Decorations

Abstract

To provide an ornament that allows the enjoyment of the movement of patterns of characters, mascots, etc., through simple operations. [Solution] The present invention is an ornament comprising a hollow box 1, a ring-shaped member 2 connected to the box 1, and a plate-shaped pattern part 3 that is housed inside the box and has a pattern applied thereto. The box 1 has one side part 11 and the other side part 12 that slide toward and away from each other. When the one side part 11 and the other side part 12 move away from each other, the pattern part 3 appears in the gap between them.

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] This invention relates to an ornament having a ring-shaped member such as a ring or chain that can be used as a key chain or smartphone strap, or attached to a bag, and in particular to an ornament having a picture of a moving character or mascot. [Background technology]

[0002] Conventionally, images of anime characters, mascots, etc. have been widely used for key chains and smartphone straps, and there are known devices that allow these images to move (see Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2).

[0003] For example, Patent Document 1 discloses an ornament with a mascot, the handle of which is made up of a UFO-shaped member and a bear mascot that is detachably hung from the UFO-shaped member. The ornament in Patent Document 1 is configured so that the mascot can be removed from the UFO-shaped main body and picked up by a grabbing arm attached to the UFO-shaped main body in a UFO catcher-type game.

[0004] Patent Document 2 discloses an ornament in which a plate-shaped panel with an animal design is housed inside a transparent, hollow, heart-shaped ornament body. In the ornament of Patent Document 2, the front of the ornament body rotates around an axis in the thickness direction to open the front of the ornament body and allow the internal panel to be removed, and the panel can be erected in a through hole provided in the front of the ornament body. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0005] [Patent Document 1] Utility Model Registration No. 3127189 [Patent Document 1] Utility Model Registration No. 3247185 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0006] However, the ornaments of Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 have a problem in that complex operations are required to enjoy the movement of the mascot or the panel with the picture, which is cumbersome. The present invention has been made in consideration of the above problems, and aims to provide an ornament that allows users to enjoy the movement of images of characters, mascots, etc. with simple operations. [Means for solving the problem]

[0007] The invention devised to solve the above problems is an ornament comprising a hollow box body, a ring-shaped member connected to the box body, and a pattern part housed inside the box body and decorated with a pattern, wherein the box body has one side part and the other side part which slide towards and away from each other, and when the one side part and the other side part move away from each other, the pattern part appears in the gap between them.

[0008] In the decorative item of the present invention, the pattern parts appear when one side and the other side of the box are slid apart, so that the user can enjoy the movement of the pattern with a simple operation.

[0009] In the ornament according to the present invention, the one side portion and the other side portion are connected via the pattern part, and at least one of the one side portion and the other side portion is provided slidably relative to the pattern part, and the pattern part and the one portion are preferably fixed by a magnet when the one side portion and the other side portion come into contact with each other. In this way, the pattern part and the box body can be attached and detached without deforming them, thereby preventing them from being damaged.

[0010] It is preferable that the abutment surface when the one side portion and the other side portion abut against each other has a wavy periphery, so that the one side portion and the other side portion of the box body can be accurately aligned with each other. Effect of the Invention

[0011] As explained above, the ornament of the present invention allows users to enjoy the movement of images of characters, mascots, etc. with simple operations. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0012] [Figure 1] 1A is a perspective view showing a state in which the box body of a decorative accessory according to one embodiment of the present invention is opened and a picture part is revealed, and FIG. 1B is a perspective view showing a state in which the box body is closed. [Diagram 2] FIG. 2 is a front view of the decorative item shown in FIG. 1 with (a) the box body closed, (b) a side view of the box body closed, (c) a rear view of the box body closed, and (d) a front view of the box body open. [Diagram 3] 2A is a front view of the pattern part shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 2B is a rear view, FIG. 2C is a right side view, and FIG. 2D is an enlarged view of a main part showing a modified example. [Figure 4] 2A is a front view of the decorative accessory shown in FIG. 1 with the box body closed, FIG. 2B is a rear view of the box body closed, and FIG. 2C is a front view of the box body open, showing the inside of the decorative accessory shown in FIG. [Diagram 5] 4(a) is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along line XX in FIG. 4(a), and FIG. 4(b) is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along line YY in FIG. 4(c). DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0013] Hereinafter, the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings as appropriate. However, the present invention is not limited to the following embodiment, and appropriate modifications can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

[0014] 1 shows an ornament 100 according to one embodiment of the present invention. The ornament 100 mainly comprises a hollow plate-like box body 1, a ring-shaped member 2 connected to the box body 1, and a pattern part 3 housed inside the box body 1 and having a pattern applied thereto. The ornament 100 is used as a key holder, a smartphone strap, or the like.

