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US 6,017,220 AGranted
Magnetic geometric building system
OwnerKenneth D. Snelsoninventor
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Abstract
A construction kit comprising a plurality of connectable magnetic members having north and south magnetic poles on their opposite faces.
Claims17
A construction kit comprising:
- a plurality of magnets, each magnet having:
- a pair of substantially planar faces each of which have a homogenous magnetic polarity;
- and
- a plurality of edges defining said faces,
- wherein a plurality of at least four magnets are present, with the magnets, by themselves, used for forming an exterior surface of a three-dimensional structure by being magnetically attached to each other only along said edges, and, when magnetically attached to each other form alternating, checkerboard-like magnetic polarities on the exterior surface of the three-dimensional structure.
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A three dimensional structure having an exterior surface comprising a plurality of magnets, each magnet having a pair of substantially planar faces each of which has a homogenous magnetic polarity and a plurality of edges defining said face, with the magnets, by themselves, being magnetically attached to each other only along said edges and to form alternating checkerboard-like magnetic polarities on the exterior surface of the structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.