Supporting structure for doll game toy

Abstract

A support structure for a toy of a doll game includes a support member and a fixing portion. The support member includes a base end portion, an intermediate portion, and a distal end portion, and extends upwardly from the base end portion toward the intermediate portion, and downwardly from the intermediate portion toward the distal end portion. The distal end portion is configured to support a supported body. The base end portion includes a contact portion having an arcuate contact surface and a resilient locking portion. The fixing portion is fixed to a main body of the toy for doll games, and includes a contacted portion configured to contact the contact portion and a locked portion configured to be detachably locked to the elastic locking portion.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present disclosure relates to a support structure of a toy for a figure game, the toy being playable with a figure. Background Art

[0002] In the related art, toys for puppet games that can be played with puppets are provided. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a puppet game toy designed with the imagination of an underwater castle. Children as users can imagine and have fun while playing with the puppet game toy according to their imagination.

[0003] Patent Document 1: JP2023-068422A Summary of the invention

[0004] For example, for a toy for puppet play, a toy imitating a swing ride on which a puppet can be placed can be provided on a support member, the support member extending in an arc from the main body of the toy for puppet play. This form is pleasant for children as users in terms of play and appearance, but there is a concern that some children may have difficulty in controlling force and may apply force to the support member to damage the connection between the support member and the main body of the toy for puppet play.

[0005] An object of the present disclosure is to provide a support structure of a toy for figure play, which reduces damage to a connection portion between a support member attached to a body of the toy for figure play and the body of the toy for figure play.

[0006] According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a support structure of a toy for puppet games includes: a support member including a base end, a middle portion and a distal end, and extending upward from the base end toward the middle portion and downward from the middle portion toward the distal end, the distal end being configured to support a supported body, the base end including a contact portion having an arched contact surface and an elastic locking portion; and a fixed portion fixed to the main body of the toy for puppet games, the fixed portion including a contacted portion configured to contact the contact portion and a locked portion configured to be detachably locked to the elastic locking portion.

[0007] According to the above aspect, it is possible to provide a support structure of a toy for figure play that reduces damage to a connection portion between a support member attached to a body of the toy for figure play and the body of the toy for figure play. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0008] The present disclosure will be described in detail based on the following drawings, but is not limited thereto, in which:

[0009] Figure 1is a perspective view showing an entire toy for action figures having a supporting structure according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0010] Figure 2 is a perspective view showing a relevant portion of a support structure of a toy for action figures according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0011] Figure 3 is an exploded perspective view showing a relevant portion of a support structure of a toy for action figures according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0012] Figure 4 is a rear view of a support structure of a toy for puppet play according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0013] Figure 5A and 5B The supporting member of the supporting structure of a toy for puppet games according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is shown, wherein Figure 5A is a perspective view showing the periphery of the base end portion, and Figure 5B It is along Figure 5A A cross-sectional view taken along line Vb-Vb of ;

[0014] Figure 6 is an exploded perspective view showing a rotation axis and the periphery of a rotating body of a supporting structure of a toy for puppet play according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0015] Figure 7 is along Figure 2 A cross-sectional view taken along line VII-VII shows a support structure of a toy for action figures according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0016] Embodiments of the present disclosure will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. Figure 1 A toy 100 is shown, which is used as a toy for a puppet game of the present disclosure, with an imaginary design of a castle floating in the air. At the base portion, a pond portion 10 imitating a pond is formed on the inner side of a ring-shaped cloud shape. A plurality of mounting legs 110 are provided on the lower surface of the pond portion 10. With the aid of the mounting legs 110, when mounted, the toy 100 appears to float about 10 mm above the mounting surface. Note that in the following description, the front side of the toy 100 is referred to as the front side, the opposite side thereof is referred to as the rear side, the pond portion 10 side is referred to as the lower side, the opposite side thereof is referred to as the upper side, and when the toy 100 is viewed from the front, the left side is referred to as the left side, and the right side is referred to as the right side.

[0017] The castle portion 20 is provided above the pond portion 10. The castle portion 20 is designed in the image of a castle floating in the clouds. The castle portion 20 is provided with two elongated waterfall portions 21 which are long in the vertical direction and are designed in the image of waterfalls flowing from the castle portion 20 to the pond portion 10. Note that on the rear side of the pond portion 10, a tree portion 111 is provided which stands in a roughly plate-like shape and is designed in the image of a tree. The castle portion 20 is supported by the waterfall portions 21 and the tree portions 111. The castle portion 20 is provided with a cloud-shaped supporting base portion 120.

