GB588518A - Improvements in and relating to dolls' or like houses - Google Patents

Abstract

588,518. Dolls' houses. ROPER, E. W. Feb. 26, 1945, No. 4748. [Class 132 (iii)] The four walls of a dolls' house are hingedly connected, one pair of opposite walls comprising hingedly connected sections 1a, 1b, Fig. 3, which permit the walls to collapse into a flat form. The detachable roof, Fig. 4, is also formed of hingedly connected sections 4, 5a, 5b which permit the roof to be folded flat. Removable vertical partition walls 6, 7, Fig. 5, hinged at 8 are provided to divide the house interior into a series of rooms. A detachable upper floor 11, Fig. 2, is supported upon the upper edge of the partition walls, and itself supports further partition wall units 6, 7, which divide the upper floor into a series of rooms. Chimney stacks 14 bent out of sheet material and a staircase 13 bent out of cardboard or formed of wooden tread pieces attached to a base are also provided, recesses being provided in the upper floor 11 and roof to accommodate the chimney stacks 14. A recess in floor 11 is also provided to accommodate the staircase 13. Doors and windows may be bent out of the walls, or they may be separately formed and hingedly attached. The house sections may be formed of cardboard, mill board, wood or artificial resins and may be painted or covered with suitably coloured paper.