| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 446092000 | Including permanent magnet or suction cup to secure elements | 44 |
| 20080200090 | Magnetic construction toy - The invention relates to a geometric construction toy for building geometrical structures and consists of a multiplicity of spherical magnetizable bodies which may be magnetically coupled to a connecting member. The connecting member has an upper boundary surface which is a concave surface of revolution and a lower boundary surface which is also a concave surface of revolution. The lower boundary surface is the mirror image of the upper boundary surface. A permanent magnet is captively carried by the connecting member and so disposed therein such that the poles of the magnet are located adjacent to or interiorly of the respective boundary surface thereby permitting a stable coupling of magnetizable bodies to each pole of the permanent magnet. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080305708 | MAGNETIC BUILDING BLOCK - A children's toy is disclosed, including a block, a casing affixed to the block, and a magnet housed within the casing, the magnet freely moveable within the casing. The freely moveable magnet allows for universal magnetic connections to be made with other similar blocks, as well as other fixed or moveable magnetic elements. Also disclosed are a variety of connectors that connect to the blocks in several different manners. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20090170396 | PORTABLE MAGNETIC TOY CONSTRUCTION KIT - An embodiment of the present invention provides portable magnetic toy construction system having a base plate upon which to build magnetic toy constructions, the base plate configured to accept and hold in position ferromagnetic or magnetic base elements, such as ferromagnetic balls. The base plate comprises at least one flexible membrane that stretches around a base element and holds the base element in position. The membrane exerts a force that holds the base element in position resisting lateral movement, although the elasticity of the flexible membrane still allows a user to manipulate the base element through the membrane to move the base element laterally. In one configuration, the base plate forms part of a travel case that can additionally include compartments to store magnetic building components. Further embodiments provide a magnetic toy construction, and a method for building the construction, that incorporate the base plate. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090197500 | PIECE WITH MAGNETS FOR BUILDING A TOY - Provided is there a piece with a magnet for building a toy, and more particularly to a piece with a magnet for building a toy, the piece having at least two or more end and a magnet case having a magnet with south and north pole faces inside, rotatably provided on each end, capable of connecting to the other piece of the same construction, without sliding with respect to each other, by automatically enabling the north or south pole face of the one magnet to be opposite to the south or north pole face of the other magnet. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20100022158 | Magnet And Pin for Block Toy - A rotary magnet and a fastening pin for block toys are disclosed. The object of the present invention is to provide a structure such that the production cost can be reduced, the magnet and the pin can be easily installed in a block, and appropriate attractive force can be easily generated between blocks. The fastening pin ( | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100056013 | Magnetic Toy Construction Piece and Set - A magnetic toy construction piece and set for building lattice structures is disclosed. Magnetic pieces are rod-shaped and have magnets on their long faces. Magnets are color-coded depending on their polarity. Platform pieces for support and offset pieces are also contemplated. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100056014 | Didactic Game Piece - Didactic game piece that has a contact surface ( | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100075567 | MAGNETIC BLOCK TOY - The present invention relates to a magnetic block toy that is provided with a body part having at least two or more end portions and with a magnet-mounting part adapted to mount magnets having different polarities on the upper and lower surfaces thereof in such a manner as to be rotatably supported by means of a shaft formed on the both sides of the outer periphery thereof to each end portion of the body part, so that when the magnetic block approaches another magnetic block, the magnets are rotated to cause the magnetic blocks to be coupled to each other irrespective of the coupling direction, and once the magnetic blocks are coupled to each other, they are not slid against and separated from each other. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100087119 | SET OF BLOCKS WITH FREELY MOVABLE MAGNETIC ANCHORING ELEMENTS, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF GAME ASSEMBLIES - A set of magnetically anchorable block members for the construction of games; the set includes a plurality of main block members ( | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100120322 | SET OF BLOCKS FOR CONSTRUCTION GAME - A set of blocks for constructing game assemblies for children includes basic block members ( | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100159794 | BUILDING BLOCK - A block for building is provided. The block may include a body, a case provided in the body, a holder movably provided within the case, and a magnet installed in the holder. The holder may include a sliding prevention part to provide for engagement with adjacent blocks together with the magnet. Adjacent blocks having such a construction may connect to each other to build a plurality of figures without movement of the blocks relative to each other. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100173560 | JOINING APPARATUS WITH ROTATABLE MAGNET THEREIN AND BUILT-UP TYPE TOY WITH THE SAME - Disclosed is a built-up type toy having plural parts 10 | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100184351 | JOINING APPARATUS WITH ROTATABLE MAGNET THEREIN AND BUILT-UP TYPE TOY WITH THE SAME - Disclosed is a built-up type toy having plural parts | 07-22-2010 |
