Patent ID: 7316598
Filing Date: 2008-01-08
Classification: A63H

Abstract:
1. A toy construction set comprising: a plurality of elongated tubular elements each including first and second ends having identical outside diameters; a plurality of connectors each differently configured one to another and including a plurality of connecting legs having connecting ends each having identical inside diameters sized to closely mate and providing releasable engagement with said tubular elements; a first one of said plurality of connectors being configured as an elbow having two of said connecting ends oriented at up to 90 degrees one to another; a second one of said plurality of connectors being configured to include only three divergently extending legs each having one of said connecting ends; a third one of said plurality of said connectors being configured to include four divergently extending legs each having one of said connecting ends; said toy construction set being used to assemble a three-dimensional structure including a plurality of said tubular elements releasably connected to a plurality of said connectors; each of said connecting legs of each of said plurality of connectors having a central longitudinal axis, all of said axes of each said connector intersecting at a central focal point defined thereby; at least one of said connectors including a central aperture at said focal point sized to equal said inside diameter for releasable connection with said tubular elements; said legs of one said connector being spaced radially one to another and oriented at a common acute angle to the central axis.