EP1671687A1 - Set of elements for a modular construction toy - Google Patents

Abstract

The assembly has construction units respectively comprising a tenon (16) and a mortise (18), where the units are assembled by cooperating mortise and tenon. The mortise and tenon are placed invisible after assembling the construction units. The tenon has a front profile (56) constituted by front vertical immobilization sides (58) which cooperate with vertical rear support sides (38) of the mortise during an assembled position.

Description

The present invention relates to a set of elements for a modular building set.

The present invention more particularly relates to a set of elements for a modular building block, of the type comprising a first panel-type construction element which comprises at least one male part forming a post and a second post-type construction element which comprises at least one female part forming a complementary mortise so as to allow, by a cooperation of tenon-mortise type shapes between said male and female parts, at least one assembly of the first element and the second element of construction.

Numerous sets of elements of this type are known, particularly in the field of three-dimensional toys which are structures consisting of freely connectable parts comprising at least two complementary building elements that can be fixed to each other removable.

Such toys allow the player, usually a child, to exercise on the one hand his reflection and skill during construction operations by manual assembly of elements.

There are many toy building systems implementing assemblies by cooperation of shapes between complementary male and female elements and therefore do not generally require specific tools.

Thus, for example, some sets of modular construction comprise elements of construction in the form of plates or panels having openings and / or tenons complementary to said openings which allow in particular the construction of small scale play structures, such as buildings in model -reduced.

Such building sets offer for example a set or "kit" comprising a plurality of elements to be assembled to make a toy building, such as a farm, a garage or a castle, and generally also including accessories, such as figurines, so that the resulting reduced-model building allows the child to play by deploying his imagination in a given thematic universe.

In addition, it is preferable to avoid assembly means of reduced dimensions, such as ankles, which represent a danger for the youngest children, especially if ingested, and which therefore limit commercially beyond a minimum age the potential player audience. In addition, the assembly means of reduced dimensions are more easily likely to be lost.

US-A-2,968,118 discloses a set of building elements of a toy which comprises in particular panel-type elements and pole-type which are respectively provided with complementary male and female parts to allow their assembly by cooperation type of mortise or tenon type or rail-slide.

More specifically, the assembly comprises a post, of generally square section, which comprises four mortises which are arranged in a cross so as to allow the assembly of at least two parallelepiped panels according to an assembly "in line" or "at right angles as shown in Figure 6 of the document.

Thus, the panels and posts are immobilized in the assembled position by the cooperation of forms between the tenons and mortises.

However, such a set of elements does not allow to achieve an assembly that has aesthetic qualities, which are particularly sought after in such modular building sets.

Indeed, when two panels are assembled in line or at right angles via a pole it then has respectively one or two free mortises which remain visually apparent on the side of the outer face of the panels which is particularly unsightly .

In addition, the posts protrude transversely with respect in particular to the outer face of the panels they assemble, which tends to reinforce the perception of the different building elements that are used to produce a given building in a reduced model, in particular the perception of the columns relative to the adjacent panels.

The tenons and mortises forming the assembly means of the panels and posts are also not completely invisible and masked after assembly since the opposite edges of the panel comprising the tenons which cooperate with a portion of the post vis-à-vis adjacent to the mortise are, whatever the side, very visible.

Consequently, the assembly means known in the state of the art for such applications to sets of constructions are not entirely satisfactory.

The object of the invention is to propose elements for a construction toy comprising means for assembling by cooperation of shapes, particularly of the tenon-mortise type, which make it possible to obtain a particularly aesthetic assembly in which the assembly means are totally invisible while being simple, reliable and economical to manufacture.

For this purpose, the invention proposes a set of elements for a modular building set of the type described above, characterized in that the panel comprises an external lateral face and a tenon on at least one of its edges, said edge having a transversely extending vertical face which is adjacent to the outer side face through an oblique vertical connecting face of so that the tenons and mortises of the building elements are invisible.

Advantageously, the tenons and mortises according to the invention are totally invisible after the assembly of the building elements so that the buildings have aesthetic qualities previously non-existent with the known solutions of the state of the art.

Advantageously, the tenons or mortises forming the assembly means by cooperation of forms are integral with the building elements of the game.

Preferably, the various elements are made of plastic material and manufactured by molding from simplified molds, that is to say in particular molds without drawers, which make it possible to obtain the complementary shapes according to the invention at lower costs. compared to the state of the art.

Advantageously, it is possible to standardize the elements in a small number and that is more likely to be implemented in different kinds of toys, including to build a wide variety of types and forms of building model.

• la face verticale coopère, en position assemblée, avec une face verticale externe d'un montant du poteau ;
• l'ensemble comporte un autre élément de construction constitué par une baguette de raccordement formant cache-mortaise, comportant un tenon, qui est susceptible d'être assemblée avec une mortaise d'un deuxième élément de construction de manière à obtenir une réalisation esthétique sans moyens d'assemblage apparents ;
• la baguette cache-mortaise comporte un corps principal comportant une face verticale externe, une face verticale interne à partir de laquelle s'étend transversalement le tenon et deux faces latérales biseautées s'étendant verticalement et transversalement entre les faces verticales externe et interne qui lui sont adjacentes ;
• la face verticale externe de la baguette s'étend longitudinalement sensiblement dans le même plan vertical que les faces verticales externes des panneaux de sorte que l'ensemble ainsi obtenu présente une esthétique remarquable en ce que les tenons et mortaises des éléments de construction soient totalement invisibles, en particulier du côté de la face externe des panneaux ;
• les faces internes et les faces latérales du corps de la baguette cache-mortaise coopèrent respectivement avec les faces externes des montants du poteau et les faces de raccordement complémentaires des deux panneaux alignés ;
• lorsque deux panneaux sont en position assemblée, dit à angle droit, avec un poteau, les deux mortaises libres restantes du poteau sont respectivement masquées grâce à deux baguettes cache-mortaise de manière à obtenir une réalisation esthétique sans moyens d'assemblage apparents ;
• le poteau formant le deuxième élément de construction est obtenu par le montage d'une première pièce de base supérieure et d'une deuxième pièce de base inférieure identique qui présente chacune une forme générale en "H" comportant deux montants verticaux entre lesquels s'étend une plaque transversale de raccordement qui comporte une fente de manière que l'assemblage de la pièce supérieure et de la pièce inférieure est, à partir de la position de pré-montage dans laquelle les pièces supérieure et inférieure sont positionnées orthogonalement l'une par rapport à l'autre, obtenu par emmanchement vertical des pièces en emboîtant lesdites pièces et par l'intermédiaire des fentes verticales de chacune des plaques desdites pièces qui s'interpénètrent ;
• le tenon présente, en section horizontale, un profil avant constitué par au moins deux faces verticales avant d'immobilisation formant un premier angle aigu qui détermine la forme générale en "V" et, en arrière du profil avant, un profil arrière constitué par deux faces verticales arrière de blocage qui forment chacune avec la face verticale d'immobilisation avant adjacente un deuxième angle aigu en ce que le premier angle aigu et le deuxième angle aigu sont égaux à 90° de manière que, en section horizontale, le tenon présente une forme générale carrée ;
• le tenon comporte, à son extrémité longitudinale arrière, un pied de liaison qui est délimité transversalement par deux faces verticales latérales opposées et qui est solidaire, à son extrémité longitudinale arrière, du premier élément de construction ou de la baguette cache-mortaise et, à son extrémité longitudinale avant, du profil arrière du tenon respectivement, chaque face verticale latérale du pied se raccordant longitudinalement à l'avant avec une face verticale de blocage arrière en formant un troisième angle aigu qui est égal à 90°.

