Construction Pieces for 3D-Assembly Toys
This invention relates to a set of pieces-connectors to assembly toys in shapes of smooth or grooved cylindrical tubes, smooth or teeth semicircles and the combination of the same. Smooth or toothed tubular semicircles joined to a smooth or grooved cylindrical tube by one of its ends to the middle external portion; smooth or toothed semicircles joined to other smooth or toothed semicircles by its exterior middle portion; cylindrical tubes with a fixed “ring-butt” joined in its middle portion; smooth or toothed semicircles, joined at its two ends by a smooth or grooved cylindrical tube, in its cavity direction, leaving the cavity at sight; cylindrical tubes, joined by their ends forming wheel; smooth or toothed semicircles, joined among them at their middle external portions of their curves perpendicular one to the other; cylindrical tubes folded 90 degrees and reduced in its ends respecting their circumferences. The pieces interact, engaging, fastening, dropping, sliding, grading, stabilizing, turning around and making sound “clicks” among them, constructing and creating an endless 3D shapes, the grooves and the edges-butts will stabilize and grade the development as well as the final result, the combination of smooth pieces with grooved and toothed pieces produce versatile results, having parts with stability and parts with more mobility, subjected to the needs of the different parts of the toy.
The present invention is related to a new model of construction pieces for 3D-assembly toys totally different from those known until now. This new model is characterized by its novel practical design and improvements which provide it with a peculiar and unique look.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONPresently, construction pieces for 3D assembly toys are characterized by its rigidity during the development, and, when the designs are finished, they have no mobility due to their own nature. Examples of them are Interlego, which has registered more than a hundred models including those with register numbers: 3572, 3571, 3570, 3568, 3583, 4335 2823 3877, 3870, 3804, 4250, 5324, 5325, or the German Anton Meyers' models of pieces for assembling toys with model register numbers 4104, 4103, 4102, 4093, 4092, 4091.
The pieces intended to be protected by the present invention have been conceived with movement and gradable stability provided by its own nature. Through a grooved-toothed system the final result can be transformable or it can have mobility. This transformable mobility is carried on by manipulation and not by the effects of instability and collapse of pieces. This characteristic is a different proposal from the previous art because, by having movement through manipulation when the toy is being constructed as well as at the final result, there are much more possibilities of creation and other options for toy constructions.
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Claims
1. A set of pieces-connectors for cylindrical tubes for 3D assembly toys, comprising:
- a first piece constituted by a joint tubular semicircle, on the middle portion of its exterior circumference to a circular tube on one of its two ends;
- a second piece constituted by a tubular semicircle, with an edge-butt all over the width of one of its two internal ends, joined, on the middle portion of its external curve, to a grooved circular tube; and
- a third piece constituted by a tubular semicircle, joined to another tubular semicircle on the middle portions of their external circumferences in a parallel direction.
2. A set of pieces-connectors for cylindrical tubes for 3D assembly toys according to claim 1, further comprising:
- a fourth piece constituted by two tubular semicircles, with an edge-butt all over the width of one of its two internal ends, joined one to another on the middle portion of their external curves in a parallel direction;
- a fifth piece constituted by a tubular semicircle joined, on the middle portion of its external circumference to a circular tube with a small external diameter; and
- a sixth piece constituted by a tubular semicircle, with an edge-butt all over the width of one of its two internal ends, joined, on the middle portion of its external curve, to a cylindrical tube with small external diameter.
3. A set of pieces-connectors for cylindrical tubes for 3D assembly toys according to claim 1, further comprising:
- a seventh piece constituted by a circular tube which has a fixed “ring-butt” on its middle portion;
- an eighth piece constituted by a semicircle which on its two internal ends a circular tube with large external diameter is joined, with grooves in a parallel direction lengthwise, leaving at sight, from one side to another, the cavity of the tube, in a perpendicular direction to a circular tube with small diameter, which is on the middle portion of its external curve.
