EP0039100A2 - Zusammengesetzter Spielbaustein - Google Patents

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EP0039100A2
EP0039100A2 EP81200394A EP81200394A EP0039100A2 EP 0039100 A2 EP0039100 A2 EP 0039100A2 EP 81200394 A EP81200394 A EP 81200394A EP 81200394 A EP81200394 A EP 81200394A EP 0039100 A2 EP0039100 A2 EP 0039100A2
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Alessandro Quercetti
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Alessandro Quercetti and C Fabbrica Giocattoli Formativi SpA
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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
    • A63H33/06—Building blocks, strips, or similar building parts to be assembled without the use of additional elements
    • A63H33/08—Building blocks, strips, or similar building parts to be assembled without the use of additional elements provided with complementary holes, grooves, or protuberances, e.g. dovetails
    • A63H33/088—Building blocks, strips, or similar building parts to be assembled without the use of additional elements provided with complementary holes, grooves, or protuberances, e.g. dovetails with holes
    • 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
    • A63H33/10—Building blocks, strips, or similar building parts to be assembled by means of additional non-adhesive elements
    • A63H33/101—Building blocks, strips, or similar building parts to be assembled by means of additional non-adhesive elements with clip or snap mechanism

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  • the present invention relates to elements for building construction sets of the type generally having, on one side, junction reliefs and, on the opposite side, cavities suitable for receiving the junction reliefs of a similar element.
  • these elements have a shell shape, that is to say an open box, and the cavities intended to receive the reliefs of junction of another element are defined by the same side walls of the shell element, which have a certain elastic deformability which is used to obtain timely friction in the junction between two elements, without requiring excessive precision in construction.
  • a joining system does not, by its very nature, allow the production of elements in the form of a closed box, which would be appropriate for elements of considerable dimensions, intended for younger users.
  • the object of the present invention is to remedy the above drawbacks of the known elements for built-in constructions and to allow the production of closed box shaped elements, of economical manufacture and which, also in the largest dimensions, ensure uniformity and appropriate stability of the embedded joints.
  • the idea of the invention is that of making groups of junction reliefs in the form of fabricated components. qués separately, applied to the main body of each element which forms its box structure and which presents the cavities for the embedding of the reliefs of junction of a similar element.
  • each group of junctional reliefs forms a piece of reduced dimensions on which the contraction inequalities of the material from which it is formed are not of great importance and, moreover, precautions known in the art.
  • small parts stamping technique can reduce this contraction inequality to negligible limits. It follows that it is possible to produce elements of large assembly dimensions, in which, however, the junction reliefs, which form the most delicate part of the elements, are not adversely affected by the large dimensions. of all the elements. This thus makes it possible to respect appropriate tolerances in the interference between the junction members, which ensure stable junctions, of easy composition and unwinding, without resorting to the elastic deformability of the walls, which is not available in the elements to be closed box.
  • Another development of the idea of the invention consists in the realization of the relief groups with a material different from that which forms the main bodies of the elements.
  • the idea of the invention can be used in the best way, by using for the relief groups a material less subject to the inequalities of contraction and, on the other hand, one can conveniently choose the two materials in such a way that there is no evidence of seizures and wear in the reciprocal embedding.
  • This can be done even by adopting a relatively high price material for the relief groups, without causing any serious influence on the overall price of the elements, given the small mass of the components formed by the relief groups.
  • the main body of the elements is made of polyvinyl chloride, which ensures economical production, the possibility of adequately coloring the elements and obtaining a pleasant presentation.
  • the groups of reliefs are made of polyamide resin, which is capable of precision stamping and has characteristics of wear resistance and self-lubrication such as to ensure obtaining built-in junctions which are at the same time stable and slippery.
  • the main body of the elements can advantageously be made, for example, of acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene resin.
  • Another development of the idea of the invention consists in the application of groups of reliefs of junction to the main bodies of the elements with limited mobility, according to the direction of greatest extension of the elements.
  • each group of junction reliefs can be centered automatically, at the time when the embedding is carried out, in the respective cavity, thus compensating even for the inaccuracies of position of the same cavities, which are due, inter alia , to the inequalities of contraction of the material which constitutes the main bodies of the elements.
  • each element is preferably constituted by two parts, a larger one, comprising the upper face of the element with the junction cavity and the side walls, and the other smaller, forming a base for closing the underside of the body of the element and having means for receiving the application of groups of junction reliefs.
