Elongate strip forming a toy building block base

Abstract

A toy building block base comprises a flexible elongate body strip having a first major surface along a length of the strip that includes either an array of projections extending from the first major surface or an array of recesses set into the first major surface. The projections or recesses form a mating arrangement for co-operant toy building blocks. An opposite, second major surface has a shallow flat-bottomed longitudinal recess with a longitudinal adhesive layer by which the body strip can be attached to a support surface. The body strip includes no more than four projections or recesses across its width and has a length of at least 200 mm. The entire body strip is made from a homogenous flexible plastics material with a durometer value of between 35 and 80 according to the ASTM D2240 standard's type A durometer scale.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims priority from United Kingdom patent application number 1619927.5 filed on 24 Nov. 2016 and from South African provisional patent application number 2017 / 04276 filed on 23 Jun. 2017, both of which are incorporated by reference herein.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]This invention relates to an elongate strip forming a toy building block base and, more particularly, one that is compatible with existing substantially rigid toy building blocks.[0003]Existing toy building blocks may include many variants but typically include at least basic building blocks that are of rectangular parallelepiped shape with multiple projections extending from one surface that could be regarded as the male mating surface and an opposite female mating surface. The male mating surface typically forms a top surface in use, and the female mating surface a bottom surface so that the blocks can be frictionally engaged or clipped together with compat...

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Benefits of technology

The patent text describes a feature on a body strip that helps users cut the strip with scissors. The guide lines on the first major surface of the body strip include parallel transverse guide lines and longitudinal guide lines that are regularly spaced intervals between projections or recesses. These guide lines can assist users in cutting the body strip at right angles or along its length, making it easier to manipulate.

Problems solved by technology

However, these prior art types of bases are restrictive on certain types of creations that may be applied thereto in particular circumstances.

However, it does not envisage contours that may twist and turn and would be unsuitable for such applications.

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