GB2469543A - Toy construction set - Google Patents
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A toy construction set comprises a number of tiles/blocks 1 connectable to each other using flat snap-type connectors 2. The tiles/blocks 1 may be provided with apertures 3 along their side edges such that a connector 2 may slot into the apertures and snap engage with corresponding formations within the tiles/blocks 1. The connectors 2 may comprise four slopping extended flexible arms having hook like additions which lock onto corner ridges in the internal structure of the tiles/blocks 1. The lock between each tile/block 1 and connector 2 is releasable. The connectors 2 may be foldable along fold line (25, figure 5). A plurality of tiles/blocks may be used for making patterns or the construction of solids and other structures.
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Pattern making/ construction of enclosed/open-ended structures with tiles/blocks/angular stickers, connectable by flat/foldable/bendable fastening members This invention relates to a toy construction set comprising a plurality of tiles/blocks/angular stickers connectable to each other by flat/foldable/bendable snap-type fastening members.
BACKGROUND
It is still common practice, that educational and specially dedicated two dimensional tiles are assembled into patterns by placing them next to each other.
A user of educational or other game tiles may have experienced utter despair having a beautifully assembled structure disturbed by a clumsy move.
To overcome this the present invention proposes a plurality of tiles/blocks, connectable to each other by snap-type fastening members.
DESCRIPTION
The object is achieved according to the present invention by providing internal engaging structures of said constructional tiles/blocks/angular stickers using corresponding flat or foldable fastening members, This will enable a user to make a variety of patterns of polygonal shapes, construct models/solids as well as constructing skeletal structures.
It is accordingly the object of the present invention -to achieve an improvement in construction of patterns/structures -provide flexibility and simplicity -advance the method of connectivity between said elements Examples of the invention will now be described by accompanying drawings -Figure 1 illustrates two square-based constructional tiles 1 and a fastening member being placed between them, all of them lying in the same plane, -Figure 2 illustrates two connected square-based constructional tiles 1, only the line of connectivity being visible.
-Figure 3 illustrates an enlarged three-layered square-based constructional tile l, the middle layer 6 of which consists of four corner pieces 7 which form four spaces for connectivity with other tiles. Two adjacent corner pieces 7 having two rounded ridges 13, form an angular inserting space 8 bisected by a line of symmetry 9, the angle 12 being defined by the edges 11 of the two said adjacent angular corner pieces, each of which having angular cuts 14 to widen the entry 14 for the fastening member 2 to be inserted into said space 8.
-Figure 4 illustrates an enlarged flat two-way fastening member 2, having two pairs of extensions 15 at each end, slopping inwardly in respect to the vertical axis 22 of said fastening member 2. Both pairs of extensions 15 being provided with snap-type slopping additions projecting outwardly 16, the edges of which 17 slope at an angle of 45 degrees in respect to the horizontal axis 23, and being approximately 2 to 3 mm in length, thus facilitating engagement or disengagement of each fastening member 2, The slopping pairs of said extensions 15 including said outward projecting additions 16 bend inwardly towards the central vertical axis 22 inside the internal space 8 of said constructional tile 1. followed by snapping of said hook-type additions 16 onto said ridges 13 of said adjacent angular corner pieces 14. The distance 18 between two said extensions 16 is approximately between 2 and 3 mm according to the size of said fastening member 2, so that said two extensions do not jam each other in the process of bending. The snapping action of said book-type additions 16 can be regulated by having longer or shorter, thinner or wider extensions 15 of said fastening members 2, The width along the horizontal axis 23 of said fastening members provides firmness and stability to connections between two said adjacent constructional tiles 1. Said extensions 15 are strengthened by having rounded internal corners 20 and add snapping power to said hook-type additions 1 6.The through-holes at the base of said extensions 21 facilitate bending of said extensions 15.
-Figure 5 illustrates a foldable fastening member Figure 5, (jlease refer to my that first application, Diagrams, page 14/22, Figure 29. Description, page 4/5, Figure 29,described as a flexible connector), being elongated vertically, the extension 24 being applied parallel to the horizontal axis 23 approximately between 0.4 and 0.6 mm, and a groove 25 provided along the horizontal axis 23, not deeper than 0.3 mm, depending on the thickness of said foldable member, and two triangular reinforcements 26 being added along the horizontal axis, in order to ease folding along the horizontal axis, and facilitate angular engagement between two said adjacent constructional tiles lying in different planes.
-Figure 6 illustrates three said constructional tiles I, being connected by two fastening members 2, thus forming a right angled corner 27, the forth constructional tile 1 having two fastening members engages simultaneously the two adjacent constructional tiles I diagonally.
