Trophy ornament

Abstract

Provided is a trophy ornament that constitutes a main part of various trophies and has a structure capable of exhibiting various design effects through decorative processing. **Solution**: It constitutes a main part of a trophy awarded as a commemorative prize in competitions of various sports and cultural and artistic contests. It includes a plate-shaped decorative body 2 made of a constituent material capable of being decorated on the outer peripheral edge 2a and the surfaces (front surface 2b and back surface 2c), and an attachment member 3 that integrally supports a position near the bottom of the decorative body 2 and is attached and fixed onto the basic constituent part of the trophy. The decorative body 2 can exhibit various design effects through decorative processing.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to trophy ornaments, and more particularly to ornament technology that constitutes the main part of a trophy awarded as a commemorative prize to winners in various sports competitions and cultural and artistic contests.

Background Art

[0002] For example, in the award ceremonies of sports competitions such as baseball, soccer, golf, kendo, or judo, trophies in the form of championship cups are generally awarded as commemorative prizes to honor the winners and others.

[0003] Trophies awarded in sports competitions have a basic component in the form of a cup common to various sports competitions, and on top of this basic component, a figure or the like that vividly represents the event of the target sports competition is provided as the main part.

[0004] By the way, conventionally, in sports competitions of the same event, the main parts of these trophies are all more or less the same in appearance, and recently, there has been an increasing desire to apply a unique design to the main part of this trophy.

[0005] And such a desire is common to trophies in all fields, not only the trophies for the above-mentioned sports competitions but also trophies awarded as commemorative prizes to winners in cultural and artistic contests.

[0006] As far as the applicant knows, there are no patent documents or the like that disclose these conventional trophies.

Prior Art Documents

Patent Documents

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Patent Document 1

Summary of the Invention

Problems to be Solved by the Invention

[0008] The present invention has been made in view of such conventional problems, and its object is to provide a trophy ornament that has a structure capable of exhibiting various design effects through decorative processing and can be attached to the main part of various trophies.

Means for Solving the Problems

[0009] To achieve the above object, the trophy ornament of the present invention constitutes the main part of a trophy that is awarded as a commemorative prize in competitions of various sports and cultural and artistic competitions, and is composed of a plate-shaped decorative body made of a constituent material capable of performing decorative processing on the outer peripheral edge and the surface, and an attachment member that integrally supports the vicinity of the bottom of this decorative body and is attached and fixed on the basic constituent part of the above trophy.

[0010] As a preferred embodiment, the following configuration is adopted. (1) The above decorative body is selected from any one of an acrylic plate, a metal plate, and a wooden plate having a flat plate shape with a predetermined outer peripheral contour shape.

[0011] (2) The decorative processing performed on the above decorative body includes cutting and cutting processing for cutting and forming the outer peripheral edge of the above decorative body into an arbitrary contour shape, engraving processing for engraving arbitrary concave and convex characters and figures on the surface of the above decorative body, and printing processing for transferring arbitrary colored characters and patterns onto the surface of the above decorative body.

[0012] (3) The above attachment member has a support structure for integrally supporting and fixing the vicinity of the bottom of the above decorative body, and an attachment portion for being attached and fixed to the basic constituent part of the above trophy.

[0013] (4) The above support structure is composed of a pair of clamping members obtained by dividing the above attachment member into two parts. The above decorative body is brought into contact and engaged in a clamped state from both sides by these clamping members, and the vicinity of the bottom of the above decorative body is integrally clamped and fixed by clamping and fixing the above two clamping members with a fastener.

Advantages of the Invention

[0014] The trophy ornament of the present invention comprises a plate-shaped decorative body made of a constituent material capable of being decorated on its outer peripheral edge and surface, and an attachment member that integrally supports the bottom of the decorative body and is attached and fixed onto the basic constituent part of the trophy. Therefore, by cutting the outer peripheral edge of the decorative body into an arbitrary contour shape, engraving arbitrary concave-convex characters or figures on the surface of the decorative body, color-printing arbitrary colored characters or patterns on the surface of the decorative body, or combining these in a composite manner, it is possible to apply a decoration that exhibits an arbitrary and original design effect to the decorative body. By integrally attaching and fixing the trophy ornament provided with the thus configured decorative body to the basic constituent part of the trophy, it is possible to produce a trophy that exhibits a unique design effect.

