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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 17, 1996
Helle Kleist Nielsen, Frederiksberg, DK;
Paul Leadbetter, Holb.ae butted.k, DK;
INTERLEGO AG, Baar, CH;
Abstract
The invention relates to a toy building element (1,8) for use in a toy building element system comprising a number of toy building elements with coupling studs for coupling with other toy building elements with complementary coupling sockets, the coupling studs being arranged in a regular pattern with a specific modular distance relative to each other. The toy building element is characterized in that in its free state at least some of the coupling studs of the toy building element are shifted relative to the modular distance, the mutual position of the coupling studs of the toy building element being elastically changeable at least to a mutual position corresponding to the modular distance. The invention also relates to a toy building set having such a toy building element.