US3838535A - Toy blocks dimensioned and configured for plural connections - Google Patents
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
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- the invention relates to toy building brick of rectangular cross-section 2a X a and any arbitrary length X 52] US. Cl 46/25, 52/593, 52/606, X These bricks are Characterized by Cube-Shaped 52 09 openings of the volume a X a X a between the two [51] Int. Cl A63h 33/08 broad Sides X The bricks am also Characterized 58 Field of Search 46/25, 28, 23; 52/606, y webs Of the Cross-Section a X l remaining 52/609 503 between these openings.
- the bricks are also characterized by 2 cross bars of the cross-section a X a/2 and [56] References Ci the length (n n1/2)a, n being a whole number of at UNITED STATES PATENTS least 1,894,605 1/1933 Wright 46/25 5 Claims, 18 Drawing Figures G n 26 G 2 (1+ 2 G f/L till; UI 35:] l
- the invention relates to a toy building brick from which it is possible to construct a wide variety ofdifferent objects by fitting together identical building bricks.
- the object of the present invention is a building brick for a universal system of playing, which fulfills the following three preliminary conditions:
- the external dimensions of the building brick are to conform to the following ratios: the length is to be equal to twice the width and the width is to be equal to twice the thickness of the building brick, so that a maximum of possibilities of combinations are provided.
- the length is to be equal to twice the width and the width is to be equal to twice the thickness of the building brick, so that a maximum of possibilities of combinations are provided.
- Two building bricks must be able to be held together with a tight joint by a third in a positive manner in preferably two but at least one stressing direction;
- the openings and recesses on the building brick. which are necessary according to Point 2 in addition permit the insertion of rods of any desired legnth and of circular or square cross-section with the same thickness in at least two planes of the building brick, and all side surfaces of the building brick should be an even multiple of this thickness.
- a building brick which has a rectangular crosssection 2a X a and an arbitrary length X X a, a being any arbitrary length unit, and which is characterized by:
- the length of the building brick is preferably 4a, i.e., the brick is twice as long as it is wide and twice as wide as it is thick.
- FIG. 7 shows a preferred building brick 10 of the invention with the length 4a and in the normal form. i.e.. without additional recesses.
- the brick comprises cross bars ll, 12 and webs l3, 14.
- FIGS. 2 to 10 shows some possibilities of, combinations of the brick of FIG. 1;
- FIG. 11 shows a modified building brick 16 in which recesses are provided on the two webs 17, 18, which recesses extend from the broad side 2a X 4a to the height of the longitudinal axis of the brick. so that these webs are reduced to the cross-section (1/2 X a/Z:
- the brick 16 has cross bars 19, 20;
- FIGS. 12 to 15 show possible combinations withsuch building bricks according to FIG. 11;
- FIG. 16 shows a modified brick 23 in which recesses are arranged between the webs 24, 25 on the cross bars 26, 27, which recesses extend from the broad side 2a X 4a of the building brick to the height of the. longitudinal axis of the brick. so that the cross bars 24-, 25 are reduced at this position to the cross-sectiona/Z X a/2;
- FIG. 17 shows a possibility of combinations when using bricks according to FIG. 16, and
- FIG. 18 shows a modified building brick 30 which has the features of the brick l6 and the brick 2 3.
- a set of bricks according to claim 1 characterized in that at least 2 webs on the same broad side 2a by. Xa of the building brick are reduced to.the height of the longitudinal axis of the building brick, i.e., tothe crosssection a/2 by a/2.
- n is an integer at least equal to 3.
- a set of bricks according to claim 1 characterized b. (nl) webs connecting facing surfaces of the first in that n has the value 3. 5 and second cross bars wherein said webs and said 5.
- a set of toy building bricks of rectangular crosscross bars define cube-shaped openings of height a section 2a by a and any arbitrary length Xa. compriswidth a and length a ing: c. n cube-shaped openings of the volume a by a by a a. first and second cross bars having a cross section opening through the two broad sides having the dia by 0/2 and a length Xa wherein: it) mensions 2a by Xa.
- Xa (n+n-l/2)a UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE PATENT NO.
