NL2026384B1 - Construction brick for a brick-based construction toy assembly - Google Patents

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NL2026384B1
NL2026384B1 NL2026384A NL2026384A NL2026384B1 NL 2026384 B1 NL2026384 B1 NL 2026384B1 NL 2026384 A NL2026384 A NL 2026384A NL 2026384 A NL2026384 A NL 2026384A NL 2026384 B1 NL2026384 B1 NL 2026384B1
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Golad Adar
Schriek Kasper
Paul Van Der Vliet Jan
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H33/00—Other toys
    • A63H33/04—Building blocks, strips, or similar building parts
    • A63H33/06—Building blocks, strips, or similar building parts to be assembled without the use of additional elements
    • A63H33/08—Building blocks, strips, or similar building parts to be assembled without the use of additional elements provided with complementary holes, grooves, or protuberances, e.g. dovetails
    • A63H33/084—Building blocks, strips, or similar building parts to be assembled without the use of additional elements provided with complementary holes, grooves, or protuberances, e.g. dovetails with grooves
    • 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

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The invention relates to a construction brick for a brick—based construction toy assembly having a plurality of such construction bricks for building hybrid structures, the construction brick comprising a slab—shaped body with 5 sidewalls and end walls, wherein a securing notch is provided in at least one of the sidewalls and. the end walls, which securing notch is configured. to be secured into a securing notch of another construction brick in order to interconnect the construction brick to the other 10 construction. brick, while the construction. brick and. the other brick are orientated substantially transverse to each other.

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P138901NL00 CONSTRUCTION BRICK FOR A BRICK-BASED CONSTRUCTION TOY
ASSEMBLY
BACKGROUND The invention relates to a construction brick for a brick-based construction toy assembly having a plurality of such construction bricks for building hybrid structures. Furthermore, the invention relates to a brick-based construction toy assembly for building hybrid structures, and a construction brick coupler. Such a construction brick is well known, for example, from U.S. patent publication US 6,645,033. U.S. 6,645,033 discloses a building element for a toy building set comprising a plurality of such building elements, said building elements comprising a box-shaped body part having a surface with a top side and an underside, and a plurality of side faces extending downwards from the underside of the surface, a plurality of coupling flanges being arranged between the side faces, said coupling flanges extending downwards from the surface at a distance which is smaller than the distance at which the side faces extend from the surface, a plurality of coupling studs being arranged on the top side of the surface, each of said coupling studs having a top face positioned at a height above the top side of the surface which is greater than the difference between the distance at which the coupling flanges and the side faces extend from the surface, said coupling studs, coupling flanges and side faces being shaped such that the coupling studs of a building element engage, face-to-face, both the coupling flanges and the side faces of another building element after interconnection of these, a plurality of engagement means being arranged between the coupling flanges and the side faces, said engagement means being shaped and positioned in such a manner that they form an engagement face which engages the top face of the coupling studs upon interconnection of two building elements.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A disadvantage of the known construction bricks is that the results of the hybrid structures that can be built with such construction bricks are predictable, therewith taking away the design freedom of the user of such known construction bricks.
It is an object of the present invention to ameliorate or to eliminate one or more disadvantages of the known construction bricks, to provide an improved construction brick or to at least provide an alternative construction brick.
According to a first aspect, the invention provides a construction brick for a brick-based construction toy assembly having a plurality of such construction bricks for building hybrid structures, the construction brick comprising: a slab-shaped brick body with longitudinal sides and end sides, wherein a securing notch is provided in at least one of the longitudinal sides and the end sides, which securing notch is configured to be secured into a securing notch of another construction brick in order to interconnect the construction brick to the other construction brick, while the construction brick and the other construction brick are orientated substantially transverse to each other.
During use of the construction brick according to the invention, the construction brick may be secured to a further similar construction brick. In order to secure the construction brick to the further construction brick, the construction brick and the further construction brick have to be orientated substantially transverse to each other. For example, two or more of the longitudinal sides and the end sides are provided with a securing notch, such that a user is enabled to secure further construction bricks, with a transverse orientation, to two or more sides of the construction brick. Due to the transverse orientation of the construction brick and the further construction brick with respect to each other and to the possibility to secure further constructions bricks to two or more sides of the construction bricks, the user is enabled to build a hybrid structure with construction bricks. While building the hybrid structure, the user 1s able to expand the hybrid structure in multiple directions due to the mutual transverse orientation of the constructions bricks and due to the two or more securing notches at two or more sides of the construction bricks. The construction brick according to the invention, therefore, advantageously provides the user with more design freedom in comparison to the known construction bricks.
In the context of the present patent application, securing may be understood as clicking, clamping or the like.
