Containment toys and toy sets

Abstract

To enhance safety concerning movement of an article.SOLUTION: An accommodation toy 100 includes: a receiving part 70 capable of receiving an article 40; an accommodation part 11 capable of accommodating the article 40 received in the receiving part 70; and a covering part 20 displaceable with respect to the accommodation part 11. By displacing the covering part 20 with respect to the accommodation part 11, it is possible to switch between an exposed state in which the accommodation part 11 is exposed from the covering part 20 and a covered state in which the accommodation part 11 is covered with the covering part 20. Then, in response to reception of the article 40 in the receiving part 70, the exposed state is switched to the covered state.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a storage toy and a toy set, and more particularly to a storage toy having a storage section capable of storing items and a toy set including the storage toy. [Background technology]

[0002] Conventionally, toy sets having paths for moving objects have been available in the market. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a toy that can construct various paths by using a plurality of assembly elements each having a track portion. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] Patent No. 6674569 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] However, Patent Document 1 does not disclose a storage toy that serves as the destination of the path of movement. By providing a storage toy that can store items at the destination of the path of movement, it is possible to further increase the interest in playing with the path of movement.

[0005] The main object of the present invention is to provide a toy that can enhance enjoyment. Other objects and novel features will become apparent from the description of this specification and the accompanying drawings. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] The container-type toy in one embodiment includes a receiving section capable of receiving an item, a container section capable of storing the item received in the receiving section, and a covering section displaceable relative to the container section. Here, by displacing the covering section relative to the container section, it is possible to switch between a first state in which the container section is exposed from the covering section and a second state in which the container section is covered by the covering section, and the first state is switched to the second state in response to the item being received in the container section. Also, the container-type toy in one embodiment includes a first displacement member displaceable by an item, a container section capable of storing the first displacement member and the item that displaced the first displacement member, a guide section provided in the container section and configured to guide the item to a first position where the item can displace the first displacement member, and a guide member displaceable relative to the container section. Covering part and Covering part is displaced relative to the storage section in response to the action of the first displacement member being displaced by the article, The housing portion is exposed from the covering portion in a first state, and the housing portion is covered by the covering portion. It is possible to switch to the second state. and a first surface on which a character is drawn is located on the side of the storage unit and is visible to the user in the first state and is invisible in the second state. .

[0007] In one embodiment, the container-type toy includes a receiving section capable of receiving an item, a container section capable of storing the item received in the receiving section, and a covering section displaceable relative to the container section. By displacing the covering section relative to the container section, the container-type toy can be switched between a first state in which the container section is exposed from the covering section and a second state in which the container section is covered by the covering section, and the switching from the first state to the second state occurs in response to the item being received in the container section. [Effects of the Invention]

[0008] According to one embodiment, a toy and a toy set with improved entertainment value can be provided. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0009] [Figure 1] 1 is a perspective view showing a toy set including a housed toy in accordance with a first embodiment. [Figure 2] 1 is a perspective view showing a toy set including a housed toy in accordance with a first embodiment. [Figure 3] 1 is a perspective view showing a toy set including a housed toy in accordance with a first embodiment. [Figure 4] 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a displacement member and a covering portion according to the first embodiment. FIG. [Figure 5] 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a displacement member and a covering portion according to the first embodiment. FIG. [Figure 6] 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a displacement member and a covering portion according to the first embodiment. FIG. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0010] Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In all drawings for explaining the embodiments, components having the same functions are designated by the same reference numerals, and repeated explanations thereof will be omitted. In the following embodiments, explanations of the same or similar parts will not be repeated unless particularly necessary.

[0011] (Embodiment 1) <Configuration of the Container Toy 100 and Toy Set 200> 1 to 3, the containerized toy 100 according to the first embodiment and the toy set 200 including the containerized toy 100 will be described below. Note that FIGS. 1 to 3 show the appearance of the toy set 200 changing as the article 40 moves in the order of FIGS. 1, 2, and 3.