Brief Description of the Drawings

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Embodiments for Carrying out the Invention

[0016] Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Note that the same reference numerals throughout the drawings indicate the same constituent members or elements.

[0017] The trophy ornament according to the present invention is shown in Figs. 1 to 7. Specifically, this trophy ornament 1 constitutes the main part of trophies 50 and 51 awarded as commemorative awards in various sports competitions and cultural and artistic competitions as shown in Fig. 7, and includes a decoration main body 2 and an attachment member 3.

[0018] Note that the form of the trophy ornament 1 shown in the drawings is the basic form before any decorative processing is performed. As will be described later, various decorative processes are performed on this basic form of the trophy ornament 1 according to an order from a user or the like.

[0019] The decoration main body 2 is a plate-shaped object to be decorated and has a flat plate shape with a predetermined outer peripheral contour shape. The decoration main body 2 in the illustrated embodiment has a flat plate shape with an elliptical contour as shown in Fig. 5, and its bottom 2d is formed with a linear contour.

[0020] As the constituent material of the decoration main body 2, a material that can be decorated on the outer peripheral edge 2a and the surfaces 2b and 2c is adopted. As specific constituent materials, an acrylic plate, a metal plate, a wooden plate, etc. are preferably used. The decoration main body 2 in the illustrated embodiment is formed from a highly transparent acrylic plate.

[0021] In addition, the shape and dimensions of the decorative body 2 are set corresponding to the sizes of the trophies 50, 51 (Figs. 7(a) and (b)) to be attached. In the illustrated example, referring to Fig. 5, the height H is set to 110 - 140 mm, the width W is set to 80 - 100 mm, and the thickness T is set to 2 - 3 mm.

[0022] As the decorative process applied to the decorative body 2, one or more of various conventionally well-known decorative processes are appropriately selected and adopted. Specifically, it includes cutting and cutting processes for cutting and forming the outer peripheral edge 2a of the decorative body 2 into an arbitrary contour shape, engraving processes for engraving arbitrary concave and convex characters and figures on the surfaces (front and back surfaces) 2b, 2c of the decorative body 2, and printing processes for transferring arbitrary colored characters and patterns onto the surfaces (surface 2b, back surface 2c) of the decorative body 2.

[0023] The attachment member 3 integrally supports the position near the bottom of the decorative body 2 and is attached and fixed onto the basic components 52, 53 of the trophies 50, 51. Specifically, a plastic one is adopted.

[0024] The attachment member 3 in the illustrated embodiment is formed with a conical outer shape and includes a support structure 5 for supporting and fixing the decorative body 2. An attachment portion 7 for attaching and fixing to the trophies 50, 51 is provided on the bottom surface 6.

[0025] As shown in Fig. 3, the support structure 5 is structured to integrally support and fix the position near the bottom of the decorative body 2.

[0026] Specifically, the attachment member 3 includes a front part (clamping member) 8 and a back part (clamping member) 9 that are divided into two parts. The combined body of these two parts 8, 9 is structured to support and fix the position near the bottom of the decorative body 2 in a clamped state from both sides.

[0027] In this regard, when the above two parts 8 and 9 are combined, a clamping space corresponding to the thickness T of the above decorative body 2 (specifically, not more than the thickness T of the decorative body 2) is formed between the opposing end faces 8a and 9a of the two parts 8 and 9.

[0028] Also, positioning and supporting portions 8b, 8b, 8b (Fig. 4(a)) and 9b (Fig. 4(b)) for positioning and supporting the bottom portion 2d of the decorative body 2 clamped between the end faces 8a and 9a are respectively provided at the lower end portions of the end faces 8a and 9a.

