Amusement devices: toys – Construction toy – Interfitting elements
Reexamination Certificate
2009-01-23
2011-11-01
Kim, Gene (Department: 3711)
Amusement devices: toys
Construction toy
Interfitting elements
C446S108000, C446S901000, C446S085000, C024S442000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08047890
ABSTRACT:
A toy construction set has a plurality of interconnectable objects each having a plurality of faces. Some of these faces have a connector, while other faces lack a connector but have a fibrous or pierceable material. The connector includes a first hub and a second hub that are concentrically nested. Each of the hubs has on one side thereof a plurality of spiral prongs. The spiral prongs on the first hub spiral in a direction opposite that of the spiral prongs on the second hub. The connector also has a manually operable link connected between the first and the second hub for relatively rotating them in opposite directions. The play activity proceeds by adjoining a pair of the objects with a prominent, connector-bearing face of one of the pair touching a prominent connector-free face of the other one of the pair. The player will counter-rotate the hubs in the connector of the prominent connector-bearing face to embed their spiral prongs in the fibrous or pierceable material of the prominent connector-free face.
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Adams Thomas L.
Kim Gene
Stanczak Matthew B
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