| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 446120000 | Resilient interlocking joint (e.g., snap joint) | 24 |
| 20080268741 | Construction system - The present invention is directed to a construction system which has individual construction elements or components which can be connected to each other by at least a ball-to-socket joint or a socket-to-socket joint. A basic construction element has a body with a ball at one end and a socket at the other end, or balls at both ends, or sockets at both ends. Other construction elements are contemplated which can have more than or less than two connectors for a single element. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20090093182 | STRUCTURE BUILDING TOY - A toy structure building apparatus includes a plurality of connector members attached to a plurality of structural members. Each connector member has a pin portion and a retention element located on an external surface of the pin portion. The apparatus further includes a plurality of connectors, each connector having an aperture for receiving the pin portion of a connector member and a detent member disposed within the aperture. The detent member is adapted to lockingly engage the retention element and includes a flexible elongated locking element extending in a direction substantially parallel to the central axis of the pin portion when the detent member is lockingly engaged to the retention element. The pin portion is selectively insertable into the aperture to couple and uncouple the structural members to each other to build a toy structure. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090137184 | INTERLOCKING CROSSBAR DEVICE AND SYSTEM - What is disclosed is a versatile interlocking crossbar device and system for coupling modular components of toy assemblages, educational models, hobby constructions, component attachments, or the like together using one or more connectors, configured with a set of male connector parts and a set of female connector parts, configured to enable the selective attachment of such parts. The disclosed system is exemplified in this application as a toy vehicle and a ball and demonstrates how the parts and interlocking crossbar device interrelate to one another in a plurality of ways to create varying embodiments. The unique interrelationships spoken of are, for the most part, capable of creation because similar sized openings and recesses are indexed within each body member such that the pieces and interlocking crossbar conform thereto. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090149110 | TOY CONSTRUCTION SET - The present invention is an improved construction toy set having a number of different structural elements which are configured for snapping together. These elements having key connectors configured for mating together, where integral locking indentations in the key connectors are configured for locking onto locking ridges provided on the adjacent structural element. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090191784 | CONSTRUCTION SYSTEM AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF - A construction system includes a plurality of construction elements having body member and a plurality of coupling members, each of said coupling members having an exterior portion and an interior locking device of hermaphroditic type. The interior locking device includes protrusions and a receiving block. A first coupling member belonging to one construction element can interlock with a second coupling member belonging to another element, so that the protrusions of the first coupling member resiliently deflect away from each other and subsequently retract, and settle, into provided recesses in the receiving block of the second element. Concurrently, the protrusions of the second coupling member settle into corresponding recesses in the receiving block of the first coupling member. Applications of the construction system in toy construction sets, construction puzzles and board games are provided. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090203288 | Construction toy and education set - A construction toy and education set for assembling two and three dimensional structures comprising a plurality of rod elements having C-shaped gripping clip at both ends at least one three-dimensional sphere-like connecting elements formed of a torus connecting element into which one or more torus segments are attached. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090233516 | Construction Pieces for 3D-Assembly Toys - This invention relates to a set of pieces-connectors to assembly toys in shapes of smooth or grooved cylindrical tubes, smooth or teeth semicircles and the combination of the same. Smooth or toothed tubular semicircles joined to a smooth or grooved cylindrical tube by one of its ends to the middle external portion; smooth or toothed semicircles joined to other smooth or toothed semicircles by its exterior middle portion; cylindrical tubes with a fixed “ring-butt” joined in its middle portion; smooth or toothed semicircles, joined at its two ends by a smooth or grooved cylindrical tube, in its cavity direction, leaving the cavity at sight; cylindrical tubes, joined by their ends forming wheel; smooth or toothed semicircles, joined among them at their middle external portions of their curves perpendicular one to the other; cylindrical tubes folded 90 degrees and reduced in its ends respecting their circumferences. The pieces interact, engaging, fastening, dropping, sliding, grading, stabilizing, turning around and making sound “clicks” among them, constructing and creating an endless 3D shapes, the grooves and the edges-butts will stabilize and grade the development as well as the final result, the combination of smooth pieces with grooved and toothed pieces produce versatile results, having parts with stability and parts with more mobility, subjected to the needs of the different parts of the toy. