Utility model of launchable and assembleable pieces
AssigneeSabritas, S.A. DE C.V.
InventorsFabian De La Paz Rizo, Gabriel Martinez Ordonez
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Abstract
The present invention relates to flat pieces, preferably disks or chips of circular shape fabricated, of flexible plastic material, that have a series of slots or notches alongside their circumferential edges. One of these slots is bigger in size and of different configuration, which configuration makes possible the launching a first piece into the air with the help of a second piece which is used as a propeller. In addition, the small slots are used to create a great variety of structures or sets, by inserting a small slot of a first disk in a small slot of a second disk, and so on. The planar faces of the disks may be used to imprint any legend or drawing.
Claims4
An assembly and launching toy comprising a plurality of similar disk-like pieces made of a resilient material, each having a perimeter and a plurality of joining slots extending from the perimeter towards the center of the piece, the slots being of a width to frictionally engage a joining slot of another piece and retain the pieces in a joined condition, so that desired structures can be assembled by so joining an arbitrary number of pieces;
- each piece also having at least one undercut launching slot of larger dimensions than the joining slots, extending from the perimeter towards the center of the piece, said undercut launching slot having four adjacent edge surfaces, a first pair of the four edge surfaces being perpendicular to one another and forming a fulcrum where one of said edge surfaces meets the perimeter, and a second pair of the four edge surfaces being V-shaped, forming a point so that bottom edge surface of the second pair of edge surfaces diverges from said point to increase the width of the undercut launching slot in a direction towards the center of the piece and a top edge surface of the second pair of edge surfaces diverges from said point toward the perimeter, whereby a perimeter edge of a second game piece pivots on said fulcrum and is retained in the launching slot by said bottom diverging edge surface when a user inserts the perimeter edge of the second game piece into said launching slot and applies a force to flex the second game piece for launching, and whereby said top and bottom diverging edge surfaces are disposed at a sufficient distance from the opposing perpendicular edge surface to allow the launching slot to disengage without friction the perimeter edge of the second game piece upon release for launch.
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