[0012] The storage toy 100 comprises a storage support part 10 including a storage part 11 capable of storing an item 40, a covering part 20 displaceable relative to the storage part 11 (storage support part 10), and a displacement member 30 stored inside the storage part 11 and displaceable relative to the storage part 11 (storage support part 10).

[0013] The storage toy 100 also includes a receiving section 70 that can receive the article 40. The article 40 received in the receiving section 70 is stored in the storage section 11. The receiving section 70 in the first embodiment includes a displacement member 30 and a slope 13, which will be described later.

[0014] The storage support section 10 includes a storage section 11, a track surface 12 along which the item 40 can move, a slope 13 connected to the track surface 12, a pair of guide rails 14 provided inside the storage section 11, and a connecting section 15.

[0015] The storage section 11 has a hollow hemispherical structure and can store the article 40 that has moved on the track surface 12. The track surface 12 is, for example, a semi-cylindrical groove, and has a width sufficient for the article 40 to move through. The inclined surface 13 is an inclined surface that slopes toward the bottom of the storage section 11 and has a slope that is at least greater than that of the track surface 12. The inclined surface 13 may be an inclined surface with a constant slope, or may be a compound inclined surface with a continuously changing slope, or may be a curved surface that follows the hemispherical shape of the storage section 11, for example.

[0016] The pair of guide rails 14 are provided so that the article 40 can move along the slope 13 inside the storage section 11. Therefore, the distance between the pair of guide rails 14 is designed to be wider than the size of the article 40.

[0017] The covering portion 20 is located above the housing / support portion 10 and includes an outer wall portion 21, a decorative portion 22, a barrier portion 23 provided on the outer wall portion 21, and a connecting portion 24. As shown in Fig. 1, the decorative portion 22 has a first surface 22a located on the housing portion 11 side, and as shown in Fig. 3, it has a second surface 22b opposite to the first surface 22a. The outer wall portion 21 has a hollow hemispherical structure and covers the second surface 22b.

[0018] The displacement member 30 includes a first end 30a, a second end 30b opposite the first end 30a, a connecting portion 31 provided at the second end 30b, and a recess 33. The displacement member 30 is a plate-shaped structure extending from the first end 30a to the second end 30b. The pair of guide rails 14 of the housing support part 10 are arranged to sandwich the displacement member 30 in a direction intersecting the direction from the first end 30a to the second end 30b.

[0019] The first end 30a is located midway along the slope 13 and is spaced apart from the slope 13. As will be described later, the displacement member 30 may be pushed down by an article 40. However, because the first end 30a is spaced apart from the slope 13, the first end 30a does not come into contact with the storage support portion 10 and remains spaced apart while the displacement member 30 moves toward the bottom of the storage portion 11. This allows the displacement member 30 to be quickly displaced. Furthermore, the first end 30a has a rounded shape that conforms to the shape of the slope 13, reducing the distance it is spaced apart from the slope 13. This reduces or prevents the fingers of an infant or other child from being pinched between the first end 30a and the slope 13.

[0020] The recess 33 is located closer to the first end 30a than the second end 30b, and is capable of accommodating a portion of the article 40. That is, since the first end 30a is located midway along the slope 13, the article 40 moving along the track surface 12 collides with the displacement member 30. At this time, a portion of the article 40 is accommodated in the recess 33.

[0021] Connecting portion 15, connecting portion 24, and connecting portion 31 can be connected to one another. For example, connecting portion 15, connecting portion 24, and connecting portion 31 are attached to a connecting shaft that penetrates through the interiors of these portions. Therefore, displacement (movement) of covering portion 20 relative to accommodating portion 11 and displacement (movement) of displacement member 30 relative to accommodating portion 11 are performed around connecting portion 15, connecting portion 24, and connecting portion 31, which are connected to one another, as axes.