In an embodiment, a further securing notch is provided in another one of the longitudinal sides and the end sides. In a further embodiment thereof, a securing notch is provided in each of the longitudinal sides and the end sides. The more sides of the construction brick are provided with securing notches, the more design freedom is granted advantageously to the user of the construction brick.
In an embodiment, the slab-shaped brick body is rotation symmetrical. In the context of the present application, rotation symmetrical has to be understood as that the construction brick remains identical after being rotated over a predetermined angle.
This is advantageous, since the user of the construction brick may secure the construction brick to a further construction brick as long as the construction brick and the further construction brick are orientated transverse to each other.
In an embodiment, the slab-shaped brick body has a central body portion, a first end wall arranged at a first end side thereof, a second end wall arranged at a second end side thereof, a first sidewall arranged at a first longitudinal side thereof, and a second sidewall arranged at a second longitudinal side thereof, wherein the securing notch is provided in at least one of the first end wall, the second end wall, the first sidewall and the second sidewall.
In an embodiment thereof, the central body portion has a first height, and each of the first end wall, the second end wall, the first sidewall and the second sidewall has a second height, wherein the second height is larger than the first height.
In an even further embodiment thereof, the central body portion is arranged in the middle of each of the first end wall, the second end wall, the first sidewall and the second sidewall, when seen in the height direction thereof.
In an embodiment, the securing notch is defined by a through hole in the at least one of the first end wall, the second end wall, the first sidewall, and the second sidewall.
Preferably, the through hole is provided in the center thereof.
In an embodiment, the through hole has a first through hole portion, a second through hole portion, and a third through hole portion, wherein the first through hole portion, the second through hole portion and the third through hole portion are arranged in series, when seen in the height direction of the respective wall.
In a further embodiment thereof, the respective wall has a top edge and a bottom edge, wherein the first through hole portion is converging from the top edge towards the second through hole portion, the second through hole portion has a square cross-section, and the third through hole portion is diverging from the second through hole portion towards the bottom edge, such that each of the first and third through 5 hole portions has a frusto-triangular cross-section. In an embodiment thereof, the wall parts of the respective wall facing the securing notch, in particular the through hole thereof, each have a frusto-triangular «cross-section, preferably corresponding to the frusto-triangular cross- section of the first and/or third through hole portion. Due to the first and third through hole portions having substantially frusto-triangular cross-sections, and the wall parts of the respective wall facing the through hole having corresponding frusto-triangular cross-sections, the wall parts of a further construction brick may be received within the first and third through hole portions, respectively, of the construction brick. This enables a relatively easy securing of construction bricks to each other.
The corresponding frusto-triangular cross- sections may result in a shape - counter shape interaction, resulting in that the construction brick and the further construction brick remain secured to each other.
Additionally, because of the first and third through hole portions having substantially frusto- triangular cross-sections, and the wall parts of the respective wall facing the through hole having corresponding frusto-triangular cross-sections, the securing notch of the construction brick may only be secured into a securing notch of a further construction brick, when the construction brick and the further construction brick are orientated substantially transverse to each other.
In an embodiment, impinging parts are provided on both sides of the central body portion and directly adjacent to the securing notch. In a further embodiment thereof, each of the impinging parts has a frusto-
triangular cross-section, wherein the side facing the securing notch is provided with an impinging recess defining a part of the central body portion to be a securing part.
The securing part, advantageously, abuts against a securing part of a further construction brick while securing the construction brick to the further construction brick.
The user, therefore, is provided with a tangible indication indicating that the construction brick and the further construction brick are secured into each other.
In an embodiment, at least one of the longitudinal sides and the end sides is provided with a stacking recess configured for receiving a longitudinal side or an end side of another construction brick.
In an embodiment thereof, when the slab-shaped brick body has a central body portion, a first end wall arranged at a first end side thereof, a second end wall arranged at a second end side thereof, a first sidewall arranged at a first longitudinal side thereof, and a second sidewall arranged at a second longitudinal side thereof, wherein the securing notch is provided in at least one of the first end wall, the second end wall, the first sidewall and the second sidewall, each of the first and second sidewall has a first wall end, and a second wall end, opposite to the first wall end in longitudinal direction thereof, and a top edge and a bottom edge, opposite Lo the top edge in the height direction of the respective sidewall, wherein each of the top edge and the bottom edge is provided with a first stacking recess at or near the first wall end, and a second stacking recess at or near the second wall end.
In addition to the construction brick being able to be secured into a further construction brick, the construction brick may also be stacked reliable onto another further construction brick, or vice versa.
Advantageously, the user is enabled to secure and/or stack a number of construction bricks while building a hybrid structure, therewith having an increased design freedom in comparison with the known construction bricks.
