EP0766585B1 - Konstruktionselement, insbesondere für spielzeuge - Google Patents

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EP0766585B1
EP0766585B1 EP92919418A EP92919418A EP0766585B1 EP 0766585 B1 EP0766585 B1 EP 0766585B1 EP 92919418 A EP92919418 A EP 92919418A EP 92919418 A EP92919418 A EP 92919418A EP 0766585 B1 EP0766585 B1 EP 0766585B1
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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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  • This invention relates to a set of building elements as described in the first part of claim 1.
  • FIG. 1 An example of such a building brick are shown in GB-A-1 127 168 by Arthur Fischer.
  • His invention relates to a building brick of the type adapted for interlocking engagement with other bricks by means of a re-entrant tongue and groove connection.
  • This kind of building bricks can be put together by a sliding fit when a vertical tongue are introduced into a groove from above.
  • These bricks have the disadvantage that they can not be pushed together or released sideways, because the tongue have a firm locking function in the groove.
  • the building bricks according to the invention are characterized by the statement in the characterizing part of claim 1.
  • the individual building bricks When working with the mosaic bricks it appears from the abovementioned that the individual building bricks must be suitably small to obtain sufficiently detailed patterns on limited areas. Thereby you also realize that to make the mosaic bricks function in practice they must be able to be put together mutually and from the side individually and not just assembled row by row or be slid together carefully from above. This has the result that the individual tongues their respective grooves not only have to be rather small especially with regard to their width as defined above, but at the same time they should also be placed as far away as possible from the corners of the basic square. This results in a suitable version with only a single tongue or a single groove placed in the middle of the side of the basic polygon, preferably the square.
  • the width of the tongues can be made at least less than 1 mm and the side in the basic square less than 10 mm.
  • the basic polygon is a square with, as mentioned above, just one single tongue on each of the two of the opposite or possibly adjacent sides and correspondingly one groove in each of the two other sides of the square all placed in the middle of the side of the square, and at the same time the tongues as well as the grooves have a length, measured along the sides of the square, which is just a third of the edge line of the square while their width is less than half thereof.
  • Fig. 2 just shows two known building elements of the same kind as shown in fig. 1 only put together in a different way, namely parallel to each other on the plane and displaced a third of the length of the edge line in the basic square 2.
  • the two basic squares 2a and 2b are hereby seen to cut into each other.
  • the placing shown here can certainly be an advantage, e.g. to give variations in the side of a greater pattern.
  • this type of assemblies can, on the other hand, create great disadvantages in the form of unintended holes or bad connections inside the pattern, because you can easily put the building bricks together in this way instead of the way mentioned in fig. 1.
  • Fig. 3 indicates, on a relatively big scale, a building element according to the invention seen from above, whereby similarities to as well as differences from that in fig. 1 and 2 shown known building elements appear.
  • the tongues 4 and the grooves 5 are shaped in such a way that they can be suitably clicked together with the corresponding grooves and tongues on other identical building elements for a suitable mutual retention. This is achieved by the length of the tongue 4 and the groove 5 measured along the edgeline of the basic square 2 are a little less in an area nearer to the square than a bit further out, as well as both tongues 4 and grooves 5 being suitably rounded to ease the assembling and the subsequent separation by the hands only.
  • the tongues 4 and the grooves 5 have a much smaller width, understood as the greatest distance from the basic square 2, than on the known element shown in fig. 1 and 2. In that way the basic square 2 appears more distinct and with clearly indicated corners 3, which makes a correct assembly of more elements into bigger patterns more easy.
  • the box 1 can at the top be furnished with a stud 6 which is seen indicated by its circular outline, as the studs of the individual elements will be seen lying in straight rows by a correct assembly.
  • the primary intention with the stud 6 is, however, that two or more elements can thereby be assembled directly upon each other, as the stud 6 is designed so it fits precisely in the corresponding cavity in the bottom of the building element.
  • Fig. 4 is a horizontal cross section through the same building element seen from below.
  • the punctuated circle corresponds to the outline of the stud 6 which is just seen to fit into the cavity in the bottom 7.
  • the cavity is suitably adjusted to the rounding of the stud so that the stud 6 is kept in its correct position in a better way, but otherwise the thickness of the wall of the building element is seen to be appropriately uniform and mainly of the size of half the width of the tongues 4 as defined above. This gives a suitable moulding, a saving of material, plus a suitable flexibility in the building elements when assembling and separating them.
  • Fig. 5 shows the same element seen from the side where the stud 6 protrudes the top 8 of the box 1 and has a rounded upper edge 9 to ease the connection in the vertical plane to corresponding or other known types of building elements.