  • These two parts of the body can be made integral by means of gluing or welding, particularly by ultrasonic welding, while the application of the groups of relief junction to the base can preferably be carried out by means of elastic release tabs inserted. in slots.
  • the element represented is in the form of a rectangular parallelepiped and, in this example, it has a height equal to the width and a length double of the first two; the element therefore corresponds to two unit elements or modules, cubic in this case, arranged side by side.
  • the body of the element comprises a first shell part formed by the upper face 1, lateral faces 2 and end faces 3.
  • the upper face 1 In the upper face 1 are formed two cavities 4 of circular section, intended to receive the embedding the reliefs of junction of another similar element.
  • the perimeter wall of each cavity 4 has, in this case, vertical ribs 5 intended to establish, between the various elementB, conveniently oriented junction positions.
  • the underside of the shell 1 - 5 is closed by a base 6 inserted in a seat at the edges of the side walls 2 and end 3, and it is fixed there, for example, by means of ultrasonic welding.
  • the base 6 has, on the same axis of the cavity 4 of the upper wall 1, cavities 7 which, in this case, are also circular.
  • cavities 7 which, in this case, are also circular.
  • slots 8 which are oriented with their largest dimension substantially parallel to the largest dimension (length) of the building element.
  • Parts 1-3 and 6 can be made, for example, of polyvinyl chloride.
  • a wafer 9 is produced, in this case circular and of slightly smaller diameter than that of the cavity 7 of the base 6, the thickness of which corresponds substantially to the depth of said cavities 7.
  • On the outside of the plate 9 extend four connecting studs 10 arranged so that they can be inserted, with slightly forced coupling, into a cavity 4 of the upper wall 1 of the body of a building element.
  • the four studs 10 are cylindrical and arranged like the vertices of a square.
  • On the inner side of the plate 9 extend two diametrically opposite tongues 11 which end with teeth and are arranged so that they can be inserted with a little play in the slots 8 of the base 6 and engage therein by elastic release.
  • the element is completed by introducing, with elastic release, a plate 9 in each cavity 7 of the base 6 (in the case of the element shown, two inserts 9 are therefore introduced) so that the inserts 9 substantially occupy the cavities 7, the teeth of the tongues 11 release behind the base 6 by fixing the inserts (FIG. 5), and from the face of the element which is opposite to the face 1 which has the cavities 4, the connecting studs 10 are protruding (FIGS. 1, 3 and 4) and arranged to be introduced into the cavity 4 of a similar element, and thus effect the interlocking junction of the two elements.
  • the plates 9 are applied to the caps 6 so that the ideal squares defined by the studs 10 are inclined by 45 ° relative to the ribs of the caps, which ensures greater stability.
  • the space between the four studs 10 of each group corresponds to the dimensions of a stud and this allows, if desired, to join two elements by joining studs against studs, in a similar manner to the embodiment of the arrangement according to the Italian Patent No. 739,869.
  • Component 9, 10, 11 is relatively small, independently of the dimensions of a construction element (which can even correspond to several unit elements or modules). It can be made, for example, of polyamide resin, ensuring excellent joining qualities with respect to the cavities 4 of the body of the element, which is made, in this example, of polyvinyl chloride.
  • the play which exists between the periphery of the plate 9 and the hollow seat 7, as well as between the tongues 11 and the slots 8 (in the direction of the greatest extension of the latter) grants slight mobility to the groups. of connecting studs 10 relative to the body of the element and, consequently, their exact adaptation to the positions, possibly imprecise as construction or because of unequal contractions of a coupled element.
  • the building element according to the invention has the cavities 4 only if it is intended to be an intermediate element and to receive junctions on both sides; it can be devoid of it when it has to be simply coupled to another element by means of its own studs 10.
  • the shape of its body can be completely arbitrary.
  • the dimensions and the shape of the element can also vary, but preferably by multiples of an ideal unit element or module, not necessarily cubic.
  • the junction reliefs 10 of the plates 9 can have a shape different from that of the studs, and even the number of reliefs of a group can be different from four; the shape of the cavities4 may not be circular provided that it is suitable for the shape and arrangement of the junction reliefs.
  • the use of different materials for the bodies of the elements and for the groups of junction reliefs may, in some cases, not be necessary. Even the mobility of the plates 9 may in some cases not be requested, as is verified, for example, for the unimodular elements. In these cases, the said clearances may be missing, or else they may be present only to maintain the uniformity of manufacture of the various elements of the construction.
  • the cavities 7 of the caps 6 could not be circular but ovalized, to present, with respect to the plates 9, a clearance in the only direction of their mobility; the same effect could be obtained by ovalizing, on the contrary, the plates 9.
  • the body of the element for construction could result from three parts, a perimeter and two caps, or else the functions described for the upper wall 1 and for the cap 6 could be exchanged.