According to other features of the invention:

• the vertical face cooperates, in the assembled position, with an external vertical face of a post upright;
• the assembly comprises another construction element consisting of a connection strip forming mortise cover, comprising a pin, which can be assembled with a mortise of a second construction element so as to obtain an aesthetic embodiment without means apparent assembly;
• the mortice strip comprises a main body having an outer vertical face, an inner vertical face from which extends transversely the tenon and two beveled lateral faces extending vertically and transversely between the external and internal vertical faces which are adjacent to it;
• the outer vertical face of the rod extends longitudinally substantially in the same vertical plane as the outer vertical faces of the panels so that the assembly thus obtained has a remarkable aesthetic in that the tenons and mortises of the construction elements are completely invisible , in particular on the side of the outer face of the panels;
• the internal faces and the lateral faces of the body of the mortise-cover strip cooperate respectively with the external faces of the post uprights and the complementary connection faces of the two aligned panels;
• when two panels are in the assembled position, said at right angles, with a post, the two remaining free mortises of the post are respectively masked by two mortise-seal strips so as to obtain an aesthetic realization without apparent assembly means;
• the post forming the second building element is obtained by mounting a first upper base piece and a second identical lower base piece which each has a generally "H" shape comprising two vertical uprights between which extends a transverse connection plate which has a slot so that the assembly of the upper part and the lower part is, from the pre-assembly position in which the upper and lower parts are positioned orthogonally relative to one another; to the other, obtained by vertical fitting parts by fitting said parts and through the vertical slots of each of the plates of said parts which interpenetrate;
• the tenon has, in horizontal section, a front profile consisting of at least two vertical faces before immobilization forming a first acute angle which determines the shape general "V" and, behind the front profile, a rear profile consisting of two rear vertical locking faces which each form with the adjacent front vertical immobilization a second acute angle in that the first acute angle and the second acute angle are equal to 90 ° so that, in horizontal section, the post has a generally square shape;
• the tenon comprises, at its rear longitudinal end, a connecting leg which is delimited transversely by two opposite lateral vertical faces and which is integral, at its rear longitudinal end, with the first construction element or the mortise-strike strip and, its forward longitudinal end of the rear profile of the pin respectively, each lateral vertical face of the foot connecting longitudinally to the front with a vertical rear locking face forming a third acute angle which is equal to 90 °.

• les figures 1 et 2 sont des vues en perspective du deuxième élément de construction constitué par un poteau vertical comportant au moins une mortaise et qui représentent les deux parties constituant le poteau respectivement avant et après leur assemblage ;
• la figure 3 est une vue de dessus du poteau vertical représenté à la figure 2 ;
• la figure 4 est une vue en section horizontale d'un tenon vertical complémentaire de la mortaise selon une forme de réalisation préférée ;
• la figure 5 est une vue de dessus du premier élément de construction constitué par un panneau vertical comportant sur ses bords verticaux opposés un tenon vertical pour son assemblage avec une mortaise d'un poteau représenté aux figures 1 à 3 ;
• la figure 6 est une vue en perspective qui illustre, avant leur assemblage, un panneau vertical comportant un tenon et un poteau comportant une mortaise complémentaire ;
• les figures 7 et 8 sont respectivement une vue en perspective et une vue de dessus d'un pion de liaison permettant notamment d'assembler verticalement en hauteur deux poteaux ou d'ancrer un poteau sur une plaque de base ;
• les figures 9 et 10 sont respectivement une vue en perspective et une vue de dessus d'une baguette de raccordement comportant une partie mâle susceptible d'être assemblée avec l'une des mortaises libres d'un poteau vertical de manière à former un cache-mortaise ;
• la figure 11 est une vue partielle en coupe longitudinale qui représente un premier exemple d'assemblage des éléments de construction, dit assemblage en ligne, qui comporte un poteau vertical assurant un assemblage de deux panneaux verticaux alignés suivant la direction longitudinale et comportant une baguette de raccordement formant un cache-mortaise pour masquer à l'extérieur la mortaise libre ;
• la figure 12 est une vue partielle en coupe longitudinale qui représente un deuxième exemple d'assemblage des éléments de construction, dit assemblage à angle droit ouvert, qui comporte un poteau vertical assurant un assemblage en coin de deux panneaux verticaux et dont les deux mortaises libres à l'extérieur sont masquées par des baguettes de raccordement formant cache-mortaise ;
• la figure 13 est une vue partielle en coupe longitudinale qui représente un troisième exemple d'assemblage des éléments de construction, dit assemblage à angle droit fermé, qui comporte un poteau vertical assurant un assemblage en coin de deux panneaux verticaux et dont les deux mortaises libres sont à l'intérieur.

Other characteristics and advantages of the invention will appear on reading the detailed description which follows for the understanding of which reference will be made to the appended figures among which:

• Figures 1 and 2 are perspective views of the second building element consisting of a vertical post having at least one mortise and which represent the two parts constituting the pole respectively before and after their assembly;
• Figure 3 is a top view of the vertical post shown in Figure 2;
• Figure 4 is a horizontal sectional view of a vertical post complementary to the mortise according to a preferred embodiment;
• Figure 5 is a top view of the first building element consists of a vertical panel having on its vertical edges opposite a vertical pin for its assembly with a mortise of a pole shown in Figures 1 to 3;
• Figure 6 is a perspective view which illustrates, before assembly, a vertical panel having a post and a post with a complementary mortise;
• Figures 7 and 8 are respectively a perspective view and a top view of a connecting pin allowing in particular to assemble vertically two posts vertically or to anchor a pole on a base plate;
• Figures 9 and 10 are respectively a perspective view and a top view of a connecting strip having a male portion capable of being assembled with one of the free mortises of a vertical pole so as to form a cover mortise;
• FIG. 11 is a partial view in longitudinal section which represents a first example of assembly of the construction elements, said assembly in line, which comprises a vertical pole ensuring an assembly of two vertical panels aligned in the longitudinal direction and comprising a rod of connection forming a mortise cover to hide the free mortise on the outside;
• FIG. 12 is a partial view in longitudinal section which shows a second example of assembly of the construction elements, said open right-angle assembly, which comprises a vertical pole ensuring a corner connection of two vertical panels and whose two free mortises. on the outside are masked by connecting rods forming a mortise cover;
• FIG. 13 is a partial view in longitudinal section which represents a third example of assembly of the building elements, said closed right-angle assembly, which comprises a vertical post ensuring a corner connection of two vertical panels and whose two free mortises are inside.

