CN115253323A

CN115253323A - Toy set

Info

Publication number: CN115253323A
Application number: CN202210561715.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 福原进之介; 村上宽子
Original assignee: Bandai Co Ltd
Current assignee: Bandai Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-06-02
Filing date: 2022-05-23
Publication date: 2022-11-01
Anticipated expiration: 2042-05-23
Also published as: WO2022255431A1; JP2023024888A; CN118045379A; JP2022185541A; JP7203150B2; CN115253323B

Abstract

The invention provides a toy set, which can improve the interestingness of the toy set. The toy set comprises a first structure part (1) and a second structure part (2) used in a game played by using a plurality of articles including a first article and a second article, wherein the first structure part (1) is provided with a transmitting part (17), the transmitting part (17) sends out a signal according to the movement of the first article to a first position on the first structure part (1), and the second structure part (2) is provided with: a receiving unit that receives a signal; and an operating unit that operates in response to the reception of the signal by the receiving unit, wherein the operating unit starts the movement of the second article placed at the second position on the second structure unit (2) in response to the reception of the signal by the transmitting unit (17).

Description

Toy set

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a toy set, and more particularly to a toy set that moves a first object to a first position of a first structure and a second object from a second position of a second structure.

Background

Conventionally, there have been distributed toy sets having a movement path for allowing an article to move. For example, patent document 1 discloses a toy capable of constructing various moving paths by using a plurality of assembly elements each having a rail portion.

Documents of the prior art

Patent document

Patent document 1: japanese patent laid-open No. 2020-124298

Disclosure of Invention

Problems to be solved by the invention

However, patent document 1 discloses only the assembly elements for constructing the movement path of the object, and further improvement of the interest of the toy set in the game for constructing the movement path is required.

It is therefore a primary object of the present invention to enhance the enjoyment of a toy set.

Other objects and novel features will become apparent from the description of the specification and the drawings.

Means for solving the problems

The outline of a representative embodiment among the embodiments disclosed in the present application will be briefly described as follows.

The housing toy in one embodiment is a toy set including a first structure portion and a second structure portion used in a game played using a plurality of items including a first item and a second item. Here, the first structure unit includes a transmission unit that transmits a signal in response to the first article moving to a first position on the first structure unit, and the second structure unit includes: a receiving unit that receives a signal; and an operation unit that operates in response to the reception of the signal by the reception unit, wherein the operation unit starts movement of the second article placed at the second position on the second structure unit in response to the reception of the signal by the transmission unit.

ADVANTAGEOUS EFFECTS OF INVENTION

According to one embodiment, the interest of the toy set can be increased.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing a toy set in an embodiment.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing a toy set in an embodiment.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing a toy set in an embodiment.

Fig. 4 is a plan view showing a first structure portion in the embodiment.

Fig. 5 is a side view showing a part of the second structure portion in the embodiment in a broken state.

Fig. 6 is a side view showing a part of the second structure portion in the embodiment in a broken state.

Detailed Description

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. In all the drawings for describing the embodiments, members having the same functions are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description thereof is omitted. In addition, in the following embodiments, descriptions of the same or similar parts are not repeated in principle unless particularly required.

< construction of toy set >

The following describes a toy set according to an embodiment with reference to fig. 1 to 3. As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the toy set of the present embodiment includes a first structure portion 1 and a second structure portion 2 that can be used in a state of being disposed apart from each other. Here, directions perpendicular to each other along a mounting surface on which the first structure part 1 and the second structure part 2 are mounted are referred to as an X direction and a Y direction, respectively, and a height direction perpendicular to the X direction and the Y direction is referred to as a Z direction. Fig. 1 to 3 show a state before the second structure unit 2 receives the signal transmitted from the first structure unit 1.

The first structure part 1 includes a main body 10, a rail 15 fixed to the main body 10, and a movable part 11 whose direction with respect to the main body 10 can be changed. The movable portion 11 includes a movable portion 12 whose direction in the mounting surface can be changed when the main body portion 10 is mounted on the mounting surface, and a movable portion 13 whose angle with respect to the mounting surface can be changed. Specifically, the movable part 12 is a table connected to the main body part 10 and rotatable about an axis extending in the Z direction with respect to the main body part 10, and an upper surface of the movable part 12 is parallel to the mounting surface. The movable part 13 is a base part provided on the upper surface of the movable part 12 and capable of changing an angle in the elevation angle direction and the depression angle direction with respect to the upper surface of the movable part 12, and the image part 3 having a shape of, for example, a human being is provided on the base part so as to be fixed to the movable part 13.

The movable portion (base portion) 13 includes a transmission portion 17 that transmits a signal. The signal is an optical signal emitted from a Light source such as an LED (Light Emitting Diode) in the movable portion 13, for example. That is, the transmission unit 17 is a light emitting unit. Here, infrared light (infrared light) is used as the optical signal. The image portion 3 includes a cylindrical direction indicator portion (a portion indicating a transmission direction) 3a extending in a direction along a direction of a transmission signal (e.g., a direction of an irradiation light signal). Thus, the user of the toy set can determine the approximate direction of the transmission signal by looking at the direction of the direction indicator 3a. The user can change the direction of the irradiation light signal by changing the direction of the transmission unit 17 using the

movable units

12 and 13.

The rail 15 has a groove-like rail surface whose surface in cross section describes an arc, and the rail surface extends in the Y direction. The rail 15 constitutes a part of a moving path along which the spherical object 40 (see fig. 3) rolls. The raceway surface is, for example, a groove of a semi-cylindrical shape and has a sufficient width for the movement of the article 40. The rail 25 and the assembly element 30, which will be described later, have a semi-cylindrical rail surface, similarly to the rail 15. The article 40 is, for example, a ball that can move by rolling on a track.