[0015] As shown in FIG. 1(a), the box 1 is a hollow plate-like body, and includes one side portion 11 and the other side portion 12 that slide toward and away from each other in a direction perpendicular to the thickness direction. The one side portion 11 and the other side portion 12 of the box 1 are formed by bonding together three layers: a front plate 13, a back plate 14, and a middle frame 15 sandwiched between the front plate 13 and the back plate 14, each of which is made of a hard resin such as acrylic. The middle frame 15, which is formed in a frame shape, is covered from the front and back with the flat front plate 13 and back plate 14, thereby forming a panel storage chamber 16 (see FIG. 5) for storing the picture parts 3 inside. However, the box 1 may be formed of four or more layers instead of three layers.

[0016] One side portion 11 and the other side portion 12 of the box body 1 have abutment surfaces 11a and 12a, respectively, that face each other and are configured to be able to abut against each other. The abutment surfaces 11a and 12a are annular and made up of the end faces of the front plate 13, the back plate 14, and the middle frame 15, and have a wavy periphery with sharp corners when viewed from the front.

[0017] As shown in Figures 4 and 5, the inner surface 13a of the front panel 13 in the one side portion 11 and the other side portion 12 of the box body 1 is provided with sliding recesses 13b, 13b that are rectangular when viewed from the front with the vertical direction as the longitudinal direction. The sliding recesses 13b, 13b in the one side portion 11 and the other side portion 12 are aligned on the same straight line in the vertical direction as shown in Figure 4(a).

[0018] On the other hand, as shown in Fig. 4(b) and Fig. 5, the inner surface 14a of the back plate 14 in the one side portion 11 and the other side portion 12 of the box body 1 is provided with circular recesses 14c, 14c, into which disk-shaped magnets 41a, 41b are fitted, respectively. The upper and lower magnets 41a, 41b are aligned in the same straight line in the vertical direction, as shown in Fig. 4(b).

[0019] A through hole 11c is provided at the upper end of one side portion 11 of the box body 1, penetrating in the thickness direction, and the ring-shaped member 2 is inserted therethrough.

[0020] In the illustrated example, the ring-shaped member 2 consists of a ball chain with a large number of resin beads strung on a polyester or other thread, but is not limited to this and any known ring-shaped member used in so-called snap hooks, jump rings, key rings and other key holders, smartphone straps, etc. can be used as appropriate, or it may be a simple string, chain, rubber band, etc.

[0021] The picture part 3 is in the form of a plate made of hard resin such as acrylic, and has a picture P on its surface 31 as shown in Fig. 3. The picture P may be printed directly on the picture part 3, or a sticker or the like having a picture on it may be attached. In the example shown in the figure, the picture P consists of a cat character, but is not limited to this, and any other animal, human, entertainer, plant, vehicle, building, landscape, geometric pattern, or other object may be used. Photographs or reliefs may be used instead of pictures.

[0022] As shown in Fig. 3, the pattern part 3 has a pair of rectangular parallelepiped sliding ridges 32, 32 extending in the left-right direction (left-right direction in Fig. 3(a)) at both upper and lower ends of the surface 31. The pair of upper and lower sliding ridges 32, 32 are respectively accommodated in the sliding recesses 13b, 13b on the inner surface 13a of the front plate 13 of the box body 1, and slide up and down within the sliding recesses 13b, 13b. In this way, the upper and lower sliding ridges 32, 32 of the pattern part 3 are respectively accommodated in the sliding recesses 13b of the one side portion 11 and the other side portion 12 of the box body 1, so that the one side portion 11 and the other side portion 12 are connected by the pattern part 3 so as not to fall off and so as to be slidable relative to each other.

