U.S. patent application number 13/767430 was filed with the patent office on 2013-09-26 for toy brick.
The applicant listed for this patent is Chiu Kit Miles HO, Wai Lun Eddie KWOK. Invention is credited to Chiu Kit Miles HO, Wai Lun Eddie KWOK.
Application Number | 20130252503 13/767430 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 46996693 |
Filed Date | 2013-09-26 |
United States Patent
Application |
20130252503 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
KWOK; Wai Lun Eddie ; et
al. |
September 26, 2013 |
TOY BRICK
Abstract
A toy brick is disclosed which comprises a main body; a male
connecting portion and a female connecting portion being
symmetrically provided at two ends of the main body respectively;
the male connecting portion being shaped as a ball and the female
connecting portion being shaped as a letter "U" in which one end of
the U-shaped female connecting portion is connected to the main
body, and the other end thereof has two projections being inwardly
bent and an inner side surface that is an arc surface. The toy
brock of the invention can enhance the flexible engagement effect
when the male connecting portion and the female connecting portion
are connected each other. Due to the above structures, the toy
brick can prevent the male connecting portion from being separated
from the female connecting portion, thereby obtaining a better
connecting effect.
Inventors: |
KWOK; Wai Lun Eddie; (Hong
Kong, CN) ; HO; Chiu Kit Miles; (Hong Kong,
CN) |
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Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
KWOK; Wai Lun Eddie
HO; Chiu Kit Miles |
Hong Kong
Hong Kong |
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CN
CN |
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Family ID: |
46996693 |
Appl. No.: |
13/767430 |
Filed: |
February 14, 2013 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
446/102 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A63H 33/062 20130101;
A63H 33/067 20130101; A63H 33/086 20130101; A63H 33/08
20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
446/102 |
International
Class: |
A63H 33/08 20060101
A63H033/08 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
Mar 21, 2012 |
CN |
201220110066.2 |
Claims
1. A toy brick comprising: a main body; a male connecting portion
and a female connecting portion being symmetrically provided at two
ends of the main body respectively; and the male connecting portion
being shaped as a ball and the female connecting portion being
shaped as a letter "U" in which one end of the U-shaped connecting
portion is connected to the main body, and the other end thereof
has two projections which are inwardly bent and an inner side
surface that is an arc surface.
2. The toy brick according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of
raised portions is projected on a first surface of the main body
and a plurality of grooves suitable for the raised portion is
provided on a second surface of the main body.
3. The toy brick according to claim 1, wherein said toy brick is
made of ABS plastic.
Description
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims priority from Chinese Patent
Application No. 201220110066.2, filed 21 Mar. 2012, the contents of
which are hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety for all
purposes.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relates to a field of toy design, and
more particularly, to a toy brick.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0003] There are two kinds of toy bricks which are two-dimensional
and three-dimensional toy bricks in the market. The toy brick is
usually made of wood or plastic, and has a cubic shape, with
letters or patterns decorated on the surface thereof. The toy brick
can be differently arranged or built to obtain various houses or
animals.
[0004] Lego is one of the popular toy brick in the world, which
made of plastic and invented by a Dane named Ole Kirk. A convex
ball is provided at one end of the Lego toy brick, and a hole
suitable for the convex ball is provided at the other end of the
Lego toy brick. The Lego toy brick has more than 1300 shapes, each
of which has 12 different colors mainly including red, yellow,
blue, white, and black. Children themselves can manually build them
to obtain different constructions through their endless
imagination, which renders user to be indulged in Lego, thus it is
also called "magic plastic toy brick".
[0005] Due to unreasonable structures of the toy brick in prior
art, the toy bricks can be merely directly connected to represent a
line structure, and cannot be bent to form a flexible structure,
which not only limit the imaginary space of users, but also
decrease benefits of development of mentality by using toys. It is
reported that some toy bricks with specific shape used for flexible
connection are manufactured, in order to solve the above questions.
But these toy bricks can only apply in specific condition or build
a specific construction by means of using toy bricks, which leads
to a worse compatibility.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[0006] The object of the invention is to provide a toy brick with
good compatibility and flexible connection.
[0007] To achieve the above object, the following technical
solution is adopted:
[0008] a toy brick comprising a main body; a male connecting
portion and a female connecting portion being symmetrically
provided at two ends of the main body respectively; the male
connecting portion being shaped as a ball and the female connecting
portion being shaped as a letter "U" in which one end of the
U-shaped female connecting portion is connected to the main body,
and the other end thereof has two projections which are inwardly
bent and an inner side surface that is an arc surface.
