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US 11,511,210 B2Granted
Cubic element for construction toys and a method for forming same
OwnerDaniel Gatinventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a cubic element for construction toys, including three, straight, open-ended channels each formed on an adjacent different face of the cube between two opposite faces of the cube and extending in orthogonal opposite directions to each other (X,Y,Z). Each channel includes a bottom wall and two upwardly extending parallel sidewalls, wherein the width of the bottom wall and the distance between the face which is distal to the channel that is extending orthogonally from the same cube face, and the sidewall adjacent the distal face, are substantially equal.
Claims15
A construction toy comprising:
- a cubic element, wherein in a first orientation the cubic element comprises:
- a left side, a right side, a front side, a back side, a top side, and a bottom side;
- a front channel that is recessed into the front side, that is oriented horizontally, that is disposed closer to the bottom side than the top side, and that opens through the left side and the right side;
- a right channel that is recessed into the right side, that is oriented vertically, that is disposed closer to the back side than the front side, and that opens through the bottom side and the top side;
- and a top channel that is recessed into the top side, that is oriented horizontally, that is disposed closer to the left side than the right side, and that opens through the front side and the back side;
- wherein a front ridge is defined between the front channel and the bottom side, a right ridge is defined between the right channel and the back side, and a top ridge is defined between the top channel and the left side;
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- wherein the front channel, the right channel, and the top channel share a common channel size and shape, wherein the front ridge, the right ridge, and the top ridge share a common ridge size and shape, and wherein the common ridge size and the common channel size and shape are complementary with each other.
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