Patents Assigned to Lego A/S
  • Publication number: 20130210314
    Abstract: A toy building set comprising a group of building elements, each having at least one ball 1, 2 arranged on the building element, and where the ball 1, 2 is connected to other parts of the building element via a connection rod 3, 4, and where the toy building set further comprises at least one element having a socket formed by two jaws 5, being arranged and adapted for receiving said ball 1, 2 in order to form a ball and socket joint, and where the cross section of the connection rod 3, from where it is connected to the ball 1 and at least a distance away from the ball 1, is smaller than the cross section of the ball 1, so that it gives a certain degree of freedom for the socket to rotate around the ball 1. The connection rods 3, 4 also comprise connections rods 4 having a relatively large cross section, so that the connection rods 4 with a relatively large cross section reduces the degree of freedom for the socket to rotate around the ball 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: LEGO A/S
    Inventors: Christoph Röttjer, Cerim Manovi, Christoffer Raundahl
  • Publication number: 20130210315
    Abstract: A toy building set comprising at least one building element (16) having a surface on which a number of coupling studs (8) are provided that extend from the surface, and wherein those coupling studs are configured in a pattern by which there is a mutually fixed distance between adjacent coupling studs, and wherein the toy building set further comprises a perforator (1), said perforator comprising a housing in which at least one punching tool is configured for punching material from a sheet element configured from a thin material such as a sheet of eg paper, plastics or fabric, in such a manner that the perforator is capable of punching a hole in the sheet, which hole has such expanse that one or more coupling studs can be introduced into the punched hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: Lego A/S
    Inventor: Frank Høhrmann Pedersen
  • Patent number: 8408549
    Abstract: A gaming dice for a game, such as a board game or a card game, said gaming dice comprising a body part comprising a number of sides, wherein at least one or more of those sides is/are provided with coupling studs. Hereby it is possible to mount indicia-carrying elements that have a bottom side on which complementary coupling means are provided and a top side which is opposite relative to the bottom side and is provided with indicia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Lego A/S
    Inventors: Cephas Edgar Howard, Ditte Bruun Pedersen
  • Patent number: 8387982
    Abstract: A gaming dice (1) and a game with a gaming dice (1), such as a board game or a card game, said gaming dice (1) comprising a body part comprising at least six sides (2) wherein at least one or more of those sides (2) is/are provided with means (3) for simultaneous mounting of at least two indicia-carrying elements (4a, 4b, 4c). This makes it possible to mount at least two separate indicia-carrying elements (4a, 4b, 4c), said indicia-carrying elements (4a, 4b, 4c) being configured such that they can be mounted next to each other on the same side of the gaming dice (1), and wherein the indicia-carrying elements (4a, 4b, 4c) have a bottom side on which means for mounting of the indicia-carrying element of the side (2) of the gaming dice (1) is configured and a top side which is opposite relative to the bottom side and is provided with indicia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Lego A/S
    Inventors: Cephas Edgar Howard, Ditte Bruun Pedersen
  • Patent number: 8374829
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of generating building instructions for a building element model, the model including a plurality of building elements, the building instructions being indicative of a sequential order of construction steps for constructing the building element model, each construction step including adding at least one building element to the building element model. The method comprises determining, from a digital representation of the building element model, a sequential order of deconstruction steps for deconstructing the building element model into building elements, each deconstruction step including removing at least one building element from the building element model; and inverting the determined sequential order of deconstruction steps to obtain the sequential order of construction steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: LEGO A/S
    Inventors: Jakob Sprogoe Jakobsen, Jesper Martin Ernstvang, Ole Juul Kristensen, Jacob Allerelli
  • Publication number: 20130017753
    Abstract: A toy building set comprising a number of toy building elements and an overload-safe linear actuator having a centre axis and with two spindle parts comprising a first spindle part with an internal thread arranged concentrically to the centre axis, and a second spindle part with an external thread screwed into the internal thread on the first spindle part, and wherein the thread on the one spindle is at least twice as long as the thread on the second spindle part. One of the spindle parts being provided with a slot extending through the spindle part longitudinally of the thread configured on the spindle part and essentially along the entire thread, it is accomplished that it is easy to adjust the length of the actuator by pulling or pressing the two spindle parts together or away from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: LEGO A/S
    Inventor: Frank Hohrmann Pedersen
  • Publication number: 20130012099
    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: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: LEGO A/S
    Inventor: Klaus Elias Nielsen
  • Patent number: D672401
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Lego A/S
    Inventor: Laurence Dawes
  • Patent number: D672406
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Lego A/S
    Inventor: Gabriel Sas
  • Patent number: D675681
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: LEGO A/S
    Inventor: Christoph Rottje
  • Patent number: D675682
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Lego A/S
    Inventors: Pia Pilgaard, Maria do Rosario Pereira da Costa
  • Patent number: D675683
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: LEGO A/S
    Inventors: Pia Pilgaard, Maria do Rosario Pereira da Costa
  • Patent number: D675684
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Lego A/S
    Inventors: Pia Pilgaard, Maria do Rosario Pereira da Costa
  • Patent number: D675685
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Lego A/S
    Inventors: Pia Pilgaard, Maria do Rosario Pereira da Costa
  • Patent number: D676090
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: LEGO A/S
    Inventor: Christoph Rottje
  • Patent number: D678432
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Lego A/S
    Inventors: Arnaud Rene Albert Dubreuil, Maria do Rosario Pereira da Costa
  • Patent number: D682367
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Lego A/S
    Inventors: Pia Pilgaard, Maria do Rosario Pereira da Costa
  • Patent number: D682369
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Lego A/S
    Inventors: Pia Pilgaard, Maria do Rosario Pereira da Costa
  • Patent number: D686675
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Lego A/S
    Inventor: Jeppe Juul Jensen
  • Patent number: D687108
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Lego A/S
    Inventor: Lars Thygesen