Patent ID: 6231416
Filing Date: 2001-05-15
Classification: A63H

Abstract:
A construction toy system comprising a plurality of hubs and a plurality of rods:each of said rods being comprised of an elongated cylindrically shaped central member and including identical genderless connectors on each end thereof;each of said hubs being comprised of a substantially flat disc-shaped member lying substantially within a single first plane and including an outer periphery defining the outer extent of said disc-shaped member within said first plane;each of said hubs including at least three genderless connectors located substantially equally spaced around the outer periphery of said disc-shaped member and extending outwardly from the same substantially in said first plane;the genderless connectors of said rods and of said hubs being such that rods can be connected to other rods end to end in axial alignment, rods can be connected to hubs so as to extend outwardly therefrom in said first plane and hubs can be connected to other hubs wherein one of said hubs lies in said first plane and a second hub connected thereto through said genderless connectors lies in a second plane perpendicular to said first plane.