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US 9,636,601 B2Granted
Construction toy element and set
AssigneeSpin Master Ltd.
InventorPaul Andrew Reynolds
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Abstract
In a first aspect, a construction toy element is provided and includes a body and a first circumferential row of arms extending from the body. The body has an axis, and has a first axial end and a second axial end. A first circumferential row of arms extends from the body. Each arm includes a root end and a free end, and has a first connecting member thereon that is configured for connecting the construction toy element to another construction toy element. The root end projects from the body in a direction that is angled towards one of the first and second axial ends relative to a normal direction to a surface of the body.
Claims16
A construction toy element, comprising:
- a body having a length and a width, and a surface profile over the length that differs from a surface profile over the width, and having a longitudinal axis, and a first axial end and a second axial end;
- and
- a plurality of arms extending from the body, wherein each arm of said plurality of arms includes a root end and a free end, and has a first connecting member thereon that is configured for connecting the construction toy element to another construction toy element,
- wherein the body has a boundary line, wherein the root end of all arms of said plurality of arms on a first side of the boundary line projects from the body in a direction that is angled towards the first axial end relative to a normal direction to a surface of the body immediately about the root end, and the root end of all arms of said plurality of arms on a second side of the boundary line projects from a surface of the body in a direction that is angled towards the second axial end relative to a normal direction to the surface of the body immediately about the root end,
- wherein each arm free end of said plurality of arms bends away from a corresponding each arm root end in a direction toward the boundary line, and
- wherein the body has a substantially flat region at at least one of the first and second axial ends and is devoid of any of the plurality of arms in the substantially flat region,
- wherein at least a portion of a side of each arm of said plurality of arms that faces toward its corresponding axial end has a substantially rounded shape, and wherein at least a portion of a side of each arm of said plurality of arms that faces away from its corresponding axial end has a substantially flat shape, the rounded shape being opposite the flat shape along a cross-section of said each arm.
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A construction toy element, comprising:
- a body having a length and a width, wherein the body has a surface profile over the length that differs from a surface profile over the width, and has a longitudinal axis, and a first axial end and a second axial end;
- and
- a plurality of arms extending from the body, wherein each arm of said plurality of arms includes a root end and a free end, and has a first connecting member thereon that is configured for connecting the construction toy element to another construction toy element,
- wherein the body has a boundary line, wherein the root end of all arms of said plurality of arms on a first side of the boundary line projects from the body in a direction that is angled towards the first axial end relative to a normal direction to a surface of the body immediately about the root end, and the root end of all arms of said plurality of arms on a second side of the boundary line projects from a surface of the body in a direction that is angled towards the second axial end relative to a normal direction to the surface of the body immediately about the root end,
- wherein the first connecting member comprises a hook having a bight that faces in a circumferential direction about the body that is orthogonal to an axis joining the first and second axial ends, and
- wherein the body has a substantially flat region at at least one of the first and second axial ends and is devoid of any of the plurality of arms in the substantially flat region,
- wherein at least a portion of a side of each arm of said plurality of arms that faces toward its corresponding axial end has a substantially rounded shape, and wherein at least a portion of a side of each arm of said plurality of arms that faces away from its corresponding axial end has a substantially flat shape, the rounded shape being opposite the flat shape along a cross-section of said each arm.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.