Toy couplers including a plurality of block retaining channels
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1. A building set, comprising:
- a plurality of blocks, each of the blocks having at least two faces substantially parallel to each other with a thickness defined therebetween;
a plurality of rigid plastic clips configured to engage the thickness of one or more of the plurality of blocks, each clip including a plurality of block engaging channels, each channel of the clip including;
a base defining a floor;
first and second substantially parallel extensions, each including interior surfaces, the extensions extending distally from the base and defining a channel therebetween into which the thickness of the blocks is receivable in a manner that the blocks can be retained by the faces being frictionally engaged between the first and second extensions, where only partial insertion of the block into the channel towards the base defining an interior floor surface of the channel is needed to retain the block in the channel.
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Abstract
Building sets including a plurality of blocks and a plurality of clips configured to engage a thickness of one or more of the blocks. Each clip includes a base and first and second substantially parallel extensions extending from the base and defining a channel therebetween into which a thickness of a block is receivable. The width of the channel is substantially equal to the thickness of the block receivable within the channel so that the thickness is frictionally retained therein. In one embodiment, the clip includes a plurality of channels.
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1. A building set, comprising:
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a plurality of blocks, each of the blocks having at least two faces substantially parallel to each other with a thickness defined therebetween; a plurality of rigid plastic clips configured to engage the thickness of one or more of the plurality of blocks, each clip including a plurality of block engaging channels, each channel of the clip including; a base defining a floor; first and second substantially parallel extensions, each including interior surfaces, the extensions extending distally from the base and defining a channel therebetween into which the thickness of the blocks is receivable in a manner that the blocks can be retained by the faces being frictionally engaged between the first and second extensions, where only partial insertion of the block into the channel towards the base defining an interior floor surface of the channel is needed to retain the block in the channel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 21)
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12. A building set, comprising:
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a plurality of blocks, each of the blocks having at least two faces substantially parallel to each other with a thickness defined therebetween; a plurality of rigid clips configured to engage the thickness of one or more of the plurality of blocks at any location of said thickness, each clip including one or more block engaging channels at a periphery of the rigid clip, each channel of the clip including; a base defining a floor; first and second substantially parallel extensions, each including interior surfaces within the channel, the extensions extending distally from the base and defining the channel therebetween into which the thickness of at least one of the plurality of blocks is receivable in a manner that the block is retained by the faces being frictionally engaged between the first and second extensions, the channel being configured such that a plurality of blocks may be received within the same channel at the same time. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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