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US 5,120,253 AGranted
Connectors for forming structures
OwnerJohn A. Gelardiinventor
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A cube junction connector comprises six cylindrical receivers which extend from the cube and into which bottle caps can be inserted and locked. The cube is constructed from a flat cruciform blank with living hinges between square panels, comprising the cylindrical receivers. The panels are folded into a cube and locked together using male snaps interfitted with female snap receivers. A flange circumventting the edge of the cylinder, acting as a lock, holds and secures the bottom of the bottle cap in the cylinder. Rivets comprise two male snap members secured to one another at a base, and may be divided into two parts to allow for flexibility. The rivets are used in preformed openings in the bases of the bottles and secure one bottle base to another bottle base. Plastic bottles are joined together as building elements for structures.
A connector system for creating structures from plastic bottles comprising a flat cruciform blank subdivided into six equivalent square panels joined by living hinges, each of the panels incorporating an outwardly extending cylinder, wherein each cylinder has an aperture equivalent to a bottle cap and incorporates an interior lock for holding a bottle cap, all cylinders protruding from one side of the cruciform blank, the cruciform blank being foldable into a cube having sides formed by the square panels with the cylinders extending outward, mating snaps on edges of the panels for holding the cube intact, said cube providing means for holding six bottle caps with cap-connected bottles extending therefrom, and plural rivets for insertion into preformed openings in base cups of the bottles for securing one bottle base cup to another bottle base cup.
A connector/system creating structures from plastic bottles, comprising a flat cruciform blank subdivided into six equivalent square panels joined by living hinges, each of the panels incorporating an outwardly extending cylinder, wherein each cylinder is diametrically equivalent and incorporating an interior lock for holding a bottle cap, all cylinders protruding from one side of the cruciform, the cruciform folding into a cube having each side prescribing a square panel with the cylinders extending outward, mated snaps on edges of the panels for holding the cube intact, said cube providing a means for holding six bottle caps with connected bottles extending orthogonally and radially, and plural rivets for inserting into preformed openings in base cups of the bottles to secure one bottle base cup to another bottle base cup;
A structure formed of one, one and a half or two liter carbonated soft drink bottles having bottom end cups, comprising plural soft drink bottles having caps and bottom end cups and being arranged bottom to bottom and cap to cap, plural double-ended rivets connecting the bottom end cups of the bottles, and plural receivers, each having plural sockets for receiving the caps of the bottles.
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