[0029] As shown in Figs. 3 and 4(a), the above front part 8 is formed with an outer wall portion from a main body wall portion 10 and a bottom portion 11, and has a form with the front side being open. Inside this front part 8, a pair of support bosses 12, 12 for inserting and supporting the position near the bottom of the above decorative body 2 extend horizontally in parallel and are integrally formed.

[0030] In this regard, a pair of insertion holes 13, 13 to be inserted and supported by the support bosses 12, 12 are provided at the position near the bottom of the above decorative body 2.

[0031] Also, the bottom portion 11 of the above front part 8 is circular in shape and forms the bottom portion of the above mounting member 3. The mounting portion 7 is integrally provided on the bottom surface 6 of this bottom portion 11.

[0032] As shown in Figs. 3 and 4(b), the rear part 9, similar to the above front part 8, is formed with an outer wall portion from a main body wall portion 15 and a bottom portion 16, and has a form with the front side being open. Inside this rear part 9, a pair of fitting bosses 17, 17 into which the support bosses 12 of the above front part 8 are fitted extend horizontally in parallel and are integrally formed.

[0033] The bottom portion 16 of the above rear part 9 has a structure that is placed and engaged on the upper surface 11a of the bottom portion 11 of the front part 8.

[0034] The fitting bosses 17, 17 of the rear part 9 are structured such that the support bosses 12, 12 of the front part 8 are inserted and fitted therein.

[0035] In relation to this, insertion holes 19, 20,... for inserting fasteners 18, 18 for clamping and fixing both parts 8, 9 are respectively provided at the central positions of the fitting bosses 17, 17 and the support bosses 12, 12.

[0036] In the illustrated embodiment, tapping screws are adopted as the fasteners 18. For this reason, the insertion hole 19 of the fitting boss 17 is in the form of a cylindrical hole through which the tapping screw 18 is inserted, and the insertion hole 20 of the support boss 12 is in the form of a pilot hole into which the tapping screw 18 is tightened while tapping female threads.

[0037] Then, as shown in FIG. 4(c), while inserting and supporting the insertion holes 13, 13 near the bottom of the decorative body 2 through the support bosses 12, 12 of the front part 8, the decorative body 2 is brought into contact and engaged with the end face 8a of the front part 8. At the same time, while inserting and fitting the support bosses 12, 12 of the front part 8 into the fitting bosses 17, 17 of the rear part 9, the end face 9a of the rear part 9 is brought into contact and engaged with the decorative body 2. Finally, by clamping and fixing both parts 8, 9 with the tapping screws 18, 18, as shown in FIG. 3, both parts 8, 9 are integrally combined and assembled, and the position near the bottom of the decorative body 2 is integrally supported by the support structure 5 of the mounting member 3.

[0038] The mounting portion 7 integrally provided on the bottom surface 6 of the mounting member 3 is formed such that a pair of engaging convex portions 22, 22 are integrally formed on the outer peripheral portion of the lower end of the cylindrical insertion portion 21, particularly as shown in FIG. 6.

[0039] In relation to this, the tops of the basic components 52, 53 of the trophies 50, 51 (FIG. 7) to be mounted are provided with support planes 52a, 53a for abutting and supporting the bottom surface 6 of the mounting member 3, as shown in FIG. 6, and an engaging mounting portion 23 corresponding to the mounting portion 7 of the mounting member 3 is provided.

[0040] This engagement attachment portion 23 is structured to removably engage and fix the attachment portion 7 of the attachment member 3.

[0041] Specifically, the engagement attachment portion 23 includes an insertion hole 24 having a planar cross-sectional shape through which the attachment portion 7 can be inserted in the vertical direction. That is, this insertion hole 24 has a cross-sectional shape of a planar contour corresponding to the insertion portion 21 and the engagement convex portions 22, 22 of the attachment portion 7.