According toe a second aspect, the invention provides a construction brick coupler configured for coupling two or more construction bricks, preferably construction bricks according to any one of the preceding claims, the construction brick coupler comprising: a coupler body having a top side and a bottom side, wherein the coupler body is provided with a first coupler notch configured to be secured into a securing notch of a construction brick, and a second coupler notch configured to be secured into a securing notch of another construction brick, wherein the first coupler notch and the second coupler notch are arranged opposite to each other, or are orientated substantially transverse to each other.
The construction brick coupler provides the possibility to couple two construction bricks, wherein the space between the two construction bricks is determined by the construction brick coupler. For example, when the first coupler notch and the second coupler notch are orientated substantially transverse to each other, the construction brick coupler may be used to place two constriction bricks substantially perpendicular to each other, while the construction blocks are in an orientation with respect to each other in which they cannot be secured into each other. The construction brick coupler according to the invention, thus, advantageously provides the user of the construction brick coupler, in combination with the construction bricks according to the first aspect of the invention, more design freedom in comparison with the known construction bricks.
In an embodiment, the coupler body has a substantially square cross-section, wherein the first coupler notch is provided at a first corner of the coupler body, the second coupler notch is provided at a second corner of the coupler body, and wherein the remaining corners of the coupler body are also provided with a coupler notch, such that the construction brick coupler is rotation symmetric.
In an embodiment, each of the first and second coupler notches is defined by a coupler recess, wherein each coupler recess has a first recess portion, a second recess portion and a third recess portion, which are arranged in series when seen in the height direction of the coupler body. In an embodiment thereof, the first recess portion is converging from the top side towards the second recess portion, such that the first recess portion has a substantially frusto-triangular cross-section, the second recess portion has a substantially square cross-section, and the third recess portion is diverging from the second recess portion towards the bottom side of the coupler body, such that the third recess portion also has a substantially frusto-triangular cross-section, which has an inverse orientation with respect to the first recess portion. In an even further embodiment thereof, each coupler recess is provided with an impinging projection projecting into the second recess portion. This embodiment has as an advantage that the coupler notch 1s substantially identical or identical to the securing notch of the construction bricks, such that the construction brick coupler may be coupled to a construction brick relatively simple.
In an embodiment, the coupler body is diverging in a direction away from the center of the coupler body towards each corner thereof.
In an embodiment, the coupler body has a receiving aperture provided in the center thereof, which receiving aperture is configured for receiving a construction element.
According to a third aspect, the invention provides a brick-based construction toy assembly for building hybrid structures, comprising two or more construction bricks according to the first aspect thereof.
The assembly according to the invention has at least the same technical advantages as described in relation to the construction brick according to the first aspect of the invention.
In an embodiment, the brick-based construction toy assembly comprises one or more construction brick couplers to the second aspect of the invention. This embodiment has at least the same technical advantages as described in relation to the construction brick coupler according to the second aspect of the invention.
The various aspects and features described and shown in the specification can be applied, individually, wherever possible. These individual aspects, in particular the aspects and features described in the attached dependent claims, can be made subject of divisional patent applications.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The invention will be elucidated on the basis of an exemplary embodiment shown in the attached drawings, in which: Figure 1 shows an isometric view of a construction brick according to a first embodiment of the invention; Figures ZA-C show a front view of the construction brick of figure 1; a top view of the construction brick of figure 1; and a side view of the construction brick of figure 1, respectively; Figures 3A-3B show a number of construction bricks corresponding to the construction brick of figure 1 interconnected to each other; and a cross-sectional view of two construction bricks connected to each other according to line IIIB-IIIB; Figure 4 shows an isometric view of a construction brick coupler according to a first embodiment of the invention;
Figures 5A-C show a front view of the construction brick coupler of figure 4; a top view of the construction brick coupler of figure 4; and a side view of the construction brick coupler of figure 4, respectively; and Figure 6 shows a number of construction bricks corresponding to the construction brick of figure 1 interconnected to each other by means of construction brick couplers corresponding to the construction brick coupler of figure 4.