Toy construction set and a method of assembling such a toy construction set

Abstract

A toy construction set comprising a number of toy building blocks forming a construction having multiple coupling sockets, the toy building set further comprises a number of coupling pins and a flexible sheet having at least one hole. Each of the coupling pins extends in a longitudinal direction between a first end shaped for releasable attachment of the pin to one of the coupling sockets, and a second end extending away from the coupling socket in the attached position of the pin in the socket. The second end of the pin comprises a head arranged distally on a neck having a cross section allowing it to pass freely through the hole, and wherein the size and shape of the hole and of the head are adapted to make it impossible to pass the head through the hole without tearing or providing a plastic deformation on the flexible sheet.

1 . A toy construction set comprising a number of toy building blocks forming a construction having a number of coupling sockets arranged in a spatial or planar pattern, and where the toy building set further comprises a number of coupling pins and a flexible sheet having at least one hole, and where each of the coupling pins extends in a longitudinal direction between a first end being shaped for releasable attachment of the pin to one of the coupling sockets, and a second end extending away from the coupling socket in the attached position of the pin in the socket, and where the second end of the pin comprises a head arranged distally on a neck on the second end of the pin, and where the neck has a cross section allowing it to pass freely through the hole, and where the size and shape of the hole and the size and shape of the head are adapted such that it is impossible to pass the head through the hole without tearing or providing a plastic deformation on the flexible sheet, wherein the neck extends between the head and a flange surrounding the pin, and the size and shape of the flange is such that passing the flange through the hole requires plastic deformation of the flexible sheet. 
     
     
         2 . The toy construction set according to  claim 1 , wherein the head is shaped like a panhead, or having a flat surface at the side of the head facing the neck. 
     
     
         3 . The toy construction set according to  claim 1 , wherein the hole is triangular. 
     
     
         4 . The toy construction set according to  claim 3 , wherein the cross section of the neck is circular having a diameter being smaller than a corresponding diameter of a circle circumscribing the triangular hole. 
     
     
         5 . The toy construction set according to  claim 4 , wherein a cross section of the flange is circular having a diameter being larger than the corresponding diameter of the circle inscribing the triangular hole. 
     
     
         6 . The toy construction set according to  claim 1 , wherein a largest cross section of the head is in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and is larger than a largest cross section of the hole in the flexible sheet. 
     
     
         7 . The toy construction set according to  claim 6 , wherein the hole in the flexible sheet, and the largest cross section of the head in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction are both circular. 
     
     
         8 . The toy construction set according to  claim 1 , wherein the construction set comprises one or more of said building blocks, each having multiple coupling sockets arranged equidistantly at least along one straight line. 
     
     
         9 . The toy construction set according to  claim 1 , wherein the construction set comprises two or more of said building blocks, and at least one connector pin having a first end adapted for being attached to a coupling socket on one of said building blocks, and an opposite end adapted for being attached to a coupling socket on the other one of said building blocks. 
     
     
         10 . The toy construction set according to  claim 1 , wherein the flexible sheet is made from an elastically bendable material. 
     
     
         11 . The toy construction set according to  claim 1 , wherein each of the couplings sockets are formed by a substantially cylindrical through hole extending through the building block. 
     
     
         12 . 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 according to  claim 1 . 
     
     
         13 . A method of assembling a toy construction set according to  claim 1 , wherein the coupling pin is first attached to the flexible sheet by passing the first end of the coupling pin through the hole in the flexible sheet, and thereafter the first end of the coupling pin is attached to the coupling socket of one of the toy building blocks.