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US 2014/0270914 A1Published application
Connector system
AssigneePlay From Scratch, LLC
InventorJeffrey Freeland Nelson
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Abstract
Paper cylinders or tubes may be connected to one another using any of a variety of connectors disclosed herein. The connectors incorporate features that may facilitate connecting the paper cylinders or tubes at a wide range of angles to form a variety of two- and three-dimensional shapes, while obviating the need to use tape or glue, thereby potentially improving the aesthetics of objects produced using the connectors disclosed herein. Further, objects produced using the connectors disclosed herein can be disassembled, facilitating reuse of the paper cylinders or tubes.
Claims5
A connector comprising:
- a connector body, the connector body having formed thereon at least one slotted notch comprising a substantially triangular portion and a substantially linear portion extending from a vertex of the substantially triangular portion.
A connector comprising:
- a substantially toric connector body, the connector body having formed thereon at least one triangular notch, the substantially toric connector body having an inner diameter sized to receive a paper cylinder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.