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION A construction brick 1 for use in a brick-based construction toy assembly having a plurality of such construction bricks 1 according to a first embodiment of the invention is shown in figure 1. Such construction bricks 1, for example, can be used by children for building all kind of hybrid structures, such as car-shaped structures. The construction brick 1 comprises a slab-shaped brick body 2, which has a substantially rectangular shape. The brick body 2 has a first end side 3 and a second end side 4, opposite to the first end side 3 in longitudinal direction of the brick body 2. The brick body 2 further has a first longitudinal side 5 and a second longitudinal side 6, opposite to the first longitudinal side 5 in transverse direction of the brick body 2. The brick body 2 has a central body portion 7 with a first height Hl, wherein a first end wall 8 is arranged at the first end side 3, a second end wall 9 is arranged at the second end side 4, a first sidewall 10 is arranged at the first longitudinal side 5, and a second sidewall 11 arranged at the second longitudinal side 6 of the brick body 2. Each of the first and second end walls §, 9, and each of the first and second sidewalls 10, 11 have a second height HZ which is larger than the first height HI of the central body portion 7. As shown in figures 2B and 2C, The central body portion 7 is arranged in the middle of each of the first end wall 8, the second end wall 9, the first sidewall 10 and the second sidewall 11, when seen in the height direction H thereof, such that a brick recess 12 is defined at the top side and the bottom side of the construction brick 1. Each of the first and second sidewall 10, 11 has a sidewall body 12 having a first wall end 13 and a second wall end 14, opposite to the first wall end 13 in longitudinal direction thereof, where the first and second sidewall 10, 11 merges into the first end wall 8 and the second end wall 9, respectively. Additionally, each sidewall body 12 includes a top edge 15 and a bottom edge 16, opposite to the top edge 15 in the height direction H of the respective sidewall 10, 11. As shown in figure 2B, each of the top edge and the bottom edge 16 is provided with a first stacking recess 17 at or near the first wall end 13, and a second stacking recess 18 at or near the second wall end 14. Each of the first and second stacking recesses 17, 18 has a length L1 substantially corresponding to the height H2 of each of the first and second end walls 8, 9, and of the first and second sidewalls 10, 11. The sidewalls 10, 11 have a reduced height H3 at the location of the first and second stacking recesses 17,18, which reduced height H3 is slightly smaller than the second height H2. Therefore, each of the first and second stacking recesses 17, 18 is configured for receiving one of the first and second end walls 8, 9, of and the first and second sidewalls 10, 11 of another non-shown corresponding construction brick, when the height direction H of the respective received wall 8, 9, 10, 11 coincides with the longitudinal direction of the receiving construction brick
1. It, therewith, 1s enabled to stack a plurality of construction bricks onto each other, wherein the construction brick may have different orientations with respect to each other.
As shown in figure 1, a securing notch 20 is provided in each of the first and second end walls 8, 9, and the first and second sidewalls 10, 11. The securing notch 20 is configured to be secured into a securing notch of a further non-shown construction brick in order to interconnect the construction brick 1 to the further construction brick. In order to be able the interconnect the construction brick 1 to the further construction brick, the construction brick 1 and the further construction brick have to be orientated substantially transverse to each other, as explained below.
As shown in figures 2A and 2B, each of the securing notches 20 is defined by a through hole 21 provided in the center of the respective wall 8, 9, 10, 11, such that the construction brick 1 is rotation symmetric. Each through hole 21 has a first through hole portion 22, a second through hole portion 23 and a third through hole portion 24, which are arranged in series when seen in the height direction H of the respective wall 8, 9, 10, 11. The first through hole portion 22 is converging from the top edge 15 towards the second through hole portion 23, such that the first through hole portion 22 has a substantially frusto-triangular cross-section. The second through hole portion 23 has a height corresponding to the first height H1 of the central body portion 7, and a width Wl also corresponding to the first height of the central body portion 7. The second through hole portion 23, thus, is a square through hole portion. The third through hole portion 24 is diverging from the second through hole portion 23 towards the bottom edge 16, such that the third through hole portion 24 also has a substantially frusto-triangular cross-section, which has an inverse orientation with respect to the first through hole portion 22. As shown in figure 2B, the wall parts 25 of the respective wall 8, 9, 10, 11 facing the securing notch 20, or the through hole 21 thereof, provided in that respective wall 8, 9, 10, 11, which wall parts 25 for clarity reasons are shaded in figure 2B, each have a frusto-triangular cross-section. The frusto-triangular cross-section of the wall parts 25 substantially corresponds or corresponds to the frusto-triangular cross-section of the first through hole portion 22, and/or of the third through hole portion 24, such that the wall parts 25 are counter shaped with respect to the first and/or third through hole portions 22, 24, Therefore, a securing notch of the further construction brick is enabled to be secured to the construction brick 1 by being orientated transverse to the construction brick 1. While securing the further construction brick Lo the construction brick 1, the wall parts 25 of the further brick will be positioned within the first and third through hole portion 24, respectively, and vice versa, such that the construction brick 1 and the further construction brick will be interconnected by an shape — counter shape interaction.
As follows from figure 2A, each of the end and sidewalls 8, 9, 10, 11 has an inner side 26, which is at an angle with respect to a main plane defined by the central body portion 7 and partially extends over the central body portion 7. As a result, the through hole 21, in particular the first and third through hole portions 22, 24 thereof extends slightly over the central body portion 7, therewith providing an abutting surface 27 against which the wall parts 25 of the further construction brick may abut.
