Building set including self-interlocking building blocks and mat

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a building kit including a plurality of building blocks and a mat, the building blocks and the mat include self-interlocking reclosable fasteners configured such that a plurality of releasable connections are possible between the blocks and between the blocks and the mat.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A building kit comprising:
 a plurality of building blocks, the plurality of building blocks each having a plurality of faces, wherein each face has at least a substantial area covered by self-interlocking reclosable fasteners; and   a mat including a top planar surface at least substantially covered by the self-interlocking reclosable fasteners.   
     
     
         2 . The building kit of  claim 1 , wherein the mat further includes a bottom planar surface including a plurality of suction cups. 
     
     
         3 . The building kit of  claim 1 , wherein the self-interlocking reclosable fasteners of the mat and the plurality of building blocks, or the surfaces upon which the self-interlocking reclosable fasteners reside have a plurality of color-coded areas, each congruent in shape, area and color to at least one other color-coded area on any given building block. 
     
     
         4 . The building kit of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a container including a resealable opening configured to receive the plurality of building blocks and the mat, the container configured to contain the plurality of building blocks and the mat simultaneously.   
     
     
         5 . The container of  claim 4 , wherein at least one of an outside surface and an inside surface of the container has at least a substantial area covered in self-interlocking reclosable fasteners. 
     
     
         6 . The container of  claim 1 , wherein the self-interlocking reclosable fasteners are dual locking and comprise a plurality of stems, each of the plurality of stems extending to a head such that the self-interlocking reclosable fasteners are mushroom-shaped, and wherein the plurality of stems are each configured to bend. 
     
     
         7 . The container of  claim 6 , wherein the self-interlocking reclosable fasteners include at least 100 stems per square inch. 
     
     
         8 . The container of  claim 7 , wherein the self-interlocking reclosable fasteners are heat stamped into the top planar surface and the plurality of faces. 
     
     
         9 . The container of  claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of building blocks has a different geometric shape. 
     
     
         10 . A building kit comprising:
 a first building block having a first geometric shape and a first plurality of faces, wherein each face of the first plurality of faces has at least a substantial area covered by self-interlocking reclosable fasteners, and wherein each face of the plurality of faces has a first plurality of edges;   a second building block having a second geometric shape and a second plurality of faces, wherein each face of the second plurality of faces has at least a substantial area covered by self-interlocking reclosable fasteners, and wherein each face of the second plurality of faces has a second plurality of edges:   wherein at least eighteen releasable connection orientations are possible between the first building block and the second building block about a single point such that each of the eighteen connection orientations is at a different relative angular position between the first and second building blocks.   
     
     
         11 . The building kit of  claim 10 , further comprising:
 a mat including a top planar surface at least substantially covered by the self-interlocking reclosable fasteners.   
     
     
         12 . The building kit of  claim 10 , wherein the first and second building blocks are configured to engage into releaseable connections between a first face of the first plurality of faces and a second face of the second plurality of faces such that a first edge of the first plurality of edges is parallel to a second edge of the second plurality of edges in a first releasable connection, such that the first edge is perpendicular to a second edge of the second plurality of edges in a second releasable connections. 
     
     
         13 . The building kit of  claim 11 , further comprising:
 a container including a resealable opening configured to receive the plurality of building blocks and the mat, the container configured to contain the plurality of building blocks and the mat simultaneously.   
     
     
         14 . The building kit of  claim 10 , wherein at least thirty six releasable connection orientations are possible between the first building block and the second building block about a single point such that each of the thirty six connection orientations is at a different relative angular position between the first and second building blocks. 
     
     
         15 . A building kit comprising:
 a first building block having a first geometric shape and a first plurality of faces, wherein each face of the first plurality of faces has at least a substantial area covered by self-interlocking reclosable fasteners;   a second building block having a second geometric shape and a second plurality of faces, wherein each face of the second plurality of faces has at least a substantial area covered by the self-interlocking reclosable fasteners;   wherein the self-interlocking reclosable fasteners are dual locking and comprise a plurality of stems, each of the plurality of stems extending to a head such that the self-interlocking reclosable fasteners are mushroom-shaped, and wherein the plurality of stems are each configured to bend, and wherein the self-interlocking reclosable fasteners include at least 50 stems per square inch.   
     
     
         16 . The building kit of  claim 15 , further comprising:
 a mat including a top planar surface at least substantially covered by the self-interlocking reclosable fasteners.   
     
     
         17 . The building kit of  claim 16 , further comprising:
 a container including a resealable opening configured to receive the plurality of building blocks and the mat, the container configured to contain the plurality of building blocks and the mat simultaneously.   
     
     
         18 . The building kit of  claim 17 , wherein at least one of an outside surface and an inside surface of the container has at least a substantial area covered in self-interlocking reclosable fasteners. 
     
     
         19 . The building kit of  claim 15 , wherein the self-interlocking reclosable fasteners are heat stamped into the plurality of faces.