Toy building set

Abstract

A toy building set comprising interconnectable bricks, each brick having a substantially square, flat contour with two opposite main faces, a first face having a substantially square hollow having four projections rising from its bottom, a second face having four seats aligned to the pins, in which the pins of another brick are insertable with a friction fit. Two first side faces have respective central projections extending therefrom, and two second side faces have two lateral projections extending therefrom, between which one central projection of another brick is insertable with friction fit.

Description

[0001]The present invention relates to a toy building set of the type comprising a plurality of modular molded elements made of a synthetic material, so-called “bricks”, which can be linked together by friction fit to build tridimensional models representing fancy figures or real objects such as buildings, vehicles, items of furniture, as well as animals, plants, etc.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]The toy building sets of the above type are generally packed in cartons containing a predetermined number of bricks. The simplest bricks typically have a prismatic profile with a square or rectangular contour and, although they may differ from one another for size and shape, they have the common feature of being provided with projections on one base, which are shaped to fit into corresponding recesses formed on one opposite base. Alternatively, certain bricks may have only one base provided with projections or recesses.[0003]As known, in relation to bricks having a relatively simple prof...

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Benefits of technology

[0005]Therefore, it is a main object of the present invention to provide a toy building set based on a brick having a relatively simple profile and shaped in such a way as to have high polivalence and modularity, with possibility of multilateral connections, with the bricks linked together on top of each other or side by side, as well as of transversal or “T” connections.

[0006]It is another object of the invention to provide the brick with a profile which allows substantially solid (i.e., without hollow areas) flat surfaces to be formed simply by linking together a plurality of bricks side by side.

[0007]It is a further object of the invention to provide the above brick with a high degree of safety in relation to the use of the toy by children.

Problems solved by technology

This deficiency considerably affects the versatility of the toy and the creative possibilities offered thereby.

However, these bricks have a limited polyvalence and high manufacturing costs due to their complexity and to the wide range of different shapes.

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