The construction brick 1 further comprises a number of impinging parts 28 provided on both sides of the central body portion 78, and arranged directly adjacent to the securing notches 20 of the construction brick 1. As shown in figure 2A, each impinging part 28 has a substantially frusto-triangular or frusto-triangular cross- section. The side 29 facing the inner side of the adjacent respective wall 8, 9, 10, 11 is provided with an impinging recess 30 also having the width Wl corresponding to the first height of the central body portion 7. As shown in figure 2A, the impinging recesses 30 define that a part of the central body portion 7 may be used as a securing part
31. When the construction brick 1 is interconnected to the further constriction brick, the impinging recesses 30 receive the wall part 25 at least partially, while the securing part 31 of the construction brick 1 is received within the second through hole portion 24 of the further construction brick, and vice versa, and is abutting against the securing part 31 of the further construction brick, and vice versa.
Figure 3A shows a number of construction bricks 1 that are interconnected, also called a brick-based construction toy assembly for building hybrid structures. AS described above, construction bricks 1 to be interconnected need to be orientated substantially transverse or transverse to each other before they may be interconnected. Thereafter, the securing notches of the constructions bricks 1 are secured into each other, therewith positioning the wall parts 25 of one of the construction bricks 1 into the first and third through hole portions 22, 24 of the other one of the construction bricks 1, and vice versa. This results in a shape - counter shape interaction between the securing notches of the construction blocks 1, therewith securing the construction blocks 1 to each other, as clearly shown in figure 3B.
As shown in figure 3, construction bricks 1 may be placed in an end wall to end wall orientation, or a sidewall to sidewall orientation, therewith not excluding any possible orientation, such as end wall to sidewall orientation, or sidewall to end wall orientation.
An isometric view of a construction brick coupler 50 according to an embodiment of the invention is shown in figure 4. Such a construction brick coupler 50 may be used for coupling two construction bricks 1, such as shown, for example, in figure 1. Due to the construction brick coupler 50 it, for example, is possible to obtain a more compact right angle connection between two construction bricks 1.
The construction brick coupler 50 has a coupler body 51 which has a substantially square cross-section, as shown in figure 5A. A receiving aperture 52 is provided in the center of the coupler body 51, which receiving aperture 52 is configured for receiving construction elements with a substantially circular cross-section.
The coupler body 51 has a coupler notch 53 at each corner of the square-shaped coupler body 51. Each coupler notch is defined by a coupler recess 54 provided at the corner of the square-shaped coupler body 61, such that the construction brick coupler 50 is rotation symmetric. As shown in figure 5B, each recess 54 has a first recess portion 55, a second recess portion 56 and a third recess portion 57, which are arranged in series when seen in the height direction H of the coupler body 51. The first recess portion 55 is converging from the top side 58 towards the second recess portion 56, such that the {first recess portion 55 has a substantially frusto-triangular cross- section. The second recess portion 56 has a height Cl corresponding to the first height H1 of the central body portion 7 of a construction brick 1, and a width W2 corresponding to the first height Hl. The second recess portion 56, thus, is a square recess portion. The third recess portion 57 is diverging from the second recess portion 56 towards the bottom side 59 of the coupler body 51, such that the third recess portion 57 also has a substantially frusto-triangular cross-section, which has an inverse orientation with respect to the first recess portion 55. The first and third recess portions 55, 57 are configured for receiving the frusto-triangular wall parts 25 of the construction block 1.
As shown in figure 4, each coupler recess 54 is provided with an impinging projection 60 projecting into the second recess portion 56 and corresponding to the securing part 31 of the construction block 1. When the construction brick coupler 50 is interconnected to a constriction brick 1, the securing part 31 of the construction brick 1 is received within the second recess portion 56 of the construction brick coupler 50, and the impinging projection 60 is received within the second through hole portion 23 of the respective securing notch 20, and is abutting against the securing part 31 of the construction brick, and vice versa.
As clearly shown in figures 5B and 5C, the coupler body 51 is diverging in a direction away from the receiving aperture and towards each corner thereof, such that the abutting surfaces 61 of the first and second recess portions 55, 57 correspond to the abutting surfaces 27 of the first and third through hole portions 22, 24 of the securing notch of the construction block 1, resulting in a stable connection between the construction brick coupler 50 and a construction brick 1.
Although figures 4 and SA-C show a construction brick coupler having four coupler notches, it is also within the scope of the invention that the construction brick coupler, for example, may have two coupler notches, or three coupler notches.
Figure 6 shows an example of how construction bricks 1 and construction brick couplers 50 according to the invention may be used for building a hybrid structure.
It is to be understood that the above description is included to illustrate the operation of the preferred embodiments and is not meant to limit the scope of the invention. From the above discussion, many variations will be apparent to one skilled in the art that would yet be encompassed by the scope of the present invention.