[0022] The toy set 200 includes not only the container toy 100 but also, for example, track elements 50. The toy set 200 may also include assembly elements 60. The track elements 50 have track surfaces 51 on which the items 40 can move, and the track surfaces 51 are, for example, semi-cylindrical grooves having a width sufficient for the items 40 to move along. The assembly elements 60 function as connecting members that connect the container toy 100 and the track elements 50, and as supporting members that support the height of the track surfaces 12 of the container toy 100 and the track surfaces 51 of the track elements 50.

[0023] When the contained toy 100 and the track element 50 are brought close to each other, a path is formed along which the article 40 can move from the track surface 51 to the track surface 12. The state in which the contained toy 100 and the track element 50 are brought close to each other is a state in which the track surface 12 and the track surface 51 are in contact with each other without any gap, or a state in which the track surface 12 and the track surface 51 are separated by a distance shorter than the size of the article 40. The distance in such a close state can be adjusted by the assembly element 60.

[0024] Furthermore, the toy set 200 may include not only one track element 50 and one assembly element 60, but also a plurality of track elements and a plurality of assembly elements. The track surfaces of the plurality of track elements may have various different shapes, thereby enabling the construction of a variety of movement paths for the items 40.

[0025] <Operation of the contained toy 100> As shown in Figures 1 to 3, in the container toy 100 of the first embodiment, the covering part 20 is opened or closed relative to the container support part 10 (container part 11) in different states depending on the state of the container of the article 40. When the covering part 20 is open, the article 40 can be contained in the container part 11. When the covering part 20 is closed, other articles cannot be contained in the container part 11, but the article 40 contained in the container part 11 can be kept within the container toy 100 without being released to the outside.

[0026] In other words, by displacing the covering portion 20 relative to the accommodating portion 11, it is possible to switch between an exposed state (open state) in which the accommodating portion 11 is exposed from the covering portion 20 and a covered state (closed state) in which the accommodating portion 11 is covered by the covering portion 20. In the covered state, the receiving portion 70 including the displacement member 30 and the inclined surface 13 is also covered by the covering portion 20.

[0027] Then, in response to the item 40 being received by the receiving portion 70, a switch from the exposed state to the covered state occurs. That is, when the item 40 moves on the track surface 12 and is received in the storage portion 11, the covering portion 20 is displaced in response to the action of the item 40 displacing the displacement member 30 relative to the storage portion 11 (the action of the displacement member 30 being pushed down), and a switch from the exposed state to the covered state occurs. Therefore, in response to the item 40 being received by the receiving portion 70, the storage portion 11 switches from an exposed state to a covered state, and the item 40 is received in the storage toy 100, allowing the user to realize that the item 40 has moved and reached its destination, thereby improving the entertainment value of the storage toy 100 and the toy set 200.

[0028] 4 to 6, the displacement of the displacement member 30 (the operation of pushing down the displacement member 30) and the displacement of the cover 20 will be described in detail below. Note that in Figs. 4 to 6, the illustration of the housing support part 10 is omitted to make it easier to understand the relationship between the cover 20 and the displacement member 30.

[0029] 4, a pressing portion 32 is provided on the connecting portion 31 of the displacement member 30, and a pressed portion 25 is provided on the connecting portion 24 of the covering portion 20. In the exposed state, the pressing portion 32 and the pressed portion 25 are spaced apart from each other.

[0030] Here, in response to the action of the object 40 pressing down on the displacement member 30, the pressing portion 32 presses the pressed portion 25, thereby displacing the covering portion 20 and automatically switching from the exposed state to the covered state.

[0031] 5, when the displacement member 30 is pressed down by the object 40, the pressing portion 32 comes into contact with the pressed portion 25. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 6, the pressing portion 32 continues to press the pressed portion 25, and when the covering portion 20 is displaced to a predetermined position, the covering portion 20 is displaced by its own weight, and the accommodation portion 11 is covered by the covering portion 20.

