CA2185619A1 - Toy tent and a toy building set comprising a toy tent - Google Patents

Toy tent and a toy building set comprising a toy tent

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CA2185619A1
CA2185619A1 CA 2185619 CA2185619A CA2185619A1 CA 2185619 A1 CA2185619 A1 CA 2185619A1 CA 2185619 CA2185619 CA 2185619 CA 2185619 A CA2185619 A CA 2185619A CA 2185619 A1 CA2185619 A1 CA 2185619A1
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toy
poles
tent
coupling means
toy building
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French (fr)
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Bjarne Juhl Larsen
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Interlego AG
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Interlego AG
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63HTOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H33/00Other toys
    • A63H33/30Imitations of miscellaneous apparatus not otherwise provided for, e.g. telephones, weighing-machines, cash-registers
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63HTOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H33/00Other toys
    • A63H33/04Building blocks, strips, or similar building parts
    • A63H33/06Building blocks, strips, or similar building parts to be assembled without the use of additional elements
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63HTOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H33/00Other toys
    • A63H33/04Building blocks, strips, or similar building parts
    • A63H33/06Building blocks, strips, or similar building parts to be assembled without the use of additional elements
    • A63H33/08Building blocks, strips, or similar building parts to be assembled without the use of additional elements provided with complementary holes, grooves, or protuberances, e.g. dovetails
    • A63H33/086Building blocks, strips, or similar building parts to be assembled without the use of additional elements provided with complementary holes, grooves, or protuberances, e.g. dovetails with primary projections fitting by friction in complementary spaces between secondary projections, e.g. sidewalls
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04BUILDING
    • E04HBUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H15/00Tents or canopies, in general
    • E04H15/006Tents used as toys
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04BUILDING
    • E04HBUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H15/00Tents or canopies, in general
    • E04H15/24Tents or canopies, in general cone shaped, e.g. teepees

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Abstract

The invention concerns a toy tent (1) which comprises a flexible canvas (2) having coupling means and a plurality of elongate poles (3, 4) provided with coupling means, which are complementary to the coupling means of said canvas, for coupling with said canvas (2) to retain it in the shape of a toy tent (1). Said elongate poles (3, 4) are moreover provided with coupling means to couple said poles (3, 4) with each other near their upper ends and other coupling means near their lower ends for coupling with further toy building elements (10).

The invention also concerns a toy building set comprising a plurality of different toy building elements which are provided with coupling means arranged in a regular pattern having a specific modular measure, said toy building set additionally comprising a toy tent as described above.

Description

~ 1 2l856l9 A toy tent and a toy building set comprising a toy tent The invention concerns a toy tent which is flexible with respect to shape and appearance, and a toy building set comprising such a toy tent.

Toy tents for toy building sets are known, e.g. such as are included in toy sets for the construction of Indian villages and camps for toy soldiers. It is common to these known toy tents that they consist of separate units without any possibility of changing the shape of the toy tents.

In addition to toy tents, play tents are known in which children can play and stay, many of which being provided as a building set. In contrast to the known toy tents, these play tents consist of a plurality of individual components, such as poles, canvas, etc., which may be built together to form the play tent, Such play tents are known e.g. from US Patent No. 2 719 384 and CU Patent No.
657 411.

As appears form the above, it is not possible to change the shape and appearance of the known toy tents, and the challenge to children with respect to these toy sets is therefore to combine the various toy elements in order to build various sceneries.

~owever, it is also desirable to be able to vary the in-dividual toy elements to obtain even more possible varia-tions in the play with the toy elements. This can be achieved with toy building sets in which the individual toy elements are built from a plurality of toy building elements which are assembled to the desired structure.

~ 2185619 However, the art does not comprise a toy tent which forms part of a toy building set, and which is built from toy building elements adapted for the purpose.

Accordingly, the object of the present invention is to provide a toy tent which may be varied in shape and ap-pearance, thereby giving children further challenges and possibilities of play.

This object is achieved by arranging the toy tent such that it comprises a flexible canvas having coupling means and a plurality of elongate poles provided with coupling means for coupling with the coupling means of said canvas to retain it in the form of a toy tent; said elongate poles are moreover provided with coupling means for coup-ling said poles with each other near their upper ends and other coupling means near their lower ends for coupling with further toy building elements.

