Block Toy

Abstract

By a combination of a plurality of blocks 11 in which a plurality of projecting portions 37 which are formed into the same cylindrical shape are provided on an upper surface of a rectangular parallelepiped base portion 31 at intervals of several millimeters, the base portion 31 has a rectangular parallelepiped interior space which is made to open downwards so as to enable the accommodation of projecting portions 37 of other blocks, and the cylindrical projecting portions 37 of the other blocks are made to be held by side wall panels 33 of the base portion 31, a drawback that the change in shape of a shaped structure becomes less conspicuous is eliminated irrespective of a reduction in the number of types of blocks with respect to their shapes.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]1. Technical Field[0002]The present invention relates to a block toy in which various shaped structures can be built by the use of blocks which are different in number of projections provided thereon at predetermined intervals.[0003]2. Background Art[0004]In recent years, block toys have been provided in which a large number of differently shaped blocks having projecting portions and receiving apertures are used to play with by inserting and fitting the projecting portions on some blocks into the receiving apertures of other blocks so as to interconnect the blocks into various shapes so that the blocks so interconnected assume an external appearance of a specific shaped structure.[0005]In block toys like this, there is a toy block as is described in, for example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2007-82647 in which blocks having a plurality of shapes such as cubic blocks having different thickness and blocks having different shapes such as ...

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Benefits of technology

[0007]When the block toy is made up of the combination of various types of blocks which are different in shape and size as has been described above, manhours are required in molding and manufacturing blocks which are different in shape and the like. In addition, how to combine blocks as a commercial product becomes difficult as in the case where which shapes of blocks are combined to form a block toy set, and a reduction in the number of shapes of blocks has resulted in a drawback that the change in shape of a shaped structure that configures an object to be formed by the combination of blocks becomes less conspicuous.

[0015]Since the invention is made into the block toy in which the blocks having the plurality of cylindrical projecting portions on the upper surface of the rectangular parallelepiped base portion are made to be combined together, the block toy can be the combination of blocks having the simple shapes. In addition, since the blocks are made into the small blocks in which the interspace between the cylindrical projecting portions is made to be several millimeters, a larger number of such blocks can be connected together so as to be built into an accurate shape of a shaped structure. In addition, since the interior space of the base portion is formed into the rectangular parallelepiped shape, the molding and manufacture of the small blocks can be facilitated.

[0017]Additionally, since the base portion of each block is made in such a manner that the height is equal to or slightly lower than the interspace between the cylindrical projecting portions and the length and width are the multiplication of the interspace between the cylindrical projecting portions by an integer, the blocks can easily be combined together as the combination of the plurality of types of small blocks based on the rectangular parallelepiped.

[0018]In addition, by combining together the blocks which are different in the number of cylindrical projecting portions, building the blocks into various shapes can be facilitated.

[0019]Further, with the blocks in which the auxiliary walls which are formed into the thin plate shapes are provided in parallel in the interior space of the base portion, in holding the cylindrical projections of the other blocks between the auxiliary walls and the side wall panels of the base portion, the auxiliary walls are easily deformed in an elastic fashion so as not only to ease the insertion of the cylindrical projections of the other blocks but also to ensure the holding of the cylindrical projections.

[0020]In addition, by combining the auxiliary blocks which have the single cylindrical projecting portion, in building a shaped structure, a modification to the shape of a detailed portion can be facilitated.

Problems solved by technology

In addition, how to combine blocks as a commercial product becomes difficult as in the case where which shapes of blocks are combined to form a block toy set, and a reduction in the number of shapes of blocks has resulted in a drawback that the change in shape of a shaped structure that configures an object to be formed by the combination of blocks becomes less conspicuous.

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