Travel toy

Abstract

To provide a travel toy in which a left handle and a right handle can be easily switched.SOLUTION: A travel toy 1 has: an attachment part 30 provided so as to face a seat part 10; and a panel member 20 having a panel body 200 formed to be a long shape that is point symmetry when viewed from the front and a handle 21 provided in the front by being offset from a longitudinal center position of the panel body 200, the panel member 20 being provided attachably to and detachably from the attachment part 30. The panel body 200 includes top plates 23, 24 and a front plate 22.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a traveling toy. [Background technology]

[0002] Conventionally, traveling toys that have a seat and a handle and are shaped like an automobile have been disclosed. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a traveling toy that is shaped like a left-hand-drive automobile, with the handle provided on the part facing the seat. This traveling toy has a weight at the front end, which is detachably attached to an engagement part on the bonnet. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 60-10699 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] In reality, there are countries where left-hand drive cars are the norm and countries where right-hand drive cars are the norm, depending on whether the country drives on the right side of the road or the left side of the road. Therefore, even in a running toy simulating a car, it may be desirable to use a right-hand drive car when playing in a country where the country drives on the left side of the road, and a left-hand drive car when playing in a country where the country drives on the right side of the road. With conventional running toys, it is not easy to switch between left-hand drive and right-hand drive, which can reduce the fun of playing with the toy.

[0005] An object of the present invention is to provide a traveling toy that can easily switch between a left handle and a right handle. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] A running toy according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises a seat portion, an attachment portion disposed opposite the seat portion, a panel body formed in an elongated shape that is point-symmetric when viewed from the front, and a handle disposed on the front side offset from the longitudinal center position of the panel body, and has a panel member that is detachably attached to the attachment portion. Effect of the Invention

[0007] According to the above aspect, a traveling toy can be provided that allows easy switching between a left handle and a right handle. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0008] [Figure 1] 1 is a perspective view seen from the front, showing a state in which a handle of a running toy according to an embodiment of the present invention is set as a left handle. FIG. [Diagram 2] 1 is a perspective view showing a state in which a handle of a running toy according to an embodiment of the present invention is set to a left handle, as viewed from the rear. FIG. [Diagram 3] 1 is a perspective view showing a state in which a handle of a running toy according to an embodiment of the present invention is set to a right handle, as viewed from the rear. FIG. [Figure 4] 1A and 1B show a panel member of a traveling toy according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which (a) is a front view of the panel member, and (b) is a perspective view of the panel member as seen from behind. [Diagram 5] 1 is a perspective view showing a state in which a panel member of a traveling toy according to an embodiment of the present invention has been removed, as viewed from the rear. FIG. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0009] An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the running toy 1 is in the form of a four-wheeled open-top car. A vehicle compartment 40 is formed by a vehicle compartment member 41. A seat section 10 is provided in the vehicle compartment 40. The seat section 10 has two front seats and two rear seats. A panel member 20 having a handlebar 21 is provided in the vehicle compartment 40, facing the seat section 10. In the following description, the front side of the running toy 1 as a car will be referred to as the front, the rear side as the rear, the upper side as the upper, and the lower side as the lower. In addition, the left side will be described as the left, and the right side as the right, as viewed from a state in which the driver sits in the driver's seat, which is the seat section 10 facing the handlebar 21.

[0010] The seat section 10 of the traveling toy 1 includes front seats 11 with two seats in the front and rear seats 12 with two seats in the rear. A stroller toy 18 simulating a stroller is provided on the left side of the rear seat section 12. The stroller toy 18 has wheels (not shown) and is detachable from the rear seat section 12, and can be attached to the rear seat section 12 by attaching a handle portion so as to be hooked onto the headrest of the rear seat section 12. In FIG. 1, the left front seat section 11L is the driver's seat, and the right front seat section 11R is the passenger seat.

[0011] The front wheels 2 and rear wheels 3 of the running toy 1 are rotatable. No driving source is provided in the running toy 1. The running toy 1 is formed as a running toy for playing with a doll, in which a small doll is placed on the seat 10 and pushed by hand.