In the description and the claims, expressions such as "forward" and "backward", "upper" and "lower", "left" and "right" and the "longitudinal", "vertical" orientations will be used without implying limitation. and "transverse" with reference to the trihedrons (L, V, T) shown in the figures and the definitions given in the description.

In addition, identical, similar or similar elements will be designated by the same reference numerals.

The figures described represent an exemplary embodiment of an assembly or arrangement 10 of elements for playing which preferably comprises at least two types of different elements to be assembled, respectively called hereinafter first construction element 12 and second construction element. 14.

The building elements 12, 14 of the assembly 10 game are more particularly likely to be implemented in a building set to make buildings model-reduced.

To do this, the first construction element 12 comprises at least one male part 16 and the second construction element 14 comprises at least one complementary female part 18 so as to allow, by a cooperation of tenon-mortise type shapes between said parts. male 16 and female 18, an assembly of the first element 12 and the second construction element 14.

By definition in a tenon-mortise type assembly, the tenon designates the portion of a piece protruding in the general shape of a rail and generally fitting into a corresponding recess or mortise, in the general shape of a slide, of another piece .

Advantageously, the building elements 12, 14 of the assembly 10 play are made of plastic and are likely to be manufactured conventionally by mass-produced molding and low cost.

Indeed, such manufacture by molding is likely to be achieved by means of "simple" molds, that is to say including molds with no drawers which are known that the design, manufacture and implementation are usually more complex and expensive.

As a variant, the building elements 12, 14 of the play assembly 10 are made of other materials than plastic, such as wood or metal, and in particular of sheet metal which is advantageously capable of being formed by stamping or folding operations.

FIGS. 1 to 3 show an example of a construction element for a game which, comprising at least one female portion 18 forming a mortise, thus constitutes an element of the second type of construction element 14.

According to a preferred embodiment, the second construction element 14 is a post extending vertically about a central axis X-X of symmetry and comprising at least one mortise 18 complementary to a post 16.

Advantageously, the post 14 here comprises four mortises 18 which are opposed in pairs and arranged in a cross so as to form an "X" in which each mortise is orthogonal to the two mortises which are adjacent thereto.

It will be noted that such a post 14 offers a great versatility of use because it makes it possible to perform indifferently several types of assembly, such as those shown in particular in FIGS. 11 to 13, in which the assembly and connection of at least two first building elements 12 each respectively comprising at least one tenon 14.

Preferably, the vertical pole 14 is obtained by mounting a first and a second base part 20, respectively an upper part 20A and a lower part 20B which are complementary.

Advantageously, the upper part 20A is identical to the lower part 20B and the parts 20A, 20B are manufactured from the same single mold which allows to further reduce manufacturing costs.

Advantageously, the embodiment of the post in substantially flat two pieces 20 also makes it possible to reduce the overall volume necessary for the packaging of a game or a toy generally comprising a large number of such building elements.

Alternatively (not shown), a post 14 of plastic material is made by molding in one piece having at least one mortise 18 and preferably two, three, four or more mortises 18 according to the shape and dimensions of the post.

In the case of such a one-piece post comprising for example two mortises 18, the mortises 18 are then advantageously arranged orthogonally relative to each other so as to allow an assembly of two panels 12 at right angles of the type of those shown in Figures 12 and 13, are arranged in line to allow an assembly of two aligned panels 12 of the type shown in Figure 11.

Before proceeding to the realization of a post 14, the upper part 20A must be positioned relative to the lower part 20B in a position, said pre-assembly, shown in Figure 1.

In the pre-assembly position, the respective positions of each of the parts 20A, 20B are such that the position of the upper part 20A corresponds, compared with that of the lower part 20B, to that of a part 20B successively undergoing, on the one hand, a first rotation of 180 ° relative to a horizontal plane so as to be reversed or oriented, in the vertical direction, in the opposite direction and, secondly, a second rotation of 90 ° around the XX axis so that the vertical plane comprising the upper part 20A is orthogonal to the vertical plane comprising the lower part 20B.

The upper 20A and lower 20B parts being thus positioned orthogonally with respect to each other, the transverse and longitudinal directions according to the trihedron (L, V, T) shown in FIG. 1 of one 20B of the parts 20 correspond to respectively to the longitudinal and transverse directions of the other 20A parts 20.

Each base piece 20 extends generally in a vertical plane and has a general shape "H" mainly comprising two vertical uprights 22 between which extends, centrally with respect to their total height, a transverse plate 24 connection.

Each transverse plate 24 comprises a slot 26 having generally an oblong "U" shape, said slot 26 being centered on the axis XX and extending vertically on a determined height corresponding here advantageously to half the total height of the plate 24 between each of its horizontal faces 28 extending transversely.

More specifically, each vertical slot 26 in "U" is, in the plate 24, defined vertically by a horizontal wall 30 and longitudinally or transversely by two vertical walls 32, said walls 30, 32 being planar.

Each vertical slot 26 opens into one of the horizontal faces 28 of the plate 24, so that the vertical slot 26 of the upper part 20A opens vertically downwards in the lower horizontal face 28 and that, conversely, the vertical slot 26 of the lower part 20B opens vertically upwards in the upper horizontal face 28.

The assembly of the upper part 20A and the lower part 20B is obtained, from the pre-assembly position, by vertical fitting of the parts 20A, 20B along the axis XX, fitting according to the arrow F said parts 20A and 20B through the vertical slots 26 of each of the plates 24 of said parts 20A, 20B which interpenetrate.

In the mounted position as illustrated in Figure 2, each portion of the slot 26 of the plate 24 of a part 20A, 20B cooperates with parts of the plate 24 of the other part 20A, 20B, and vice versa, for immobilizing the parts 20A, 20B orthogonally with respect to each other, ie in the vertical and longitudinal or transverse directions according to the orientation relative to the trihedron (L, V, T).

In the mounted position, the parts 20A, 20B are properly fitted or nested one inside the other when the horizontal wall 30 of the slot 26 of the upper part 20A cooperates with the horizontal wall 30 of the slot 26 of the lower part 20B and that the horizontal faces 28 of each plate 24 of each of the parts 20A and 20B are substantially included in the same horizontal plane.

In the same way, the vertical walls 32 of the slot 26 of the upper part 20A cooperate with a part of each of the lateral faces 34 of the plate 24 which extend vertically between the vertical uprights 22 of the lower part 20B, and vice -versa.

The parts of the parts 20A and 20B which cooperate together after interlocking exert on each other a slight tightening force which ensures the maintenance of the parts 20A, 20B in the mounted position while allowing their disassembly.

