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US 5,681,201 AGranted
Toy building system
AssigneeSilverlit Technology Ltd.
InventorKei-Fung Choi
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Abstract
A toy building construction kit includes a plurality of floor defining elements, means for interconnecting the floor defining elements, a plurality of support pillar elements for interconnecting adjacent floors, and partition elements adapted to be received between the support pillar elements to define walls. A particularly rigid interconnection of the floor defining elements is achievd by using connecting elements and an arrangement of connecting lugs and recesses. The connecting lugs are T-shaped and fit tightly within corresponding recesses.
Claims8
A toy building construction kit, comprising:
- (a) a plurality of generally planar modular floor defining elements;
- (b) means for interconnecting said floor defining elements to create a floor, said interconnecting means comprising connecting elements formed with connecting lugs adapted to engage in use with corresponding connecting recesses formed in said floor defining elements, wherein each of said connecting lugs is T-shaped and comprises a first portion extending at right angles from a side wall of a said connecting element and a second portion extending generally parallel to said side wall, said second portion having first and second free ends spaced from said side wall by a distance slightly less than the thickness of a wall of said connecting recess of said floor defining element, whereby said connecting recess wall may be held between said second portion of said connecting lug and said side wall of said connecting element;
- (c) a plurality of support pillar elements adapted to be secured between two adjacent floors;
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- (d) a plurality of partition elements, said partition elements being adapted to be received between pairs of said support pillar elements to define walls.
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