EP0379033A2 - Jouet de construction - Google Patents

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EP0379033A2
EP0379033A2 EP90100347A EP90100347A EP0379033A2 EP 0379033 A2 EP0379033 A2 EP 0379033A2 EP 90100347 A EP90100347 A EP 90100347A EP 90100347 A EP90100347 A EP 90100347A EP 0379033 A2 EP0379033 A2 EP 0379033A2
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Horst Brandstätter
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Geobra Brandstaetter GmbH and Co KG
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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

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  • the invention is directed to a toy component system comprising components with at least one surface, which is provided in a grid-like manner with grooves into which at least one second component can be inserted by clamping.
  • Such component systems are known in the form of building blocks, the building blocks being essentially cuboid, and in each case one surface of the building blocks having the groove grid and a surface lying opposite one another being limited only by the outer contour of the hollow building block by 180 °.
  • the outer walls of the blocks must the pitch of the grooves both in terms of the groove spacing as well Angle that the grooves enclose to each other, ie usually 90 °, correspond. Therefore, other components can be placed loosely at any angle on the grooved surfaces, but a snap connection is only possible if adjacent elements are aligned or have an angle corresponding to the grid angle.
  • a connector system for toy modules is known, in which connector receptacles are arranged on all side surfaces of certain so-called core modules.
  • the grid dimension for the center distance corresponds to the length of the edge of a basic element, which is extended by twice the thickness of the sheathing plates. Building blocks that are to meet this constructive requirement do not meet the aesthetic requirements that are generally to be placed on such toy elements, so that the desired play appeal is not achieved.
  • a module with locking knobs on one side which has two locking tongues in its inner cavity, which are arranged parallel to each other, and which are elastically deformable when attached to the knobs.
  • the modules have round clamping knobs arranged on at least one side in a grid, which form corresponding groove-like channels between them in which the boundary walls of a corresponding, internally hollow toy module can be inserted.
  • This system thus corresponds to the plug-in system recognized at the beginning, but here the clamping grooves are not linear but delimited by round knobs.
  • the object of the invention is to develop a plug-in system for toy elements in which the preferred visible surfaces which carry the locking grooves are as flat as possible have an appearance, and in which elements can also be connected to one another within a clamping plane, the outer walls of which deviate from the grid dimension of the clamping grooves and terminate with the plane of the boundary surfaces having the clamping grooves.
  • the individual elements have latching tongues which can be inserted into the latching grooves and which protrude beyond the lateral boundary edges of the associated component surface, the tongues being elastically deflectable and having a slight undersize compared to the grid dimension of the latching grooves, and in one element at least two such locking tongues are provided.
  • the elastic deformation of at least one latching tongue is therefore essential for the latching effect sought according to the invention.
  • at least two latching tongues running parallel to one another are provided, which ensure an elastic deflection of the latching tongues when assembling components.
  • this can also be achieved with only one latching tongue, if other locking devices are provided opposite it instead of a latching tongue, which exert a holding force parallel to the latching surface, such as pins engaging in bores or overlapping outer walls or the like.
  • a modular locking connection it is usually advantageously provided that at least two mutually perpendicular locking tongue pairs are provided.
  • the configuration according to the invention ensures that the plug-in elements which are connected to one another are reliably jammed, a very appealing aesthetic effect being achieved in that the outer edges of the outer boundary walls lie flat on the upper side of the surfaces carrying the locking grooves.
  • any geometries of the side surfaces can also be realized, in particular the side surfaces need not follow the grid dimension of the locking grooves neither in their mutual spacing nor in their angular position to one another.
  • the latching tongues extend from such a line of contact to the lateral boundary walls of the respective element, while free latching tongues are arranged in the area between the connecting line.
  • latching tongues which are at an angle of 90 ° to one another, are each arranged in a cross shape, longitudinal slots being left free between adjacent latching tongue crosses of this type.
  • a pin is arranged in the intersection area of two locking tongues arranged at an angle of 90 ° to one another, which protrudes slightly beyond the lower edge of the locking tongues.
  • slightly protruding pins make it easier to plug components together, since when the locking tongues are moved over the surface of a component, the slightly protruding pins get caught on the intersection areas of grooves, so that an exact pushing together is facilitated.
  • the elements of the type in question can be designed, for example, as building blocks, such a building block then having a continuous boundary surface on one side surface that is only interrupted by the latching grooves, the four side surfaces perpendicular to this being designed to be smooth, and wherein on the first-mentioned surface the locking tongues protrude diametrically opposite side.
  • plate-like components can be provided, which are either designed as described above or only have a top surface with locking grooves.
  • toy elements such as e.g. Furniture or the like can be provided, the outer, limiting side walls of which correspond to the grid dimension of the locking grooves.
  • game elements can then be used in a manner known per se in the surfaces provided with locking grooves.
  • the wall thickness of the side walls in the engagement area of the locking grooves i.e. up to a height corresponding to the depth of the locking grooves, correspond to half the width of the locking grooves and are otherwise designed with a larger wall thickness.
  • a modular basic element shown in FIG. 1 has an upper side 1, which is broken through by locking grooves 2, the partial surfaces 3 formed in this way, however, lying one below the other in a uniform plane and together giving a flat impression.
  • the locking grooves each have a uniform mutual spacing R measured from the center thereof, two groups of locking grooves 2 running at right angles to one another being provided. This creates partial areas 3 with an edge length N ent speaking the locking groove spacing R reduced by the width B of a locking groove or with an edge length of N / 2.
  • the interior of the element shown in FIG. 1 is hollow and is delimited by smooth side surfaces 4.
  • latching tongues 5 are arranged such that - as can be seen in particular in FIG. 3 - they protrude beyond the lower edge 6 of the side walls 4 approximately in accordance with the depth T of a latching groove 2, in practice somewhat less.
  • Two locking tongues, each parallel to each other, have a distance R 'measured from center to center, which has a slight undersize compared to the distance between the locking grooves 2 or their spacing.
  • each component e.g. 1, groups of locking tongues 5 are arranged on the component shown in FIG. 1, which have an angle of 90 ° to one another corresponding to the angle of the grooves 2.
  • two latching tongues 5 abut each other vertically standing and extend from the abutting line to the nearest side wall 4.
  • a pin 7 which protrudes slightly above the lower edge of the latching tongues 5, so that when the locking tongues are moved over the surface of an adjacent component, a centering effect is achieved by the pin 7 remaining at the intersection of locking grooves 2.
  • a free-standing locking tongue 5 separated by slots 8.
  • the latching tongues overlap each other in a cross shape.
  • a pin 7 is again provided in the section line area.
  • the mutually aligned sections of the locking tongues 5 are separated from each other in the middle between two pins 7 by a slot 5 '.
  • the length 5 of the side walls 4 does not necessarily have to be correlated with the grid dimension R or R '.
  • the protrusion of the side walls 4 over the closest, parallel locking tongue 5 must not exceed R / 2, i.e. half of the grid dimension.
  • round or oblique configurations of the side walls 4 can also be realized while maintaining the grid of the locking grooves 2 and the locking tongues 5, which nevertheless allow the side walls 4 to lie flush.
  • the side walls 4 can be bent or run at a 45 ° angle relative to the locking grooves 2.
  • Fig. 4 it is shown how two juxtaposed, described in connection with Figs. 1 to 3 Basic elements complement each other to form a continuous surface while maintaining the basic grid.
  • one-piece elements with an edge length corresponding to the multiple of the basic element shown in FIG. 1 or, if appropriate, also a half thereof can of course also be realized.
  • 5 shows such a plate-shaped element 9, the edge length of which is 8R. If such an element, which can also be provided within the scope of the invention, is only used as a base plate for the construction of further elements, it is possible to dispense with the provision of latching tongues projecting downwards in the interior.
  • FIG. 5 On a plate-shaped element 9, as shown in FIG. 5, not only modular elements according to FIGS. 1 to 4 can be attached by means of their latching tongues 5, but also other game elements, if these have side walls 10, the lower edges 11 of which have a minimum distance according to the free spacing of the locking grooves 2 in the engagement area.
  • such game elements such as furniture
  • on their underside over a height approximately corresponding to the groove depth T a reduced wall thickness, which corresponds to approximately half the groove width B, so that the Side walls 10 of two such game elements 12 can be inserted into one and the same locking groove 2, wherein then the outer walls 13 of these elements 12 lie flush against one another.
  • the projecting outer edge 14 lies on the upper side 1 of the element 9, so that when viewed from the side there is an aesthetic, flush impression.

