Toy parts and humanoid toy

Abstract

The present invention relates to a toy member and a humanoid toy. A rotating member of a toy member is caused to rotate in accordance with a change in positional relationship of a structural member of the toy member. A toy member of a humanoid toy, the toy member having: a chest portion on a surface of which a rotating member is arranged; and an abdomen portion connected to the chest portion in a manner capable of rotating relative to the chest portion, the abdomen portion including a configuration body that causes the rotating member to rotate in an outward direction of the chest portion in accordance with rotation of the abdomen portion.

Description

[0001] This application is a divisional application of Chinese patent application filed on June 3, 2021, with application number 202110617344.7 and title "Toy Parts and Humanoid Toys". Technical Field

[0002] This invention relates to toy parts and humanoid toys. Background Technology

[0003] Patent document 1 describes a humanoid toy with joint structures in its main body, arms, legs, and other parts. This allows the user to posed the humanoid toy in a desired position.

[0004] Existing technical documents

[0005] Patent documents

[0006] Patent Document 1: Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 1-138492 Summary of the Invention

[0007] The problem the invention aims to solve

[0008] This invention enables the rotating components of a toy to rotate according to changes in the positional relationship between the structural components of the toy.

[0009] Solution for solving the problem

[0010] The present invention is a toy component for a humanoid toy, the toy component having: a chest having a rotating component disposed on its surface; and an abdomen connected to the chest in a manner rotatable relative to the chest, the abdomen comprising a structure that causes the rotating component to rotate outward from the chest according to the rotation of the abdomen.

[0011] Furthermore, the present invention is a toy component for a humanoid toy, the toy component having: a chest having a rotating component disposed on its surface; and an abdomen connected to the chest in a manner that allows it to rotate relative to the chest in the front-rear direction of the humanoid toy, the rotating component having a first protrusion and a second protrusion, the abdomen including a structure that, according to the rotation of the abdomen, presses the first protrusion, causing the rotating component to rotate about the second protrusion as a rotation axis, thereby causing the lower side of the rotating component to protrude outward from the chest.

[0012] The effects of the invention

[0013] According to the present invention, the rotating component of a toy part can rotate according to the change in the positional relationship of the structural components of the toy part. Attached Figure Description

[0014] Figure 1 This is a diagram showing an example of a humanoid toy corresponding to the implementation method.

[0015] Figure 2 This is a perspective view of a toy component including the chest and main body of a humanoid toy corresponding to the embodiment.

[0016] Figure 3 This is a schematic side view of the toy parts, including the chest and main body, of the humanoid toy corresponding to the embodiment.

[0017] Figure 4 This is a diagram illustrating an example of the internal structure of a toy component, including a chest and a main body, corresponding to an embodiment of the humanoid toy.

[0018] Figure 5 This diagram illustrates an example of a variation in the internal structure of a toy component, including the chest and body, corresponding to an embodiment of the humanoid toy.

[0019] Figure 6 This is a diagram showing an example of the construction of a rotating component of a toy part corresponding to an embodiment. Detailed Implementation

[0020] Hereinafter, embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Furthermore, the embodiments described below do not limit the invention protected by the claims, and not all combinations of the features described in the embodiments are necessary for the invention. It is also possible to arbitrarily combine two or more features from the plurality of features described in the embodiments. Additionally, the same or identical structures are labeled with the same reference numerals, and repeated descriptions are omitted. Furthermore, in each figure, the up, down, left, right, and back directions relative to the paper are used as the up, down, left, right, and back directions of the components (or accessories) of this embodiment, and will be used in the description herein.

[0021] First of all, Figure 1 An example of the appearance of the humanoid toy corresponding to this embodiment is shown. Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram illustrating a humanoid toy 100 according to an embodiment. The humanoid toy 100 has a head 110, a chest 111, an abdomen 112, a waist 113, and an arm 114. Each part 110 to 114 is supported so that it can rotate (or swing) relative to an adjacent part. For example, the head 110 is supported so that it can rotate relative to the chest 111, the abdomen 112 is supported so that it can rotate relative to the chest 111, the abdomen 112 is supported so that it can rotate relative to the waist 113, and the arm 114 is supported so that it can rotate relative to the chest 111. In addition, a rotating member disposed on the surface of the chest is configured to rotate according to the rotation of the abdomen 112 relative to the chest 111, as will be described in detail later.

[0022] By incorporating joint structures in various parts of the doll-like toy 100, a user (e.g., the owner of the doll-like toy 100) can posed the doll-like toy 100 in a desired manner, such as bending to the left or right.

