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• This invention relates to toy construction sets and specifically to toy
• the parts of the set may be assembled
• spoke arrangement which may also be used to construct a wide variety of
• the present invention is directed to overcoming these disadvantages and to
• toy construction set that is particularly suitable for the construction of animate objects such as animals, birds, insects, dinosaurs and humanoids (robots,
• the present invention is directed to a construction set that is particularly
• the construction set are analogous to bones and moveable joints.
• the construction are analogous to bones and moveable joints.
• Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the long bone component of a toy
• Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a short bone component of the present toy
• Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the small bone component of the present toy
• Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the small hub component of the present toy
• Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the large hub component of the present toy
• Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the insert connector component of the
• Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the male connector component of the present
• Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the large joint component of the present toy
• Fig. 9 is a perspective view of the small joint component of the present toy
• Fig. 10 is a perspective view of the claw component of the present toy
• Fig. 1 1 is a perspective view of the head component of the present toy
• Figs. 1 2 and 1 3 are perspective views of the pivoting connector of the
• Fig. 1 4 is a perspective view of the components of the present toy
• Fig. 1 5 is a perspective view of the components of the present toy
• Fig. 1 6 is a perspective view of the components of the present toy
• the first component is a long bone 1 0 which has an elongated shaft
• Connecting socket 1 7 is designed to receive, with a friction fit, the connecting post
• each of the components may be joined to each other as the connecting socket and
• connecting post dimensions are standardized.
• the dimensions of the connecting post dimensions are standardized.
• connecting posts and connecting sockets of the present construction set are the
• FIG. 2 Another component part shown in Fig. 2 is a short bone 20 which has a
• connecting post 26 and connecting socket 27 are of
• a small bone 30 shown in Fig. 3 forms another bone like
• Small bone 30 includes a short, narrow shaft 31 and end portions
• End portions 32,33 of small bone 30 are sized and configured to have the same dimensions as the standard connecting posts of the other components, thus
• end portions 32,33 can be inserted into any standard connecting socket.
• Small hub 35 has a body
• Connecting sockets 37 are of the standard size to receive the connecting posts of
• Small hub 35 may be used to provide a Y branching of the
• Large hub 40 includes a body portion 41 and three radially
• Body portion 41 of large hub 40 includes an
• Insert 50 includes a cylindrical body portion 51 which is sized to be a
• portion 51 of insert 50 is a connecting post 52 with a connecting socket 53
• Male connector 55 has a cylindrical body portion 56
• Male connector 55 can also serve as a female to male gender
• hubs 40 may be stacked together with other components inserted into its
• the present construction set provides a number of
• the first such component is a large joint 60 shown in
• Fig. 8 which includes a cup portion 61 for movably receiving a ball portion 62.
• Cup portion 61 includes a semi spherical concave recess 63 and U-shaped notches
• Recess 63 is designed to extend around
• U-shaped notches 64 provide clearance to permit large pivoting
• cup portion 61 to "stretch" to permit ball portion 62 to be inserted during
• a flat surface 65 on cup portion 61 forms a flange from which a connecting
• Ball portion 62 includes a flat surface 67 which has a connecting
• flat surface 67 is sized such that it is smaller than the distance between
• Another joint component is a small joint 70 shown in Fig. 9 which is
• Ball 73 and cup portion 71 are similar to, but smaller in diameter, than large joint 60.
• the free end of cup portion 71 includes a connecting
• socket 74 and has U-shaped openings 75 on each side which provides clearance to
• Small bone portion 72 has a connecting post 76 at its free end and a flared
• cup portion 71 is constructed to surround more than half of ball 73 so as to retain
• the confronting ball and cup surfaces may also be roughened so as to
• Fig. 1 0 shows a "clawball" 80 which has a cup portion 81 and a claw
• Cup portion 82 which has a ball 83 at one end.
• Cup portion 81 is basically the same as
• cup portion 71 and includes a connecting socket 84 and U-shaped openings 78 on
• Cup portion 81 is also constructed to surround more than half of ball 83 so
• Fig. 1 1 illustrates a toy "head" 85 which has an outer profile in the shape of
• Head 85 includes a number of
• head 85 may also contain a connecting socket 87 to permit head 85 to be
• connecting posts could also be used on head 85, or a mixture of posts and
• the head component of course need not be made in the shape shown as
• Figs. 1 2 and 1 3 illustrate another connector 90 which is pivotable in a single
• Connector 90 includes a yoke portion 91 and a T-shaped pivoting portion
• Yoke portion 91 includes a connecting socket 93 and loops 94 having circular
• Pivoting portion 92 also includes a connecting post 97 for connection to other
• Fig. 14 shows certain of the components of the present construction set
• Lego pieces In this manner Lego blocks can be used in creating the humanoid or
• animal figures by way of example block 1 00 can form a "foot" for the figure.
• Fig. 1 5 illustrates the above described components assembled to create a
• the legs are formed from small joints 70, short bones 20, and large
• Fig. 1 6 shows a velociraptor 1 20 formed from the
• polyethylene and polypropylene are particularly suitable since they are inexpensive
• component may also be molded in a different color to aid in assembly.

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