| 20110039473 | Construction Kit - Construction kit with two- and/or three-dimensional construction elements ( | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110201247 | Magnetic And Electronic Toy Construction Systems And Elements - Magnetic and electronic toy construction systems and elements are provided that include an assembly panels that have magnets located around the panel perimeter such that the dipole axes of magnets in a single panel are coplanar and intersect to define a polygon. To attach adjacent panels, ferromagnetic spheres are used such that the dipole axes of one magnet from each of the adjacent panels are collinear. Also disclosed is a magnetic construction element comprising a longitudinally extending rod formed of a non-magnetic material; a magnet holder disposed at an end of the rod; a magnet embedded in the magnet holder; and a ferromagnetic material disposed at an intermediate portion of the rod, the ferromagnetic material being formed of two generally hemispherical portions that are attached to each other with at least a portion of the non-magnetic material of the rod being disposed within the hemispherical portions. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110263178 | Magnetic And Electronic Toy Construction Systems And Elements - Magnetic and electronic toy construction systems and elements are provided that include an assembly of at least two panels that have at least three magnets located around the perimeter of the panel such that the dipole axes of magnets in a single panel are coplanar and intersect to define a polygon. When attaching two adjacent panels, at least two ferromagnetic spheres are used such that the dipole axes of one magnet from each of the adjacent panels are collinear, and such that the dipole axes are collinear with the centers of the ferromagnetic spheres. In this manner, several panels configured in this way may be nested together to form great varieties of constructions. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20120225603 | TOY BUILDING STRUCTURE - A toy building structure is disclosed. The toy building structure comprises a set of panels that engage each other in a tongue and groove manner to permit quick and easy assembly. The panels also include one or more magnetic elements therein to allow for selective engagement of decorative magnetic panels. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120270464 | TOY BLOCKS FOR CHILDREN - The present invention relates to toy blocks for children including: a plurality of block bodies | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120302127 | Toy with releasably engageable conical modules - A toy designed to stimulate multi-dimensional spatial awareness includes a set of individual modules that can be magnetically joined together to form a variety of complex structures. Each module includes a cone and a plurality of magnets coupled to the cone in an equidistantly spaced apart arrangement. The cone is preferably a right angle cone that includes a circular base and a inwardly tapering sidewall that together define an interior cavity that is externally accessible through the circular base. Six modules can magnetically joined together in a cube-like structure with the base circle for each module lying in the plane defined by a corresponding face of the structure. By providing each module with unique indicia, such a particular color, pattern, symbol or alphanumeric marking, the resulting structure can serve as the foundation for numerous varieties of game-like puzzles. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120309259 | Magnetic Toy Block - A toy block includes a body having external faces. A compartment is located behind each of the external faces and houses a magnet located freely within the compartment and adapted to turn upon magnetic interaction with another magnet external of the body so as to align attractively therewith. Two such toy blocks can be brought together face-to-face in any orientation and the magnet of one block will turn automatically into N-S alignment with a magnet of the other block so that the blocks attract and connect. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120322339 | ASSEMBLING TOY BLOCK WITH EMBEDDED MAGNETS - Provided is a toy building block which uses magnets, and which is a combination building block toy and teaching instrument with embedded magnets, wherein on each of the four edges of an upper frame ( | 12-20-2012 |
| 20130267145 | MAGNETIC MODULE AND CONSTRUCTION KIT - A toy construction kit has a plurality of magnetic modules, each with a housing having a plurality of sides, each side having an internal hollow. A magnet is contained within each of the hollows at a given polar orientation relative to the housing and the hollow. The hollow has dimensions that permit the magnet to move within the hollow, but substantially constrains the magnet to the given polar orientation relative to the housing. When a side of a module is placed near a side of another module, they are bound by magnetic attraction by the respective aligned magnets, either because the polar orientations are opposite when they are initially juxtaposed or due to shifting of one or both magnets in their respective hollows to achieve relative polar opposition. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20140094083 | CONSTRUCTION TOY - Construction toy, characterised in that it primarily consists of a set of construction elements of rods ( | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140113521 | Orientation of Magnets in an Object of A Series - The specific orientation of magnets within an object that allows for a series of objects to be engaged by the connection of positive magnetic poles to corresponding negative magnetic poles such that one object in the series may be rotated one hundred and eighty degrees about its vertical axis and still engage with the objects in the series. