EP1813332A1 - Verbindungsmittel für Konstruktionselemente und Bausteinsatz damit - Google Patents

Verbindungsmittel für Konstruktionselemente und Bausteinsatz damit Download PDF

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EP1813332A1
EP1813332A1 EP06405046A EP06405046A EP1813332A1 EP 1813332 A1 EP1813332 A1 EP 1813332A1 EP 06405046 A EP06405046 A EP 06405046A EP 06405046 A EP06405046 A EP 06405046A EP 1813332 A1 EP1813332 A1 EP 1813332A1
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connecting means
strip
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block set
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Wilfried Grichting
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Kiditec AG
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Techno Bloxx AG
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Priority to EP06405046A priority Critical patent/EP1813332A1/de
Priority to KR1020087020857A priority patent/KR101356588B1/ko
Priority to JP2008552662A priority patent/JP5131989B2/ja
Priority to RU2008130660/13A priority patent/RU2457886C2/ru
Priority to EP07700119.6A priority patent/EP1979061B1/de
Priority to DK07700119.6T priority patent/DK1979061T3/da
Priority to ES07700119.6T priority patent/ES2452319T3/es
Priority to CN200780004076XA priority patent/CN101378817B/zh
Priority to KR1020137019459A priority patent/KR20130101580A/ko
Priority to PCT/CH2007/000021 priority patent/WO2007087734A1/de
Priority to US12/162,680 priority patent/US8398450B2/en
Priority to CA2635957A priority patent/CA2635957C/en
Publication of EP1813332A1 publication Critical patent/EP1813332A1/de
Priority to HK09107539.4A priority patent/HK1127573A1/xx
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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
    • A63H33/10—Building blocks, strips, or similar building parts to be assembled by means of additional non-adhesive elements
    • A63H33/105—Building blocks, strips, or similar building parts to be assembled by means of additional non-adhesive elements with grooves, e.g. dovetails
    • 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
    • A63H33/10—Building blocks, strips, or similar building parts to be assembled by means of additional non-adhesive elements
    • 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
    • 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
    • A63H33/10—Building blocks, strips, or similar building parts to be assembled by means of additional non-adhesive elements
    • A63H33/107—Building blocks, strips, or similar building parts to be assembled by means of additional non-adhesive elements using screws, bolts, nails, rivets, clamps

