JPH0866562A - Shape change toy - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] A shape-changing toy that provides the fun of changing the shape instantaneously [Configuration] A toy main body 1 having a spherical shape and a body portion 2 protruding and retracting from the toy main body 1. The toy body 1 includes a storage portion 1a and a lid 1.
b and b are entirely formed into a spherical shape, the lid 1b is rotatably attached to the storage portion 1a, and the body portion 2 is rotatably attached to the lower end portion of the storage portion 1a. An arm portion 10 and a leg portion 11 are foldably attached to the portion 2. The body part 2 is stored in the storage part 1a in a state where the arm part 10 and the leg part 11 are folded,
Is spring biased to move downwards. Arm 10
The leg portion 11 and the leg portion 11 are spring-biased toward the body portion 2 in the unfolding direction from the always folded state, and the storage portion 1a has a locking portion 22 that locks to the body portion 2 housed inside, and this engagement. Stop 22
And the operation unit 3 for releasing the lock by.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a shape-changing toy in which the shape of the toy body changes instantly when the to-be-housed portion is stowed from the housed state.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A form change toy that changes form from a vehicle to a robot has been known. These toys are mainly for enjoying the process of change of form, for example, by splitting the body of the car into front and rear, pulling out the left and right bumpers sideways, and rotating, the robot gradually changes its form. The emphasis was placed on the internal mechanism in order to achieve

However, a wide variety of toys whose shape is changed by moving or rotating the parts are proposed and implemented, and there is a tendency for them to get bored.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a shape-changing toy in which the fun of changing the shape instantly can be obtained without moving parts.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the shape-changing toy according to the present invention instantly changes its shape when it is popped out of the toy body from the state in which the accommodated portion is accommodated. A form-changing toy that has the following requirements. (A) Comprising a toy body and a to-be-stored portion that can be stored in and removed from the toy body. (B) The toy body is formed of a storage portion and a lid, and the lid is rotatable with respect to the storage portion. (C) The stored part is connected to the storage part, and the attached parts are foldable and expandable on the stored part. (D) The stored part is attached as above. The member is formed in such a size that it can be stored in the storage unit in the folded state, and is biased so as to move to the outside of the storage unit from the state stored in the storage unit. Always be urged in the unfolding direction from the folded state with respect to the stored part. (F) The storage part has a locking part that locks the stored part stored inside and the engagement by this locking part. The operation part for releasing the stop is provided. , The transformable toy according to the present invention, there is provided a transformable toy which forms instantly changes the form of the doll or animal from spherical form, characterized by comprising the following requirements. (A) It consists of a spherical toy main body and a body part that appears in and out of the toy main body. (B) The toy main body is formed into a spherical shape with a semi-spherical storage part and a lid, and the lid is a storage part. (C) The body is rotatably attached to the lower end of the storage part, and the arms and legs are foldable on the body. Be attached (d) The body part is formed to have a size that can be stored in the storage part with the arms and legs folded, and is located below the storage part when stored in the storage part. Being spring-biased to move (e) Arms and legs are always spring-biased from the folded state to the body part in the direction of expansion (f) Inside the storage part A locking part that locks the stored body and an operating part that unlocks the locking part. It has been kicked Incidentally, the doll, arms and place the legs, respectively animals,
It may be a front foot portion and a rear foot portion.

[0006]

According to the invention of claim 1, first, the lid of the toy body is opened, and the accommodating part is accommodated in the accommodating part with the accessory parts folded. The accommodated portion and the locking portion of the accommodating portion are engaged with each other to hold the accommodated state. Then close the lid. As a result, the stored portion is stored inside the toy body.

When changing the form, the lock between the storage portion and the storage portion is released by the operating portion. As a result, the accommodated part moves to the outside of the toy body, and at the same time, the lid is opened by the movement of the accommodated part and then closed. At the same time, since the attached member is released from the storage part, it is changed from the folded state to the deployed state. Therefore, the toy as a whole is changed to a new form including the toy main body, the to-be-stored portion, and the attached member.

[0008] The above change is made by the urging force of the spring of each part without the operation of moving the parts constituting the form, so that the change is made instantaneously, and it is possible to provide an entertaining toy which has never existed before.

According to the second aspect of the invention, when the toy has a spherical shape, first the lid of the toy body is opened and the arms and legs are folded to accommodate the body in the accommodation. The stored arms and legs are brought into contact with the inner wall of the storage part to hold the folded state, and the body part and the locking parts of the storage part are locked to hold the storage state. Then close the lid. Since the body part is housed between the housing part and the lid, it becomes spherical as a whole.

When changing the form, the locking between the storage part and the body part is released by the operating part. As a result, the body portion moves below the toy body due to the spring force, and at the same time, the lid also opens due to the movement of the body portion and then closes. The body part rotates and moves to the lower part of the toy body, but at the same time, the arm part and the leg part are released from the storage part so that they are expanded from the folded state by the spring force. Therefore, the toy as a whole changes to the form of a doll with the toy body as the head.

