(19)
(11) EP 0 782 876 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
07.01.1998 Bulletin 1998/02

(43) Date of publication A2:
09.07.1997 Bulletin 1997/28

(21) Application number: 96120995.4

(22) Date of filing: 01.05.1992
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6: A63H 33/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GR IT LI NL SE

(30) Priority: 03.05.1991 GB 9109914
13.11.1991 GB 9124100

(62) Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
92909228.6 / 0660742

(71) Applicant: Mottik International Limited
London W1H 3FF (GB)

(72) Inventors:
  • Mott, Jonathan Christopher
    Farnham, Surrey GU10 5EU (GB)
  • Bridges, Martin John
    Near Corwen, Clwyd LL21 OSR (GB)

(74) Representative: Stoole, Brian David 
Geco-Prakla Technical Services Inc, Patent Department, Schlumberger House, Buckingham Gate
Gatwick, West Sussex RH6 0NZ
Gatwick, West Sussex RH6 0NZ (GB)

 
Remarks:
This application was filed on 30 - 12 - 1996 as a divisional application to the application mentioned under INID code 62.
 


(54) Constructional toys


(57) A constructional toy comprises main building blocks (12, 42, 60) which are typically square, triangular or rectangular in cross-section and moulded in a suitable plastics material. Each block has respectively dovetail-shaped grooves (20, 50, 64) in its side faces. The toy also includes principal connecting elements (30) each having a star-shaped cross-section, the grooves being complementary in shape to the shape of the half of any connecting element on one side of a plane which longitudinally bisects the connecting element and the opposed included angles between opposed pairs of adjacent points of its star shape. So two main elements can be secured together in at least four different orientations, successively spaced apart by 90°, by sliding one pair of adjacent points of a connecting element into a groove in one main element and sliding the same or another pair of adjacent points into a groove in the other main element.






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