Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
242 words
A sectional member for a multi-member sectional toy apparatus, Comprising a body portion having top and bottom walls, side walls and end walls, the body portion being curved on a substantially uniform radius of curvature along its longitudinal axis extending between the end walls with the top wall having a greater radius of curvature than the bottom wall and with the end walls being substantially perpendicular to the top, bottom and side walls, a transverse cross-section of said body portion having substantially parallel side walls and curved top and bottom walls, a tongue extending transversely across the center of one end wall from side wall to side wall, said tongue having a head and neck portion, the head portion being formed by a substantially flat top and bottom head wall converging outwardly to join at their forward edges to form the forward edge of the tongue head portion, the neck portion being formed by a substantially flat top and bottom neck wall outwardly converging from said end wall, and reversely curved walls each respectively joining the rear edge of a head wall to the forward edge of a neck wall, the opposite end wall of said body portion terminating in an open recess in said body portion conforming in contour to the outer contour of said tongue, whereby two sectional members may be interlockingly joined in end-to-end relation by inserting the tongue of one member laterally into the recess of another member.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
242 words
A sectional member for a multi-member sectional toy apparatus, Comprising a body portion having top and bottom walls, side walls and end walls, the body portion being curved on a substantially uniform radius of curvature along its longitudinal axis extending between the end walls with the top wall having a greater radius of curvature than the bottom wall and with the end walls being substantially perpendicular to the top, bottom and side walls, a transverse cross-section of said body portion having substantially parallel side walls and curved top and bottom walls, a tongue extending transversely across the center of one end wall from side wall to side wall, said tongue having a head and neck portion, the head portion being formed by a substantially flat top and bottom head wall converging outwardly to join at their forward edges to form the forward edge of the tongue head portion, the neck portion being formed by a substantially flat top and bottom neck wall outwardly converging from said end wall, and reversely curved walls each respectively joining the rear edge of a head wall to the forward edge of a neck wall, the opposite end wall of said body portion terminating in an open recess in said body portion conforming in contour to the outer contour of said tongue, whereby two sectional members may be interlockingly joined in end-to-end relation by inserting the tongue of one member laterally into the recess of another member.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
42 words
A sectional member for a multi-member sectional toy apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the said body portion is of hollow construction, the walls of said body portion being of relatively thin construction in the range of one-eighth to one-fourtb inch thickness.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
44 words
A sectional member for a multi-member sectional toy apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the side walls of the body portion have integrally formed therein a plurality of arcuately spaced inwardly extending shallow cups that furnish reinforcement and substantial rigidity to said side walls.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
29 words
A sectional member for a multi-member sectional toy apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the top and bottom walls of the body portion are curved inwardly toward each other.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
28 words
A sectional member for a multi-member sectional toy apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the walls of said body portion are of thin construction molded of light-weight material.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
37 words
A sectional member for a multi-member sectional toy apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the walls of said body portions are of thin construction and molded of a low density polyethylene and plastic material having plastic memory.