-Figure 7 illustrates a fastening member having extra widths added 29 on both sides on said fastening member 28, which correspond to angular cuts of said adjacent corners pieces 30 having deep angular cuts at the entry opening 31.
-Figure 8 illustrates three said constructional tiles I being connected by two fastening members 28, thus forming a ngnt angled corner 31. said forth tile having two fastening members 28 engages simultaneously the two adjacent tiles diagonally 31.
-Figure 9 illustrates a variant type of the fastening member, having snap-type additions 32, which are fixed to the central perpendicular stem-like support along the vertical axis.
-Figure 10 illustrates a smaller version of said flat type fastening member 33, including said smaller foldable fastening member 34.
-Figure 11 illustrates the internal structure of Model B, the central fastening element 35 having four pairs of snap-type projected additions, which snap onto the ridges of said fastening member 37, when said fastening member is inserted.
-Figure 12 illustrates a three-layered constructional tile 1 having top and bottom layers identical in size to the middle layer 38, said tiles 1 being suitable for two dimensional tiling patters, A three-layered constructional tile 39 having lengthwise recessed cuts 39 parallel to the edges of said polygonal tile, approximately between 0.8 and 1 mm, in order to facilitate connectivity between two constructional tiles lying in different planes. A three-layered constructional tile 40 having top and bottom layers reduced in size approximately between 0.5 and 1 mm on each edge, in order to facilitate connectivity between two constructional tiles lying in different planes.
-Figure 13 illustrates a middle layer 42 having two inserting spaces and an added cover, being positioned inside the borders of a larger polygonal shape, thus other said tiles are engaged at an angle.
-Figure 14 illustrates a three-layered pentagonal constructional tile 42.
-Figure 15 illustrates a foldable fastening member.
-Figure 16 illustrates a dodecahedron 44, being constructed by using twelve said pentagonal tiles 42 and twenty said foldable fastening members 43.
-Figure 17 illustrates an equilateral trapezoidal three-layered tile 45, wherein the top edge of said trapezoidal tile 45 becomes the bottom edge of the next trapezoidal tile, reduced in size, the next one smaller than the previous one, a number of trapezoidal constructional tiles 44 joined together form a ring-like slopping structure, followed by smaller and smaller rows of connected tiles, thus a dome-like structure 46 is erected. The top of said dome-like structure 46 may have a top-cover tile or no cover just a hole (Parthenon).
-Figure 18 illustrates a dome-like structure 46.
-Figure 19 illustrates a three-layered circular constructional tile 47, the top layer being of a circular shape, the middle layer being of a hexagonal shape 7 4 provided with six spaces for insertion of fastening members, the bottom layer being of a circular shape. The petal-like three layered constructional tile 48, the top and bottom layers having two curved lateral edges, the middle layer being provided with straight edges having inserting spaces for said fastening members 33. The curvature of the top and bottom layers on said petal-like constructional tile 48 corresponds to the curvature of said circular layers 47 mounted onto said hexagonal tile.
-Figure 20 illustrates a flower-like pattern 49 made up of said petal-like constructional tiles 48 and said circular constructional tiles 47.
-Figure 21 illustrates two identical square-tile bases, the corners of which being split diagonally, thus creating four gaps 50 of missing half corners. By flipping over the second identical tile-base, it becomes a mirror image of the first one, and being placed on top of the first one, all the gaps are filled with half corners, a complete square based tile is formed, 51, 52, 53, 54. The edges of said half corner pieces 55 which engage the other half corner pieces, have lengthwise angular protrusions approximately 0.3 mm in order to engage said allocated gaps 50.
-Figure 22 illustrates two identical square-tile bases, two said pairs of corners pieces having through holes 57, and the other corners having tight-fit pegs 56, thus when the second said constructional tile base is flipped over, it engages the first said tile-base, thus forming a complete said square-based constructional tile 1.
-Figure 23 illustrates two identical trapezoidal tile-bases 58 with said tight-fit pegs 56 and said through holes 57, when said second trapezoidal base is flipped over, it engages the first one, thus forming a complete said trapezoidal constructional tile.
-Figure 24 illustrates two identical pentagonal constructional tile-bases 59, which have through holes 57, and tight-fit pegs 56. When said second pentagonal tile-base is flipped over and pressed onto the first tile-base, the two said bases 59 form a complete pentagonal constructional tile. -Figure 25 illustrates a three-layered single block 60, having two thick outer layers made of hardened plastic foam, the middle layer being a single right-angled tile, Said block 60 has four ways of engaging other blocks, lateral engagement makes structures very sturdy. A three-layered rhomboidal single block 61, having two rhomboidal thick outer layers made of hardened plastic foam, the middle layer being a single right-angled tile, the angular slopes of said rhomboidal layers being 45 degrees.