[0042] This insertion hole 24 has a height (depth) corresponding to the height of the insertion portion 21 of the engagement attachment portion 23, and an outer peripheral portion (not shown) of the lower end opening 24a thereof is formed as an engagement shoulder portion consisting of a flat surface, and the engagement convex portions 22, 22 of the attachment portion 7 are structured to engage in the vertical direction. In this regard, although not specifically shown in the figure, a rotational engagement portion for the engagement convex portions 22, 22 to engage in the rotational direction is provided on the engagement shoulder portion. As a result, the relative rotation of the attachment portion 7 with respect to the engagement attachment portion 23 is blocked by contact, and the engagement state between the two 7, 23 is maintained.

[0043] Then, when the attachment portion 7 (21, 22, 22) is inserted into the insertion hole 24 of the engagement attachment portion 23 from above and the bottom surface 6 of the attachment member 3 is brought into contact with the support planes 52a, 53a of the basic components 52, 53, the engagement convex portions 22, 22 of the attachment member 3 are in a state where they can slide in the rotational direction with respect to the engagement shoulder portion (not shown). In this state, when the attachment portion 23 is rotated in either the left or right direction and rotated until the engagement convex portions 22, 22 engage with the rotational engagement portion (not shown) of the engagement shoulder portion, the attachment portion 7 of the attachment member 3 engages with the engagement attachment portion 23 in the rotational direction and the vertical direction. As a result, the trophy ornament 1 is removably attached and fixed to the tops of the basic components 52, 53 of the trophies 50, 51.

[0044] Conversely, by performing the reverse operation from the attached and fixed state of this trophy ornament 1, the trophy ornament 1 can be removed from the basic components 52, 53 of the trophies 50, 51.

[0045] Thus, the trophy ornament 1 configured as described above can be subjected to various decorative processes on the decorative body 2 according to an order from a user or the like. As specific examples, the following decorative processes are possible.

[0046] (a) Cut and machine the outer peripheral edge 2a of the decorative body 2 by laser processing or the like to form an arbitrary contour shape (for example, a star shape or a character contour).

[0047] (b) Engrave and form arbitrary concave and convex characters and figures, such as a tournament logo or a character picture, on the surfaces (front surface 2b and back surface 2c) of the decorative body 2 by engraving processes such as laser engraving.

[0048] (c) Transfer and form arbitrary colored characters and patterns, such as a tournament logo or a character picture, on the surfaces 2b and 2c of the decorative body 2 by various four-color printing processes such as UV full-color printing.

[0049] (d) Adhere and form arbitrary colored characters and patterns, such as a concave and convex tournament logo or a character picture, on the surfaces 2b and 2c of the decorative body 2 to give a three-dimensional effect to the surfaces 2b and 2c of the decorative body 2 on the flat plate.

[0050] The above-described decorative processes can be performed individually, or any combination is possible, such as performing these decorative processes in a combined manner.

[0051] The trophy ornament 1 including the decorative body 2 subjected to various decorative processes as described above can be integrally attached and fixed to the basic components 52 and 53 of the trophies 50 and 51 as shown in FIG. 7 by the attachment member 3, thereby producing trophies 52 and 53 that exhibit a unique design effect.

[0052] Specifically, in the trophy 50 of FIG. 7(a), the basic component 52 has a cup model 56 integrally provided on the trophy base 55, and the trophy ornament 1 of this embodiment is integrally attached and fixed on the model 56.

[0053] Further, in the trophy 51 of FIG. 7(b), the basic component 53 is a trophy base, and the trophy ornament 1 of this embodiment is integrally attached and fixed on this trophy base 3.

