Toy building element

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Description

FIG. 1 is a front view of a toy building element showing my new design, the rear view being identical;

FIG. 2 is a left side view of the toy building element, the right side view being identical;

FIG. 3 is a top view of the toy building element;

FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the toy building element;

FIG. 5 is an elevated top, front, and side view of the toy building element; and,

FIG. 6 is an elevated bottom, front, and side view of the toy building element.

The tonal shading shown is strictly utilized to illustrate the shape, contours and forms of the toy building element and forms no part of the claimed design.

Claims

I claim the ornamental design for a toy building element, as shown and described.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
3895456 July 1975 Fabre
D272233 January 17, 1984 Parmentier
D284207 June 10, 1986 Kassai
4629192 December 16, 1986 Nichols
D326607 June 2, 1992 Sawyer, Jr.
D360909 August 1, 1995 Frederiksen
D360910 August 1, 1995 Frederiksen
D363513 October 24, 1995 Frederiksen
D363514 October 24, 1995 Frederiksen
D366914 February 6, 1996 Frederiksen
D373151 August 27, 1996 Mathiesen
D373606 September 10, 1996 Knudsen
D394467 May 19, 1998 Nielsen
D395926 July 7, 1998 Lassen
D467288 December 17, 2002 Sorensen
D528433 September 19, 2006 Lofman
7255910 August 14, 2007 Seckel
Other references
  • Four photographs showing building blocks known to be part of a build block collection “Bob” that was popular in Germany around the 1950s. No further details available.
  • http://www.baukastensammler.de/sammlung/steinbaukasten/bob/bobymain.html . The disclosure shows a building block collection “Boby Typ 2”, having been known after 1962.
  • http://www.baukastensammler.de/sammlung/steinbaukasten/bob/baufibelmain.html and four images accessible through that page. The disclosure shows building block collection “Baumodelle Bob”, having been known around 1954.
Patent History
Patent number: D611551
Type: Grant
Filed: Feb 28, 2009
Date of Patent: Mar 9, 2010
Inventor: Kristian Jülich (Berlin)
Primary Examiner: Philip S Hyder
Assistant Examiner: Cynthia M Chin
Attorney: Smartpat PLC
Application Number: 29/332,988