Card type toy

Abstract

To provide a card type toy whose entertainment property is improved.SOLUTION: A plurality of main bodies formed in a rectangular plate shape, each of the main bodies including a separation portion that can be separated into parts by punching or cutting, the plurality of parts being configured to be capable of being assembled into one three dimensional assembly unit, the assembly unit includes at least one set of a pair of parts that can be separated from different main bodies and assembled, a display portion on which a pattern is displayed is provided on one surface or both surfaces of at least one part of the assembly unit, and an engagement portion with which another part is engaged is formed in at least one part of the assembly unit.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a card-type toy. [Background technology]

[0002] A card-type toy is known which has at least one main body formed in the shape of a rectangular plate, the main body including a plurality of detachable parts which can be separated into parts by punching or cutting, the plurality of parts being configured so that they can be assembled to form a single three-dimensional assembly unit, at least one of the parts of the assembly unit having a display section on one or both sides on which a picture is displayed, and at least one part of the assembly unit having an engagement section formed therein with which other parts can be engaged (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

[0003] The card-type toy in the above document can be played with by assembling a plurality of detachable parts of the main body to complete a single three-dimensional assembly unit, but since the multiple parts that make up this assembly unit are all separated from the same main body and are completed with that single main body, it is difficult to increase the difficulty of the assembly work and it lacks entertainment value. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0004] [Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-275735 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0005] An object of the present invention is to provide a card-type toy with improved entertainment value. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] In order to solve the above problem, the present invention provides a product comprising a plurality of main bodies formed in the shape of a rectangular plate, each main body including a separation section that can be separated into parts by punching or cutting, and the plurality of parts are configured so that they can be assembled into a single three-dimensional assembly unit, the assembly unit including at least one pair of parts that can be separated from different main bodies and assembled, at least one part of the assembly unit having a display section on one or both sides that displays a picture, and at least one part of the assembly unit having an engagement section formed thereon with which other parts can be engaged.

[0007] The engaging portion may be formed in a slit-like and notched shape, and the part may be removably inserted into and engaged with the engaging portion with its thickness direction facing in the direction along the width direction of the engaging portion formed on the other part.

[0008] The structure may be such that a plurality of parts can be stacked together in the thickness direction and then removably inserted into the engaging portions of other parts.

[0009] Of the multiple parts that are superimposed, one part may be a character display part that includes a character picture, and another part may be an effect-imparting part that includes a picture and shape that imparts a dress-up or effect to the character when superimposed on the side of the character display part on which the character picture is displayed.

[0010] The parts may be reversible parts each having a display section on each side showing different images of the same character, and the reversible parts may be configured so that they can be engaged with other parts in a reversed state.

[0011] The plurality of parts constituting one assembly unit may be configured so that the plurality of parts can be used to assemble an assembly unit having a different configuration from the assembly unit.

[0012] A plurality of assembly units may be configured to be assemblable with each other.

[0013] The main body may be configured so that it can be used as a card for play or collection, depending on the display content including the picture, when the separation portion provided thereon is not separated as a part.

[0014] The main body may be configured such that after the separation portion is separated into the part, the part can be removably fitted and fixed into a fitting portion consisting of a cutout or hole that appears along the outer shape of the main body. [Effects of the Invention]

[0015] According to the present invention, the assembly unit includes at least one pair of parts that can be separated from different main bodies and assembled, so it is easy to set the difficulty level of the assembly work high, improving the entertainment value. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0016] [Figure 1] 1 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of a card-type toy to which the present invention is applied; [Figure 2] FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the configuration of the card in FIG. [Figure 3] FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the configuration of an assembly unit assembled from a plurality of parts. [Figure 4] FIG. 10 is an exploded perspective view of a plurality of parts showing another form of the engagement portion. [Figure 5] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of several parts after assembly. [Figure 6] FIG. 10 is a side view of the main part showing the engaged state by the engaging portion. [Figure 7] FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the configuration of an effect-imparting part according to another example. [Figure 8] FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the configuration of an assembly unit having a different form from the assembly unit shown in FIG. 3. [Figure 9] FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing a state in which a plurality of assembly units are assembled together. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0017] Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of a card-type toy to which the present invention is applied, and Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the configuration of the card in Fig. 1. The illustrated card-type toy includes one or more (in the illustrated example, multiple) cards (main bodies) 1 formed in the shape of a rectangular plate.