  • the height of the box 1 is bigger than the length of the edge of the basic square which strongly assists to improve the cohesion, which is especially important in bigger assemblies.
  • the relatively great height also has the effect that the elements can be put together displaced in very different heights, whereby also interesting space figures can be formed.
  • Fig. 6 shows the same type of building brick seen from above but with another outline of the stud 6, here designed as a rounded octagonal star. There may also be other versions of the stud 6 just as it may be totally avoided. This last solution especially because the building elements relating to the invention can also be connected in the sides by means of their long grooves 5 and tongues 4 and in this way be mutually displaced in vertical direction to an even considerable stepless variation of their mutual difference in height.
  • Fig. 8 shows a detailed picture of a tongue 4 and a groove 5 on two building elements according to the invention.
  • the tongue has, a short distance from the basic square, a somewhat bigger extension than slightly nearer the square. This has the effect that such a tongue 4 with a modest use of force can be pressed into the groove 5 of a corresponding building element and still be interlocked suitably firmly herewith.
  • the rounded form of the tongue 4 has the effect that it can more easily be clicked into the corresponding groove 5.
  • the groove 5 is seen to be of a so to speak identical outline as the tongue 4.
  • the radius of curvature 11 innermost in the groove 5 and corresponding innermost on the tongue 4 is a little less than the radius of curvature 12 outermost on the groove 5 and outermost on the tongue 4, as it has shown that there can hereby in practice be achieved a better clicking together between the elements when assembling them.
  • Fig. 9 shows the outline of another version of a building element according to the invention, where the basic polygon 2 is also a square and where the length of the tongues 4 and the grooves 5 measured along the edges of the square is also a third of this.
  • the difference from the version in fig. 3 is that the two tongues 4 are placed on the two adjacent sides of the square and the two grooves 5 on the two other likewise adjacent sides.
  • Both the tongues 4 and the grooves 5 have a width as above defined, which is less than half their length, whereby this version is at all possible, contrary to if the width was also a third of the length of the edge of the square, as the case is on that in fig. 1 shown known building element.
  • Fig. 10 shows the same version of a building element according to the invention seen in a horizontal cross section from below. It is noted, especially when comparising with the corresponding cut i fig 4 that this version will not be quite so suited as the one shown earlier, whose symmetrical construction appears more harmonic and at the same time more material saving.
  • Fig. 11 shows a building element of a design as shown in fig. 9 and 10, which is being put together with three already assembled elements of the same type. This crucial test for mosaic bricks is also seen to be possible with this version because the tongues 4 only extends a little from the basic square, just as there is only a single tongue on each side, both placed in the middle of the side.
  • Fig. 12 shows another possibility for designing a building element according to the invention here shown from the side.
  • fig 5 shows that this version in many respects corresponds with that shown in fig. 3, 4 and 5.
  • a bigger or smaller piece of the upper part of the tongues 4 is left out, so they can still fit into the grooves 5.
  • Fig. 13 shows a total of sixteen assembled building elements of the design form fig. 12 seen from above. As it appears you can hereby obtain a regular square pattern as the coverings 13 just cover all the grooves 5, which can be a special advantage in many cases.
  • This design is made possible because the building element according the invention is provided with such suitably small tongues 4 and grooves 5 that a fourth building element can be fitted in sideways by clicking it together with three already assembled elements to form a square. However the building elements cannot be fitted together from above as with the hitherto shown versions.
  • Fig. 14 shows a version of a building element according to the invention where the basic polygon 2 is a rectangle.
  • the element is shown in a horizontal cross section with a punctuated circle marking the location of the stud 6.
  • the building element in principle just corresponds to two joined elements of that in fig. 3, 4 and 5 shown design, which has a square as a basic polygon 2.
  • two such elements can replace the one shown, even having different colours, it appears to be an advantage with respect to the details of the pattern only to have the smallest elements in the system. This is also because it is difficult to place elements with more than one tongue on already assembled elements by a sideways connection.
  • Fig. 15 shows a horizontal cross section of an element of a similar type. From this it appears that the version shown in fig. 14 is, after all, more suitable, because there out of consideration for the possible attachment to another building element by means of its stud 6, shown as a punctuated circle, only a smaller and more evenly distributed amount of material is needed in this case.
  • Fig. 16 shows a cross section seen from below of two identical building elements according to the invention, where the basic polygon 2 is a triangle put together to form an element that just corresponds to the one shown in fig. 3, 4 and 5.
  • the cut is made so high up on the building brick, that it is above the point where a stud 6 from another element will reach up to when it is assembled. Further down a corresponding cut might resemble the one shown in fig. 4 if you imagine that this element is cut along a diagonal, so that a stud 6 from another element can be fitted in.