[0023] Furthermore, in this instruction manual, when describing the positional relationships of various parts, terms such as front, back, left, right, up, and down are used. These descriptions are relative to the doll-like toy 1. For example, front corresponds to the front side of the doll-like toy 100, and back corresponds to the back side of the doll-like toy 100.

[0024] Next, refer to Figure 2 Here is an example of the external structure of the chest 111 and abdomen 112. In this embodiment, on the chest 111, two front left and two rear left and two right positions are provided with micro-adjusters (Japanese: バーニア) units 201, which are rotating components. Micro-adjusters are a general term used for jet devices, and in particular, for auxiliary devices used to control the attitude of spacecraft. Since the micro-adjuster units 201 are rotating components, the front micro-adjuster units 201 can be rotated forward and the rear micro-adjuster units 201 can be rotated backward by rotating the abdomen 112 toward the front or back of the doll toy 100 (that is, rotating the chest 111 toward the rear or back relative to the abdomen 112). In this way, even without manually rotating the micro-adjuster units 201, the micro-adjuster units 201 can be rotated by rotating the abdomen 112.

[0025] Furthermore, in this embodiment, the case where two fine-tuning units 201 are arranged on each of the front and rear surfaces of the chest 111 is described. However, the number of fine-tuning units 201 arranged is not limited to this, and may include cases with only one or more units. Additionally, the arrangement position may not be on the front or rear surface of the chest, but may also be on the side. Furthermore, the direction in which the abdomen rotates relative to the chest is not limited. In any case, the configuration described below can be used, which allows the fine-tuning units 201 to rotate by rotating the abdomen relative to the chest.

[0026] Next, refer to Figure 3 This is an example of an action that causes the abdomen 112 to rotate relative to the chest 111. Figure 3 It is Figure 2 The simplified left-side view shows the appearance of the chest 111 and abdomen 112. Figure 3 (A) indicates the state before the abdomen was rotated 112. For example... Figure 3As shown in (A), each fine-tuning unit 201 is configured to have an outer cover 301, an inner outer cover 302, an inner inner cover 303, and a fine-tuning unit 304.

[0027] Figure 3 (B) indicates the state in which the abdomen 112 is rotated in the direction of arrow 311 (towards the humanoid toy 100). When the abdomen 112 rotates in the direction of arrow 311, the chest 111 rotates backward relative to the abdomen 112. At this time, the fine adjuster unit 201 rotates in the direction of arrow 312 and protrudes forward (i.e., outward from the chest 111), and the inner cover 303, which is a structural component of the fine adjuster unit 201, opens backward, and the fine adjuster 304 protrudes in the direction of arrow 313. As a result, at least a portion (the top portion) of the fine adjuster 304, which is covered by the outer cover 302 and the inner cover 303, is exposed to the outside of the cover.

[0028] Figure 3 (C) indicates that in Figure 3 In state (B), the abdomen 112 is further rotated in the direction of arrow 321 (behind the humanoid toy 100). When the abdomen 112 is further rotated in the direction of arrow 321, the chest 111 rotates forward relative to the abdomen 112. At this time, the fine adjuster unit 201 rotates in the direction of arrow 322 and protrudes rearward (i.e., outward of the chest 111), and the inner cover 303, which is a structural component of the fine adjuster unit 201, opens, and the fine adjuster 304 protrudes in the direction of arrow 323. As a result, at least a portion (the top portion) of the fine adjuster 304, which is covered by the inner cover 302 and the inner cover 303, is exposed to the outside of the end of the cover.

[0029] In this way, by rotating the abdomen 112 forward and backward relative to the chest 111 (in other words, by rotating the chest 111 backward or forward relative to the abdomen 112), the four fine adjuster units 201 disposed on the front and rear surfaces of the doll toy 100 are rotated upward, causing the inner cover 303 to open and the tip of the fine adjuster 304 to protrude from the covers 303 and 304. These three actions are performed almost simultaneously. Thus, it is not necessary to manually rotate the individual fine adjuster units.

[0030] Next, refer to Figure 4 To explain the internal structure of the thoracic cavity 111 and the abdominal cavity 112. Figure 4 (A) is a decomposed left-side view of the chest 111 and abdomen 112. Figure 4 (A) shows the internal structure of the chest 111 and abdomen 112 of the right half of the humanoid toy 100. The internal structure mainly includes components 401-404 and a fine-tuning unit 201. Figure 4(B) represents component 401. Figure 4 (C) indicates component 402. Figure 4 (D) represents component 403. Figure 4 (E) indicates component 404. Figure 4 (F) represents the fine-tuner unit 201.

