Three-dimensional coloring product

Abstract

Coloring product including a plurality of substantially planar panels, at least one of which is a flocked panel including a colorable substrate and a flocked material applied in a pattern to an outer face thereof to maintain areas of the outer face exposed and thus colorable. The panels are designed to be connectable to together to form a three-dimensional object. Thus, children can enjoy coloring the flocked panel and then assembling the colored flocked panel with other panels to form the three-dimensional object which can be played with.

1 . A coloring product, comprising: 
 a plurality of substantially planar panels, at least one of said panels being a flocked panel including a colorable substrate and a flocked material applied in a pattern to an outer face of said substrate to maintain areas of said outer face of said substrate exposed and thus colorable; and    connecting means for connecting said panels together to form a three-dimensional object.    
   
   
       2 . The product of  claim 1 , wherein said panels include front and rear panels having substantially the same size and shape and at least one intermediate panel for connecting said front and rear panels together.  
   
   
       3 . The product of  claim 2 , wherein said at least one intermediate panel is a single intermediate panel including fold lines to enable said intermediate panel to bend to conform to a periphery of said front and rear panels.  
   
   
       4 . The product of  claim 2 , wherein said front and rear panels have lower edges designed to enable the object to be self-standing.  
   
   
       5 . The product of  claim 2 , wherein said at least one intermediate panel is a plurality of intermediate panels, each of said intermediate panels connecting opposed peripheral edges of said front and rear panels together.  
   
   
       6 . The product of  claim 1 , wherein said connecting means comprise tabs formed in a first one of said panels and complementary slots formed in the same panel or in an adjoining second one of said panels.  
   
   
       7 . The product of  claim 6 , wherein a third one of said panels includes a slot through which one of said tabs passes without engaging therewith, said third panel being sandwiched between said first and second panels and connecting thereto by virtue of the passage of said tab through said slot in said third panel and into engagement with said slot or notch in said second panel.  
   
   
       8 . The product of  claim 6 , wherein said slots have a U-shaped structure and are formed close to an edge.  
   
   
       9 . The product of  claim 1 , wherein said connecting means comprise adhesive strips applied to a flap portion of one of said panels and which contacts a portion of the same or another one of said panels.  
   
   
       10 . The product of  claim 1 , wherein said connecting means comprise tabs formed in a first one of said panels and notches formed in the same panel or in an adjoining second one of said panels and extending inward from an edge thereof.  
   
   
       11 . The product of  claim 1 , wherein said connecting means comprise a slot extending inward from an edge of a first one of said panels and a slot extending inward from an edge of a second one of said panels such that said first panel is positionable in said slot in said second panel and said second panel is simultaneously positionable in said slot in said first panel to thereby form an X-shape structure by means of said first and second panels.  
   
   
       12 . The product of  claim 1 , wherein said connecting means comprise a pair of tabs formed on a first one of said panels and a pair of aligning slots form on a second one of said panels, said tabs extending through said sots to thereby cause said first and second panels to be parallel to one another.  
   
   
       13 . The product of  claim 1 , wherein said panels include front and rear panels having substantially the same size and shape and at least one intermediate panel for connecting said front and rear panels together, said front panel being flocked to define a clock face on the outer face, further comprising a timing mechanism including a large hand and a small hand movable over the outer face of said substrate and a clock movement mechanism for rotating said large and small hands.  
   
   
       14 . The product of  claim 1 , wherein said panels include front and rear panels having substantially the same size and shape and at least one intermediate panel for connecting said front and rear panels together, said front, rear and at least one intermediate panels being flocked panels, said at least one intermediate panels being flocked with a design relating to a design on said front and rear panels to provide the object with a realistic three-dimensional appearance.  
   
   
       15 . The product of  claim 1 , further comprising a sound generating mechanism arranged in connection with one of said panels, said sound generating mechanism including a sound chip for generating sound and a button projecting outward from said one of said panels for activating said sound chip.  
   
   
       16 . The product of  claim 1 , further comprising a light generating mechanism arranged in connection with one of said panels, said light generating mechanism including at least one LED arranged to project light outward from said one of said panels and a button projecting in front of said one of said panels for activating said at least one LED.  
   
   
       17 . The product of  claim 1 , further comprising a sound and light generating mechanism arranged in connection with one of said panels, said sound and light generating mechanism including a sound chip for generating sound, at least one LED arranged to project light outward from said one of said panels and a button projecting outward from said one of said panels for activating said sound chip and said at least one LED.  
   
   
       18 . The product of  claim 1 , wherein said connecting means comprise a slot formed on a first one of said panels through which a second one of said panels is arranged to pass, said second panel being retained in said slot, said first panel being a fuselage panel having a design of a fuselage of a plane and said second panel being a wing panel having a design of wings of an airplane.  
   
   
       19 . The product of  claim 1 , wherein at least one of said panels includes fold or score lines, further comprising connecting means for connecting parts of said at least one panel together to enable said at least one panel to have a three-dimensional form, said at least one panel having the three-dimensional form being connectable to another one of said panels.  
   
   
       20 . The product of  claim 19 , further comprising connecting means for connecting said at least one panel having the three-dimensional form to another one of said panels, said connecting means comprising adhesive applied to a portion of said at least one panel or to said another panel and arranged to contact part of the other panel or tabs and complementary slots formed on said at least one panel and said another panel.