EP1333901A1 - A set of constructional elements - Google Patents
A set of constructional elementsInfo
- Publication number
- EP1333901A1 EP1333901A1 EP01979218A EP01979218A EP1333901A1 EP 1333901 A1 EP1333901 A1 EP 1333901A1 EP 01979218 A EP01979218 A EP 01979218A EP 01979218 A EP01979218 A EP 01979218A EP 1333901 A1 EP1333901 A1 EP 1333901A1
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- Prior art keywords
- elements
- projections
- basic
- upper side
- derived
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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
- A63H33/086—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 with primary projections fitting by friction in complementary spaces between secondary projections, e.g. sidewalls
Definitions
- This invention falls within the field of toys and refers to a set of constructional elements for a puzzle game.
- every basic element has four coupling projections each, placed on the connecting lines of the opposed octagon peaks, out of which two central projections are situated on a smaller circle and two circumferential projections are situated on a greater circle.
- the arrangement of coupling projections on the upper side of the derived elements is to a possibly modular extent then derived from the configuration of basic elements.
- the interconnection of constructional elements is ensured by the combination of contacts of external circular surfaces of coupling projections with the cylindrical surfaces of cylindrical walls and/or with external surfaces of flanged walls and/or with internal surfaces of flanged walls and/or with contact surfaces of stiffening ribs.
- the stiffening ribs are advantageously formed in the octagon peaks points and have got slots in their lower part to place and contact the coupling projections of other constructional elements.
- the slot depth size is greater than the central projections height size.
- One of the derived elements is a two-cylinder vertical element, consisting of a basic element to which is as if built-in an additional basic element under the angle of principal axes equal to 90° at an imaginary contact point, and wherein the back part of the built-in element is completed by an another, as if a flange cutoff in the form of a basic element.
- a modular pattern is made out of a set of two complete central projections kits and of a set of a part of circumferential projections kits on the upper side of such a vertical element.
- An another of the derived elements is a two-cylinder oblique element consisting also of a basic element to which is as if built-in an another basic element under the angle equal to 135° and its back part is completed by as if a cutoff of the next basic element.
- a modular pattern is made out of a set of two complete kits of the central projections and of a set of a part of circumferential projections kits on the upper side of such an oblique element.
- a still another of the derived elements is a two-cylinder straight element, consisting of as if two coaxially, successively arranged basic elements with a flange having flush lateral walls.
- the modular patterns are made out of as if two identical basic elements on the upper side of such a straight element.
- a still another of the derived elements is also a three-cylinder element consisting of a basic element to which are as if from both sides built-in two additional basic elements under the angle of their principal axes equal to 135° at an imaginary contapt point.
- a modular pattern is made out of the set of three complete central projections kits and of the set of a part of circumferential projections kits on the upper side of such a three-cylinder element.
- FIG. 1 shows two diagonal views of the basic element of a set so as to see the positioning of coupling projections on the upper side thereof and also the construction of connecting elements on the lower side thereof ,
- FIG. 2c shows the lateral view of a half-size element dissected by a broken plane B-B of the figure 2b
- Fig. 3 shows a two-cylinder vertical element, wherein the position 3a represents the bottom view thereof, the position 3c the top view thereof with indicated section plane C-C and the position 3b represents the view thereof in the direction of the plane section C-C,
- - Fig. 4 shows a two-cylinder oblique element, where the position 4a represents the bottom view thereof, the position 4b the front view thereof and the position 4c the top view thereof,
- Fig. 7 shows the assembly procedure of a two-level simple set, wherein 7a represents the assembly of the first level of elements, 7b represents the assembly of the second level of elements and 7c the two-level assembled arrangement,
- a basic element 1 of the constructional set shown in the Fig. 1 is composed of lateral flanged walls H in the shape of an equilateral octagon with a plane upper wall.
- Two groups of coupling projections are formed on the upper side of the plane wall of the basic element
- the first group consists of eight central projections 12 situated on a smaller circle m and the second group consists of eight circumferential projections 13, situated at the peaks of an octagon on a greater circle n.
- the bottom part of the basic element 1 of the constructional set is completed by a cylindrical connecting wall 14, engaging concurrently with flanged walls H into an octagon being interconnected with the same by means of stiffening ribs 15 in the area of its peaks.
- These stiffening ribs 15 have the slots 16 formed in their lower part to place the coupling projections of an another constructional element.
- the depth a of the slot 16 is approximately double the size of the height b of the central projection 12.
- An another element of the constructional set is a derived two-cylinder straight element 4 shown in the Fig. 5, which is formed as if by the connection of two successively arranged basic elements 1 with a direct flushing of two lateral flanged walls IJ..
- the third element of the constructional set is a derived half-size element 6 shown in the Fig. 2b, which is formed by as if a dissection of the basic element 1 in the direction of a principal axis whereby the section point is completed by an interconnecting external flange.
- the last element of this example is a derived quarter-size element 7 shown in Fig. 2a, which is formed by as if a quarter-size cutoff of the basic element 1 and completed by a broken interconnecting external flange.
- the described elements form a simple set of the constructional elements.
- the very simple pattern as for example a cross can be created from these as follows.
