Toy building blocks

• US 6,050,873 A
• Filed: 07/13/1998
• Issued: 04/18/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 07/14/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ron Reisman
• Original Assignee: Ron Reisman
• Inventors: Reisman, Ron
• Primary Examiner(s): Ricci, John A.
• Application Number:
  US09/114,561
• Time in Patent Office: 645 Days
• Field of Search: 446/120, 446/121, 446/124, 446/128, 52/596, 52/604, 52/608
• US Class Current: 446/128
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 33/062 with clip or snap mechanisms

Abstract

The invention provides a toy building block made of a semi-rigid plastic material and joinable to at least one other building block, including a plurality of projections extending from at least one surface of the block, and undercut recesses disposed on the surface opposite to the at least one surface, at least some of which recesses being in substantial alignment with the projections, the projections having a head portion and a neck portion of reduced size and constituting male joining elements, the undercut recesses constituting female joining elements, being at least partial counterparts of the projections, wherein, by application of pressure on two blocks to be joined, elastic deformation of at least the female joining elements will cause the head portions of the male joining elements and the undercut portions of the recesses to snap into mutual engagement.

Claims

1. A toy building block made of a semi-rigid plastic material and joinable to at least one other building block, comprising:

a plurality of projections extending from at least one surface of said block, and undercut recesses disposed on the surface opposite to said at least one surface, at least some of which recesses being in substantial alignment with said projections, said projections having a head portion and a neck portion of reduced size and constituting male joining means, said undercut recesses constituting female joining means, being at least partial counterparts of said projections,

wherein, in said building block, imaginary vertical planes, passing through center lines of pairs of said projections, include an acute angle with each other.

2. The building block as claimed in claim 1, wherein the head portions of said projections are chamfered.

3. The building block as claimed in claim 1, wherein said block has opposite lateral walls, each lateral wall of said block being substantially parallel to the imaginary vertical plane to which it is adjacent.