Patents by Inventor Carsten Peter Michaelsen

Carsten Peter Michaelsen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6634920
    Abstract: A vacuum-shaped toy building plate with a substantially plane building surface arranged with coupling means for being interconnected with toy building elements having complementary coupling means. The toy building plate is also provided with downwardly protruding spacer elements intended for imparting to said toy building plate a certain height. Along its periphery the toy building plate is also provided with a downwardly protruding flange having the same downward extent as said spacer elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: Interlego AG
    Inventor: Carsten Peter Michaelsen
  • Patent number: 6261147
    Abstract: A toy building, such as a doll's house with associated fittings (8), said toy building comprising a bracing structure (1) and a number of substantially planar wall elements (5), and wherein the bracing structure (1) and the wall elements (5) are provided with coupling means (6,7) for releasably receiving the wall elements (5) in the bracing structure (1) of the toy building, and wherein the wall elements (5) and the fittings (8) are provided with complementary coupling means (9,10) intended for mounting of the fittings (8) on the wall elements (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2001
    Assignee: INTERLEGO AG
    Inventors: Erik Bach, Kaj Svejstrup Mikkelsen, Carsten Peter Michaelsen, Philip Marshall Kushner
  • Patent number: 5961364
    Abstract: A building set for a toy building comprising a number of building module frames (1,1a,1b,2) and a plurality of fittings (10,17,18), and wherein each of the building module frames (1,1a,1b,2) comprises a bottom plate (3,4,19) with a superstructure that defines the walls and ceiling of the building module frame (1,1a,1b,2), and wherein each bottom plate (3,4,19) is provided with coupling means (12) for interconnecting adjoining building module frames (1,1a,1b,2). By arranging the coupling means (12) on the top surface of the bottom plate (3,4,19) and by arranging the coupling means (12) to be releasably interconnected with complementary coupling means (11) on the underside of the fittings (10,17,18), a stable and secure coupling is obtained that possesses much holding force without much force being required to interconnect the building module frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: INTERLEGO AG
    Inventors: Erik Bach, Kaj Svejstrup Mikkelsen, Carsten Peter Michaelsen, Philip Marshall Kushner
  • Patent number: 5910037
    Abstract: A toy building system for the construction of e.g. in-door settings and furniture element groupings, comprising a number of substantially box-shaped fittings (1,2,3) with a top surface, a bottom surface and a number of lateral walls, comprising a front with furniture-like functional parts, such as doors, shelves, etc., and a back (4) with coupling means (5,6) and wherein each fitting (1,2,3) has at least two functionally identical coupling means (5,6), said coupling means (5,6) comprising coupling means (5) that protrude a distance from the back (4) of the fitting (1,2,3), and wherein the coupling means (5,6) are arranged at a mutual modular distance and provided in such a manner that the fittings (1,2,3) may be interconnected back (4) to back (4) in at least two different positions relative to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1999
    Assignee: INTERLEGO AG
    Inventors: Erik Bach, Kaj Svejstrup Mikkelsen, Carsten Peter Michaelsen, Philip Marshall Kushner
  • Patent number: 5876261
    Abstract: A building set for a toy building comprising a number of building modules (1) which each defines a space, said building modules (1) being so designed that they may be stacked or arranged next to each other as desired for the construction of single- or multi-storey toy buildings, and having means (6,7) for releasably engaging with one or more wall elements (5) in the sides of the building modules (1) irrespectively of the mutual positioning of the building modules (1). Since the columns (3) support girders (4) which define the periphery of the top plane of the building modules, said girders (4) being so arranged that unimpeded access to the building module interior (1) is provided, it is now possible to construct toy buildings with more different plan arrangements compared to the prior art without impeding the access to the building module interiors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1999
    Assignee: INTERLEGO AG
    Inventors: Erik Bach, Kaj Svejstrup Mikkelsen, Carsten Peter Michaelsen, Philip Marshall Kushner