Patent ID: 7690963

Claim:
A toy for positioning on a support surface, said toy comprising: a play mat and articles, said play mat having a surface for contact with a support surface, and an upper surface provided for the placement of said articles thereon, said play mat including a play mat portion formed of magnetically attractive material in the form of a metalised compound, said metalised compound including portions of metal embedded therein and interspersed throughout said metalised compound and said play mat portion so as to provide a magnetically attractive layer of said play mat portion, wherein said play mat is flexible to allow the play mat to be rolled up into a storage configuration and has sufficient weight to lie in a substantially flat condition when in use, the articles including magnetically attractive material therein, such that when brought into proximity with the upper surface of said play mat, magnetic attraction between the articles and said play mat acts to retain the articles in placed positions on said play mat, wherein strength of the magnetically attractive material in the articles varies between the articles to allow variation in a retaining force applied to the articles relative to said play mat.