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20100178839 | Magic Blocks - Magic Blocks are a construction blocks game that is both fun and educational. It consists of four distinct individual pieces. The four pieces that make up this game are identified as Rectangle Block (FIG. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100203796 | CONSTRUCTIONAL BUILDING SET COMPRISING BUILDING ELEMENTS FOR PERSON WITH COLOR VISION DEFICIENCY, AND SUCH BUILDING ELEMENTS - A building element for a constructional building comprising a top face, a plurality of side walls extending downwardly from the top face, a plurality of coupling studs which are arranged on the top face, a plurality of cavities arranged in a two-dimensional periodical pattern between the side walls to receive the coupling studs in frictional engagement and at least one color indicator which is part of the building element and indicates the color of at least one surface area of the building element. The color indicator is a symbol or a model of a real object. The color indicator also represents the shade of the color of the building element. The color indicator is a three dimensional space positioned within the the external surface of the said building element or is a three dimensional protruding structure positioned on the external surface of the building element or is printed on the external surface of the building element. The color indicator which is in the form of protruding three dimensional structure can be released from the external surface of the building element. Same color indicators are positioned on more than one side walls of the said building element allowing the perception of the color when color indicator on other wall is not visible. The position of the color indicator or the dimensions of the color indicator may be used to represent color of the building element. Multiple color indicators may be combined together to represent a new color. The building element may have boundaries to indicate the color of a specific area on the surface of the building element. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100203797 | CONSTRUCTIONAL BUILDING SET COMPRISING BUILDING ELEMENTS WITH OBJECT CONTAINER, AND SUCH BUILDING ELEMENTS - A constructional building element comprising a top face, a plurality of side walls extending downwardly from the top face, a plurality of coupling studs which are arranged on the top face, a plurality of cavities arranged in a two-dimensional periodical pattern at the bottom of the building element to receive coupling studs in frictional engagement and at least one container with opaque external surface and opening to accomadate favorite objects which cannot be easily joined. The object container with opaque external surface can be frictionally releasable from the building element. The object container with opaque external surface accomodates a surface area with coupling studs/cavities to frictionally engage with favorite objects. The building element may accommodate multiple containers with opaque external surfaces. The object container with opaque external surface may have tray to accommodate favorite objects. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100248584 | CONSTRUCTION SYSTEM - The present invention is directed to a construction system which has individual construction elements or components which can be connected to each other by at least a ball-to-socket joint or a socket-to-socket joint. A basic construction element has a body with a ball at one end and a socket at the other end, or balls at both ends, or sockets at both ends. Other construction elements are contemplated which can have more than or less than two connectors for a single element. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100285717 | Intelligence Enhancing Toy - An intelligence enhancing toy includes a largest unit, a set of middle units and a smallest unit. The largest unit and each middle unit have two prongs parallel to each other. An engagement hole is formed on each prong of the largest unit and each middle unit, and an engagement protrusion is formed on each prong of each middle unit and the smallest unit. Therefore, these engagement protrusions and engagement holes allow the largest unit, middle units and smallest unit to be joined together; in addition, these engagement protrusions and engagement holes form several pivotal points, which allow the toy of the present invention to be bent and arranged into several configurations and also allow it to be folded together into a flat, compact condition, which allows it to be stored away and carried around easily. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20110028063 | Toy-Building Unit - A toy-building unit. The building unit includes a six armed structure having a ball portion at a distal end of each arm. The arms are arranged about a central body formed by their intersections and each arm extends from the central body perpendicularly to adjacent arms. A socket is formed by each set of three adjacent arms. The ball portion of a first building unit is inserted into the socket of a second building unit to removeably, rotatably, and pivotally engage the two building units. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110028064 | TOY BLOCK, A TOY BLOCK CONNECTING ELEMENT AND A TOY BLOCK ELEMENT FOR PRODUCING A TOY BLOCK - Toy block ( | 02-03-2011 |
| 20130178130 | INTERLOCKING BUILDING BLOCK, PAVING UNIT, TILE OR TOY ELEMENT AND THE CONSTRUCTION METHOD THEREOF - Interlocking building block, paving unit, tile or toy element, one part of which is a piece offering at least one planar locking mechanism, and the other part of which is an element offering at least one spatial locking mechanism. The element is characterized by the piece providing the planar locking mechanism being a three-clawed piece ( | 07-11-2013 |