  • Such "half" elements suitably of different colours, can possibly be part of a system of building elements of the type shown in fig. 3, 4 and 5, whereby for instance even more detailed patterns can be created if necessary.
  • Fig. 17 shows the outline of a building element according to the invention, where the basic polygon 2 is an equilateral hexagon with corners 3. With a multitude of such identical elements honeycomb cell shaped patterns can be built, which in certain cases can be an advantage. The deviation from a regular hexagon however seen to be rather visible because of the tongues 4 and the grooves 5.
  • Fig. 18 shows a number of building elements according to the invention where the basic polygon is also an equilateral hexagon as in fig. 17, but where the individual building element is, at the same time, provided with corresponding covers 13 just as the building element shown in fig. 12 and fig. 13.
  • the assembled elements seen from above, constitute pure regular hexagons except for elements in the outermost rows.
  • extremely beautiful patterns can be built corresponding to what is known from e.g. beads. But because of the special clicking together of the elements according to the invention this does not, as with beads, lead to disadvantages such as need for bottom plates or welding together with heat, which prevents reuse.
  • the design of the individual tongues and hence of the corresponding grooves can also be varied in many more ways than those shown on the drawing, e.g. concerning the relation between length and width plus the size and placing of the roundings in order to obtain the best possible clicking together.
  • the extent along the side of the square can be half of its length or another fraction than the third, which on the drawing is generally preferred as the most practical.
  • the shown cylindrical stud may also have other designs than the herein shown circular or rounded octagonal.
  • a square stud is thus mentioned, but there may also be other outlines, and the stud can also comprise more than a single cylindrical figure.
  • the studs can even be designed in such a special way that the studs of two single or assembled elements, which have the studs turned towards each other, are able to attach the elements studs against studs.
  • the individual stud may also at the top be provided with channels e.g. placed in crossform parallel to the sides of the basic square and with the same cross section as the cross section of a groove. Thus the stud is also able to secure a corresponding building element in one of its tongues side against top.
  • the building elements according to the invention might furthermore be made of a number of different materials. Most suitable would probably be, as mentioned, a thermoplastic material such as rigid polystyrene, a hard polypropylene, or an ABS.
  • the building elements according to the invention are as mentioned especially suited, in their most simple basic shape together with other identically shaped building elements but of several different colours, to be used as a mosaic brick for toys.
  • the building element according to the invention may however also be used for several other purposes, such as easily assembled signboards or planning boards, as you can build for instance the different letters and numbers of various sizes of the same basic building element.
  • the building elements can be suited for the educating of children in reading and writing, as the children themselves can build the letters and can hereby at the same time in an entertaining way improve the movement of their fingers.
  • the building elements according to the invention also can be used for building up self-bearing partition walls, e.g.

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  1. Satz von Bauelementen, insbesondere für Spielzeug, wobei jedes Element die Kontur eines hohlen und verhältnismäßig dünnwandigen Kastens (1) mit einem offenen Ende (7) aufweist und ein horizontaler Querschnitt des Kastens (1), abgesehen von Zungen (4) und Aussparungen (5), ein Quadrat oder ein anderes Polygon, ein sogenanntes Grundpolygon (2), darstellt, bei dem die Ecken (3) passend gerundet sein können, und wobei auf mindestens einer der Seiten des Grundpolygons (2) mindestens eine Zunge (4) und auf mindestens einer der anderen Seiten mindestens eine entsprechende Aussparung (5) vorhanden sind, dadurch
    gekennzeichnet, daß die sich entsprechenden Zungen (4) und Aussparungen (5) derart ausgebildet sind, daß sie sich zum gegenseitigen Festhalten mit einem hörbaren Klick ineinander einrasten lassen, da die jeweils längs ihrer Seite des Grundpolygons (2) gemessene Länge der Zunge (4) in einem bestimmten Abstand von deren Oberkante größer ist als die Länge der Zunge (4) etwas näher an deren Fuß und die jeweils längs ihrer Seite des Grundpolygons (2) gemessene Länge der Aussparung (5) in einem bestimmten Abstand von deren Öffnung kleiner ist als die Länge der Aussparung (5) etwas tiefer in der Aussparung und gleichzeitig sowohl die Zungen (4) als auch die Aussparungen (5) passend gerundet sind, so daß ein Ineinanderrasten und anschließendes Trennen unschwer von Hand erfolgen können.