[0018] The card 1 has one or more separable portions 2 that can be separated as assembly parts 10 by punching or cutting, such as by intermittent or continuous cuts that extend through part of its thickness or by intermittent perforations that penetrate through its thickness, and other non-separable portions 3.

[0019] On one or both sides of the plate-shaped separation part 2, a display part 2a is provided on which images of characters such as enemies and allies, backgrounds such as trees, roads and other ground are displayed by printing or by attaching a film.

[0020] This separation portion 2 has a shape that follows the outline of the picture. After this separation portion 2 is separated from the card 1 as part 10, a fitting portion 1a appears on the card 1, which is a hole having the same shape as the outline of the part 10 or a notched portion (a hole in the illustrated example) that is the same as part of the outline. The function of this fitting portion 1a will be described later.

[0021] The non-separable portion 3 is provided with one or more display portions 3a on which, together with the image displayed on the display portion 2a described above, information such as letters or images that enable the card 1 to be used as a card for play or collection are displayed by printing or attaching a film, etc.

[0022] In this example, information such as the species, attributes, possessed skills, strength, value and other descriptions of the characters and other images displayed in the display section 2a of the separation section 2 of the card 1 is displayed in the display section 3a of the non-separation section 3 of the card 1 using information such as letters, numbers and colors (display information).

[0023] Using these display contents, two or more players can enjoy playing against each other using one or more of their own cards 1. The display information may also determine the rarity of the card 1, in which case the card 1 becomes a collectible item.

[0024] Incidentally, when the separation portion 2 is separated as part 10 and only the non-separation portion 3 remains on the card 1, the above-mentioned fitting portion 1a appears. By removably fitting and fixing the separated part 10 into this fitting portion 1a and integrating it with the card 1 again, the card 1 can be used again as a card for collection or play.

[0025] 3 is a perspective view showing the configuration of an assembly unit assembled from a plurality of parts. A three-dimensional assembly unit 50 is completed by assembling a plurality of parts 10 separated from the same card 1 together and a plurality of parts 10, 10 separated from different cards 1 together.

[0026] That is, it comprises a plurality of cards 1 formed in the shape of square plates, and these parts are configured so that they can be assembled into a single three-dimensional assembly unit 50, and this assembly unit 50 includes at least one pair of parts that can be separated and assembled from different cards 1, and further, each part 10 is configured so that it can be assembled to another part 10.

[0027] Specifically, at least one of the multiple parts 10 that can be assembled is formed with an engaging portion 11 with which another part 10 engages. This engaging portion 11 is formed as a slit-shaped (long, thin, concave) notch. One part 10 is removably inserted into and engaged with the engaging portion 11 with its thickness direction facing in the width direction of the engaging portion 11 of the other part 10.

[0028] For this reason, the width of the engaging portion 11 of one part 10 (the direction perpendicular to the two directions of the narrow concave recess and the thickness direction of the part) is set to be the same or approximately the same length as the thickness of the other part 10. For this reason, the part 10 is inserted and fixed in a fitted state into the engaging portion 11.

[0029] In the illustrated example, both of the two parts 10 to be assembled are provided with engaging portions 11. One part 10 is inserted into and fixed to the engaging portion 11 of the other part 10 in a fitted state, and the other part 10 is inserted into and fixed to the engaging portion 11 of the one part 10 in a fitted state, thereby engaging and fixing the two parts 10 to each other.

[0030] Here, the player is taken as the reference point, with the side in front of him as the front side and the side behind him as the rear side, and left and right and up and down are defined based on this front and back, and the following explanation will be based on this premise.

[0031] To explain the assembly unit 50 in more detail, one part 10 is a character display part 10A whose thickness is oriented forward and backward, and on its front surface is provided a display section 2a displaying an image of an ally character moving at high speed in a predetermined direction (to the right in the illustrated example, hereinafter simply referred to as the "moving direction") with an effect. This character display part 10A has an outer shape corresponding to the image on the display section 2a, and the character is depicted facing the moving direction.

[0032] The other two parts 10, 10 are a pair of front and rear base parts 10B, 10B whose thickness direction is oriented in the front-to-back direction and whose display part 2a, which displays an image of the ground such as the road along which the character moves as described above, faces forward.

[0033] The other two parts 10, 10 are a pair of left and right connecting parts 10C, 10C that connect the base parts 10B, 10B, and in the example shown, the thickness direction of the connecting parts 10C is oriented in the left-right direction, the entire length of the connecting parts is oriented in the front-to-back direction, and they face each other completely in parallel. The display part 2a is omitted from these connecting parts 10C, 10C.