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EP90100347A 1989-01-13 1990-01-09 Jouet de construction Expired - Lifetime EP0379033B1 (fr)

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AT90100347T ATE81301T1 (de) 1989-01-13 1990-01-09 Spielzeug-bauelement-system.

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DE3900816A DE3900816A1 (de) 1989-01-13 1989-01-13 Spielzeug-bauelement-system
DE3900816 1989-01-13

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EP0379033A2 true EP0379033A2 (fr) 1990-07-25
EP0379033A3 EP0379033A3 (en) 1990-10-24
EP0379033B1 EP0379033B1 (fr) 1992-10-07

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DE1294865B (de) * 1962-01-26 1969-05-08 Adolf Beisele Fa Modellbaustein
FR1339661A (fr) * 1962-08-31 1963-10-11 Asco S A Perfectionnement aux jeux de construction à pièces d'emboîtement
FR2029169A5 (fr) * 1969-01-15 1970-10-16 Asco Ste Ame
CH545639A (fr) * 1971-01-08 1974-02-15
FR2269988A1 (en) * 1974-05-09 1975-12-05 Fiquemo Noel Plastic building blocks for construction toys - has hollow columns projecting from bases and fitting in top coupling holes

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EP0379033B1 (fr) 1992-10-07
ATE81301T1 (de) 1992-10-15
ES2035652T3 (es) 1993-04-16
DE59000335D1 (de) 1992-11-12
DE3900816A1 (de) 1990-07-19
GR3005966T3 (fr) 1993-06-07

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