[0023] The one side portion 11 and the other side portion 12 slide along the sliding ridges 32, 32 of the pattern part 3, respectively, and move toward and away from each other as shown in FIG. 1. When they move away from each other, the pattern parts 3 are exposed therebetween.

[0024] In addition, the back surface 33 of the picture part 3 has slightly notched circular recesses 3c, 3c at both the top and bottom ends. board Magnets 42a and 42b are fitted into the grooves.

[0025] The magnets 41a, 41b provided on the inner surface 14a of the back plate 14 of the box body 1 are magnetically attached to the magnets 42a, 42b provided on the back surface 33 of the picture part 3 by overlapping their opposing surfaces when the box body 1 is closed and one side part 11 and the other side part 12 come into contact with each other.

[0026] (Inserting and removing pattern parts) When inserting or removing the picture part 3, the box 1 is pulled with both hands in a direction separating one side part from the other side part. Then, one of the pair of the upper magnet 41a and magnet 42a and the pair of the lower magnet 41b and magnet 42b is first detached, and the sliding protrusion 32 on the side of the picture part 3 where the magnet was detached slides in the sliding recess 13b to the end on the contact surface 11a, 12a side, and the box 1 opens only halfway.

[0027] Furthermore, when the one side portion 11 and the other side portion 12 of the box body 1 are pulled in a direction separating them, the other of the set of the upper magnet 41a and magnet 42a and the set of the lower magnet 41b and magnet 42b is detached, and the sliding protrusion 32 on the magnet side of the other set of the picture part 3 slides within the sliding recess 13b to the end on the abutment surfaces 11a, 12a side. Thus, the box body 1 opens to the maximum extent, and the picture part 3 is exposed to the maximum extent.

[0028] In the ornament 100 of this embodiment, the contact surfaces 11a, 12a are formed in a wavy line shape that contacts each other without any gap when viewed from the front. This makes it possible to prevent the one side portion 11 and the other side portion 12 from sliding sideways at the contact surfaces 11a, 12a, thereby reducing the load on the connection portion between the picture part 3 and the one side portion 11 or the other side portion 12 of the box body 1 due to such sliding sideways.

[0029] (Modification) Reference numeral 32A in Fig. 3(d) indicates a modified example of the sliding ridge of the pattern part 3. The sliding ridge 32A has four rounded corners 32b, 32b, which allows the sliding ridge 32A to swing in the sliding recess 13b as shown by the arrow in Fig. 3(d), allowing the picture part 3 and the one-side part 11 and the other-side part 12 to swing left and right relative to each other. Although not shown in the figure, the same applies to the lower sliding ridge 32A.

[0030] The ornament of the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and for example, the box body may be a polyhedron such as a cube or a rectangular parallelepiped, a sphere, a rod, or a cylinder, instead of a plate. One side portion and the other side portion of the box body may be provided slidably so as to come into contact with and separate from each other by a member other than the pattern part.

[0031] The pattern part may be slidable relative to only one of the side portions of the box body and the other side portion, and may be fixed to the other side portion. tsu does not have to be in the shape of a plate.

[0032] The picture part and the one side part and the other side part may be connected detachably by a mechanism other than a magnet.

[0033] The contact surfaces of the one side portion and the other side portion may be wavy lines formed of curved lines, or may be straight lines or comb-like. [Explanation of symbols]

[0034] 100 Decorations 1 box body 2 Ring-shaped member 21 One side part 22 Other side part 11a,12b Contact surface 3. Picture parts 3a Picture 41,42 Magnet

Claims

1. A decorative item comprising a hollow box body, a ring-shaped member connected to the box body, and a pattern part that is housed inside the box body and has a pattern applied thereto, The box body has one side portion and another side portion which slide toward and away from each other, This decorative item is characterized in that, when the one side portion and the other side portion are separated from each other, the picture part appears in the gap between them.

2. The one side portion and the other side portion are connected via the pattern part, and at least one of the one side portion and the other side portion is provided slidably relative to the pattern part, 2. The ornament according to claim 1, wherein the pattern part and the one portion are fixed by a magnet when the one side portion and the other side portion abut against each other.

3. 3. The decorative item according to claim 1, wherein the one side portion and the other side portion come into contact with each other at a contact surface having a wavy periphery.

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