-Figure 26 illustrates a double block 62 made up of two said single three-2 5 layered blocks joined together.
-Figure 27 illustrates a three-layered corner block 63, the middle layer having two thinner outer layers.
-Figure 28 illustrates a tubular hexagonal prism 63 made up of six angular blocks, each of which having lateral sides of sixty degrees 64.
-Figure 29 iElustrates four identical tubular parallelepiped corner blocks 65, each of which having two angular corner pieces 5 attached to it, each said corner block 64 being rotated through 90 degrees in the horizontal plane, a cube with a cross-like 90 degrees connectivity 66 is formed, having eight possible ways to engage other blocks.
-Figure 30 illustrates said tubular parallelepiped corner block 65, the interior of which can be filled with hardened plastic foam.
-Figure 31 illustrates said cube 66 having eight possible ways to engage other blocks.
-Figure 32 illustrates said cube 67 being used as a corner block.
-Figure 33 illustrates a double block 68 with eighteen ways to engage other blocks.
-Figure 34 illustrates a fixed cluster of blocks made up of four welded/glued together single cross-connectivity cubes 66.
-Figure 35 illustrates a right-angled thin layer 69, the thickness of which is approximately between 0.5 and 1 mm, having two corner pieces with through holes 57, and four tight-fit pegs on the other half of the layer, a folding groove 71 being provided in the middle of the layer, the central piece 70 acting as a central support, said right-angled layer folds backwards at an angle of ninety degrees.
-Figure 36 illustrates four identical right-angled layer pieces 69, joined together, thus forming a cross-type-connectivity frame, hardened plastic foam 74 being added to each corner gap, thus a cube 75 is formed.
-Figure 37 illustrates a cube 75 made up of four said foldable right-angled layers 69, joined together and four said corner pieces of hardened plastic foam.
-Figure 38 illustrates a trapezoidal arch-block 76, the lateral sides of which being provided with slots for connectivity with other said arch-blocks.
-Figure 39 illustrates a keystone block 78 at the top of an arch-type structure.
-Figure 40 illustrates an arch block 77 having two curved sides and two straight sides, the straight sides of which being provided with slots for connectivity with other said arch blocks.
Figure 41 illustrates a keystone 79 having a six-way connectivity.
-Figure 42 illustrates a three-layered cylindrical-prism-type block 80, made up of two outer layers of a cylindrical-shape hardened plastic foam, and said middle layer being square-based tile, having a four-way connectivity.
-Figure 43 illustrates a Doric-style semi-cylindrical outer layer 81, made of hardened plastic foam.
-Figure 44 illustrates a column-type cylindrical structure made up of two cylindrical prism-type blocks connected by a flat fastening member 2.
-Figure 45 illustrates a cylindrical prism-type block with a right-angled cross-connectivity.
-Figure 46 illustrates a Doric-style block 83, having right-angled cross-connectivity frame 73, with four Doric-style quarter-corner pieces of hardened plastic foam glued to each corner gap of said frame 73, said block 83 is formed; two joined Doric-style blocks 83 representing a Doric-style colunm.
-Figure 47 illustrates an equilateral trapezoidal three-layered tile 85 having two lateral edges of fifty four degrees respectively, a skeletal pentagonal plane face 86 being made up of five said trapezoidal tiles 85 joined together by five flat fastening members.
-Figure 48 illustrates a skeletal dodecahedron 87 made up of twelve skeletal pentagonal plane faces 86 joined together by foldable fastening members 34.
-Figure 49 illustrates an equilateral trapezoidal three-layered tile 88 having two lateral edges of sixty degrees respectively. A hexagonal skeletal plane face is formed by joining six said tiles.
-Figure 50 illustrates a skeletal square tile 89.
-Figure 51 illustrates a skeletal truncated octahedron 90 made up of six skeletal square-based tiles 89, and eight skeletal hexagonal plane faces.
-Figure 52 illustrates an enlarged heavy-duty angular sticker 91 made up of a single plastic piece having two indented cuts 91 and two parallel grooves 92, 1 mm apart, approximately 0.5 mm deep, which extend to the lower corners on each side of the angular sticker, the flaps 93 fold downwards to form the lower part of said sticker, strong double-sided adhesive tape being applied to the lower external surface of said angular sticker.
-Figure 53 illustrates said heavy-duty angular sticker 94, with said folded flaps and strong double-sided tape applied to its lower surface.