The vertical uprights 22 of the parts 20A, 20B of the pole 14 each extend vertically, upwards and downwards, beyond the horizontal faces 28 of the plates 24 on a given height H.

Each upright 22 has at its upper and lower vertical ends a planar horizontal face 36 so that the horizontal faces 36 of the four uprights 22 extending in the same horizontal plane make it possible to Stable the pole 14 on a horizontal plane, for example on a building element of the game forming a base plate.

As can be seen more clearly in FIG. 3, the post 14 generally has a cross shape centered on the X-X axis of symmetry and is here a rectangular parallelepiped whose uprights 22 constitute the angles.

Each vertical upright 22 respectively determines with each of the uprights 22 adjacent thereto a vertical housing extending over the entire height of the uprights 22 of the pole 14 and constituting said mortise 18 forming the complementary female part of the assembly means.

Advantageously, the post 14 thus comprises four mortises 18 distributed angularly in a regular manner, here at 90 °, so as to allow an assembly with at least four pins 16 respectively integral with other elements of construction, including first building elements 12.

The post 14, which consists of two identical parts 20A and 20B, therefore has different symmetries, in particular between the profiles of each vertical upright 22.

Thus, each piece 20 has on the one hand a first symmetry with respect to a vertical plane P1 extending transversely and comprising the plate 24 and, secondly, a second symmetry with respect to a second plane P2 orthogonal to the first and passing through the vertical axis XX.

Note that, in the illustrated embodiment of the pole 14, the plane of symmetry P1 of the upper part 20A is the plane of symmetry P2 of the lower part 20B and vice versa.

Consequently, the two vertical uprights 22 of each piece 20 have, in horizontal section, an identical profile according to the symmetry with respect to the plane P1 for the part 20B or the plane P2 for the part 20A and have a general shape of an arrow whose plate 24 constitutes the shaft.

In addition, the profile of each upright 22 and a portion of the plate 24 itself has a symmetry with respect to the plane P1.

For simplicity, hereinafter will be described a mortise or slide profile 18 consisting of different faces respectively belonging to the plate 24 or upright 22 of one or the other of the parts 20A, 20B forming after their assembly the pole 14.

In the following description of the profile of one of the mortises 18, complementary to that of a tenon 16, a face is said "before" when it is oriented towards the axis XX and "back" in the opposite case .

As can be seen in Figures 2 and 3, the mortise 18 is open vertically upwards and downwards and longitudinally rearwardly according to the trihedron (L, V, T) shown in Figure 3.

The mortise 18 has, in horizontal section, a front profile of general shape in "V" pointing on the axis XX and having two vertical rear support faces 38 which are each constituted by a portion of the side face 34 of plate 24 .

The mortise 18 comprises, behind the front profile, a rear profile consisting of two vertical front stop faces 40 which each belong to one of the uprights 22.

Advantageously, the rear vertical support faces 38 and the vertical front stop faces 40 of the mortise 18 are planar.

Each vertical upright 22 has a vertical face 42, said guide face, which is adjacent on one side to the vertical front face stop 40 and the other side to a vertical face 44, said vertical outer face.

The two outer vertical faces 44 of the upright 22 are here orthogonal and form at their intersection an outer vertical edge 46.

Each upright 22 has at least one shoulder 48, of triangular shape in horizontal section, here symmetrically a shoulder 48 at each of its upper and lower ends.

The shoulder 48 is delimited towards the outside of the post 14 by the intersection of the external vertical faces 44 and towards the inside of the post 14 by a vertical abutment face 50.

The post 14 comprises two housing 52, upper and lower, which are respectively open vertically upwards and downwards and delimited on the one hand vertically opposite by a bottom cross consisting of the intersection of the two horizontal faces 28 plates 24 and, secondly, laterally, either transversely and longitudinally, by internal faces of each upright 22 forming the vertical stop faces 40 of the mortise 18.

The housings 52 thus have in the vertical direction a depth corresponding to the given height H.

The vertical stop faces 40 of an upright 22, located on either side of the plate 24, comprise a vertical rail 54 protruding, with respect to the plane of the faces 40, in the housing 52.

Each rail 54 extends vertically rectilinearly from the upper horizontal face 28 of the plate 24 to the horizontal face 36 of the upright 22 and here in horizontal section, a profile of generally triangular shape whose base is formed by the faces 40 and whose apex opposite the base points on the axis XX.

According to the preferred embodiment of the mortise 18 illustrated in the figures, the vertical bearing faces 38 are advantageously orthogonal to each other and are respectively orthogonal to the vertical stop face 40 which is adjacent to it and, preferably, each vertical guide face 42 is orthogonal to the vertical stop face 40 adjacent thereto.

Of course, the general profile of the mortise 18 is a function of the profile of the post 16 with which it cooperates in a complementary manner.

The post 16 forming the male part that includes, at least one before its longitudinal ends, the first construction element 12 and of which FIGS. 4 and 5 illustrate a preferred embodiment will be described below.

According to this preferred embodiment, the post 16, complementary to the mortise 18 which has just been described, has compared to the known forms of the state of the art an optimal shape to obtain a perfect immobilization and precise positioning elements 12, 14 thus assembled.

Preferably, the vertical post 16 of the first construction element 12 of the assembly 10 has, in horizontal section, a front profile 56 of general shape in "V" formed by at least two vertical faces before 58 immobilization which, in mounted position, cooperate with the two complementary rear support surfaces 38 of the mortise 18 forming the female portion so as to immobilize transversely and longitudinally the first element 12 relative to the second structural element consisting for example by a pole 14 described above.

FIG. 4 shows in detail a tenon 16 forming the complementary male part of the mortise 18, which is, for example, integral with the longitudinal end of a building element for a clearance.

The construction element comprising the pin 16 is for example constituted by a member of the first type of construction element 12, here a vertical partition of generally parallelepipedal shape, in particular rectangular, or triangular whose at least one of the edges comprises a tenon 16.

Preferably, the tenon 16 extends vertically over all or part of at least one of the edges of the first element 12 and of continuously, that is to say monoblock, alternatively discontinuously, that is to say vertically into several distinct parts.

In addition, the tenon 16 comprises, behind the front profile 56, a rear profile 60 constituted by two rear vertical faces 62 of locking which, in the mounted position, cooperate with the two complementary stop faces 40 before the mortise 18 of in order to immobilize transversely and longitudinally the first element 12 with respect to the second component 14.

Preferably, the vertical faces before immobilization 58 and / or the vertical rear locking faces 62 of the pin 16 are planar.

The rear support faces 38 and the front stop faces 40 of the mortise 18, which are respectively complementary to the vertical immobilization faces 58 of the front profile 56 and the vertical locking faces 62 of the rear profile 60, are therefore also advantageously flat.

