Educational toys

Abstract

To provide an educational toy that can take a box state as well as a picture book state and that is therefore suitable for intellectual training.MEANS: A toy has six square facepieces on which patters are displayed on double sides. The six facepieces are connected one another through folds which are formed by adjoining facepieces along the side part and constitute a connected body that can take a planar state. The connected body becomes a cubic box by making the adjoining facepieces orthogonally bent at folds and becomes a picture book by folding the adjoining facepieces at the folds. In the connected body, there are provided fasteners that restrain separation of side parts from each other which are abutted free from the folds when the box is made, and that also can release the restraint.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Claims

1. It has six square faces with patterns displayed on both sides, The six faces are connected to each other via folds formed along their edges, forming a connected body that can take on a planar state. The aforementioned connecting body, By folding the adjacent faces at a right angle in a predetermined direction along the fold, a cubic box is formed with one side of the six faces as the outer surface. By folding the adjacent faces along the aforementioned folds, a picture book is created. The aforementioned connecting body includes, A fastener is provided to lock the edges that abut each other without passing through the aforementioned fold when the box is formed, so as not to separate from each other, and to allow for the locking and releasing of the fasteners. The fastener locks its edges together by the attachment points adhering to each other. moreover, Of the pair of edges that are locked by the fastener, one edge has: When the pair of edges are brought together and locked by the fastener, a projection is provided which abuts against the other edge being brought together and attaches to another attachment portion provided on that other edge, The other side of the aforementioned side The aforementioned attachment portion is attached to the other attachment portion, and a marker is displayed indicating the location to which the projection contacts when the fastener is locked. An educational toy characterized by its features.

2. The educational toy according to claim 1, characterized in that the fastener comprises a hook-and-loop fastener consisting of a male and female part that can be attached to each other, a projection is provided on one of the edges that abut against each other, one of the male and female parts is provided on one side of the projection, and the other of the male and female parts is provided on the other edge that abuts against each other.

3. The educational toy according to claim 2, characterized in that a marker is displayed on the other side indicating the location where the projection contacts when one of the male and female parts is attached to the other of the male and female parts.

4. The educational toy according to claim 3, characterized in that the color of the other side of the protrusion is the same as the color of the area around the marker corresponding to the protrusion when it is a box.

5. The educational toy according to claim 3, characterized in that a small pattern is displayed on the other side of the projection, and the small pattern is at least the same as a part of the pattern on the facet having the marker corresponding to the projection with the small pattern when it is a box.

6. The educational toy according to claim 1, characterized in that the connecting body has at least an outer shell made of cloth and is elastic and flexible, and the facepiece maintains its shape by elasticity.

7. The educational toy according to claim 1, characterized in that by folding adjacent faces at the folds in the opposite direction to the predetermined direction, the box becomes a cube with the other faces of the six faces facing outwards.

8. The educational toy according to claim 1, characterized in that the six faces are composed of a first facet, a second facet, a third facet, a fourth facet, a fifth facet, and a sixth facet, and in the planar state, the first facet, the second facet, the third facet, and the fourth facet are connected in this order in one direction via the folds, the fifth facet is connected to the first facet, the sixth facet is connected to the fourth facet, and the fifth and sixth faces are folded relative to the first and fourth faces so that the fifth and sixth faces become the outer surfaces, and the first, second, third and fourth faces can be folded in a 99-fold pattern.

9. The educational toy according to claim 1, characterized in that some of the six faces are provided with holes large enough to allow a human hand to be inserted.

10. The educational toy according to claim 1, characterized in that the facet displays a first word as characters that can be read from the bottom edge of the picture book, and a second word as characters that can be read from the top edge of the picture book.

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