Family entertainment center

Abstract

Abstract NEW CONCEPTS AND BASIC UNITS FOR UTILITY CENTERS ARE TAUGHT AND PERMIT VERSATILE AND CONVENIENT ALTERNATION OF THE TOTAL STRUCTURE OF UTILITY CENTERS AS FUNCTIONAL NEEDS CHANGE. THE APPROACH TAUGHT IS THAT OF FORMING EASILY ALTERED "FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT CENTERS" FOR GAMES, ARTS, CRAFTS, TOYS, AND HOBBY ACTIVITIES. THE BASIC UNITS UTILIZED IN THE INVENTION ARE RECEPTACLES OPEN ON ONE SIDE. THEY HAVE A VOLUME REPRESENTED BY TWO CUBES ADJACENT EACH OTHER. RECEPTACLES OTHER THAN OF TWO-CUBE VOLUME ARE ALSO PROVIDED, AND THESE HAVE SUCH A STRUCTURAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE WALLS FORMING THE SAME AS TO PERMIT READY CONVENTION INTO RECEPTACLES CAPABLE OF MODULAR MATING WITH THOSE OF TWO-CUBE VOLUME. THE BASIC PREFERRED RECEPTACLE IS ONE HAVING FIVE OUTER WALLS AND EIGHT OUTER-FACING MODULE SURFACES ON THOSE WALLS. ANY MODULAR SURFACE ON ANY ONE RECEPTACLE MAY BE MATED TO ANY MODULAR SURFACE OF ANOTHER TO FORM THE UTILITY CENTERS. DISENGAGEABLE FASTENING MEANS ARE ALSO PROVIDED TO HOLD MODULAR SURFACE AREAS IN MATED POSITION, AND A VARIETY OF AUXILIARY ITEMS SUCH AS GAME BOARDS AND THE LIKE ARE EMPLOYED IN COMBINATION WITH THE UTILITY CENTERS TO FORM THE TOTAL STRUCTURE CHARACTERIZED HEREIN AS A "FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT CENTER."

Inventors

• 👤 James Daniel Stice

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