[0054] As described in detail above, according to the trophy ornament 1 of this embodiment, a plate-shaped decoration body 2 made of a constituent material capable of performing decorative processing on the outer peripheral edge portion 2a and the surfaces (front surface 2b and back surface 2c), and a bottom portion 2d of the decoration body 2 are integrally supported, and it is provided with an attachment member 3 that is attached and fixed on the basic components 52 and 53 of the trophies 50 and 51. Therefore, the outer peripheral edge portion 2a of the decoration body 2 can be cut (machined, cut) into an arbitrary contour shape, arbitrary concave and convex characters or figures can be engraved on the surfaces 2b and 2c of the decoration body 2, arbitrary colored characters or patterns can be color-printed on the surfaces 2b and 2c of the decoration body 2, or these can be combined in a complex manner, so that decorative processing can be performed on the decoration body 2 to exhibit an arbitrary and original design effect. By integrally attaching and fixing the trophy ornament 1 provided with the decoration body 2 configured in this way to the basic components 52 and 53 of the trophies 50 and 51, trophies 50 and 51 that exhibit a unique design effect can be produced.

[0055] It should be noted that the above-described embodiment merely shows a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to this embodiment, and various design changes can be made within its scope. For example, modifications such as those described below are possible.

[0056] (1) The specific configuration of the above-described decoration body 2 can be other configurations having the same functions in addition to the illustrated embodiment. For example, the decoration body 2 of the illustrated embodiment has an elliptical outer peripheral contour shape as shown in FIG. 5 as its basic shape, but in addition to this, shapes such as circular, triangular, and rectangular can also be adopted. These basic outer peripheral contour shapes are preferably simple shapes in order to be able to respond as flexibly as possible to the later desires of the user.

[0057] (2) Also, the specific shape of the mounting member 3 is not limited to the conical shape as shown in the illustrated embodiment, and can be appropriately redesigned in consideration of the shape of the entire trophy ornament 1 including the decorative body 2, such as a cylindrical shape, a rectangular parallelepiped shape, and a spherical shape.

[0058] (3) The support structure of the decorative body 2 by the mounting member 3 is not limited to the clamping and fixing structure by the two-part front part 8 and rear part 9 as shown in the illustration, and other support structures capable of integral support can also be adopted.

[0059] (4) Also, the mounting structure of the mounting member 3 in the illustrated embodiment is a one-touch mounting and removal structure that can be removably mounted to the basic components 52, 53 of the trophies 50, 51 (Fig. 7) to which the mounting part 7 is the mounting target (Fig. 6). However, for example, various conventionally known mounting structures such as screwing, adhesion, fitting, and insertion can be adopted.

Explanation of Reference Numerals

[0060] 1 Trophy ornament 2 Decorative body 2a Outer peripheral edge part of the decorative body 2b Surface of the decorative body 2c Back surface of the decorative body 3 Mounting member 5 Support structure of the mounting member 7 Mounting part of the mounting member 8 Front part (clamping member) 9 Rear part (clamping member) 50, 51 Trophies 52, 53 Basic components of the trophy

Claims

1. It constitutes the main part of the trophy given as a commemorative prize at various sports matches and cultural and artistic competitions. A plate-shaped decorative body made of a constituent material capable of being decorated on an outer peripheral edge and a surface; and a mounting member that supports the decorative body at a position near the bottom and is fixed to the basic structural part of the trophy. A trophy ornament characterized by:

2. The decorative body is selected from an acrylic plate, a metal plate, and a wooden plate in a flat plate shape having a predetermined outer peripheral contour shape. A trophy decoration according to claim 1.

3. The decorative processing applied to the decorative body includes a cutting / cutting process for cutting / cutting the outer peripheral edge of the decorative body into an arbitrary contour shape, an engraving process for carving / forming arbitrary uneven letters / figures on the surface of the decorative body, and a printing process for transferring arbitrary colored letters / figures on the surface of the decorative body. A trophy decoration according to claim 1.

4. The mounting member has a support structure that integrally supports and fixes the decorative body near the bottom, and also has a mounting part that is attached and fixed to the basic structural part of the trophy. A trophy decoration according to claim 1 or 2.

5. The support structure is composed of a pair of clamping members formed by dividing the mounting member into two parts, and the decorative body is clamped and engaged from both sides by these clamping members, and the clamping members are fastened and fixed by a fastener, so that the decorative body is integrally clamped and fixed at a position near the bottom.

5. Trophy decoration according to claim 4.

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