4. A set of pieces-connectors for cylindrical tubes for 3D assembly toys according to claim 1, further comprising:
- a tenth piece constituted by a cylindrical tube joined on its two ends, forming a wheel with a central cavity;
- an eleventh piece constituted by two semicircles joined one to another at the middle part of their external curve in a perpendicular direction one to another; and
- a twelfth piece constituted by a tubular semicircle with an edge-butt all over the width of one of its two internal ends, joined, on the middle portion of its external curve, to another tubular semicircle with an edge-butt all over the width of one of its two internal ends in a perpendicular direction one to another.
5. A set of pieces-connectors for cylindrical tubes for 3D assembly toys according to claim 1, further comprising:
- a thirteenth piece constituted by a tube with a 90 degree fold with its two ends reduced to allow the engagement to connectors as well as tubes;
- a fourteenth piece constituted by a circular tube wherein its internal diameter allows the engagement of connections on its tubular portions and its external diameter allows the engagement with connections on semicircular ends; and
- a fifteenth piece constituted by a cylindrical tube, grooved in a parallel direction lengthwise, wherein the internal diameter allows engagement with connections on its tubular portions and its external diameter allows to fasten the connections on the semicircular ends, and the engagement and gradation on toothed semicircular ends.
6. A set of pieces-connectors for cylindrical tubes for 3D assembly toys according to claim 1, wherein the pieces-connectors, smooth or grooved, for cylindrical tubes, smooth or grooved, interact among them and or smooth or grooved cylindrical tubes of different lengths by engaging, fastening, folding, sliding, grading, stabilizing, rotating and making “click” sounds, in a way that the grooves and edges-butts will stabilize and grade the development as well as the final result, the combination of smooth pieces with grooved or toothed pieces, bringing versatile results and providing parts with stability and parts with more mobility, as necessary in the different parts of the toy.
7. A set of pieces-connectors for cylindrical tubes for 3D assembly toys according to claim 5, wherein the fourteenth and fifteenth pieces can be of any length.
8. A set of pieces-connectors for cylindrical tubes for 3D assembly toys according to claim 2, further comprising:
- a seventh piece constituted by a circular tube which has a fixed “ring-butt” on its middle portion;
- an eighth piece constituted by a semicircle which on its two internal ends a circular tube with large external diameter is joined, with grooves in a parallel direction lengthwise, leaving at sight, from one side to another, the cavity of the tube, in a perpendicular direction to a circular tube with small diameter, which is on the middle portion of its external curve.
9. A set of pieces-connectors for cylindrical tubes for 3D assembly toys according to claim 2, further comprising:
- a tenth piece constituted by a cylindrical tube joined on its two ends, forming a wheel with a central cavity;
- an eleventh piece constituted by two semicircles joined one to another at the middle part of their external curve in a perpendicular direction one to another; and
- a twelfth piece constituted by a tubular semicircle with an edge-butt all over the width of one of its two internal ends, joined, on the middle portion of its external curve, to another tubular semicircle with an edge-butt all over the width of one of its two internal ends in a perpendicular direction one to another.
10. A set of pieces-connectors for cylindrical tubes for 3D assembly toys according to claim 3, further comprising:
- a tenth piece constituted by a cylindrical tube joined on its two ends, forming a wheel with a central cavity;
- an eleventh piece constituted by two semicircles joined one to another at the middle part of their external curve in a perpendicular direction one to another; and
- a twelfth piece constituted by a tubular semicircle with an edge-butt all over the width of one of its two internal ends, joined, on the middle portion of its external curve, to another tubular semicircle with an edge-butt all over the width of one of its two internal ends in a perpendicular direction one to another.
11. A set of pieces-connectors for cylindrical tubes for 3D assembly toys according to claim 2, further comprising:
- a thirteenth piece constituted by a tube with a 90 degree fold with its two ends reduced to allow the engagement to connectors as well as tubes;
- a fourteenth piece constituted by a circular tube wherein its internal diameter allows the engagement of connections on its tubular portions and its external diameter allows the engagement with connections on semicircular ends; and
- a fifteenth piece constituted by a cylindrical tube, grooved in a parallel direction lengthwise, wherein the internal diameter allows engagement with connections on its tubular portions and its external diameter allows to fasten the connections on the semicircular ends, and the engagement and gradation on toothed semicircular ends.
