Toy construction set formed from plural building blocks

Details Toy construction set formed from plural building blocks Toy construction set formed from plural building blocks

1990-03-09

1992-04-14

Yu, Mickey

Amusement devices: toys

Construction toy

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446114, 446117, A63H 3308

Patent

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051043459

ABSTRACT:
A construction toy configured as a humanoid figurine formed from: a torso having a front wall and a rear wall, a head area, downwardly extending legs and outwardly extending arms. The torso and its front and rear walls provide first and second attachment surfaces which are complementally formed mirror images, one of the other so as to provide connecting elements when the figurines are to be stacked and interconnected. Because the nature of the attachment surfaces is neutral with respect to its center, the connecting elements can also allow attachment to an adjacent stack of figurines in a rotational pattern. The connecting elements also allows quadrans of the torso to be stacked forming imbrications. The head has a profile provided with a first fastening elements for interconnection with either the second attachment surface or other fastening elements. Each leg is formed from two pieces of planar stock spaced one from the other defining a groove. The groove defines a second fastening elements. Each leg is spaced one from the other with a gap defining a third fastening elements. Each arm is provided with a peripheral extemity defining a fourth fastening elements. Each arm is provided on a front surface thereof with a pair of spaced locking ribs defining a fifth fastening elements. Each back surface of the arm is provided with a locking tab providing a sixth fastening elements.

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