Abstract: A battery compartment for a toy figurine including an elongate cavity configured to receive a battery. The battery compartment has a first spring connector defining a positive contact surface for connection to the battery received in the elongate cavity. The battery compartment also has a battery shoulder mounted to the spring connector. The battery shoulder defines a hole shaped to fit a positive terminal of the battery therethrough. The battery compartment includes a second siring connector defining a negative contact surface for connection to the battery received in the elongate cavity. The second spring connector is configured to elastically maneuver to lengthen the donate cavity.

Abstract: An interactive music play system, comprising a plurality of toy elements, an image capturing device, a processing unit and a music rendering device; wherein the image capturing device is configured to capture one or more images of a user-selected subset of said toy elements arranged in a field of view of the image capturing device; wherein the processing unit is configured to: recognise the user-selected subset of toy elements in the one or more captured images; create a musical presentation based on one or more of the recognised toy elements; cause the music rendering device to present the created musical presentation to the user.

Abstract: A mold box containing a bearing assembly arranged between the guide surfaces of a guide rail pillar. The bearing assembly has a bearing element that contains a main body art capable of receiving the guide rail pillar. The bearing element also has a first bearing surface and a second bearing surface that can be arranged in a common plane, parallel to the planar guide surfaces and spaced apart in the direction of the longitudinal axis. The first and second bearing surfaces are separated by an intermediary surface portion that is retracted from the common plane. Cavities formed in the bearing element are located below each of the first and second bearing surfaces, such the bearing element is provided with a resilience relative to the main body part.

Abstract: A modular toy system comprising a plurality of separate electronic toy modules, each electronic toy module comprising a function device operable to perform a user-perceptible function and a control circuit for controlling the function device; wherein at least a first electronic toy module of the plurality of electronic toy modules comprises a first control circuit, a first function device and a sensor system configured for contactless detection of respective coordinate values of at least two coordinates, each coordinate being indicative of a position or an orientation of at least a second electronic toy module of the plurality of electronic toy modules relative to the first electronic toy module; and wherein the first control circuit is configured to control operation of the first function device based on one or more of the detected coordinate values.

Abstract: A toy building element having an integrally injection molded body comprising at least two adjacent tubular connector sockets and two mutually equidistant connecting flanges extending from diametrically opposite sides of one of the two adjacent tubular connector sockets and to diametrically opposite sides of the other one of the two adjacent tubular connector sockets so that a first channel is formed between them. The first channel extends between the two parallel surfaces and a first stiffening wall is arranged in the first channel. The first stiffening wall divides the first channel into a first channel part close to one of the two parallel surfaces and a second channel part close to the other of the two parallel surfaces. At least a section of the first stiffening wall is closer to one of the two parallel surfaces than it is to the other one of the two parallel surfaces.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a sensor module for a modular toy construction set having one or more optical sensors. The sensor module forms one or more apertures aligned with the field of view of the one or more optical sensors. A plurality of separate indicator lights are arranged around the one or more apertures. The indicator lights light up in an illumination pattern in response to a determination of the location of a recognised object within the field of view of at least one of the one or more optical sensors.

Abstract: A transformable modular toy element is provided. The transformable modular toy element is for use in a toy construction system comprising a plurality of modular toy elements. The transformable modular toy element comprises a body portion and a head portion. The body portion comprises one or more coupling members, the one or more coupling members being adapted for releasably coupling the body portion with modular toy elements of the toy construction system. The head portion is attached to the body portion. The head portion comprises a cavity for receiving the body portion therein. The body portion is moveable with respect to the head portion between a retracted position where the body portion is retracted into the cavity, whereby the transformable modular toy element has a first shape, and a deployed position where the body portion is in the axial direction deployed from the cavity, whereby the transformable modular toy element has a second shape.

