Patent ID: 8834225
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: A63H

Abstract:
1. A modular construction toy kit comprising: at least three contoured body sections operable to be interconnected in series with one another to cooperatively form a continuous toy body, wherein the body has opposite body ends and an exposed contoured outer body surface that extends substantially continuously between the ends, said body sections including at least one transition body section and a pair of end body sections, each of said end body sections being truncated so as to present a contoured outer end surface that is intersected by an end joining face, with the outer end surface being operable to define part of the body surface at one of the body ends, said end joining faces of the end body sections having different marginal shapes and/or sizes, said at least one transition section presenting a contoured outer transition surface operable to define part of the body surface between the body ends, said at least one transition section including opposite, endmost transition joining faces that intersect the outer transition surface, each endmost transition joining face marginally matching in shape and size a respective one of the end joining faces to define a connection interface, such that the transition joining faces are different from one another in marginal shape and/or size, said joining faces associated with each connection interface being substantially coterminous so that the body surface extends substantially continuously across the connection interfaces and the outer transition surface provides a smooth transition from one of the connection interfaces to the other one of the connection interfaces when the body sections are interconnected.