WO2008152164A1 - Jeu de construction géométrique - Google Patents

Jeu de construction géométrique Download PDF

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WO2008152164A1
WO2008152164A1 PCT/ES2008/000379 ES2008000379W WO2008152164A1 WO 2008152164 A1 WO2008152164 A1 WO 2008152164A1 ES 2008000379 W ES2008000379 W ES 2008000379W WO 2008152164 A1 WO2008152164 A1 WO 2008152164A1
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Oriol Batiste Boleda
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Universitat Politecnica De Catalunya
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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
    • A63H33/062—Building blocks, strips, or similar building parts to be assembled without the use of additional elements with clip or snap mechanisms
    • 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
    • A63H33/065—Building blocks, strips, or similar building parts to be assembled without the use of additional elements using elastic deformation
    • 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

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  • This invention relates to a set of construction of three-dimensional shapes and geometric shapes.
  • the various geometric structures are constructed from the union of various pieces in the form of a polygonal plate.
  • the present invention provides a system for the construction of flat tessellations, semiregular polyhedra and arbitrary spatial shapes, from a single type of piece or module, and provides the shape of said piece.
  • the basic pieces or modules are in the form of polygonal plates (preferably hexagons or squares) that can be joined through their sides forming an arbitrary angle and through their planes by means of a socket or other type of joint.
  • the present invention pertains to games in which the building blocks have the shape of a flat polygonal plate that can be joined through their edges.
  • GB 1378942 a flat piece is described whose sides have some laces formed by two projections separated by slits so that when two pieces are joined the projections of one fit in the slits of the other, slits and projections They are also provided with small protrusions and grooves on their sides to make a snap fit.
  • the pieces are joined by their sides forming a hinge.
  • the joints on the sides of the piece are not symmetrical, so that two sides can only fit in a certain orientation.
  • This system allows a limited number of geometric figures to be assembled, unless a large number of pieces with different geometry are used.
  • Patents US4731041, EP327988-A, EP614395-A and WO200056415- A describe games very similar to the one described above.
  • a similar patent is GB2402631, but in this case the connection between the different plates is carried out by means of an auxiliary part.
  • the present invention provides a more flexible system than that described in the cited patents, with simpler and more robust joints.
  • An additional advantage of the present game is that the orientation of the pieces to form various structures cannot be arbitrary, being necessary in each case to choose the correct orientation of the piece to be placed.
  • the present invention provides a construction set based on a basic piece in the form of a regular polygonal plate of a certain thickness.
  • the pieces can be joined together through their sides forming an arbitrary angle.
  • the union that is achieved has a positive part and a complementary negative part and allows the articulation of the two pieces with respect to a common axis parallel to the plane of the pieces.
  • Both positive union and negative are symmetrical with respect to a plane perpendicular to the plane of the piece that passes through the bisector of the face.
  • the fact of separating the joint into a complementary positive and negative part provides a simpler way to each of these parts allowing a more robust and aesthetic construction, in addition to being symmetrical faces the union can be performed by changing the orientation of one of the pieces. If the reflection symmetry of the pieces is broken according to their average plane, the number of different configurations that can be achieved is doubled.
  • Each piece has half of the sides with the positive part of the joint and the other half with the negative part, arranged so that the positive joints (a) are on consecutive sides, and the negative joints (b) on the sides remaining, as can be seen in figure 1.
  • the axes of the joints (c) are on a regular polygon. This special arrangement of the joints allows the assembly of a large number of different spatial shapes.
  • the mechanical joining of the pieces can be done by any articulation mechanism that has two complementary parts.
  • the polygonal plates are also provided with a socket (d) that allows them to be joined parallel to their planes (see figure 8), this joint can consist of a projection on one side of the plate, which is complementary to a socket on the face opposite.
  • Basic part or module A possible embodiment of the construction part or block from which the different geometric shapes are mounted is shown in Figure 1; it consists of positive (a) and negative (b) unions arranged on the sides of a regular polygon; in this case a hexagon.
  • the junctions are arranged so that three positive junctions (a) are on three consecutive sides, and the three negative junctions (b) on the remaining three sides, as can be seen in Figure 1.
  • the axes of the junctions are found over a regular hexagon.
  • the union of two pieces is carried out by assembling a positive union of one piece with a negative one of another piece, so that both pieces are joined by two of their sides and can rotate on an axis parallel to said parts. sides (figure 2).
  • the pieces may have an auxiliary fitting (d) in their plane that allows two of them to be assembled in parallel, this fitting may have the form, for example, of a circular hole and also a circular protrusion whose external diameter is equal to the internal diameter of the hole . In this way two pieces arranged in the same direction can fit with their parallel planes (see figure 8).
  • Two pieces can be joined together by fitting the positive joint of one of them with a negative one of the other piece, as shown in figure 2. Once joined the pieces can rotate with respect to the axis of the parallel junction next to the hexagon.
  • Semi-regular polyhedra and other composite modules Joining various angled pieces can produce some semi-regular polyhedra; four pieces joined together by three of their non-consecutive sides close to form a truncated tetrahedron (figure 2). Joining eight pieces in the same way you get a truncated octahedron, with twenty pieces we can build a truncated icosahedron. Other closed figures can also be generated. The special arrangement of the joints, three positive and three negative on opposite sides of the piece, allows the assembly of all figures using a single type of piece.
  • FIGURES Figure 1 Representation of the basic part when it has a hexagonal shape, characterized by having three positive (a) consecutive unions, and three negative (b) unions also consecutive.
  • the axes of the joints (c) are on the sides of a regular hexagon.
  • the piece may have a perpendicular fit to its plane (d).
  • Figure 2 Represents two pieces together forming a certain angle.
  • Figure 3 Three pieces joined at a flat angle forming a tessellation.
  • Figure 5 Schematic representation of the union of two pieces parallel to their faces.
  • Figure 6 Representation of two truncated tetrahedra joined through their hexagonal faces through the auxiliary joint.
  • Figure 7 Representation of two truncated tetrahedra joined through their triangular faces from the male-female junctions on the sides of the hexagonal pieces.
  • the basic parts are made of a plastic material (for example ABS) and have dimensions of 4mm thickness and 30mm radius. All the edges of the piece have a curvature of 2mm to allow the relative rotation of 2 pieces once joined.
  • the design of the piece is the one shown in figure 1.
  • the positive joints consist of protrusions with their section according to the plane of the piece of rectangular shape, provided with two hemispherical protrusions located at its ends and on the axis of the joint.
  • the negative joints are rectangular grooves in the edges of the piece provided with hemispherical cavities of the same inner diameter as the outer diameter of the protuberances of the positive joints.
  • This piece must be manufactured by injection molding.
  • the union is made under pressure by elastic deformation of the piece, so that the hemispherical projections of a positive side fit with the hemispherical cavities of a negative side. To facilitate the elastic deformation of the joints, these can be provided with cuts so that the deformable part is shaped like a flange.

