Interconnecting modular pathway apparatus
AssigneeQ-BA-MAZE Inc.
InventorAndrew Comfort
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Abstract
The present invention provides for a plurality of interconnectable modular members that may create a pathway system with multiple entrances into the upper portion of each member and at least one exit from the lower portion of each member, thereby providing for a variety of convergence and divergence possibilities. The pathway system is suitable for receiving and transporting marbles and other spherical objects from one member to another. The modular members may be interlinked via male/female connectors to create a variety of configurations.
Claims57
A plurality of modular members arranged for assembly and disassembly, each of the plurality of modular members comprising:
- a body structure having an internal chamber and defining a horizontal entrance to the internal chamber;
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- a substantially horizontal pathway surface arranged to transport an object from the internal chamber;
- wherein:
- the plurality of modular members are dimensionally similar;
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- the plurality of modular members comprises a coupling system having coupling components integral to the modular members for inter-securing the modular members, the coupling system defining structurally predetermined vertically offset coupled positions of coupled modular members wherein:
- a first modular member connected and horizontally adjacent to a second modular member has a coupled position that is vertically offset from the second modular member;
- a third modular member that is connected and horizontally adjacent to the second modular member has a coupled position that is vertically offset from the second modular member and selectively stackably arranged directly below the first modular member;
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- the respective substantially horizontal pathway surfaces of the first modular member and the second modular member are each aligned with the respective horizontal entrances of the second modular member and the third modular member to transport an object horizontally between respective modular members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.