritz, Dusyma and others) are sold.
• - Cardboard and wooden houses that children can put together.
• - Plastic connector systems, e.g. B. "Quadro", which consist of individual plastic rods or elements.
• - Play tents and foam elements that can be assembled into houses and caves.

Disadvantages of the prior art

Fixed wooden houses cannot be converted by children. Cardboard and wooden houses to put together can hardly vary in their shape (appearance) and the cardboard houses are not accessible due to lack of stability. "Quadro" must be assembled and converted using the appropriate tools. Play tents are not so stable that a second, accessible floor would be possible.

The disadvantages of the prior art described above lie in the fact that in no case all of the functions as listed under point 6 are performed by one of these gaming devices.

Object of the invention

The object of the invention is to combine all of the following criteria in one gaming device:

• - It should be able to be used flexibly, i.e. it should not be permanently installed in one place.
• - It should offer children opportunities to create their own scope, depending on the Need can be added.
• - Children should be able to assemble and convert it themselves.
• - It should be possible to assemble and convert without tools.  
• - It should be suitable for playing both indoors and outdoors.
• - It should allow another floor.
• - It should take up as little space as possible.
• - It should be part of a system that can be expanded as required.
• - It should open up new employment opportunities for children in education.
• - it should satisfy the children's need to construct according to their own wishes.
• - It should be suitable for role-playing games.

Solution of the task

These tasks are solved by a gaming device with the features of claim 1.

Advantages of the invention

All parts are coordinated so that they can be largely combined with each other. This results in an extensive plug-in game, comparable to a modular system that is always new Offers possible combinations. The attraction of this game device lies in the changeability, which - as with a modular system - allows any number of variants and thus never gets boring. The different materials - wood, fabric, plastic and metal - create an additional attraction also encourages play with regard to the materials used.

In addition, we see in the hut building system for children a play device that, due to its possibilities for flexible transformation can promote the communication between the children. The children can decide together what the structure should look like and implement it together.

The following motor and intellectual skills are supported with the game device:
plug - build - crawl - climb - balance - jump - open - lock - push - communicate - plan - organize.

Description of exemplary embodiments

The game device can appear in the room in many different forms.

It is a mobile hut construction system for children, with the individual elements of the system being identified as follows:
A walk-in, rectangular wooden box on lockable castors (Figure A) serves as the basis, in which at least two children should have a crouching space. It is important to ensure that the outer dimensions of the box are dimensioned so that they can still be pushed through standard doors to make it easy to change location, e.g. B. from inside to be able to make.

The box has a cover plate as a removable roof ( 1 ), the plate thickness being dimensioned so that it is suitable for carrying children. The roof is fixed by inserted wooden pegs ( 2 ) - hereinafter referred to as "mushroom plugs". If you pull the mushroom plugs out of the openings (holes), which are located in the roof of the box and in the posts ( 3 ), you can remove the roof of the box. (see Figure B)

Figure A

There are other parts on the body of the box that can be removed.

On the long side there is a removable side wall ( 4 ) with interventions that can be brought into various other positions. This side wall is provided on the underside with two pins ( 5 ) that allow the side wall in the. Insert the bottom of the box. In addition, it is held by two bolts ( 6 ) which engage in the posts. The distance between the pins, (the distance down), as well as the positioning of the holes on the bottom of the long side of the box, corresponds to the distance of the holes on the front side in the post (the distance cd), so that it is possible to Place the side wall on the box, on the long side (Figure C) as well as on the front side (Figure D).

Another part on the front that can be removed is a removable wooden ring, in the In the middle is a round plexiglass window - hereinafter referred to as the "porthole". It is through three small latches on the inside of the box and a milled groove held in place. (Figure D, 1). There are two handle holes (Figure D, 2) in the wooden ring to remove the porthole. Accordingly, there is a removable wooden disc opposite the porthole Size, provided with a spherical section, hereinafter referred to as "balancing disk" (Figure A, 7). This balancing disc is held in the same way as the porthole and is also with two Provide grip holes.

If you remove the balancing disc and porthole, you get circular openings, which, for. B. as input and Exit hatches or can also serve as a window. The removed balancing disc also serves as a separate game device z. B. for balance exercises.

There are tread holes on the back of the box (Figure E, 1). These tread holes serve as a ladder to the roof the box.

Figure B

On the upper edge of the rear wall there are two pockets ( 1 ) with the spacing from, which among other things can accommodate the removable side wall ( 4 ).

Additional accessories for assembly and modification are in the box.

The content of the game box can and should be removed and consists of the following parts:

• - Hose pieces in dimensions z. B. á 1 m and 1.5 m to attach to the wooden round bars
• - Round wooden bars (∅ 3 cm) with a circumferential flange in the middle (Figure F), hereinafter called "hose connector", which serve as couplings for the hose pieces.
• - hemispherical feet with attached dome (Figure G), provided with holes, all Can take plug connections, such. B. the removable side wall or the hose pieces.
• - 1 screen that can be attached to the box and feet. It consists of one rollable material - e.g. B. Fabric - which is glued between two wooden rods. (Figure H, e.g. 12)
• - 1 triangular scarf with attachment options for forming canopies or similar
• - 1 rectangular cloth with attachment options for forming canopies or similar
• - Push-together plastic poles (∅ 1 cm), similar to tent poles e.g. B. to hold the towels.
• - Some options for setting up and converting the iron and steel building system are shown on sheet H.

Claims (4)

1. A mobile game device for children to build house, hut and cave-like rooms, which can be set up in any suitable place,
characterized in that it can be moved by firmly mounted, lockable castors,
characterized in that it is suitable for climbing and can be extended by a walkable floor and can be converted without the need for additional tools,
characterized in that it takes all accessories and add-on parts in itself in the dismantled state and is thus its own transport container. 2. Mobile game device according to claim 1, characterized in that a variety of materials to be combined can be selected. 3. Mobile game device according to claim 1 and 2, characterized in that these materials such. B. hoses, wooden sticks and cloths can be combined. These combination options make systematic hut construction possible. 4. Mobile game device according to one of the preceding claims characterized in that each game device (a box) is fully functional on its own, but also Can be part of a system that can be expanded as required (several boxes).