Humanoid toy

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a doll-type toy in which at least a face portion and a body portion of a predetermined character are represented by sequentially combining plate-like parts in a state where they are partially or entirely overlapped in their thickness directions, various parts of the character can be accurately represented, the degree of freedom of expression is high due to the movement of the parts, and malfunctions of the operating mechanism can be efficiently prevented. **Solution**: The doll-type toy includes a plurality of parts formed in a plate shape and an operating unit. The operating unit has a housing portion formed in a thick plate box shape and oriented such that its thickness direction is along the thickness direction of the parts, and an operating mechanism that at least partially disposed inside the housing portion and moves a movable part which is at least one of the parts.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to a doll-type toy in which plate-shaped parts are sequentially combined in a state where they are partially or entirely overlapped in their thickness directions.

Background Art

[0002] There is known a doll-type toy including a plurality of parts formed in a plate shape and an operating unit, and in a state where the parts are partially or entirely overlapped in their thickness directions (specifically, in an overlapped state), and by sequentially combining them, at least a face part and a body part of a predetermined character are represented. The operating unit is composed of an operating mechanism that moves a movable part, which is at least one part (for example, see Patent Document 1).

[0003] In the doll-type toy of the above document, various parts of a character can be accurately represented by printing or attaching a sticker on at least one of the front and back surfaces of the plate-shaped parts, and by the operating mechanism, it is possible to move a movable part, which is at least one part, and further, the degree of freedom of expression is increased.

[0004] On the other hand, in the doll-type toy of the above document, since the operating mechanism is exposed and not protected, it is difficult to efficiently prevent malfunctions.

Prior Art Documents

Patent Documents

[0005]

Patent Document 1

Summary of the Invention

Problems to be Solved by the Invention

[0006] The present invention provides a doll-type toy that can represent at least the face part and the body part of a predetermined character by sequentially combining plate-shaped parts in a state where they are partially or entirely overlapped in their thickness direction, can accurately represent various parts of the character, has a high degree of freedom in expression due to the movement of the parts, and can efficiently prevent malfunctions of the operating mechanism.

Means for Solving the Problems

[0007] In order to solve the above problems, the present invention includes a plurality of parts formed in a plate shape and an operating unit. The parts are sequentially combined in a state where they are partially or entirely overlapped in their thickness direction, so as to represent at least the face part and the body part of a predetermined character. The operating unit has a housing part formed in a thick plate box shape and oriented such that its thickness direction is along the thickness direction of the parts, and an operating mechanism that moves a movable part, which is at least partially disposed inside the housing part and is at least one of the parts.

[0008] The movable part may be configured such that its movement changes the expression of the character.

[0009] One part is a face part representing at least the face part of the character. The housing part is disposed on the back side of the face part. A display part is provided inside the housing part and is displayed as a pattern including the eyes of the character. An exposure hole for exposing the display part to the outside is formed in the face part. The operating mechanism has a movable part slidably accommodated and supported inside the housing. By sliding the movable part, the exposure hole is partially or entirely opened and closed to represent the closing and opening operations of the eyes of the character. Part

[0010] ​One part is a face part representing at least the face portion of the character, the housing portion is disposed on the back side of the face part, the actuating mechanism includes a display portion on which a pattern including the eyes of the character is displayed and is provided with a movable part slidably accommodated and supported inside the housing portion, and an exposure hole for exposing the display portion to the outside is formed in the face part, and the movement of the eyes of the character may be expressed by the sliding movement of the movable part.

[0011] As the parts, a body part representing a body portion and an arm part representing an arm portion of the character or a leg part representing a leg portion of the character are provided, and the arm part or the leg part may be a movable part provided outside the housing portion and movably supported on the body part side.

[0012] An operating tool and a linkage mechanism for linking the plurality of movable parts and the operating tool are provided, and the linkage mechanism may be configured to move the plurality of movable parts together by one operation of the operating tool.

