EP0234960B1 - Zusammensetzungsvorrichtung, besonders für Konstruktionselemente - Google Patents

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EP0234960B1
EP0234960B1 EP19870400008 EP87400008A EP0234960B1 EP 0234960 B1 EP0234960 B1 EP 0234960B1 EP 19870400008 EP19870400008 EP 19870400008 EP 87400008 A EP87400008 A EP 87400008A EP 0234960 B1 EP0234960 B1 EP 0234960B1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F9/00—Games not otherwise provided for
    • A63F9/20—Dominoes or like games; Mah-Jongg games
    • 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

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  • the invention relates to an assembly device in particular for building elements such as, for example, board game elements, in particular, but not exclusively, dominoes, that is to say comprising tokens bearing distinctive signs capable of to be matched with those carried by other complementary tokens with two, three or four branches.
  • building elements such as, for example, board game elements, in particular, but not exclusively, dominoes, that is to say comprising tokens bearing distinctive signs capable of to be matched with those carried by other complementary tokens with two, three or four branches.
  • the object of the invention is to further simplify the manufacture of multi-branch assemblies, by eliminating the central node which until then served as coupling parts for the pins or branches of the token itself.
  • the invention therefore relates to an assembly device in particular for construction elements such as board game elements operating from tokens bearing distinctive signs capable of being matched with those carried by other similar and complementary tokens, this game comprising a plurality of modules, capable of being selectively coupled to one another to form sets with two, three or four branches, the modules comprising complementary assembly means for the construction of said sets, characterized in that the means assembly comprise locking and rotating members about an axis perpendicular to the plane of two neighboring modules, allowing different angular positioning of the modules depending on whether the assemblies produced are in two, three or four branches.
  • each module comprises at its coupling end, on the one hand, a tongue with a rounded edge, the thickness of which is less than that of the module, said tongue comprising a stud projecting slightly on one of its faces, on the other hand, a pair of ears, at least one of which is elastic and perforated to receive, by alternating coupling, the stud of the tongue of another complementary module.
  • the essential object of the invention resides in a new device for assembling construction elements, for example for dominoes, this device widening and developing the game formulas, since, unlike the usual tokens of the monobloc type, those object of the invention are formed of modules which can be coupled, to constitute a choice of tokens with two, three or four branches.
  • each module consists, as illustrated in FIG. 1, of an element 1 of substantially square shape, of small thickness, the coupling end of which comprises on the one hand a projecting tongue 2 and on the other hand a pair of ears 3 and 4, contiguous to the tongue, and having substantially the same shape.
  • the tongue 2 extends the body of the part 1 and has a rounded edge 2, substantially semi-circular, of the same shape as the rounded edge 3, and 4, of the two ears 3 and 4 which are symmetrical.
  • the thickness of the tongue 2 is less than that of the body of the element 1, which defines two recesses 5 and 6, the height of which corresponds precisely to the thickness of a pair of ears 3 and 4 of a add-on.
  • One of the faces of the tongue 2, preferably that facing the ear 3, has a protruding stud 7 intended to snap into the orifice 8 passing through the ear 3 of an adjoining module.
  • the two ears 3 and 4 of a module are of a different thickness, the ear 3 being relatively thin so as to be able to deform elastically so as to allow the latching of the stud 7 in the orifice 8.
  • the ear 4 is of substantially greater thickness (about twice) to be rigid.
  • each module comprises a removable coupling system (of the tenon and mortise type), allowing an assembly of two modules 1, in alternating position, as visible in FIG. 2.
  • This coupling mode has the great advantage of being not only removable but also rotary since each stud 7 can freely pivot in the circular opening 8 of the other module to which it is coupled. So nipples 7 not only serve as locks, but also as axes of rotation when the modules are to be oriented in different angular positions. Furthermore, the curvilinear shape of the recesses 5 and 6 of the tongues 2 is complementary to the rounded shape of the ears 3 and 4, which allows the rotation over 90 ° of one module relative to another. It is observed in FIG. 3, if we take module 9 as a reference that, in one case, module 1 forms an angle of 120 ° relative to the direction of module 9, while in the other case ( Figure 4) module 10 occupies a position perpendicular to this module 9. Thus one can build dominoes with two, three or four branches by simple angular displacement of the modules relative to each other, these displacements being authorized by the rounded shape legs and ears and by the curvilinear shape of the recesses 5 and 6 of the tongues.
  • the coupling is effected by simple snap-fastening due to the elasticity of the ears 3, the unlocking and uncoupling being carried out by releasing one of the tabs then pivoting of a module relative to the other.
  • the modules can have distinctive signs such as colors, letters, numbers, figures, syllables, words, sentences, parts of sentences or even everyday objects on at least one of their faces. give the dominoes a cultural or educational character. You can use the game with two or more players who will decide, conventionally, before the start of the game, the type of tokens that will be used during the game, with two, three or four branches.
  • the tokens according to the invention have the advantage of being relatively simple to manufacture since they can be obtained from molded plastic and they do not use any external coupling part, other than the modules.
  • each module 11 may comprise at each of its ends 11 1 , 112 assembly members such as those described above, single or multiple.
  • the modules 12 can be folded, bent, curved or square-shaped, depending on their destinations and industrial or artistic applications.

