Flexible interconnectable block and fastener system
View Patent ↗A flexible interconnectable block and fastener system includes a connector panel having a top side, a bottom side and a perimeter edge. The connector panel is resiliently flexible and is comprised of an elastomeric material. The perimeter edge includes a first end edge, a second end edge, a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge. The connector panel is elongated from the first end edge to the second end edge. A plurality of male interconnection members is integrally formed in and extends upwardly from the top side. The male interconnection members are arranged in a plurality of columns extending from the first end edge to the second end edge and rows extending between the first and second lateral edges wherein a number of the rows is equal to or less than a number of the columns.
1. A building block assembly comprising:
a connector panel having a top side, a bottom side and a perimeter edge, said connector panel being resiliently flexible and being comprised of an elastomeric material, said perimeter edge including a first end edge, a second end edge, a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge, said connector panel being elongated from said first end edge to said second end edge;
a plurality of male interconnection members being integrally formed in and extending upwardly from said top side, said male interconnection members being arranged in a plurality of columns extending from said first end edge to said second end edge and rows extending between said first and second lateral edges wherein a number of said rows is equal to or less than a number of said columns;
said plurality of male interconnection members each having a cylindrical shape; and
said plurality of male interconnection members including small male interconnection members and large male interconnection members, a diameter of said small interconnection members being less than a diameter of said large male interconnection members.
2. The building block assembly according to claim 1 , wherein said connector panel has a width dimension from said first lateral edge to said second lateral edge, said connector panel having a height dimension from said top side to said bottom side, said width dimension being at least three times great than said height dimension.
3. The building block assembly according to claim 1 , further including a plurality of female interconnection members extending upwardly into said bottom side.
4. The building block assembly according to claim 3 , wherein at least two of said female interconnection members are positioned adjacent to said first end edge.
5. The building block assembly according to claim 4 , wherein at least two of said female interconnection members are positioned adjacent to said second end edge.
6. The building block assembly according to claim 3 , wherein each of said female interconnection members is aligned with one of said male interconnection members.
7. The building block assembly according to claim 1 , wherein said elastomeric material is a silicone polymer.
8. A building block assembly comprising:
a connector panel having a top side, a bottom side and a perimeter edge, said connector panel being resiliently flexible and being comprised of an elastomeric material, said perimeter edge including a first end edge, a second end edge, a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge, said connector panel being elongated from said first end edge to said second end edge, said connector panel having a width dimension from said first lateral edge to said second lateral edge, said connector panel having a height dimension from said top side to said bottom side, said width dimension being at least three times greater than said height dimension;
a plurality of male interconnection members being integrally formed in and extending upwardly from said top side, said male interconnection members being arranged in a plurality of columns extending from said first end edge to said second end edge and rows extending between said first and second lateral edges, each of said male interconnection members comprising a protuberance having a geometric shape, said geometric shape comprising a cylindrical shape, said plurality of columns comprising only two columns;
a plurality of female interconnection members extending upwardly into said bottom side, each of said female interconnection members releasably receiving and frictionally engaging one of said male interconnection members, each of said female interconnection members having a same geometric shape as said male interconnection members, at least two of said female interconnection members being positioned adjacent to said first end edge, at least two of said female interconnection member being positioned adjacent to said second end edge, each of said female interconnection members being aligned with one of said male interconnection members;
said plurality of male interconnection members each having a cylindrical shape; and
said plurality of male interconnection members including small male interconnection members and large male interconnection members, a diameter of said small interconnection members being less than a diameter of said large male interconnection members.
9. The building block assembly according to claim 8 , wherein said elastomeric material is a silicone polymer.