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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2000
Interlego AG, Baar, CH;
Abstract
A toy building set comprising toy building elements ( ) which may be coupled together to build structures. Some of the toy building elements are in the form of shafts ( ) and bushings ( ) which are capable of coupling other toy building elements together, as these other toy building elements are provided with coupling means which are complementary to said shafts ( ) and bushings ( ). The toy building set also comprises at least one tubular, elongated, flexible toy building element ( ) which essentially has a uniform cross section over its entire length, and whose end faces appear as clean cuts perpendicular to its longitudinal direction. This tubular, elongated, flexible toy building element ( ) has such an inner shape that it may be coupled together with said shafts ( ) and bushings ( ) by gripping at least a portion of these.