EP0958015A1 - Jeu de construction pour edifice - Google Patents

Jeu de construction pour edifice

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Publication number
EP0958015A1
EP0958015A1 EP96940996A EP96940996A EP0958015A1 EP 0958015 A1 EP0958015 A1 EP 0958015A1 EP 96940996 A EP96940996 A EP 96940996A EP 96940996 A EP96940996 A EP 96940996A EP 0958015 A1 EP0958015 A1 EP 0958015A1
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Prior art keywords
bottom plate
building
coupling means
building module
coupling
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English (en)
Inventor
Erik Bach
Kaj Svejstrup Mikkelsen
Carsten Peter Michaelsen
Philip Marshall Kushner
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Interlego AG
Lego AS
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Lego AS
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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
    • A63H33/044—Buildings

Definitions

  • the present invention relates to a building set for a toy building and comprising a plurality of building module frames and a number of fittings, and wherein the building module frames comprise a bottom plate with a superstructure that defines the walls and ceiling of the building module frame, and wherein the bottom plate is provided with coupling means for coupling engagement of building module frames next to each other.
  • Such building sets have become available in recent years m a variety of embodiments where they are particular suitable for doll's houses which thus distinguish themselves relative to conventional inseparably framed doll's houses in that they provide the option of rearranging the individual rooms of the doll's house relative to each other.
  • the option of rearranging the individual rooms m the doll's house presents a problem as a doll's house constructed from a plurality of adjoining building module frames cannot readily be moved as a coherent unit.
  • the prior art doll's houses solve this problem as described above by featuring a bottom plate which is provided with coupling means for interconnecting two or more building module frames next to each other.
  • these coupling means consist of complementary friction- or snap-couplings arranged laterally of the bottom plate m the building module frame.
  • Assembly of these prior art building module frames is effected by sideways pushing of the building module frames towards each other whereby the complementary coupling means on the bottom plate engage with each other.
  • the mutual holding force between the individual building module frames is hereby limited by the intention that a child shall be able to interconnect and disconnect the individual building module frames m order to put the advantages associated with the modular construction of the doll's house to practical use.
  • Claim 2 features a particularly convenient embodiment where the superstructure of the building module frame is releasably secured to the bottom plate by means of coupling means intended therefor and arranged on the bottom plate as well as on the superstructure, and where the holding force between the bottom plate and the superstructure exceeds the frictional force between the bottom plate and the fittings. This allows the building module frame to be separated from the bottom plate whereby the requirements to packaging dimensions are reduced.
  • the increased holding force between the superstructure and the bottom plate further ensures that the only way of separating the superstructure from bottom plate is by applying a force which exceeds the frictional force between the fittings and the bottom plate.
  • the building set may moreover comprise wall elements with coupling means on the underside for coupling of the wall elements onto the bottom plate.
  • the coupling means on the top surface of the bottom plate acquire the further function of securing the releasable wall elements while also allowing the wall elements to be used for interconnecting the building module frames.
  • the bottom plate may be provided with coupling means along its entire periphery, or better yet across its entire surface whereby it becomes possible to arrange the building module frames in many different positions relative to each other while simultaneously allowing the positioning of the fittings on several locations on the bottom plate where the fittings do not necessary interconnect the building module frames but are secured in a stable manner onto the bottom plate.
  • these coupling studs may be designed similarly to the coupling studs in known building systems with building blocks which may be used for the construction of walls, furniture or the like on the bottom plate.
  • the bottom plate may be provided with coupling means on the underside, which may be interconnected with separate coupling elements m accordance with claim 6 and which allow further increased holding force between individual building module frames, since the bottom plates may hereby be interconnected at the underside as well as at their top surface.
  • the design of the bottom plate with support elements in accordance with claim 7 serves to ensure that building modules arranged next to each other will always have the same height above the support whether they are interconnected by a separate coupling element or not.
