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US 9,808,734 B2Granted
Dovetailed building block
AssigneeMei-Tsu Lin
InventorYu-Chin Kuo
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Abstract
A dovetailed building block includes a block body having a plurality of side surfaces. The side surfaces are constructed in an order of having a side surface with a dovetailed recess next to another surface with a dovetailed projection. The dovetailed projection of one said block body can engage the corresponding dovetailed recess of another said block body in a 90-degree cross manner. Thereupon, while in stacking a plurality of the block bodies, variety of secured and stable three-dimensional curved configuration can be built through angular engagement of one dovetailed projection of one block body and another dovetailed recess of another block body.
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A dovetailed building block, comprising:
- a block body that has a regular hexagonal configuration having a top surface, a bottom surface opposite to the top surface, and six side surfaces connecting the top surface and the bottom surface;
- each of said six side surfaces having a flat plane;
- said six side surfaces being sequentially composed of a first side surface, a second side surface, a third side surface, a fourth side surface, a fifth side surface and a sixth side surface;
- each of the first side surface, the third side surface and the fifth side surface being respectively provided with exactly one dovetailed recess located right in a middle thereof without any dovetailed projection being provided thereon;
- each of the second side surface, the fourth side surface and the sixth side surface being respectively provided with exactly one said dovetailed projection located right in a middle thereof without any said dovetailed recess being provided thereon;
- the dovetailed recesses and the dovetailed projections each having an isosceles trapezoidal configuration corresponding to each other;
- wherein each said dovetailed projection has an outer end-surface, each said dovetailed recess has an inner surface, a height of said outer end-surface is equal to a width of the outer end-surface, and the height of said outer end-surface of the dovetailed projection is also equal to a width of said inner surface of the dovetailed recess, such that when trying to assemble two identical said building blocks, there will be at least two different ways to assemble these two building blocks, wherein:
- a first way to assemble said building blocks is to have one of the dovetailed projections of one of the building blocks to be received in and retained by one of the dovetailed recesses of the other one of the building blocks in such a manner that, the top surfaces of the block bodies of these two building blocks are lying on the same plane;
- a second way to assemble said building blocks is to have said block body of one said building block to be turned in a 90-degree manner so as to have its dovetailed projection to engage the corresponding dovetailed recess of the block body of the other said building block in a 90-degree cross manner, that is, the top surfaces of the block bodies of these two building blocks will present a perpendicular plane pair;
- the block body further includes a post formed on the top surface thereof and a cavity formed in the bottom surface thereof, the post having a surface area receivable in and engageable with a surface area of the cavity:
- therefore, when trying to assemble two identical said building blocks, there will be a third way to assemble these two building blocks, wherein, the post of the block body of one said building block is engaged with the cavity of the block body of the other said building block, such that the block bodies of these two building blocks are stacked together in a longitudinal direction.
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A dovetailed building block, comprising:
- a block body that has a regular hexagonal configuration having a top surface, a bottom surface opposite to the top surface, and six side surfaces connecting the top surface and the bottom surface;
- each of said six side surfaces having a flat plane;
- said six side surfaces being sequentially composed of a first side surface, a second side surface, a third side surface, a fourth side surface, a fifth side surface and a sixth side surface;
- each of the first side surface, the third side surface and the fifth side surface being respectively provided with exactly one dovetailed recess located right in a middle thereof without any dovetailed projection being provided thereon;
- each of the second side surface, the fourth side surface and the sixth side surface being respectively provided with exactly one said dovetailed projection located right in a middle thereof without any said dovetailed recess being provided thereon;
- the dovetailed recesses and the dovetailed projections each having an isosceles trapezoidal configuration corresponding to each other;
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- a through bore located at a center of the block body and penetrating from the top surface to the bottom surface;
- wherein each said dovetailed projection has an outer end-surface, each said dovetailed recess has an inner surface, a height of said outer end-surface is equal to a width of the outer end-surface, and the height of said outer end-surface of the dovetailed projection is also equal to a width of said inner surface of the dovetailed recess, such that when trying to assemble two identical said building blocks, there will be at least two different ways to assemble these two building blocks, wherein:
- a first way to assemble said building blocks is to have one of the dovetailed projections of one of the building blocks to be received in and retained by one of the dovetailed recesses of the other one of the building blocks in such a manner that, the top surfaces of the block bodies of these two building blocks are lying on the same plane;
- a second way to assemble said building blocks is to have said block body of one said building block to be turned in a 90-degree manner so as to have its dovetailed projection to engage the corresponding dovetailed recess of the block body of the other said building block in a 90-degree cross manner, that is, the top surfaces of the block bodies of these two building blocks will present a perpendicular plane pair.
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A dovetailed building block, comprising:
- a block body that has a regular hexagonal configuration having a top surface, a bottom surface opposite to the top surface, and six side surfaces connecting the top surface and the bottom surface;
- each of said six side surfaces having a flat plane;
- said six side surfaces being sequentially composed of a first side surface, a second side surface, a third side surface, a fourth side surface, a fifth side surface and a sixth side surface;
- each of the first side surface, the third side surface and the fifth side surface being respectively provided with exactly one dovetailed recess located right in a middle thereof without any dovetailed projection being provided thereon;
- each of the second side surface, the fourth side surface and the sixth side surface being respectively provided with exactly one said dovetailed projection located right in a middle thereof without any said dovetailed recess being provided thereon;
- the dovetailed recesses and the dovetailed projections each having an isosceles trapezoidal configuration corresponding to each other;
- wherein each said dovetailed projection has an outer end-surface, each said dovetailed recess has an inner surface, a height of said outer end-surface is equal to a width of the outer end-surface, and the height of said outer end-surface of the dovetailed projection is also equal to a width of said inner surface of the dovetailed recess, such that when trying to assemble two identical said building blocks, there will be at least two different ways to assemble these two building blocks, wherein:
- a first way to assemble said building blocks is to have one of the dovetailed projections of one of the building blocks to be received in and retained by one of the dovetailed recesses of the other one of the building blocks in such a manner that, the top surfaces of the block bodies of these two building blocks are lying on the same plane;
- a second way to assemble said building blocks is to have said block body of one said building block to be turned in a 90-degree manner so as to have its dovetailed projection to engage the corresponding dovetailed recess of the block body of the other said building block in a 90-degree cross manner, that is, the top surfaces of the block bodies of these two building blocks will present a perpendicular plane pair;
- wherein a height of the block body is defined between the top surface and the bottom surface of the dovetailed building block, and the thickness of the outer end-surface of the dovetailed projection at the corresponding side surface is equal to the height of the block body.
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