Magnetic toy apparatuses and methods
A magnetic toy apparatus and method, an embodiment including a plurality of bodies, at least one of which is rod-shaped, the bodies each having voids adjacent to its corners or ends, a plurality of magnets each disposed in one of the voids so as to be freely rotatable to facilitate connecting the bodies to each other by magnetic force.
1. A magnetic toy, comprising:
a plurality of hollow flat four-cornered bodies each having a frame shape comprising a rectangular perimeter and an interior hole extending therethrough, each of the hollow flat four-cornered bodies comprising a top cover, a bottom cover, a septum, and four spherical voids, the four spherical voids each disposed adjacent to a different one of the four corners and having a different spherical magnet disposed therein, at least one rectangular perimeter being a square perimeter, each septum positioned between the top cover and the bottom cover of a different one of the plurality of hollow flat four-cornered bodies, each septum comprising four corners and a void at each of the four corners of the septum;
a plurality of hollow flat three-cornered bodies each having a frame shape comprising a triangular perimeter and an interior hole extending therethrough, each of the hollow flat three-cornered bodies comprising a second top cover, a second bottom cover, a second septum, and three spherical voids, the three spherical voids each disposed adjacent to a different one of the three corners and having a different spherical magnet disposed therein, each second septum positioned between the second top cover and the second bottom cover of a different one of the plurality of hollow flat three-cornered bodies, each second septum comprising three corners and a void at each of the three corners of the second septum; and
a plurality of hollow flat rod-shaped bodies each having two ends, each of the hollow flat rod-shaped bodies comprising a third top cover, a third bottom cover, a third septum, and two spherical voids, the two spherical voids each disposed adjacent to a different one of the two ends and having a different spherical magnet disposed therein, each third septum positioned between the third top cover and the third bottom cover of a different one of the plurality of hollow flat rod-shaped bodies;
each spherical magnet disposed in the plurality of four-cornered bodies, the plurality of three-cornered bodies, and the plurality of rod-shaped bodies freely rotatable such that the plurality of four-cornered bodies, the plurality of three-cornered bodies, and the plurality of rod-shaped bodies are connectable together at various angles by magnetic force.
2. A magnetic toy, comprising:
one or more at least three-cornered flat bodies, wherein each at least three-cornered flat body is frame shaped such that each at least three-cornered body has an interior hole extending therethrough, and wherein each at least three-cornered flat body comprises an integral top cover and an integral bottom cover and a septum, the septum positioned between the integral top cover and the integral bottom cover, each septum comprising at least three corners and a void at each of the at least three corners of the septum;
one or more rod-shaped bodies each having two ends, and wherein each rod-shaped body comprises a second integral top cover and a second integral bottom cover and a second septum, the second septum positioned between the second integral top cover and the second integral bottom cover;
each corner of each at least three-cornered flat body and each of the two ends of each rod-shaped body including a different compartment adjacent thereto; and
each compartment having a different magnet disposed therein, each magnet freely rotatable such that each three-cornered flat body is connectable to at least one of the one or more rod-shaped bodies by magnetic force, the free rotation to align each magnet;
wherein each compartment in each at least three-cornered body is formed partly in the integral top cover and partly in the integral bottom cover of the at least three-cornered body; and
wherein each compartment in each rod-shaped body is formed partly in the second integral top cover and partly in the second integral bottom cover of the rod-shaped body.
3. The magnetic toy of claim 2 , wherein each magnet is spherical.
4. The magnetic toy of claim 3 , wherein each compartment includes a spherical void.
5. The magnetic toy of claim 2 , wherein each at least three-cornered flat body comprises four corners.
6. The magnetic toy of claim 2 , wherein each at least three-cornered flat body comprises a triangular perimeter.
7. The magnetic toy of claim 2 , wherein each at least three-cornered flat body and each rod-shaped body are hollow.
8. The magnetic toy of claim 2 , wherein the rod shape comprises an “I” shape.
9. The magnetic toy of claim 2 , wherein each compartment is closed.
10. The magnetic toy of claim 2 , wherein each compartment is open such that the magnet disposed therein is at least partially exposed.
11. The magnetic toy of claim 2 , wherein each rod-shaped body is flat.
12. A magnetic toy, comprising:
a plurality of frame-shaped bodies, each frame-shaped body comprising at least three corners and being frame-shaped such that each frame-shaped body has an interior hole extending therethrough, each corner having a void disposed adjacent thereto, each void having a different magnet disposed therein; and
a plurality of rod-shaped bodies, each rod-shaped body comprising two ends and two voids, each of the two voids disposed adjacent to one of the two ends, each of the two voids having a different magnet disposed therein, the plurality of rod-shaped bodies each for connecting to one or more of the plurality of frame-shaped bodies by magnetic force, and wherein:
each rod-shaped body further comprises an integral top cover and an integral bottom cover and a septum, the integral top cover and the integral bottom cover together forming, at each of the two ends of the rod-shaped body, a compartment having one of the two voids of the rod-shaped body therein, each septum positioned between the integral top cover and the integral bottom cover; and
each frame-shaped body further comprises a second integral top cover and a second integral bottom cover and a second septum, the second septum positioned between the second integral top cover and the second integral bottom cover, each second septum comprising at least three corners and a void at each of the at least three corners of the second septum.
13. The magnetic toy of claim 12 , wherein each magnet disposed in each void of each of the plurality of frame-shaped bodies is freely rotatable and each magnet disposed in each of the two voids of each of the plurality of rod-shaped bodies is freely rotatable.
14. The magnetic toy of claim 12 , wherein each magnet disposed in each void of each of the plurality of frame-shaped bodies is spherical and each magnet disposed in each of the two voids of each of the plurality of rod-shaped bodies is spherical.
15. The magnetic toy of claim 14 , wherein each void of each of the plurality of frame-shaped bodies is spherical and the two voids of each of the plurality of rod-shaped bodies are spherical.
16. The magnetic toy of claim 12 , at least one of the plurality of frame-shaped bodies comprising four corners such that the at least one of the plurality of frame-shaped bodies comprises a rectangular perimeter.
17. The magnetic toy of claim 12 , at least one of the plurality of frame-shaped bodies comprising a triangular perimeter.
18. The magnetic toy of claim 12 , each of the plurality of frame-shaped bodies and plurality of rod-shaped bodies being flat.