Amusement devices: toys – Construction toy – Including substrate for construction elements
Patent
1996-03-11
1999-03-02
Nguyen, Kien T.
Amusement devices: toys
Construction toy
Including substrate for construction elements
446219, 362 97, 108 23, A63H 3322, A63H 3306
Patent
active
058762620
ABSTRACT:
A light table having a table top surface fabricated of translucent or transparent polymer material, one surface being of a smooth and planar configuration, while the alternative surface may include a series of integral sockets, and into which various light blocks or game pieces may insert, and be built up into structured configurations. The smooth table top surface may be used with planar light transmitting pieces, tinted to various colors, be either translucent or transparent in configuration, and through their combination can provide both pleasure through their usage, and a source of education to the child regarding light and its transmission and color mixing to attain various coloration. The light blocks may be fabricated as fiber optics, and scintillating fiber optics, or of translucent material, to enhance the transmission of light emanating from the illuminating lamps provided within the interchangeable table top surfaces of this invention. The light table may incline.
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Kelly Ray G.
Moser Klaus
Turnbough Sharon
Angeles Group Inc.
Carlson Jeffrey D.
Nguyen Kien T.
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