Since the above-mentioned change is performed by the automatic rotation of each part by the spring without the operation of moving the parts constituting the form, the change is instantaneously provided, and it is possible to provide an interesting toy which has never existed before.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the surface of the toy body is changed to a pattern of the head of the animal, and instead of the arms and legs, the toe and hind legs of the animal are formed. It can be adapted to the form of the animal.

[0013]

1 (a) and 1 (b) show the form before and after a change in a form change toy according to the present invention. The shape-changing toy is composed of a spherical toy main body 1 and a body portion 2 that appears in and out of the toy main body 1. The toy main body 1 is assumed to have a spherical shape before the change, and an operation unit provided on the toy main body 1 It is configured so that the whole is changed into a doll form by rotating 3.

The toy body 1 is formed in a spherical shape as a whole from a storage portion 1a having a hemispherical outer shape and a lid 1b. The lid 1b is formed by a shaft 4 as shown in FIGS. 2 (a) and 3 (a). Storage 1
A spring (not shown) is attached so that it can be rotated and opened and closed with respect to a.
Is urged in the closing direction. The lid 1b may be closed by gravity. Further, an opening 6 is formed in the center of the lid 1b, and the rotating plate 5 is arranged inside the opening 6 so as to be capable of reversing 180 degrees about a central shaft 7 and is reversed by a spring (not shown) to reverse the back surface. Is configured to appear on the front side. On the back side of the rotary plate 5, human eyes, nose, etc. are drawn as shown in FIG. 1 (b).

The body portion 2 is also formed hollow, and as shown in FIG. 4 (a), an upper guide groove 8 and a lower guide groove 9 are formed from the side portion and the bottom portion to the back portion, and the upper guide groove 8 is formed. The leg portion 11 is slidably inserted into the lower guide groove 9 of the arm portion 10, and is formed on the base side of the arm portion 10 and the leg portion 11 as shown in FIGS. 5 (a) and 5 (b). The rotating shafts 12 and 13 are rotatably supported by the inner wall of the body portion 2.

Engagement portions 15 and 16 are formed at the base ends of the arm portion 10 and the leg portion 11. These engagement portions 15 and 16 are engaged with the tip of a shaft body 17 penetrating the center portion of the back portion. Collision part 1
8 and 19 are engaged. A spring 14 is provided between the tip of the shaft body 17 and the front inner wall of the body portion 2. Therefore, by moving the shaft body 17 in the axial direction, the arm portion 10 and the leg portion 11 rotate about the rotation shafts 12 and 13. Therefore, when the shaft body 17 is pushed in, the arm portion 10 and the leg portion 11 rotate about the rotation axis,
At this time, as shown in FIG. 4 (a), each of the upper guide grooves 8
When it slides along the lower guide groove 9 and is folded back and the pushing force against the shaft 17 is released, the arm 14 and the leg 11 are reversed by the spring 14 as shown in FIG. As described above, the arm portion 10 is swung out to the side and the leg portions 11 are deployed so as to extend downward.

Next, a neck portion 20 is formed on the upper end of the body portion 2 as shown in FIG.
While being inserted into the opening provided at the lower end of a,
It is rotatably mounted on shafts 21 provided on both sides of the opening. Further, the body portion 2 is shown in FIG.
As shown in (a), the arm portion 10 and the leg portion 11 are formed in such a size that they can be stored in the storage portion 1a in a folded state.
Further, the body portion 2 is urged by a spring (not shown) wound around the shaft 21 so as to rotate from the state of being housed in the housing portion 1a and to project from the housing portion 1a to the outside. .

By the way, as shown in FIGS. 2 (a), 2 (b) and 2 (c), an engaging piece having an engaging portion 22 for engaging with the body portion 2 accommodated therein is provided on the upper inner side of the accommodating portion 1a. 23 are arranged. The locking piece 23 penetrates the housing portion 1a and projects outward, and the projection portion is rotatably supported by a shaft 24, and a spherically bulged operation portion 3 is provided at the upper end of the projection portion.
However, an auxiliary piece 3a is formed on the lower portion of the protruding portion. Further, a bent spring piece 25 is provided on the upper portion of the locking piece 23.
Is formed, and the end portion of the spring piece 25 is in contact with the upper surface of the inner wall of the storage portion 1a. Therefore, the locking piece 23 is always urged downward. Since the distance from the shaft 24 to the locking portion 22 is long, even if the operating portion 3 is slightly moved, the locking portion 22
Will be several times as much.

On the other hand, a step 26 is provided at the bottom of the body 2.
Are formed. In this step portion 26, the body portion 2 is the storage portion 1
The locking portion 2 of the locking piece 23 automatically when stored in a.
It locks to 2.

In the above-mentioned structure, when the toy has a spherical shape, first the lid 1b of the toy body 1 is opened as shown in FIG. 3 (b), and the rotary plate 5 of the opening 6 is turned over against the spring. And the surface is exposed to the outside, and the shaft 17 is pushed in to fold the arm 10 and the leg 11 to store the body 2 in the storage 1a as shown in FIG. 3 (a). . The arm portion 10 and the leg portion 11 contact the inner wall of the storage portion 1a to keep the folded state, and as shown in FIG. 2 (a), the step portion 26 of the body portion 2 and the locking portion 22 of the storage portion 1a are held. Is locked and the stored state is maintained. Then, the lid 1b is closed. At this time, the rotary plate 5 hits the body portion 2 and the inverted state is maintained. Since the body part 2 is housed between the housing part 1a and the lid 1b, as a whole, FIG. 1 (a) and FIG. 2 (a)
It becomes the spherical form shown in.

