Toy with slide open-snap shut access to interior

Claim 1

A toy caravan with an accessible interior, said caravan comprising: a container having a bottom supported above a support surface by attached wheels on an axle and a pair of opposed side walls having a spacing therebetween, a front wall joining said opposed side walls at one end thereof, said front walls and opposed sidewalls defining an established depth of said container and a sliding wall; said sliding wall having a lid portion and a rear wall portion extending downwardly from a rear end of said lid portion for a distance substantially equal to said established depth whereby to provide a rear wall for said container when said lid portion closes said container, said lid portion having a top surface and a pair of opposed parallel edges spaced apart from each other a distance substantially equal to the spacing between said opposed walls; said sliding wall lid portion and opposed walls containing mutually slidable parts consisting of grooves and projecting guides whereby said projecting guides seat within said grooves when said sliding wall is in a closing position; and at least one of said sliding wall and opposed walls being sufficiently elastic to permit said mutual sliding parts to snap into engagement with each other when a transverse force is applied to said sliding wall lid portion when it is positioned over said opposed walls; and said lid portion top surface having at least one coupling stud for engaging a complementary part of another toy element, said coupling stud extending upwardly from said lid top portion.