Toy assembling apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10029187-B2
Application number	US-201615390532-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 25, 2016
Priority date	Mar 24, 2016
Publication date	Jul 24, 2018
Grant date	Jul 24, 2018

Abstract

A toy assembling apparatus is disclosed. The toy assembling apparatus includes at least one connector, and each connector having at least one of a first connecting portion and a second connecting portion. The first connecting portion includes a connection plate and a connection pillar disposed on the connection plate. The second connecting portion includes a left side board, a right side board, a back side board, a bottom board, and a top board, which jointly form a containing slot for inserting the first connecting portion. The containing slot includes a plate slot for containing the connection plate and a pillar slot for containing the connection pillar. Limit grooves or limit protrudes are formed on the connection pillar. The pillar slot has protrudes or grooves formed thereon correspondingly. The limit grooves match the limit protrudes, such that the first connecting portion matches the second connecting portion of another connector tightly.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A toy assembling apparatus, comprising at least one connector, and each connector comprising at least one of a first connecting portion and a second connecting portion;
wherein the first connecting portion comprises a connection plate and a connection pillar disposed on the connection plate; and
wherein the second connecting portion comprises a left side board, a right side board, a bottom board, and a top board, the left side board, the right side board, the bottom board, and the top board jointly form a containing slot for inserting the first connecting portion therein along a first direction, the containing slot comprises a plate slot for containing the connection plate and a pillar slot for containing the connection pillar; and
wherein the connection pillar has one or more limit grooves or one or more limit protrudes formed thereon, the pillar slot has one or more protrudes or one or more limit grooves formed thereon correspondingly and extending in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction;
wherein, when the first connecting portion of one connector is inserted into the second connecting portion of another connector, the connection plate of the connector is engaged in the plate slot of the another connector and the connection pillar of the connector is engaged in the pillar slot of the another connector so as to assemble these two connectors together, and the one or more limit grooves of one of these two connectors is engaged with the one or more limit protrudes of the other of these two connectors so as to limit their relative position along the first direction.

2. The toy assembling apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the connection pillar is disposed on the bottom board such that the first connecting portion is integrated with the second connecting portion.

3. The toy assembling apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second connecting portion comprises a support plate disposed in the containing slot and a back side board, inner walls of the support plate, the left side board, the right side board, the back side board, and the top board jointly form the plate slot, and
wherein at least one reinforcing rib is formed on each of inner walls of the support plate, the top board, the left side board, and the right side board, the reinforcing rib extends in the first direction.

4. The toy assembling apparatus of claim 3 , wherein a circular connection aperture is formed on the back side board, a slot matching the circular connection aperture is formed on the support plate.

5. The toy assembling apparatus of claim 3 , wherein a vertical distance between the reinforcing rib on the support plate and the reinforcing rib on the top board is equal to a thickness of the connection plate of the first connector.

6. The toy assembling apparatus of claim 1 , wherein at least one reinforcing rib is formed on each of inner walls of the top board, the left side board, the right side board, and the bottom board, a vertical distance between the reinforcing rib on the bottom board and the reinforcing rib on the top board is equal to a thickness of the connection plate of the first connector.

7. The toy assembling apparatus of claim 6 , wherein a bevel edge is formed on an end of the reinforcing rib far away from the back side board for facilitating insertion of the connection plate.

8. The toy assembling apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the top board comprises a top board left part, a top board back part, and a top board right part, inner side walls of the top board left part, the top board back part, and the top board right part jointly form the pillar slot, a set of the limit protrudes or the limit grooves are formed on opposite positions on the inner side walls of the top board left part and the top board right part respectively, at least one set of the limit grooves or the limit protrudes are formed on opposite sides of the connection pillar.

9. The toy assembling apparatus of claim 8 , wherein a bar slot is formed in each of the top board left part and the top board right part respectively, the bar slot is parallel to the first direction and aligns with the limit protrude or the limit groove to provide deformation space.

10. The toy assembling apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the connection plate has a square shape, four limit protrudes or limit grooves are uniformly distributed on the connection pillar, each of the limit groove or the limit protrude is disposed aligning with a center of each side of the connection plate.

11. The toy assembling apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the toy assembling apparatus comprises a plurality of connectors, and the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion are disposed on different connectors respectively.

12. The toy assembling apparatus of claim 11 , wherein one of the connectors is composed of two second connecting portions, and the two second connecting portions are disposed symmetrically and share one same bottom board.

13. The toy assembling apparatus of claim 11 , wherein one of the connectors comprises a first body, and the first connecting portion is disposed on the first body; and
wherein another of the connectors comprises a second body, and the second connecting portion is disposed on the second body.

14. The toy assembling apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the second body comprises a first connection arm, a second connection arm, and a third connection arm, the first connection arm and the third connection arm are parallel with each other, the second connection arm is vertically connected to the first connection arm and the third connection arm;
wherein one second connecting portion is disposed on the first connection arm, and another second connecting portion is disposed on the second connection arm.

15. The toy assembling apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the second body comprises a first connection arm, a second connection arm, and a third connection arm, the first connection arm and the third connection arm are parallel with each other, the second connection arm is vertically connected to the first connection arm and the third connection arm; and
wherein the first connection arm has two opposite ends, two second connecting portions are disposed on the two opposite ends respectively.

16. The toy assembling apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the second body is the connection plate, and the connection pillar connects the connection plate to the second connecting portion, N*M connection apertures are disposed on the support board, and N and M are integers greater than 2.

17. The toy assembling apparatus of claim 1 , wherein one of the connectors comprises a body, the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion are disposed on the body.

18. The toy assembling apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the body comprises a first connection arm, a second connection arm, and a third connection arm, the first connection arm and the third connection arm are parallel with each other, the second connection arm is vertically connected to the first connection arm and the third connection arm, the first connecting portion is disposed on the second connection arm, the second connecting portion is disposed on the first connection arm.

19. The toy assembling apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the body has two opposite sides, the first connecting portion is disposed on one of the sides of the body, the second connecting portion is disposed on the other one of the sides of the body.

20. The toy assembling apparatus of claim 19 , wherein two first connecting

Assignees

• Ubtech Robotics Corp

Inventors

• Liu Lefeng
• Wu Yumiao
• Xing Dingkai
• Fang Xiongyuan
• Chen Xinpu

Classifications

• A63H33/086

  with primary projections fitting by friction in complementary spaces between secondary projections, e.g. sidewalls · CPC title

• A63H33/084 Primary

  with grooves (dovetails A63H33/082) · CPC title

• A63H33/08 Primary

  provided with complementary holes, grooves, or protuberances, e.g. dovetails · CPC title