Building elements for models

Claim 1

In a model building erected from a set of building elements, a combination comprising a plurality of floor plates of rightangular outline each having a bottom portion circumferentially bounded by first edge surfaces, and a top portion having a top surface and circumferentially bounded by second edge surfaces parallel to and offset with respect to said first edge surfaces in direction toward the center of said top surface, each of said floor plates being formed with a peripheral L-shaped groove along each side, each of said grooves having one leg which opens on the respective first edge surface and another leg which extends upwardly toward said top surface of said floor plate inwardly of said first and second edge surfaces, said floor plates of said plurality being arranged adjacent one another with the associated first surfaces of any associated two of said floor plates juxtaposed with one another and with the legs which open on said associated first edge surfaces facing one another so that the respective L-shaped grooves together form a U-shaped channel, said bottom portions and said second edge surfaces of said associated floor plates simultaneously defining an upwardly open channel of a predetermined width at said top surfaces between said associated floor plates; a plurality of tongue fillets of Ushaped configuration inserted into the respective U-shaped channels of said associated floor plates and interconnecting the same to form a floor of a selectable configuration and circumferentially bounded by the marginal ones of said floor plates; a plurality of elongated marginal fillets each formed with an L-shaped projection inserted into the respective L-shaped grooves of said marginal floor plates and interconnecting the same in the circumferential direction of said floor and with an upstanding strip-shaped projection extending along the juxtaposed second edge surfaces of the respective marginal floor plates to form therewith an additional upwardly open channel of said predetermined width; and a plurality of wall elements having spaced parallel top and bottom edge surfaces, at least said bottom edge surface of each wall element being provided with at least one tongue projecting therefrom and having a width substantially corresponding to said predetermined width of said upwardly open channel, said tongues of at least certain of said wall elements being received in said additional upwardly open channels so that said certain wall elements form a center peripheral wall of said model building.