[0018] The swing ride section 40 is provided from the support base section 120 via the arched support section 30 supporting the swing ride section 40. The swing ride section 40 is provided with a rotating body 42 rotatably connected to a rotating shaft 43 imitating a sunflower. The rotating body 42 is provided with three swings 41 suspended from the rotating body 42. In addition, the pond section 10 is provided with a rotating playground equipment section 70 designed like a fountain and imitating a rotating playground equipment. A ship section 80 imitating a ship is provided at the front side of the rotating playground equipment section 70. In addition, on the right side of the castle section 20, an elevator 90 is provided with a rope 92 connected via a fork 91. The elevator 90 includes a doll placement section 93 imitating a flower shape, which allows the dolls for play to be placed.

[0019] Figure 2 and Figure 3 The support structure 200 of the toy 100 is shown, which includes a rocking ride portion 40, an arched support portion 30 supporting the rocking ride portion 40, and a support base portion 120 to which the arched support portion 30 is attached. The support base portion 120 includes a fixing portion 125 attached to the support base portion 120 as an independent part. Figure 3 As shown, the fixing portion 125 is formed with an internal space. In the internal space of the fixing portion 125, a substantially long rectangular fixing hole portion 125a extending in the left-right direction is provided, and a substantially long rectangular protrusion 120a protruding from the front surface of the supporting base portion 120 is inserted and fixed therein. The supporting base portion 120 including the fixing portion 125 is formed to imitate the shape of a cloud. Note that the supporting base portion 120 may be provided with a boss, and a boss hole into which the boss is fitted may be provided in the internal space of the fixing portion 125.

[0020] like Figure 2 and 3As shown, the arched support portion 30 includes a base end portion 31, a distal end portion 33, and an intermediate portion 32, and the intermediate portion 32 is a connecting portion between a portion extending upward from the base end portion 31 and a portion extending downward and having the distal end portion 33. That is, the arched support portion 30 serving as a supporting member is provided to extend upward from the base end portion 31 and to extend downward via the intermediate portion 32. The distal end portion 33 is provided with a swinging ride portion 40, and the swinging ride portion 40 serves as a supported body. Note that in the present embodiment, the supporting member is formed in an arc shape (arched support portion 30), but may be formed in other shapes, such as a U shape.

[0021] The arched support portion 30 includes a support body plate 30a having a plate surface facing the front-rear direction, and support side edge plates 30b and 30c erected in a wall-like manner facing rearward along opposite edges of the support body plate 30a. The support side edge plate 30b is arranged on the radially outer side of the arched support portion 30, and the support side edge plate 30c is arranged on the radially inner side.

[0022] like Figure 4 As shown, in the internal space of the fixing portion 125, a contacted plate 125b serving as a contacted portion is arranged above the fixing hole portion 125a. The contacted plate 125b is arranged to have a plate surface directed in the vertical direction. The fixing hole portion 125a and the contacted plate 125b are connected to and reinforced by the vertical rib 125c, and the vertical rib 125c has a plate surface directed in the left-right direction.

[0023] The upper surface of the fixing portion 125 is provided with an opening portion 125d which opens in a substantially long rectangular shape elongated in the left-right direction (see also Figure 2 ). Both left and right end edges of the opening portion 125d are formed as locked portions 125e, which are locked on the lower surface by locking protrusions 35d of the elastic locking portion 35 described below.

[0024] like Figure 4 and Figure 5A and 5B As shown, the end of the base end 31 side of the arched support portion 30 is provided with a contact portion 34 having an arched contact surface 34a. The contact portion 34 is provided by being connected to the support body plate 30a via a step portion 30a1 bent backward from the support body plate 30a. The contact portion 34 includes a connecting plate 34b and a contact plate 34c, the connecting plate 34b having a plate surface facing the front-rear direction, and the contact plate 34c is bent backward from the lower end of the connecting plate 34b and formed into an arc shape so as to protrude downward when viewed in the front-rear direction. The lower surface of the contact plate 34c is the contact surface 34a. The contact surface 34a contacts the upper surface of the contacted plate 125b.

[0025] Note that the arcuate support portion 30 is arranged so that the support body plate 30a is inclined relative to the connection plate 34b of the contact portion 34. The inclination is set so that the distal end portion 33 of the arcuate support portion 30 is located further forward than the base end portion 31. Therefore, the step portion 30a1 is substantially triangular.

[0026] In addition, an elastic locking portion 35 is provided at the end portion on the side of the base end portion 31. When viewed in the front-rear direction, the elastic locking portion 35 is formed in a hook shape, thereby forming a locking protrusion 35d protruding outward. The elastic locking portion 35 includes an elastic locking portion 35b provided continuously with the support side edge plate 30b and an elastic locking portion 35c provided continuously with the support side edge plate 30c. The elastic locking portions 35b and 35c are respectively provided on both sides of the contact portion 34, and a slit 35a is interposed. The elastic locking portions 35b and 35c are connected to the rear surface side of the support body plate 30a on the upper side through a reinforcing plate 35e having a plate surface directed in the vertical direction.