[0013] It may be provided with a stand for making the whole self-standing, and the operating tool may be disposed on the stand side.

[0014] The plurality of movable parts may be individually slidably accommodated and supported inside the housing portion in a state where they are stacked in the thickness direction.

Effects of the Invention

[0015] Various parts of the character can be accurately expressed, the degree of freedom of expression is high due to the movement of the parts, and malfunctions of the actuating mechanism can be efficiently prevented.

Brief Description of the Drawings

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Mode for Carrying Out the Invention

[0017] FIGS. 1 and 2 are a perspective view of the front side and an exploded perspective view of the back side of a doll-type toy to which the present invention is applied. The doll-type toy shown in these drawings includes a main body 1 representing the whole or substantially the whole of a predetermined character (in this example, an anthropomorphic cat character), and a stand 2 for making the main body 1 (as a whole) stand on its own. Here, the direction in which the character is facing is defined as the front, the opposite side as the back, and the left - right and up - down directions are defined based on the front - back direction. The following description is made on this premise.

[0018] The main body 1 includes a single face part 3 representing the face portion of the character, a pair of front and rear body parts 4 and 6 representing the body portion of the character, a pair of left and right arm parts 7 and 7 respectively representing the left and right arm portions of the character, a pair of left and right leg parts 8 and 8 respectively representing the left and right leg portions of the character, a single tail part 9 representing the tail portion of the character, and an operating unit 11 disposed on the back side of the face part 3.

[0019] Each of the parts 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 is made of a material such as transparent synthetic resin and is formed in a plate shape. Specifically, each of the parts 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 is composed of an acrylic plate formed into a shape corresponding to the part it represents, and its thickness direction is oriented in the front-rear direction.

[0020] On predetermined parts 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, a pattern corresponding to the part it represents is displayed so as to be visible from one side. For example, when a display surface, which is the surface with the pattern of a sticker printed by printing or the like, is adhered to one surface of the parts 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, since the parts 3, 4, 7, 8, 9 are made of a transparent material, the pattern is visible from the other surface side of the parts 3, 4, 7, 8, 9.

[0021] That is, with the surface of the sticker on which the pattern is printed protected by the parts 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, it is possible to view the pattern from the surface of the parts 3, 4, 7, 8, 9 opposite to the side where the sticker is attached. In the illustrated example, the side from which the pattern in these parts 3, 4, 7, 8, 9 is visible is facing forward.

[0022] Note that the surface opposite to the surface on which the pattern of the sticker is displayed by printing or the like may be attached to one surface of the parts 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, and the pattern may be visible from that one surface side. Alternatively, the pattern may be directly printed and displayed on one surface of the parts 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, and the pattern may be visible from that one surface side.

[0023] Incidentally, regarding the pattern and shape in detail, on the abdominal body part 4 which is the front body part, the pattern of the clothes worn by the character is displayed, and the part 4 is formed into a shape along the outer edge of the pattern (i.e., the clothes) displayed on itself. The back body part 6 which is the back body part is formed into a shape imitating the back side of the character's body.

[0024] On each of the left and right arm parts 7, 7, the pattern of the arm including the hand of the character is displayed, and each of them is formed into a shape along the outer edge of the pattern (i.e., the arm) displayed on itself. Incidentally, from the front side of one arm part 7, the arm of the character with an arm ring worn on the wrist is visible.

[0025] On each of the left and right leg parts 8, 8, the pattern of the leg including the foot of the character is displayed, and each of the parts 8, 8 is formed into a shape along the outer edge of the pattern (i.e., the leg) displayed on itself. Incidentally, from the front side of each leg part 8, the pattern of the foot of the character wearing shoes is visible.

[0026] On the tail part 9, the pattern of the character's tail is displayed, and the part 4 is formed into a shape along the outer edge of the pattern (i.e., the tail) displayed on itself.

