Toy block
OwnerCheng Pai-Cheninventor
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Abstract
A toy block, configured to be assembled with a mating block, has four sidewalls. The toy block includes, where applicable, at least one stud, at least one recessed portion, bottom posts, semi-circle posts, rib pairs, a plurality of edge stoppers, and a plurality of corner stoppers. The studs and the recessed portion are provided at the top side and at the bottom side of the toy block respectively. When one of the studs of the mating toy block is inserted in one of the recessed portions of the toy block, each one of the engaged studs of the mating toy block has its sidewall abutting against eight abutment points in its corresponding recessed portions of the toy block. Thus, the toy block is grasped with the mating toy block at the engaged studs of the mating toy block.
Claims11
A toy block comprising:
- a body made of a plastic material and having four sidewalls;
- a plurality of studs at a top side;
- a plurality of recessed portions at a bottom side;
- a plurality of bottom posts at the bottom side, wherein the plurality of bottom posts is surrounded by the plurality of recessed portions and ready to abut an engaged stud of a mating toy block;
- a plurality of semi-circular posts at the bottom side, wherein the plurality of semi-circular posts protrude from the four sidewalls and ready to abut the engaged Stud of the mating toy block;
- a plurality of rib pairs connecting between two of the plurality of bottom posts, or between the plurality of bottom posts and the plurality of semi-circular posts, wherein the plurality of rib pairs have either a flat wall or a protrusion on rib exteriors thereof in a corresponding recessed portion and ready to abut the engaged stud of the mating toy block;
- a plurality of edge stoppers in the plurality of recessed portions at an inner side of the four sidewalls and ready to abut the engaged Stud of the mating toy block;
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- a plurality of corner stoppers in the plurality of recessed portions, at four corners of the inner side of the four sidewalls, and aligned towards a center of a nearest bottom post respectively and ready to abut the engaged stud of the mating toy block.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.