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  • Buildings Adapted To Withstand Abnormal External Influences (AREA)
EP81200394A 1980-04-28 1981-04-06 Zusammengesetzter Spielbaustein Expired EP0039100B1 (de)

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AT81200394T ATE3816T1 (de) 1980-04-28 1981-04-06 Zusammengesetzter spielbaustein.

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IT6767080 1980-04-28
IT67670/80A IT1147731B (it) 1980-04-28 1980-04-28 Elemento composito per costruzione ad incastro

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EP0039100A2 true EP0039100A2 (de) 1981-11-04
EP0039100A3 EP0039100A3 (en) 1981-11-18
EP0039100B1 EP0039100B1 (de) 1983-06-22

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JP (1) JPS56168775A (de)
AT (1) ATE3816T1 (de)
DE (1) DE3160464D1 (de)
DK (1) DK147481A (de)
ES (1) ES8301649A1 (de)
GR (1) GR75200B (de)
IT (1) IT1147731B (de)

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EP0228103A1 (de) * 1985-11-14 1987-07-08 Westerburgen geb. van Hest, Cornelia Petronella Maria Bausteine zum Aufeinandersetzen und Montagestift
US6086444A (en) * 1998-12-21 2000-07-11 Connector Set Limited Partnership Block-type construction toy
EP1022040A3 (de) * 1999-01-20 2003-03-26 ALESSANDRO QUERCETTI & C. Fabbrica Giocattoli Formativi - S.p.A. System von Elementen zur Herstellung statischer oder dynamischer Bauwerke
WO2017118956A1 (en) * 2016-01-08 2017-07-13 Lobo Blocks Limited Building blocks and building block assemblies

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JPS59159497U (ja) * 1983-04-12 1984-10-25 株式会社　新星堂 組立て玩具用ブロツク
USD420062S (en) 1998-12-21 2000-02-01 Connector Set Limited Partnership Single stud construction toy block
USD420711S (en) 1998-12-21 2000-02-15 Connector Set Limited Partnership Dual stud construction toy block
USD426588S (en) 1998-12-21 2000-06-13 Connector Set Limited Partnership Treble stud construction toy block
EP1464369A1 (de) 2003-04-04 2004-10-06 Theodorus Suibertus Anthonius ROLF Spielbaustein, dafür geeignete Schraube und Schraubgerät
CN103206038A (zh) * 2012-01-16 2013-07-17 苏州工业园区科创橡塑有限公司 一种积木式木塑砖
JP5711864B2 (ja) * 2013-07-14 2015-05-07 理 藤井 組合せ定規
JP6616031B1 (ja) * 2019-02-27 2019-12-04 高原木材株式会社 ブロック部材セット
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CH385086A (de) * 1959-04-17 1965-02-26 Klie Heinrich Baustein, insbesondere Spielbaustein
IL25148A (en) * 1965-03-02 1970-09-17 Fischer Artur Building bricks for incorporation in a constructional toy
IL25428A (en) * 1965-04-29 1970-03-22 Fischer Artur Building blocks made of synthetic material
DE1559515A1 (de) * 1965-06-04 1970-05-06 Artur Fischer Baustein aus Kunststoff
GB1212537A (en) * 1967-11-08 1970-11-18 Keith Broughton Shackleton Constructional toy

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0228103A1 (de) * 1985-11-14 1987-07-08 Westerburgen geb. van Hest, Cornelia Petronella Maria Bausteine zum Aufeinandersetzen und Montagestift
US6086444A (en) * 1998-12-21 2000-07-11 Connector Set Limited Partnership Block-type construction toy
EP1022040A3 (de) * 1999-01-20 2003-03-26 ALESSANDRO QUERCETTI & C. Fabbrica Giocattoli Formativi - S.p.A. System von Elementen zur Herstellung statischer oder dynamischer Bauwerke
WO2017118956A1 (en) * 2016-01-08 2017-07-13 Lobo Blocks Limited Building blocks and building block assemblies
CN108778438B (zh) * 2016-01-08 2021-11-30 乐宝积木有限公司 构件块和构件块组件

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EP0039100A3 (en) 1981-11-18
DK147481A (da) 1981-10-29
ATE3816T1 (de) 1983-07-15
IT8067670A0 (it) 1980-04-28
ES8301649A1 (es) 1982-12-16
JPS56168775A (en) 1981-12-25

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