EP0039100B1 - Elément composite pour jeu de construction par encastrement - Google Patents

Elément composite pour jeu de construction par encastrement Download PDF

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EP0039100B1
EP0039100B1 EP81200394A EP81200394A EP0039100B1 EP 0039100 B1 EP0039100 B1 EP 0039100B1 EP 81200394 A EP81200394 A EP 81200394A EP 81200394 A EP81200394 A EP 81200394A EP 0039100 B1 EP0039100 B1 EP 0039100B1
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Alessandro Quercetti
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Alessandro Quercetti and C Fabbrica Giocattoli Formativi SpA
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H33/00—Other toys
    • A63H33/04—Building blocks, strips, or similar building parts
    • A63H33/06—Building blocks, strips, or similar building parts to be assembled without the use of additional elements
    • A63H33/08—Building 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
    • A63H33/088—Building 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 holes
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H33/00—Other toys
    • A63H33/04—Building blocks, strips, or similar building parts
    • A63H33/10—Building blocks, strips, or similar building parts to be assembled by means of additional non-adhesive elements
    • A63H33/101—Building blocks, strips, or similar building parts to be assembled by means of additional non-adhesive elements with clip or snap mechanism

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  • the present invention refers to the elements for construction sets by embedding of the type generally having, on one side, projecting joining members and, on the opposite side, cavities suitable for receiving the joining members of a similar element.
  • these elements are in the form of a shell, that is to say with an open box, and the cavities intended to receive the projecting junction members of another element are defined by the same side walls of the shell-shaped element, which have a certain elastic deformability which is used to obtain timely friction in the junction between two elements, without requiring excessive precision in construction.
  • a joining system does not, by its very nature, allow the production of elements in the form of a closed box, which would be appropriate for elements of considerable dimensions, intended for younger users.
  • the object of the present invention is to overcome the disadvantages of the known elements for construction by embedding and to allow the production of elements in the form of a closed box, of economical manufacture and which, also in the largest dimensions, ensure uniformity and appropriate stability of the joints by embedding.
  • the idea of the invention is that of making groups of projecting junction members in the form of components produced separately, applied to the main body of each element, which forms its box-like structure and which presents the cavities for the embedding the projecting members of a similar element, with limited mobility, in the direction of greatest extension of the elements.
  • each group of projecting junction members can be centered automatically, at the moment when the embedding is carried out, in the corresponding cavity, thus compensating even for the inaccuracies of position of the cavities, which are due, between -other, to the unequal contraction of the material which constitutes the main bodies of the elements.
  • each element preferably consists of two parts, a larger one, comprising the upper face of the element with the junction cavity and the side walls, and the other smaller, forming a closure cap. of the underside of the body of the element and having means for receiving groups of projecting junction members.
  • These two parts of the body can be made integral by means of bonding or welding, particularly by ultrasonic welding, while the application of the groups of junction members to the base can preferably be carried out by means of elastic snap-in tabs. inserted into slots.
  • the element represented is in the form of a rectangular parallelepiped and, in this example, it has a height equal to the width and a length twice the first two; the element therefore corresponds to two unit elements or modules, cubic in this case, arranged side by side.
  • the body of the element comprises a first shell-shaped part formed by the upper face 1, side faces 2 and end faces 3.
  • the upper face 1 In the upper face 1 are formed two cavities 4 of circular section, intended to receive the embedding of the projecting junction members of another similar element.
  • the peripheral wall of each cavity 4 has, in this case, vertical ribs 5 intended to establish, between the various elements, conveniently oriented junction positions.
  • the underside of the shell 1-5 is closed by a base 6 inserted in a seat formed on the edges of the side walls 2 and end 3, and it is fixed there, for example, by means of ultrasonic welding .
  • the base 6 has, on the same axis of the cavity 4 of the upper wall 1, cavities 7 which, in this case, are also circular.
  • cavities 7 which, in this case, are also circular.
  • slots 8 which are oriented with their largest dimension substantially parallel to the largest dimension (length) of the element for building set.
  • Parts 1-3 and 6 can be made, for example, from polyvinyl chloride.
  • a wafer 9 is produced, in this case circular and of slightly smaller diameter than that of the cavity 7 of the base 6, the thickness of which corresponds substantially to the depth of said cavities 7.
  • the plate 9 On the outside the plate 9 extend four connecting studs 10 arranged so that they can be introduced, with slightly forced coupling, in a cavity 4 of the upper wall 1 of the body of an element for a building block.
  • the four studs 10 are cylindrical and arranged like the vertices of a square.
  • On the inside of the plate 9 extend two diametrically opposite tongues 11 which end in a tooth and are arranged so that they can be inserted with a little play in the slots 8 of the base 6 and engage therein by elastic snap.
  • the element is completed by inserting, by elastic snap-fastening, a plate 9 in each cavity 7 of the base 6 (in the case of the element shown, two plates 9 are therefore introduced) so that the plates 9 substantially occupy the cavities 7, the teeth of the tongues 11 snapping behind the base 6 by fixing the plates (FIG. 5) , and from the face of the element opposite to the face 1 which has the cavities 4, the joining studs 10 are protruding (FIGS. 1, 3 and 4) and arranged to be introduced into the cavity 4 by a similar element, and thus effect the interlocking junction of the two elements.
  • the plates 9 are applied to the caps 6 so that the ideal squares defined by the studs 10 are pivoted by 45 ° relative to the ribs of the caps, which ensures greater stability.
  • the space between the four studs 10 of each group corresponds to the dimensions of a stud and this allows, if desired, to join two elements by joining studs against studs, in a similar manner to the realization of the provision according to Italian Patent No. 739,869.
  • Component 9, 10, 11 is relatively small, regardless of the dimensions of a building element (which can even correspond to several unit elements or modules). It can be made, for example, of polyamide resin, ensuring excellent joining qualities with respect to the cavities 4 of the body of the element, which is made, in this example, of polyvinyl chloride.
  • the play which exists between the periphery of the plate 9 and the hollow seat 7, as well as between the tongues 11 and the slots 8 (in the direction of the greatest extension of the latter) grants slight mobility to the groups. of connecting studs 10 relative to the body of the element and, consequently, their exact adaptation to the positions, possibly imprecise due to the construction or because of unequal contractions of a coupled element.
  • the element for a construction set according to the invention has the cavities 4 only if it is intended to be an intermediate element and to receive junctions on both sides; it can be devoid of it when it has to be simply coupled to another element using its own studs 10.
  • the shape of its body can be completely arbitrary.
  • the dimensions and the shape of the element can also vary, but preferably by multiples of an ideal unit element or module, not necessarily cubic.
  • the projecting junction members 10 of the plates 9 may have a shape different from that of the studs, and even the number of members of a group may be different from four; the shape of the cavities 4 may not be circular provided that it is suitable for the shape and arrangement of the organs junction.
  • the use of different materials for the bodies of the elements and for the groups of junction members may, in some cases, not be necessary. Even the mobility of the plates 9 may in some cases not be requested, as is verified, for example, for the unimodular elements. In these cases, however, it is advantageous that said clearances are also present to maintain the uniformity of manufacture of the various elements of the construction.
  • the cavities 7 of the caps 6 could not be circular but ovalized, to present, with respect to the plates 9, a clearance in the only direction of their mobility; the same effect could be obtained by ovalizing, on the contrary, the plates 9.
  • the body of the construction element could result from three parts, a peripheral and two caps, or else the functions described for the upper wall 1 and for the cap 6 could be exchanged.

