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Details

Inventors: Ogawa, Iwakichi;
Assignee: Takara Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, JP)
Primary Examiner: Phillips; Charles E.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Jackson, Jones & Price

A modular toy building assembly having a plurality of polygonal substantially plate like panel members and a plurality of connecting members is disclosed for forming subjectively determined toy structures. The polygonal panel members can include triangular, rectangular, hexagonal and octagonal members and are provided with a pair of apertures substantially adjacent to each of their side edges. The connecting members can incorporate a living hinge which is capable of a large number of repetitive flexing motions and which divides the connecting member into two portions. A pair of mounting posts which are complimentary to the pairs of apertures in the polygonal panel members, are located on each portion. Dependant on the relative positioning of the connecting members with respect to the panel members, the mounting posts can be press fitted into the apertures and the panel members can be optionally interconnected in a rigid planar or variable angular configuration. The panel members can further be provided with suitable rims and additional apertures for interconnection of various auxiliary structural members such as hemispheric domes, rails and various toy appendages.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a modular toy assembly, the individual units of which can be joined in a rigid planar configuration or at variable angular configurations at the option of the player to form toy assemblies.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a modular toy assembly having light weight and relatively economically manufactured individual units which can be assembled into a large variety of configurations simulating such toy objects as buildings, space ships, various machines, etc.
It is yet another object of the present invention to provide a modular toy assembly, the assembled units of which provide a storage space in which a user of the toy assembly can place various toy items such as robots.
It is still a further object of the present invention to provide a modular toy assembly which is capable of mounting various other modular toy devices such as operable toy cranes, booms and like appendages.
These and other objects and advantages of the present invention are attained by a modular toy assembly having a number of polygonal panel members and a number of connecting members.
The plate like polygonal panel members comprise triangles, rectangles, hexagons and octagons.
The panel members are provided with a pair of apertures substantially adjacent to each of its side edges and the apertures are capable of receiving complementary posts provided on the connecting members.
The connecting members are made from a suitable plastic material and have two portions, the two portions being separated from each other by a "living" hinge.
The living hinge acts as an axis of rotation between the two portions and allows for a large number of repetitive flexing of the connecting member around the living hinge.
A pair of posts are positioned on each portion of the connecting member so as to form a square configuration.
When interconnecting two polygonal panel members, the user of the invention has the option of press fitting a pair of posts located on the same side of the living hinge into a panel member and the other pair of posts located on the other side of the living hinge into another panel member thereby interconnecting the two panel members in a variable angular configuration

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