Patents by Inventor Martin John Bridges

Martin John Bridges 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).

  • Construction toys comprising building blocks and single and composite elongated star connectors
    Patent number: 5957744
    Abstract: A constructional toy comprises main building blocks which are typically square, triangular or rectangular in cross-section and moulded in a suitable plastics material. Each block has respective dovetail-shaped grooves in each of its side faces. The toy also includes principal connecting elements each having a star-shaped cross-section, the grooves being complementary in shape to the shape of the half of any connecting element on one side of a plane which longitudinally bisects the connecting element and the opposed included angles between opposed pairs of adjacent points of its star shape. So two main elements can be secured together in at least four different orientations, successively spaced apart by 90.degree., by sliding one pair of adjacent points of a connecting element into a groove in one main element and sliding the same or another pair of adjacent points into a groove in the other main element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: Starlok International, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Christopher Mott, Martin John Bridges