Patent ID: 6421963
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: A63H

Abstract:
A toy igloo device for resting on the ground, said device comprising:a dome shaped housing, said housing defining an enclosure and an entrance; said housing including: a plurality of selectively interlocking sections, each section of said plurality of sections having an edge resting on the ground; a first section of said plurality of sections defining a first opening; a second section of said plurality of sections disposed adjacent to said first section, said second section defining a second opening, said first and second openings cooperating with each other to define said entrance; and each of said sections having an external surface which defines at least two pockets for the reception therein of snow, the arrangement being such that when said sections are interlocked, with said edges of said sections resting on the ground, snow is received and gathered within said pockets such that said toy igloo takes on an appearance of an Eskimo dwelling.