MECCANO Russian patent published in 1995 - IPC

FIELD: toys, particularly meccanos used as a training aid for instruction in knitting or designing of articles. SUBSTANCE: meccano comprises base and playing pieces. The playing field and playing pieces have their jointing fixing members, the surface of playing pieces is raised in the form of main knitting weaves, for example figured, sinking, press weaves, etc. Invention develops abstract thinking and artistic imagination in making designs, and can be used as a practical aid for a knitting operator; it facilitates considerably the choice of a style, calculation of the number of loops and dispenses with the necessity for knitting a control specimen. EFFECT: efficient training aid. 8 cl, 6 dwg