-Figure 54 illustrates the actual size of said angular sticker 95; a flat heavy-duty fastening member 96, and a foldable heavy-duty fastening member 97, both fastening members being approximately 1mm thick.
-Figure 55 illustrates an enlarged lightweight angular sticker 98, the parallel grooves being 0.8 mm apart, with all other added features as described in Figure 52, the actual size being shown 99, said flat fastening members 100 and said foldable fastening member 101, boLil saiu iastening members being approximately 0.5 mm thick 102.
-Figure 56 illustrates a pentagonal template 103 for applying heavy-duty 94 or lightweight 99 angular stickers onto cards, plastic cards.
-Figure 57 illustrates two pentagonal paper cards 104 being joined by a fastening member 100.
-Figure 58 illustrates a dodecahedron 105 made up of twelve pentagonal cards joined together by said foldable fastening members.
-Figure 59 illustrates a hexagonal piece of card, scored along the vertical diagonal 106, so it could fold along the vertical axis, the four slopping sides having said angular stickers 98.
-Figure 60 illustrates a skeletal dodecahedron 107 made up of twenty said foldable hexagonal cards and eighty said angular stickers.
-Figure 61 illustrates four joined equilateral triangles 108, each edge of which having angular stickers 109, when folded along the scored lines, an equilateral square-based pyramid is formed.
-Figure 62 illustrates a strip of card/plastic divided into four equal rectangular parts 110, each edge of which having said angular stickers 98, the card being folded along scored lines, the lateral angular sticker 111 joining its counter part 112, a square-based parallelepiped solid is formed.
-Figure 63 illustrates said equilateral square-based pyramid 113 being connected to said square-based parallelepiped solid 114, a church-like tower is formed.
-Figure 64 illustrates four said angular stickers 98, being applied inside the top border of said card surface 115, and all other stickers glued to the edges.
-Figure 65 illustrates a square-based piece of card with said four angular stickers applied to its edges 116.
-Figure 66 illustrates a tower-like structure 117 having a platformlparapet below the battlements.
-Figure 67 illustrates a bendable angular sticker 121, made up of three layers, the top layer 118 having a gap in the middle to facilitate sideways bending, the middle layer 119, the bottom layer 120, all being welded together to form a bendable angular sticker 121.
-Figure 68 illustrates a ring-like card, the two lateral edges being joined horizontally by a lightweight bendable fastening member 122, two said ring-like cards join each other vertically by said lightweight bendable fastening member 123.
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A toy construction set comprising a plurality ot tiles, blocks of polygonal shapes each of which having three layers, and a plurality of angular stickers to adhere to single sheets of cards, plastic cards, cardboards, connectable by flat/foldable! bendable fastening members wherein the middle layer of tiles/blocks provides inserting spaces for many-sided connectivity, wherein all said constructional tiles (1), connectable to each other using a plurality of flat twoway fastening members (2),(28), suitable for pattern making, tessellations wherein foldable two-way fastening members (23) are suitable for construction of solids and enclosed/open-ended structures wherein each said constructional tile (1) having internal angular corners (7),(30), the angular rounded ridges of which (13) serve as devices, onto which flat and foldable fastening members (2), (28) snap wherein said ridges (13) are rounded approximately 1 mm in radius in order to facilitate engagement or disengagement of said flat and foldable fastening members (2), (25) wherein said tiles (5) having angular cuts (14), (31) of said internal angular corners (7), with said rounded ridges(13), whereby the number of angular corners (7) is determined by a polygonal shape wherein each angular inserting space (8) is defined by two said adjacent corner walls (11) on said polygonal base wherein each said flat and foldable fastening member having snap-type outward projecting additions (16), which snap onto said ridges (13) wherein the line of symmetry (9) bisects said inserting space (8) between two said adjacent corner walls (11), said angle (12), which varies between 30 and 80 degrees, however the general one (12) being the right angle.wherein the width of the aperture (11) of said inserting spaces (8) is defined by said adjacent angular-cuts on said corners (14), (31) wherein said two-way flat and foldable fastening member (2), (25) having pairs of extensions (15) positioned at both ends of said fastening members, bend inwardly at an angle towards the vertical axis, both pairs having snap-type outward projections (16), which snap onto said ridges (13) in said internal structures of said constructional tiles (1) wherein each of said outward slopping additions (16) have an angular edge (17) which snaps onto said ridges (13) of said tiles (1), (5), having preferably an angle of 45 degrees in respect to said horizontal axis (23), in order to facilitate engagement and disengagement of said flat (2) or foldable (25) fastening members wherein said horizontal width of said fastening