Tool for use in the separation of elements in a building set
CA 2050907 C · Owner: Lego A/S · Inventors: Jensen, Kurt; Poulsen, Ole Vestergaard; Michaelsen, Carsten
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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A tool (20) for use in the separation of elements in a building set said elements having a face provided with coupling means which have a wall part extending transversely to the face and which are preferably disposed in parallel with a side edge comprises a lever (25) and a gripper means. The gripper means is disposed at one end of the lever and comprises a first jaw area (21, 23) intended to tightly engage the side edge of the element and a second jaw area (22, 24) intended to tightly engage the portion of the wall part of said coupling means which faces away from said side edge. The gripper means may moreover comprise complementary coupling means for at least some of said coupling means.
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Listed from its CIPO record in Patent Yard's archive of Canadian patents past their term. Its claims, description and drawings are in the CIPO record and on Google Patents, and the Claude kit works from them.
Why it's free to use
- Filed March 19, 1990 and granted March 31, 1998. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 19, 2010.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by March 19, 2012.
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