Patent ID: 6497602
Filing Date: 2002-12-24
Classification: A63H,F16F

Abstract:
A shock absorber for use as a construction element of a toy building set, said shock absorber comprising a rod element provided with a collar at a first end thereof and means for mounting said rod element at a second opposite end thereof, a sleeve provided with a through-going opening through which the rod element extends; an air-filled cylinder element abutting said sleeve and enclosing said collar of said rod element, said air-filled cylinder element having a cylindrical inner surface closed at one end and open at an opposite end and so configured that the collar on the rod element is in displaceable abutment on the inner wall of the cylinder element, and having means for mounting said air-filled cylinder at an end thereof opposite said sleeve; and a spring surrounding the rod element having one end in abutment on the rod element at the second end thereof, and having an opposite end in abutment on the sleeve, whereby said spring presses said sleeve towards the air-filled cylinder element wherein the sleeve covers the open end of the air-filled cylinder element; and the open end of the air-filled cylinder element and the sleeve have complementary connecting means for releasably interconnecting said air-filled cylinder element and the sleeve.