12. A set of pieces-connectors for cylindrical tubes for 3D assembly toys according to claim 3, further comprising:
- a thirteenth piece constituted by a tube with a 90 degree fold with its two ends reduced to allow the engagement to connectors as well as tubes;
- a fourteenth piece constituted by a circular tube wherein its internal diameter allows the engagement of connections on its tubular portions and its external diameter allows the engagement with connections on semicircular ends; and
- a fifteenth piece constituted by a cylindrical tube, grooved in a parallel direction lengthwise, wherein the internal diameter allows engagement with connections on its tubular portions and its external diameter allows to fasten the connections on the semicircular ends, and the engagement and gradation on toothed semicircular ends.
13. A set of pieces-connectors for cylindrical tubes for 3D assembly toys according to claim 4, further comprising:
- a thirteenth piece constituted by a tube with a 90 degree fold with its two ends reduced to allow the engagement to connectors as well as tubes;
- a fourteenth piece constituted by a circular tube wherein its internal diameter allows the engagement of connections on its tubular portions and its external diameter allows the engagement with connections on semicircular ends; and
- a fifteenth piece constituted by a cylindrical tube, grooved in a parallel direction lengthwise, wherein the internal diameter allows engagement with connections on its tubular portions and its external diameter allows to fasten the connections on the semicircular ends, and the engagement and gradation on toothed semicircular ends.
14. A set of pieces-connectors for cylindrical tubes for 3D assembly toys according to claim 2, wherein the pieces-connectors, smooth or grooved, for cylindrical tubes, smooth or grooved, interact among them and or smooth or grooved cylindrical tubes of different lengths by engaging, fastening, folding, sliding, grading, stabilizing, rotating and making “click” sounds, in a way that the grooves and edges-butts will stabilize and grade the development as well as the final result, the combination of smooth pieces with grooved or toothed pieces, bringing versatile results and providing parts with stability and parts with more mobility, as necessary in the different parts of the toy.
15. A set of pieces-connectors for cylindrical tubes for 3D assembly toys according to claim 3, wherein the pieces-connectors, smooth or grooved, for cylindrical tubes, smooth or grooved, interact among them and or smooth or grooved cylindrical tubes of different lengths by engaging, fastening, folding, sliding, grading, stabilizing, rotating and making “click” sounds, in a way that the grooves and edges-butts will stabilize and grade the development as well as the final result, the combination of smooth pieces with grooved or toothed pieces, bringing versatile results and providing parts with stability and parts with more mobility, as necessary in the different parts of the toy.
16. A set of pieces-connectors for cylindrical tubes for 3D assembly toys according to claim 4, wherein the pieces-connectors, smooth or grooved, for cylindrical tubes, smooth or grooved, interact among them and or smooth or grooved cylindrical tubes of different lengths by engaging, fastening, folding, sliding, grading, stabilizing, rotating and making “click” sounds, in a way that the grooves and edges-butts will stabilize and grade the development as well as the final result, the combination of smooth pieces with grooved or toothed pieces, bringing versatile results and providing parts with stability and parts with more mobility, as necessary in the different parts of the toy.
17. A set of pieces-connectors for cylindrical tubes for 3D assembly toys according to claim 5, wherein the pieces-connectors, smooth or grooved, for cylindrical tubes, smooth or grooved, interact among them and or smooth or grooved cylindrical tubes of different lengths by engaging, fastening, folding, sliding, grading, stabilizing, rotating and making “click” sounds, in a way that the grooves and edges-butts will stabilize and grade the development as well as the final result, the combination of smooth pieces with grooved or toothed pieces, bringing versatile results and providing parts with stability and parts with more mobility, as necessary in the different parts of the toy.
Type: Application
Filed: May 8, 2006
Publication Date: Sep 17, 2009
Inventor: Ernesto Monge Rodriguez (Navarte)
Application Number: 12/227,127
International Classification: A63H 33/06 (20060101);