[0012] The panel member 20 equipped with the handle 21 can be detachably attached to the mounting portion 30 provided opposite the seat portion 10 (see Figs. 2, 3 and 5). The panel member 20 is formed in an elongated shape that is long in the left-right direction. As shown in Fig. 3, the panel member 20 can be attached to the mounting portion 30 with the left and right reversed. This allows the running toy 1 simulating a left-hand drive automobile (Figs. 1 and 2) to be changed to a running toy 1 simulating a right-hand drive automobile (Fig. 3).

[0013] As shown in Fig. 4(a) and Fig. 4(b), the panel member 20 has a front plate 22. The panel member 20 also has two top plates 23, 24 that are the same shape and are provided opposite each other. The front plate 22 and the top plates 23, 24 are each formed in a substantially rectangular plate shape with the left-right direction as the longitudinal direction and the front-rear direction as the short side direction. The front plate 22 is disposed with its plate surface facing the front-rear direction. The top plates 23, 24 are disposed with their plate surfaces facing the up-down direction. Here, the surface to which the handle 21 is attached shown in Fig. 4(a) is the front surface 25, and the opposite side is the back surface 26 as shown in Fig. 4(b). The panel member 20 is attached to the attachment portion 30 with the back surface 26 facing forward.

[0014] Edges 23a, 24a of the top plates 23, 24 on the front surface 25 side are formed into a gentle arc-like curved shape that convex toward the front surface 25 side when viewed from the top-down direction. Edges 23b, 24b of the top plates 23, 24 on the rear surface 26 side are formed into a straight line.

[0015] 4(a), the front plate 22 is formed in a generally arc shape with the central portion bulging slightly upward and downward. The front plate 22 is connected to the top plates 23, 24 by being sandwiched from above and below (in the short direction of the front plate 22). Therefore, following the shape of the upper and lower edges of the front plate 22, the top plates 23, 24 are also formed in a generally arc shape with the central portion bulging slightly upward and downward when viewed from the front-rear direction.

[0016] The front plate 22 is disposed closer to the rear surface 26 than the edges 23a, 24a of the top plates 23, 24 on the front surface 25 side. Therefore, the edges 23a, 24a protrude further toward the front surface 25 side than the plate surface of the front plate 22 on the front surface 25 side, and the portions protruding from the plate surface of the front plate 22 on the front surface 25 side are protruding portions 23c, 24c (see also Figs. 2 and 3). The left and right edges of the front plate 22 are formed with rib-shaped protruding edges 27 connecting the top plates 23, 24. The protruding edges 27 protrude from the plate surface of the front plate 22 on the front surface 25 side. As shown in Fig. 4(b), the protruding amount of the protruding edges 27 from the plate surface of the front plate 22 on the front surface 25 side is smaller than the protruding amount of the protruding portions 23c, 24c from the plate surface of the front plate 22 on the front surface 25 side.

[0017] Plate-shaped locking portions 28 are provided between upper and lower cutout portions 28a on the back surface 26 side of the left and right protruding edges 27. The locking portions 28 are provided with the plate surface oriented in the left-right direction, and elastic force is applied in the left-right direction. Locking projections 28b protruding outward are provided at the tips of the locking portions 28. The left and right side surfaces of the panel member 20 are substantially flat, but the vicinity of the bases of the locking portions 28 protrude slightly. In addition, two vertical ribs 220 that connect to the top plates 23, 24 are provided on the back surface 26 side of the front plate 22 between the top plates 23, 24.

[0018] As shown in Fig. 4(a), a small circular portion 22a protruding in an annular shape is provided at approximately the center in the left-right direction on the front surface 25 side of the front plate 22. On both left and right sides of the small circular portion 22a, large circular portions 22b are provided which protrude in an annular shape similar to the small circular portion 22a and have a larger diameter than the small circular portion 22a. The small circular portion 22a and the two large circular portions 22b represent the area around the meter of the car.