[0009] According to the present invention, the male connecting
portion and the female connecting portion are provided at the two
ends of the main body respectively, which leads to a flexible
engagement effect when the male connecting portion and the female
connecting portion are connected each other. The male connecting
portion is shaped as a ball and the female connecting portion is
shaped as a letter "U". When the male connecting portion is snapped
into the female connecting portion, the main body can be rotated by
180.degree. with respect to the horizontal axis. The two
projections of the female portion are designed to be inwardly bent,
which can enhance the engagement between the male connection
portion and the female connecting portion, and can prevent the male
connecting portion from being separated from the female connecting
portion. Moreover, the inner arc side surface of the female
connecting portion can render the surface of ball-shaped male
connecting portion to be better matched the inner arc side surface
of the female connecting portion, thereby obtaining a better
connecting effect.
[0010] According to the present invention, a plurality of raised
portions is projected on a first surface of the main body, and a
plurality of grooves suitable for the raised portion is provided on
a second surface of the main body.
[0011] The above designs can enhance the compatibility of the toy
brick, and can used for connecting other kinds of toy brick, which
improves the practical applicability of the invention.
[0012] According to the present invention, said toy brick is made
of ABS plastic.
[0013] By defining the material of the toy brick, the compatibility
and consistency of the invention would be better.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0014] The present invention would be better understood by
referring to the accompanying drawings, wherein:
[0015] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the toy brick of the present
invention; and
[0016] FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the toy brick shown in FIG.
1, which is rotated by 180.degree. with respect to the horizontal
axis.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[0017] The invention will be detailed by an exemplary embodiment in
combination with the accompanying drawings, in which the embodiment
is only used to explain the invention, not to limit the scope of
the invention.
EXAMPLE 1
[0018] As illustrated in FIG. 1, this example discloses a toy brick
comprising a main body 100, in which a male connecting portion 110
and a female connecting portion 120 are symmetrically provided at
the two ends of the main body 100 respectively. The male connecting
portion 110 is a ball-shaped member, and the female connecting
portion 120 is a U-shaped member. One end of the female connecting
portion 120 is connected to the main body 100, while the other end
of the female connecting portion 120 has two projections (121,122)
which are inwardly bent, and an inner side surface which is an arc
surface.
EXAMPLE 2
[0019] As illustrated in FIG. 1, this example discloses a toy brick
comprising a main body 100, in which a male connecting portion 110
and a female connecting portion 120 are symmetrically provided at
the two ends of the main body 100 respectively. The male connecting
portion 110 is a ball-shaped member, and the female connecting
portion 120 is a U-shaped member. One end of the female connecting
portion 120 is connected to the main body 100, while the other end
of the female connecting portion 120 has two projections (121,122)
which are inwardly bent, and an inner side surface which is an arc
surface.
[0020] As illustrated in FIG. 2, a plurality of raised portions 101
is projected on a first surface of the main body 100, and a
plurality of grooves 102 suitable for the raised portion 101 is
provided on a second surface of the main body 100.
EXAMPLE 3
[0021] As illustrated in FIG. 1, this example discloses a toy brick
comprising a main body 100, in which a male connecting portion 110
and a female connecting portion 120 are symmetrically provided at
the two ends of the main body 100 respectively. The male connecting
portion 110 is a ball-shaped member, and the female connecting
portion 120 is a U-shaped member. One end of the female connecting
portion 120 is connected to the main body 100, while the other end
of the female connecting portion 120 has two projections (121,122)
which are inwardly bent, and an inner side surface which is an arc
surface.
[0022] As illustrated in FIG. 2, a plurality of raised portions 101
is projected on a first surface of the main body 100, and a
plurality of grooves 102 suitable for the raised portion 101 is
provided on a second surface of the main body 100.
[0023] In this example, all the members including the mail body
100, the male connecting portion 110 and the female connecting
portion 120 of the toy brick are integrated by using material of
ABS plastic, so as to enhance the consistency.
[0024] While a particular embodiment of the invention has been
shown and described, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art
that changes and modifications can be made without departing from
the true spirit and scope of the invention. It should be understood
that the embodiments of the present invention described above are
illustrative only, and all the changes and modifications made by
those skilled in the art are covered by the appended claims.
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