1961

== Events ==
* LEGO is awarded its US patent for "Toy Building Brick." The design calls for a hollow rectangular brick with studs on top and a round hollow tube on the bottom. 
* LEGO Italy is established.
* LEGO reaches an agreement to allow Samsonite to begin producing and selling LEGO products in North America.
* The first LEGO wheel is introduced.
== Sets introduced ==
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