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DE2161913A DE2161913C3 (de) | 1971-12-14 | 1971-12-14 | Quaderförmiger Spielzeug-Steckbaustein |
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CH (1) | CH554694A (xx) |
DE (1) | DE2161913C3 (xx) |
FR (1) | FR2165416A5 (xx) |
GB (1) | GB1406065A (xx) |
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USD246470S (en) * | 1975-12-29 | 1977-11-22 | Mitsuru Sato | Building block |
US4361303A (en) * | 1980-07-15 | 1982-11-30 | Lanphear Marvin P | Chain-link construction for elongated structural components |
US4381619A (en) * | 1980-08-04 | 1983-05-03 | Griffin David J | Building block |
US4582496A (en) * | 1983-12-17 | 1986-04-15 | Peter Larws | Socketed building block |
US4633639A (en) * | 1983-12-05 | 1987-01-06 | Deimen Michael L | Construction block |
US4740188A (en) * | 1986-07-31 | 1988-04-26 | Coster Theo M S | Toy construction element |
US5378185A (en) * | 1993-11-15 | 1995-01-03 | Book Loan Publishing Co., Ltd. | Building blocks |
US5391103A (en) * | 1992-02-24 | 1995-02-21 | Mak; Dong K. | Building block configured for plural connections |
US5421270A (en) * | 1991-02-06 | 1995-06-06 | Angeles Group, Inc. | Base panel for building blocks |
US5704186A (en) * | 1995-01-24 | 1998-01-06 | Tiltan 3 Dimensional Technologies Ltd. | Construction element |
WO1998036136A1 (en) * | 1997-02-18 | 1998-08-20 | Handelman, Joseph, H. | A building element |
US5876262A (en) * | 1996-03-11 | 1999-03-02 | Angeles Group, Inc. | Light table |
US6641452B2 (en) | 2001-09-05 | 2003-11-04 | Susan J. Racine | Building block |
US20090113815A1 (en) * | 2007-10-26 | 2009-05-07 | Terah Earl Woodcock | Tapered Hexagon Building Block |
US20130145713A1 (en) * | 2007-05-09 | 2013-06-13 | Paul Wennberg | Building structured material using cell geometry |
JP2014104258A (ja) * | 2012-11-29 | 2014-06-09 | Bl Holdings Co Ltd | ブロックおもちゃ |
US20150367457A1 (en) * | 2010-10-19 | 2015-12-24 | Massachusetts Institute Of Technology | Methods for Digital Composites |
USD765797S1 (en) * | 2014-08-19 | 2016-09-06 | Matej Banik | Set of building blocks |
US20170121973A1 (en) * | 2014-06-20 | 2017-05-04 | Miguel BRANDAO | Interlocking building blocks for changeable modular assemblies |
USD820359S1 (en) * | 2017-04-25 | 2018-06-12 | Brett A. Deemer | Toy construction connector kit |
USD826771S1 (en) * | 2016-12-19 | 2018-08-28 | Kelly Ellingson | Belt clip |
US20180256999A1 (en) * | 2017-03-13 | 2018-09-13 | Yush Gupta | Block-based construction system |
USD832365S1 (en) * | 2015-10-20 | 2018-10-30 | Guidecraft, Inc. | Set of building blocks |
USD849851S1 (en) * | 2018-03-27 | 2019-05-28 | Plus-Plus A/S | Base plate with giraffe |
USD857111S1 (en) * | 2018-03-01 | 2019-08-20 | Plus-Plus A/S | Base plate with brick |
US10926185B1 (en) * | 2019-10-02 | 2021-02-23 | Plus-Plus A/S | Toy building blocks |
USD920772S1 (en) * | 2019-04-04 | 2021-06-01 | David L. McClung | Clamping assembly |
US11511210B2 (en) * | 2018-06-24 | 2022-11-29 | Daniel Gat | Cubic element for construction toys and a method for forming same |
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USD977590S1 (en) * | 2021-04-17 | 2023-02-07 | Xin Feng | Toy block |
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US1894605A (en) * | 1932-04-09 | 1933-01-17 | Wright John Lloyd | Building block |
US2747325A (en) * | 1952-04-28 | 1956-05-29 | Kutscha Paul George | Children's playing blocks |
US3449857A (en) * | 1967-11-14 | 1969-06-17 | Blackstone Corp | Modular blocks with mating channel structure |
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US1894605A (en) * | 1932-04-09 | 1933-01-17 | Wright John Lloyd | Building block |
US2747325A (en) * | 1952-04-28 | 1956-05-29 | Kutscha Paul George | Children's playing blocks |
US3449857A (en) * | 1967-11-14 | 1969-06-17 | Blackstone Corp | Modular blocks with mating channel structure |
Cited By (36)
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USD246470S (en) * | 1975-12-29 | 1977-11-22 | Mitsuru Sato | Building block |