member, which runs along the horizontal axis (23) provides firmness and stability to any connection between two said constructional tiles (1) wherein the corner (19) formed between the slopping edge (17) of said outward projecting addition (16) and said slopping edge of said extension (15) is rounded approximately 1 mm in radius to correspond to said rounded ridges (13) of said tile (5) in order to minimize a possible fracture at this stressed point (19).wherein the distance between two extensions (18) is approximately between 2 and 3 mm according to the size of said flat and foldable fastening member, so that said extensions (15) do not jam each other in the process of bending wherein said extensions having rounded internal corners (20), to strengthen said extensions (15) and add power to snapping action wherein through-holes (21) at the base of said extensions facilitate bending of said extensions (15) wherein said foldable fastening member Figure 5, being elongated vertically, the extension being applied parallel to the horizontal axis (24) approximately between 0.6 and 1 mm and a groove (25) provided along said horizontal axis, the function of which is to make folding easier along said horizontal axis (23), and facilitate engagement between two adjacent said constructional tiles (1) lying in different planes wherein said fastening member (2) having added width (29) corresponding to deeper angular cuts on said corner pieces (30) of said constructional tile (1) wherein said adjacent corners (7), (30) on said constuctional tiles having angular cuts (14), (31), which provide a wider opening (27), (31), at the edge of the inserting space (8) wherein three said constructional tiles (1) joined together form a right angled corner, the forth one said constructional tile (1) having two inserted said fastening members (2), engages simultaneously two said adjacent constructional tiles diagonally wherein three said constructional tiles (1) joined together form a right-angled corner, the forth one said constructional tile (1) having two inserted said fastening members (28), engages simultaneously two said adjacent constructional tiles diagonally wherein the top and bottom layers of said constructional tile having the same polygonal shape (38) as the middle layer, said constructional tile (1) is suitable for 2D construction wherein the top and bottom layers of said constructional tile having lengthwise recessed-cuts parallel to said edges of said polygonal tile (39) in order to facilitate angular connectivity between two tiles lying in different planes wherein said top and bottom layers of said constructional tiles being reduced in size (40) in respect to the middle layer by approximately between 0.3 and S 10 0.5 mm, in order to facilitate angular connectivity between two said tiles lying in different planes wherein said middle layer (42) with one or more inserting spaces can be positioned anywhere along the edges of a larger polygonal shape, or anywhere inside the borders of a polygonal shape wherein three-layered tiles, such as (42) (45) of any polygonal shape, are suitable for construction of enclosed (44), (46) and open-ended structures wherein top and bottom layers are circular (48), the middle layer having a polygonal shape (47) with straight edges, patterns can be constructed by using tiles with curved edges (49) wherein two identical tile-bases, such as (50), having corner pieces split along one of the lines of symmetry, having angular ridged-edges (55) along the split lines, the created gaps (50) are filled, when said second tile-base is flipped over, being a mirror image of the first one, said tile-bases being pressed together, thus forming a single tile (1) (5) (51) (52) (53) (54), wherein two identical tile-bases having tight-fit pegs (56), which correspond to through-holes (57) on said corner pieces, when said second tile-base is flipped over, being a mirror image of the first one, said two tile-bases pressed together form a single tile wherein two identical tile-bases, e.g. an equilateral trapezium (58), having only one line of symmetry, the number of said tight-fit pegs and said through holes can be evenly distributed (58) on either side of the line of symmetry wherein two identical tile-bases having more than one line of symmetry (59), e.g. pentagon, having an odd number of corner pieces, one of said corner pieces has to be split, so as to said half piece is provided with said double through holes, and double tight-fit pegs on the other side of the line of symmetry wherein a single square block (60) having two thick outer layers made of lightweight hardened plastic foam, having right-angled or angular lateral sides (62) (63), the middle layer being a single right-angled tile wherein a single block (61) having two thick rhomboidal outer layers made of lightweight hardened plastic foam, with said right-angled or said angular lateral sides (62) (63), the middle layer being said single right-angled tile wherein double block (61), having two thick layers made of lightweight hardened plastic foam, double in length, said middle layer of which having two joined single tiles wherein an angular block, the lateral sides of which are, e.g. of sixty degrees, six blocks joined together form a tubular hexagonal prism (63) wherein four tubular parallelepiped solids (65) having two