  2. Satz von Bauelementen nach Anspruch 1, dadurch
    gekennzeichnet, daß das Grundpolygon (2) ein Quadrat ist und auf jeder der beiden gegenüberliegenden oder angrenzenden Seitenflächen des Quadrats nur eine Zunge (4) und auf jeder der beiden übrigen Seitenflächen nur eine Aussparung (5) vorhanden sind, wobei sowohl Zungen (4) als auch Aussparungen (5) jeweils in der Mitte der Seitenfläche des Quadrats angeordnet sind.
  3. Satz von Bauelementen nach Anspruch 1, dadurch
    gekennzeichnet, daß die Höhe des Bauelementes größer ist als die kleinste Kantenlänge des Grundpolygons (2) .
  4. Satz von Bauelementen nach Anspruch 1, dadurch
    gekennzeichnet, daß die als maximaler Abstand vom Polygon (2) verstandene Breite der Zungen (4) und damit der entsprechenden Aussparungen (5) im Verhältnis zur Kantenlänge des Polygons (2) so klein, d.h. mindestens fünfmal so klein wie die kleinste Seite und vorzugsweise noch kleiner ist, daß das Ineinanderrasten eines vierten Elementes mit drei anderen bereits verbundenen Elementen zu einem Viereck nur mit seitlicher Verbindung möglich ist.
  5. Satz von Bauelementen nach Anspruch 1, dadurch
    gekennzeichnet, daß sowohl Zungen (4) als auch Aussparungen (5) rechtwinklig vom Boden (7) hinauf verlaufen, und daß die beiden horizontalen Querschnitte des Kastens (1) vom Boden (7) hinauf bis zur Oberkante der Zungen (4) gleiche äußere Konturen aufweisen, wodurch miteinander verbundene Elemente stufenlos relativ zueinander nach oben verschoben werden können, ohne z.B. von einem zusammengesetzten Muster getrennt oder gelöst zu werden.
  6. Satz von Bauelementen nach Anspruch 2, dadurch
    gekennzeichnet, daß die längs der Seite des Quadrats gemessene Länge der Zunge (4) und damit die Länge der Aussparung (5) ein Drittel dessen Kantenlänge ausmachen, während die entsprechenden Breiten der Zungen (4) und Aussparungen (5) weniger als die Hälfte ihrer Längen ausmachen.
  7. Satz von Bauelementen nach Anspruch 1, dadurch
    gekennzeichnet, daß auf der Oberseite (8) des Kastens (1) mindestens ein vorzugsweise in der Form eines zylindrischen Stutzens (6) mit z.B. kreisförmigem oder gerundet achteckig sternförmigem Querschnitt ausgebildeter Vorsprung (6) angeordnet ist, der dafür bestimmt ist, genau in die Höhlung(en) im Boden (7) eines passenden Bauelementes hineinzupassen, so daß die Elemente sich auch dann gegenseitig festhalten können, wenn sie unmittelbar übereinander angeordnet werden.
  8. Satz von Bauelementen nach Anspruch 1, dadurch
    gekennzeichnet, daß die Wanddicke des hohlen Kastens (1) vorzugsweise gleichmäßig und derart klein, d.h. kleiner als und vorzugsweise halb so groß wie der Abstand des Polygons (2) vom äußeren Rand der Zunge (4), d.h. entsprechend der Breite der Zungen (4), ist, daß diese unschwer zusammengedrückt und die Aussparungen (5) entsprechend ein wenig erweitert werden können, was die gegenseitige Verbindung der Elemente erleichtert und ein passendes Festhalten zur Folge hat, insbesondere dann, wenn das Bauelement aus einem verhältnismäßig harten thermoplastischen Kunststoff wie schlagfestem Polystyrol, ABS oder Polypropylen besteht.
  9. Satz von Bauelementen nach Anspruch 1, dadurch
    gekennzeichnet, daß die Höhlung(en) im Boden (7) derart mit zusätzlichen Zungen (10) ausgebildet ist/sind, daß hierin Bauelemente mit einem Stutzen (6) quadratischer Kontur sowie Bauelemente anderer Bauarten, die z.B. einen in die Höhlung hineinpassenden quadratischen Querschnitt aufweisen, festgehalten werden können.
  10. Satz von Bauelementen nach Anspruch 1, dadurch
    gekennzeichnet, daß die Aussparungen (5) oben eine überdeckung (13) aufweisen, die in Draufsicht mit den Seiten des Grundpolygons (2) fluchtet, und daß die Zungen (4) oben entsprechend der Dicke der Abdeckung (13) oder mehr gekürzt sind, so daß mehrere Bauelemente in der seitlichen Ebene zu größeren Einheiten verbunden werden können, wobei im Draufsicht, abgesehen von den außenliegenden Elementen, nur ein regelmäßig kubisches, sechseckiges oder ähnliches Muster zu sehen ist.
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