Appeal No. 1999-2765 Page 7
Application No. 08/752,396
secured together in locking engagement with each other into
any desired arrangement of interconnected walls, floors and
roofs to form extremely rigid building structures with a
virtually limitless variety of rooms, levels and floor plans.
Hunts further teaches (column 1, lines 49-55) that an object
of his invention is the provision of a panel connection system
in which doll houses and the like can be assembled and
disassembled easily, and may also be "remodeled" and changed
in whole or in part without requiring complete disassembly of
the existing structure.
As shown in Figures 1, 2 and 4, the construction system
of Hunts includes panels, designated generally at 10. These
panels may be used as floors 12, plain walls 14, roof panels
16, window wall panels 18, door wall panels 20, stairwell
panels (not shown), and others as may be desired. Hunts
discloses (column 3, lines 1-4) that the panels 10 used in his
construction system are formed of rigid sheet material such as
plastic, plywood, metal and the like, and include a first
component 22 (groove 24 and connector tongue 28) of the
friction lock, snap-fit panel connector of this system.
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