In a variant (not shown), the vertical immobilization faces 58 are, for example, convex so that the front profile 56 is generally curvilinear, in particular elliptical or hemispherical, the complementary bearing faces 38 of the mortise 18 then being concave and vice versa.

In a variant (not shown), the vertical locking faces 62 are, for example, convex so that the rear profile 60 comprises curvilinear sections, in particular elliptical or hemispherical, and the vertical stop faces 40 complementary to the mortise 18 are then concave and vice versa.

As can be seen in FIG. 4, the vertical post 16 has a general symmetry with respect to a median longitudinal plane (PLM) extending vertically and passing through a vertical edge before 64, called the peak edge, forming the top of the front profile in "V".

The vertical front immobilization faces 58 form a first acute angle (α) which determines the general "V" shape or the tip of the front profile 56 of the post 16.

Each vertical front immobilization face 58 forms with the rear vertical blocking face 62 adjacent a second acute angle (β) which determines, in combination with the first acute angle (α), the general parallelogram or triangle shape of the post 16. in horizontal section.

The first acute angle (α) and the second acute angle (β) are preferably equal to 90 ° so that the tenon 16 has in horizontal section a generally square shape.

The pin 16 has, at its rear longitudinal end, a connecting leg 66 which is delimited transversely by two opposite lateral vertical faces 68 and which is respectively integral, at its rear longitudinal end, with the first construction element 12 and at its end. longitudinal front, of the rear profile 60 of the post 16.

Each lateral vertical face 68 of the foot 66 is longitudinally connected to the front with a vertical rear locking face 62 forming a third acute angle (Ω), in particular equal to 90 °.

Advantageously, the first acute angle (α) and the second acute angle (β) are equal to 90 ° so that the portion, said head in opposition to the foot, of the male portion has a generally parallelepiped shape, here a square.

As a variant, the first acute angle (α) is equal to 90 ° and the second acute angle (β) is equal to 45 ° so that the post 16 has a generally triangular shape, in particular an "arrow" shape when the faces Opposite lateral verticals 68 of the foot 66 are for example parallel to the median longitudinal plane (PLM) extending vertically.

Each vertical locking face 62 forms at its intersection with the vertical immobilization face 58 adjacent a vertical vertical edge, respectively a vertical edge. 70 and a left lateral vertical edge 72, which are included in a median transverse plane (PTM) which is orthogonal to the median longitudinal plane (PLM).

Depending on the desired overall shape of the front head portion of the post 16, each lateral vertical face 68 of the foot 66 is likely to extend either parallel to the median longitudinal plane (PLM), or parallel to the median transverse plane (PTM) .

Thus, each lateral vertical face 68 of the foot 66 is connected, longitudinally to the front, forming a third acute angle (Ω) equal to 90 ° with a vertical locking face 62 of the rear profile 60 forming respectively with the vertical face of immobilization 58 is an acute angle of 45 °, especially when the lateral vertical face 68 of the foot 66 extends parallel to the median longitudinal plane (PLM), or an acute angle of 90 °, especially when the lateral vertical face 68 of the foot 66 extends orthogonally to the longitudinal plane (PLM).

Advantageously, the acute angles (α), (β) and (Ω) are respectively likely to be between 5 ° and 175 °, but are preferably equal to 45 ° or 90 °.

Thus, according to the preferred embodiment of the pin 16, the vertical immobilization faces 58 of the front profile 56 are advantageously orthogonal to each other and are respectively orthogonal to the adjacent rear vertical blocking face 62 and, preferably, each vertical rear locking face 62 is orthogonal to the lateral vertical face 68 of the foot 66 adjacent thereto.

As can be seen in FIGS. 5 and 6, the first construction element 12 is in the exemplary embodiment constituted by a vertical panel forming a flat half-wall and comprising at least one vertical tenon 16.

Alternatively (not shown), the first building element 12 is a vertical connecting pole and the second building element 14 is a panel.

The vertical panel 12 extending longitudinally in a vertical plane is here of rectangular shape and thus comprises two opposite parallel longitudinal edges 74 and two opposite parallel vertical edges 76 which are orthogonal to the edges 74 of greater length.

The vertical pin 16 extends over all or part of at least one of its edges 74, 76, preferably at least on its two vertical edges 76 for their assembly with the mortise 18 of a post 14 when the second element of construction is of the type post 14.

The vertical panel 12 extends longitudinally along the trihedron (L, V, T) and the panel 12 is advantageously transversely completely comprised in one of the two side areas delimited by the median longitudinal plane (PLM).

The panel 12 therefore constitutes a half-wall having a lateral face 78, said external, and a lateral face 80, called internal. Alternatively, the panel 12 is constituted by a wall extending transversely on either side of the longitudinal plane (PLM).

The panel 12 is not full, in fact the longitudinal edges 74 and vertical 76 delimit with the internal lateral face 80 an inner cavity 82 so that panel 12 is of constant thickness and the amount of material necessary for its optimized embodiment.

As can be seen in FIG. 6, the panel 12 has, at least on its external lateral face 78, ornamental motifs, such as longitudinal grooves, which advantageously constitute a covering of the visible face of the element 12 after its assembly with the other elements 12, 14 to produce for example a building model.

When the panel 12 is made of plastic material and obtained by molding, it is possible to obtain a large variety of ornamental patterns on the outer face 78, such as imitations of brick walls, stones, the outer face 78 being advantageously likely to be painted to enhance the aesthetics and realism of the building model.

According to the invention, the panel 12 comprises, on its vertical edge 76, a vertical face 84 extending transversely and which is on the one hand adjacent to the lateral vertical face 68 of the foot 66 and, on the other hand, to the external lateral face 78 via an oblique vertical face 86 of connection.

Advantageously, the oblique vertical face 86 forms a 45 ° angle respectively with the vertical transverse face 84 and with the external vertical longitudinal face 78 of the panel 12.

The particular aesthetic advantages obtained thanks to the profile formed by the faces 84, 86 and 78 according to the invention will be explained in more detail in the description made with reference to FIGS. 11 to 13 which illustrate various assemblies.

As illustrated in FIG. 6, the assembly of the panel 12 forming the first building element and the post 14 forming the second building element is for example made by fitting in the vertical direction indicated by the arrow, that is to say say vertically from top to bottom or vice versa so that the post 16 engages and slides in the complementary mortise 18.

Advantageously, the tenon 16 of the panel 12 is thanks to its profile "V" may also be assembled with the mortise 18 of the post 14 snap in a backward motion forward in the longitudinal direction defined in Figures 4 and 5.

In the exemplary embodiment illustrated in FIGS. 5 and 6, the post 16 only has a total symmetry with respect to the median longitudinal plane (PLM) at the level of the head constituted by the front and rear profiles 56 and 60, but not at the level of the foot 66. since the panel 12 forms only a half-partition, in particular by comparison with the pin 16 shown in Figure 4 which is integral with a panel 12 forming a complete partition.