said corner pieces (7), being rotated through ninety degrees and welded together to form a single cuboid block (66), having eight-ways to connect other blocks wherein a cuboid block (66) is suitable for right-angled corner connectivity (67) wherein two or more said cubes (66) joined together form a double block (68), or a cluster of blocks Figure 34 wherein a single right-angled layer (69) approximately 1 mm, being bisected by a approximately 0.3 mm deep groove, having, on one side of the symmetry line, through-holes (56), on the other side of said line of symmetry, tight-fit pegs (57), and a central piece (70) added to act as a stabilizer wherein four said identical right-angled layers(69) being folded at ninety degrees and joined together, a cross-type structural frame is formed, and by gluing four right-angled parallelepiped pieces of hardened plastic foam (74) to each said corner, a cuboid block (75) is formed wherein a trapezoidal-type of block (76) made of two thicker outer layers of hardened plastic foam covering a trapezoidal middle layer with two openings for lateral connectivity, is suitable for construction of arched-type structures wherein a trapezoidal-type of block (77) with rounded top and bottom sides is suitable for construction of rounded arched -type structures wherein a number of said trapezoidal blocks (76), (77), having various angular slopes, and joined together form a variety of arched-type structures wherein a right-angled cross-connectivity keystone block (79) is suitable for construction of vault-type structures wherein a three-layered cylindrical-prism-type of block (80) is formed by gluing two thick outer semicircular layers of hardened plastic foam to said single square-based tile (1) wherein several said cylindrical-prism-type blocks are joined together, one on top of the other, by said flat fastening members, a column-type structure (82) is formed wherein a Doric-style block (83), having said right-angled cross-connectivity frame (73) with four said Done-style quarter-corner pieces of hardened plastic foam glued to each corner gap of said frame (73), a Done-style block is formed wherein several said Doric-type of blocks being joined together, a Done-style column is formed Figure 46 wherein each heavy-duty angular sticker Figure 52 made up of a single plastic piece having two indented cuts (91) and two parallel grooves, 1mm apart, approximately 05 mm deep, which extend to the lower corners on each side of said angular sticker, the flaps 93 folding downwards to form the lower part of said sticker, and a strong double-sided adhesive tape applied to the lower external surface of said angular sticker wherein said middle layer opening of said heavy-duty sticker (94) is approximately 1 mm high, and corresponds to the thickness (97) of said heavy-duty flat and folding fastening member (96) wherein each lightweight fastening member (100) is approximately 0.5 mm thick wherein the foldable fastening member (102) having a groove approximately 0.2 mm deep in order to facilitate folding of said member (102) along said horizontal axis wherein template of a polygonal shape is needed for accurate application of said angular stickers onto chosen surfaces wherein a piece of card of a hexagonal shape e.g. Figure 59, with said angular-stickers (94) applied to angular lateral sides, having a scored diagonal (106) along said vertical axis, being foldable along said diagonal (106) in order to facilitate construction of skeletal solids (107) wherein a bendable angular sticker (121) is made up of three layers, the top layer (118) having a gap in the middle to facilitate bending sideways, the middle layer (119) being used for connection and the bottom layer (120) having a strong adhesive tape to adhere to any type of surface wherein said heavy-duty or lightweight angular-stickers can be applied onto the edges or inside boundaries of polygonal surfaces (115) wherein a cylindrical shaped card (122) with said angular stickers (98) applied to either said lateral edges, being joined horizontally form a cylindrical shape, due to flexibility/bend ability of fastening members (100), wherein two said curved pieces of cards (122) having said angular stickers (121) on said top or bottom curved edges, vertical engagement is possible( 123) by flat flexiblelbendableffastening members (100).
- 2. The toy construction set according to claim 1, characterized in that an alternative said snap-type-variant fastening member can be used, having said vertical central support with flexible extensions attached to them, as illustrated Figure 9 (32).
- 3.The toy construction set according to claims 1 to 2, characterized in that alternative tiles/blocks can be formed by using tiles in which the central piece (35) has four pairs of snap-type extensions, the extensions of which snap onto the ridges (37) of an inserted flat or foldable fastening member, as illustrated in Figure 9 (32), Figure 11 (35) (36). (37).
- 4. The toy construction set according to claims 1 to 3, characterized in that said tiles with straight edges are best suited for two dimensional patterns (38), said tiles with recessed-cuts along the edges (39) are best suited for angular connections, and said tiles with reduced top and bottom layers (40) are best suited for angular connectivity as illustrated Figure 12 (38) (39) (40).