[0019] In addition, next to the large circular portion 22b on the opposite side to the handle 21, a radio portion 22c representing a radio is provided. The radio portion 22c protrudes in a circular shape, and three circular protrusions 22c1 representing knobs such as the volume and tuner of the radio are provided in a row in the left-right direction. A rectangular recess 22c2 that is long in the left-right direction is provided at a position corresponding to the three circular protrusions 22c1 in the up-down direction (the lower side in FIG. 4(a)). The recess 22c2 represents a window portion for tuning the radio. As shown in FIG. 4(b), the recess 22c2 is formed on the back surface 26 side with a rectangular protrusion 22c21 that is long in the left-right direction corresponding to the recess 22c2. As a result, even if the recess 22c2 is provided, the recess 22c2 can be provided without extremely thinning the plate thickness of the portion of the recess 22c2.

[0020] In this way, the surface on the front 25 side of the front plate 22 is the automobile panel surface. Note that the radio section 22c is upside down when switching between left-hand drive and right-hand drive, but the design is such that it does not look out of place whether the knob for the volume, etc. (circular protrusion 22c1) is located above or below the window section (recess 22c2) for tuning the radio, since both can exist in an actual automobile.

[0021] The handle 21 has a bifurcated shaft portion 21a. The tip of the shaft portion 21a is formed into a hook shape and is inserted into a handle bearing portion 22d that protrudes in a substantially cylindrical shape from the back surface 26 side of the front plate 22. This allows the handle 21 to be rotatably held on the front plate 22.

[0022] Here, the panel body 200 of the panel member 20 includes a front plate 22 and top plates 23 and 24. The panel body 200 is formed in a point-symmetric elongated shape when viewed from the front (see FIG. 4(a)). The handle 21 is provided offset from a center position CL (approximately the center of the small circular portion 22a) in the longitudinal direction (left-right direction) of the panel body 200 (in other words, shifted left or right from the center position CL in the left-right direction).

[0023] As shown in FIG. 5, the mounting portion 30 is formed in a generally concave shape with the seat portion 10 side open. The mounting portion 30 has a front surface 30a, a bottom surface 30b, a left side surface 30c, and a right side surface 30d. The left side surface 30c and the right side surface 30d are connected to the front surface 30a and the bottom surface 30b, respectively. The bottom surface 30b is formed in a generally arc shape with a generally central portion in the left-right direction bulging downward when viewed from the front-rear direction in accordance with the top plates 23, 24 of the panel member 20 to be mounted. The front surface 30a, the left side surface 30c, and the right side surface 30d are flat surfaces.

[0024] A locking hole 31 that opens long in the vertical direction is provided at each corner where the left side surface 30c and the front surface 30a are connected, and at each corner where the right side surface 30d and the front surface 30a are connected. Note that Fig. 5 only shows the locking hole 31 on the left side surface 30c side. Also, a tongue-shaped main body locking portion 32 provided at approximately the center in the horizontal direction of the front surface 30a is a locking portion for attaching a vehicle interior member 41 to the body 7 of the traveling toy 1. Here, the vehicle interior member 41 includes the attachment portion 30 and the seat portion 10.

[0025] Semicircular openings 33 are provided on the left and right sides of the main body locking portion 32. This provides elasticity to the plate-like portion between the locking hole portion 31 and the openings 33, making it easy to attach and detach the panel member 20.

[0026] The mounting portion 30 is recessed and has a length that matches the longitudinal length of the panel main body 200 of the panel member 20. That is, the lengths of the left side surface 30c and the right side surface 30d are approximately the same as the longitudinal length of the top plates 23, 24 (the lengths of the left and right protruding edges 27). Also, the short-side length of the lower surface 30b of the mounting portion 30 (i.e., the front-rear length of the left side surface 30c and the right side surface 30d) is approximately the same as the short-side length of the top plates 23, 24 (the front-rear length of the side surface of the panel main body 200).

[0027] The panel member 20 can be attached to the mounting portion 30 as a left-hand drive specification with the handle 21 on the left side. Then, by rotating the panel member 20 180 degrees around the normal direction of the front plate 22, it can be attached to the mounting portion 30 as a right-hand drive specification with the handle 21 on the right side. In addition, the upper surface connected to the left side surface 30c and the right side surface 30d of the mounting portion 30 is made into an arc-shaped surface 30c1, 30d1. In other words, the arc-shaped surfaces 30c1, 30d1 are provided on the side. The arc-shaped surfaces 30c1, 30d1 are continuous with the top plate 23 or 24 of the panel member 20 attached to the mounting portion 30.