[0032] In this way, in the first embodiment, the displacement of the covering part 20 can be made larger relative to the displacement of the displacement member 30. In other words, a small displacement of the displacement member 30 can result in a large displacement of the covering part 20. Therefore, in the limited space inside the accommodating part 11, the range of displacement of the displacement member 30 can be minimized, which can facilitate the miniaturization of the accommodating support part 10.

[0033] Here, if the covering portion 20 and the displacement member 30 were not present, there is a risk that an item 40 that enters the storage portion 11 at a predetermined speed will be released from the storage support portion 10, depending on the structure of the storage portion 11.

[0034] In contrast, in the storage toy 100 of the first embodiment, when the item 40 moves along the track surface 12 and is received by the receiving portion 70, and the received item 40 is stored in the storage portion 11, the storage portion 11 is covered by the covering portion 20, so there is no risk of the item 40 being released outside the storage toy 100. This prevents problems such as the item being damaged, or the released item injuring a user near the storage toy or damaging structures near the storage toy. In other words, safety regarding the movement of the item 40 can be improved. It also prevents the item 40 from being lost due to being released outside the storage toy 100.

[0035] Furthermore, in the containment toy 100 according to the first embodiment, the presence of the displacement member 30 makes it possible to automatically and easily switch from the exposed state to the covered state with a simple structure.

[0036] Furthermore, in the first embodiment, a pair of guide rails 14 are provided inside the storage section 11 so as to sandwich the displacement member 30. The guide rails 14 enable control of the movement of the article 40 so that the article 40 entering from the track surface 12 accurately contacts the displacement member 30. This further improves the safety of the movement of the article 40.

[0037] Furthermore, the displacement member 30 may be a flat plate, but preferably includes a recess 33. For example, the item 40 may bounce off the displacement member 30 or roll on the displacement member 30, preventing the displacement member 30 from being quickly pushed down. In the first embodiment, the recess 33 provided in the displacement member 30 can accommodate a portion of the item 40, thereby controlling the movement of the item 40 so that the item 40 can be stopped at the position of the recess 33. That is, a portion of the item 40 that has moved along the track surface 12 is accommodated in the recess 33, and the displacement member 30 is displaced (pushed down) relative to the accommodation section 11 with a portion of the item 40 accommodated in the recess 33. This allows the displacement member 30 to be quickly pushed down, enabling a rapid switch from the exposed state to the covered state. Furthermore, by providing the recess 33 at a position closer to the first end 30a than the second end 30b, that is, by providing the recess 33 at a position closer to the position where the article 40 starts to enter the receiving section 70, the pressing section 32 can press the pressed section 25 immediately after the article 40 is received in the receiving section 70. Furthermore, by providing the recess 33 at a position closer to the first end 30a than the second end 30b and at a position farther away from the connecting section 15, the force with which the pressing section 32 presses the pressed section 25 can be strengthened when the article 40 is stored in the recess 33.

[0038] Additionally, the outer wall 21 is provided with a barrier 23. The barrier 23 has a shape that follows the shape of the track surface 12 in the covered state. For example, if such a barrier 23 were not provided, a relatively large gap would be created between the outer wall 21 and the track surface 12 in the covered state. In this case, if the size of the article 40 were small, it is possible that the article 40 stored in the storage section 11 would be released through the gap. In the first embodiment, the provision of the barrier 23 can suppress even such slight defects, thereby further improving the safety of the movement of the article 40.

[0039] As shown in FIG. 1 , a character is drawn on the first surface 22a of the decorative portion 22. In the exposed state, the user can see the character drawn on the first surface 22a in the direction from the track surface 12 toward the connecting portion 15. Therefore, when the user moves the item 40 toward the destination, the storage support portion 10, the user feels a sense of elation as if he or she is getting closer to the character. Then, by the action of storing the item 40 in the storage portion 11 and covering the storage portion 11 with the covering portion 20, the user feels a sense of accomplishment as if he or she has trapped the item 40 and a sense of satisfaction as if he or she has captured the character.