  • Claim 8 features a particularly convenient embodiment of these support elements m the form of flanges whereby a stable support is ensured.
  • the features according to claim 9 provide m particular for stable stacking of building module frames in a mutually displaced manner.
  • Claim 10 features a further preferred embodiment of the invention where the superstructure may also be coupled m such a manner that the holding force between interconnected building module frames is further increased.
  • the couplings on the top surface of the superstructure may also be provided for interconnecting with the coupling means on the underside of the bottom plate whereby they may be used for interconnecting building module frames on top of each other.
  • Figure 1 is a perspective view of two building module frames according to the invention with accompanying fittings and wall element.
  • Figure 2 is a perspective bottom plane view of a fitting according to the invention.
  • Figure 3 is a perspective bottom plane view of a wall element.
  • Figure 4 is a perspective bottom plane view of a bottom plate for a building module frame according to Figure 1.
  • Figure 5 is side view of a building structure composed of building module frames according to the invention.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates two building module frames 1,2 according to the invention where each building module frame 1,2 consists of a bottom plate 3,4 on which a grating structure has been erected consisting of columns 5 and girders 6.
  • the two building module frames are provided with coupling studs 12 on the bottom plate 3,4 and on the top surface of the girders 6.
  • the building module frame 1 has a square ground plan and the building module frame 2 in Figure 1 has a rectangular ground plan with a lateral length corresponding to the lateral length of the square building module frame 1, and the other lateral length corresponding to half there of.
  • the building module frame 1 has a substantially square bottom plate 3
  • the building module frame 2 has a bottom plate 4 where the one lateral length corresponds to the lateral length of the bottom plate 3 whereas the other lateral length is only half that size.
  • Figure 1 illustrates a wall element 7 having at its two lateral edges a tongue 8. Since the columns 5 each have at their sides a groove 9 to match the tongue 8, however, the wall element may be mounted between the columns 5.
  • the wall element 7 having outer dimensions corresponding to the clearances between the columns, the wall element 7 with the tongue 8 may be inserted into the clearance between the columns 5 whereby the columns 5 may be outwardly deformed and allow that the tongue 8 engages with the corresponding grooves 9 on the columns 5 on each side of the wall element.
  • FIG. 1 A more detailed perspective bottom view of a fitting 10 according to the invention is given in Fig 2.
  • the fitting 10 is provided with coupling flanges 11 which have a distance relative to each other to match the modular distance between the individual coupling studs 12 on the bottom plates 3,4 m the building module frames 1,2.
  • the fitting may thus be frictionally interconnected therewith.
  • the fitting 10 may be arranged m the building module frames 1,2 in such a manner that the one end of the fitting extends into the one building module frame 1 and the other end extends into the second module frame 2 as will appear m further detail from Figure 5.
  • the fitting 10 may secure the two building module frames to each other, and in case the building module frames are lifted off the support on which they are arranged when those sides of the building module frames 1,2 that face away from each other are seized, a pressure depending on the height of the columns 5 above the bottom plate will be caused to be applied at the girders 6 of the building module frames that are pressed towards each other, as well as a pull m the fittings 10 that coupling the bottom plates 1,2 transversally of the coupling direction.
  • fittings 10 and the bottom plates 1,2 are hereby reduced proportionally with the height of the columns 5 and replaced by a pull as described above.
  • the fittings may be in a variety of forms, such as chairs, sofas, tables and the like, without departing from the scope of the invention.
  • the fitting of may also be in the form of an mterconnectable unit to be assembled from several individual components.
  • the building set may also comprise building blocks for the construction of walls, interiors and the like. These building blocks may thus also have coupling elements on the underside for mounting of these building blocks on the bottom plate 3,4 whereby the building blocks may also be used for interconnecting the individual building module frames 1,2.
  • Figure 3 illustrates a wall element 7 which is also shown in connection with the building module frames in Figure 1.
  • the wall element 7 is shown in a perspective bottom view that illustrates how the underside of the wall element 7 is provided with coupling elements 13 for coupling the wall element 7 onto the coupling studs 12.
