EP0492819B1 - Jouet de combinaison en pièces plastiques - Google Patents

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EP0492819B1
EP0492819B1 EP91311175A EP91311175A EP0492819B1 EP 0492819 B1 EP0492819 B1 EP 0492819B1 EP 91311175 A EP91311175 A EP 91311175A EP 91311175 A EP91311175 A EP 91311175A EP 0492819 B1 EP0492819 B1 EP 0492819B1
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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

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  • This invention relates to a plastic link to be used as a toy.
  • toys are known in the prior art involving linking together of different types of geometric elements to form differently shaped objects.
  • One such toy is the series of building elements known as "LEGO" toys. These comprise a series of building elements linked together by a specifically shaped protrusion on one element to be inserted into a similarly shaped cavity in another element.
  • U.S. Patent No. 4,874,341 describes a polygonal toy construction element having a substantially flat body, provided at its edge faces with a plurality of outwardly projecting connectors (fingers). These fingers are adapted to connect with corresponding projecting fingers of an edge face of another construction element in a snap-together lateral interlock by means of coupling a convex projection of one finger with a concave depression of the adjacent one. When coupled, the fingers permit hinging action between the connected elements on an axis parallel to the connected edge faces.
  • a drawback of this toy is that a user may interconnect the construction elements only along their edges, and only when the fingers of one construction element are inserted completely between the fingers of another element and interlocked therewith.
  • WO Patent No. 86/04253 discloses a toy block comprising a body having on its side surfaces racks consisting of alternate projections and recesses of the same dimensions. Therefore, such blocks can be combined horizontally, vertically and at acute and obtuse angles with respect to the racks.
  • these toys can be combined only by interconnecting at their edges (racks) and only provided that the relatively short projections of one rack fully penetrate between the identical projections of another rack.
  • the plastic link toy of the present invention comprises at least one linkable block having a series of equally spaced gaps formed by a series of equally spaced protrusions mounted on a base element and having a thickness equal to the width of the gaps, characterized in that said base element is shaped as a plate, said protrusions are shaped as elongated ribs having roughened side surfaces and projecting from said plate in such a manner that the ribs lie in planes parallel to each other and perpendicular to the plane of said plate, thus surrounding same and forming the three-dimensional slotted linkable block; so that when two of said three-dimensional slotted linkable blocks are placed next to each other having their respective gaps facing in opposite directions, they can be linked to one another by having one set of the ribs penetrate the opposite gap cavities, and be swivelled around the axis formed by said linked blocks; slippage of said linked blocks from one another being prevented by roughness of the side surfaces of said ribs.
  • the geometrical shape of said linkable block may be a sphere, a cube, a cylinder or a triangular prism; the ribs preferably having rounded corners.
  • the linkable blocks are mounted on a carrying means.
  • said carrying means is a ring, and six linkable blocks in the form of spheres are mounted on the ring.
  • Figs. 1, 2 and 3 illustrate different shapes of slotted linkable toys all having the same general features.
  • Each spherical block 11 has a plurality of rigid ribs 12, joined together by a solid plate 13, and forming gaps 14.
  • the side surfaces of the ribs 12 are roughened to improve the linkage and reduce slippage of the plastics material when two elements are joined together.
  • Fig. 2 illustrates two cube-shaped linkable blocks each having basically the same structure, comprising gaps 15A and ribs 15B.
  • Fig. 3 illustrates a prism-shaped linkable block 16 having gaps 17 and ribs 18 on the triangular front, and having child-safety rounded off apexes or corners.
  • linkable blocks 11, 15, 16 can be connected to each other at any portion of their surfaces and even when the ribs of one block do not fully penetrate between the ribs of another block, which gives the user additional playing possibilities.
  • Fig. 4 illustrates a pair of toys, each comprising six slotted linkable blocks 11 mounted on a carrier ring 20, the toys being linked to each other by a pair of linked blocks, which can swivel around the axis 21 formed by the linkage.

Claims (5)

  1. Jouet en matière plastique à combinaisons comprenant au moins un bloc combinable (11, 15, 16) ayant une série d'intervalles également espacés (12, 15A, 17), formés par une série de saillies également espacées (12, 15B, 18) montées sur un élément de base (13, 15C, 19) et ayant une épaisseur égale à la largeur des intervalles,
    caractérisé en ce que cet élément de base (13, 15C, 19) a la forme d'une plaque, que les saillies (12, 15B, 17), sont formées en tant que nervures allongées ayant des surfaces latérales rugueuses et se projetant de la plaque de telle manière que les nervures se trouvent dans des plans parallèles les uns aux autres et perpendiculaires au plan de la plaque, entourant ainsi celle-ci et formant le bloc combinable à fentes tridimensionnel, de telle sorte que, lorsque deux de ces blocs combinables à fentes tridimensionnels sont placés l'un à côté de l'autre avec leurs intervalles respectifs orientés dans des directions opposées, ils peuvent être reliés l'un à l'autre par le fait qu'un jeu de nervures pénètre dans les cavités des intervalles opposés et qu'ils peuvent basculer autour de l'axe (21) formé par ces blocs reliés ensemble, le glissement de ces blocs reliés l'un par rapport à l'autre étant empêché par la rugosité des surfaces latérales des nervures.
  2. Jouet en matière plastique à combinaisons selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la forme géométrique du bloc combinable est une sphère, un cube, un cylindre ou un prisme triangulaire, les nervures ayant de préférence des coins arrondis.
  3. Jouet en matière plastique à combinaisons selon la revendication 1 ou la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce qu'un élément porteur (13D, 15D, 20) est prévu pour permettre le montage sur lui d'au moins un tel bloc combinable.
  4. Jouet en matière plastique à combinaisons selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que l'élément porteur est une couronne et en ce que les blocs combinables se présentent sous la forme de sphères.
  5. Jouet en matière plastique à combinaisons selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce que les blocs combinables sont au nombre de six.
EP91311175A 1990-12-28 1991-12-02 Jouet de combinaison en pièces plastiques Expired - Lifetime EP0492819B1 (fr)

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IL96823 1990-12-28
IL9682390A IL96823A (en) 1990-12-28 1990-12-28 Plastic link toy

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