Patent ID: 7651097

Claim:
A toy play set for containing playing cards used to play at least one predetermined card game, the toy play set comprising: a generally elongated body having a hollow interior, first and second opposing longitudinal ends, and a generally curved side wall extending around the hollow interior between the first and second ends, whereby the first and second ends and side wall generally surround the hollow interior in a closed configuration of the body, the body having an open configuration in which the hollow interior is at least partially accessible, the body having a first portion and a second portion removably engageable with the first portion, the first and second portions being engaged in the closed configuration and separated in the open configuration of the body, the first and second portions being cup-shaped, each of the first and second portions having an open end and an oppositely disposed closed end, the open ends of the first and second portions being frictionally engaged with each other with the body in the closed configuration with the closed ends of the first and second portions forming the first and second ends of the body, the first portion having a first lid removably disposed therein to form a first compartment within the first portion between the first lid and the closed end of the first portions, the first lid being disposed proximate the open end of the first portion in the closed configuration of the body, and the first lid having a spindle extending outwardly therefrom in a direction away from the closed end of the first portion and terminating at a free end; and a plurality of individual playing cards forming a set sufficiently complete to play the predetermined card game, the cards being identically shaped and sized and sufficiently small for the set of cards to be completely stored within the hollow interior of the body with the body in the closed configuration, the cards being accessible and removable from within the hollow interior of the body with the body in the open configuration to enable the cards to be at least individually withdrawn from and placed back into the hollow interior of the body.