Building card kit

Abstract

A building card kit including a character, a plurality of building cards and printed material relating to at least one of the characters and the plurality of building cards. Each of the building cards preferably has at least one side thereof provided with indicia relating to the character.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a building card kit containing at least one character and a set of building cards for assembly into a structure that relates to the character. [0003] 2. Brief Description of the Related Art [0004] Building card sets have been known for many years. The cards in these sets are typically rectangular in shape and contain at least six slots which are used to interconnect one card to another and form a structure (i.e., a house of cards). Each of the cards in the set are typically provided with random images for purposes of decoration. [0005] 3-D puzzles provide an alternative to building cards. 3-D puzzles, however, are limited in that they can only be assembled into a single, pre-defined structure. In other words, a typical 3-D puzzle has only one specific location for each of the pieces in the puzzle. Thus, once a person assembles the 3-D puzzle into its intended form, the fun generally ...

AI Technical Summary

Benefits of technology

[0008] The present invention improves significantly over the prior art building cards and 3-D puzzles. In particular, in order to have building cards be more interesting, they are provided in a kit along with a character that is related to an assembled form of the building cards, and / or at least one side of the cards are printed with indicia relating to the character. Because of this combination, a person can use their imagination to create an unlimited number of structures with which the character can interact.

Problems solved by technology

3-D puzzles, however, are limited in that they can only be assembled into a single, pre-defined structure.

Thus, once a person assembles the 3-D puzzle into its intended form, the fun generally ends and any re-assembly of the same structure will be less satisfying to the person as they will not be as challenged during the assembly process.

Each of the above described building cards and 3-D puzzles have significant drawbacks in their entertainment and educational values.

While the building cards and 3-D puzzles both provide a challenge in assembly, they are both limited in that the assembled structures are then not further utilized for education and / or entertainment purposes.

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