IPC분류정보
| 국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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| 국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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| 출원번호 |
US-0490138
(2014-09-18)
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| 등록번호 |
US-9266032
(2016-02-23)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
- Haughey, Christopher Harwood
- Haughey, William Harcourt
- Delisle, William Joseph
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| 출원인 / 주소 |
- Clipper Investment Holdings Ltd.
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| 대리인 / 주소 |
Mitchell Intellectual Property Law, PLLC
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| 인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
2 인용 특허 :
55 |
초록
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Toy blocks with internally disposed magnets, and methods of making same. Pockets for the magnets are machined into a non-extrudable material such as wood. Strong permanent magnets are disposed in the pockets to cause the faces of the block to exhibit a desired polarity magnetic field. The pockets ar
Toy blocks with internally disposed magnets, and methods of making same. Pockets for the magnets are machined into a non-extrudable material such as wood. Strong permanent magnets are disposed in the pockets to cause the faces of the block to exhibit a desired polarity magnetic field. The pockets are then sealed to permanently retain the magnets. The exterior shape of the block may be formed either prior to or subsequent to machining and sealing of the pockets.
대표청구항
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1. A toy block comprising: first and second solid block parts, each having at least one interior face;said first part including at least three exterior facing sides;said first part including at least one pocket extending downwardly from said interior face, into said first part, in close proximity an
1. A toy block comprising: first and second solid block parts, each having at least one interior face;said first part including at least three exterior facing sides;said first part including at least one pocket extending downwardly from said interior face, into said first part, in close proximity and parallel to, but spaced inwardly from, one of saidexterior facing sides, and including a magnet disposed in said pocket with its north or south face oriented so as to project its north or south magnetic field outwardly through and from said side;said second part of said block being coupled to said first part of said block with said interior faces facing inwardly toward one another, totally enclosing and concealing said magnets and said pockets;said first block part also having an externally facing bottom face;a bore extending downwardly into said first part from said interior face and terminating in close proximity to but spaced from said externally facing bottom face;a magnet located at the terminus of said bore with its north or south face oriented so that its north or south magnetic field projects outwardly through said bottom face. 2. The toy block of claim 1 wherein said magnets comprise: cylindrical NdFeB magnets. 3. A toy block comprising: first and second solid block parts, each having at least one interior face;said first art including at least three exterior facing sides;said first part including at least one slot extending from said interior face into said first block part proximate and parallel to, but spaced inwardly from, one of said external side faces, and including a disk magnet disposed in said slot with its north or south face oriented so as to project its north or south magnetic field outwardly through and from said side;said second block part includes external side faces corresponding to said external side faces on said first block part; there being a slot in said second block part oriented to mate with each said slot in said first block part when said first and second block parts are coupled; each said second part slot extending from said second part interior face into said second block part proximate and parallel to one of said external side faces; said slots in said first block part having a depth accommodating only a portion of the diameter of said disc magnet, said disc magnet being located partly in said first part slot and partly in said second part slot;said first and second block parts including a bottom face and a top face, respectively, opposite their mating interior faces; a central bore in each said first and second block part extending from its said interior face towards, and terminating internally proximate to and parallel to, its opposite bottom external face or top external face, respectively;there being a disc shaped magnet in each said central bore of said first and second block parts, at the terminus of each said bore, parallel to its said bottom or top external face, respectively; said second part of said block being coupled to said first part of said block with said interior faces facing inwardly toward one another, totally enclosing and concealing said magnets and said slots and said bores. 4. A toy block comprising: first and second solid block parts, each having at least one interior face;said first part including at least three exterior facing sides;said first part including at least one pocket extending downwardly from said interior face, into said first part, in close proximity and parallel to, but spaced inwardly from, one of saidexterior facing sides, and including a magnet disposed in said pocket with its north or south face oriented so as to project its north or south magnetic field outwardly through and from said side;said second part of said block being coupled to said first pan of said block with said interior faces facing inwardly toward one another, totally enclosing and concealing said magnets and said pockets;a third separate solid block part coupled to said first block pan, said third separate solid block part having at least one interior face, and said first block part having a second internal face opposite said first block part at least on interior face; said third block part interior face facing said second interior face of said first block part;said second and third block pans defining a top external face and a bottom external face on said block, each said top and bottom external face being located opposite its respective block part interior face;a bore in said second block part, extending from said interior face towards said top external face, said bore terminating internally proximate to and parallel to said top external face;a disc shaped magnet being positioned at the terminus of said bore, parallel to said top external face;a bore in said third block part extending from said interior face towards said bottom external face, said bore terminating internally proximate to and parallel to said bottom external face;a disc shaped magnet being positioned at the terminus of said bore, parallel to said bottom external face. 5. The toy block of claim 4 wherein said first block part includes a plurality of said pockets, one for each of said external sides, and each said pocket extending downwardly from said interior face, into said first part, in close proximity and parallel to, but spaced inwardly from, its respective exterior facing sides; there being one of said magnets in each of said pockets internally proximate to their corresponding external side faces. 6. The toy block of claim 5 wherein each said pocket comprises a slot extending from said interior face into said first block part proximate and parallel to said external side face; each of said magnets being disc shaped magnets. 7. The toy block of claim 6 in which there are an even number of said side faces on said first block parts; said disc magnets in said slots being positioned in a polarity orientation such that an aggregate number of north poles internally proximate to their corresponding external side faces is equal to an aggregate number of south poles; said magnets in said bores being oriented such that they project opposite poles through said top and bottom faces. 8. A toy block comprising: first and second separate solid block parts, each having at least one interior face, said first and second solid block parts being coupled together with said interior faces facing inwardly toward one another;said first block part having a bottom face opposite its interior face and said second block part having a top face opposite its interior face;said first and second block parts each having at least three corresponding external side faces, the corresponding side faces on said first and second blocks being aligned with one another;each said first and second block parts having a slot adjacent each of said external side faces, extending from said interior face of its respective first or second block part, into said block part proximate and parallel to its adjacent external side face; each said slot having a depth accommodating only a portion of the diameter of a disc magnet located therein, said slots in said first and second block parts mating with each other to create a magnet accommodating slot;there being a disc magnet in each said mating set of slots;a central bore in each said first and second block part extending from its said interior face towards, and terminating internally proximate to and parallel to, its opposite bottom external face or top external face, respectively;there being a disc shaped magnet in each said central bore of said first and second block parts, at the terminus of each said bore, parallel to its said bottom or top external face, respectively. 9. The toy block of claim 8 in which there are an even number of said side faces on said first and second block parts; said disc magnets which are in said mating sets of slots being positioned in a polarity orientation such that an aggregate number of north poles internally proximate to their corresponding external side faces is equal to an aggregate number of south poles; said magnets in said bores being oriented such that they project opposite poles through said top and bottom faces.
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