# US 11,993,932 B2 · Gigacubes coasters and lids

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- Number: US 11,993,932 B2
- Document ID: US11993932B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/305,446
- Filed: 2021-07-07
- Published: 2022-02-10
- Granted: 2024-05-28
- Earliest claimed: 2020-08-06
- Applicants: Jonathan Hendrik Van Ee
- Inventors: Jonathan Hendrik Van Ee
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11993932B2

## CPC

- E04C 1/00: Building elements of block or other shape for the construction of parts of buildings (of relatively thin form E04C2/00; structural elongated elements designed for load-supporting E04C3/00, e.g. columns or pillars E04C3/30; manufacture or material of building bricks, stones, or the like B28, C03, C04; paving elements E01C; general building constructions E04B, e.g. walls E04B2/00, floors E04B5/00, roofs E04B7/00, ceilings E04B9/00; {roof coverings E04D; coverings for walls or ceilings E04F13/00; floorings E04F15/00;} structural elements specially designed for built-in conduit shafts E04F17/00; {elements for buildings for particular purposes E04H7/00}; special elements for building ovens or furnaces F24B, F27D)
- E04C 2/44: {characterised by the purpose}
- E04B 2/00: Walls, e.g. partitions, for buildings; Wall construction with regard to insulation; Connections specially adapted to walls (connections for building structures in general E04B1/38; insulation for buildings in general E04B1/62; building elements of relatively thin form for parts of buildings E04C2/00)
- E04C: STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; BUILDING MATERIALS (for bridges E01D; specially designed for insulation or other protection E04B; elements used as building aids E04G; for mining E21; for tunnels E21D; structural elements with broader range of application than for building engineering F16, particularly F16S)
- E04B: GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS (border constructions of opening in walls, floors or ceilings E06B1/00; {electromagnetic shielding H05K9/0001})

## Abstract

The Invention is primarily a series of panels that are coasters, or cubes that can be assembled into coasters, that can also be assembled into a really wide range of useful objects like homes, tables, walls, boxes and much more. The panels have smooth surfaces, surfaces with a series of interfaces, and the edges of the panels have interfaces that snap, hook, hold together magnetically, screw and assemble with these interfaces and combinations of these interfaces. The panels, and blocks and other constructions built with the pieces, are locked when spheres are inserted into them and they are locked and reinforced when poles are inserted into them.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A block system comprising:
a plurality of objects;
wherein a first set of said plurality of objects are panels;
each said panel having:
a perimeter;
four main edges, said panels further having a first side, a second side opposite said first side and a thickness therebetween defining said perimeter;
said first side comprising a plurality of rows defined by a plurality of knobs and recesses arranged in an alternating manner along a length of each said respective row, said perimeter having a single row of a plurality of recesses, each said recess of said first side and said perimeter configured to receive a respective said knob of another said panel, each said main edge having a protrusion extending therefrom having a first surface substantially coplanar with said first side, and each said protrusion having a second surface opposite said first surface and being substantially coplanar with said second side, each said first side of said protrusion having a recess;
each said recess of said first side and said protrusions being substantially cylindrical and having diametrically opposed first and second cutouts, each said cutout having a first sidewall and a second sidewall facing said first sidewall and being at an angle diverging from a center of a center of said recess;
each said knob of said first side comprising a first extension and a second extension with a space therebetween, each said extension having a tapered distal free end, each said first extension having an inner surface facing a respective inner surface of respective said second extension, said inner surfaces being concave in shape;
said second side being a substantially flat, uninterrupted surface.