- Two basic elements 1 are put side by side in the form of a cross on a plane base (not shown), one two-cylinder straight element 4 is inserted crosswise in between them and two half-size elements 6 are put to its both ends, forming the first level of a pattern.
- the second level of a pattern is gradually formed by taking an another two-cylinder straight element 4 and placing it crosswise into the centre of a pattern, taking care for that both internal cylindrical surfaces 141 thereof slide in between the central projections . 12 of the three elements 1, 4, of the first level spanning them by means of a principal contact.
- This example describes a set of constructional elements composed of different types of elements except the basic element 1 formed in accordance with the description of the Example 1.
- An another element of this set is a derived two-cylinder vertical element 2 shown in Fig. 3, formed as if by a vertical connection of two basic elements 1 and an additional forming of the external flanged walls V_ by a cutoff of the third basic element 1
- An another element of this set is a derived two-cylinder oblique element 3 shown in Fig. 4 which is formed by as if a crosswise connection of two basic elements and an additional forming of external flanged walls H by a cutoff of the third basic element 1.
- the last element in this example is a derived three-cylinder element 5 shown in the Fig. 6, which is formed of as if a connection of three basic elements 1 under the defined angles.
- the described four elements form a more complicated set of the constructional elements enabling to create also more complicated patterns having more rounded shapes.
- Such a more complicated pattern (see Fig. 8) will be formed from these as follows.
- the basic elements 1 are put on a plane base in the form of a pattern thus forming the first level.
- the second level is formed similarly as in the example 1 , with the difference that instead of the elements 4, 1, 6, vertical elements 2, oblique elements 3 and three-cylinder elements 5 are gradually placed in this second level.
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Applications Claiming Priority (3)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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SK1660-2000A SK285053B6 (en) | 2000-11-03 | 2000-11-03 | System of modular elements |
SK166000 | 2000-11-03 | ||
PCT/SK2001/000022 WO2002036229A1 (en) | 2000-11-03 | 2001-10-22 | A set of constructional elements |
Publications (2)
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EP1333901A1 true EP1333901A1 (en) | 2003-08-13 |
EP1333901B1 EP1333901B1 (en) | 2006-01-25 |
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Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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EP01979218A Expired - Lifetime EP1333901B1 (en) | 2000-11-03 | 2001-10-22 | A set of constructional elements |
Country Status (8)
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EP (1) | EP1333901B1 (en) |
AT (1) | ATE316412T1 (en) |
AU (1) | AU2002211204A1 (en) |
CZ (1) | CZ294739B6 (en) |
DE (1) | DE60116891T2 (en) |
ES (1) | ES2261488T3 (en) |
SK (1) | SK285053B6 (en) |
WO (1) | WO2002036229A1 (en) |
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CN105963983B (en) * | 2016-06-15 | 2018-07-17 | 东阳市万利电子有限公司 | Trapezoidal magnetic building blocks |
DE102021134579A1 (en) * | 2021-12-23 | 2023-06-29 | Florian Holz | toy building set |
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US3487579A (en) * | 1966-02-01 | 1970-01-06 | David L Brettingen | Blocks including means for interlocking them at plural angles |
EP0027840A1 (en) * | 1979-10-25 | 1981-05-06 | Karl von Däniken | Toy construction elements |
US4964834A (en) | 1987-02-05 | 1990-10-23 | Rolf Myller | Triangle based interconnecting block set |
US4964833A (en) * | 1989-06-02 | 1990-10-23 | Mass-Set Kabushiki Kaisha | Toy construction blocks with connectors |
US5057049A (en) | 1990-04-06 | 1991-10-15 | Kaczperski Thomas E | Hexagonal-shaped toy building block |
DK112194A (en) | 1994-09-29 | 1996-03-30 | Lego As | Stacking block system |
DK112094A (en) | 1994-09-29 | 1996-03-30 | Lego As | Stacking block system |
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- 2000-11-03 SK SK1660-2000A patent/SK285053B6/en not_active IP Right Cessation
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- 2001-10-22 AT AT01979218T patent/ATE316412T1/en not_active IP Right Cessation
- 2001-10-22 EP EP01979218A patent/EP1333901B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 2001-10-22 CZ CZ20031531A patent/CZ294739B6/en not_active IP Right Cessation
- 2001-10-22 AU AU2002211204A patent/AU2002211204A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 2001-10-22 DE DE60116891T patent/DE60116891T2/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 2001-10-22 ES ES01979218T patent/ES2261488T3/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 2001-10-22 WO PCT/SK2001/000022 patent/WO2002036229A1/en active IP Right Grant
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WO2002036229A1 (en) | 2002-05-10 |
CZ20031531A3 (en) | 2003-09-17 |
CZ294739B6 (en) | 2005-03-16 |
SK285053B6 (en) | 2006-05-04 |
DE60116891D1 (en) | 2006-04-13 |
SK16602000A3 (en) | 2002-05-09 |
ES2261488T3 (en) | 2006-11-16 |
DE60116891T2 (en) | 2006-10-12 |
AU2002211204A1 (en) | 2002-05-15 |
ATE316412T1 (en) | 2006-02-15 |
EP1333901B1 (en) | 2006-01-25 |
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