Toy construction block

- Dart Industries Inc.
Description

FIG. 1 is an isometric view of a toy construction block showing my new design;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is right side view thereof, the left side view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 4 is bottom view thereof, the top view being a mirror image thereof; and,

FIG. 5 is a rear view thereof.

The broken-line showing of environmental structure in FIG. 1 is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

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Patent History
Patent number: D365857
Type: Grant
Filed: Oct 24, 1994
Date of Patent: Jan 2, 1996
Assignee: Dart Industries Inc. (Deerfield, IL)
Inventor: Ronald L. Lyman (Folsom, CA)
Primary Examiner: Ted Shooman
Assistant Examiner: R. Barkai
Attorney: Bernhard Kreten
Application Number: 0/30,220
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D21/108