[0027] In a normal state, the locking protrusion 35d of the elastic locking portion 35 of the arched support portion 30 is located below the locked portion 125e, and the arched support portion 30 is locked and fixed to the fixing portion 125. Here, when a load is applied to the arched support portion 30 by pressing the arched support portion 30 downward from above or pushing the arched support portion 30 upward from below, the arched support portion 30 rotates counterclockwise or clockwise when viewed from the front. At this time, the contact surface 34a formed in an arc allows the counterclockwise or clockwise rotation of the arched support portion 30 to be performed smoothly. Then, Figure 4 The elastic locking parts 35b and 35c resist the elastic force to narrow the gap of the slit 35a, and Figure 4 The elastic locking portion 35b on the left or the elastic locking portion 35c on the right first disengages from the locked portion 125e. Then, the elastic locking portion 35c on the right or the elastic locking portion 35b on the left also disengages from the locked portion 125e.

[0028] like Figure 2 and 3 As shown, the distal end portion 33 of the arched support portion 30 is provided with an axis support portion 36 formed in a cloud-like manner similar to the support base portion 120. Figure 6 As shown, the shaft support portion 36 is attached to the distal end portion 33 of the arcuate support portion 30. Specifically, the shaft support portion 36 is fixed to the distal end portion 33 by engaging four bosses 33b provided at the distal end portion 33 with four boss holes (not shown) of the shaft support portion 36. Figure 7 As shown, the shaft supporting portion 36 is fixed to the distal end portion 33 , resulting in the support portion 37 being formed by support surfaces 33 a and 36 a formed as semi-cylindrical surfaces provided on the distal end portion 33 and the shaft supporting portion 36 , respectively.

[0029] The support portion 37 is provided as a hole penetrating in the vertical direction. The support portion 37 is provided with a large diameter portion 37a on the upper side. Below the large diameter portion 37a, a support surface portion 37b having a smaller diameter than the large diameter portion 37a is provided. A step portion 37a1 is formed at a connection portion between the large diameter portion 37a and the support surface portion 37b. Below the support surface portion 37b, a shaft outer peripheral surface portion 37c having a diameter larger than that of the support surface portion 37b and smaller than that of the large diameter portion 37a is provided.

[0030] The rotating shaft 43 is provided with a flower-shaped portion 43a imitating a sunflower at the upper end, and the rotating shaft 43 is formed to imitate the stem of a sunflower. The upper side of the rotating shaft 43 is formed into a straight line portion 43b in a straight line shape, and the lower side is formed into a wave-shaped portion 43c bent into a wave shape. The lower end of the rotating shaft 43 is provided with an annular locking ring 43d. The straight line portion 43b is provided with a disk-shaped portion 43e, which is concentric with the rotating shaft 43 and has a disk shape. In this way, the rotating shaft 43 is rotatably provided at the distal end portion 33 of the arched support portion 30, and is restricted from moving at least in the downward direction.

[0031] The rotating body 42 has a locking portion 42a that is detachably locked to a locking ring 43d of the rotating shaft 43. The locking portion 42a is provided at the upper end of the umbrella-shaped rotating body 42. The locking portion 42a includes hook-shaped locking pieces 42a1 and 42a2 that are arranged facing each other in a C-shaped ring shape. In addition, the locking pieces 42a1 and 42a2 are elastically provided. At the terminal ends of the locking pieces 42a1 and 42a2, locking protrusions 42a3 that protrude in opposite directions are provided. The locking protrusions 42a3 have terminal ends chamfered into a C-shape and a lower side formed into a stepped shape.

[0032] Note that Figure 6 As shown in the P portion of FIG. 4 , the side surface 42a31 of the lower portion of the locking protrusion 42a3 is formed into a convex arc shape. This allows the rotating body 42 to smoothly rock in the direction in which the side surface 42a31 is in sliding contact with the locking ring 43d.

[0033] When the rotating body 42 is pulled downward with a predetermined force, the locking ring 43d of the rotating shaft 43 enters between the locking protrusions 42a3 of the locking pieces 42a1 and 42a2, and is disengaged from the locking ring 43d while resisting the elastic force of the locking pieces 42a1 and 42a2. When the rotating body 42 is attached, the locking ring 43d can be easily inserted between the locking pieces 42a1 and 42a2 because the distal end portions of the locking pieces 42a1 and 42a2 are chamfered into a C shape.