[0027] On the face part 3, the pattern of the face including the hair, ears, mouth and nose of the character and excluding the eyes is displayed, and the part 3 is formed into a shape along the outer edge of the pattern displayed on itself. In the parts corresponding to the left and right eyes in the face part 3, vertically long oblong eyeball holes (exposure holes) 3a, 3a are drilled.

[0028] Figure 3 is an exploded perspective view of the main part of the main body. The main body 1 is assembled in sequence in a state where the parts 3, 4, 6, 7, 7, 8, 8, 9 are partially or entirely overlapped in the front-back direction which is their thickness direction or in an overlapped state, so that the face part, body part, arm part, leg part and tail part of the character are represented.

[0029] More specifically, on the upper part of one of the abdominal side body parts 4 and the back side body parts 6, a plurality of engagement pins 6a, 6a, 6b in the front - rear direction integrally protruding toward the other are provided side - by - side left and right. In the part of the other that overlaps with the engagement pins 6a, 6a, 6b in the front view, a plurality of engagement holes 4a, 4a, 4b for insertably inserting and fitting and fixing the corresponding engagement pins 6a, 6a, 6b are provided side - by - side left and right.

[0030] A pair of engagement pins 6a, 6a arranged at the end - side parts of the left and right of the body part 6 are inserted into the connection holes 7a, 7a formed at the base end parts, which are the ends on the side opposite to the parts representing the hands in the arm parts 7, 7, and are inserted into the corresponding engagement holes 4a, 4a and fitted and fixed. In other words, the left and right arm parts 7, 7 are supported by the body parts 4, 6 in a state where their base end parts are partially overlapped with the front and rear body parts 4, 6 and can swing up and down with the engagement pins 6a, 6a in the front - rear direction as a fulcrum. That is, these engagement pins 6a, 6a also serve as a connecting shaft for connecting and supporting the arm parts 7, 7 to the body parts 4, 6 so as to be swingable up and down.

[0031] An engagement pin 6b other than the connecting shafts 6a, 6a is provided at one intermediate part between the left and right connecting shafts 6a, 6a. By these engagement pins 6a, 6a, 6b and engagement holes 4a, 4a, 4b, the front and rear body parts 4, 6 are detachably connected and fixed to each other in a state of being overlapped in the thickness direction as a whole.

[0032] At symmetric positions on the left and right near the lower end of the body part 6, a pair of connecting shafts 6c, 6c in the front - rear direction are provided in a state of integrally protruding toward the other body part 4 side. At the position on the central side in the left - right direction at the upper end part further above the engagement pins 6a, 6b, 6b of the body part 6, a single connecting shaft 6d in the front - rear direction is integrally provided in a state of protruding toward the other body part 4 side.

[0033] At the end of the left and right leg parts 8, 8 opposite to the feet (specifically, the upper end part, hereinafter simply referred to as the "base end part"), connecting holes 8a, 8a are formed. Each leg part 8, 8 is partially overlapped and arranged at the lower end parts of the front and rear body parts 4, 6 with the connecting holes 8a, 8a inserted into the connecting shafts 6c, 6c. That is, the leg part 8 is connected and supported to the body part 6 so as to be swingable left and right with the connecting shaft 6c in the front-rear direction as a fulcrum.

[0034] Similarly, the face part 3, together with the operating unit 11, is connected and supported to the body part 6 side so as to be swingable left and right with the connecting shaft 6d in the front-rear direction as a fulcrum. Details of the operating unit 11 will be described later. Incidentally, by the left and right swinging of this face part 3, the action of tilting the character's neck left and right is expressed.

[0035] On the back side of the rear body part 6, a tail part 9 is attached and supported so as to be swingable left and right with its upper end side as a fulcrum in a state of being stacked in the front-rear direction which is the thickness direction thereof. By the left and right swinging of this tail part 9, the action of wagging the character's tail is expressed.

[0036] Next, regarding the stand 2, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, this stand 2 has a base 12 formed in a horizontal plate shape and grounded on a flat installation surface, and a support frame 13 protruding upward from a portion near the center of the base 12, and the whole is integrally formed of a material such as transparent synthetic resin.

