Construction kit and components thereof
AssigneeIdea Vault Holdings, Inc.
InventorsHoward Allen Wilson, IV, Michael E. Munter
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Abstract
A construction kit enables building of complex structures. The kit can include pole connectors, along with a series of hubs. For instance, two-point hubs, four-point hubs, eight-point hubs, five-point hubs, six-point hubs, and a clip can be the constituent parts of the kit. Some of the hubs can be flexible to provide further utility and additional angles for building. Complex structures, such as a ball-shaped connector can also be achieved from the base components.
Claims18
A toy fort structure building kit including poles and an interconnection configured for receiving the poles, the interconnection comprising:
- a ring-shaped hub having a lumen passing therethrough and a first plurality of ports disposed along an outer circumference of said ring-shaped hub;
- a first multi-point hub piece having a cylindrical body and a plurality of tabs extending colinearly from a central section, said first multi-point hub piece being configured to fit into said lumen, and said first multi-point hub piece being lockable with said ring-shaped hub by interfacing with said lumen,
- wherein said cylindrical body includes a top port at one end of said cylindrical body, and a bottom port at another end of said cylindrical body, opposite said top port;
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- a second multi-point hub piece having an outer surface having a second plurality of ports oriented away from said outer surface and a central port, said central port being adapted to receive said top port or said bottom port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.