Tool for use with toy construction elements
AssigneeMattel-MEGA Holdings (US), LLC
InventorsAmélie Lachance, Louis-Philippe Beaulieu, Steve Ross
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Abstract
A tool for separating blocks and other elements from an assembly of toy construction elements is disclosed. The tool may include a coupling end that can attach to pegs and/or openings in a block and is configured for easily prying off the block. The tool may include a moving member that can be used to configure the coupling end in two different configurations for coupling to either the top or bottom of a block.
Claims20
A tool for use with a set of toy construction elements, comprising:
- a body, the body defining a lengthwise direction,
- the body including a coupling end with an engagement surface,
- wherein the tool has a first configuration and a second configuration,
- wherein in the first configuration the engagement surface presents at least one peg,
- wherein in the second configuration the engagement surface presents at least one opening,
- wherein a geometry of the coupling end changes as the tool transitions from the first configuration to the second configuration, and
- wherein the coupling end includes a tapered projecting portion that extends in the lengthwise direction and that is configured to contact a side of a block in the set of toy construction elements when the coupling end engages the block.
A tool for use with a set of toy construction elements, comprising:
- a body and a moving member, the moving member including at least one peg,
- wherein the moving member has a contact surface configured to be contacted by a user for actuating the moving member,
- the body including a coupling end, the coupling end including at least one opening,
- the moving member being moveable along the body between a first position and a second position, and
- wherein as the moving member moves between the first position and the second position, the at least one peg moves through the at least one opening,
- wherein the coupling end includes three adjacent and continuous openings, and
- wherein the moving member includes two pegs corresponding to two of the three openings.
A tool for use with a set of toy construction elements, comprising:
- a body and a moving member, the moving member including at least one peg,
- wherein the moving member has a contact surface configured to be contacted by a user for actuating the moving member,
- the body including a coupling end, the coupling end including at least one opening,
- the moving member being moveable along the body between a first position and a second position,
- wherein as the moving member moves between the first position and the second position, the at least one peg moves through the at least one opening,
- wherein the body defines a lengthwise direction that extends from a first end portion of the body to a second end portion of the body,
- wherein the at least one peg has a central axis oriented parallel to the lengthwise direction of the body,
- wherein the contact surface is oriented in a direction that is perpendicular to the central axis of the at least one peg, and
- wherein the coupling end includes a tapered projecting portion that extends in the lengthwise direction and that is configured to contact a side of a block in the set of toy construction elements when the coupling end engages the block.
A tool for use with a set of toy construction elements, comprising:
- a body, the body defining a lengthwise direction;
- and
- a moving member including at least one peg,
- the body including a coupling end within which at least one opening is recessed,
- the moving member being movable along the body between a first position and a second position,
- wherein as the moving member moves between the first position and the second position, the at least one peg moves through the at least one opening,
- the at least one opening comprising a first opening, a second opening, and an intermediate opening between and adjacent to the first opening and the second opening,
- wherein the first opening, the second opening, and the intermediate opening are continuous,
- the at least one peg comprising two pegs corresponding to two of the first opening, the second opening, or the intermediate opening,
- the coupling end having an outer perimeter that lies in a plane perpendicular to the lengthwise direction,
- the outer perimeter comprising a first edge, a second edge, a third edge, and a fourth edge,
- wherein a center of the first opening and a center of the second opening are spaced apart by a peg separation distance, and
- wherein each of the first edge, the second edge, the third edge, and the fourth edge lies within the peg separation distance of at least one of the first opening or the second opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.