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EP0614395B1
EP0614395B1 EP93918787A EP93918787A EP0614395B1 EP 0614395 B1 EP0614395 B1 EP 0614395B1 EP 93918787 A EP93918787 A EP 93918787A EP 93918787 A EP93918787 A EP 93918787A EP 0614395 B1 EP0614395 B1 EP 0614395B1
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John Rex Langford
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H33/00—Other toys
    • A63H33/04—Building blocks, strips, or similar building parts

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  • This invention relates to an educational toy and, in particular to constructional toys which can be interconnected.
  • Polydron One well known toy of this type is sold under the registered trade mark "Polydron".
  • the Polydron toy has along its length one portion which extends outwardly to a notional periphery of the side and a portion which is located inwardly of this, the outwardly directed portion having a cut away portion adjacent its outer edge and the inward portion having an outwardly extending portion on its outer edge, the inward edge portion being effectively in line with the inward portion of the edge and the outward end portion being effectively in line with the outward portion.
  • a spring member which is formed of the same material as the body of the toy and defined by two cut outs directed towards the centre of the toy.
  • the portions are formed with a pip on the outer edge of the outwardly directed portion and a dimple on the outwardly directed end portion adjacent the inward portion so that when two like members are engaged but are inverted one relative to the other, the pips and dimples engage and there is a resilient outward pressure provided by the spring members which are in contact with each other.
  • the Polydron toy whilst satisfactory has a number of disadvantages.
  • the spring members are put under stress when adjacent members are interconnected and they can well break and, once, one of these members is broken, there is no pressure put on the junction between the pips and dimples and the components do not hold together.
  • the second is that where the members are solid it can be difficult to construct a complex shape as the building of the shape has to all be done from effectively the outer surface.
  • a further disadvantage is that the members are relatively expensive in that they are formed from solid plastics material and the quantity of plastics in each component is relatively high.
  • GB-A-1 378 942 discloses a constructional toy comprising planar elements which are attachably hinged together in edge to edge relationship.
  • Each element has at least one margin having at least two projections with a recess therebetween, an end face of one projection being formed with a recessed hinge socket and an end face of the other projection being formed with a protruding hinge pip.
  • the end face of one of the projections constitutes an abutment face.
  • the margin of the component is adapted to mate with a complimentary margin of another like element with the hinge pip of each element sprung into the hinge socket of the other element and with the abutment face abutting the complimentary abutment face of the other element so as to maintain the hinge grip of each element in the hinge socket of the other element.
  • Resilience is provided in the margin to enable the hinge pip of one element to be sprung into the hinge socket of the other element during mating.
  • at least one of the projections may be divided by a slot to provide a resilient tongue which will allow the hinge pip of one element to be sprung into the hinge socket of the other element or by forming at least the margin of the element from a material having sufficient resilience to enable the hinge grip of one element to be sprung into the hinge socket of the other element.
  • CA-A-2035122 discloses a construction element for a toy formed from semi-rigid or resilient material and having a planar polygonal shape with a number of peripheral interspaced equal sized teeth and notches. Each edge starts with two notches followed by a tooth. The teeth adjacent the edges have a convex projection facing towards the edge. All the other teeth edges have mating convex depressions. Two elements can be snapped together to form mating, hinging connection.
  • EP-A-0121433 discloses polygonal construction modules capable of being connected together to create three-dimensional shapes.
  • Each module comprises a body portion having edge faces, a top face and a bottom face.
  • Each edge face has a plurality of outwardly projecting integrally formed fingers of square or rectangular cross-section with spaces therebetween.
  • the side edge of at least one of the fingers has a convex projection and at least one of the fingers has a corresponding depression.
  • the convections and depressions are arranged to provide a snap-together lateral interlock between adjacent modules whilst permitting hinging action between the modules.
  • US-A-4309852 discloses a geodesic structure including a plurality of triangular panels which are assembled to define a sphere.
  • Each panel is of unitary construction molded from plastic and includes a first set of mail lugs and a second set of female lugs projecting from its sides.
  • the female lugs are arranged in pairs and spaced along the length of the associated panel side so as to receive a mail lug on one side of another panel in order to provide a connection there between.
  • Outer ends on both the male and female lugs include connection surfaces that snap into engagement with each other as the male lug of each connection is inserted between the associated female lugs in order to secure the panel sides and thereby prevent relative movement between the length of each side.
  • each triangular panel includes elongate side members that define a central opening and the sides with the connection lugs project outwardly therefrom in the plane of the panel.
  • This invention provides a constructional toy component according to claim 1.
  • the toy component has a number of said pairs of rod-like portions for engagement with pairs of rod-like portions of other components.
  • the extension may be a generally hemispherical extension and the socket may be a complementary generally hemispherical recess.
  • said one member extension at one end of the rod-like portion may be coaxial with the rod-like portion and the socket on the recess may be located on the same axis at the remote end of the recess from the projecting rod-like portion.
