US20210197096A1 - A modular toy construction system with interactive toy construction elements - Google Patents

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US20210197096A1
US20210197096A1 US17/057,064 US201917057064A US2021197096A1 US 20210197096 A1 US20210197096 A1 US 20210197096A1 US 201917057064 A US201917057064 A US 201917057064A US 2021197096 A1 US2021197096 A1 US 2021197096A1
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Thomas Alan Donaldson
Jesper SØDERBERG
Sam Coates
Erik Hansen
Mark Champkins
Yufan Wei WANG
Rasmus Bissenbakker KÆRSGAARD
Jorge Gabriel Soto
Radost Radoslavova KEREFEYNA
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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
    • A63H33/042—Mechanical, electrical, optical, pneumatic or hydraulic arrangements; Motors
    • 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
    • A63H33/086—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 primary projections fitting by friction in complementary spaces between secondary projections, e.g. sidewalls
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H2200/00—Computerized interactive toys, e.g. dolls
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PCT/EP2019/065123 WO2019238630A1 (fr) 2018-06-12 2019-06-11 Système de construction de jouet modulaire doté d'éléments de construction de jouet interactifs

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