When arranging the toy tent in this manner it is ensured that it may be varied and changed within wide limits, which are only set by the constituent toy building ele-ments (elongate poles, flexible canvas, further toy building elements) and the shape of these coupling means.
Preferably, said coupling means on the elongate poles are formed by studs having a ball-shaped head, said studs with ball-shaped heads facing outwards with respect to the toy tent when it is constructed, said flexible canvas being provided with holes which may be snapped on to these outwardly facing studs.

This results in a simple coupling between the elongate poles of the toy tent and the flexible canvas, which is important if, during play, it is desired to change the shape and appearance of the toy tent.

Preferably, the coupling means at the upper and lower ends of the elongate poles are formed by through holes in which a pin may be mounted releasably.

A preferred embodiment of the toy tent of the invention includes two of the elongate poles which are coupled to-gether at their upper ends by a pin extending through the through holes of the poles, and which are placed diamet-rically opposite each other within said flexible canvas which ~lL~unds said elongate poles in a conical shape.

The toy tent of the invention can hereby illustrate a te-pee, whose shape and appearance may be changed within wide limits, as e.g. it may be made more or less pointed.
The lower end of the poles are preferably coupled with further toy building elements by means of a pin, which extends through the through holes of the poles, and which is coupled rotatably with the further toy building ele-ments.

It is moreover advantageous if said further toy buildingelements may be placed on a toy building plate which then forms the base of the toy tent, so that the further toy building elements form an internal frame around the base of the toy tent.

The toy tent may hereby form part of a grater whole to-gether with other toy elements located on the toy build-ing plate, thereby making it possible to build a scenerywhich is exciting to children.

As mentioned, the invention also concerns a toy building set which comprises a plurality of different toy building elements which are provided with coupling means arranged in a regular pattern having a specific modular measure, said toy building set further comprising a toy tent ar-ranged as mentioned in the foregoing.

The toy building set is preferably of the type in which said coupling means in a regular pattern comprise coup-ling studs placed on the upper side of the toy building elements and complementary recesses on the underside of the toy building elements.

The invention will now be explained more fully with ref-erence to the drawing, in which fig. 1 shows a toy tent of the invention placed on a por-tion of a toy building plate, fig. 2 shows the same as fig. 1, but with the tent canvas removed, and fig. 3 is a view similar to fig. 2, but with a smaller base face.

Fig. 1 shows a toy tent according to a preferred embodi-ment of the invention. The toy tent 1 comprises a flex-ible canvas 2 and two elongate poles 3 and 4 which are coupled together at their upper ends in a hinge link 5.

The flexible canvas 2 is made of a relatively rigid mate-rial so that it may be bent to the desired shape, in the shown case a conical shape. The rigidity of the canvas 2 moreover ensures that it can retain this conical shape, even though it is ~ust supported by two poles 3 and 4.

On the side facing outwards with respect to the toy tent 1 in the constructed state, each of the poles 3 and 4 is provided with three coupling studs 6, of which a total of ~ 2~85619 five can be seen in fig. 1. The coupling studs 6 are each formed by a stud provided with a ball-shaped head.

The toy tent 1 is placed on a toy building plate 7, of which just a portion is shown. Similar toy tents and other toy elements may be built on the rest of the toy building plate 7, 80 that e.g. a whole Indian village may be built.

In the embodiment shown, the toy tent 1 is provided with an entrance opening 8, which is formed by a partially cut piece in the canvas 2, but this is without relevance in connection with the invention in general.

Fig. 2 shows the same toy tent 1 as fig. 1, the canvas 2 being merely removed for better illustration of the structure of the toy tent 1. The position of the canvas 2 is illustrated by means of weak lines at the top of the toy tent 1.
The following description of the structure of the toy tent 1 uses the same reference numerals for the parts which are also shown in fig. 1.

Fig. 2 shows the poles 3 and 4 in their entirety, and also all the coupling studs 6 on the poles 3 and 4 are now visible.

The hinge link 5 at the upper ends of the poles 3 and 4 comprises a pin 9 which is inserted into through holes in the upper ends of the poles 3 and 4, so that the poles 3 and 4 are rotatably secured to each other.

The lower end of each of the poles 3 and 4 is likewise formed with a through hole, by means of which the poles may be coupled via a pin (not shown) with further toy ~ 2~8561~

building elements 10 and be secured to these in a ro-tatable manner.

The toy building elements 10 are provided with coupling means for coupling with the coupling studs on the upper side of the toy building plate 7. Thus, the position of the toy building elements 10 det~rmi ne~ the shape and ap-pearance of the finished toy tent 1, it being possible to make the toy tent l more or less pointed by moving the toy building elements 10 - and thereby the lower ends of the poles 3 and 4 - closer to each other.