Indeed, the panel 12 forming a half wall has only one lateral vertical face 68 of the foot 66 which is located on the right side, that is to say here of the outer face 78 of the panel 12 and the opposite left side the vertical locking face 62 extends rearwardly to the vertical edge 76 of the panel 12.

FIGS. 7 and 8 show a connecting pin 88 constituting another type of construction element for a game which is more particularly intended to make it possible in particular to vertically assemble two poles 14 or to anchor a pole 14 on a element such as a horizontal base plate.

Preferably, the connecting pins 88 also allow the assembly of a construction element consisting of a horizontal plate forming a floor or roof part and which can be mounted on a model building made from building elements, such as posts 14 or panels 12.

The pin 88 has, in horizontal section, a cross shape having four branches 90, which are here orthogonal and centered on a vertical axis of symmetry coincident with the axis X-X of the posts 14.

To allow for example the vertical assembly of two posts 14 one above the other, the connecting pin 88 is received in the housing 52, respectively upper and lower, two posts 14 to assemble.

Each branch 90 of the pin 88 here comprises on an outer vertical face 92, opposite the X-X axis, a vertical groove 94 which is complementary to one of the four rails 54 that comprise the uprights 22 of the posts 14.

The pins 88, thus being immobilized by the cooperation of shapes intervening between each groove 94 of the pin and each rail 54, advantageously ensure the immobilization of the two assembled posts.

Each branch 90 has two opposite vertical faces 96, called lateral opposite the outer vertical face 92 having the groove 94.

Advantageously, the pin 88 has a determined height h which is preferably greater than H and less than or equal to 2H so as to penetrate all or part of each housing 52 of depth H until cooperating, in at least one housing 52, with the horizontal faces 28 of the plates 24 of each post 14.

As will be understood, the general geometry of the pin 88 and more particularly the "cross" shape is such that the pin 88 is received in the housing 52 without interfering with the mortises 18 of the pole 14.

In addition, the lateral faces 96 of two adjacent branches 90 define in section a "V" profile which extends vertically the rear vertical support faces 38 of the mortise 18 which are constituted by the transverse lateral faces 34 of the plates 24 of the parts 20A, 20B.

Advantageously, the game comprises a base plate (not shown) of the type which delimits a play area around the reduced model and comprises, for example, holes having a cruciform impression complementary to the pin 88 so as to allow the anchoring of elements. such as a pole 14 or decorative accessories such as a floor lamp or a barrier according to the theme of the game which belongs to the model-reduced building.

Such cruciform holes (not shown) are for example made through the thickness of the base plate or obtained by the meeting of four corner at right angles respectively belonging to four plate-like building element and each having a slot complementary of a branch 90 of the pawn 88.

Advantageously, the toy building comprises elements forming caches, such as plug-type elements comprising a vertical body of cruciform section and a flat horizontal head, which are likely to be received in the cruciform holes not used so as to completely obscure and thus allow to make a toy of high aesthetic quality in which the elements of the construction game are not visible or apparent after assembly.

Alternatively (not shown), the connection between two posts 14 or between a post 14 and a base plate can be achieved by cooperation of shapes with any other means.

For example, the horizontal end faces 36 of the uprights 22 of a post 14 may for the upper faces or the base plate have lugs and for the lower faces of the complementary cavities or vice versa, the post 14 then comprising more housing 52 and the plates 24 may extend over all or part of the total height of the pole 14.

FIGS. 9 and 10 show another construction element constituted by a connecting rod 98 comprising in particular a vertical tenon 16, or a male part, and which is therefore capable of being assembled with a complementary mortise 18, such as the one of the mortises 18 of a vertical post 16 so as to form a mortise cover as illustrated on the assembly of Figure 11 and Figure 12.

The connecting strip 98 here extends vertically to a height similar to that of the post 14 or the panel 12.

As shown in FIG. 10, the mortice strip 98 comprises a main body 100, substantially plane in the longitudinal direction, comprising an outer vertical face 102 and an inner vertical face 104 from which a vertical tenon 16 extends transversely. similar to that shown in Figure 4.

The mortise cover strip 98 has two beveled side faces 106 extending vertically and transversely between the outer vertical 102 and inner 104 faces adjacent thereto.

The beveled side faces 106 of the mortise cover strip 98 are identical and complementary to the oblique vertical face 86 of connection that the panel 12 comprises.

The lateral faces 106 thus form an angle of 45 ° with respect to the external vertical face 102 and the internal vertical face 104.

With the mortise cover strip 98, it is possible regardless of the assembly between at least one post 14 and two panels 12, such as those shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, to mask at least one mortise 18 that has remained free to achieve a particularly aesthetic embodiment without apparent assembly means from the outside, that is to say the side of the outer face 78 of the panels 12.

FIG. 11 represents a first example of an assembly, said in line, comprising two vertical panels 12 which are aligned longitudinally and whose respective tenons are engaged in two mortises 18, longitudinally opposite, of the vertical post 14 and comprising, on the side of the external lateral face 78 apparent panels 12, a connecting strip 98 forming a mortise cover.

Thus, after fitting or snapping, the post 16 of the panel 12 is, in the assembled position, immobilized in the corresponding mortise 18 of the post 14 so that the different faces of one cooperate with the faces of the other to immobilize longitudinally and transversely each panel 12 and the post 14.

More specifically, the front immobilization faces 58 of the post 16 of the panel 12 cooperate with the rear support faces 38 of the mortise 18 of the post 14 and the faces respectively adjacent, that is to say the rear locking faces 62 of the tenon 16 cooperate with the front faces 40 of the stop mortise 18.

In the same way, the lateral face 68 of the foot 66 of the post 16 and the transverse face 84 of the edge 76 of the panel 12 cooperate respectively with the lateral guide face 42 and the external face 44 of the post 22 of the post 14.

It is the same for the tenon 16 of each panel 12 and the pin 16 of the mortise cover strip 98 which is capable of being fitted vertically or similarly snapped into a mortise 18 of the post 14 to obtain the assembled position of Figure 11.

Thus, in the case of the rod 98 and the mortise 18 of the post 14, the front immobilizing faces 58 of the tenon 16 cooperate with the rear bearing faces 38, the rear locking faces 62 of the post 16 cooperate with the front faces 40 mortise mortise 18 and the side faces 68 of the foot 66 of the pin 16 with the lateral guide faces 42.

In addition, the inner faces 104 and the side faces 106 of the body 100 of the rod 98 cooperate respectively with the outer faces 44 of the uprights 22 of the pole 14 and the complementary connecting faces 86 of the two aligned panels 12.

Advantageously, the outer vertical face 102 of the rod 98 extends longitudinally substantially in the same vertical plane as the external vertical faces 78 of the panels 12 so that the assembly thus obtained has a remarkable aesthetic in that the tenons and mortises of the elements of construction are totally invisible, in particular on the side of the external face 78 of the panels 12.

