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WO1993004749A1 - Element de construction pour jouets - Google Patents

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WO1993004749A1
WO1993004749A1 PCT/DK1992/000263 DK9200263W WO9304749A1 WO 1993004749 A1 WO1993004749 A1 WO 1993004749A1 DK 9200263 W DK9200263 W DK 9200263W WO 9304749 A1 WO9304749 A1 WO 9304749A1
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Ole Gram
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Priority to AT92919418T priority Critical patent/ATE193661T1/de
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Priority to EP92919418A priority patent/EP0766585B1/fr
Priority to DE69231168T priority patent/DE69231168D1/de
Publication of WO1993004749A1 publication Critical patent/WO1993004749A1/fr

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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

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  • This invention relates to a building brick as described in the first part of claim 1.
  • the square is therefore used as an example of the fundamental polygon, which can also be formed as a union of two or more of such squares.
  • the building bricks/building elements are pushed uniformly tight together, which is necessary especially for the precise forming of greater patterns with many small building bricks.
  • the assembled building bricks are displaced among themselves or literally falls apart. This will often be the case when tongues and grooves not are so precisely adapted that it for instance can be difficult especially for minor children to put the building bricks together well enough with their hands only, especially if the building bricks are made of a fairly hard material, such as impact strengthened polystyrene, polypropylene, or ABS.
  • the building bricks according to the invention are characterized by the statement in the characterizing part of claim 1.
  • the individual building bricks When working with the mosaic bricks it appears from the abovementioned that the individual building bricks must be suitably small to obtain sufficiently detailed patterns on limited areas. Thereby you also realize that to make the mosaic bricks function in practice they must be able to be put together mutually and from the side individually and not just assembled row by row or be slid together carefully from above. This has the result that the individual tongues their respective grooves not only have to be rather small especially with regard to their width as defined above, but at the same time they should also be placed as far away as possible from the corners of the basic square. This results in a suitable version with only a single tongue or a single groove placed in the middle of the side of the basic polygon, preferably the square.
  • the width of the tongues can be made at least less than 1 mm and the side in the basic square less than 10 mm.
  • the basic polygon is a square with, as mentioned above, just one single tongue on each of the two of the opposite or possibly adjacent sides and correspondingly one groove in each of the two other sides of the square all placed in the middle of the side of the square, and at the same time the tongues as well as the grooves have a length, measured along the sides of the square, which is just a third of the edge line of the square while their width is less than half thereof.
  • fig. 1 shows four connected building elements of a known type of mosaic brick
  • fig. 2 two of the same known type of building elements connected in another way
  • fig. 3 a building element referring to the invention seen from above
  • fig. 4 the same seen from below in cross section
  • fig. 5 the same seen from the side
  • fig. 6 another version of the stud of the building element seen from above
  • fig. 7 another version of the bottom of the building element seen from below in cross section
  • fig. 8 a detailed picture of a tongue and a groove of two building elements referring to the invention seen in cross sections
  • fig. 9 another version of a building element with reference to the invention
  • fig. 10 the same seen from below in cross section fig.
  • fig. 12 an alternative embodiment of the building element seen from the side
  • fig. 13 more of the same seen connected from above
  • fig. 14 a building element of rectangular outline seen in cross section
  • fig. 15 another version of the same type seen in cross section
  • fig. 16 two identical building elements seen in cross section assembled to a square element
  • fig. 17 a building element with a regular hexagon as the basic polygon
  • fig. 18 several of a covered type hereof seen connected from above.
  • Fig. 2 just shows two known building elements of the same kind as shown in fig. 1 only put together in a different way, namely parallel to each other on the plane and displaced a third of the length of the edge line in the basic square 2.
  • the two basic squares 2a and 2b are hereby seen to cut into each other.
  • the placing shown here can certainly be an advantage, e.g. to give variations in the side of a greater pattern.
  • this type of assemblies can, on the other hand, create great disadvantages in the form of unintended holes or bad connections inside the pattern, because you can easily put the building bricks together in this way instead of the way mentioned in fig. 1.
  • Fig. 3 indicates, on a relatively big scale, a building element according to the invention seen from above, whereby similarities to as well as differences from that in fig. 1 and 2 shown known building elements appear.
