Patent ID: 6964593

Claim:
A children's toy for simulating log cutting, said toy comprising: a log section having a centrally disposed longitudinal axis and comprising a plurality of detachable log portions radially juxtaposed about the axis, each said plurality of log portions having oppositely engageable sidewalls and cumulatively defining a top surface of said log section, said log section having a longitudinal length greater than the diameter of said top surface, said top surface further having a plurality of notches for defining a striking area medially of said plurality of log portions respectively, the notches radially extending from the axis to a perimeter of said log section; a wedge having a lower surface positionable onto said striking area; a wood-splitting maul including a head having a selected surface area for assisting a child to repeatedly contact said wedge and thereby cause select ones of said plurality of log portions to become separated from said log section; means for locking said plurality of log portions respectively, said locking means being integral with said plurality of log portions and having a line of weakness defined along said plurality of sidewalls respectively; a plurality of male portions extending outwardly from select ones of said plurality of sidewalls respectively, said male portions being uniquely shaped and each including a shaft and a monolithically formed flange portion extending outwardly and orthogonally from a perimeter of said shaft; and a plurality of female portions formed within adjacent ones of said plurality of sidewalls, said female portions including an aperture and lip portion extending inwardly and orthogonally from a perimeter of the aperture; wherein said flange portions removably engage said lip portion of said female portions when said plurality of sidewalls are positioned adjacent the axis; wherein said plurality of male and female portions have corresponding shapes for interlocking to each other respectively, said shapes comprising one of a shape selected from a group of shapes including: an annular shape, a triangular shape, a rectangular shape, a parallelogram shape, and a tetragonal shape.