  • the simplest form of construction component made in accordance with the invention is a triangle, as illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 and, in accordance with the first embodiment, it is an open triangle having three sides 10, 11, 12 each of which is similar to that described hereinbefore with the central portion of the triangle open.
  • Each side has a pair of rod like portions 15, 16 which are interconnected 17 at their inner ends.
  • the rod like portion 16 has an extension 18 which is coaxial with the portion and the rod like portion 15 has a recess 19 which is also coaxial with the rod like portion 16 and which is on an extension 20 which is directly outwardly from the portion 15.
  • the extension 18 and the recess 19 may both be in the forms of generally hemispherical members.
  • the general shape of the portion 22 which, amongst other includes the recess 19 is adapted to assist in providing the triangular shape and one side of which 23 acts to receive the side 24 of an adjacent side, where members are connected.
  • each of the sides 10, 11 and 12, can be considered to be identical.
  • the component can, as has been the case with previous systems, be of a number of different shapes, including pentagon, hexagon or even rhomboid and, if required, they could have internal components.
  • Figure 5 shows the interconnection of four different shapes, the triangle and square already illustrated, a triangle having an internal configuration which will be described more fully later, and a pentagon.
  • Figure 5 shows these components lying in a single plane.
  • the component to be connected thereto is rotated so that the side is complimentary to the side of the first component and that is so that the extension 18 are in each case adjacent the recesses 19.
  • the length of the portions 15 and 16 permit this as do the spacings of the axis of these portions one from the other.
  • the flexure can be in any direction, in the plane or away from the plane of the component.
  • a major feature of the present invention is that when the adjacent sides are so engaged, there is effectively no stress on either of the components. This means that the flexing occurs only during the period of engagement when the components are being inter-connected. Once engagement has occurred, the arrangement is without further stress. Thus, there can be no long term change in the components as a result of their interconnection.
  • the arrangement of the various shapes of members are such that they can inter-engage into each other with no difficulty and, again, once inter-engagement has occurred, there is no stress on the members. In this way, a substantial three dimensional construction can be made.
  • the component of the present invention has the advantages previously set out as being required and that is that it can readily be fitted together and, in particular, if there is a complex shape to be made it is possible to work both from the inside and outside of individual components, which has not generally previously been possible, although some components have been proposed with central apertures. These have been generally relatively small compared to the overall component whereas the rods that constitute the sides of the components of the present invention are small relative to the overall size.
  • the component of the invention can also have certain enhancements if these be required.
  • the actual mode of connection of the circular member can vary depending upon the shape of the particular component.
  • This component may act as a connector to a rod having a deformable mouth extending from each end thereof, which mouths are adapted to pass over and be retained by the circular member.
  • the diameter of the periphery of the circular member must be such as to engage with the mouth of the rod.
  • the rods can be formed with a mouth in the form of two spaced members and rods themselves may be interconnected to obtain an extension by engagement end to end.
  • panels which act as covers to the various members.
  • such panels may have integral clips which are adapted to fit over the members of the shape to be covered, the clips being complimentary with the shape of the rods, and, once again, the clips may be deformed whilst being fitted but be in a non-stressed condition once fitted.
  • This arrangement is such that a space frame can be built from the constructional members and then, if required, the space frame can be sheathed to provide the final end product.

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  1. Elément de jeu de construction sous forme d'un cadre ouvert ayant au moins trois côtés (10, 11, 12), chaque côté étant formé d'organes analogues à des tiges (15, 16) dont deux au moins ont des axes parallèles et distants et sont interconnectés (17) à leurs extrémités contiguës, les organes pouvant coopérer avec une paire analogue d'organes d'un autre élément, un prolongement (18) placé pratiquement axialement sur l'extrémité non contiguë de l'organe plus éloigné du l'intérieur de l'élément, une cavité (19) complémentaire du prolongement, adjacente à l'extrémité non contiquë de l'autre organe et pratiquement coaxiale à l'axe de l'organe plus éloigné de l'intérieur de l'élément, chaque côté étant déformable élastiquement autour d'un axe compris entre les deux extrémités du côté afin que, lorsque deux côtés d'éléments différents sont mis en coopération, l'un au moins des côtés puisse fléchir autour de son axe pour permettre leur emboítement, si bien que le prolongement d'un organe pénètre dans la cavité complémentaire de l'autre et inversement, la disposition étant telle que, lorsque la flexion disparaít, les côtés ne présentent pas de déformation et les éléments sont maintenus en coopération par l'emboítement des organes complémentaires.
  2. Elément de jeu selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le prolongement (18) est un prolongement de forme générale hémisphérique, et la cavité (19) est une cavité complémentaire de forme générale hémisphérique.
  3. Elément de jeu selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé on ce que l'élément de jeu est formé de matière plastique moulée par injection.
  4. Elément de jeu selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que la matière plastique utilisée est une matière plastique non élastique de façon générale.
  5. Jeu éducatif comprenant au moins deux éléments selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, interconnectés pour la formation d'une construction.
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