Structural basic units and their connectivity devices

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  "publication_number": "US10661192B2",
  "country": "US",
  "kind": "B2",
  "title": "Structural basic units and their connectivity devices",
  "abstract": "A connector joint device for connecting rods or arms at a joint or intersection. The connector joint includes more than one hexagon shape faces, more than one octagon shape faces, more than one 4-sided polygon shape faces. A first face among the more than one octagon shape faces has a hole extending in a direction at an angle with respect to a perpendicular line to the first face.",
  "claims": [
    "1. A connector joint device for connecting rods or arms at a joint or intersection, said connector joint device comprising: more than one hexagon shape faces; more than one octagon shape faces; more than one 4-sided polygon shape faces; wherein a first face among said more than one octagon shape faces has a hole; wherein said hole is located at center of said first face among said more than one octagon shape faces; wherein said hole's cross section is octagon shaped; wherein said hole's shaft's direction has a 30 degree angle with respect to perpendicular line to said first face among said more than one octagon shape faces; wherein a bar or arm is configured to go in to said hole and get connected to said connector joint device.",
    "2. The connector joint device for connecting rods or arms at a joint or intersection as recited in claim 1, wherein said connector joint device is configured to fit inside a toy.",
    "3. The connector joint device for connecting rods or arms at a joint or intersection as recited in claim 1, wherein said connector joint device is configured to fit inside an instructional device.",
    "4. The connector joint device for connecting rods or arms at a joint or intersection as recited in claim 1, wherein said connector joint device is configured to fit inside a structural assembly, house, or housing.",
    "5. The connector joint device for connecting rods or arms at a joint or intersection as recited in claim 1, wherein glue is used or placed inside or around said connector joint device.",
    "6. The connector joint device for connecting rods or arms at a joint or intersection as recited in claim 1, wherein cement or mortar or grout is used or placed inside or around said connector joint device.",
    "7. The connector joint device for connecting rods or arms at a joint or intersection as recited in claim 1, wherein said connector joint device is configured to fit in a structure floating on water.",
    "8. The connector joint device for connecting rods or arms at a joint or intersection as recited in claim 1, wherein said connector joint device is configured to fit in an earth quake-resistant structure.",
    "9. The connector joint device for connecting rods or arms at a joint or intersection as recited in claim 1, wherein said connector joint device has a male part.",
    "10. The connector joint device for connecting rods or arms at a joint or intersection as recited in claim 1, wherein said connector joint device has a flat cut bottom.",
    "11. The connector joint device for connecting rods or arms at a joint or intersection as recited in claim 1, wherein said connector joint device has all faces with symmetric shaped sides.",
    "12. The connector joint device for connecting rods or arms at a joint or intersection as recited in claim 1, wherein said connector joint device has some faces with asymmetric shaped sides.",
    "13. A connector joint device for connecting rods or arms at a joint or intersection, said connector joint device comprising: more than one hexagon shape faces; more than one octagon shape faces; more than one 4-sided polygon shape faces; wherein a first face among said more than one octagon shape faces has a hole; wherein said hole is located at center of said first face among said more than one octagon shape faces; wherein said hole's cross section is octagon shaped; wherein said hole's shaft's direction has a 30 degree angle with respect to perpendicular line to said first face among said more than one octagon shape faces; wherein a bar or arm is configured to go in to said hole and get connected to said connector joint device, and get locked in.",
    "14. The connector joint device for connecting rods or arms at a joint or intersection as recited in claim 13, wherein said hole has a slit or gap or niche or railing or opening or cut or split, for said bar or arm.",
    "15. A connector joint device for connecting rods or arms at a joint or intersection, said connector joint device comprising: more than one hexagon shape faces; more than one octagon shape faces; more than one 4-sided polygon shape faces; wherein a first face among said more than one octagon shape faces has a hole; wherein said hole is located at center of said first face among said more than one octagon shape faces; wherein said hole's cross section is octagon shaped; wherein said hole's shaft's direction has a 30 degree angle with respect to perpendicular line to said first face among said more than one octagon shape faces; wherein a bar or arm is configured to go in to said hole and get connected to said connector joint device; with said bar's or arm's head snapped and locked in.",
    "16. The connector joint device for connecting rods or arms at a joint or intersection as recited in claim 15, wherein said hole has a gap or niche or opening or recess, for said bar's or arm's head."
  ],
  "description_excerpt": "The Lego system and other structural games are very popular around the world, for millions of kids, which help them improve their math and design skills. However, the Lego system and other structural games have limited connectivity device and directional devices, so that a lot of the design structures cannot be built from their bricks and pieces or basic blocks or units or basis, using their connectors or connection devices. So, there is a need for such an improvement, which expands the universe of the Lego system and other structural games drastically, with more degrees of freedom, features, and parameters for expansions, details, structures, shapes, facets, surfaces, sides, extensions, and connectivities, as well as more variations of the final products and more strength for the final structures, with less potential cost for the final products, and more flexibility and reusability for the pieces or basis or connections used to construct the structures based on some original designs or drawings, making the final products more diverse and less expensive to make per device or structure, making the higher ROI (return-on-investment) for producing these models or structures. We will address these here.\n\nHowever, the invention and embodiments described here, below, have not been addressed or presented, in any prior art, e.g., Zoomtool Inc., which cannot achieve the properties and advantages of our method and system and device.\n\nIn one embodiment, we describe a method and system for structural basic units and their connectivity devices.",
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    "A63H 33/086",
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  "ipc": [
    "A63H 33/08",
    "A63H 33/10",
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  ],
  "assignees": [
    "MOSHFEGHI NEJAD FARIBORZ"
  ],
  "inventors": [
    "Moshfeghi-Nejad Fariborz"
  ],
  "filing_date": "2017-03-09",
  "publication_date": "2020-05-26",
  "grant_date": "2020-05-26",
  "priority_date": "2017-03-09",
  "application_number": "US-201715454115-A",
  "family_id": "63444418",
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