Patents Assigned to Lego A/S
  • Patent number: 9821245
    Abstract: A toy building set comprising at least two toy building elements of which the one toy building element is provided with one or more coupling means of first type, and the second toy building element is provided with one or more coupling means of second type that is/are configured to be complementary to said coupling means of first type to the effect that they can be interconnected to form a structure, wherein the second toy building element comprises a flywheel (10) which is rotatably mounted on the toy building element, wherein the flywheel comprises one or more actuator mechanisms (21); and wherein the coupling means and the complementarily configured coupling means are configured such that the second toy building element can be mounted on the first toy building element in two or more different positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: LEGO A/S
    Inventors: Allan Westermann Larsen, Klaus Elias Nielsen, Per Frederiksen, Erik Legernes
  • Publication number: 20170225073
    Abstract: A game system comprising a data processing system and an identification toy element that includes information associated with the identification toy element; wherein the identification toy element is a toy construction element comprising one or more connectors configured for mechanically connecting one or more other toy construction elements to the identification toy element so as to allow a user to construct a toy construction model; and wherein the data processing system is configured to: detect a presence of the identification toy element in a detection area; create an association between a virtual object in a virtual environment and the detected identification toy element; access, when the identification toy element is again placed within a detection area, the information associated with the identification toy element; obtain, based on the accessed information, information about the virtual object associated with the identification toy element; present a representation of the associated virtual object; an
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicant: LEGO A/S
    Inventors: Jens Valentin LAULUND, Joakim Kørner NIELSEN, Morgan James WALKER, Bjarke PEDERSEN
  • Patent number: 9573074
    Abstract: A toy building element comprising at least one first type of building element (1), on which a rotation shaft (3) located along an axis of rotation is arranged, and wherein the toy building set comprises at least one second type (6) of building element in which a rotation bushing (9) is provided which is configured for receiving and being interconnected with the rotation shaft on the first building element in such a manner that the two building elements can rotate relative to each other about the axis of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: LEGO A/S
    Inventor: Jan Ryaa
  • Patent number: 9511302
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a toy wheel assembly (100), a molding tool for the same and a method for manufacturing said toy wheel assembly (100). In particular, the present invention provides a self-locking toy wheel assembly (100) for improved toy safety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: LEGO A/S
    Inventor: Mikkel Schildknecht Hoé
  • Publication number: 20160317940
    Abstract: A building plate 1a, 1b, 1c for a toy building set is provided, said building plate having a bracket plate 5 and a complementarily configured socket 7 to the effect that several building plates can be interconnected to form a larger building plate by mounting of the bracket plate 5 on a building plate 1b in a socket 7 on another building plate 1c.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2014
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Applicant: LEGO A/S
    Inventor: Kurt JENSEN
  • Patent number: 9230360
    Abstract: Disclosed is a computer-implemented method for visualizing/rendering a computer model, the computer model comprising a plurality of components wherein the method comprises: storing a plurality of parts of at least one of the plurality of components, each part including geometry information for visualizing/rendering the part, storing information indicative of the position and orientation of a plurality of components in a coordinate system, determining a spatial relationship between individual components, determining for the at least one component a number of stored parts to use for visualizing/rendering the component, based on the determined spatial relationship between the individual components. By using the spatial relationship between the components to determine the number of parts to use for visualizing/rendering a component, knowledge about the geometry of individual components and the connections of the components with other components can be used to find hidden parts that can be removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: LEGO A/S
    Inventors: Jakob Sprogøe Jakobsen, Tue Jakobsen, Jesper Martin Erstvang
  • Patent number: 9186591
    Abstract: A toy spinning top with a displaceable platform 11 on which an object can be placed, such as a figure, and wherein the spinning top comprises means for displacing the platform 11 relative to the spinning top and at such rate that the object is ejected off the platform 11. The platform 11 is arranged to be movable in the body part by means of a forcible guide 14, 15 which, at least on a stretch of the forcible guide 14, 15, is configured such that the platform 11 can be caused to rotate only about the axis of rotation 4 relative to the spinning top simultaneously with it moving upwards or downwards along the axis of rotation 4 seen relative to the use situation in which the spinning top rotates about its essentially vertical axis of rotation 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: LEGO A/S
    Inventor: Klaus Elias Nielsen
  • Patent number: 9149733
    Abstract: A toy brick comprising: a body part with one or more sidewalls extending around the outer periphery of the toy brick which at least partially define an interior of the toy brick and extend from a bottom face to a top portion of the body part, and an elongated rib arranged interiorly on one of the one or more sidewalls. The elongated rib extends at least partially between the bottom face towards the top portion of the body part and the elongated rib is, upon interconnection with another toy brick, configured to be in abutment on coupling means with the other toy brick, the width of the elongated rib, in a central portion in-between the bottom face and the top portion and parallel to the sidewall accommodating the elongated rib, is greater than the width of the elongated rib near its ends parallel to the sidewall accommodating the elongated rib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: LEGO A/S
    Inventor: Preben Kraag Henriksen
  • Patent number: 9144749
    Abstract: A toy building system comprising building elements with coupling means for releasably interconnecting building elements, the toy building system comprising function building elements with such coupling means and each having a function device adapted to perform a controllable function and an energy source for providing energy to the function device for performing the controllable function, each function building element comprising a light sensor for receiving visible light encoding a control signal; and a control circuit connected to the light sensor and to the function device and adapted to decode the received control signal and to control the controllable function responsive to the decoded control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: LEGO A/S
    Inventors: Gaute Munch, Erik Hansen
  • Patent number: D757861
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: LEGO A/S
    Inventor: Jan Ryaa
  • Patent number: D757862
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: LEGO A/S
    Inventor: Jan Ryaa
  • Patent number: D761913
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: LEGO A/S
    Inventor: Claus Tannebæk Madsen
  • Patent number: D762787
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: LEGO A/S
    Inventors: Marco Barbiani, Pia Pilgaard
  • Patent number: D771198
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: LEGO A/S
    Inventor: Jan Ryaa
  • Patent number: D771199
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: LEGO A/S
    Inventor: Jan Ryaa
  • Patent number: D771200
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: LEGO A/S
    Inventor: Jan Ryaa
  • Patent number: D783720
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: LEGO A/S
    Inventor: Claus Tannebæk Madsen
  • Patent number: D784453
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: LEGO A/S
    Inventor: Claus Tannebæk Madsen
  • Patent number: D784454
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: LEGO A/S
    Inventor: Claus Tannebæk Madsen
  • Patent number: D794139
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: LEGO A/S
    Inventors: Marco Barbiani, Pia Pilgaard