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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2011
Christoph Rõttjer, Flensburg, DE;
Cerim Manovi, Flensburg, DE;
Christoffer Raundahl, Vejle, DK;
LEGO A/S, , DK;
Abstract
A toy building set comprising at least a first building element having a ball () arranged on a connecting rod on each element, and a second building element having a socket () arranged and adapted for receiving said ball in order to form an articulated ball and socket joint. According to the invention the building set also comprises at least one third building element having a second type of socket () being adapted for receiving said ball on the first building element in order to provide a snap connection between the second type of socket and the ball, and where the first building element and the third building element comprises positioning means adapted for engaging with each other when the ball () is received in the second type of socket (), so as to hold the third building element in a fixed position with respect to the first building element.