Method of constructing flat building block modules from the union of two frustums by their congruent bases and slot connectors complement for a variety of constructive or amusing applications
AssigneeErnesto Daniel Gyurec
InventorsAntonio C. Pronsato, Ernesto D. Gyurec
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Abstract
A method to guide the creation of flat modular building block units to be interconnected with others of like shape by means of fasteners and magnetically, the modules are created by the union of any two frustums by a congruent larger base, a series of holes truncations and roundings made them fit in a variety of constructive and amusing applications, also complementing the invention is a built-in slot connector for connecting two flat members.
Claims15
A plurality of modular construction blocks extending in three dimensions from a combination of which blocks a three dimensional completely and substantially space-filling structure of arbitrary shape and volume is provided, each said block comprising a plurality of surfaces:
- wherein each said block is generally flat;
- wherein each said block is characterized by a flat face said flat face having a geometric shape determined by a face of a polyhedron selected from a group of space-filling polyhedrons, which when appropriately combined, substantially and completely fill said arbitrary volume of space;
- wherein generally transverse to said flat face of each block is a plurality of peripheral sides extending said block in a dimension perpendicular to said flat face of said block, each one of said peripheral sides determined by a surface defined within said selected polyhedron by a point within said selected polyhedron and at least two surface points of said selected polyhedron, said peripheral side being a truncated portion of said surface within said selected polyhedron, so that said three-dimensional space-filling structure may be provided by assembling a plurality of said modular blocks, connected together along their peripheral sides with the result that the amount of material necessary to provide said three-dimensional space-filling structure is reduced.
A plurality of modular construction blocks for use in constructing a completely and substantially three dimensional space-filling structure of arbitrary shape, each said block comprising a plurality of exterior surfaces;
- wherein said surfaces include a flat face generally parallel to and coextensive with a planar face of a selected space-filling imaginary polyhedron;
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- wherein said surfaces include peripheral sides of said block, said peripheral sides arranged and configured to connect with corresponding peripheral sides of another one of said modular blocks similarly corresponding to an adjacent face of said selected imaginary polyhedron, said modular block being connected to adjacent modular blocks along said peripheral sides.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.