Toy building set

Abstract

A toy building set comprising one or more first building elements (1) having an integrally shaped body (2) and at least two plane knob surfaces (3) each being provided with at least one knob (4) extending perpendicular from the knob surface (3) and where the integrally shaped body (2) further has at least two plane socket surfaces (6) each being provided with at least one socket (7) each extending into a socket surface (6), and being adapted for frictional interconnection with the knobs on the knob surface on an identical building element, and where the two knob surfaces (3) extends in two mutually parallel and not coinciding planes and that the two socket surfaces (6) also extends in two mutually parallel and not coinciding planes, and in that the distance between the mutually parallel planes comprising the two knob surfaces (3) and the two socket surfaces (6) respectively, are identical, and the mutual position between the two knob surfaces (6) is the same as the corresponding mutual position between the two socket surfaces (3), so that it allows the knobs (4) at a first one of the two knob surfaces (3) to be inserted into the socket (7) of a first one of the two sockets (6) on an identical building element simultaneously with allowing the knobs (4) at a second one of the two knob surfaces (3) to be inserted into the socket (7) of a second one of the socket surfaces (6) of an identical building element.

1 . A toy building set comprising one or more first type building elements having one body and at least two plane knob surfaces each being provided with at least one knob extending perpendicular from the knob surface and where the integrally shaped body further has at least two plane socket surfaces each being provided with at least one socket each extending into a socket surface, and being adapted for frictional interconnection with the knobs on the knob surface on an identical building element, characterized in that the two knob surfaces extends in two mutually parallel and not coinciding planes and that the two socket surfaces also extends in two mutually parallel and not coinciding planes, and in that the distance between the mutually parallel planes comprising the two knob surfaces and the two socket surfaces respectively, are identical, and the mutual position between the two knob surfaces is the same as the corresponding mutual position between the two socket surfaces, so that it allows the knobs at a first one of the two knob surfaces to be inserted into the socket of a first one of the two sockets on an identical building element simultaneously with allowing the knobs at a second one of the two knob surfaces to be inserted into the socket of a second one of the socket surfaces of an identical building element. 
     
     
         2 . A toy building set according to  claim 1 , characterized in that the body part of each of the first type of building elements comprises an intermediate body portion having a first side where the first one of the two knob surfaces is arranged, and a second side where the second one of the two socket surfaces is arranged, and where the second one of the two knob surfaces is arranged on the free end of a first extension extending perpendicular from the first side next to the first one of the knob surfaces, and where the first one of the two socket surfaces is arranged on the free end of a second extension extending perpendicular from the second side next to the second one of the two socket surfaces, and where the first and the second extension has the same length. 
     
     
         3 . A toy building set according to  claim 3 , characterized in that the knob surfaces, and the socket surfaces are all rectangular or square. 
     
     
         4 . A toy building set according to  claim 4 , characterized in that the knob surfaces and the socket surfaces all has the same size. 
     
     
         5 . A toy building set according to  claim 4  or  5 , characterized in that the cross section of the intermediate body and each extension measured in a direction in parallel with the two mutually parallel and not coinciding planes comprising the knob surfaces or the socket surfaces respectively of the extension, are rectangular or square. 
     
     
         6 . A toy building set according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the mutually parallel planes comprising the two knob surfaces extends perpendicular to the mutually parallel planes comprising the two socket surfaces. 
     
     
         7 . A toy building set according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the toy building set further comprises a number of second type building elements each having a box shaped body part comprising four rectangular side faces and at least one plane knob surface being provided with at least one knob extending perpendicular from the knob surface and one plane socket surface being provided with at least one socket each extending into the socket surface, and where the distance between the two knob surfaces of a first type building element as well as the distance between the two socket surfaces of a first type building element is equal to two or more times the distance between the plane socket surface and the plane knob surface of the second type building element. 
     
     
         8 . A toy building set according to  claim 7 , characterized in that the toy building set further comprises a third type building element with an integrally shaped body having only one plane socket surface and at least two plane knob surfaces each being provided with at least one knob extending perpendicular from the knob surface, and where the two knob surfaces of the third type building element extends in two mutually parallel and not coinciding planes, and in that the distance between the mutually parallel planes comprising the two knob surfaces of the third type building element is identical with the distance between the two mutually parallel and not coinciding planes of the first type building element comprising the two socket surfaces respectively, and the mutual position between the two knob surfaces of the third type building element is the same as the corresponding mutual position between the two socket surfaces of the first type building element, so that it allows the knobs at a first one of the two knob surfaces of the third type building element to be inserted into the socket of a first one of the two sockets of the first type building element simultaneously with allowing the knobs at a second one of the two knob surfaces of the third type building element to be inserted into the socket of a second one of the socket surfaces of the first type building element. 
     
     
         9 . A toy building set according to  claim 7  or  8 , characterized in that the toy building set further comprises a fourth type building element with an integrally shaped body having only one plane knob surface and at least two plane socket surfaces each being provided with at least one socket least one socket extending into each socket surface, and being adapted for frictional interconnection with the knobs on the knob surface on a first type building element, and where the two socket surfaces of the fourth type building element extends in two mutually parallel and not coinciding planes, and in that the distance between the mutually parallel planes comprising the two knob surfaces of the fourth type building element is identical with the distance between the two mutually parallel and not coinciding planes of the first type building element comprising the two knob surfaces respectively, and the mutual position between the two socket surfaces of the fourth type building element is the same as the corresponding mutual position between the two knob surfaces of the first type building element, so that it allows the socket at a first one of the two socket surfaces of the fourth type building element to be frictionally interconnected with the knobs of the first knob surface of the first type building element simultaneously with allowing the socket at a second one of the two socket surfaces of the fourth type building element to be frictionally interconnected with the knobs of the second one of the knob surfaces of the first type building element. 
     
     
         10 . A computer-readable model comprising computer-readable instructions configured to cause, when processed by an apparatus for performing an additive manufacturing process, said apparatus to manufacture the toy building elements as defined in one or more of  claims 1  through  9 .