KR100537395B1 - A toy building set - Google Patents

Abstract

The toy building set is arranged in such a way that the coupling studs 20 are arranged in rows in two main directions perpendicular to each other, while forming diagonal rows in diagonal directions with respect to the main direction. Building elements 11, 21, 22 of a first type with coupling studs 10, 20 arranged in a two-dimensional regular pattern arranged to be spaced apart and having a space having a width d greater than Coupling studs 10, 20 on the building element of the first type in a releasable coupling state configured to be mutually coupled to the building elements 11, 21, 22 of the structure and arranged in a circumferential direction between the rows of coupling studs. Building elements 11, 21, 22 of a second type having paired parallel coupling walls 11, 23, 24 forming a hollow with coupling means for receiving a To interlock with building elements (11, 21, 22) Coupling by having paired parallel coupling walls 42, 52 which form a hollow with coupling means for receiving coupling studs 10, 20 on other building elements in a releasable and releasable engagement state. The walls 42, 52 further comprise a third type of building element 40, 50, 60a, 60b, 61a, 61b, 62a, 62b arranged to be arranged diagonally in the space between the diagonal rows of coupling studs. .

Description

Toy Building Set {A TOY BUILDING SET}

The present invention relates to a toy building set or building system using mutually relatable building elements, in particular coupling means for detachably receiving a coupling stud on another building element with a coupling stud on one side. A building element having a paired parallel coupling wall that forms a hollow portion with an opening.

Such a toy building system is known from US Pat. No. 3,005,282, characterized in that the coupling studs are arranged in rows in the main direction perpendicular to each other so that the studs form a square pattern. Building elements with paired parallel coupling walls are typically arranged such that the coupling walls constituting the outer wall of the building element are located in the space between the rows of coupling studs. In the case of a square pattern, the coupling elements also form a diagonal direction between the main directions, and a space with a width greater than zero between the diagonal rows in a commercially available building set under the trade names LEGO ^® or DUPLO ^®, etc. This is provided.

DE 2,414,246 discloses a building set with studs that are substantially perpendicular to each other. In each main row, large or small studs are alternately formed in a pattern forming diagonal rows. The diameter of the large studs, the diameter of the small studs, and the relative distance between the studs are determined by a building block with walls forming hollows on the lower side of the building block, with two parallel walls on the building block having a large stud in the main column direction. Is arranged to be selectively arranged to span small studs in the direction of the column or diagonal row.

U.S. Patent No. 3,162,973 discloses a toy building block with outer walls that are perpendicular to each other and form hollows on the underside of the building block. This hollow has diagonally extending walls. However, the building blocks can only be interconnected with their respective outer walls in the main direction of the studs.

1 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a toy building element of the prior art with coupling studs arranged in a direction perpendicular to each other.

2 is a schematic view of building elements assembled from a known toy building set.

3 is a schematic diagram of a toy building set according to the present invention.

4 and 5 are perspective views of the known toy building elements seen from above and below.

6 is a perspective view of another known toy building element.

Figure 7 is a partial perspective view from below of a new toy building element for use in a toy building set according to the present invention.

8 is a bottom view of the toy building element shown in FIG.

9 and 10 show, from the top and bottom, another new toy building element for use in the building set according to the invention.

FIG. 11 is a schematic view showing the building element shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 combined with a toy building element with a coupling stud of the same type as shown in FIG.

12 is a schematic diagram showing a building set according to the invention with the building elements shown in FIGS. 4, 5, 7 and 8 in combination with known building elements.

FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram showing the building set shown in FIG. 10 with two building elements similar to those shown in FIGS. 7 and 8;

The toy block set according to the invention provides a building block with coupling walls arranged to be positioned diagonally in the space between the diagonal rows of coupling studs. This gives a new building operation.

