EP1121967A1 - Elément de construction - Google Patents

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EP1121967A1
EP1121967A1 EP01300480A EP01300480A EP1121967A1 EP 1121967 A1 EP1121967 A1 EP 1121967A1 EP 01300480 A EP01300480 A EP 01300480A EP 01300480 A EP01300480 A EP 01300480A EP 1121967 A1 EP1121967 A1 EP 1121967A1
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margins
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Richard Keith Hardstaff
Andrew James Gregory
Paul Brazier
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Polydron International Ltd
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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
    • 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
    • A63H33/062—Building blocks, strips, or similar building parts to be assembled without the use of additional elements with clip or snap mechanisms

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  • This invention relates to an element for constructing a structure and particularly, but not exclusively, a toy or model structure.
  • GB 1378942 discloses planar elements for constructing toy or model structures. These elements are polygonal figures and are typically moulded from plastics material. In use, a plurality of the elements are connected in edge-to-edge fashion to form geometric structures.
  • the present invention seeks to overcome these problems.
  • an element for constructing a structure by detachably connecting a plurality of the elements in edge-to-edge relationship comprising a plurality of margins, at least one of the margins being an arcuate margin, each margin being shaped so as to be releasably connectible to a margin of another element.
  • a preferred feature of the first aspect of the invention is set out in claim 2.
  • an element for constructing a structure by detachably connecting a plurality of the elements in edge-to-edge relationship comprising a plurality of margins, at least one of the margins being an arcuate margin, each margin comprising at least two projections having a recess therebetween, an end-face of one projection being formed with a recessed hinge-socket and an end-face of the other or another projection being formed with a protruding hinge-pip, the arcuate margin being adapted to mate with a complementary margin of another element with the hinge-pip of each element urged into the hinge socket of the other element.
  • an element in accordance with the first or second aspects of the invention in combination with a polygonal element at least one of the plurality of margins of the element being a linear margin, said linear margin being hingedly and detachably connectable in edge-to-edge relationship with a complementary linear margin of the polygonal element.
  • an element 10 typically moulded from plastics material, is shown therein.
  • the element 10 comprises a plurality of margins 12. At least one of the margins 12 is an arcuate margin 12', and another one of the margins 12 may be a linear margin 12".
  • the margins 12 of the element 10 serve to define a frame or skeletal figure.
  • the element 10 may have a solid, or substantially solid, figure.
  • each of the margins 12 comprises a projection 14 and a recess 16.
  • each margin 12 further comprises another projection 18 and another recess 20, formed substantially at opposite ends of the margin 12.
  • the end faces 14a and 14b of projection 14, and end face 18a of projection 18 are parallel or substantially parallel to each other.
  • the positioning of the hinge-pip 22 and the hinge-socket 24 on the projections 14 and 18 is not limited to the above-mentioned formation.
  • the hinge-pip 22 and the hinge-socket 24 may be interchanged, and the hinge-pip 22 and hinge-socket 24 may be formed facing each other across the recess 16.
  • Each margin 12 further comprises urging means, typically in the form of a resiliently flexible tongue 14c, formed by a slot 14d dividing the projection 14.
  • Each tongue 14c has an abutment face 15, which corresponds to the end face 14b of the projection 14. The degree of resilience of the tongue 14c may be varied by varying its dimensions.
  • the urging means may be associated with the projection 18 instead of the projection 14.
  • Figures 1 to 4 of the drawings show a first embodiment of the element 10.
  • the margins 12 serve to define a substantially two-dimensional planar figure.
  • the element 10 may, for example, take the form of a sector, as shown in Figure 1, or, in a modification, a generally asymptotic form as shown in Figure 4, but is not limited to these forms.
  • each arcuate margin 12' lies or substantially lies in a plane which is different from a plane or planes in which the other margins 12 lie, and each plane intersects at least one of the other planes at an angle, which may or may not be a right-angle.
  • Figure 5 shows the element 10 having a part-cylindrical figure
  • Figure 6 shows the element 10 having a part-spherical figure
  • the second embodiment of the element 10 is not limited to these figures, and may have, amongst others, a part-conical figure or a part-frusto-conical figure.
  • Figure 7 shows elements 10 having solid figures in use formed into a part-domed structure. Due to the end faces 14a, 14b and 18a of the projections 14 and 18 of the arcuate margins 12' being parallel, interconnection can be easily effected between two different non-planar elements, and between non-planar elements and planar elements.
  • a part-spherical element 10 can be detachably connected in edge-to-edge relationship with another part-spherical element 10 along one of its complementary arcuate margins 12', and with a part-cylindrical element 10 along another one of its complementary arcuate margins 12'; the part-cylindrical element 10 can be interconnected with the part-spherical element 10 along one of its arcuate margins 12', with a planar element 10 along another one of its arcuate margins 12', and with another part-cylindrical element 10 along one of its linear margins 12", while leaving its other linear margin 12" available for interconnection with a linear margin 12" of either a further planar or non-planar element.
  • the projections 14 and 18 of the arcuate margins 12' are engaged with the recesses 16 and 20, respectively, of the complementary arcuate margins 12'.
  • the projections 14 and 18 of the linear margins 12" are engaged with the recesses 16 and 20, respectively, of the complementary linear margins 12".
  • arcuate margins 12' of a planar element 10 and a non-planar element 10, or linear margins 12" of two elements 10, to be interconnected can be perpendicularly, or substantially perpendicularly, brought into engagement; and arcuate margins 12' of two non-planar elements 10, or linear margins 12" of two elements 10, to be interconnected can be colinearly, or substantially colinearly, brought into engagement.
  • the hinge-pip 22 of each in use margin 12 of each element 10 is located in the corresponding hinge-socket 24 of the margin 12 of the other element, and the corresponding abutment faces 14d of each element are aligned and resiliently abut each other due to the urging means of the element 10 forcing retention of the hinge-pip 22 in the hinge-socket 24. An assembled condition of the elements is thus maintainable.

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EP01300480A 2000-02-02 2001-01-19 Elément de construction Withdrawn EP1121967A1 (fr)

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GB0002341 2000-02-02
GB0002341A GB0002341D0 (en) 2000-02-02 2000-02-02 Constructional element
GB0005677A GB2358810B (en) 2000-02-02 2000-03-10 Constructional element
GB0005677 2000-03-10

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GB1344259A (en) * 1971-04-19 1974-01-16 Fox F Amusement device
US4055019A (en) * 1972-02-03 1977-10-25 Edward Henry Harvey Constructional toy and element therefor
US4731041A (en) * 1983-03-30 1988-03-15 Ziegler James T Connectable polygonal construction modules
DE3642520A1 (de) * 1986-12-12 1988-06-23 Gerhard Homburg Verpackungsbehaelter
US5853314A (en) * 1997-02-18 1998-12-29 Bora; Sunil K. Toy building block

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GB1344259A (en) * 1971-04-19 1974-01-16 Fox F Amusement device
US4055019A (en) * 1972-02-03 1977-10-25 Edward Henry Harvey Constructional toy and element therefor
US4731041A (en) * 1983-03-30 1988-03-15 Ziegler James T Connectable polygonal construction modules
DE3642520A1 (de) * 1986-12-12 1988-06-23 Gerhard Homburg Verpackungsbehaelter
US5853314A (en) * 1997-02-18 1998-12-29 Bora; Sunil K. Toy building block

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