  • the wall element 7 anywhere on the bottom plates 3,4 whereby the wall elements may be used for interconnecting the building module frames 1,2, too.
  • the coupling studs 12 also have a plurality of different functions on the bottom plate; thus they may also serve to secure the position of the wall elements 7 as well as those of the fittings 10 relative to the bottom plate thereby preventing the elements 7,10 from falling out of the building module frames when moved.
  • the wall element 7 may also have coupling means 2 on the top surface which may engage with coupling means 23 on the underside of the bottom plates 3,4.
  • the wall element 7 may contribute even further to the bracing of interconnected building module frames 1,1a, 2, 2a.
  • Figure 4 illustrates the bottom plate 3 for the building module frame 1 seen in Figure 1 in a perspective view seen from the bottom. It will appear that the bottom plate 3 is provided with downwardly protruding outer flanges 14 which extend along the outer edge of the building plate 3. Within the outer flanges 14 and parallel therewith a further set of downwardly protruding inner flanges 15 is provided that extends a distance further downwards than the flanges 14 whereby the building plate is supported by the inner flanges 15 when arranged on a planar support thereby lifting the outer flanges 15 off the support.
  • Figure 4 illustrates that the inner flanges 15 do not extend continuously along the circumference of the building plate 3, but form openings 16 centrally on the elongated sides. These openings have a width corresponding to the double width of the girders 6 on the building module frames 3,4 whereby the openings 16 allow building module frames 3,4 to be arranged in a displaced manner on top of each other thereby fitting the girders 6 on the lowermost building module frames into the openings 16, and hence the openings 16 contribute to securing the lowermost building module frames at the girders 6, as will be described m further detail in connection with Figure 5.
  • Figure 5 is a sideview of a building construction composed of three square building module frames 1,1a, lb and a building module frame 2 with half the lateral length of the type shown m Figure 1.
  • the various building module frames 1,1a, lb, 2 shown in Figure 5 are interconnected in different ways, and it will appear that the lowermost building module frames 1 and 2 are interconnected at their bottom by the mounting of a fitting 17 across the bottom plates 3,4 and an element 20 extending between the undersides of the building plates 3 and 4.
  • the building module frames la, lb are interconnected at their bottom by means of the fitting 18, and by the girders 6 (not shown m this Figure) m the lower building module frames 1,2 engaging with the openings 16 (not shown m this Figure) m the upper building module frames la, lb.
  • the bottom plate 19 on the building module frame la being provided with downwardly protruding internal flanges 15 as shown m Figure 4 means that the building module frame la causes the lowermost building module frames 1,2 to be interconnected at the top by their girders.
  • the upper building module frames la, lb are interconnected at the top by a separate building element 20, corresponding to the building element 20 at the underside of the lowermost building module frames 1,2.
  • the building element 20 is mounted in a manner known per se by frictionally interconnecting with the coupling studs 12 on the girders 6 of the building modules la, lb.
  • the building construction according to Figure 5 is self-supporting, but the uppermost building module frames la, lb may easily be carried by the lowermost building module frames 1,2 without being separated from each other, and the entire building structure may be moved as a unit without separating during moving.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un jeu de construction pour édifice, qui comprend un certain nombre de châssis de module de construction (1, 1a, 1b, 2) et une pluralité d'accessoires (10, 17, 18). Chacun des châssis en question (1, 1a, 1b, 2) comprend un socle (3, 4, 19) doté d'une superstructure définissant les murs et les plafonds du châssis de module de construction (1, 1a, 1b, 2). Chaque socle (3, 4, 19) est doté de moyens de fixation (12) pour enclencher des châssis de module de construction adjacent (1, 1a, 1b, 2). En disposant les systèmes de fixation (12) sur la surface supérieure du socle (3, 4, 19) et en enclenchant de manière libérable les systèmes de fixation (12) avec des moyens de fixation complémentaires (11) sur le côté inférieur des accessoires (10, 17, 18), on obtient un montage stable et fiable qui offre une grande force de maintien sans pour autant nécessiter beaucoup de force pour l'enclenchement des châssis de module de construction.
EP96940996A 1995-11-20 1996-11-20 Jeu de construction pour edifice Withdrawn EP0958015A1 (fr)

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DK130195A DK130195A (da) 1995-11-20 1995-11-20 Byggesæt til en legetøjsbygning
DK130195 1995-11-20
PCT/DK1996/000478 WO1997018875A1 (fr) 1995-11-20 1996-11-20 Jeu de construction pour edifice

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