Patents Assigned to Matrix Toys, Ltd.
  • Patent number: 5599221
    Abstract: Connectors for joining a ball element having multiple facets, each facet defining a joint opening, to a toy brick include at least two projections in spaced relationship with each other mounted on a base. The projections are in releasable frictional engagement with the joint opening. A female connector frictionally engages with a male face of a brick. The female connector includes a set of four prongs, each having gripping sides, projecting symmetrically outward from the base. Adjacent gripping sides of adjacent prongs frictionally grip cylindrical protrusions of the male face. A male connector may join with a brick having a female face with symmetrically arranged gripping surfaces. The male connector frictionally engages a female side of a brick. The male connector includes a set of four prongs, projecting symmetrically downward from the base. Each of the prongs has exterior gripping surfaces for frictionally engaging gripping surfaces of the female face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1997
    Assignee: Matrix Toys, Ltd.
    Inventor: Richard J. Gabriel
  • Patent number: 5542871
    Abstract: A rod for a construction set includes an elongate strut that extends between opposed of interconnected joint elements. A cavity in each end of the strut slidably supports a clip having opposed inwardly deflectable fingers, with outwardly facing catches at their extremities, that snap fit into the joint openings in the joint element to clamp the joint element between the catches and the ends of the rods. The clips are moveable between closed positions where the fingers are engaged in the joint elements and open positions where the fingers are located completely within the cavity to allow the rod to be removed from opposed joint elements in a structure without disturbing the structure. The struts have slots in their extremities that intersect the cavities, and the fingers have protrusions that extend through the slots to facilitate deflecting the fingers inwardly to release the clips from the joint elements and in moving the clips between their open and closed positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1996
    Assignee: Matrix Toys, Ltd.
    Inventor: Richard Gabriel
  • Patent number: D377061
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1996
    Assignee: Matrix Toys, Ltd.
    Inventor: Richard Gabriel
  • Patent number: D377062
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1996
    Assignee: Matrix Toys, Ltd.
    Inventor: Richard Gabriel
  • Patent number: D377671
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1997
    Assignee: Matrix Toys, Ltd.
    Inventor: Richard Gabriel
  • Patent number: D378106
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1997
    Assignee: Matrix Toys, Ltd.
    Inventor: Richard Gabriel
  • Patent number: D380787
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1997
    Assignee: Matrix Toys, Ltd.
    Inventor: Richard Gabriel
  • Patent number: D380788
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1997
    Assignee: Matrix Toys, Ltd.
    Inventor: Richard Gabriel
  • Patent number: D380789
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1997
    Assignee: Matrix Toys, Ltd.
    Inventor: Richard Gabriel
  • Patent number: D380790
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1997
    Assignee: Matrix Toys, Ltd.
    Inventor: Richard Gabriel
  • Patent number: D380791
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1997
    Assignee: Matrix Toys, Ltd.
    Inventor: Richard Gabriel
  • Patent number: D380792
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1997
    Assignee: Matrix Toys, Ltd.
    Inventor: Richard Gabriel