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140179194 | MAGNETIC TOY APPARATUSES AND METHODS - A magnetic toy apparatus and method, an embodiment including a plurality of bodies, at least one of which is rod-shaped, the bodies each having voids adjacent to its corners or ends, a plurality of magnets each disposed in one of the voids so as to be freely rotatable to facilitate connecting the bodies to each other by magnetic force. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140213139 | MAGNETIC CONSTRUCTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A magnetic construction system comprised of plural multi-shaped structural bodies each containing one or more captured magnets, wherein each magnet is free to rotate within its respective retaining pocket to align in magnetic polarity with rotatable magnets in adjacent structural bodies. Surface geometry around each magnet may include a radial detent feature which provides lateral and rotational stability between magnetically coupled structural bodies, or a radial recess which allows free rotation of respective structural bodies about the polar axis of magnetic coupling. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140302741 | Magnetic Panel System - A magnetic panel system for the construction of structures includes sets of polygonal panel bodies, preferably constructed using plastic or other suitable material, that have corners, edges, and endpoints of rods that are substantially rounded to conform to the accommodation of a plurality of hollow spherical sockets around the perimeter of the polygonal bodies, containing spherical magnets. Although spherical magnets are localized with a clearance in said hollow spherical sockets, they are free to rotate within due to external magnetic fields produced by magnets in other similarly constructed bodies. Free rotation of spherical magnets assures alignment of magnet fields and universal mutual attraction of adjacent bodies in a multitude of configurations including face-to-face, edge-to-edge, and corner-to-corner combinations. Equal spacing of sockets in bodies assures magnets are in consistent proximity to other magnets in adjacent bodies. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140349545 | Building Elements with Sonic Actuation - A toy includes a building element apparatus having coupling mechanisms on at least two exterior surfaces of a housing containing a vibration speaker that includes a permanent magnet that is moveable relative to a base; a coil positioned near the permanent magnet, moveable relative to the permanent magnet, and configured to receive the electromagnetic signal from a control system such that both the coil and the permanent magnet vibrate at the same time in manners that are based on the electromagnetic signal frequencies; and a sound producer including a diaphragm that is mechanically linked to the coil to move with the coil. The simultaneous vibration of the diaphragm and the permanent magnet causes the simultaneous vibration of the at least two exterior surfaces of the building element apparatus, movement of a toy component mechanically linked to the permanent magnet, and the production of audible sound. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140357151 | Geometric Building Block Assembly - A geometric building block assembly creates three-dimensional geometric structures based on the particular orientation and location of individual building blocks. The assembly includes a plurality of building blocks. Each of the building blocks is geometrically shaped and has a plurality of planar faces. A plurality of magnets is provided. Each of the magnets is coupled to an associated one of the planar faces. Each of the magnets has an associated magnetic orientation such that the magnets on each of the building blocks are magnetically couplable to the magnets on an adjacently positioned building block only when the building blocks are properly oriented. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20150065007 | MAGNETIC BUILDING BLOCKS - Provided is a magnetic building block, in the form of a 3D polygon of non-magnetic material having at least four faces. The faces meet in sets of at least three to define at least four vertices and a generally enclosed structure, each face having an outer surface. At least one internal holder is adjacent to at least one vertex, each holder structured and arranged to receive a magnetic ball and permit free rotation of the magnetic ball. The holder positions the magnetic ball so as to be generally in about equal distance to the outer surface of at least three faces. A magnetic ball is disposed in each internal holder. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150072587 | Magnetic Building Tiles - A building system includes a plurality of building tiles and/or connecters that are magnetically and releasably connectable to one another. The magnetic building tiles are comprised of a tile frame and a tile panel. The tile frame, by one approach, is comprised of two connectable frame portions or elements having magnets embedded therein. The first frame element and the second frame element are connectable to one another through a snap, clip, or another similar connection mechanism. The first and second frame elements are connectable around or into the tile panel, which is removable from the magnetic building tile. The tile panel or the tile frame has a channel into which the other of the tile panel or tile frame extends to secure the two pieces together. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150079870 | ALL-SHAPE: MODIFIED PLATONIC SOLID BUILDING BLOCK - All-shape building blocks may be shaped as platonic solids. All-Shape building blocks may be modified to include a flange on each tetrahedron edge, where each flange and each tetrahedron vertex may include magnetic materials (e.g., magnets, ferromagnetic metals). All-Shape building blocks may be combined to form or provide an optical appearance of various geometric structures, and the included magnetic materials may be used to retain the formed geometric structure shape. