Convertible toy

Claim 1

A CONVERTIBLE TOY COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A SPOOL-FORM DEVICE HAVING A SLENDER, CENTRAL, CYLINDRICAL SHAFT, CONNECTED AT ITS OPPOSITE ENDS TO CIRCULAR FLANGES, IN CO-AXIAL RELATION THEREWITH, SAID SHAFT HAVING A RADIALLY EXTENDING COLLAR LOCATED BETWEEN EACH OF SAID FLANGES AND THE LONGITUDINAL CENTER OF THE DEVICE, SAID DEVICE HAVING SIZES AND PROPORTIONS COMPORTING WITH ITS USE AS A TABLE FOR CHILDREN WHEN SUPPORTED ON ONE OF SAID FLANGES, WITH SAID SHAFT UPRIGHT, AND A COOPERATING BOARD OF A WIDTH LESS THAN THE SPACING BETWEEN SAID COLLARS AND A LENGTH SUBSTANTIALLY IN EXCESS OF THE DIAMETER OF SAID FLANGES, AND A GROUP OF CLEATS ON ONE SIDE OF SAID BOARD, ARRANGED IN RECTANGULAR CONFIGURATION, WITH A PAIR OF CLEATS ADJACENT EACH SIDE EDGE OF THE BOARD, SAID CLEATS BEING SEMI-CYLINDRICAL IN FORM WITH THEIR DIAMETRAL, PLANE SURFACES ATTACHED TO THE BOARD SURFACE, AND THEIR AXES ARRANGED LATERALLY OF THE BOARD.