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1. Vorrichtung zum Zusammensetzen insbesondere von Konstruktionselementen, zum Beispiel von Elementen eines mit Spielsteinen zu spielenden Gesellschaftsspiels, wobei die Spielsteine Unterscheidungsmerkmale aufweisen, die mit den Unterscheidungsmerkmalen ähnlicher und komplementärer Spielsteine gepaart werden können, mit einer Vielzahl von Bausteinen (1 ), die zur Bildung von zwei-, drei- oder vierarmigen Gruppen selektiv aneinander gekoppelt werden können, wobei die Bausteine (1) zum Zusammensetzen dieser Gruppen komplementäre Verbindungsmittel (2,3,4,7,8) aufweisen, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Verbindungsmittel Organe (7, 8) zur Verriegelung und zur Drehung um eine zur Ebene zweier benachbarter Bausteine (1) senkrechten Achse aufweisen, die eine unterschiedliche Winkeleinstellung der Bausteine (1) ermöglichen, je nach dem ob zwei-, drei- oder vierarmige Gruppen gebildet sind.
2. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass jeder Baustein (1 ) an wenigstens einem seiner Kupplungsenden einerseits eine am Rand (2,) abgerundete Zunge (2) mit einer geringeren Materialdicke als die des Bausteins (1) und mit einer leicht hervortretenden Wölbung (7) auf einer ihrer Seiten aufweist und andererseits ein Paar Laschen (3,4), von denen mindestens die eine Lasche (3) elastisch verformbar ist und zur Aufnahme der Wölbung der Zunge eines anderen komplementären Bausteins bei der gegenseitigen Ankopplung eine runde Öffnung (8) besitzt.
3. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Zunge (2) jedes Bausteins (1) mit der Ober- und Unterseite des Bausteins (1) zwei krummlinig geformte Ausnehmungen (5, 6) bildet, die im wesentlichen an die Halbkreisform der abgerundeten Ränder (3" 4i) der Laschen (3, 4) angepasst sind.
4. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Wölbung (7) auf der der elastisch deformierbaren Lasche zugewandten Seite der Zunge (2) angeordnet ist.
5. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Zungen (2) abwechselnd Drehorgane und Mittel zur Verriegelung der Bausteine (1 ) miteinander sind.
6. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Bausteine (12) geknickt, abgewinkelt oder gebogen sind.
7. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die an jedem Ende der Bausteine vorgesehenen Verbindungsmittel mehrfach vorhanden sind.
8. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Bausteine (1) aus Kunststoff geformt sind.
9. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Unterscheidungsmerkmale jedes Bausteins aus Zahlen, Buchstaben, Farben, Kürzeln, Figuren, Silben, Wörtern, Sätzen (erhaben oder vertieft) oder aus Objekten bestehen, wobei die Unterscheidungsmerkmale dazu bestimmt sind, mit identischen Merkmalen irgendeines Armes der anderen komplementären Spielsteine gepaart zu werden.
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FR8600077A FR2592592B1 (fr) 1986-01-06 1986-01-06 Jeu de societe dit " de dominos ".
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