Combined plaything and receptacle for infants

Claim 1

A combined receptable and plaything comprising a truck, a box-like structure, removably mounted on said truck, formed of a bottom frame membber, a top frame member, and at least one intermediate member, each of said frame members having sides inclined inwardly to the vertical, defining a truncated pyramid shape of successively reduced size in height, length and width, the upper edge of each frame member having a pyramidal dimension conforming to the pyramidal dimension of the lower edge of the next successive frame member of reduced size enabling said frame members, in one condition, to be stacked successively edge to edge from bottom to top one upon the other to form an enlarged truncated pyramid-shaped box and in a second condition to be nested successively from top to bottom completely one within the other, said top frame having a cover, said truck having side walls formed with a curved lower edge forming runners, and wheels journalled on shafts mounted on said truck and movable to secure said wheels alternatively in an operative position outward of the curved edge and an inoperative position within the curved edge, whereby said truck may be selectively employed as a sledge or wagon.