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CONCLUSIESCONCLUSIONS 1. Bouwsteen voor een steen-gebaseerd bouwspeelgoedsamenstel met een pluraliteit van dergelijke bouwstenen voor het bouwen van hybride structuren, waarbij de bouwsteen omvat: een plaatvormig steenlichaam met longitudinale zijden en eindzijden, waarbij een bevestigingsinkeping is voorzien in ten minste één van de longitudinale zijden en de eindzijden, welke bevestigingsinkeping is geconfigureerd om te worden bevestigd in een bevestigingsinkeping van een andere bouwsteen ten einde de bouwsteen te verbinden met de andere bouwsteen, terwijl de bouwsteen en de andere bouwsteen in hoofdzaak dwars ten opzichte van elkaar zijn georiënteerd.A brick-based building toy assembly building block having a plurality of such building blocks for building hybrid structures, the building block comprising: a slab-shaped brick body having longitudinal sides and end sides, wherein an attachment notch is provided in at least one of the longitudinal sides and the end sides, which attachment notch is configured to be secured in a attachment notch of another device to connect the device to the other device, while the device and the other device are oriented substantially transverse to each other. 2. Bouwsteen volgens conclusie 2, waarbij een verdere bevestigingsinkeping is voorzien in een andere van de longitudinale zijden en de eindzijden.The building block of claim 2, wherein a further fixing notch is provided in another of the longitudinal sides and the end sides. 3. Bouwsteen volgens conclusie 1 of conclusie 2, waarbij een bevestigingsinkeping is voorzien in elk van de longitudinale zijden en de eindzijden.The building block of claim 1 or claim 2, wherein a mounting notch is provided in each of the longitudinal sides and the end sides. 4, Bouwsteen volgens één der voorgaande conclusies, waarbij het plaatvormige steenlichaam rotatiesymmetrisch is.A building block according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the plate-shaped stone body is rotationally symmetrical. 5. Bouwsteen volgens één der voorgaande conclusies, waarbij het plaatvormige steenlichaam is voorzien van een centraal lichaamsgedeelte, een eerste eindwand aangebracht aan een eerste eindzijde daarvan, een tweede eindwand aangebracht aan een tweede eindwand daarvan, een eerste zijwand aangebracht aan een eerste longitudinale zijde daarvan, en een tweede zijwand aangebracht aan een tweede longitudinale zijde daarvan, waarbij de bevestigingsinkeping is voorzien in ten minste één van de eerste eindwand, de tweede eindwand, de eerste zijwand en de tweede zijwand.A building block according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the slab-shaped stone body comprises a central body portion, a first end wall arranged at a first end side thereof, a second end wall arranged at a second end wall thereof, a first side wall arranged at a first longitudinal side thereof and a second sidewall disposed on a second longitudinal side thereof, wherein the attachment notch is provided in at least one of the first end wall, the second end wall, the first sidewall and the second sidewall. 6. Bouwsteen volgens conclusie 5, waarbij het centraal lichaamsgedeelte een eerste hoogte heeft, en elk van de eerste eindwand, de tweede eindwand, de eerste zijwand en de tweede zijwand een tweede hoogte heeft, waarbij de tweede hoogte groter is dan de eerste hoogte.The device of claim 5, wherein the central body portion has a first height, and each of the first end wall, the second end wall, the first side wall and the second side wall has a second height, the second height being greater than the first height. 7. Bouwsteen volgens conclusie 5 of conclusie 6, waarbij het centrale lichaamsgedeelte is aangebracht in het midden van elk van de eerste eindwand, de tweede eindwand, de eerste zijwand en de tweede zijwand, wanneer gekeken in de hoogterichting daarvan.The building block of claim 5 or claim 6, wherein the central body portion is disposed in the center of each of the first end wall, the second end wall, the first side wall and the second side wall when viewed in the height direction thereof. 8. Bouwsteen volgens één der conclusies 5-7, waarbij de bevestigingsinkeping is gedefinieerd door een doorgang in de ten minste één van de eerste eindwand, de tweede eindwand, de eerste zijwand, en de tweede zijwand, bij voorkeur waarbij de doorgang is voorzien in het centrum daarvan.A building block according to any one of claims 5-7, wherein the attachment notch is defined by a passage in the at least one of the first end wall, the second end wall, the first side wall, and the second side wall, preferably wherein the passage is provided in the center of it. 9, Bouwsteen volgens conclusie 8, waarbij de doorgang een eerste doorganggedeelte, een tweede doorganggedeelte en een derde doorganggedeelte heeft, waarbij het eerste doorganggedeelte, het tweede doorganggedeelte en het derde doorganggedeelte in serie zijn aangebracht, wanneer gekeken in de hoogterichting van de respectievelijke wand.The