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A kit is disclosed which permits rapid assembly, disassembly and reassembly in a variety of furniture configurations. The assembly requires no tools and can be carried out at a location remote from the factory in which the kit is produced. The kit may be assembled in a variety of configurations allo

A kit is disclosed which permits rapid assembly, disassembly and reassembly in a variety of furniture configurations. The assembly requires no tools and can be carried out at a location remote from the factory in which the kit is produced. The kit may be assembled in a variety of configurations allowing several forms of furniture to be constructed as well as a variety of children\s furniture, toys, and playthings. The assembly is sufficiently simple to be carried out by the child and the kit is sufficiently flexible to permit the child to experiment and build many different configurations as the child\s ingenuity may suggest. When disassembled, the parts of the kit are easily transportable.

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A kit capable of being readily assembled, disassembled and reassembled into a plurality of configurations, comprising a plurality of pieces, said pieces being relatively thin in comparison to the lateral dimensions thereof and containing relatively narrow, elongate slots, the width of said slots bei

A kit capable of being readily assembled, disassembled and reassembled into a plurality of configurations, comprising a plurality of pieces, said pieces being relatively thin in comparison to the lateral dimensions thereof and containing relatively narrow, elongate slots, the width of said slots being sufficient to accommodate the thickness of said pieces, said pieces having the following configurations: (a) a first approximately square piece containing a first set of two parallel, elongate slots of equal length extending approximately perpendicularly from the same edge of said first piece to approximately the midline of said first piece, and a third elongate slot extending in a direction perpendicular to said first set of two slots, extending approximately perpendicularly from an edge of said first piece perpendicular to said edge terminating said first two slots, intersecting one of said two first slots relatively near the edge terminating said intersected first slot, and terminating approximately midway between said first two notches, omitting from said first piece the relatively small rectangular corner portion bounded on two perpendicular edges by said intersecting slots and bounded on the two remaining perpendicular edges by two perpendicular edges of said first piece; (b) a second rectangular piece containing a first set of two parallel, elongate slots of equal length extending approximately perpendicularly from the same longer edge of said second piece to approximately the midline of said second piece, and a third elongate slot approximately perpendicular to said first two slots, extending from a shorter edge of said second piece, intersecting one of said two first slots relatively near the edge terminating said intersected first slot, and terminating approximately midway between said first two slots, omitting from said second piece the relatively small rectangular corner portion bounded on two perpendicular edges by said intersecting slots and bounded on the two remaining perpendicular edges by two perpendicular edges of said second piece, and a fourth elongate slot, approximately two-thirds the length of said first two notches, terminating on the longer edge of said second piece opposite the terminating edge of the said first two slots, parallel to the shorter edge of said second piece and relatively nearer to said third slot terminating edge than the nearer of said first two slots; (c) a third rectangular piece having an elongate slot parallel to one longer edge of said rectangle and intersecting a shorter edge of said third piece perpendicular to said longer edge, said first slot approximately two-thirds the length of said longer edge, located such that said longer edge of said third piece is coincident with the outermost edge of said first slot causing an apparent step in said longer edge the width of said slot, and a second slot approximately one-half the length of the shorter side of said third rectangular piece, said second slot perpendicular to said first slot, intersecting said first slot relatively near the shorter edge of said third piece terminating said first slot, and a third slot extending from said second slot to said relatively near shorter side of said third piece, and all portions of said third piece not contiguously connected are excluded from said third piece; (d) an approximately rectangular fourth piece, containing a first slot approximately one-half the length of the shorter of the edges of said fourth piece, positioned parallel to a first shorter edge and relatively near to said first shorter edge having one end terminating at a first longer edge of said fourth piece, and said fourth piece also contains a second slot approximately one-fourth the length of said shorter edge positioned relatively near the second shorter edge of said fourth piece, opposite said first shorter edge and having one end terminating at said first longer edge, and said fourth piece also contains a third slot, approximately one-half the length of said longer edge, and said third slot is positioned parallel and relatively near to said first longer edge with one edge terminating on said first shorter side thereby intersecting said first slot, omitting from said fourth piece the relatively small rectangular corner not contiguously connected to said fourth piece by the said first and third slots; (e) a fifth approximately rectangular piece containing three parallel slots of equal length and unequal spacing between said slots, said length approximately one-half the length of the shorter edge of said rectangular fifth piece, and the spacing between the closest pair of slots is approximately one-half the spacing between the next-closest pair of said slots, said three slots positioned with one end of each slot intersecting the same longer edge of said fifth piece, and the two said next-closest slots and joined by a slot parallel to said longer edge and at approximately the mid-point of said next-closest slots, the smaller portion of said fifth piece not contiguously connected is omitted from said fifth piece; (f) a sixth approximately rectangular piece containing two parallel slots of equal length having one end of each terminating at the same longer edge of said sixth piece, said parallel slots having a length of approximately one-half the length of the shorter edge of said sixth piece, and said sixth piece contains a third slot of length approximately one-ninth the length of the longer edge of said sixth piece, having one end terminating on a shorter edge of said sixth piece, relatively near said longer edge terminating said parallel slots, intersecting none of said parallel slots; (g) a seventh approximately rectangular piece containing three parallel slots of unequal lengths, each of said slots having one end terminating on a longer edge of said seventh piece, the central of said three slots having a length approximately one-half the length of the shorter edge of said seventh piece, a first peripheral slot of said three parallel slots having a length approximately equal to said central slot, a second peripheral slot having a length approximately one-fourth the central slot and located at a distance from said central slot approximately one-half the distance from the central slot to said first peripheral slot, and said seventh piece containing a fourth slot, approximately one-half the length of the longer of said parallel slots, with one end of said fourth slot terminating in the shorter side of said seventh piece relatively nearer to the shortest of said three parallel slots, and relatively near to the longer edge opposite the terminating edge of said three parallel slots; (h) an eighth approximately rectangular piece with a slot, approximately one-half the length of the shorter edge of said eighth piece, located approximately in the center of a longer edge of said eighth piece, approximately perpendicular to said longer edge, and one edge of said slot terminating at said longer edge.