- 5. The toy construction set according to claims I to 4, characterized in that a great deal of structures can be formed by having said additional layers (42) applied to surfaces inside the boundary of any said polygonal shape as illustrated Figure 13 (41), (42) 6. The toy construction set according to claims 1 to 5, wherein any said polygonal constructional tiles e.g. (1), (43), including said foldable fastening members (25), (34) form a great number of enclosed structures, as illustrated Figure 14 (43), Figure 16 (44).7. The toy construction set according to any one of preceding claims I and 6, characterized in that a great number of enclosed or open-ended structures can be constructed by using trapezoidal tiles (45), e.g. various types of dome-like structures, as illustrated Figures 18 (46).8. The toy construction set according to any one of preceding claims 1 to7, characterized in that a great deal of patterns can be formed by using tiles, the top and bottom layers of which having curved edges, including circles, ellipses, arcs, as illustrated Figure 19 (47) (48), Figure 20(49) 9. The toy construction set according to any one of preceding claims 1 to 8, a great number of said tiles can be formed, whereby one of two said identical tile-bases is flipped over, being a mirror image of the other one, only one mould is needed in manufacturing, as illustrated Figure 21, (51), (52), (53), (54) (55).Figure 22 (56) (57)Figure 23 (56), Figure 24 (59) 10. The toy construction set according to any one of preceding claims 1 to 9, wherein said constructional tile of any polygonal shape having two rectangular, angular or rhomboidal thick layers attached to the front and back of said constructional tile, an array of single, double, treble, right-angled and angular blocks can be formed, as illustrated in Figure 25 (60), Figure 27 (62), Figure 28 (63), Figure 32 (65).11. The toy construction set according to any one of preceding claims 1 to 10, characterized in that a great number of angular blocks can be formed by having four identical parallelepiped corner pieces (65) rotated through ninety degrees and welded together, as illustrated Figure 29, Figure 30 (65), Figure 31(66), Figure 32 (67), Figure 33 (68), Figure (34).12. The toy construction set according to any one of preceding claims 1 to 12, characterized in that an alternative method of forming a right-angled-cross-connectivity block is possible by having one mould of a square layer having said tight-fit pegs and said through holes on two said corner pieces, said four identical pieces being folded in the middle at ninety degrees and joined together, thus forming said right-angled skeletal frame, and by adding four parallelepiped pieces of hardened plastic, a right-angled cross-connectivity block can be formed, as illustrated Figure 35 (69), Figure 36 (73), Figure 37 (75).14. The toy construction set according to any one of preceding claims 1 to 13, characterized in that a great deal of arched-structures, such as windows, bridges, can be constructed by using said trapezoidal blocks as illustrated Figure (38), Figure 39 (78), Figure 40 (77).15. The toy construction set according to any one of preceding claims I to 14, characterized in that said right-angled-cross-connectivity angular block, keystone, can be used for construction of vault-type structures as illustrated Figure 41(79) 16. The toy construction set according to any one of preceding claims 1 to 15, wherein a great deal of said cylindrical blocks can be formed by welding/gluing two said outer semicircular thick layers of hardened plastic foam to said corresponding right-angled tiles (I), and by connecting several said cylindrical blocks vertically, a column-type structures can be constructed, as illustrated in Figure 42(80), Figure 43 (81), Figure 44 (82).17. The toy construction set according to any one of preceding claims 1 to 16, a great deal of cross-connectable-cylindrical-Done-type blocks can be formed, wherein four said outer quarter-circular-Done-type thick layers of hardened plastic foam are welded/glued to said corresponding right-angled frames (66), (73), and by connecting several said cylindrical blocks (83) vertically, a column-type structures can be formed, as illustrated in Figure 45, Figure 46(83).18. The toy construction set according to any one of preceding claims 1 to 17 wherein a great deal of skeletal structures can be formed by using said angular trapezoidal tiles (85), the parallel edges of which having one or many inserting spaces, including corresponding flat and foldable fastening members (33) (34), as illustrated Figure 47 (85), (86), Figure 48 (87), Figure 49 (88), Figure 50(89), Figure 51(90).19. The toy construction set according to any one of preceding claims I to 18, wherein a great deal of patterns and structures can be formed by using heavy-duty or lightweight angular stickers on cards, plastic cards, cardboard of various types, as illustrated Figure 52 (91), (92), (93), (94), Figure 54 (95). Figure 55 (98), (99).20. The toy construction set according to any one of preceding claims 1 tol9 wherein the position of each angular sticker (99) is detennined by using appropriate templates. as illustrated Figure 56 (103).21. The toy construction set according to any one of preceding claims 1 to 20, wherein a great deal of open-ended and enclosed structures can be constructed by applying heavy-duty (94) or lightweight angular (98) stickers on polygonal cards or plastic cards and joining them together by said flat (100) and foldable (101) fastening members to form solids e.g. (105), as illustrated Figure 57 (104), Figure 58 (104), (105).22. The toy construction set according to any one of preceding claims 1 to 21 wherein foldable hexagonal single layer cards (106) or plastic cards, equipped with heavy-duty (94) or lightweight (98) angular stickers, connected with flat (100) or foldable (101) fastening members, form skeletal enclosed or open-ended structures, as illustrated Figure 59(106), Figure 60(107).23. The toy construction set according to any one of preceding claims 1 to 22, wherein composite solids can be formed such as (119), as illustrated Figure 62 (110).