The present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 shows a known arrangement of cylindrical coupling studs 10 arranged in rows of 4x5 in the main direction perpendicular to each other on the outer face of an unshown building element such as a building plate. The building set shown in FIG. 1 is a DUPLO ^® building set. The same space is provided between the coupling studs in the two main directions, so that the studs form a square pattern. The DUPLO ^® toy building element 11 has coupling walls 12 arranged in the space between the rows of coupling studs in the main direction, the inner side of the coupling walls contacting two rows of coupling studs 10. . Within the hollow formed by the coupling walls 12, the building element 11 has coupling means in the form of a coupling tube 13 which contacts four coupling studs 10, which couple It is coupled onto the coupling stud by ring means.

The square stud coupling studs shown in FIG. 1 also form heat in the diagonal direction forming an angle of 45 ° with respect to the main directions.

FIG. 2 shows another known arrangement of cylindrical coupling studs 20 arranged in rows of 4x8 with major directions perpendicular to each other on the outer surface of an unshown building element such as a building plate. The building set illustrated in Figure 2 is a LEGO ^® SYSTEM building set. The building set also has the same spacing between the coupling studs in the two main directions so that the studs form a square pattern. Similar to FIG. 1, two building elements 21, 22 are coupled on the coupling stud 20 of FIG. 2. The coupling walls 23, 24 of the building elements 21, 22 are arranged in contact with the coupling studs 20 in the space between the coupling studs in the main direction. In the hollows formed by the respective coupling walls of the building elements 21, 22, there is provided a tubular coupling means or coupling tube 25 disclosed in US Pat. No. 3,005,282. The coupling tubes 25 contact four coupling studs 20, the inner diameters of which correspond to the outer diameter of the coupling studs 20.

4 and 5 show a known toy building element 30 that forms part of a toy building system disclosed in WO 96/09869 and sold under the trade name PRIMO ^® . This building element 30 has a box-shaped base portion with a substantially rectangular horizontal cross section and rounded edges. The building element 30 has four outer boundary walls 31, and a coupling stud 32 is provided on the upper surface of the element. The coupling stud 32 has a short cylindrical portion at the bottom and a hemispherical portion with the same diameter as the cylindrical portion at the top. The outer boundary wall 31 of the building element forms or partitions a hollow at the bottom of the element, in which the coupling means 33 has a cylindrical coupling having an inner diameter corresponding to the diameter of the coupling stud 32. It is provided in the form of a tube so that the coupling stud 32 is received in the coupling tube 33. The diameters of the coupling studs 32 and the coupling tube 33 are mutually constructed so that the building elements can be mutually coupled to each other with little friction or even frictional forces that produce a constant holding force so that even the infant can stack the blocks. Can be. The lowermost part of the coupling tube 33 extends a distance below the outer boundary wall 31 of the element.

FIG. 6 shows another toy building element 35 which is part of the toy building system disclosed in WO 96/09869 similar to the element 30 shown in FIGS. 4 and 5. This element 35 has four coupling studs 32 each identical to the coupling studs 32 on the element 30, on which the four coupling studs are arranged in a square. . In a manner corresponding to that of the element 35, the lower side of the element 35 is provided with a tubular coupling skirt under each of the four coupling studs (not shown).

7 and 8 show a new toy building element 40. The outer coupling skirt 41 and the inner coupling skirt 42 protrude downward from the bottom of the building element 40. By means of the coupling skirts 41, 42, the building element 40 is constructed of a building system disclosed in WO 96/09869, such as the element 30 shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 or the element 35 shown in FIG. 6. It can be coupled to a toy building element. The single coupling stud 32 on the element 30 is in each of the four illustrated positions 32a in the space between the outer coupling skirt 41 and the inner coupling skirt 42, in particular the inner coupling skirt 42. Can be received frictionally or without friction in one illustrated position 32b. In addition, the four coupling studs 32 on the element 35 may be received frictionally or without friction at the four positions 32a.