[0037] The support frame 13 has a plate shape with its thickness direction oriented left and right. The upper end part of the support frame 13 is formed in a hook shape bent forward, thereby constituting a locking part 13a.

[0038] On one side, a locking portion 14 is provided at a lower portion near the center in the left - right direction on the front surface of the rear body part 6 by partially extruding it forward. The front side of this locking portion 14 bulges convexly, and the rear side is recessed concavely. In the center of the rear surface of the locking portion 14, a long hole - shaped insertion hole 14a extending in the vertical direction is formed. From both left and right side portions of the rear surface of the locking portion 14 sandwiching the insertion hole 14a, guide portions 16, 16 in the shape of plates having thickness in the left - right direction project rearward.

[0039] The locking portion 13a is inserted between the left and right guide portions 16, 16 (while being guided by the left and right guide portions 16, 16) and then inserted into the insertion hole 14a as it is, so that the main body 1 is supported by the stand 2 and the whole becomes a self - standing state. At this time, since the total length of the insertion hole 14a is set longer than the vertical width of the locking portion 13a, there is a slight play between the two. For this reason, the main body 1 can switch its posture by swinging up and down with the locking portion 13a and the portion on the side of the insertion hole 13a as a fulcrum. The left and right guide portions 16, 16 contribute to stably supporting the main body 1 even during the posture switching.

[0040] Next, the configuration of the operating unit 11 will be described in detail based on FIGS. 2 to 7.

[0041] FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the main part of the operating unit. The operating unit 11 has the face part 3, a housing (housing part) 17 which is attached and fixed to the face part 3 and formed in a rectangular box shape, at least one (in this example, a plurality, more specifically, two) parts 18, 19 which are at least partially accommodated and supported inside the housing 17, and a support member 21.

[0042] The housing 17 has a rectangular shape that is longer in the left-right direction when viewed from the back. Since the front and back of the housing 17 are set to be shorter compared to the lengths in the left-right and up-down directions, the whole forms a thick plate box shape. The front of the housing 17 is entirely or substantially entirely open. From the rectangular frame-shaped edge of the open side of the housing 17, a single flange portion 17a extending in the left-right direction protruding upward and a pair of flange portions 17b, 17b protruding downward are integrally extended. The upper single flange portion 17a is formed in a range occupying most of the left-right direction of the housing 17. The pair of lower flange portions 17b, 17b are provided at symmetric positions in the left-right direction of the housing 17.

[0043] The housing 17 is configured such that the entire or substantially entire open portion is closed by the face part 3, and its lid portions 17a, 17b, 17b are brought into planar contact with the flat surface (i.e., the back surface) on the side opposite to the pattern display surface of the face part 3 and attached and fixed by fixtures such as adhesives or bolts. At this time, the housing 17 is fixed in a state where they are overlapped with each other with its thickness direction oriented along the thickness direction of the face part 3 (specifically, in the front-back direction which is the same direction).

[0044] The plurality of parts 18, 19 are movable parts that are supported slidably with at least a part of them accommodated in the space between the housing 17 and the back surface of the face part 3 (i.e., the inner space of the housing 17) in a state where they are overlapped with each other in their thicknesses (specifically, in a stacked state).

[0045] Regarding the support structure of these parts 18, 19, each of the left and right side portions of the housing 17 is formed in a U shape with the front, which is the opening side of the housing 17 when viewed from the side, open. In other words, the edge of the open side of the side portion of the housing 17 is notched in a concave shape to form a notch portion 17c. The front, which is the open side of this notch portion 17c, is blocked by the face part 3 when the housing 17 is attached to the face part 3, thereby forming a vertically elongated slide hole 11a.

[0046] One movable part 18 has a main body part 18a in the shape of a rectangular plate that is long in the left - right direction and whose thickness direction is oriented front - rear, and a pair of operation parts 18b, 18b extending rearward from both ends in the longitudinal direction of the main body part 18a, and is integrally formed in a channel shape.