FIG. 12 represents a second example of an assembly, said at right angles or "open", which comprises two vertical panels 12 each having, on at least one of their vertical edges 76, a tenon 16 which is received in assembled position in one of the four mortises 18 of the vertical post 14.

Advantageously, the two remaining free mortises 18 of the post 14 are respectively masked by two identical mortise-seal strips 98 so as to obtain once again an aesthetic embodiment without apparent assembly means.

In the assembled positions of FIGS. 11 and 12 comprising elements 12, 14 and 98, the transverse vertical face 84 of the panel 12 cooperates with the external transverse vertical face 44 opposite the post 14, said vertical face 44 being extending transversely to a dimension equal to that of the vertical face 84.

Thus, the vertical edge 108 determined by the intersection of the transverse vertical face 84 with the oblique face 86 of connection is adjacent to the vertical edge 46 determined by the intersection of the two outer faces, respectively transverse and longitudinal, 44 d one of the uprights 22 of the post 14 so that the vertical edge 108 is included in the longitudinal vertical plane passing through the vertical edge 46 and comprising the outer vertical face 44 which extends longitudinally.

Similarly, the internal vertical face 104 of the mortise-cover strip 98 cooperates with the vertical longitudinal vertical face 44 opposite the post 14, said internal vertical face 104 extending longitudinally along a dimension equal to that of the vertical face 44.

Thus, the vertical edge 110 determined by the intersection of the internal vertical face 104 with the beveled side face 106 is adjacent to the vertical edge 46 determined by the intersection of the two outer faces, respectively transverse and longitudinal, 44 of one of the uprights 22 of the pole 14 so that the vertical edge 110 is included in the transverse vertical plane passing through the vertical edge 46 and comprising the outer vertical face 44 which extends transversely.

Advantageously, the oblique face 86 of the panel 12 and the beveled face 106 of the mortise cover strip 98 are of the same size and are parallel to the vertical plane of symmetry P1 or P2 which extends at 45 ° along a bisector with respect to the mortises. 18 orthogonal adjacent to it.

Therefore, the vertical edge 112 determined by the intersection of the oblique face 86 and the outer vertical face 78 is adjacent to the vertical edge 114 determined by the intersection of the beveled side face 106 with the outer vertical face 102. so that the vertical edge 112 and the vertical edge 114 are included in the same longitudinal vertical plane, said plane here comprising the external vertical faces 78 of the panel and 102 of the mortise cover 98.

As can be seen in FIGS. 11 and 12, in the assembled position, the uprights 22 and the mortises 18 of the post 14 are from the outside, that is to say here on the side of the external faces 78 and 102, integrally masked thanks to the arrangement of the different complementary faces according to the invention which has just been described.

In FIG. 11, which represents an in-line assembly, each bevelled vertical face 106 of the mortice strip 98 is thus arranged opposite the complementary oblique face 86 of the panel 12 which is adjacent to it so that the tenons 16 and mortises 18 of all elements 12, 14 and 98 are completely invisible which provides a construction with a remarkable aesthetic.

As compared with FIG. 11, each beveled vertical face 106 of the mortise-strike strip 98 is, in FIG. 12, respectively capable of being associated with either the oblique face 86 of a panel 12 which is adjacent thereto, or the beveled vertical face 106 of another mortice strip 98 which is adjacent thereto.

FIG. 13 represents a third example of an assembly, said at right angle "closed" (as opposed to that of FIG. 12), which comprises two vertical panels 12 each having, on at least one of their vertical edges 76, a post 16 which is received in the assembled position in one of the four mortises 18 of the vertical post 14.

In this third assembly example which will be described by comparison with those of FIGS. 11 and 12, none of the free mortises 18 of the post 14 are visible from the outside so that the use of a strip (s) 98 is not necessary.

Indeed, the oblique face 86 of one of the panels 12 is, in the assembled position, positioned vis-à-vis the oblique face 86 identical to the other panel 12 so that the pole 14 as the means of assemblies 16, 18 are completely masked and invisible from the outside by the two panels 12.

As represented in FIGS. 11 to 13, there is preferably, after assembly, a very small clearance between the oblique faces 86 and / or the bevelled faces 106, this clearance possibly being zero or virtually zero so that the vertical faces 86 and / or or 106 cooperate in all or part with each other depending on the type of assembly made.

Advantageously, the vertical lateral faces 44 of the post 14 are respectively complementary with at least one vertical face 84 of a panel 12 and / or the vertical faces 104 of a mortise cover 98 and at most the complementarity of the oblique faces 86 panels 12 between them and / or with the bevelled faces 106 of a mortise cover 98.

Thanks to the building elements 12, 14, 88, 98 according to the invention, it is possible to produce a set of elements or complete assembly kit for a game for making any type of building model-reduced having in particular a generally parallelepipedic shape whose walls are constituted in particular by panels 12 assembled together by means of posts 14.

It will be noted that the elements of constructions 12, 14, 88, 98 according to the invention make it possible, with few elements that are advantageously identical and standardized, for example the posts 14 or the mortise-seal strips 98 to obtain a large variety of embodiments. from a reduced model to remarkable aesthetics.

It is also possible by means of connecting pins 88 to achieve in height at least two different levels or levels that can be delimited by means of a floor panel or roof (not shown) of parallelepipedal shape whose four corners respectively cooperate with the shoulders 48 and the abutment faces 50 of the corresponding uprights 22 of four posts 14.

Advantageously, a first construction element 14, such as a post, may have more than four mortices 18 depending on its dimensions and / or the angular distribution between each mortise.

Of course, the embodiments shown in the figures are given only by way of non-limiting example of types and forms of building that can be constructed from building elements made in accordance with the teachings of the invention and comprising preferably for their assembly at least one pin 16 and / or mortise 18 according to the preferred embodiment described and shown.

Alternatively (not shown), the first or second building elements may each comprise tenons 16 and / or mortises 18.

According to an alternative embodiment not shown, the panel 12 extends in a main vertical plane forming a predetermined angle with the median longitudinal plane (PLM) of the post 16 so as to also make buildings in reduced-model having other forms than parallelepiped, in particular polygonal type shapes.

Of course, a similar result can be obtained by not modifying the relative position of the post 16 and the panel 12 but by modifying the mortise 18 relative to the post 14 which then comprises for example mortises 18 arranged non-orthogonally.

Thus, by way of non-limiting example, mention will be made of a pole 14 comprising three mortises 18 distributed angularly in regular manner relative to the axis of symmetry X-X and forming between them angles of 120 °.

According to an alternative embodiment not shown, the panel 12 extends vertically but has a curvilinear profile, that is to say for example longitudinal edges 74 and circular lateral faces 78, 80 advantageously allowing the realization of circular cylindrical shape, such as than a castle tower or a mill house.

Advantageously, the connecting rods 98 are then modified accordingly to present in horizontal section a curvature complementary to that of the adjacent panels 12 in the case of an assembly of the type illustrated in FIG. 11 and so that the vertical face external 102 is part of the extension of the external lateral faces 78 of the circular panels 12.

