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US 5,628,666 AGranted
Toy building chip
AssigneePinnacle Brands, Inc.
InventorsJohn Tomczyk, Russell LaCoste, Mark A. Celeste
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Abstract
The invention includes a chip of resilient material that is capable of being secured to one or more chips of similar design, as desired to build a structure, sculpture or other shape. The chip has one or more slots extending inwardly from its perimeter for engaging another chip of similar design. The slot may be used to engage a similar slot fashioned in another similar chip or to engage only the perimeter of another chip.
Claims11
A toy for creating a unique arrangement of cooperating pictorial and spatial elements, the toy comprising:
- a first circular disc having a predetermined thickness, the first circular disc having at least one slot extending radially inward from the perimeter of the first circular disc,
- said first circular disc including first and second faces, wherein the first face comprises a lenticular surface alternatively displaying at least two images, depending upon the angle at which the first face is viewed;
- a second circular disc having substantially the same predetermined thickness as the first circular disc, the second circular disc having at least one slot extending radially inward from the perimeter of the second circular disc;
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- the first circular disc and second circular disc secured together in any one of a plurality of arrangements by engaging a slot of the first circular disc with the second circular disc, the first and second circular discs are operable by the user to collectively form any one of a plurality of images when so engaged where each one of the plurality of images comprises a unique arrangement of cooperating pictorial and spatial elements.
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