[0047] Most of the main body part 18a of the movable part 18 is accommodated in the internal space between the housing 17 and the face part 3, and the left - right ends of the main body part 18a and the left - right operation parts 18b, 18b integrally extending from them are exposed to the external space of the housing 17 through the slide holes 11a, 11a, and the movable part 18 is supported by the housing 17 so as to be slidable up and down.

[0048] The up - down slide range (i.e., the movable range) of the movable part 18 is limited to the range in which the left - right ends of the main body part 18a can be displaced in the slide holes 11a, 11a. By setting the front - rear thickness of the main body part 18a of the movable part 18 and the front - rear width of the slide holes 11a to be the same or approximately the same, an appropriate slide resistance is imparted to the movable part 18, so that the movable part 18 can be locked at any slide position in the housing 17.

[0049] Next, regarding the support structure of another movable part 19 to the housing 17, the movable part 19 has a rectangular - plate - shaped main body part 19a whose thickness direction is oriented front - rear, and an operation part 19b protruding rearward from an upper - side part at the left - right center of the main body part 19a. The operation part 19b is formed in a plate shape whose thickness direction is oriented up - down.

[0050] The support member 21 is formed in a rectangular plate shape that is long in the left - right direction with its thickness oriented in the front - rear direction. In the upper - side portion near the center in the left - right direction of this support member 21, a long and narrow slide hole 21a is formed in the left - right direction. This support member 21 is fitted and fixed to the concave bottom - side portion on the inner surface of the housing 17. In the housing 17, left and right long rectangular exposure holes 17d are formed to entirely expose the slide hole 21a to the back side. The vertical width of the slide hole 21a is set to be the same as, substantially the same as, or slightly larger than the vertical thickness of the operation portion 19b, and the entire left - right length of it is set to be longer than the left - right width of the operation portion 19b. The exposure hole 17d has a larger vertical width and a longer entire left - right length compared to the slide hole 21a.

[0051] With the operation portion 19b inserted and passed through the slide hole 21a of the support member 21 fixed in the housing 17 as described above, by overlapping the support member 21 and the movable part 19 in the thickness direction, a part of the movable part 19 (specifically, the entire main body portion 19a and the portion near the base end of the operation portion 19b) is housed in the space on the inner - surface side of the housing 17, and the movable part 19 is supported to be slidable left and right on the housing 17 side. The left - right slide range of the movable part 19 is limited to the range in which the operation portion 19b moves within the slide hole 21a.

[0052] According to the housing structure as described above, after the housing 17 is attached and fixed to the face part 3, the two movable parts 18, 19 and the support member 21 cannot be housed and supported in the space on the inner - surface side of the housing 17. Therefore, the housing 17 with the two movable parts 18, 19 and the support member 21 housed in the space on the inner - surface side of the housing 17 is attached and fixed to the back side, which is the side where the pattern of the face part 3 is not displayed.

[0053] According to such a support structure, the movable parts 18, 19, the support member 21, the concave inner surface of the housing 17, and the left and right slide holes 11a, 11a formed by the housing 17 and the face part 3 constitute an operating mechanism for sliding the movable parts 18, 19 themselves. In other words, the operating mechanism for moving at least one of the movable parts 18, 19 is arranged in the space (inside) on the inner surface side of the housing 17.

[0054] FIG. 5 is a front view of the face part and the operating unit showing the state where the black eyes are facing forward, FIG. 6 is a front view of the face part and the operating unit showing the state of side eyes, and FIG. 7 is a front view of the face part and the operating unit showing the state where the eyes are half - open. The movable part 19 that slides left and right by the support member 21 becomes a pupil - side display part provided with a pair of left and right display parts 22, 22 on the front of its main body part 19a, on which a pattern including pupils (specifically, patterns of the left and right eyeballs) is displayed by the above - mentioned means.

