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US 2014/0179194 A1Published application
Magnetic toy apparatuses and methods
AssigneeGuidecraft, Inc.
InventorsJason L. Fein, Gary L. Bilezikian
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Abstract
A magnetic toy apparatus and method, an embodiment including a plurality of bodies, at least one of which is rod-shaped, the bodies each having voids adjacent to its corners or ends, a plurality of magnets each disposed in one of the voids so as to be freely rotatable to facilitate connecting the bodies to each other by magnetic force.
Claims22
A magnetic toy, comprising:
- a plurality of spherical magnets;
- a plurality of hollow flat four-cornered bodies each having a frame shape comprising a rectangular perimeter, each of the hollow flat four-cornered bodies comprising a top cover, a bottom cover, and four spherical voids, the four spherical voids each disposed adjacent to a different one of the four corners and having one of the plurality of spherical magnets disposed therein, at least one rectangular perimeter a square perimeter;
- a plurality of hollow flat three-cornered bodies each having a frame shape comprising a triangular perimeter, each of the hollow flat three-cornered bodies comprising a second top cover, a second bottom cover, and three spherical voids, the three spherical voids each disposed adjacent to a different one of the three corners and having one of the plurality of spherical magnets disposed therein;
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- a plurality of hollow flat rod-shaped bodies each having two ends, each of the hollow flat rod-shaped bodies comprising a third top cover, a third bottom cover, and two spherical voids, the two spherical voids each disposed adjacent to a different one of the two ends and having one of the plurality of spherical magnets disposed therein;
- the plurality of spherical magnets that are disposed in the plurality of four-cornered bodies, the plurality of three-cornered bodies, and the plurality of rod-shaped bodies freely rotatable to connect the plurality of four-cornered bodies, the plurality of three-cornered bodies, and the plurality of rod-shaped bodies together at various angles by magnetic force.
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A magnetic toy, comprising:
- one or more at least three-cornered bodies;
- one or more rod-shaped bodies each having two ends;
- a plurality of compartments, each corner of each of the one or more at least three-cornered flat bodies and each of the two ends of each of the rod-shaped bodies including one of the plurality of compartments adjacent thereto;
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- a plurality of magnets, each of the plurality of compartments having one of the plurality of magnets disposed therein, the plurality of magnets freely rotatable in the plurality of compartments for connecting each three-cornered flat body to at least one of the one or more rod-shaped bodies by magnetic force.
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A magnetic toy, comprising:
- a plurality of magnets;
- a plurality of frame-shaped bodies, each frame-shaped body comprising a plurality of corners and a plurality of voids, each of the plurality of voids disposed adjacent to one of the plurality of corners, each of the plurality of voids having one of the plurality of magnets disposed therein;
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- a plurality of rod-shaped bodies, each rod-shaped body comprising two ends and two voids, each of the two voids disposed adjacent to one of the two ends, each of the two voids having one of the plurality of magnets disposed therein, the plurality of rod-shaped bodies each for connecting to one or more of the plurality of frame-shaped bodies by magnetic force.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.