FIG. 11 shows how the toy building element 40 is coupled to a DUPLO ^® building element when the building plate is equipped with a DUPLO ^® coupling stud 10. The outer coupling skirt 41 connects or accepts 5 × 5 coupling studs 10 in a square, the inner part of which contacts four coupling studs 10a located at the corners of the square, The stud 10b is located in the center of the square side portions, so that the outer coupling stud 41 constitutes walls arranged in the space between the rows of coupling studs in the main direction. The inner coupling skirt 42 connects or accommodates five coupling studs 10 arranged in two crossing rows in the main direction, and the inner coupling skirt is arranged in the space between the rows of coupling studs in the diagonal direction. Construct the walls.

9 and 10 show a new toy building with a box-shaped base portion with four substantially rectangular cross-sections and rounded edges and four outer boundary walls 51 and coupling studs, similar to the building elements shown in FIGS. 4 and 5. Element 50 is shown. This building element 50 has only a hollow portion formed by the outer boundary wall 51 having a coupling skirt 52 having the same dimensions as the inner coupling skirt 42 on the building elements of FIGS. 7, 8 and 11. This is different from the building element 30 shown in FIGS. 4 and 5. As such, the building elements 50 are interconnected to other building elements with the DUPLO ^® coupling stud 10 by a coupling skirt 52 arranged in the space between the diagonal rows of the coupling studs 10.

Figure 12 shows two DUPLO ^® building elements 11 and PRIMO ^® building elements 30 attached on a building plate with DUPLO ^® coupling studs 10. The PRIMO ^® building element 30 allows its coupling skirt 33 to accommodate four coupling studs 10 and the element can rotate about four studs as described in WO 96/09869 (adjacent elements). Are shown in a known position, which does not constrain their rotation. The PRIMO ^® building element 30 cannot be stacked in proximity to the DUPLO ^® building element and its outer boundary wall 31 cannot be aligned with the outer boundary wall of the DUPLO ^® element. This is not possible because the distance between the outer boundary wall of the PRIMO ^® element and the DUPLO ^® element is exactly one half of the distance of the two adjacent coupling studs 10, which is not possible with DUPLO ^® and PRIMO ^® elements. Is the minimum distance to move on.

12 also shows a new building element 50 arranged in the vicinity of the PRIMO ^® building element 30. Here, the coupling skirt 52 on the building element 50 receives four coupling studs 10, the vertical part or walls of the coupling skirt 52 between the diagonal rows of the coupling studs 10. Arranged in space. Thus, the new building element 50 is arranged at a position on the coupling stud 10 that corresponds exactly to the position of the PRIMO ^® element. However, the new building element 50 is prevented from rotating in the position where it will be stacked on the DUPLO ^® stud 10.

Like the coupling skirt 42 on the building element 40, the coupling skirt 52 may be laminated on the PRIMO ^® coupling stud 32 of the other building elements. Therefore, it is possible to obtain the exact same building works in PRIMO ^® building element 30 of known, except that the rotation of the new building element 50 is prevented. Its possibility of rotation is prevented by the vertical coupling walls of the coupling skirt being arranged in the space between the diagonal rows of coupling studs.

FIG. 13 shows two DUPLO ^® building elements 11 attached to a building plate using two new building elements 50 and a DUPLO ^® coupling stud 10. Here, the building elements 50 are arranged in such a way that their coupling skirts 52 surround the five coupling studs 10 in the same way as the coupling skirt 42 shown in FIG. Building element 50 is arranged in a state of being disposed in close-up portion on the DUPLO ^® building element 11, the outer boundary wall (51) in the main direction. In addition, the DUPLO ^® building element 11 and the new building element 50 have outer boundary walls which are aligned with each other or arranged in the same plane perpendicular to the building plate.

Thus, a building element with a new coupling skirt 42 or 52 with walls configured to be arranged in the space between the diagonal rows of coupling studs has the same exact coupling position as in the known PRIMO ^® element, and also the new couple The ring position is shifted diagonally by 1/2 of the distance between adjacent studs in the diagonal direction. This doubles the number of coupling positions.