[0055] The above - mentioned left and right eyeball holes 3a, 3a are arranged and configured to individually expose at least a part (in this example, most part including the pupil pattern) of the left and right display parts 22, 22. When a single pupil - side display part 19 is slid to the left or right side (right side in the illustrated example) via the operation part 19b, the pupil patterns displayed on the display parts 22, 22 in the left and right eyeball holes 3a, 3a move to the left or right side (see FIG. 6), thereby expressing the left - right movement of the two pupils of the character. That is, this pupil - side display part 19 is configured such that its movement changes the expression of the character.

[0056] Incidentally, when this pupil - side display part 19 is slid to the middle part of its left - right slide range, a state where the pair of pupils of the character face forward is expressed (see FIG. 5).

[0057] Also, the movable part 18 other than the pupil - side display part 19 is an eyelid part that opens and closes the left and right eyeball holes 3a, 3a of the face part 3 by its up - down sliding movement.

[0058] When this eyelid part 18 is slid by one or both of the left and right operation parts 18b, 18b to one end (upper end) of its vertical sliding range, the above-described display parts 22, 22 are maximally exposed by the eyeball holes 3a, 3a, and the state where the character's eyes are fully open is expressed (see FIG. 5). On the other hand, when it is slid to the other end (lower end) of its vertical sliding range, the eyeball holes 3a, 3a are completely covered by the eyelid part 18 (completely closed state), and the state where the character's eyes are completely closed is expressed.

[0059] Also, when this eyelid part 18 is slid to the middle part of its vertical sliding range, the eyeball holes 3a, 3a are partially closed by the eyelid part 18, and the state where the character's eyes are half-open is expressed (see FIG. 7).

[0060] As shown in FIG. 3, the face part 3 and the actuating unit 11 having the above structure are connected to the body parts 4, 6 via a connecting part 23 that is integrally extended downward from the lower surface side of the housing 17 and formed in a plate shape having a thickness in the front-rear direction. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, by inserting and supporting the connecting shaft 6d of the body part 6 into the connecting hole 23a formed in the connecting part 23, the face part 3 and the actuating unit 11 are connected and supported on the body part 4, 6 side so as to be swingable left and right with the connecting shaft 6d as a fulcrum.

[0061] According to the doll-type toy configured as described above, various two-dimensional characters can be accurately reproduced by the plate-shaped parts 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 18, 19, and while stacking them on each other in the thickness direction as a whole or partially, they can be sequentially assembled to express a three-dimensional shape. Nevertheless, since each component part, including the actuating unit 11, is in a plate shape, it is easy to shorten the overall front-rear length and make it compact.

[0062] Note that the actuating mechanism may be configured to actuate not only the movable parts 18 and 19 that are partially or entirely accommodated and supported inside the housing 17, but also the parts arranged outside the housing 17 as movable parts. Incidentally, the face part 3, the arm parts 7, 7, the leg parts 8, 8, and the tail part 9 are movable parts that can move relative to the body parts 4 and 6, but may not be moved by the above-described actuating mechanism.

[0063] Incidentally, an example in which the face part 3 is connected to the body part 4 so as to be movable (specifically, rotatable or swingable left and right) has been described, but the face part and the body part of the character may be provided integrally. Specifically, the face part and the body part of the character are represented by the shape of a single plate-like part and the pattern displayed thereon. That is, this part functions as both a face part and a body part.

[0064] Further, when changing the expression of the character by the operation of the movable part in the face part 3, instead of moving the pattern including the pupil into the eyeball hole 3a by the sliding operation of the pupil-side display part 19, the expression may be changed by changing and switching the pattern of the pupil exposed from the eyeball hole 3a.

[0065] Also, with a similar structure for the eyes, it may be directly applied to the pattern of the character's mouth, and expressions such as a smiling expression or a troubled expression may be expressed by changing and switching the display content.

[0066] Further, without providing something like the operation parts 18b and 19b, the movable parts 18 and 19 may be slid by the reaction force of swinging the face part 3 and the actuating unit 11 left and right to change the expression of the character.

