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Construction toy support base

  • US 5,779,515 A
  • Filed: 09/23/1996
  • Issued: 07/14/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/26/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A construction toy (10) comprising:

  • a plurality of releasably connectable toy modules (14);

    drive shafts (18a, 18b) for actuating at least one of the toy modules into movement, said drive shafts including a first end portion (38) having a substantially polygonal cross-sectional shape, and a second end portion (36) for engaging at least one of the toy modules (14), anda supporting base (12) for supporting the toy modules thereon, said base (12) including an upper mounting surface (28) including coupling means (30) to releasably couple a plurality of said modules (14) to said base,wherein the base (12) also includes;

    a plurality of openings (32) formed through the upper mounting surface (28) and each sized to permit insertion therein of the first end portion (38) of one of said drive shafts (18a, 18b);

    a plurality of rotatable sockets (26), each of said sockets (26) being axially aligned with a corresponding one of said openings and having a size and shape complementary to those of the first end portions of the drive shaft to permit their insertion, anddrive menas (40, 50,

         66) for activating the sockets (26) in rotational movement whereby the rotation of said sockets activates any of said drive shafts (18a, 18b) inserted therein into rotational movement to rotate said toy modules engaged by said second end portion, said drive menas including a motor (66), and linkage means (40,

         50) for mechanically coupling said motor to said sockets (26),wherein said motor (66) and linkage (40,

         50) means are housed within the supporting base (12) as a unitary unit and at least one of the sockets (26) rotates through 360°

    movement and wherein the linkage means is further devised so that, on activation of the motor (66), at least one other of the sockets (26) rotates through reciprocal movement.

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