building block of claim 8, wherein the passage has a first passage portion, a second passage portion and a third passage portion, wherein the first passage portion, the second passage portion and the third passage portion are arranged in series when viewed in the height direction of the respective wall. 10. Bouwsteen volgens conclusie 2, waarbij de respectievelijke wand een bovenrand en een onderrand heeft, waarbij het eerste doorganggedeelte convergeert vanaf de bovenrand naar het tweede doorganggedeelte, het tweede doorganggedeelte een vierkante doorsnede heeft, en het derde doorganggedeelte divergeert vanaf het tweede doorganggedeelte naar de bodemrand, zodat elk van de eerste en derde doorganggedeeltes een frusto-driehoekige dwarsdoorsnede heeft.The building block of claim 2, wherein the respective wall has a top edge and a bottom edge, the first passageway portion converging from the top edge to the second passageway portion, the second passageway portion has a square section, and the third passageway portion diverges from the second passageway portion toward the second passageway portion. bottom edge such that each of the first and third passage portions has a frusto-triangular cross-section. 11. Bouwsteen volgens conclusie 10, waarbij de wanddelen van de respectievelijke wand die zijn gericht naar de bevestigingsinkeping, in het bijzonder de doorgang daarvan, elk een frusto- driehoekige doorsnede hebben, bij voorkeur overeenkomstig aan de frusto-driehoekige doorsnede van het eerste en/of derde doorganggedeelte.A building block according to claim 10, wherein the wall parts of the respective wall facing the fixing notch, in particular the passage thereof, each have a frusto-triangular cross-section, preferably corresponding to the frusto-triangular cross-section of the first and/or the other. or third passageway. 12. Bouwsteen volgens één der conclusies 5-12,12. Building block as claimed in any of the claims 5-12, waarbij botsdelen zijn voorzien aan beide zijden van het centrale lichaamsgedeelte en direct aangrenzend aan de bevestigingsinkeping.wherein collision members are provided on both sides of the central body portion and immediately adjacent to the mounting notch. 13. Bouwsteen volgens conclusie 12, waarbij elk van de botsdelen een frusto-driehoekige dwarsdoorsnede heeft, waarbij de zijde die is gericht naar de bevestigingsinkeping is voorzien van een botsuitsparing die een deel van het centrale lichaamsgedeelte definieert om een bevestigingsdeel te zijn.The device of claim 12, wherein each of the collision members has a frusto-triangular cross-section, the side facing the mounting notch having a collision recess defining a portion of the central body portion to be a mounting portion. 14. Bouwsteen volgens één der voorgaande conclusies, waarbij ten minste één van de longitudinale zijden en de eindzijden is voorzien van een stapeluitsparing die is geconfigureerd voor het ontvangen van een longitudinale zijde of een eindzijde van een andere bouwsteen.The building block of any preceding claim, wherein at least one of the longitudinal sides and the end sides includes a stacking recess configured to receive a longitudinal side or an end side of another building block. 15. Bouwsteen volgens conclusie 14, wanneer afhankelijk van conclusie 5, waarbij elk van de eerste en tweede zijwand een eerste wandeinde, een tweede wandeinde, tegengesteld aan het eerste wandeinde in longitudinale richting daarvan, en een bovenrand en een onderrand, tegengesteld aan de bovenrand in hoogterichting van de respectievelijke zijwand, heeft, waarbij elk van de bovenrand en de onderrand is voorzien van een eerste stapeluitsparing aan of nabij het eerste wandeinde, en een tweede stapeluitsparing aan of nabij het tweede wandeinde.The building block of claim 14 when dependent on claim 5, wherein each of the first and second sidewalls has a first wall end, a second wall end opposite the first wall end in the longitudinal direction thereof, and a top edge and a bottom edge opposite the top edge in the height direction of the respective side wall, wherein each of the top edge and the bottom edge is provided with a first stacking recess at or near the first wall end, and a second stacking recess at or near the second wall end. 16. Bouwsteenkoppeling voor het koppelen van twee of meer bouwstenen, bij voorkeur bouwstenen volgens één der voorgaande conclusies, waarbij de bouwsteenkoppeling omvat: een koppelingslichaam met een bovenzijde en een onderzijde, waarbij het koppelingslichaam is voorzien van een eerste koppelingsinkeping die is geconfigureerd om te worden bevestigd in een bevestigingsinkeping van een bouwsteen, en een tweede koppelingsinkeping die is geconfigureerd om te worden bevestigd in een bevestigingsinkeping van een andere bouwsteen, waarbij de eerste koppelingsinkeping en de tweede koppelingsinkeping tegenover elkaar zijn aangebracht, of in hoofdzaak dwars ten opzichte van elkaar zijn georiënteerd.A building block coupling for coupling two or more building blocks, preferably building blocks according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the building block coupling comprises: a coupling body having a top and a bottom, the coupling body having a first coupling notch configured to be mounted in a mounting notch of one device, and a second coupling notch configured to be mounted in a mounting notch of another device, the first coupling notch and the second coupling notch arranged opposite to each other, or oriented substantially transverse to each other . 