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Toy building set

US6508689B1 · kind B1 · utility

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11Claims
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Filing dateJun 25, 2001
Grant dateJan 21, 2003
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Expiry dateJun 25, 2021

Classification

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

Abstract

A toy building set comprising a plurality of building elements which each are provided with hinge parts, first and second types of hinge parts being shaped complementarily in such a manner that the hinge parts on two building elements may be interconnected releasably so that they form a hinge link between the building elements. The first type of hinge parts is provided with a toothing arranged at a specific distance from the common hinge axis, and the second type of hinge parts comprises a first group which is provided with a toothing arranged at the specific distance from the common hinge axis and a second group of hinge parts which is not provided with such a toothing, said toothings on the first type of hinge parts and on the first group of the second type of hinge parts being directed oppositely to each other in such a manner that they engage each other when the hinge parts are interconnected.

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