A building model connector is disclosed comprising a central body, an arm extending outwardly from the central body, the arm including a first arm portion, and a second arm portion, and first and second gripping teeth formed at the distal end of the first arm portion and the second arm portion, respectively, on the inner surface thereof. The first and second gripping teeth are configured to removably connect to a form such as a building panel. Corresponding systems and methods also are disclosed.

A building toy set is disclosed herein. The building toy set may include a plurality of elongate stick members, at least one of the plurality of elongate stick members having at least one rounded end; and a plurality of connector members, at least one of the plurality of connector members being in the form of a two-sided parallel connector having a body portion defining two slots, each of the two slots being disposed adjacent to, and extending parallel to one another. At least one of the plurality of connector members may include a body portion defining a bulb-shaped slot bounded by a straight wall portion and at least one curved wall portion, the at least one curved wall portion enabling one of the plurality of elongate stick members to be disposed at an angle relative to a longitudinal axis of the body portion of the connector member.

Provided is a toy, game, or puzzle building system. The building system may comprise variously shaped clips that are operatively attachable to cards, paper, or the like. The clips may have a receiving portion adapted to receive the edge of a card or another clip and may connect two, three, four, five, etc. cards or clips in various angles and orientations. For instance, two cards or clips may be connected in a straight line, at a right angle, at an obtuse angle, at an acute angle, etc. Multiple cards may be inserted into each receiving portion of the clips and the cards may be folded, cut, or otherwise manipulated to create a myriad of shapes. Cards may be provided as a part of the building system and may have various shapes, sizes, and images thereon that may be built into a particular item, vehicle, animal, person, building, scene, or landscape. The building system may also allow for freehand building and can incorporate any existing card or paper, such as playing cards, baseball cards, greeting cards, photographs, collector cards, notecards, etc. The various components and versatility between components allow for the creation of limitless configurations, shapes, and images.

A bracket for modular luminaire includes a polyhedral module and a connector connected to the polyhedral module. The polyhedral module is a polyhedron provided with a cavity therein, and each surface of the polyhedron is provided with a stepped through-hole connected to the cavity, thereby forming a first annular protrusion at a junction of the stepped through-hole and the cavity. The connector includes a connector body having a cylindrical shape. On an outer periphery of the connector body, a second annular protrusion, a third annular protrusion, a fourth annular protrusion, and a fifth annular protrusion protrude outwards in a radial direction and are spaced apart from each other, and formed successively from a left end portion to a right end portion of the connector body. A left end of the connector is inserted into the stepped through-hole of the polyhedral module.

Systems and methods which provide for interactive haptic proxies for hand-graspable virtual reality (VR) objects using reconfigurable artifacts and facilitated through use of a haptic reconfigurable artifact toolkit are described. Embodiments provide a haptic reconfigurable artifact toolkit including a set of reconfigurable artifacts for use in forming reconfigurable artifact-based haptic proxies, a set of haptic hardware components for use with respect to reconfigurable artifact-based haptic proxies, and a haptic reconfigurable artifact software platform configured to facilitate generation of reconfigurable artifact-based haptic proxies using items of the set of reconfigurable artifacts and the set of haptic hardware components. Reconfigurable artifacts may be shaped to form reconfigurable artifact-based haptic proxies covering a wide range of hand-grasp postures.

A toy linkage comprises a posable metal wire within a covering, the posable metal wire and covering forming a cross-section for the toy linkage that is no more than 50% comprised of the posable metal wire.

A bracket for modular luminaire includes a polyhedral module and a connector connected to the polyhedral module. The polyhedral module is a polyhedron provided with a cavity therein, and each surface of the polyhedron is provided with a stepped through-hole connected to the cavity, thereby forming a first annular protrusion at a junction of the stepped through-hole and the cavity. The connector includes a connector body having a cylindrical shape. On an outer periphery of the connector body, a second annular protrusion, a third annular protrusion, a fourth annular protrusion, and a fifth annular protrusion protrude outwards in a radial direction and are spaced apart from each other, and formed successively from a left end portion to a right end portion of the connector body. A left end of the connector is inserted into the stepped through-hole of the polyhedral module.

A toy construction element includes a first face recessed from a second face by a recess height, a first peg extending from the second face, and an engaging member disposed on the first face. The first peg has a first peg height relative to the second face. The engaging member may include a column portion and a peg portion, wherein the column portion extends from a first end portion at the first face to a second end portion at which the peg portion is disposed. The column portion may have a column height substantially equal to the recess height, and the peg portion may have a peg portion height substantially equal to the first peg height. A toy construction element may be part of a toy construction assembly, in which an engaging member of the toy construction element connects to a hole defined by a flexible member.

A kit of parts is provided for a functional toy, such as a children's walker or push along wagon. The kit includes one or more connector(s) having a first and second end, and a radially extending flange therebetween; and one or more foam element(s) with at least one essentially planar surface having at least one opening extending perpendicular to the surface for receiving at least the first end of the connector. The connector flange is configured as a stopper for the insertion of the first end into the foam element opening. When the first end is inserted into the foam element opening to the stopper position, and a further suitable amount of force is applied, the flange of the connector is countersunk into the surface of the foam element, and remains countersunk after the further force is removed due to the frictional force between the connector and the opening.

A splicing structure is disclosed, and the splicing structure includes at least two splicing blocks (1) which are detachably spliced together, a splicing hole (12) is arranged in one of the two splicing blocks (1) which are spliced with each other, the other splicing block (1) is provided with a splicing column (11) which can be inserted into the splicing hole (12), and the splicing column (11) is provided with an inner hole (110) extending in an axial direction thereof. The splicing structure further includes: a plug piece (131) having an insertion rod (1311); a receptacle (132) having a sleeve (1321), where an insertion hole (130) is formed on the sleeve (1321).