Adapter for connecting a toy building block to a snap-together electronic toy
AssigneeElenco Electronics, Inc.
InventorsGerald Joseph Cecchin, Marc C. Lehner, Alexander R. Matz
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Abstract
A toy is disclosed. The toy includes a toy building block, a snap-together electronic toy, and an adapter. The toy building block includes a first building block mating member. The snap-together electronic toy includes a first snap-fitting member. The adapter is configured to connect the toy building block to the snap-together electronic toy. The adapter includes a second building block mating member which is configured to mate with the first building block mating member of the toy building block, and a second snap-fitting member which is configured to mate with the first snap-fitting member of the snap-together electronic toy.
Claims34
A toy comprising:
- a toy building block comprising a first building block mating member;
- a snap-together electronic toy comprising a plurality of electrically conductive electrical components configured to be snap-fit together to collectively form a full electrical circuit, each of the plurality of electrically conductive electrical components comprising a first member and a second member, the second member comprising a biasing member, the first member of each of the plurality of electrically conductive electrical components configured to be snap-fittingly mated to the biasing member of the second member of another of the plurality of electrically conductive electrical components in order to form an electrical connection;
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- an adapter configured to connect the toy building block to the snap-together electronic toy, the adapter comprising a second building block mating member which is configured to mate with the first building block mating member of the toy building block, and a member which is configured to snap-fittingly mate with the biasing member of the second member of any of the plurality of electrically conductive electrical components of the snap-together electronic toy, wherein:
- (1) the adapter is not electrically conductive;
- or (2) the second building block mating member of the adapter is not configured to snap-fittingly mate, using a flexible biasing member, to the first building block mating member of the toy building block.
A toy comprising:
- a toy building block comprising a first building block mating member;
- a snap-together electronic toy comprising a plurality of electrically conductive electrical components snap-fit together with snap-fitting members, each snap-fit comprising a biasing member, the plurality of electrically conductive electrical components electrically connected forming a full electrical circuit;
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- an adapter connecting the toy building block to the snap-together electronic toy, a second building block mating member of the adapter mated with the first building block mating member of the toy building block, and a member of the adapter snap-fittingly mated with one of the snap-fitting members of the plurality of electrically conductive electrical components of the snap-together electronic toy, wherein:
- (1) the adapter is not electrically conductive;
- or (2) the second building block mating member of the adapter is not snap-fittingly mated, using a flexible biasing member, to the first building block mating member of the toy building block.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.