[0031] Component 401 has protrusions 411, 412, and 413, and the component 401 in Figure 4 The front and back of component (B) are symmetrically constructed. That is, component 401 is configured to have protrusions 411, 412, and 413 on both the front and back sides. When component 401 rotates about the protrusion 412, the protrusion 411 operates by pressing the protrusion 451 of the fine-tuning unit 201, causing the fine-tuning unit 201 to rotate upwards. The protrusion 412 engages with the hole 431 of component 403 via the hole 421 of component 402, thereby allowing component 401 to rotate about the protrusion 412 in the front-back direction of the humanoid toy 100. At this time, the protrusion 413 of component 401 engages with the hole 432 of component 403, allowing component 401 and component 403 to rotate as a single unit. This allows the abdomen 112 to rotate relative to the chest 111 (and conversely, the chest 111 to rotate relative to the abdomen 112).

[0032] Component 402 has a hole 421 through which the protrusion 412 passes, and also has an elongated hole 422 through which the protrusion 451 of the fine-tuning unit 201 passes. The elongated hole 422 restricts the direction and range of movement of the protrusion 451. One component 402 is disposed on each of the left and right halves of the humanoid toy 100 in a manner that clamps the component 401 from the left and right. In addition, in Figure 4 The back of component 402 of (C) has a hole that engages with the protrusion 452 of the fine-tuning unit 201.

[0033] Component 403 has a hole 431 that engages with protrusion 412 and a hole 432 that engages with protrusion 413. Component 403, together with component 401, rotates relative to chest 111 in a front-to-back direction relative to the humanoid toy 100. Conversely, chest 111 rotates relative to components 401 and 403 in a forward or backward direction.

[0034] Component 404 was not in Figure 4 It is directly shown in (A), but component 404 is located in Figure 4 On the back side of component 402 of (C), there is a hole 441 that engages with a protrusion 452 of the fine-tuning unit 201. The fine-tuning unit 201 is located in... Figure 4 The structure shown in (F) has protrusions 452 on both the front and back sides. These protrusions 452 are held by holes on the back side of member 402 and holes 441 in member 404 and are supported to be rotatable.

[0035] Figure 4 Each fine-tuning unit 201 shown in (F) has a protrusion 451 and a protrusion 452. When the protrusion 451 is pressed by the protrusion 411 of the member 401, the protrusion 451 rotates about the protrusion 452 as an axis, and the fine-tuning unit 201 protrudes obliquely upward toward the humanoid toy 100. Furthermore, by increasing the number of fine-tuning units 201, members 401, 402, and 403 can be added.

[0036] Next. (Refer to...) Figure 5 The rotational action of component 401 is explained. Figure 5 (A) to (C) are used to represent Figure 4 A schematic diagram showing the relationship between component 401 and the fine-tuning unit 201. Figure 5 (A) indicates the state of component 401 before it rotates in the front-back direction of the humanoid toy 100. At this time, the fine-tuning unit 201 is in the closed state with the main body facing down. Figure 5 (B) indicates the state when component 401 has rotated forward toward the humanoid toy 100 (i.e., when the chest 111 has rotated backward relative to component 401). Component 401 rotates forward about the protrusion 412 as an axis, and the protrusion 411 engages with the protrusion 451 of the fine-tuning unit 201, thereby pushing the protrusion 451 forward toward the humanoid toy 100. At this time, the movement of the protrusion 451 is restricted by the elongated hole 422, and the protrusion 451 moves from one end of the elongated hole 422 to the other end.

[0037] Next, Figure 5 (C) indicates the state when component 401 has rotated rearward toward the humanoid toy 100 (i.e., when the chest 111 has rotated forward relative to component 401). Component 401 rotates rearward about the protrusion 412 as an axis, and the protrusion 411 engages with the protrusion 451 of the fine-tuning unit 201, thereby pushing the protrusion 451 rearward toward the humanoid toy 100. At this time, the movement of the protrusion 451 is also restricted by the elongated hole 422, and the protrusion 451 moves from one end of the elongated hole 422 to the other end.

[0038] Next, refer to Figure 6 The operation of the fine-tuning unit 201 itself is explained. Figure 6 (A) is a diagram illustrating an example of the internal structure of a spinner unit, and is self-contained with... Figure 4 (A) Observing from the same direction located at Figure 4 The figure shows the fine-tuning unit 201 on the right side of (A) (the rear right side of the humanoid toy 100). The fine-tuning unit 201 is composed of components 601 to 603 combined together. Figure 6 (B) is Figure 6The cross-sectional view of (A) shows the connection state between component 601 and component 602 and the connection state between component 601 and component 603. Figure 6 (C) is based on Figure 6 (A) is a diagram showing component 601 from a rearward angle in the main view. Figure 6 (D) is based on Figure 6 (A) is a diagram showing component 602 from the oblique front when viewed from the main view. Figure 6 (E) is Figure 6 (A) is a diagram showing member 603 from the oblique front when viewed from the main view. The following explanation will refer to these diagrams.