[0067] Furthermore, in the above-described example, the face parts 3, the arm parts 7, 7, the leg parts 8, 8, and the tail part 9 are structured to be swingable left and right along their surfaces. However, these movable parts 3, 7, 7, 8, 8, 9 may be configured to swing back and forth with an axis in the left-right direction as a fulcrum. For example, the upper ends of the arm parts 7, 7 and the leg parts 8, 8 may be supported on the body parts 4, 6 side so as to be swingable back and forth with the upper ends as fulcrums.

[0068] Alternatively, the pupil-side display parts 19 may be omitted, and the display parts 22, 22 may be provided at respective locations on the left and right visible from the outside through the left and right eyeball holes 3a, 3a on the inner surface side of the housing 17. According to such a configuration, while the state of the character's pupils moving cannot be expressed, the state of the character's eyes opening and closing due to the up-and-down sliding of the eyelid parts 18 can be expressed, and the number of parts can be reduced.

[0069] Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 to 10.

[0070] FIG. 8 is an exploded rear view showing a main part configuration of a humanoid toy according to another embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 9 is a rear view showing a state in which a stand is connected to the main body of the humanoid toy shown in FIG. 8, and FIG. 10 is a rear view showing a state in which the stand is connected to the main body of the humanoid toy shown in FIG. 8 and the arm parts are swung upward. The humanoid toy shown in these drawings includes a single operating tool 24 disposed on the stand side, and a linking mechanism 26 that links a plurality (specifically, a pair on the left and right) of arm parts 7, 7 with the operating tool 24. The linking mechanism 26 is configured to swing (move) the pair of left and right arm parts 7, 7 up and down together by one operation of the operating tool 24.

[0071] The operating tool 24 has an operating rod 27 formed linearly up and down, and an operating part 28 provided on the front side of the lower end of the operating rod 27. The operating tool 24 is supported by the stand 2 so as to be slidable up and down over the entire length of the operating rod 27.

[0072] On one side (in this example, the stand 2) of the front side of the stand 2 and the back side of the main body 1 (specifically, the body part 6), a plurality (a pair on the left and right in the illustrated example) of engaging recesses 2a, 2a are integrally provided. On the other side, engaging protrusions 1a, 1a are integrally provided for each of the plurality of engaging recesses 2a, 2a and are detachably engaged and fixed by being individually engaged with the corresponding engaging recesses 2a, 2a with uneven fitting. By the engagement between the left and right engaging recesses 2a, 2a and the corresponding left and right engaging protrusions 1a, 1a, the main body 1 is attached to and supported by the stand 2 in a self-standing state.

[0073] The linkage mechanism 26 includes an operating rod 29 arranged in a straight line with the operating lever 27 and a pair of left and right connecting parts 31, 31 integrally provided on the upper end side of the operating rod 29 and individually connected to the left and right arm parts 7, 7 when the main body 1 is attached to and supported by the stand 2. The operating rod 29 is supported on the body part 6 side so as to be slidable in the vertical direction, which is its entire length, by a support part 32 integrally provided on the body part 6 side. The connecting parts 31, 31 are in the shape of a disk having a thickness in the same direction (front and back) as the arm parts 7, 7.

[0074] On the other hand, the left and right arm parts 7, 7 are supported so as to be swingable left and right with the centers of the disk-shaped fulcrum parts 33, 33 having a thickness in the same direction (front and back) as the body part 6 as fulcrums. Each fulcrum part 33 is provided with an engagement accommodation part 33a formed in a disk shape with a notch so that the corresponding connecting part 31 is detachably accommodated and engaged with play.

[0075] The corresponding left and right connecting parts 31, 31 are accommodated and engaged with the engagement accommodation parts 33a, 33a formed in the left and right fulcrum parts 33, 33 so as to be relatively rotatable and relatively movable. In this state, by sliding the operating rod 29 up and down, the left and right arm parts 7, 7 swing up and down in synchronization with each other in the same or substantially the same posture (see FIGS. 9 and 10).