[0034] The other two parts 10, 10 have their thickness oriented in the front-to-back direction, and one of them is display part 10D, which has a display section 2a on its front surface that displays a picture of a tree and has an outer shape that corresponds to this picture, and the other is display part 10E, which has a display section 2a on its front surface that displays a picture of a gravestone as the background and has an outer shape that corresponds to this picture.

[0035] The other part 10 is a left-right connecting part 10F, whose thickness is oriented in the vertical direction and whose entire length is oriented in the horizontal direction. Engagement portions 11, 11 are formed on both ends of the entire length of this connecting part 10F.

[0036] The other part 10 is a character display part 10G whose thickness faces forward and backward, and which has a display section 2a on its front side displaying a picture of an enemy bat monster character. This character display part 10G has an outer shape corresponding to this picture. This character display part 10G is attached and fixed to the display part 10D displaying a tree picture by a connecting part 10F.

[0037] The base parts 10B, 10B have a plurality of (three in the illustrated example) engaging portions 11 formed lined up along their entire length. The connecting parts 10C, 10C have a plurality of (four in the illustrated example, at symmetrical front-to-back positions) engaging portions 11 formed lined up along their entire length. The pair of front and rear base parts 10B, 10B facing each other in parallel over their entire surfaces, and the pair of left and right connecting parts 10C, 10C facing each other in parallel over their entire surfaces, are connected in a well shape by the engaging portions 11.

[0038] Character display part 10A is engaged with engagement part 11 on one side (front side in the illustrated example) of connecting part 10C near the center on the rear side in the direction of movement (left side in the illustrated example), and display part 10D with a picture of a tree is engaged with engagement part 11 on the other side. Display part 10E with display part 2a with a picture of a gravestone is engaged with engagement part 11 on one side (rear side in the illustrated example) of connecting part 10C near the center on the front side in the direction of movement (right side in the illustrated example).

[0039] The assembly unit 50 configured as described above expresses the appearance of a character running at high speed through a graveyard where monsters roam.

[0040] In this example, the pair of parts 10B, 10B, 10C, 10C may be separated from the same card 1. Also, the part 10A and the pair of parts 10C, 10C may be separated from the same card 1.

[0041] Fig. 4 is an exploded perspective view of multiple parts showing another form of the engaging portion, Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the multiple parts after assembly, and Fig. 6 is a side view of the main parts showing the state of engagement by the engaging portion. In the example described above, the width of engaging portion 11 of one part 10 was set to be the same or approximately the same length as the thickness of another part 10, but the width of engaging portion 11 of one part 10 may be set to be at least twice the thickness of another part 10 (twice in the example shown), and multiple parts 10 (two in the example shown) may be overlapped in the thickness direction and inserted together into engaging portion 11 of another part 10 to be fixed.

[0042] Incidentally, even if the total thickness of multiple parts 10, 10 stacked in the thickness direction is smaller than the width of the engaging portion 11 of the other part 10 to be connected, if each of the multiple parts 10, 10 is also provided with an engaging portion 11, 11, it will be possible to stably engage the multiple parts 10, 10 with the other part 10.

[0043] Conversely, when multiple parts 10, 10 are stacked in the thickness direction, if the total thickness and the width of the engaging portion 11 of the other part 10 to be connected are set to be the same or approximately the same, the multiple parts 10, 10 can be stably engaged with the other part 10 without having to provide an engaging portion 11, 11 on each of them.

[0044] In the example shown in Figures 4 to 6, of the multiple parts 10, 10 that are superimposed, one is a character display part 10A that displays the image of the above-mentioned ally character, and the other part 10 is an effect-imparting part 10H that is superimposed on the front side, which is the side on which the image of this character is displayed, and is formed with an image that imparts the effect of changing the character's clothes (specifically, an image in which the clothes have been changed and the character is holding a staff) and an outer shape corresponding to that image (in this example, the outer shape of the character).

[0045] The effect-imparting part 10H is transparent in all areas except for the image that imparts the effect (specifically, the clothes and wand), and the image of the character in the character display part 10A that includes the above-mentioned effect is visible in the area other than where the display part 2a of the effect-imparting part 10H is located.

