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Toy building set comprising a tubular, elongated, flexible toy building element, and such a toy building element

US6461215B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJul 10, 2000
Grant dateOct 8, 2002
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Expiry dateJul 10, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA63H33/042
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A toy building set comprising toy building elements (1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11) which may be coupled together to build structures. Some of the toy building elements are in the form of shafts (5) and bushings (7) which are capable of coupling other toy building elements together, as these other toy building elements are provided with coupling means which are complementary to said shafts (5) and bushings (7). The toy building set also comprises at least one tubular, elongated, flexible toy building element (6) which essentially has a uniform cross section over its entire length, and whose end faces appear as clean cuts perpendicular to its longitudinal direction. This tubular, elongated, flexible toy building element (6) has such an inner shape that it may be coupled together with said shafts (5) and bushings (7) by gripping at least a portion of these.

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