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  • the present invention relates to a connecting means for construction elements according to the preamble of claim 1. Furthermore, it relates to a building block set with such a connecting means.
  • Block systems are known, for. B. toy building blocks systems, for children, their stones can be connected by plying or simple screw together. Such a system is in the WO-A-2004/87277 the applicant described. In order to provide playful incentive and manageable, it is desirable to provide only a relatively small number of different elements and to make the blocks relatively large, especially for smaller children.
  • this also has a connection mechanism in which elements that are substantially complementary to one another are inserted into one another in the direction of construction.
  • elements that are substantially complementary to one another are inserted into one another in the direction of construction.
  • here slide the elements easily into each other. Stabilization and fixation can be achieved by screwing through the elements of the mechanism.
  • problems are constructions in which not only built in one direction, z. B. upward, but should be further developed in a second direction, z. B. laterally, or even the direction of construction is reversed.
  • An example could be a laterally projecting arm as for a crane to which a down-hanging object is attached is.
  • Clamp-based systems regularly allow at most one reversal, but wear and thus reduced clamping effect will very soon give rise to stability problems. Due to the cohesion solely by the clamping action, the stability is already fundamentally limited.
  • connection elements for lateral or reverse connections in the block system.
  • this increases the number of block types, and the block system is the user unclear and thus uninteresting.
  • a connecting means which realizes such a provision, is specified in claim 1.
  • the further claims indicate preferred embodiments and modular systems with such a connecting means.
  • the invention is to provide a connection means which allows a combination of slide-in connection and a second, releasable connection mechanism.
  • a connection mechanism is z. B. in the aforementioned block system of the applicant already provided in the form of a screw.
  • the screw connection as a prototype of an actuatable connection mechanism is in the known game building block system only as a connection in a first direction, z. B. upward.
  • Slide-in connections are only for decorative slide-in plates provided, including the game modules in their side walls slots or grooves. According to the invention, the slots in the side walls are modified such that they preferably have an extension at the bottom.
  • the inventive connecting means has a corresponding strip-shaped part, which also, preferably at its front end and the front edge, corresponding thickening. It can thus be inserted in a modified groove in the longitudinal direction, but not pulled out transversely.
  • the connecting means on a part of the connection mechanism of the toy building block system, for. B. the mother of a screw.
  • This connection mechanism is the one with which the blocks in the main building direction (or in the construction directions) are connected to each other.
  • it is a plug-in connection, which in addition with another form-locking attachment, z.
  • screw, snap, bayonet or Renkver gleich can be combined to ensure a secure cohesion.
  • the modular system is thus extended essentially only by this further part, the connecting means, whereby the complexity of the overall system is kept low and it retains its appeal, especially for younger children or even increased by the expansion of the design options.
  • Another advantage is that only by the addition of the connecting means, these additional design options with existing Building blocks are achieved, whereby the procurement costs are kept low.
  • the first module has a cuboid body 5. In the main building direction is located on a side surface 7 of the characteristic nubs 8 for attaching other blocks. This side surface 7 is referred to as "top”. On the opposite, lower side (not shown) of the block body 5 is a recess which is formed complementary to the nubs 8.
  • these building blocks can take various forms and have a plurality of nubs, depressions as well as depressions, etc.
  • the module 2 has a substantially cylindrical body 10.
  • grooves 16 In the side surfaces of the body 5, of which the front 12 and left 14 are visible, there are grooves 16.
  • the grooves 16 have from the opening initially a passage of constant width 18, to which the bottom of the groove is a substantially cylindrical Extension 19 connects (see also Fig. 2).
  • the connecting means 3 has a substantially complementary to the groove 16 formed, strip-shaped member 22 which can be inserted from above or below in a groove 16.
  • the strip-shaped member 22 has correspondingly a strip-shaped neck 24, at the front edge of a substantially cylindrical thickening 25 is arranged (see Fig. 3, 5). Centered at the trailing edge of the web-shaped neck 24 is a nut 27 of the building block system, which is easily recognizable in shape with the nubs 8, but is provided with an internal thread 28 (see FIG. 4).
  • the coupling part 3 is only dependent on the presence of the grooves.
  • the module 2 with cylindrical body 10 also has circumferential grooves 16. It is therefore conceivable, in general, but also in particular on a cylindrical block body to provide the grooves in a different arrangement and number, z. B. at 45 ° intervals.
  • a wedge-shaped incision is present at the front edge of the thickening 25 . It serves to give the thickening 25 a slight flexibility in order to facilitate insertion into a groove 16 in the case of a tight fit or to adjust the increase in the clamping action between the strip-shaped member 22 and the groove 16 when the screw 30 is tightened.
  • strip-shaped member 22 and groove 16 are designed so that they can be easily inserted into each other. Surprisingly advantageous has been found that when tightening the screw 30, a clamping effect between strip-shaped member 22 and groove 16 results. This effect is further supported by the fact that the web-shaped neck 24 is executed at most as long as the passage 18.
  • the components of the building block system are made of plastic by injection molding.
  • the basic dimension can be assumed to be 6 cm (side surface width of first building blocks, diameter building block 2).
  • the described embodiment is preferably designed as a toy building block system.
EP06405046A 2006-01-31 2006-01-31 Verbindungsmittel für Konstruktionselemente und Bausteinsatz damit Withdrawn EP1813332A1 (de)

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Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
EP06405046A EP1813332A1 (de) 2006-01-31 2006-01-31 Verbindungsmittel für Konstruktionselemente und Bausteinsatz damit
CN200780004076XA CN101378817B (zh) 2006-01-31 2007-01-18 用于结构元件的连接装置和具有这种连接装置的积木组件
KR1020137019459A KR20130101580A (ko) 2006-01-31 2007-01-18 축조 요소를 위한 연결 수단, 및 관련 조립 블록 세트
RU2008130660/13A RU2457886C2 (ru) 2006-01-31 2007-01-18 Средства для соединения строительных элементов и набор связанных между собой строительных блоков
EP07700119.6A EP1979061B1 (de) 2006-01-31 2007-01-18 Verbindungsmittel für konstruktionselemente und bausteinsatz damit
DK07700119.6T DK1979061T3 (da) 2006-01-31 2007-01-18 Forbindelsesorgan til konstruktionselementer og byggebloksæt med dette
ES07700119.6T ES2452319T3 (es) 2006-01-31 2007-01-18 Componente de unión con elementos de construcción y conjunto de bloques modulares asociado
KR1020087020857A KR101356588B1 (ko) 2006-01-31 2007-01-18 축조 요소를 위한 연결 수단, 및 관련 조립 블록 세트
JP2008552662A JP5131989B2 (ja) 2006-01-31 2007-01-18 組立要素用組立手段、および組立ブロックの組合せ
PCT/CH2007/000021 WO2007087734A1 (de) 2006-01-31 2007-01-18 Verbindungsmittel für konstruktionselemente und bausteinsatz damit
US12/162,680 US8398450B2 (en) 2006-01-31 2007-01-18 Connection means for construction elements, and associated set of building blocks
CA2635957A CA2635957C (en) 2006-01-31 2007-01-18 Construction means for construction elements, and associated set of building blocks
HK09107539.4A HK1127573A1 (en) 2006-01-31 2009-08-17 Connection means for construction elements, and associated set of building blocks

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CA2635957A1 (en) 2007-08-09
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CA2635957C (en) 2015-03-24
HK1127573A1 (en) 2009-10-02
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KR20130101580A (ko) 2013-09-13
DK1979061T3 (da) 2014-04-14
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