(111), (112), (103), Figure 63 (114), (115), (116), Figure 64 (119).24. The toy construction set according to any one of preceding claims 1 to 23, wherein said angular stickers (98), (99) can be applied either to said edges or internal surfaces of polygonal shapes, as illustrated Figure 65 (120). (121), (122), (123).25. The toy construction set according to any one of preceding claims 1 to 24, wherein said flexible/bendable angular-stickers (121) can be applied to cylindrical surfaces horizontally or vertically due to flexibility/bend ability of fastening member (102), as illustrated Figure 68 (126). (127).26. The toy construction set according to any one of claims I to 25, wherein the length of lateral sides of said angular blocks corresponds to the length of sides on said adjacent blocks, thus the thickness of outer layers on said angular blocks are proportionally thinner, depending on the angle being used, as illustrated in Figure 28 (63).27. The toy construction set according to any one of preceding claims, characterized in that said tiles/blocks also engage other said tiles/blocks laterally, thus making structures very sturdy.28. The toy construction set according to any one of preceding claims characterized in that the overall thickness of said constructional tiles with said corresponding flat or foldable fastening members may vary preferably approximately between I and 2 mm.29. The toy construction set according to any preceding claim, characterized in that all said tiles/blocks/angular stickers within a particular group correspond and are connectable to each other.30. The toy construction set according to any preceding claim, characterized in that said constructional tiles/blocks/angular stickers and corresponding flat, foldable, flexible/bendable fastening members are manufactured in sizes adapted to target groups.31. The toy construction set according to any preceding claim, characterized in that said tiles, blocks, angular stickers and corresponding fastening members are made of suitable materials, preferably of plastic and tinted in different colours.32. The toy construction set substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to and illustrated in any one of Figures 1 to 68.AMENDMNETS TO THE CLAIMS HAVE BEEN FILED AS FOLLOWSClaims 1. A toy construction set comprising of substantially planar polygonal tiles connectible to each other using substantially planar angular fastening members, wherein each tile includes at least one angular slotting channel having an opening running along the length of at least one edge of each tile, wherein each planar angular, straight or foldable, fastening member is removably slidable into the angular channel of at least one tile in order to releasably connect two tiles together via a snap fit connection, wherein the snap fit connection includes pairs of outward projections being part of flexible angular bifurcated terminals provided either on each fastening member or a polygonal tile which are able to flex along the plane of the corresponding fastening member or a tile.2. A toy construction set according to claim 1, wherein each said angular slotting channel is defined by lateral angular walls, the inner juxtaposed terminals *. being the ridges onto which said corresponding projections on said angular planar fastening member snap fit.* ** 1. * I* , 3. A toy construction set according to claim 1, wherein said fastening . member, integral of said planar tile, having inwardly slopping angular bifurcated ** terminals with intermediate slots, so as to permit said angular bifurcated terminals to flex inwardly.IS I.* 4. A toy construction set according to claim 1 to 3, wherein each said * fastening member having angular bifurcated terminals being equipped with angular outwardly pointing projections, the function of which being to snap fit onto said ridges inside slotting angular channels of a planar polygonal tile.5. A toy construction set according to claim 1 to 4, wherein said foldable angular fastening member is provided with a groove along the horizontal axis, which permits said angular fastening member to fold at any desired angle.
- 6. A toy construction set according to claim 1, wherein a variant planar polygonal tile comprises the central component, the terminals of which are equipped with pairs of outward projections; the central piece, the function of which being to stop rotation of said central component; as well as corner pieces serving as a separator between the top and bottom covers; thus by sliding an integral planar, straight or foldable, fastening member through an opening on said planar tile, said flexing angular bifurcated terminals snap fit onto said ridges of said planar fastening member.
- 7. A toy construction set according to claim 1 to 6, wherein a plurality of planar constructional tiles may be obtained by superimposing on either or both sides a secondary planar tile, a layer of any other geometrical shape or hardened plastic foam.
- 8. The toy construction set substantially as herein before described with reference to and illustrated in any one of Figures 1 to 14. S..' * I U...S*5S*pI * U * .* 0* * a.S 5.S S. I. US S. *S
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