3 shows a modification of the toy building system according to the present invention. Here, a known LEGO ^® SYSTEM building plate is used for the coupling studs 20 arranged in rows with each other in a vertical scanning direction. As in FIG. 1, here again a space (not shown) is provided between the diagonal rows of coupling studs 20. Known building elements 21 have a coupling tube 25 that surrounds four coupling studs 20 and contacts the four coupling studs 20.

3 also shows toy building elements 60a, 60b, 61a, 61b, 62a, 62b having all of the coupling walls arranged in the space between the diagonal rows of coupling element 20. The building elements 60a, 60b are shown to be the same and in two different coupling positions which respectively surround one and two coupling studs 20. In addition, the elements 61a and 61b are also shown as being in two coupling positions surrounding the four and five coupling studs 20, respectively. Finally, elements 62a and 62b are also the same and surround eleven and twelve coupling studs 20, respectively.

Like the building elements 21, 22, the building elements 61a, 61b, 62a, 62b also have cylindrical coupling tubes 25 in the hollows formed by their coupling walls. These coupling walls 25 are shown because the coupling tubes are coupled to the outer side on four coupling studs 20 or to the inner side around one single coupling stud 20 as in FIG. 2. One coupling position of both coupling positions.

Like the building element 50, the building elements 60a, 60b, 61a, 61b, 62a, 62b have outer boundary walls in the main direction or outer boundary walls in the diagonal direction, so that these boundary walls can be stacked adjacent to each other. To make it possible.

Building elements 50, 60a, 60b, 61a, 61b, 62a, 62b can always have even or odd coupling studs 20 between the coupling walls, where the difference between even and odd is always one. .

Claims (3)

A first building element having uniform coupling studs 10, 20 arranged regularly in two dimensions, and second building elements 11, 21, 22 mutually coupled to the first building element, The coupling studs 10, 20 are arranged in rows in two main directions perpendicular to each other, and the coupling studs are arranged in the main direction to provide a space having a width d between adjacent diagonal rows. To form diagonal columns in the diagonal direction, The second building element 11, 21, 22 has two pairs of parallel coupling walls 12, 23, 24, the coupling walls 12, 23, 24 forming a hollow hollow rectangular cross section. The hollow part is formed by the coupling means 12, 13, 23, 24, 25 in the hollow part such that the coupling walls 12, 23, 24 are arranged in a circumferential direction between the rows of coupling studs. A frictionally detachable housing of the coupling studs 10, 20 on one building element, wherein the coupling walls allow two second building elements to simultaneously connect one coupling wall between adjacent rows of coupling studs, respectively. A toy building set having a thickness that allows it to have, And further comprising third building elements 40, 50, 60a, 60b, 61a, 61b, 62a, 62b that mutually couple with the first building element, The third building elements 40, 50, 60a, 60b, 61a, 61b, 62a, 62b have two pairs of parallel coupling walls 42, 52, the coupling walls 42, 52 Coupling means 12, 13, 23, 24 in the hollow such that a hollow section of rectangular cross section is formed, such that the coupling walls 42, 52 are arranged diagonally in the space between the diagonal rows of coupling studs. 25 to refrigerately receive at least two coupling studs 10, 20 on the first building element, the third building element 40, 50, 60a, 60b, 61a, 61b, The coupling walls 42 and 52 of 62a and 62b have a thickness corresponding to the width d of the space between adjacent diagonal rows, the third building element having an even number of coupling studs in the first position with a hollow portion. In the second position and an odd number of coupling studs may optionally be mutually coupled with the first building element to be received in the hollow part. Toy building set according to claim. The third building element (40, 50, 60a, 60b, 61a, 61b, 62a, 62b) has an outer boundary wall (51) extending beyond the coupling walls (42, 52) of the elements. Featuring a toy building set. The toy building set according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the outer boundary wall (51) is located in the main direction when engaged with the first building element (11, 21, 22).