[0034] Furthermore, the disengagement force required to disengage the rotating body 42 from the locking ring 43d (the force to pull the rotating body 42 downward) is smaller than the release force required to release the locking of the elastic locking portion 35 and the locked portion 125e of the arched support portion 30. Therefore, even when the rotating body 42 is pulled downward, the rotating body 42 is first disengaged from the locking ring 43d, so that the arched support portion 30 does not disengage from the fixing portion 125.

[0035] Note that, contrary to the present embodiment, the locking portion 42a of the rotating body 42 may be formed in a ring shape, and the locking ring 43d of the rotating shaft 43d may be formed in a C-shaped ring.

[0036] According to the embodiments of the present disclosure described above, a support structure of a toy for a figure play according to the following aspects can be provided.

[0037] According to the first aspect, the support structure of a toy for puppet games includes: a support member, which includes a base end, a middle part and a distal end, and extends upward from the base end toward the middle part and downward from the middle part toward the distal end, the distal end is configured to support a supported body, the base end includes a contact part having an arched contact surface and an elastic locking part; and a fixed part fixed to the main body of the toy for puppet games, the fixed part including a contacted part configured to contact the contact part and a locked part configured to be detachably locked to the elastic locking part.

[0038] With this configuration, even when a downward force is applied to the so-called arched support member, the support member rotates smoothly because the arched contact surface contacts the contacted portion, releasing the lock between the elastic locking portion and the locked portion, thereby allowing the support member to be disengaged from the fixed portion. Therefore, damage to the connection portion between the support member attached to the main body of the toy for figure play and the main body of the toy for figure play can be reduced.

[0039] In the supporting structure of the toy for figure play according to the second aspect, the supporting member is formed in an arc shape.

[0040] With this configuration, a support member having an excellent aesthetic design can be provided.

[0041] In the supporting structure of a toy for figure play according to the third aspect, the fixing portion has an opening, the elastic locking portions are provided on both sides of the contact portion with the slit interposed therebetween, and the locked portions are provided at the edge of the opening.

[0042] With this configuration, the elastic force of the elastic locking portion can be easily formed as a leaf spring by the structure of the constituent member.

[0043] In the supporting structure of a toy for puppet games according to the fourth aspect, the supported body includes: a rotating shaft, which is rotatably arranged on a supporting member so that the rotating shaft extends in a vertical direction; and a rotating body that is detachably locked to the rotating shaft, and the disengagement force required to disengage the rotating body from the rotating shaft is less than the release force required to release the locking of the elastic locking portion and the locked portion.

[0044] With this configuration, even when the rotating body supported by the supporting member is pulled, the lock between the rotating shaft and the rotating body is first released, while the lock between the supporting member and the fixed portion is maintained. Therefore, for example, when a toy such as a swing ride is used as the supported body, the locking structure of the rotating body can be easily implemented, thereby allowing the lock release of the rotating body that is easily pulled down to be easily performed, while the release of the lock of the supporting member can be retained as a safety measure in an emergency.

[0045] In the support structure of the toy for figure play according to the fifth aspect, the rotating body includes a plurality of swings configured to allow one or more figures to be placed thereon.

[0046] With this configuration, breakage of toys for figure play, including swing rides, can be reduced.

[0047] Although the embodiments of the present disclosure have been described, the present disclosure is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various changes may be made without departing from the scope of the present disclosure.

Claims

1. A support structure for a toy for a puppet game, the support structure comprising: a supporting member including a base end portion, a middle portion, and a distal end portion, and the supporting member extends upward from the base end portion toward the middle portion and downward from the middle portion toward the distal end portion, the distal end portion being configured to support a supported body, the base end portion including a contact portion having an arcuate contact surface and an elastic locking portion; and A fixing portion is fixed to a main body of the toy for figure play, the fixing portion including a contacted portion configured to contact the contact portion and a locked portion configured to be detachably locked to the elastic locking portion.

2. The support structure of a toy for a puppet game according to claim 1, wherein: The supporting member is formed in an arc shape.

3. The support structure of a toy for a puppet game according to claim 1, in, The fixing portion has an opening, The elastic locking portion is arranged on both sides of the contact portion, a slit is arranged between the two sides, and Wherein, the locked portion is arranged at an edge portion of the opening portion.

4. A support structure for a toy for a puppet game according to any one of claims 1 to 3, in, The supported body includes: a rotating shaft configured to be rotatably provided on the supporting member so that the rotating shaft extends in a vertical direction; and a rotating body detachably locked to the rotating shaft, and The disengagement force required to disengage the rotating body from the rotating shaft is smaller than the release force required to release the locking of the elastic locking portion and the locked portion.

5. The support structure of a toy for a puppet game according to claim 4, wherein: The rotating body includes a plurality of swings configured to allow one or more figures to be placed thereon.

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