17. Bouwsteenkoppeling volgens conclusie 16, waarbij het koppelingslichaam een in hoofdzaak vierkante dwarsdoorsnede heeft, waarbij de eerste koppelingsinkeping is voorzien aan een eerste hoek van het koppelingslichaam, de tweede koppelingsinkeping is voorzien aan een tweede hoek van het koppelingslichaam, en waarbij de resterende hoeken ook zijn voorzien van een koppelingsinkeping, zodat de bouwsteenkoppeling rotatiesymmetrisch is.The building block coupling of claim 16, wherein the coupling body has a substantially square cross-section, the first coupling notch is provided at a first corner of the coupling body, the second coupling notch is provided at a second corner of the coupling body, and wherein the remaining corners are also are provided with a coupling notch, so that the building block coupling is rotationally symmetrical. 18. Bouwsteenkoppeling volgens conclusie 16 of conclusie 17, waarbij elk van de eerste en tweede koppelingsinkepingen is gedefinieerd door een koppelingsuitsparing, waarbij elke koppelingsuitsparing een eerste uitsparingsgedeelte, een tweede uitsparingsgedeelte en een derde uitsparingsgedeelte heeft, die in serie zijn aangebracht wanneer gekeken in de hoogterichting van het koppelingslichaam.The brick coupling of claim 16 or claim 17, wherein each of the first and second coupling recesses is defined by a coupling recess, each coupling recess having a first recess portion, a second recess portion and a third recess portion arranged in series when viewed in the height direction. of the coupling body. 19. Bouwsteenkoppeling volgens conclusie 18, waarbij het eerste uitsparingsgedeelte convergeert vanaf de bovenzijde naar het tweede uitsparinggedeelte, zodat het eerste uitsparingsgedeelte een in hoofdzaak frusto- driehoekige dwarsdoorsnede heeft, het tweede uitsparingsgedeelte een in hoofdzaak vierkante dwarsdoorsnede heeft, en het derde uitsparingsgedeelte divergeert vanaf het tweede uitsparingsgedeelte naar de bodemzijde van het koppelingslichaam, zodat het derde uitsparingsgedeelte ook een in hoofdzaak frusto-driehoekige dwarsdoorsnede heeft, die een omgekeerde oriëntatie heeft ten opzichte van het eerste uitsparingsgedeelte.,The brick coupler of claim 18, wherein the first recess portion converges from the top toward the second recess portion such that the first recess portion has a substantially frusto-triangular cross-section, the second recess portion has a substantially square cross-section, and the third recess portion diverges from the said recess. second recess portion toward the bottom side of the coupling body, so that the third recess portion also has a substantially frusto-triangular cross-section having an inverted orientation with respect to the first recess portion. 20. Bouwsteenkoppeling volgens conclusie 19, waarbij elke koppelingsuitsparing is voorzien met een botsuitsteeksel die uitsteekt in het tweede uitsparingsgedeelte.The brick coupling of claim 19, wherein each coupling recess is provided with a collision protrusion projecting into the second recess portion. 21. Bouwsteenkoppeling volgens één der conclusies 17-20, waarbij het koppelingslichaam divergeert in een richting weg van het centrum van het koppelingslichaam naar elke hoek daarvan.A brick coupler according to any one of claims 17-20, wherein the coupler body diverges in a direction away from the center of the coupler body to any corner thereof. 22. Bouwsteenkoppeling volgens één der conclusies 16-21, waarbij het koppelingslichaam een opneemopening heeft die is voorzien in het centrum daarvan, welke opneemopening is geconfigureerd voor het opnemen van een bouwelement.A building block coupling according to any one of claims 16-21, wherein the coupling body has a receiving opening provided in the center thereof, which receiving opening is configured for receiving a building element. 23. Steen-gebaseerd bouwspeelgoedsamenstel voor het bouwen van hybride structuren, omvattend twee of meer bouwstenen volgens één der conclusies 1 tot en met 15.A brick-based building toy assembly for building hybrid structures, comprising two or more building blocks according to any one of claims 1 to 15. 24. Steen-gebaseerd bouwspeelgoedsamenstel volgens conclusie 23, omvattend één of meer bouwsteenkoppelingen volgens één der conclusies 16-22. -0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-A brick-based building toy assembly according to claim 23, comprising one or more building block couplings according to any one of claims 16-22. -0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
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