Construction system
OwnerMarilyn M. Dicksoninventor
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Abstract
A construction system includes one or more body members each having one or more apertures extending through a body wall to a cavity forming a socket. Each body member further has one or more balls spaced-apart from the body and attached to the body by an arm. The body wall and/or ball is formed of a flexible and resilient material, and the ball is sized slightly larger than the aperture to connect two body members together by inserting the ball of one member through the aperture of another. The system may include rod members having opposite ends and spherical-shaped balls formed on each end; disk members having an annular groove and open in a radially-facing direction to receive balls; a base member; and/or decorative members.
Claims38
A construction system comprising:
- a plurality of body members each having a body with a body wall, at least one interior cavity, and a plurality of apertures extending through the body wall to the cavity forming a plurality of sockets, the plurality of apertures each facing in a different direction, each body member further having at least one spherical-shaped ball spaced-apart from the body wall and attached to the body wall by an arm coupled to and extending between the ball and the body wall, the body wall and ball being formed of a flexible and resilient material and the ball being sized slightly larger than the apertures such that a ball of a first body member may be inserted through one of a plurality of apertures of a second body member under an externally applied force, but such that the ball is held within the cavity by interference between the ball and the aperture, to couple the first and second body members together with the arm extending through the aperture, the plurality of sockets allowing numerous different connections between two body members.
A construction system comprising:
- a plurality of body members each having a body with a body wall, at least one interior cavity, and at least one aperture extending through the body wall to the cavity forming a socket, each body member further having a plurality of spherical-shaped balls spaced-apart from the body wall and attached to the body wall by a plurality of arms coupled to and extending between the balls and the body wall, each of the arms extending from the body in a different direction, the body wall and balls being formed of a flexible and resilient material and the balls being sized slightly larger than the aperture such that one of the balls of a first body member may be inserted through an aperture of a second body member under an externally applied force, but such that the ball is held within the cavity by interference between the ball and the aperture, to couple the first and second body members together with the arm extending through the aperture, the plurality of arms and balls allowing numerous different connections between two body members.
A construction system comprising:
- a plurality of first body members each having a body with a body wall, at least one interior cavity, and a plurality of apertures extending through the body wall to the cavity forming a plurality of sockets, the body members further having at least one spherical-shaped ball spaced-apart from the body wall and attached to the body wall by an arm coupled to and extending between the ball and the body wall;
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- a plurality of different second body members each having a body with a body wall, at least one interior cavity, and at least one aperture extending through the body wall to the cavity forming a socket, the second body members further having a plurality of spherical-shaped balls spaced-apart from the body wall and attached to the body wall by a plurality of arms coupled to and extending between the balls and the body wall;
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- wherein the body walls and balls are formed of a flexible and resilient material and the balls are sized slightly larger than the apertures such that balls may be inserted through the apertures under an externally applied force, but such that the balls are held within the cavities by interference between the balls and the apertures, to couple body members together with the arms extending through the apertures.
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