[0046] 7 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the configuration of another example of an effect-imparting part. The thickness direction of the effect-imparting part 10I shown in the figure is oriented in the front-to-rear direction, and on the front side thereof, there is provided a display section 2a on which a pattern is displayed so as to impart an effect to the character displayed in the character display part 10A.

[0047] Figure 8 is a perspective view showing the configuration of an assembly unit having a different form from the assembly unit shown in Figure 3. In the assembly unit 50' shown in the figure, the character display part 10A described above is turned over front to back and rotated rearward in the direction of travel around its lower side as a fulcrum to change its posture, and is then engaged with the front engaging part 11 on the central side of the connecting part 10C.

[0048] Character display parts 10A, 10G are front-to-back reversible parts each having display sections 2a, 2a on both sides of which different images of the same character are displayed, and these front-to-back reversible parts 10A, 10G are configured so that they can be engaged with other parts 10C, 10F in a state where they are reversed front to back (front and back).

[0049] Specifically, the character is displayed in a normal posture moving forward in the direction of travel on one of the display sections 2a on the front or back of one character display part 10A (see Figure 3), while the character is displayed in a posture tilted backward in the direction of travel on the other display section 2a (see Figure 8).

[0050] The display portions 2a provided on both sides of the other character display part 10G display the same character in different colors. Note that different characters may also be displayed.

[0051] The effect-imparting part 10I described above is placed on the rear surface of the inverted front-back part 10A, and both are fastened together to one of the engaging parts 11 of the connecting part 10C. The effect-imparting part 10I is configured to impart an effect that displays multiple acquired coins around the character displayed on the front of the inverted front-back part 10A.

[0052] 8 is composed of the same parts 10 as the assembly unit 50 shown in FIG. 3 except for the effect-imparting part 10I, and it is of course possible to omit the effect-imparting part 10I from this assembly unit 50'. In other words, the parts 10 are configured so that an assembly unit 50' having a different form from the assembly unit 50 can be assembled using the parts 10 that make up one assembly unit 50.

[0053] 9 is a perspective view showing a state in which a plurality of assembly units 50 are assembled together. As shown in the figure, a plurality of assembly units 50 of the same or different types can be assembled together, which can further increase the motivation to collect various cards 1. [Explanation of symbols]

[0054] 1 card (main body) 1a Fitting part 2 Separation part 2a Display section 10 parts 10A Character display parts (front and back inverted parts) 10H Effect-granting parts 10I Effect-granting parts 11 Engagement portion 50 assembly units 50´ Assembly Unit

Claims

1. A plurality of main bodies formed in the shape of a rectangular plate, Each body includes a separation portion that can be separated into parts by punching or cutting; The multiple parts are configured so that they can be assembled into a single three-dimensional assembly unit, The assembly unit includes at least one pair of parts that can be separated from different bodies and assembled together, A display unit on which a picture is displayed is provided on one or both sides of at least one part of the assembly unit, At least one part of the assembly unit is formed with an engaging portion with which another part is engaged. A card-type toy characterized by:

2. The engaging portion is formed in a slit-like and notched shape, The part is removably inserted into and engaged with the engaging portion formed on the other part with its thickness direction facing the width direction of the engaging portion. The card-type toy according to claim 1 .

3. The structure allows multiple parts to be stacked together in the thickness direction and then detachably inserted into the engaging parts of other parts. The card-type toy according to claim 2.

4. Of the multiple parts to be superimposed, one part is a character display part that includes a character picture, and another part is an effect-imparting part that includes a picture and shape that imparts a costume or effect to the character when superimposed on the side of the character display part on which the character picture is displayed. The card-type toy according to claim 3.

5. The part is a reversible part having a display section on each side on which a picture of the same character in a different state or a picture of a different character is displayed, The front-to-back reversible part is configured so as to be able to be engaged with another part in a reversed state. The card-type toy according to claim 1 .

6. The plurality of parts constituting one assembly unit are configured so that an assembly unit of a different form can be assembled using the plurality of parts constituting the assembly unit. The card-type toy according to claim 1 .

7. A plurality of assembly units are configured to be able to be assembled together. The card-type toy according to claim 1 .

8. The main body is configured to be usable as a card for play or collection according to the display content including the picture when the separation portion provided thereon is not separated as the part. The card-type toy according to claim 1 .

9. The main body is configured such that, after the separation portion is separated into the parts, the parts can be removably fitted and fixed into fitting portions formed of notches or holes that appear along the outer shape of the main body. The card-type toy according to claim 8.

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