Take-apart toy

Claim 1

A take-apart toy whose parts may be assembled to resemble one or more particular devices, comprising: a. a rectangular base having a pair of threaded circular side apertures extending through said base along each side thereof and a circular aperture extending through said base adjacent each end thereof, one said end aperture having interior threads; b. a plurality of round bolts, each of a sufficiently small diameter for insertion into at least one said circular apertures in said rectangular base, said bolts having two separate sets of threads each disposed at the respective ends thereof and a smooth surface portion disposed therebetween, the outside diameter of the threaded portions of said bolts being substantially equal to the diameter of the smooth portion and the threads of said bolts being matingly matched to the threads of said threaded apertures in said rectangular base, the end aperture in said base opposite said threaded end aperture being of sufficient size for slidably accepting one of said bolts; c. a plurality of nuts having interior threads for mating with the threads of said bolts; d. a plurality of wheels each having a circular aperture of a diameter larger than the diameter of said bolts formed at its center for rotatably mounting said wheels on said bolts; and e. multiple elongate axle members for attachment to said rectangular base to support said wheels, each said axle member having threaded apertures formed longitudinally at each end thereof for mating with the threads of one of said bolts and multiple longitudinally spaced apertures extending transversely through said elongate member each of a diameter larger than that of said bolts for slidably accepting said bolts, the longitudinal spacing between said transverse apertures in said axle members being equal to the side-to-side spacing between said two pairs of side apertures in said rectangular base to permit said respective apertures to align with one another.