Construction toy element and set
AssigneeSpin Master Ltd.
InventorPaul A. Reynolds
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Abstract
In a first aspect, a construction toy element is provided and includes a body and a first circumferential row of arms extending from the body. The body has an axis, and has a first axial end and a second axial end. A first circumferential row of arms extends from the body. Each arm includes a root end and a free end, and has a first connecting member thereon that is configured for connecting the construction toy element to another construction toy element. The root end projects from the body in a direction that is angled towards one of the first and second axial ends relative to a normal direction to a surface of the body.
Claims14
A construction toy element, comprising:
- a body has a longitudinal axis, and a first axial end and a second axial end;
- and
- a plurality of arms extending from the body, wherein each arm of said plurality of arms includes a root end and a free end, and has a first connecting member thereon that is configured for connecting the construction toy element to another construction toy element,
- wherein the first connecting member includes a first hook having a hook end that extends circumferentially relative to the longitudinal axis,
- wherein the body has a boundary line, wherein at least some of the plurality of arms are situated on a first side of the boundary line, wherein the root end of said at least some of the plurality of arms situated on the first side of the boundary line projects from the body in a direction that is angled towards the first axial end relative to a normal direction to a surface of the body immediately about the root end, and the root end of any arms of said plurality of arms if situated on a second side of the boundary line projects from a surface of the body in a direction that is angled towards the second axial end relative to a normal direction to the surface of the body immediately about the root end, and
- wherein the body has a substantially flat region devoid of any of the plurality of arms at one of the first and second axial ends and an aperture configured to receive an object that is separate from the construction toy element at the other of the first and second axial ends.
A construction toy element, comprising:
- a body having a longitudinal axis, and having a first axial end and a second axial end;
- and
- a plurality of arms extending from the body, wherein each arm of said plurality of arms includes a root end and a free end, and has a first connecting member thereon that is configured for connecting the construction toy element to another construction toy element,
- wherein the body has a boundary line between a first axial portion having the first axial end and a second axial portion having the second axial end, wherein the root end of all arms of said plurality of arms on a first side of the boundary line projects from the body in a direction that is angled towards the first axial end relative to a normal direction to a surface of the body immediately about the root end, and the root end of all arms of said plurality of arms on a second side of the boundary line projects from a surface of the body in a direction that is angled towards the second axial end relative to a normal direction to the surface of the body immediately about the root end,
- wherein each arm free end of said plurality of arms bends away from a corresponding each arm root end in a direction toward the boundary line, and
- wherein all the arms from the plurality of arms are arranged in a plurality of continuous rows, wherein each row circumscribes the body fully, such that a first row at the first axial end circumscribes a first armless region at the first axial end and such that a first row at the second axial end circumscribes a second armless region at the second axial end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.