Of course, the geometric shapes of the various building elements are determined depending in particular on the type of building in reduced model to achieve.

The outer vertical face 78 of the panel 12 and / or the outer vertical face 102 of the rod 98 may therefore have, in horizontal section, many different parallelepipedic, prismatic or circular shapes depending on the type of building desired.

Indeed, the aesthetic result is in particular obtained thanks to the profile of the panel 12 consisting of the vertical faces 84, 86 or the same one of the mortise cover strip 98 consisting of the vertical faces 104, 106, and to the faces 44 of the post 14 respectively complementary vertical faces 84 and / or vertical faces 104.

Advantageously, the vertical face 86 of the panel 12 forms with at least the transverse vertical face 84 an angle between 0 ° and 90 °, preferably equal to 45 °.

Likewise, each lateral face 106 of a mortice strip 98 forms at least with the internal vertical face 104 an angle of between 0 ° and 90 °, preferably equal to 45 °.

Alternatively (not shown), the mortise cover 98 may be "integrated" with the post 14 during manufacture, that is to say, integral with the post 14 during molding.

In this case, the post 14 comprises either four mortises 18 but for example two mortises 18 which are arranged relative to one another so as to be aligned (either in "I") or orthogonal (or in "L"). ") which respectively allow to make assemblies of panels 12 in line (Figure 11) and at right angles open or closed (Figures 12 and 13).

The post 14 may also comprise three mortises arranged in "T" to juxtapose on the same post 14 the two previous mortise arrangements, however if the third mortise 18 is free, it is then likely to be apparent from the outside which is unattractive as has been explained before.

Such an alternative embodiment of the post also has the disadvantage of being more expensive to manufacture in that it requires at least two different types of post and therefore in the case of a plastic molding at least two manufacturing different molds and much more complex.

In addition, such posts 14 can not be made of two identical pieces to be pre-assembled according to the preferred embodiment illustrated in FIG. In particular, it is not possible to obtain for the same model game the same packaging compactness of the toy marketed.

This is detrimental economically, therefore commercially, on the one hand at the level of storage or transport because fewer toys are transported for the same volume and, secondly, for the sale of toys since packaging requires to be presented in radius a linear superior.

In addition, the posts made according to this embodiment variant offers less versatility compared to a post 14 of the type shown in FIGS. 1 to 3.

Indeed, the pole 14 according to the preferred embodiment is particularly advantageous because it constitutes a "universal" pole allowing with a single type of pole 14 to achieve indifferently at least one of the assemblies shown in Figures 11 to 13 free mortise (s) 18 being each likely, depending on the type of assembly, to be selectively masked by a mortise-proof strip 98 which is also unique.

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Assembly (10) of elements (12, 14, 88, 98) for a modular building block, of the type comprising at least a first panel-type building element (12) which comprises at least one male part (16) forming a tenon and a second post-type construction element (14) which comprises at least one female part (18) forming a complementary mortise so as to allow, by a cooperation of tenon-mortise type shapes between said male and female parts, at least one assembly of the first member (12) and the second member (14),
characterized in that the panel (12) has an outer side face (78) and a tenon (16) on at least one (76) of its edges (74, 76), said edge (76) having a vertical face Transversely extending (84) adjacent to the outer side face (78) through an oblique vertical face (86) of connection so that the tenons (16) and the mortises (18) of the construction (12, 14, 98) are invisible. Assembly (10) of elements (12, 14, 88, 98) according to claim 1, characterized in that the vertical face (84) cooperates, in assembled position, with an external vertical face (44) of a post ( 22) of the pole (14). Assembly (10) of elements (12, 14, 88, 98) according to one of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that the assembly comprises another element of construction consisting of a connecting strip (98) forming a cover -mortaise, comprising a pin (16), which is capable of being assembled with a mortise (18) of a second building element (14) so as to obtain an aesthetic embodiment without apparent assembly means. Assembly (10) of elements (12, 14, 88, 98) according to claim 3, characterized in that the mortise cover (98) comprises a main body (100) having a face external vertical (102), an inner vertical face (104) from which extends transversely the tenon (16) and two bevelled lateral faces (106) extending vertically and transversely between the external vertical (100) and internal faces (102) that are adjacent to it. Assembly (10) of elements (12, 14, 88, 98) according to claim 4, characterized in that the outer vertical face (102) of the rod (98) extends longitudinally substantially in the same vertical plane as the outer vertical faces (78) of the panels (12) so that the assembly thus obtained has a remarkable aesthetic in that the tenons (16) and mortises (18) of the building elements are completely invisible, in particular on the side of the outer face (78) of the panels (12). Set of elements according to one of claims 4 or 5, characterized in that the inner faces (104) and the side faces (106) of the body (100) of the mortise-cap strip (98) cooperate respectively with the faces. external members (44) of the posts (22) of the post (14) and the complementary connecting faces (86) of the two aligned panels (12). Set of elements according to one of claims 3 or 5, characterized in that , when two panels (12) are in the assembled position, said at right angles, with a post (14), the two mortises (18) remaining free the post (14) are respectively masked by two strips mortise cover (98) so as to obtain an aesthetic embodiment without apparent assembly means. Assembly of elements according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the post (14) forming the second construction element is obtained by mounting a first upper base piece (20A) and a second piece of lower base (20B) which each has a general "H" shape comprising two vertical uprights (22) between which extends a transverse plate (24) of a connection which has a slot (26) so that the assembly of the upper part (20A) and the lower part (20B) is from the pre-assembly position in which the upper (20A) and lower parts (20B) are positioned orthogonally relative to each other, obtained by vertical fitting of the parts (20A, 20B) by fitting said parts (20A) and (20B) through the vertical slots (26) of each plates (24) of said pieces (20A, 20B) which interpenetrate. Set of elements according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the pin (16) has, in horizontal section, a front profile (56) consisting of at least two vertical faces before immobilization (58) forming a first acute angle (α) which determines the general shape in "V" and, behind the front profile (56), a rear profile (60) consisting of two rear vertical locking faces (62) which each form with the vertical face of front immobilization (58) adjacent to a second acute angle (β) in that the first acute angle (α) and the second acute angle (β) are equal to 90 ° so that, in horizontal section, the tenon (16) has a generally square shape. Assembly of elements according to claim 8, characterized in that the tenon (16) comprises, at its rear longitudinal end, a connecting foot (66) which is transversely delimited by two opposite lateral vertical faces (68) and which is secured at its rear longitudinal end, of the first construction element (12) or the mortice strip (98) and, at its forward longitudinal end, of the rear profile (60) of the tenon (16) respectively, each lateral vertical face. (68) of the foot (60) connecting longitudinally at the front with a vertical rear locking face (62) forming a third acute angle (Ω) which is equal to 90 °.

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