Patent ID: 11896917
Assignee: POLLYWOG TOYS, LLC
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A  F | IPC A

Claim 14:
15. A method for building large-scale play structures having an ideal modularity, the method comprising:
providing a plurality of panels having a thickness, a planar-quadrangle shape including a length, a width, a first planar surface, a second planar surface opposite the first, and four chamfered edges with a set of holes located along each edge, the holes provided as through holes extending from the first planar surface to the second planar surface and located at a fixed interval relative to one another, the fixed interval providing a unit of length, a fixed-location fastening element located in each of the holes, respectively;
providing a plurality of movable fastening elements each including a hand-grip to allow the respective movable fastening element to be moved between an unsecured position and a secured position without the use of tools when received by any one of the plurality of fixed-location fastening elements;
including in in the set of holes at least a first hole located at a first end of the respective set of holes, a second hole located at a second end of the respective set of holes and a plurality of intermediate holes located between the first hole and the second hole along an edge of a central region of the respective panel in which the set of holes is located;
including in the plurality of panels at least a first panel, a second panel, a third panel, a fourth panel, and a fifth panel; and
employing the moveable fastening elements to secure the plurality of the panels to one another to provide a structure that has an overall height and an overall width, the structure including a first pair of panels selected from the plurality of panels oriented one above the other, a second pair of panels selected from the plurality of panels located at the same elevation and secured at right angles to the first pair of panels and a single panel selected from the plurality of panels oriented parallel to the second pair of panels and attached orthogonally to the first pair of panels using the intermediate holes included in each of the panels included in the first pair of panels, respectively,
wherein the structure defines an overall quadrangle-shape divided into two hollow compartments by the single panel when the assembled panels are viewed edgewise, and
wherein the overall height and the overall width each provide a respective dimension that is an integer multiple of the unit of length plus the thickness.