  • the tongues 4 and the grooves 5 are shaped in such a way that they can be suitably clicked together with the corresponding grooves and tongues on other identical building elements for a suitable mutual retention. This is achieved by the length of the tongue 4 and the groove 5 measured along the edgeline of the basic square 2 are a little less in an area nearer to the square than a bit further out, as well as both tongues 4 and grooves 5 being suitably rounded to ease the assembling and the subsequent separation by the hands only.
  • the tongues 4 and the grooves 5 have a much smaller width, understood as the greatest distance from the basic square 2, than on the known element shown in fig. 1 and 2. In that way the basic square 2 appears more distinct and with clearly indicated corners 3, which makes a correct assembly of more elements into bigger patterns more easy.
  • the box 1 can at the top be furnished with a stud 6 which is seen indicated by its circular outline, as the studs of the individual elements will be seen lying in straight rows by a correct assembly.
  • the primary intention with the stud 6 is, however, that two or more elements can thereby be assembled directly upon each other, as the stud 6 is designed so it fits precisely in the corresponding cavity in the bottom of the building element.
  • Fig. 4 is a horizontal cross section through the same building element seen from below.
  • the punctuated circle corresponds to the outline of the stud 6 which is just seen to fit into the cavity in the bottom 7.
  • the cavity is suitably adjusted to the rounding of the stud so that the stud 6 is kept in its correct position in a better way, but otherwise the thickness of the wall of the building element is seen to be appropriately uniform and mainly of the size of half the width of the tongues 4 as defined above. This gives a suitable moulding, a saving of material, plus a suitable flexibility in the building elements when assembling and separating them.
  • Fig. 5 shows the same element seen from the side where the stud 6 protrudes the top 8 of the box 1 and has a rounded upper edge 9 to ease the connection in the vertical plane to corresponding or other known types of building elements.
  • the height of the box 1 is bigger than the length of the edge of the basic square which strongly assists to improve the cohesion, which is especially important in bigger assemblies.
  • the relatively great height also has the effect that the elements can be put together displaced in very different heights, whereby also interesting space figures can be formed.
  • Fig. 6 shows the same type of building brick seen from above but with another outline of the stud 6, here designed as a rounded octagonal star. There may also be other versions of the stud 6 just as it may be totally avoided. This last solution especially because the building elements relating to the invention can also be connected in the sides by means of their long grooves 5 and tongues 4 and in this way be mutually displaced in vertical direction to an even considerable stepless variation of their mutual difference in height.
  • Fig. 8 shows a detailed picture of a tongue 4 and a groove 5 on two building elements according to the invention.
  • the tongue has, a short distance from the basic square, a somewhat bigger extension than slightly nearer the square. This has the effect that such a tongue 4 with a modest use of force can be pressed into the groove 5 of a corresponding building element and still be interlocked suitably firmly herewith.
  • the rounded form of the tongue 4 has the effect that it can more easily be clicked into the corresponding groove 5.
  • the groove 5 is seen to be of a so to speak identical outline as the tongue 4.
  • the radius of curvature 11 innermost in the groove 5 and corresponding innermost on the tongue 4 is a little less than the radius of curvature 12 outermost on the groove 5 and outermost on the tongue 4, as it has shown that there can hereby in practice be achieved a better clicking together between the elements when assembling them.
  • Fig. 9 shows the outline of another version of a building element according to the invention, where the basic polygon 2 is also a square and where the length of the tongues 4 and the grooves 5 measured along the edges of the square is also a third of this.
  • the difference from the version in fig. 3 is that the two tongues 4 are placed on the two adjacent sides of the square and the two grooves 5 on the two other likewise adjacent sides.
  • Both the tongues 4 and the grooves 5 have a width as above defined, which is less than half their length, whereby this version is at all possible, contrary to if the width was also a third of the length of the edge of the square, as the case is on that in fig. 1 shown known building element.
  • Fig. 10 shows the same version of a building element according to the invention seen in a horizontal cross section from below. It is noted, especially when comparising with the corresponding cut i fig 4 that this version will not be quite so suited as the one shown earlier, whose symmetrical construction appears more harmonic and at the same time more material saving.