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150079871 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ALL-SHAPE MODIFIED BUILDING BLOCK APPLICATIONS - All-shape building blocks may be shaped as platonic solids. All-Shape building blocks include a flange on each tetrahedron edge, where each flange and each tetrahedron vertex may include magnetic materials (e.g., magnets, ferromagnetic metals). All-Shape building block flanges may be used to capture kinetic energy from a fluid. Multiple All-Shape building blocks may be combined to form larger structures, and the included magnetic materials may be used to retain the formed geometric structure shape. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150079872 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED BUILDING BLOCK APPLICATIONS - Enhanced building blocks may be shaped as platonic solids. The building blocks include a flange on one or more edges, where each flange and each compressed tetrahedral vertex may include magnetic materials (e.g., magnets, ferromagnetic metals). The building block flanges may be used to capture kinetic energy from a fluid. Multiple building blocks may be combined to form larger structures, and the included magnetic materials may be used to retain the formed geometric structure shape. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150298020 | MAGNETIC BLOCK TOY - Disclosed herein is a magnetic toy block having various shapes that allow preschool toddlers and children to play and build different shapes of structures similar to Legos, and improve their creativity, space perception and understanding of different geometric shapes. The magnetic block toy includes a plurality of cylindrical protective members ( | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150367245 | SOFT BLOCK FOR GAME PLAYING AND EDUCATING TODDLERS OR CHILDREN, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - The present invention relates to a soft block for play or education of children. The soft block includes a block body formed from expandable polypropylene (EPP), and a coating substance formed from silicone rubber material, which covers the entire surface of the block body. A male coupler and a female coupler are formed on the top surface and bottom surface, respectively, of the block body. A first magnet is built into the male coupler, and a second magnet is built into the female coupler. The coating part covers the entire surface of the block body having the first magnet and the second magnet built therein. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20160030853 | SUCTION CUP TEETHER TOY - The present invention relates to a new type of suction cup toy for children and associated methods of use thereof, and, more particularly, to a teether, a play toy, a construction toy, and/or a combination teether and toy. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160074765 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRIC ART TOY - A geometric art toy ( | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160074766 | SURFACE STRUCTURE FOR COMBINING BLOCK OF BLOCK TOY HAVING MAGNET INSIDE - The present invention relates to a surface structure, on which protuberances and slots are configured so that the protuberances interlock organically with the slots to secure stable combination between the blocks of a block toy when the blocks are stacked up, combined laterally or combined at right angles to each other. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160107093 | Mix and match toy kit - A mix or match toy set is disclosed wherein four units having a common theme have at least two or three sections. These two or three sections can be interchanged with one another. In one embodiment the units are different transportation vehicles. The units are held together by using magnets in male and female connectors. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160129361 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED BUILDING BLOCK APPLICATIONS - A curvilinear tetrahedral enhanced building block may be formed. The block may include sigmoid or reverse sigmoid curve edges, and may include curved vertices. The shape various planes or vertices of the block may be selected or adjusted to exert a force against a surrounding viscous medium. The block may include a conductive element configured to generate an electrostatic field, and may include a magnetic element configured to generate a magnetic field. The block may be configured to conduct electricity to a surrounding dielectric fluid, and the block's generation of a magnetic field may induce magnetohydrodynamic motion within the dielectric fluid. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160184727 | Magnetic Building Tiles - A building system includes a plurality of building tiles and/or connecters that are magnetically and releasably connectable to one another. The magnetic building tiles are comprised of a tile frame and a tile panel. The tile frame, by one approach, is comprised of two connectable frame portions or elements having magnets embedded therein. The first frame element and the second frame element are connectable to one another through a snap, clip, or another similar connection mechanism. The first and second frame elements are connectable around or into the tile panel, which is removable from the magnetic building tile. The tile panel or the tile frame has a channel into which the other of the tile panel or tile frame extends to secure the two pieces together. In another approach, the tile frame is a single element and the tile panel may snap or attach thereto, such as, for example, through fasteners or friction. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160250562 | Magnetic Construction Toy | 09-01-2016 |
| 20170232357 | MAGNETIC MODULE AND CONSTRUCTION KIT | 08-17-2017 |
