Connecting element of a toy construction kit

Abstract

The invention relates to fastening elements of a toy construction kit and can be used for creating toy construction kit elements which are connected by means of connecting elements. A connecting element of a toy construction kit consists of two parts, a receiving part and a removable part, which, when brought together, fasten together under the effect of magnetic forces such as to be disconnectable and rotatable about the coupling point by 360. The receiving part consists of a disc, a collar, and a neodymium magnet in the form of a truncated cone-shaped collar, which have different diameters and are fastened to one another. The removable part consists of a disc with a through opening, a collar, and a neodymium magnet, which have different diameters, and a metal rod, which are fastened to one another.

Claims

1. A connecting element of a toy construction kit, comprising: a receiving part and a removable part magnetically coupled by a first neodymium magnet disk assembly and a second neodymium magnet disk assembly, the disk assemblies disposed within a connecting portion of the receiving and removable parts; a through hole disposed through the first and the second neodymium magnet disk assemblies defining a center axis of the first and the second neodymium magnet disk assemblies; the neodymium magnet disk assembly, when coplanar and coaxially coupled, rotatable about the respective center axes by 360; the first coplanar neodymium magnetic disk assembly having a first collar portion coupled to a first neodymium magnet portion, the first neodymium magnet portion substantially shaped as a truncated cone-shaped collar, a diameter of the first magnetic disk assembly being smaller than a diameter of the first collar, and the through hole of the first neodymium magnet assembly disposed through the first collar and the neodymium magnet portion, wherein above the first collar a disk is attached for holding a first neodymium magnetic ring inside the first collar, the first collar having an outer skirt member with a plurality of holes adapted to facilitate attachment to the receiving parts, the receiving parts having a positive polarity inward; and the second coplanar neodymium magnet disk assembly having a second collar portion coupled to a second neodymium magnet, a diameter of the second magnetic disk assembly being smaller than diameter of the second collar, and the through hole being aligned for the second neodymium magnet assembly disposed through the second collar and the second neodymium magnet portion, wherein above the second collar is attached a washer for holding a second neodymium magnetic ring inside the second collar, a metal rod member disposed through the through hole and protruding at a proximal surface of the second neodymium magnet disk assembly, the metal rod member with an extension in a form of a head at a tip adapted to be disposed at least partially within the through hole of the opposing first neodymium magnet assembly when the opposing magnet assembly is in a coupled state with, the second collar having an outer skirt with a plurality of holes adapted to facilitate attachment to the removable part, the removable part having a negative polarity inward.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) The essence of the invention is disclosed in the drawings, in which

(2) FIG. 1 shows a receiving part neodymium magnet disk assembly;

(3) FIG. 2 shows a removable part neodymium magnet disk assembly;

(4) FIG. 3 shows elements of a toy construction kit.

PREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION

(5) A connecting element of a toy construction kit consists of a receiving part 7 and a removable part 8, which, when brought together, fasten together under an effect of magnetic forces such as to be disconnectable and rotatable about a coupling point by 360.

(6) The receiving part 7 consists of a disk 1, a collar 2, and a neodymium magnet 3 which are different in diameter and fastened together, with the neodymium magnet 3 being made as a truncated cone-shaped collar. The diameter of the disk 1 is smaller than the diameter of the collar 2. The neodymium magnet 3 made as the truncated cone-shaped collar is attached inside the collar 2 with its positive polarity inward.

(7) The removable part 8 consists of a disk 10 having a through hole 11, defining a center axis of the disk 12, a collar 2, a neodymium magnet 3 and a metal rod 4 which are fastened together, with the disk 10, the collar 2, and the neodymium magnet 3 being different in diameter, and the neodymium magnet 3 being made as the truncated cone-shaped collar. The neodymium magnet 3 made as the truncated cone-shaped collar is attached inside the collar 2 with its negative polarity inward. The disk 10 having the through hole is attached to the collar 2 on one side, with the metal rod 4 flaring to the head at one end being inserted in the through holes of the collar 2 and the disc 10. Passing through the through holes of the disk 10, the collar 2 and the neodymium magnet 3, the metal rod 4 protrudes on a proximal side 13 of the neodymium magnet 3. The diameter of the head 6 of the metal rod 4 is larger than the diameter of the through hole of the neodymium magnet 3. The diameter of the disk 10 having the through hole is smaller than the diameter of the collar 2.

(8) Each collar 2 of the receiving 7 and removable 8 parts has an outer skirt with holes 5 for its attachment to an element 9 of the toy construction kit.

(9) When brought together, the receiving 7 and removable 8 parts are attached to each other under the effect of magnetic forces such as to be disconnectable and rotatable about the coupling point by 360. The metal rod 4 in the removable part 8 attached to the receiving part 7 prevents the elements of the toy construction kit from sliding relative to each other and increases an attachment area of the neodymium magnets 3.

(10) The elements 9 of the toy construction kit can be made as a head, body, hands and legs of a toy, and can be different in size, shape and color.

OPERATION OF THE INVENTION

(11) The connecting element of the toy construction kit is used as follows. For example, there are the following elements of the toy construction kit 9: a head, a body, hands and legs.

(12) The receiving part 7 is attached to the element-body by means of a thread and the holes 5 on the outer skirt of the collar 2. The removable part 8 is attached to each of the element-head, element-hand, and element-leg.

(13) The elements 9 of the toy construction kiti.e. the head, hands and legs, are all attached to the element-body as follows.

(14) The metal rod 4 of the removable part 8, which protrudes on the side of the neodymium magnet 3, is inserted in the through hole of the neodymium magnet 3 of the receiving part 7. When brought together, the elements 9 of the toy construction kiti.e. the head, body, hands and legs, are all reliably attached to each other under the effect of magnetic forces such as to be disconnectable and rotatable about the coupling point by 360.