[0028] According to the embodiment of the present invention as described above, a traveling toy having the following features can be provided.

[0029] The running toy of the first aspect comprises a seat portion, an attachment portion disposed opposite the seat portion, a panel body formed in an elongated shape that is point-symmetric when viewed from the front, and a handle disposed on the front side offset from the longitudinal center position of the panel body, and has a panel member that is detachably attached to the attachment portion.

[0030] According to this configuration, the traveling toy can be configured so that the handle 21 is on the left or right side by removing and rotating the panel member 20, and the left handle and the right handle can be easily switched.

[0031] In the traveling toy according to a second aspect, the attachment portion is recessed and has a length that matches the length of the panel member in the longitudinal direction.

[0032] According to this configuration, the lengths of the panel member and the mounting portion can be matched, so that the panel member can be attached without appearing out of place even when the handlebars are switched to the left or right side.

[0033] In a third aspect of the running toy, the panel member has a long front plate that includes the front side, and two opposing top plates that are connected to the front plate so as to sandwich the front plate in the short side direction, and the two top plates are formed to be the same shape.

[0034] With this configuration, a pattern like that of an automobile panel can be applied to the front side of the front plate, making it possible to provide a traveling toy that does not look out of place even if the two top plates are reversed.

[0035] In a fourth aspect of the running toy, the mounting portion is concave and has a length that matches the longitudinal length of the panel member, and an arc-shaped surface that is continuous with the arc-shaped top plate is provided on the side of the mounting portion.

[0036] With this configuration, even if a detachable panel member is provided on the mounting part, the design of the surface extending from the periphery of the mounting part to the panel member can be improved, and a running toy can be provided with a panel member that does not look out of place with the shape of the mounting part or adjacent parts.

[0037] In a traveling toy according to a fifth embodiment, the front plate is provided with an automobile panel surface imitating a meter.

[0038] According to this configuration, it is possible to provide a traveling toy having a design that is closer to a real automobile.

[0039] Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications are possible without departing from the gist of the present invention. [Explanation of symbols]

[0040] 1 Running toy 2 Front wheel 3 Rear wheels 7 Body 10 Seat section 11 Front seat section 11L Left front seat 11R Right front seat 12 Rear seat 18 Stroller toy 20 Panel member 21 Handle 21a Shaft 22 Front plate 22a Small circle section 22b Large circle section 22c Radio section 22c1 Circular protrusion 22c2 Concave portion 22c21 Convex portion 22d Handle bearing part 23 Top plate 23a Edge 23b Edge 23c protrusion 24 top plate 24a Edge 24b Edge 24c Projection 25 Front 26 Back 27 Protruding edge 28 Locking portion 28a Notch portion 28b Locking projection 30 Mounting portion 30a Front 30b Bottom 30c Left side 30c1 Arc-shaped surface 30d Right side 30d1 Arc-shaped surface 31 locking hole portion 32 main body locking portion 33 Opening 40 Cabin 41 Vehicle interior component 200 Panel body 220 Vertical ribs

Claims

1. The seating area, An attachment portion provided opposite the seat portion; A panel member including a panel body formed in an elongated shape that is point-symmetrical when viewed from the front, and a handle provided on the front surface offset from a center position in the longitudinal direction of the panel body, the panel member being detachably provided on the mounting portion; A traveling toy having the above structure.

2. The traveling toy according to claim 1 , wherein the attachment portion is recessed and has a length that matches the length of the panel member in the longitudinal direction.

3. The running toy described in claim 1, wherein the panel member has a long front plate including the front surface, and two top plates connected to the front plate and facing each other so as to sandwich the front plate in the short side direction, and the two top plates are formed to have the same shape.

4. The running toy according to claim 3 , wherein the mounting portion is recessed with a length that matches the longitudinal length of the panel member, and an arc-shaped surface that is continuous with the arc-shaped top plate is provided on the side of the mounting portion.

5. 5. The traveling toy according to claim 3, wherein the front plate is provided with an automobile panel surface imitating a meter.

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