US4361303A (en) * | 1980-07-15 | 1982-11-30 | Lanphear Marvin P | Chain-link construction for elongated structural components |
US4381619A (en) * | 1980-08-04 | 1983-05-03 | Griffin David J | Building block |
US4633639A (en) * | 1983-12-05 | 1987-01-06 | Deimen Michael L | Construction block |
US4582496A (en) * | 1983-12-17 | 1986-04-15 | Peter Larws | Socketed building block |
US4740188A (en) * | 1986-07-31 | 1988-04-26 | Coster Theo M S | Toy construction element |
US5421270A (en) * | 1991-02-06 | 1995-06-06 | Angeles Group, Inc. | Base panel for building blocks |
US5391103A (en) * | 1992-02-24 | 1995-02-21 | Mak; Dong K. | Building block configured for plural connections |
US5378185A (en) * | 1993-11-15 | 1995-01-03 | Book Loan Publishing Co., Ltd. | Building blocks |
US5704186A (en) * | 1995-01-24 | 1998-01-06 | Tiltan 3 Dimensional Technologies Ltd. | Construction element |
US5876262A (en) * | 1996-03-11 | 1999-03-02 | Angeles Group, Inc. | Light table |
WO1998036136A1 (en) * | 1997-02-18 | 1998-08-20 | Handelman, Joseph, H. | A building element |
US6641452B2 (en) | 2001-09-05 | 2003-11-04 | Susan J. Racine | Building block |
US20130145713A1 (en) * | 2007-05-09 | 2013-06-13 | Paul Wennberg | Building structured material using cell geometry |
US9222258B2 (en) * | 2007-05-09 | 2015-12-29 | Paul Wennberg | Building structured material using cell geometry |
US8793957B2 (en) * | 2007-05-09 | 2014-08-05 | Paul Wennberg | Building structured material using cell geometry |
US20140298748A1 (en) * | 2007-05-09 | 2014-10-09 | Paul Wennberg | Building structured material using cell geometry |
US20090113815A1 (en) * | 2007-10-26 | 2009-05-07 | Terah Earl Woodcock | Tapered Hexagon Building Block |
US20150367457A1 (en) * | 2010-10-19 | 2015-12-24 | Massachusetts Institute Of Technology | Methods for Digital Composites |
JP2014104258A (ja) * | 2012-11-29 | 2014-06-09 | Bl Holdings Co Ltd | ブロックおもちゃ |
US20170121973A1 (en) * | 2014-06-20 | 2017-05-04 | Miguel BRANDAO | Interlocking building blocks for changeable modular assemblies |
US10724240B2 (en) * | 2014-06-20 | 2020-07-28 | Miguel BRANDAO | Interlocking building blocks for changeable modular assemblies |
USD765797S1 (en) * | 2014-08-19 | 2016-09-06 | Matej Banik | Set of building blocks |
USD832365S1 (en) * | 2015-10-20 | 2018-10-30 | Guidecraft, Inc. | Set of building blocks |
USD826771S1 (en) * | 2016-12-19 | 2018-08-28 | Kelly Ellingson | Belt clip |
US20180256999A1 (en) * | 2017-03-13 | 2018-09-13 | Yush Gupta | Block-based construction system |
USD820359S1 (en) * | 2017-04-25 | 2018-06-12 | Brett A. Deemer | Toy construction connector kit |
USD857111S1 (en) * | 2018-03-01 | 2019-08-20 | Plus-Plus A/S | Base plate with brick |
USD849851S1 (en) * | 2018-03-27 | 2019-05-28 | Plus-Plus A/S | Base plate with giraffe |
US11511210B2 (en) * | 2018-06-24 | 2022-11-29 | Daniel Gat | Cubic element for construction toys and a method for forming same |
USD920772S1 (en) * | 2019-04-04 | 2021-06-01 | David L. McClung | Clamping assembly |
US10926185B1 (en) * | 2019-10-02 | 2021-02-23 | Plus-Plus A/S | Toy building blocks |
US11779852B2 (en) | 2019-10-02 | 2023-10-10 | Plus-Plus A/S | Toy building blocks |
USD977591S1 (en) * | 2021-04-17 | 2023-02-07 | Xin Feng | Toy block |
USD977590S1 (en) * | 2021-04-17 | 2023-02-07 | Xin Feng | Toy block |
USD986346S1 (en) * | 2021-05-27 | 2023-05-16 | Xin Feng | Toy block |
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AT323023B (de) | 1975-06-25 |
MY8600648A (en) | 1986-12-31 |
DE2161913B2 (de) | 1974-08-01 |
BE792700A (fr) | 1973-03-30 |
GB1406065A (en) | 1975-09-10 |
SE429497B (sv) | 1983-09-12 |
CH554694A (de) | 1974-10-15 |
DE2161913A1 (de) | 1973-06-28 |
DE2161913C3 (de) | 1975-03-20 |
IT975850B (it) | 1974-08-10 |
FR2165416A5 (xx) | 1973-08-03 |
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Owner name: PALIMONDIAL S.A., LUXEMBOURG Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST.;ASSIGNOR:LARWS, PETER;REEL/FRAME:005140/0133 Effective date: 19890508 |