[0039] Component 601 has a protrusion 451, which rotates about the protrusion 611 as an axis upon pressure from component 401. The protrusion 611 forms component 602 and is engaged with the component 601 via a hole 612. When component 601 rotates, the protrusion 451 moves in the direction of arrow A. At this time, with the movement of the protrusion 451, component 602 rotates about the protrusion 452 as an axis in the direction of arrow B, thereby causing the fine-tuning unit 201 to rotate obliquely upward.

[0040] Furthermore, the protrusion 613 on the back of component 601 engages with the hole 616 of component 603. As the protrusion 451 moves in the direction of arrow A, component 601 rotates around the protrusion 611 in the direction of arrow C, thereby causing component 603 to move in the downward direction indicated by arrow D. As a result, the fine-tuning device 304 protrudes downward. Component 602 has a receiving hole 614, and the protrusion 615 on the upper side of component 603 is received in the receiving hole 614. Here, when component 603 moves in the downward direction indicated by arrow D as described above, component 603 also changes from being received in the receiving hole 614 to protruding from the receiving hole 614.

[0041] Component 601 is provided with a locking part 621, and component 602 is provided with locking parts 622 and 623. These locking parts are for... Figure 3 The inner cover 303 and the inner outer cover 302 are shown to engage with each other. As a result, the inner cover 303 opens towards the inside of the main body of the doll toy 100 by rotating the member 601 in the direction of arrow C, and the inner outer cover 302 rotates towards the outside of the main body together with the member 602.

[0042] In this embodiment, by utilizing the structure of the chest and abdomen of the humanoid model, multiple rotating mechanisms located on the chest can be rotated simultaneously by rotating the abdomen forward and backward (in other words, by rotating the chest forward or backward relative to the abdomen). Therefore, the humanoid model can be easily deformed without manually rotating the rotating mechanisms.

[0043] This invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications and alterations can be made within the scope of the spirit of this invention.

Claims

1. A toy component, which is a toy component for a humanoid toy, characterized in that, The toy component has: The chest, the surface of which is provided with rotating components; and The abdomen, the upper part of which is connected to the chest in a manner that allows it to rotate relative to the chest, and the lower part of which is able to rotate in the front-back direction of the humanoid toy; The abdomen includes a structure that presses and rotates the rotating component according to the rotation of the abdomen, thereby causing the lower side of the rotating component to rotate outward toward the chest.

2. The toy component according to claim 1, characterized in that, According to the rotation of the abdomen, when the lower part of the abdomen rotates relative to the chest toward the rear of the humanoid toy, the structure presses the rotating member disposed on the front surface of the chest, thereby rotating the rotating member and causing the lower side of the rotating member disposed on the front surface to protrude toward the front of the chest.

3. The toy component according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that, According to the rotation of the abdomen, when the lower part of the abdomen rotates towards the front of the humanoid toy relative to the chest, the structure presses the rotating member disposed on the rear surface of the chest, thereby rotating the rotating member and causing the lower side of the rotating member disposed on the rear surface to protrude towards the rear of the chest.

4. The toy component according to claim 1 or 2, wherein, The rotating component is configured to have: The first component has a first protrusion that can withstand the pressure of the structure; The second component has a second protrusion that engages with a hole in the first component and a third protrusion that engages with the chest. The first component rotates about the second protrusion and the second component rotates about the third protrusion based on the pressure received by the first protrusion. as well as The third component is coupled to the fourth protrusion of the first component, the third component is housed in the second component, and the third component protrudes from the second component according to the rotation of the first component.

5. The toy component according to claim 4, wherein, Cover components are respectively installed on the first component and the second component. The third component, when housed within the second component, is located inside the end of the cover component. When the third member protrudes from the second member, at least a portion of the third member is located outside the end of the cover member.

6. The toy component according to claim 4, wherein, The chest includes an elongated hole that limits the range of movement of the first protrusion. The first protrusion receives the pressure and moves from one end of the elongated hole to the other end.

7. The toy component according to claim 1 or 2, wherein, Two of the rotating components are respectively arranged on the front and rear surfaces of the toy component.

8. The toy component according to claim 4, wherein, The structure presses simultaneously on the first member of the two rotating parts disposed on the front or rear surface of the toy part, respectively, according to the rotation of the abdomen.

9. A humanoid toy, wherein, The humanoid toy has the toy components as described in any one of claims 1 to 8.

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