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  • Toys (AREA)
  • Connector Housings Or Holding Contact Members (AREA)
  • Buildings Adapted To Withstand Abnormal External Influences (AREA)
  • Automobile Manufacture Line, Endless Track Vehicle, Trailer (AREA)
  • Glass Compositions (AREA)
  • Joining Of Building Structures In Genera (AREA)
EP81200394A 1980-04-28 1981-04-06 Elément composite pour jeu de construction par encastrement Expired EP0039100B1 (fr)

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AT81200394T ATE3816T1 (de) 1980-04-28 1981-04-06 Zusammengesetzter spielbaustein.

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IT67670/80A IT1147731B (it) 1980-04-28 1980-04-28 Elemento composito per costruzione ad incastro
IT6767080 1980-04-28

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EP0039100A2 EP0039100A2 (fr) 1981-11-04
EP0039100A3 EP0039100A3 (en) 1981-11-18
EP0039100B1 true EP0039100B1 (fr) 1983-06-22

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JP (1) JPS56168775A (enExample)
AT (1) ATE3816T1 (enExample)
DE (1) DE3160464D1 (enExample)
DK (1) DK147481A (enExample)
ES (1) ES8301649A1 (enExample)
GR (1) GR75200B (enExample)
IT (1) IT1147731B (enExample)

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USD420062S (en) 1998-12-21 2000-02-01 Connector Set Limited Partnership Single stud construction toy block
USD420711S (en) 1998-12-21 2000-02-15 Connector Set Limited Partnership Dual stud construction toy block
USD426588S (en) 1998-12-21 2000-06-13 Connector Set Limited Partnership Treble stud construction toy block

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JPS59159497U (ja) * 1983-04-12 1984-10-25 株式会社　新星堂 組立て玩具用ブロツク
NL8503134A (nl) * 1985-11-14 1987-06-01 Cornelia Petronella Maria West Bouwelement, alsmede koppelpen voor het verbinden van op elkaar geplaatste bouwelementen.
US6086444A (en) * 1998-12-21 2000-07-11 Connector Set Limited Partnership Block-type construction toy
IT1306995B1 (it) * 1999-01-20 2001-10-11 Quercetti Alessandro & Co Sistema di elementi per la composizione di costruzioni statiche odinamiche.
EP1464369A1 (en) * 2003-04-04 2004-10-06 Theodorus Suibertus Anthonius ROLF Toy building block, suited screw and tool for screw
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CH385086A (de) * 1959-04-17 1965-02-26 Klie Heinrich Baustein, insbesondere Spielbaustein
IL25148A (en) * 1965-03-02 1970-09-17 Fischer Artur Building bricks for incorporation in a constructional toy
IL25428A (en) * 1965-04-29 1970-03-22 Fischer Artur Building blocks made of synthetic material
DE1559515A1 (de) * 1965-06-04 1970-05-06 Artur Fischer Baustein aus Kunststoff
GB1212537A (en) * 1967-11-08 1970-11-18 Keith Broughton Shackleton Constructional toy

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USD420062S (en) 1998-12-21 2000-02-01 Connector Set Limited Partnership Single stud construction toy block
USD420711S (en) 1998-12-21 2000-02-15 Connector Set Limited Partnership Dual stud construction toy block
USD426588S (en) 1998-12-21 2000-06-13 Connector Set Limited Partnership Treble stud construction toy block

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DK147481A (da) 1981-10-29
ES501536A0 (es) 1982-12-16
IT8067670A0 (it) 1980-04-28
EP0039100A2 (fr) 1981-11-04
IT1147731B (it) 1986-11-26
DE3160464D1 (en) 1983-07-28
EP0039100A3 (en) 1981-11-18
ES8301649A1 (es) 1982-12-16
JPS56168775A (en) 1981-12-25
ATE3816T1 (de) 1983-07-15

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