Patent ID: 6200187
Filing Date: 2001-03-13
Classification: A63H

Abstract:
A toy construction building set comprising:a first building element having a coupling surface with coupling studs on said coupling surface and a threaded hole; anda second building element having a skirt defining, within said skirt, a cavity for receiving said coupling studs on said first building element and coupling means within said cavity for engaging said coupling studs in a releasable interconnection of said first and second building elements and a screw within said skirt; said screw being screwable into the threaded hole when said first and second building elements are interconnected;wherein said first building element has a first abutment portion which, when said first and second elements are interconnected, is outside said skirt; andwherein said second building element has a second abutment portion which is outside said skirt and defines a space between said second abutment portion and said skirt, and which, when said first and second elements are interconnected, abuts said first abutment portion with no coupling studs and no coupling means being present in said space.