Abstract: The present invention relates in one aspect to a toy construction system for constructing and operating a remote controlled toy vehicle model. The system comprises: a plurality of modular toy elements; a modular toy vehicle base detachably connectable with the modular toy elements by means of coupling members so as to construct a toy vehicle model; and a remote control device adapted to control motorized functions in the modular toy vehicle base. The modular toy vehicle base further comprises an interaction sensor adapted to generate an interaction signal in response to a mechanical interaction with the toy vehicle model; wherein the toy construction system further comprises a processor with a signal analysis process. The signal analysis process is configured to perform an analysis of the interaction signal for indications of a building interaction according to predetermined criteria, and based on the analysis to generate an output indicative of a building interaction status.

Abstract: A gear differential comprising a bell shaped housing having and open end and slide grooves extending from the open end. Planetary gears are adapted for being inserted into the slide grooves in the bell shaped housing via the open end.

Abstract: An augmented reality (AR) toy system includes a moveable real world toy and an AR user device adapted to carry out the steps of: recognizing the real world object; attributing the real world object with an AR-target; obtaining a position of the AR-target and a motion vector for the AR-target associated with the position; defining virtual world objects at virtual world coordinates with respect to the position of the AR-target; transforming the virtual world coordinates with respect to the AR-target position by an opposite vector of the motion vector; receiving a steering input; rotating the virtual world coordinates with respect to the AR-target by rotation opposite to the steering input around a corresponding steering axis passing through the AR-target position; and rendering virtual world objects at the transformed and rotated virtual world coordinates.

Abstract: A toy construction system comprising a plurality of toy construction elements including a plurality of function construction elements. The toy construction elements and the function construction elements are detachably interconnected with each other forming a toy construction model. The toy construction model comprising at least a subset of the plurality of toy construction elements; each function construction element comprising a function device adapted to perform a user-perceptible function. The toy construction system further comprises a tag construction element detachably connectable to one or more of the toy construction elements. The tag construction element and the function construction elements are configured for communication of configuration data from the tag construction element to each of the subset of function construction elements when the tag construction element is connected to a toy construction element.

Abstract: A mold insert having a main body including a first surface and an opposed second surface, the first surface defining a plane. The mold insert also has a mold core extending from the first surface and a gas inlet port connectable to a supply of pressurized gas. Further, the mold insert has two or more gas outlet ports arranged to direct a gas flow towards an uncovered surface of an injection molded item located on the mold core, after the mold core and the mold cavity are separated from each other. Further, the mold insert has a gas conduit system extending inside the main body connecting the two or more gas outlet ports with the gas inlet port. Each of the two or more gas outlet ports are arranged through the first surface. The gas conduit system is provided in the main body below the first surface.

Abstract: A toy construction system comprising a plurality of interactive toy construction elements. Each of the interactive toy construction elements has a control circuit and a transceiver in communication with the control circuit and operable for radiofrequency communication with other interactive toy construction elements. The system has a wireless tag, stored thereon a group identifier, the wireless tag configured for wireless data communication between the wireless tag and any of the interactive toy construction elements. Any of the plurality of interactive toy construction elements is configured to receive the group identifier from the wireless tag and assign said interactive toy construction element to a group of interactive toy construction elements based on the received group identifier.

Abstract: An injection-molding tool comprising at least two separate mold parts arranged so that they can be moved along a central tool axis between a closed and an open position. At least one of the mold parts comprises an alignment compensator with a first and a second compensator part. The first compensator part has a socket adapted for receiving the second compensator part so that it can slide along the central tool axis in the socket, and for allowing the second compensator part to tilt in the socket. A seal is arranged so that the seal and the first and the second compensator part encloses a space in the socket containing an elastic or fluid material. The seal also comprises a lid made from a plastic material arranged between the second compensator part and the liquid filled space in the socket.

Abstract: A modular toy system comprising a plurality of separate electronic toy modules, each electronic toy module comprising a function device operable to perform a user-perceptible function and a control circuit for controlling the function device; wherein at least a first electronic toy module of the plurality of electronic toy modules comprises a first control circuit, a first function device and a sensor system configured for contactless detection of respective coordinate values of at least two coordinates, each coordinate being indicative of a position or an orientation of at least a second electronic toy module of the plurality of electronic toy modules relative to the first electronic toy module; and wherein the first control circuit is configured to control operation of the first function device based on one or more of the detected coordinate values.