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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 28, 1999
Philip Marshall Kushner, Windsor, GB;
Kaj Mikkelsen, Billund, DK;
INTERLEGO AG, Baar, CH;
Abstract
A toy building set comprising walls (,) having at least one door opening (,) which extends from the lower edge (,) of the walls (,) and upwards in the position of use of the walls (,) at a height and with a width corresponding to a door, said toy building set additionally comprising at least one door element (,) and one window element (,), said toy building set comprising a door frame (,) which has a height and a width corresponding to the door opening (,), said door frame (,) having coupling means for releasable, fixed mounting of the door frame in the door opening by means of complementary coupling means (,) located at the wall opening (,), said door element (,) having hinge parts (,) for releasable mounting in complementary hinge parts in the door opening (,) or the door frame (,), said toy building set additionally comprising at least one window frame (,) which has a width and a height corresponding to the width and the height of the door frame (,), said window frame (,) having coupling means (,) for releasable, fixed mounting in the door opening (,). This provides a high degree of flexibility with respect to the positioning of windows and doors in a toy building, thereby making it easy to build and vary between many different buildings in a rapid manner and with few subcomponents.