Amusement devices: toys – Construction toy – Resilient interlocking joint
Patent
1994-11-07
1996-05-21
Hafer, Robert A.
Amusement devices: toys
Construction toy
Resilient interlocking joint
446102, 446106, 446120, 403 4, A63H 3306
Patent
active
055184340
ABSTRACT:
A toy construction set is described having construction modules with male connectors and female connectors on selected ends thereof. Each male connector comprises a projecting pin of generally rounded cross-section with an outwardly projecting shoulder adjacent the outer end thereof. Each female connector comprises a generally square socket formed by a pair of projecting opposed L-shaped fins with one leg of each L-shaped fin being no more than one half the length of the other leg thereby providing gaps on opposite sides of a module. The fins also have grooves on inside faces thereof adapted to receive and hold in a snap fit the projecting shoulder of a male connector. With this arrangement, the modules can be simply snapped together while at the same time being rotatable relative to each other. This rotatable feature adds a new dimension to the constructions and greatly increases play value. The design of the female connector socket also simplifies the moulding of the modules because there are no undercuts.
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Carlson Jeffrey D.
Hafer Robert A.
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