US 4,058,909 A · Construction kit

Abstract

A kit is provided for constructing model buildings. The kit includes modular blocks, which are interlocked to form a roof and structral walls corresponding to the outer shell of the building, and also includes construction brackets which are abutted in side-by-side alignment at the top edge of a structural wall to form a supporting ledge. Such ledges are used to form setbacks and overhangs in the building structure and for supporting the roof. Each bracket includes a generally horizontal main wall with bounding inner and outer edges and two lateral edges each extending between the inner and outer edges. At each of the inner and outer edges, the bracket is provided with lower and upper connectors. The lower connector is designed to secure the bracket to the top edge of a structural wall disposed below the bracket, and the upper connector is designed to secure the lower edge of a structural wall disposed above the bracket. A setback is formed by mounting the brackets along the top edge of a lower structural wall by mean of their outer, lower connectors while anchoring an upper structural wall by means of the inner, upper connector on each bracket, whereas an overhang is formed by supporting the brackets along the top edge of a lower structural wall by means of their inner, lower connectors while anchoring an upper structural wall by means of the outer, upper connector on each bracket. The roof may be supported on either a setback or overhung ledge.

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Dependent claims

A bracket for use in a model building to create a supporting ledge in generally vertical structural walls forming the outer shell of said building, said bracket comprising:

a generally horizontal main wall having bounding inner and outer edges and lateral edges each extending between said inner and outer edges;
means disposed at, at least, one of said inner and outer edges for securing said bracket at the top of a fist of said structural walls;
and
means disposed at, at least, the other of said inner and outer edges for supporting a second of said structural walls, said supporting means being constructed and arranged to receive the bottom of said second structural wall;
said supporting ledge being formed by securing a plurality of said brackets to the top of said first structural wall with lateral edges of adjacent brackets abutted and with the outer and inner edges of each bracket aligned with at least a portion of the corresponding edge of each bracket adjacent thereto.

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In a model building including a plurality of generally vertical structural walls forming the outer shell of said building, a ledge for supporting a portion of said building comprising a plurality of aligned brackets, each of said brackets comprising:

a generally horizontal main wall having bounding inner and outer edges and lateral edges each extending between said inner and outer edges;
means disposed at, at least, one of said inner and outer edges for securing said bracket at the top of a first of said structural walls;
and
means disposed at, at least, the other of said inner and outer edges for supporting a second of said structural walls, said supporting means being constructed and arranged to receive the bottom of said second structural wall;
said supporting ledge being formed by securing a plurality of said brackets to the top of said first structural wall with lateral edges of adjacent brackets abutted and with the outer and inner edges of each bracket aligned with at least a portion of the corresponding edge of each bracket adjacent thereto.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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