Building elements container unit

Claim 1

A container unit for a set of building blocks in which the container unit is formed from component parts of the set of building blocks which comprises a rectangular planar base support member having a top and a bottom planar surface separated by two transverse opposite end walls and two longitudinally extending planar opposite side walls, a plurality of recesses being located at the periphery of said two opposing side walls and on the top planar surface of said base support, said planar base support member supporting upwardly extending opposing side and end members said side members being of rectangular block construction having a pair of rectangular grooves at opposite ends of the inward face thereof and extending from top to bottom thereof, a plurality of chambers extending through the side members from top to bottom, each of said chambers being positioned above one of said recesses in the base support member so as to be adapted to receive an elongated shaft therein in a manner such that the shaft is also received in one of said recesses of said planar base support member, upwardly extending elongated shafts being located within said recesses and said chambers, the end members being of rectangular block construction and received in said opposing grooves on said opposing side members, the confined space thus formed by the side and end members is such that both the distance between the two grooves on opposite ends of the same side member and the distance between the inner faces of the opposing side members is a multiple of the basic building block unit whereby the container unit is adapted to receive the remaining building block elements therein to form a generally rectangular self-contained unit.