Toy brick and combination of toy bricks

Claim 2

A toy brick comprising a box-shaped part with side and end walls and with a top wall while being open at the bottom, and a plurality of elastically deformable holding means connected to the outside of said top wall in a symmetrically paired arrangement, at least some of said holding means being finshaped, said fin-shaped holding means being arranged crosswise with regard to each other with a gap between each two holding means facing each other with their adjacent ends, one end of two holding means in crosswise arrangement respectively pointing to two adjacent corners of said box-shaped part.

Claim 3

A toy brick according to claim 1, in which said box-shaped part has an oblong cross section.

Claim 4

A toy brick according to claim 1, in which said box-shaped part has a square cross section.

Claim 5

A combination according to claim 1, in which said box-shaped part has four corners frictionally engaging four of said holding means.

Claim 6

A toy brick according to claim 1, in which each of said holding means has a relatively long and narrow cross section.

Claim 7

A toy brick according to claIm 1, in which the height of each of said holding means approximately equals one-third of the height of said box-shaped part.

Claim 8

A toy brick according to claim 1, in which each of said holding means forms a rectilinear element.

Claim 9

A toy brick according to claim 1, in which said holding means are arranged in pairs so that one end of each pair of holding means faces an adjacent end of a holding means pertaining to the same pair of holding means, while said adjacent ends define a gap therebetween.

Claim 10

A toy brick according to claim 8, in which said side and end walls have substantially identical thickness, and in which the width of said gap approximately equals twice the thickness of one of said walls.

Claim 11

A toy brick according to claim 1, in which the ends of the fin-shaped holding means are beveled so as to define a V-shaped contour.

Claim 12

A combination according to claim 1, in which said holding means form groups of four fins with the fins of each group arranged crosswise and with each two oppositely located fins of each group aligned with each other and their inner ends spaced from each other, and in which at least two walls of one box-shaped part are in frictional engagement with at least three fins of the other box-shaped part.

Claim 13

A toy brick comprising a box-shaped part with side and end walls and with a top wall while being open at the bottom, and a plurality of elastically deformable holding means connected to the outside of said top wall in a symmetrically paired arrangement, at least some of said holding means being fin-shaped, all of said holding means being fin-shaped and grouped in groups of four arranged crosswise with regard to each other while defining a gap therebetween and between oppositely located fins, the gap between oppositely located fins being located substantially along a straight line at least approximately parallel to said side walls.

Claim 14

A toy brick comprising a box-shaped part with side and end walls and with a top wall while being open at the bottom, and a plurality of elastically deformable holding means connected to the outside of said top wall in a symmetrically paired arrangement, at least some of said holding means being fin-shaped, all of said holding means being fin-shaped and grouped in groups of four arranged crosswise with regard to each other while defining a gap therebetween and between oppositely located fins, the gap between oppositely located fins being located substantially along a straight line at least approximately parallel to said side walls.