To change the form, hold the operating portion 3 and shake the toy strongly downward. Although the operation portion 3 stops at the end of the swing, the toy body 1 tries to continue to move due to inertia, so that the locking piece 23 rotates relatively upward, and the engagement piece 23 and the body portion 2 engage. The engagement with the stop 26 is released (see FIG. 2).
(See (b)). Therefore, in addition to the inertial force, the body portion 2 is rotated about the shaft 21 of the neck portion 20 due to the spring force.
The lid 1b is pushed by the body portion 2 and disengages from the body portion 2,
It opens but closes again due to the spring force. The body portion 2 rotates and moves below the toy body 1, but at the same time the arm portion 1
Since 0 and the leg 11 are also released from the storage portion 1a, they are unfolded by the spring force as shown in FIG. 2 (c). In addition, since the rotary plate 5 of the lid 1b is also released from the regulation by the body portion 2, it is reversed. The body 2 projects below the toy body 1, the arms 10 and the legs 11 are deployed on the body 2, and when the rotating plate 5 is inverted, eyes, nose, etc. appear on the toy body 1. Therefore, the toy changes to the form of a doll with the toy body 1 as the head as a whole as shown in FIG. 1 (b). Since this change is performed by the rotation of each component by the spring, it changes instantaneously. Also, when you shake the toy, you can hardly see it because it moves at high speed,
Since the morphological change follows, the degree of change is very fast.

The operation for changing the form may be performed by pressing the operating portion 3 with the index finger and rotating the locking piece 23 by pushing the auxiliary piece 3a with the thumb.

When the doll's state is returned to the spherical shape, the procedure described above may be used.

Although the above embodiment is an example in which the spherical shape is changed to a doll, the surface of the toy body 1 is changed to the pattern of the head of the animal, and the forefoot of the animal is used instead of the arm 10 and the leg 11. Also, if it is configured as a hind leg, it can be changed into an animal form as a whole.

The shape of the sphere is not limited to the shape of a doll or an animal. It is possible to provide a shape-changing toy in which the shape of the toy body changes instantly when the to-be-stored portion is popped out from the housed state.
If the stored part is connected to the toy body, there is no particular limitation on the form of the toy body and the stored part, and in the stored part, some accessory members can be folded and deployed instead of the arms and legs. The attached part is formed into a size that can be stored in the storage part with the attached member folded, and is urged to move from the storage part to the outside of the storage part. It should have been done.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 (a) and 1 (b) are perspective views showing a state before and after a change of a shape change toy according to the present invention.

2 (a), (b) and (c) are side views of the shape-changing toy in a spherical shape, during and after the change.

[Fig. 3] (a) and (b) are respectively a rear view with the body part stored in the storage part and a rear view with the toy body opened and the arms and legs of the body part expanded.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing a state where arms and legs of the body are folded.

5 (a) and 5 (b) are explanatory views showing the folded and unfolded state of the arm and leg, respectively.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Toy main body 1a Storage part 1b Lid 2 Body part 3 Operation part 10 Arm part 11 Leg part 22 Locking part

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A form-changing toy in which the form of the toy body changes instantly when the to-be-accommodated part is stored and is popped out from the toy body. The form-changing toy has the following requirements. Changing toys. (A) Comprising a toy body and a to-be-stored portion that can be stored in and removed from the toy body. (B) The toy body is formed of a storage portion and a lid, and the lid is rotatable with respect to the storage portion. (C) The stored part is connected to the storage part, and the attached parts are foldable and expandable on the stored part. (D) The stored part is attached as above. The member is formed in such a size that it can be stored in the storage unit in the folded state, and is biased so as to move to the outside of the storage unit from the state stored in the storage unit. Always be urged in the unfolding direction from the folded state with respect to the stored part. (F) The storage part has a locking part that locks the stored part stored inside and the engagement by this locking part. An operation unit for releasing the stop is provided. 2. A form-changing toy that changes shape instantaneously from a spherical form to a doll form, and is provided with the following requirements. (A) It consists of a spherical toy main body and a body part that appears in and out of the toy main body. (B) The toy main body is formed into a spherical shape with a semi-spherical storage part and a lid, and the lid is a storage part. (C) The body is rotatably attached to the lower end of the storage part, and the arms and legs are foldable on the body. Installed (d) The torso part is formed in a size that can be stored in the storage part with the arms and legs folded, and from the state of being stored in the storage part to below the storage part. Being spring-biased so that it can move (e) The arms and legs are always spring-biased from the folded state in the deployment direction with respect to the body (f) Inside the storage part A locking part that locks the stored body and an operating part that unlocks the locking part. That has been kicked 3. The form-changing toy according to claim 1, wherein an animal, a front foot portion and a rear foot portion are used instead of the doll, the arm portion and the leg portion, respectively.