Patent ID: 8240939

Claim:
A toy construction set comprising: a first construction set part provided with a plurality of sets of mounting holes for receiving a connecting element; a connecting element having a planar base configured with mounting holes be attached to said first construction set part at an angle chosen from a plurality of different angles by selectively aligning said connecting element mounting holes with one of said first construction set part sets of mounting holes; a second construction set part; a channel formed on said planar base, receiving said second construction part therethrough and securing the second construction piece therewithin; wherein said channel is formed, at least in part, by walls extending from the planar base and wherein said channel has a non-square, rectangular cross-section with a major side being formed on said planar base and first and second minor sides extending from said planar base, and said first and second sidewalls each include at least one aligned aperture, whereby a peg can pass through said aligned apertures and through a corresponding aperture in the second construction set part, thereby securing the second construction art within said channel.