| CPC A63H 33/067 (2013.01) [A63H 33/04 (2013.01)] | 19 Claims |
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1. A toy comprising:
a first tube section that extends along a first axis between a first opening and a second opening, wherein the first opening is larger than the second opening, and a largest width dimension and a different smallest width dimension of the first tube section, as measured perpendicular to the first axis, rotate about the first axis and decrease in value as the first tube section progresses from the first opening to the second opening; and
a second tube section configured to nest within the first tube section, wherein the second tube section extends along a second axis between a third opening and a fourth opening, wherein the third opening is larger than the fourth opening, and a largest width dimension and a different smallest width dimension of the second tube section, as measured perpendicular to the second axis, rotate about the second axis and decrease in value as the second tube section progresses from the third opening to the fourth opening,
wherein the third opening is smaller than the first opening and larger than the second opening such that the second tube section is configured to nest within the first tube section.
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8. A toy comprising:
a plurality tube sections that each comprise a scaled variant of a matching shape such that a first of the plurality of tube sections is scaled to nest around a second of the plurality of tube sections when each of the plurality of tube sections is arranged in a first single respective rotational position,
wherein the second of the plurality of tube sections is scaled such that a respective outer surface of a bottom portion thereof is configured to interlock with a respective inner surface of a top portion of the first of the plurality of tube sections when the second of the plurality of tube sections is arranged in a second single rotational position, and
wherein when the first of the plurality of tube sections is interlocked with the second one of the plurality of tube sections, an orientation of the first of the plurality of tube sections is rotationally different from an orientation of the second of the plurality of tube sections.
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16. A method comprising:
stacking a plurality of tube sections into a concentric arrangement such that smaller ones of the plurality of tube sections are nested inside of larger ones of the plurality of tube sections and are arranged in a first single respective rotational position, wherein each of the plurality tube sections that comprise a scaled variant of a matching shape; and
pulling one of the plurality of tube sections out from the concentric arrangement to form a tower that includes each of the plurality of tube sections interlocked together and arranged in a second single respective rotational position,
wherein, when each of the plurality of tube sections are interlocked together to form the tower, a respective orientation of each of the plurality of tube sections is rotationally different from the respective orientation of one or more other ones of the plurality of tube sections.
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