This situation is shown in fig. 3, which cuLLe~ullds com-pletely to fig. 2, and in which the same reference numer-als are used for the same parts.

As appears from fig. 3, the toy building elements 10,which are coupled together with the lower ends of the poles 3 and 4, are moved closer to each other, which means that the toy tent 1 will be more pointed with a smaller base face. The canvas 2 may still be snapped on to the coupling studs 6 of the poles 3 and 4. However, the shape of the canvas 2 will no longer be optimum, and it is therefore advantageous if several canvases 2 are provided for the toy tent 1 of the invention, each of which fits various shapes of the toy tent 1.

As will be seen in both fig. 2 and fig. 3, the base face of the toy tent l is enclosed by further toy building elements 11, 12 and 13, so that the base face of the toy tent 1 is carefully defined.

This enclosure ls made with toy building elements 11, 12 and 13, some of which (11) follow the rows of coupling studs of the toy building plate 7, while others (12 and 13) extend obliquely with respect thereto.

~ 7 21856~9 As appears, the toy building elements 13 are shorter than the toy building elements 12, which is necessary when the poles 3 and 4 are moved closer to each other, and it is still desired to have the base face shape as round as possible.

The shown embodiment of the toy tent 1 of the invention comprises a tepee in which the poles 3 and 4 intersect each other in a hinge link 5. However, also other forms of toy tents may be built within the scope of the inven-tion, the important aspect being that the toy tent com-prises poles which may be coupled with each other and with other toy building elements, and a canvas which may be coupled on the poles.
In connection with the building of a tepee also more than two poles may be used, e.g. four, to secure the canvas.
However, this necessitates changing the shape of the poles with respect to those which are shown in figs. 2 and 3.

Many other variations may be made without departing from the idea of the invention.

Claims (8)

1. A toy tent (1) comprising a flexible canvas (2) having coupling means and a plurality of elongate poles (3, 4) provided with coupling means, which are complementary to the coupling means of said canvas, for coupling with said canvas (2) to retain it in the form of a toy tent (1); said elongate poles (3, 4) being moreover provided with coupling means for coupling said poles (3, 4) with each other near their upper ends and other coupling means near their lower ends for coupling with further toy building elements (10).
2. A toy tent according to claim 1, wherein the coupling means of said poles for coupling with said canvas (2) are formed by studs (6), each of which has a ball-shaped head, said studs (6) with ball-shaped heads facing outwards with respect to the toy tent (1) when it is constructed, said flexible canvas (2) being provided with holes which may be snapped on to said outwardly facing studs (6).
3. A toy tent according to claim 2, wherein the coupling means at the upper and lower ends of said poles are formed by a through hole.
4. A toy tent according to claim 3, comprising two of said elongate poles (3, 4) which are coupled together at their upper ends via a pin (9) which extends through said through holes and couples the two poles rotatably together, said elongate poles being placed diametrically opposite each other within said flexible canvas (2) which encloses said elongate poles (3, 4) in a conical shape.
5. A toy tent according to claim 4, wherein said through holes in the lower ends of said poles are coupled with said further toy building elements (10) via a pin which extends through said holes and which is arranged rotatably in one of said further toy building elements (10).
6. A toy tent according to claim 5, wherein said further toy building elements (10, 11, 12, 13) are placed on a toy building plate (7) which forms a base in the toy tent (1), and in which said further toy building elements (10, 11, 12, 13) form an internal frame around the base of the toy tent.
7. A toy building set comprising a plurality of different toy building elements which are provided with coupling means arranged in a regular pattern having a specific modular measure, said toy building set additionally comprising a toy tent according to one of claims 1-6.
8. A toy building set according to claim 7, wherein said coupling means in a regular pattern comprise coupling studs placed on the upper side of the toy building elements and complementary recesses on the underside of the toy building elements.
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Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2020049105A1 (en) * 2018-09-07 2020-03-12 Lego A/S A toy construction set and a method of assembling such a toy construction set
EP4000706A1 (en) 2020-11-17 2022-05-25 Zvonimir Jemric Children's tent with safety snap fastener for tent canvas tension

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2020049105A1 (en) * 2018-09-07 2020-03-12 Lego A/S A toy construction set and a method of assembling such a toy construction set
EP4000706A1 (en) 2020-11-17 2022-05-25 Zvonimir Jemric Children's tent with safety snap fastener for tent canvas tension

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