Patent ID: 8371894
Filing Date: 2013-02-12
Classification: A63H,F21S,F21V,F21Y

Abstract:
1. An illuminated structure made from a toy construction kit, said illuminated structure comprising a plurality of illumination modules, each of said illumination modules having a housing with an interior defined by a plurality of exterior surfaces, a light-emitting element mounted in said interior of said housing, a plurality of openings, each of said openings being provided in a corresponding one of said exterior surfaces of said housing and communicating with said interior thereof, a plurality of jack-like members positioned in said interior of said housing, each jack-like member being electrically connected to said light-emitting element and having a receiving end recessed within said housing and aligned with a corresponding one of said openings; a plurality of non-illumination modules attached to said illumination modules, at least one of said non-illumination modules being a coupler element interconnecting one of said illumination modules with another of said illumination modules, said coupler element having a first plug-like end extending into said housing of said one illumination module through one of said openings therein and rotatably and releasably engaging said receiving end of one of said jack-like members of said one illumination module, said one jack-like member of said one illumination module being aligned with said one opening of said one illumination module to define a first axis about which said one illumination module is rotatable, in a clockwise direction and in a counterclockwise direction, relative to said coupler element and relative to said another illumination module, said first plug-like end of said coupler element being disengageable from said receiving end of said one jack-like member of said one illumination module in response to the axial movement of said one illumination module along said first axis regardless of the rotational position of said one illumination module relative to said coupler element, and a second plug-like end extending into said housing of said another illumination module through one of said openings therein and rotatably and releasably engaging said receiving end of one of said jack-like members of said another illumination module, said one jack-like member of said another illumination module being aligned with said one opening of said another illumination module to define a second axis about which said another illumination module is rotatable, in a clockwise direction and in a counterclockwise direction, relative to said coupler element and relative to said one illumination module, said second plug-like end of said coupler element being disengageable from said receiving end of said one jack-like member of said another illumination module in response to the axial movement of said another illumination module along said second axis regardless of the rotational position of said another illumination module relative to said coupler element, said coupler element electrically connecting said one jack-like member of said one illumination module to said one jack-like member of said another illumination module; and an electric power source in direct electric contact with another of said jack-like members of said one illumination module to thereby illuminate said light-emitting element of said one illumination module and said light-emitting element of said another illumination module.