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L'invention concerne un jeu de construction de structures géométriques tridimensionnelles comprenant plusieurs plaques d'une certaine épaisseur qui présentent une forme de polygone régulier avec un nombre de côtés pair, de préférence hexagonales ou carrées. Lesdites plaques sont caractérisées en ce qu'elles possèdent des parties d'assemblage mâles sur la moitié des côtés consécutifs et des parties d'assemblage femelles sur l'autre moitié, les parties d'assemblage mâles et femelles étant complémentaires et permettant d'assembler deux pièces pour former un angle dièdre arbitraire. Les pièces sont également munies d'un élément d'emboîtement qui permet d'assembler deux pièces parallèlement à leurs plans. La disposition spécifique des parties d'assemblage mâles et femelles sur les côtés de la pièce, toutes celles du même type étant consécutives, confère au système une grande flexibilité. Les parties d'assemblage sont symétriques par rapport à un plan perpendiculaire au plan de la pièce qui passe par la médiatrice de la face dans laquelle elle se situe.
PCT/ES2008/000379 2007-06-12 2008-05-28 Jeu de construction géométrique WO2008152164A1 (fr)

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WO2020085974A1 (fr) * 2018-10-23 2020-04-30 Aaberg Erik Système de construction pour créer de structures en trois dimensions
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FR1502442A (fr) * 1965-12-01 1967-11-18 Bloc de construction
WO1993004749A1 (fr) * 1991-09-03 1993-03-18 Ole Gram A/S Element de construction pour jouets
ES2159240A1 (es) * 1999-06-22 2001-09-16 Interlander Patermann S L Juego de construccion de volumenes poliedricos regulables e irregulares.
WO2007025646A1 (fr) * 2005-09-02 2007-03-08 Giochi Puliti S.R.L. Jeu de construction
GB2429934A (en) * 2005-09-07 2007-03-14 Wen-Pin Lin Geometric construction system

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FR1502442A (fr) * 1965-12-01 1967-11-18 Bloc de construction
WO1993004749A1 (fr) * 1991-09-03 1993-03-18 Ole Gram A/S Element de construction pour jouets
ES2159240A1 (es) * 1999-06-22 2001-09-16 Interlander Patermann S L Juego de construccion de volumenes poliedricos regulables e irregulares.
WO2007025646A1 (fr) * 2005-09-02 2007-03-08 Giochi Puliti S.R.L. Jeu de construction
GB2429934A (en) * 2005-09-07 2007-03-14 Wen-Pin Lin Geometric construction system

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US20210293261A1 (en) * 2018-07-24 2021-09-23 Xuesong DENG Assembly structure
WO2020085974A1 (fr) * 2018-10-23 2020-04-30 Aaberg Erik Système de construction pour créer de structures en trois dimensions
CN113301973A (zh) * 2018-10-23 2021-08-24 埃里克·艾伯格 用于产生三维结构的构建系统
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