[0076] That is, the fulcrum parts 33, 33 including the left and right engaging accommodation parts 33a, 33a also constitute part of the above-mentioned linkage mechanism 26. Incidentally, in the above-mentioned series of operations, the engaging accommodation part 33a describes an arc-shaped movement locus with the center of the fulcrum part 33 as the fulcrum, while the connecting part 31 describes a vertical linear movement locus parallel to the operating rod 29, but the play between them allows for mismatching of these movement loci.

[0077] An engaging portion 27a is recessed on the upper end side of the operating rod 27, into which the lower end of the operating rod 29 is releasably inserted and engaged. Therefore, when the operating rod 27 is slid upward with the main body 1 attached to and supported by the stand 2, the operating rod 27 engages with the operating rod 29 and switches to a state in which it slides up and down integrally with the operating rod 29.

[0078] By operating the operating rod 27 up and down via the operating unit 28, the left and right arm parts 7, 7 can be swung up and down in synchronization with each other.

[0079] The parts that are moved synchronously by the operating tool 24 and the linking mechanism 26 are not limited to the arm parts 7,7, but may be the left and right leg parts 8,8. [Explanation of symbols]

[0080] 2 Stand 3 Facial parts (parts) 3a Eye hole (exposed hole) 4 Ventral body parts (body parts, parts) 6 Back side torso parts (torso parts, parts) 7 arm parts (movable parts, parts) 9 Leg parts (movable parts, parts) 11. Operating unit 17 Housing (housing part) 18 eyelid parts (movable parts, parts) 19 Eye side display parts (movable parts, parts) 22 Display section 24 Operating tools 26 Linkage mechanism

Claims

1. a plurality of parts formed in a plate shape, and an operating unit, and the parts are sequentially combined in a state where they are partially or entirely overlapped in their thickness directions, so that at least a face portion and a body portion of a predetermined character are represented, the operating unit has a housing portion formed in a thick plate box shape and having its thickness direction oriented along the thickness direction of the parts, and an operating mechanism that moves a movable part, which is at least a part of the housing portion and at least one of the parts, a humanoid toy characterized by the above.

2. The movable part is configured such that the expression of the character is changed by its movement The humanoid toy according to claim 1.

3. One part is a face part representing at least the face portion of the character, the housing portion is disposed on the back side of the face part, a display portion is provided inside the housing portion and is displayed with a pattern including the eyes of the character, an exposure hole for exposing the display portion to the outside is formed in the face part, the operating mechanism has a movable part slidably accommodated and supported inside the housing portion, by sliding the movable part, the exposure hole is partially or entirely opened and closed to represent the closing and opening movements of the character's eyes The humanoid toy according to claim 2.

4. One part is a face part representing at least the face portion of the character, the housing portion is disposed on the back side of the face part, the operating mechanism includes a display portion on which a pattern including the eyes of the character is displayed and a movable part slidably accommodated and supported inside the housing portion, an exposure hole for exposing the display portion to the outside is formed in the face part, the movement of the character's eyes is represented by the sliding movement of the movable part The humanoid toy according to claim 2.

5. as the parts, a body part representing a body portion, and an arm part representing an arm portion of the character or a leg part representing a leg portion of the character are provided, the arm part or the leg part is a movable part provided outside the housing portion and movably supported on the body part side The humanoid toy according to claim 1.

6. An operating tool, A linking mechanism for linking a plurality of provided movable parts and the operating tool, The linking mechanism is configured to move a plurality of movable parts together by one operation of the operating tool The humanoid toy according to claim 5.

7. Comprising a stand for making the whole stand on its own, The operating tool is arranged on the stand side The humanoid toy according to claim 6.

8. A plurality of movable parts are individually slidably accommodated and supported inside the housing part in a state where they are stacked in the thickness direction thereof The humanoid toy according to claim 1.

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