| 20140220854 | ADAPTOR BRICK - An adaptor brick includes a main body having a first coupling structure and a second coupling structure. The first coupling structure is used for coupling with a bottom portion of a first brick or a second brick while the second coupling structure is used for coupling with a top portion of the first brick or the second brick. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20150056886 | CONSTRUCTION KIT - A construction kit including a plurality of construction assembly pieces each comprising a resilient half rod. The half-rod comprises a rod divided in half longitudinally and having a set of teeth. The set of teeth comprises teeth disposed at intervals along a longitudinal length of said half-rod located in alternate planes to either side of a longitudinal mid-plane of the rod. The teeth are configured to provide a snap-fit interlock with a corresponding set of teeth on the half-rod of an edge of a second corresponding construction assembly piece to define a full, preferably circular cross-section, rod where the two assembly pieces interlock. Each construction assembly pieces defines a flexible plastic rectangle partly open along one edge to allow the rectangle to be flexed further open, for modelling structures having fluid shapes. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150343320 | BLOCK STUDYING TOOL FOR INFANT - A block studying tool for an infant, includes: a block body having a hexahedral shape, a lower portion of which is opened; and a plurality of unit assembling portions disposed to protrude from an upper portion of the block body upward and disposed to be spaced a predetermined distance apart from each other, wherein a divider is disposed at an inside of the lower portion of the block body and forms an assembling space in which the plurality of unit assembling portions of the adjacent block body are to be assembled according to positions. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20160184728 | DISPLAY FOR TOY BUILDING ELEMENTS - A display for displaying toy building elements is provided. The display includes a vertical display area and a horizontal display area. The vertical display area includes a rear mounting surface with a connector for mounting the display to a wall or other structure. Optionally, one or both of the display areas includes a plurality of projections arranged in rows for mounting a plurality of complementary building elements to the display. | 06-30-2016 |
| 446121000 | Resilient male member | 5 |
| 20090170397 | Ball Assembly - A soccer ball assembly ( | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090298382 | Polyhedral Toy - The present invention relates to a polyhedral toy from which fun with a sense of reality is experienced, and that prevents injury because of its lightweight. A polyhedral toy ( | 12-03-2009 |
| 20120214380 | Interlocking Bendable Device - A bendable device, such as a child's toy, to be generally comprised of an elongated, flexible body section, a head segment attached to an end of the body section, and a tail segment attached to the other end of the body section is disclosed. In a basic form, the device can be wrapped about an object and secured to itself to form a ring. The head segment includes an opening, preferably in the form of a mouth, and a cavity extending from the open mouth inward to the body, and the tail includes an insertable portion for being frictionally engaged and retained within the cavity. The cavity may extend through the head segment and into the body and may include a plurality of indexed chambers. The chambers allow adjustability of the ring size by providing deeper insertion of the tail into the mouth of the head. Objects may be inserted into the cavity for storage, decoration, or play. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20130017753 | TOY BUILDING SET WITH AN OVERLOAD-SAFE LINEAR ACTUATORAANM Pedersen; Frank HohrmannAACI VejenAACO DKAAGP Pedersen; Frank Hohrmann Vejen DK - A toy building set comprising a number of toy building elements and an overload-safe linear actuator having a centre axis and with two spindle parts comprising a first spindle part with an internal thread arranged concentrically to the centre axis, and a second spindle part with an external thread screwed into the internal thread on the first spindle part, and wherein the thread on the one spindle is at least twice as long as the thread on the second spindle part. One of the spindle parts being provided with a slot extending through the spindle part longitudinally of the thread configured on the spindle part and essentially along the entire thread, it is accomplished that it is easy to adjust the length of the actuator by pulling or pressing the two spindle parts together or away from each other. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20140273712 | BUILDING SYSTEM - A building system includes connectors for quickly and easily interconnecting building system parts. An expansion connector engages the apertures of two parts and expands to connect the parts. The expansion connector includes a base, an expansion element extending from a first side of the base and a receptacle extending from a second side of the base. A pin is configured to be inserted through the receptacle and the base and into engagement with the expansion element to force the expansion element into an expanded position. An alignment post may extend from the first side of the base to orient the connector relative to the parts and strengthen the connection. A thumbscrew connector includes at least one flange to engage an aperture of at least one part and includes a threaded receptacle for receiving a thumbscrew which secures the connector to the part or parts. | 09-18-2014 |
