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Toy couplers including a plurality of block retaining channels

  • US 10,398,997 B2
  • Filed: 01/10/2017
  • Issued: 09/03/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/13/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A toy clip for frictionally engaging a thickness of one or more building blocks, the clip comprising:

  • a planar u-shaped receiver formed entirely of contiguous planar surfaces, the planar u-shaped receiver including;

    at least a base defining a planar floor surface; and

    a pair of extensions extending from the base to a pair of lateral edges, the extensions each forming a planar interior surface, wherein the planar floor surface and the planar interior surfaces of the extensions combine to define a channel having a proximal portion adjacent to the planar floor surface and a distal portion adjacent to the lateral edges, the channel having a variable width according to a location along or between the proximal portion and the distal portion, the variable width of the channel configured to retain the thickness of at least one of the building blocks via only a frictional fit.

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