[0040] 3, the second surface 22b of the decorative portion 22 may have a character similar to the character drawn on the first surface 22a drawn thereon. The outer wall portion 21 may contain a material that can be recognized as transparent or translucent to the naked eye. In such a case, in the covered state, the user can see the character drawn on the second surface 22b through the outer wall portion 21. This allows the user to confirm what the captured character was.

[0041] In addition, in the covered state, the hemispherical outer wall 21 and the hemispherical storage section 11 are joined together to form a sphere, allowing the user to enjoy the sensation of storing a character inside the sphere.

[0042] As described above, according to the container toy 100 and the toy set 200 in the first embodiment, safety regarding the movement of the article 40 can be improved, and interest can be increased.

[0043] The present invention has been specifically described above based on the embodiments, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments and can be modified in various ways without departing from the spirit of the invention. [Explanation of symbols]

[0044] 10. Storage and support section 11 Storage section 12 Raceway surface 13 Slope 14 Guide rail 15 Connecting part 20 Covering part 21 Exterior wall 22 Decorative section 22a 1st page 22b 2nd side 23 Barrier section 24 Connecting part 25 Pressed part 30 Displacement member 30a 1st end 30b 2nd end 31 Connecting part 32 Pressing part 33 Recess 40 Goods 50 orbital elements 51 Raceway surface 60 Assembly Elements 70 Reception Department 100 Containment Toys 200 toy sets

Claims

1. a first displacement member displaceable by an article; a storage section capable of storing the first displacement member and the article that displaced the first displacement member; a guide portion provided in the storage portion and configured to guide the article to a first position where the article can displace the first displacement member; a covering portion displaceable relative to the housing portion; Equipped with The covering portion is the first displacement member is displaced relative to the storage portion in response to the displacement of the first displacement member by the object, thereby enabling switching from a first state in which the storage portion is exposed from the covering portion to a second state in which the storage portion is covered by the covering portion, A containment toy having a first surface on which a character is drawn, located on the containment section side and in a position that is visible to the user in the first state and invisible in the second state.

2. 2. The containment toy of claim 1, the first displacement member includes a recess capable of accommodating a portion of the article; The first displacement member is displaced relative to the storage portion while at least a portion of the item is stored in the recess.

3. The container-type toy according to claim 1 or 2, The covering portion includes a decorative portion having a second surface opposite the first surface, and an outer wall portion covering the second surface.

4. 4. The container toy according to claim 3, the outer wall portion includes a material that can be visually recognized as transparent or translucent; The character is also depicted on the second surface, In the second state, the user can see the character drawn on the second surface through the outer wall portion.

5. The container toy according to any one of claims 1 to 4, the storage section is provided at a position adjacent to the first displacement member and includes a slope that slopes toward a bottom of the storage section so that the article can be moved thereon; A toy container, wherein a first end of the first displacement member is located midway on the slope.

6. 6. The container toy according to claim 5, The guide portion guides the item moving along the slope to the first position.

7. 7. The container-type toy according to claim 5 or 6, The covering portion includes a barrier portion having a shape that conforms to the shape of the slope in the second state.

8. The container-type toy according to any one of claims 5 to 7, The first displacement member is provided with a pressing portion, The covering portion is provided with a pressed portion, A containment toy in which, in response to the action of pressing down the first displacement member, the pressing portion presses the pressed portion, thereby displacing the covering portion and switching from the first state to the second state.

9. 9. The containment toy of claim 8, the housing portion includes a first connecting portion, the covering portion includes a second connecting portion, the first displacement member includes the first end, a second end opposite to the first end, and a third connecting portion provided at the second end, the pressing portion is provided on the third connecting portion, the pressed portion is provided on the second connecting portion, the first connecting portion, the second connecting portion, and the third connecting portion are connected to each other, A container-type toy in which the displacement of the covering portion relative to the storage portion and the displacement of the first displacement member relative to the storage portion are performed around the connected first connecting portion, second connecting portion, and third connecting portion as axes.

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