Abstract: The invention concerns a toy ship having a hull part (1) which is blow moulded as a closed unit, and an upper part (2) which is injection moulded, the two parts being assembled to form the toy ship. The novelty of the toy ship is that at least one area of the upper part (2) is provided with coupling studs for coupling with other toy building elements (3), that this area is located between the outer, peripheral edge of the upper part (2) and the joint between the hull part (1) and the upper part (2), and that the outer, peripheral edge of the upper part (2) is cantilevered at least around the area provided with coupling studs.
Abstract: A building element (10) for a constructional building set comprises a housing (11, 12) and a light source (15) mounted in it. The light source (15) is mounted on a rotatably mounted member (14) spaced from the axis of rotation (13) of the member. The housing (11, 12) includes a wall having a plurality of light exit openings (16) through which the light from the light source (15) can leave the housing (11, 12), when the light emitter (15) has been aligned with one of the light exit openings (16) by rotation of the rotatable member (14). The rotatable member (14) can be coupled with an external drive device (20) and is enclosed by the housing (11, 12). The rotatable member is freely rotatable about its axis of rotation (13) with respect to the housing (11, 12).
Abstract: A coupling mechanism comprises a rod-shaped object (10) and a coupling head (20, 30) and is adapted to be used in a toy building set containing various building elements with other types of coupling means, e.g. bushings or ball heads. The rod-shaped object (10) has at least one terminal part (12-15) adapted to be releasably engaged with the coupling head (20, 30). The terminal part (12-15) is adapted to be received between two resilient walls (27, 37) on the coupling head (20, 30). The coupling head (20, 30) has secondary coupling means (21, 31) for connection with other parts belonging to the toy building set.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 18, 1996
Date of Patent:
March 31, 1998
Assignee:
INTERLEGO AG
Inventors:
Ole Vestergaard Poulsen, J.o slashed.rgen Th.o slashed.gersen