  • Fig. 11 shows a building element of a design as shown in fig. 9 and 10, which is being put together with three already assembled elements of the same type. This crucial test for mosaic bricks is also seen to be possible with this version because the tongues 4 only extends a little from the basic square, just as there is only a single tongue on each side, both placed in the middle of the side.
  • Fig. 12 shows another possibility for designing a building element according to the invention here shown from the side.
  • fig 5 shows that this version in many respects corresponds with that shown in fig. 3, 4 and 5.
  • a bigger or smaller piece of the upper part of the tongues 4 is left out, so they can still fit into the grooves 5.
  • Fig. 13 shows a total of sixteen assembled building elements of the design form fig. 12 seen from above. As it appears you can " hereby obtain a regular square pattern as the coverings 13 just cover all the grooves 5, which can be a special advantage in many cases.
  • This design is made possible because the building element according the invention is provided with such suitably small tongues 4 and grooves 5 that a fourth building element can be fitted in sideways by clicking it together with three already assembled elements to form a square. However the building elements cannot be fitted together from above as with the hitherto shown versions.
  • Fig. 14 shows a version of a building element according to the invention where the basic polygon 2 is a rectangle. The element is shown in a horizontal cross section with a punctuated circle marking the location of the stud 6.
  • Fig. 15 shows a horizontal cross section of an element of a similar type. From this it appears that the version shown in fig. 14 is, after all, more suitable, because there out of consideration for the possible attachment to another building element by means of its stud 6, shown as a punctuated circle, only a smaller and more evenly distributed amount of material is needed in this case.
  • Fig. 16 shows a cross section seen from below of two identical building elements according to the invention, where the basic polygon 2 is a triangle put together to form an element that just corresponds to the one shown in fig. 3, 4 and 5.
  • the cut is maid so high up on the building brick, that it is above the point where a stud 6 from another element will reach up to when it is assembled. Further down a corresponding cut might resemble the one shown in fig. 4 if you imagine that this element is cut along a diagonal, so that a stud 6 from another element can be fitted in.
  • Such "half" elements suitably of different colours, can possibly be part of a system of building elements of the type shown in fig. 3, 4 and 5, whereby for instance even more detailed patterns can be created if necessary.
  • Fig. 16 shows a cross section seen from below of two identical building elements according to the invention, where the basic polygon 2 is a triangle put together to form an element that just corresponds to the one shown in fig. 3, 4 and 5.
  • the cut is maid
  • FIG. 17 shows the outline of a building element according to the invention, where the basic polygon 2 is an equilateral hexagon with corners 3.
  • honeycomb cell shaped patterns can be built, which in certain cases can be an advantage.
  • the deviation from a regular hexagon however seen to be rather visible because of the tongues 4 and the grooves 5.
  • Fig. 18 shows a number of building elements according to the invention where the basic polygon is also an equilateral hexagon as in fig. 17, but where the individual building element is, at the same time, provided with corresponding covers 13 just as the building element shown in fig. 12 and fig. 13.
  • the assembled elements seen from above, constitute pure regular hexagons except for elements in the outermost rows.
  • extremely beautiful patterns can be built corresponding to what is known from e.g. beads. But because of the special clicking together of the elements according to the invention this does not, as with beads, lead to disadvantages such as need for bottom plates or welding together with heat, which prevents reuse.
  • the design of the individual tongues and hence of the corresponding grooves can also be varied in many more ways than those shown on the drawing, e.g. concerning the relation between length and width plus the size and placing of the roundings in order to obtain the best possible clicking together.
  • the extent along the side of the square can be half of its length or another fraction than the third, which on the drawing is generally preferred as the most practical.
  • the shown cylindrical stud may also have other designs than the herein shown circular or rounded octagonal.
  • a square stud is thus mentioned, but there may also be other outlines, and the stud can also comprise more than a single cylindrical figure.
  • the studs can even be designed in such a special way that the studs of two single or assembled elements, which have the studs turned towards each other, are able to attach the elements studs against studs.
  • the individual stud may also at the top be provided with channels e.g. placed in crossform parallel to the sides of the basic square and with the same cross section as the cross section of a groove. Thus the stud is also able to secure a corresponding building element in one of its tongues side against top.
