RU224518U1 - BLOCK STAND - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to toy construction kits. The technical result of this useful model is a block stand with a shape that is simple enough to be produced from materials that cannot be cast, and which allows a large number of designer blocks to be firmly fixed in it without connecting elements, which is achieved due to the fact that the block stand is made of elastic The material has external jumpers and internal jumpers limiting more than one slot of a symmetrical shape with external angles of less than 90 degrees each, with the slot widening towards its ends and with the slot narrowing towards the region of the central axis of the stand block. 2 ill.

Description

The utility model relates to toy construction kits.

The toy building element US 300528 2A, 1958 is known, as well as the construction part “LEGO CLASSIC. Blue base plate", information source

http://web.archive.org/web/20230204225954/ https://detsad-shop.ruyigry-i-igrushki/lego-education/lego-education/konstruktor-lego-classic-sinyaya-bazovaya-plastina.html [ found 08/30/2023], of which a toy building element is known, which is a rectangular parallelepiped of a hollow structure with one open edge and four side walls, containing a support plate equipped with protrusions on both sides. Due to its flat and even shape, the specified toy building element allows a large number of other construction blocks or a structure assembled from blocks to be fixed on it as on a stand in order to obtain a fixed composition or to protect the structure from accidental destruction. At the same time, this model has a complex shape and is therefore difficult to manufacture, and also allows only construction blocks with tongue-and-groove connecting elements to be attached to it.

The most famous is the “Children's Plastic Farmer Construction Set”, source of information https://web.archive.org/web/20201031191415/ https://www.polesie-toys.com/catalog/seriya_fermer/konstruktor_fermer_l12_elementov_v_korobke/ [found 08/30/2023], from of which the designer block is known, which is a flat parallelepiped with a shape that forms connecting elements of the “tenon” type and connecting elements of the “groove” type of cubic shape. The simplicity of the form of this model makes it easy to manufacture. At the same time, the specified constructor block allows only constructor blocks with tongue-and-groove connecting elements to be attached to it. In addition, the number of grooves allows a small number of other blocks to be secured in the specified block, which makes the specified model unsuitable as a stand block.

Miniature mating elements of a toy construction set are known (US 20150224415 A1 dated August 13, 2015), of which the construction block is known, taken as the closest analogue, which refers to components having connecting elements, such as protrusions and grooves, that are compatible with each other, and consists of a housing that includes at least one through slot that includes an opposite sidewall having at least one engagement strip that extends across the sidewall of the slot and tapers along the height of the sidewall. The advantage of this design block is that the unlimited number of slots and their shape allow you to fix not only design blocks with tongue-and-groove connecting elements to it, but also any blocks whose thickness coincides with the width of the through slot of the design block, which allows you to use it as a stand for a model assembled from a construction set. At the same time, the specified design block has such a complex element as a gear strip, which complicates its production from materials that cannot be cast, for example, wood.

The purpose of this useful model is to increase the diversity of the arsenal of construction blocks.

The technical result that the proposed utility model is aimed at achieving is to create a block-stand with a shape that is simple enough to be produced from elastic materials that cannot be cast, and that allows a large number of construction blocks to be firmly fixed in it without connecting elements.

The technical result is achieved by the fact that the block stand (see Fig. 1) made of elastic material has external jumpers (1) and internal jumpers (2) limiting more than one slot (3) of a symmetrical shape with external angles (4) less than 90 degrees each, with an expansion (5) towards its ends and a narrowing (6) towards the region of the central axis (7) of the stand block.

The stand block is used as follows: any other designer blocks whose thickness coincides with the width of the slots in the area of its outer corners are inserted into the slots of the constructor block, and due to the flexibility of the material, the jumpers move apart, allowing the attached block to fit tightly into the slot. Some of the possible options for mounting several other blocks of the designer on the stand block are shown in Fig. 2.

Description of the “Block-stand” figures

Fig. 1. Elements of the shape of the stand block:

1 - external jumper

2 - internal jumper

3 - slot

4 - outer corner of the slot

5 - slot expansion

6 - narrowing of the slot

7 - central axis of the stand block

Fig. 2. Some of the possible options for positioning other blocks of the designer on the stand block.

Claims (1)

A block-stand made of elastic material, having external jumpers and internal jumpers that limit more than one slot of a symmetrical shape with external angles of less than 90 degrees each, with the slot widening towards its ends and with the slot narrowing towards the region of the central axis of the block-stand.