Patent ID: 7347028

Claim:
A modular construction system, comprising: a plurality of construction components, each said plural construction component comprising a plurality of single type of planar connective surfaces, each disposed at a predefined angle to one another, and each comprising a receiving region therein disposed along substantially entire area of said corresponding planar connective surfaces; and at least one interconnect component, comprising: a plurality of coupling elements forming a first substantially planar coupling surface, each said plural coupling element comprising: a plurality of substantially cylindrical studs, each having an outer side, and at least one elongated member connected to two of said plural studs at said corresponding outer sides thereof, such that said plural studs and said at least one elongated member form a two-dimensional pattern selected from a group of: a linear pattern comprising a sequence of said plural studs connected to one another by said at least one elongated member, or a two-dimensional grid pattern comprising a plurality of said studs interconnected with a plurality of said elongated members each positioned at a 90 degree or a 180 degree angle with respect to one another, and a second substantially planar coupling surface, oriented in an opposite direction of said first coupling surface, wherein said plural coupling elements are sized and configured to only partially enter and frictionally engage at least a portion of each said plural receiving region, to enable a releasable coupling connection between said plural construction components, each said plural receiving region comprising at least one cavity element operable to receive and releasably engage only a portion of one of said plural coupling elements, and wherein said plural connective surfaces and said corresponding plural receiving regions are sized and configured to enable a first connection configuration in which at least two of said plural construction components are positioned and oriented to form an overlap region so that at least portions of respective plural connective surfaces of each of said at least two plural construction components face one another to form a joint receiving region defined by respective plural overlapping receiving regions, wherein at least a portion of said interconnect component is positioned within said joint receiving region, such that at least a portion of said plural coupling elements along said first coupling surface enters, and releasably engages, at least a portion of one of said overlapping plural receiving regions, while at least a portion of said plural coupling elements along said second coupling surface enters, and releasably engages at least a portion of another of said plural overlapping receiving regions, thereby enabling said overlapping plural connective surfaces of said connected construction components to be in substantial contact with one another in said overlapping region.