  • the building elements according to the invention might furthermore be made of a number of different materials. Most suitable would probably be, as mentioned, a thermoplastic material such as rigid polystyrene, a hard polypropylene, or an ABS.
  • the building elements according to the invention are as mentioned especially suited, in their most simple basic shape together with other identically shaped building elements but of several different colours, to be used as a Ik mosaic brick for toys.
  • the building element according to the invention may however also be used for several other purposes, such as easily assembled signboards or planning boards, as you can build for instance the different letters and numbers of various sizes of the same basic building element.
  • the building elements can be suited for the educating of children in reading and writing, as the children themselves can build the letters and can hereby at the same time in an entertaining way improve the movement of their fingers.
  • the building elements according to the invention also can be used for building up self-bearing partition walls, e.g.

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Element de construction, en particulier pour jouets, pouvant être assemblé avec des éléments identiques, c'est-à-dire suivant des zones cohérentes possédant de préférence la forme d'une boîte creuse (1) dont les côtés présentent des languettes (4) et des encoches (5), pouvant s'emboîter dans les languettes et les encoches correspondantes des autre éléments. Selon un mode de réalisation adapté, on trouve une languette au milieu de deux des côtés opposés d'un carré et une encoche correspondante (5) au milieu des deux autres côtés, la longueur des languettes et des encoches mesurée suivant le côté du carré étant égale au tiers dudit côté, tandis que leur largeur est inférieures à la moitié du même côté. Tandis que l'on emboîte les éléments les uns dans les autres, de préférence en produisant un bruit sec audible, ils sont maintenus ensemble de telle sorte que leur séparation et leur assemblage puisse s'effectuer uniquement avec les mains. De plus les languettes et les encoches peuvent être suffisament petites pour que les éléments forment des motifs très détaillés. Dans une version possédant des garnitures (13) d'encoches (5), on peut même obtenir des polygones réguliers à l'intérieur des motifs reliés.
PCT/DK1992/000263 1991-09-03 1992-09-03 Element de construction pour jouets WO1993004749A1 (fr)

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AT92919418T ATE193661T1 (de) 1991-09-03 1992-09-03 Konstruktionselement, insbesondere für spielzeuge
DK92919418T DK0766585T3 (da) 1991-09-03 1992-09-03 Byggeelement især til legetøj
EP92919418A EP0766585B1 (fr) 1991-09-03 1992-09-03 Element de construction pour jouets
DE69231168T DE69231168D1 (de) 1991-09-03 1992-09-03 Konstruktionselement, insbesondere für spielzeuge

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DK911543A DK154391D0 (da) 1991-09-03 1991-09-03 Byggeelement isaer til legetoej
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GB908097A (en) * 1960-03-18 1962-10-17 Christiansen Godtfred Kirk Improvements in or relating to toy building sets and associated building elements
GB1127168A (en) * 1965-12-01 1968-09-11 Fischer Artur Building brick
US3546807A (en) * 1968-12-05 1970-12-15 August Wilheim Howe Toy building set with interfitting frames and blocks
DK121354B (da) * 1969-06-12 1971-10-04 Dansk Styropack As Byggeklodssæt.
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WO1998033158A1 (fr) * 1997-01-24 1998-07-30 Giuseppe Frezza Globe terrestre constitue d'elements s'emboitant
WO2000006278A1 (fr) * 1998-07-27 2000-02-10 Kitsilano Industries Inc. Bloc de construction
US6250986B1 (en) 1999-02-08 2001-06-26 Soren Christian Sorensen Building element for set of toy building blocks
US6616499B1 (en) 1999-02-08 2003-09-09 Soren Christian Sorensen Interconnection of toy building elements in a releasable secure engagement
EP1149618A3 (fr) * 2000-04-26 2002-05-29 Soren Christian Sorensen Interconnexion séparable pour éléments de jeu de construction
US7103983B2 (en) * 2004-07-13 2006-09-12 Tali Lehavi Multiple component and interactive growth chart and method
WO2008152164A1 (fr) * 2007-06-12 2008-12-18 Universitat Politecnica De Catalunya Jeu de construction géométrique
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GB2531575A (en) * 2014-10-22 2016-04-27 Simbrix Ltd Beads and bead assemblies
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DK0766585T3 (da) 2000-10-16
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