The rail 15 has a receiving portion 5 at an end portion of the rail 15 on the movable portion 12 side. Hereinafter, the position corresponding to the receiving portion 5 may be referred to as a first position. A pressing portion 16 is provided at the end of the rail 15, the pressing portion 16 has a wall-shaped surface perpendicular to the extending direction of the rail 15, and the article 40 moving on the rail 15 comes into contact with the pressing portion 16 and stops. The rail 15 may extend in the direction along the placement surface, but may have a slope descending toward the movable portion 12 so that the article 40 rolls toward the movable portion 12.

The second structure part 2 includes: a main body portion 20; a rail 25 fixed to a side surface on the back side among the side surfaces of the main body portion 20; a receiving portion 21 provided on a front-side surface opposite to the back-side surface among side surfaces of the main body portion 20; and a notification unit 22 in the vicinity of the reception unit 21. The second structure portion 2 is used at a position apart from the first structure portion 1 so that the receiving portion 21 is arranged to face the transmitting portion 17. The second structure part 2 has a hole 7 and a displacement part 4 that is displaceable relative to the body part 20 on the upper surface of the body part 20. The displacement portion 4 is disposed on the front side of the body portion 20 with respect to the hole 7. The displacement unit 4 is inclined toward the back surface side of the main body 20 in response to the reception unit 21 receiving the signal transmitted from the transmission unit 17. The notification unit 22 is a light emitting unit such as an LED disposed on the upper surface of the main body 20 on the front surface side of the displacement unit 4, and has the following functions: the receiving unit 21 receives the signal transmitted from the transmitting unit 17, and emits light to notify the user of the received signal. Therefore, the notification unit 22 is preferably disposed near the receiving unit 21 on the main body 20 at a position that can be visually confirmed by the user, and is provided to emit light in an upward direction (Z direction) in the present embodiment. The displacement section 4 includes, for example, a figure portion such as a disk-shaped target in an upper portion thereof.

The hole 7 is provided for accommodating an article 41 (see fig. 3) in the accommodating portion 6 in the main body 20, and a hole 8 for discharging the article 41 in the accommodating portion 6 to the rail 25 is provided in the back surface (side surface) of the main body 20. Hereinafter, the position corresponding to the inside of the housing portion 6 may be referred to as a second position. In a state where the article 41 is accommodated in the accommodating portion 6, the hole 8 is closed by the shielding portion 6b which is a part of the accommodating portion 6, and the inside of the main body portion 20 cannot be seen from the hole 8. That is, the article 41 cannot be visually confirmed in the accommodated state in the accommodating portion 6. When the article 41 is placed at the second position in the storage state in the storage portion 6, the storage portion 6 moves the article 41 to the outside of the storage portion 6 in response to the reception of the signal by the receiving portion 21, and the article 41 is discharged from the hole 8 to the outside of the main body portion 20 and passes on the rail 25. The rail 25 may extend in the direction along the placement surface, but may have a slope descending toward the outside of the main body portion 20 so that the article 41 rolls in a direction away from the main body portion 20.

As shown in fig. 3, the toy set includes not only the first structure portion 1 and the second structure portion 2 but also, for example, an assembly element 30, an assembly element 31, and an assembly element 32. The assembly element 30 has a track surface on which the

articles

40 and 41 can move. The assembly element 31 functions as a connecting member that connects the first component 1 or the second component 2 to the assembly element 30. The assembly element 32 functions as a support member for supporting the height of the first structure portion 1 and the second structure portion 2. The first structure portion 1 and the second structure portion 2 each have a portion to be connected (e.g., a concave portion) on a surface (bottom surface) on the placement surface side, and the assembly element 31 and the assembly element 32 each have a portion to be connected (e.g., a convex portion) on an upper portion thereof.

By using the assembly elements 32, the height of the first component 1 and the height of the second component 2 can be adjusted. That is, in a state where the toy set is used, the height of at least one of the first position and the second position can be changed by coupling the coupling portion to the coupled portion of at least one of the first structure portion 1 and the second structure portion 2.

Further, by disposing the assembly element 30 at a position adjacent to the first position, the assembly element 30 constitutes a movement path that can move the article 40 to the first position. Specifically, by connecting the assembly element 30 to the rail 15, the article 40 can be transported to the first position on the assembly element 30. Further, the assembly element 30 is disposed at a position adjacent to the second position, thereby configuring a movement path that can move the article 41 from the second position. Specifically, by connecting the assembly element 30 to the rail 25, the article 41 can be conveyed from the second position to the outside of the second structure portion 2 through the assembly element 30.

In addition, the toy set may include not only one kind of assembly element 30 and one kind of assembly element 32 but also a plurality of kinds of assembly elements 30 and a plurality of kinds of assembly elements 32. For example, the assembly elements 30 may be linear rails extending parallel to the mounting surface, may be inclined surfaces, or may form curves in a plan view. As described above, the track surfaces of the plurality of assembly elements 30 are formed in various shapes different from each other, and thus various movement paths of the

articles

40 and 41 can be constructed.

< action of toy kit >

Next, the operation of the toy set will be described with reference to fig. 3 to 6. As shown in fig. 3, the first structure portion 1 and the second structure portion 2 are used in a state of being separated from each other. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the first structure portion 1, and shows a part of the structure in the main body portion 20. Fig. 5 and 6 are side views of the second structure portion 2 as viewed from the X direction, and show a part of the container constituting the body portion 20 in a broken state. Fig. 5 shows the second configuration part 2 in a state before the reception part 21 receives a signal, and fig. 6 shows the second configuration part 2 in a state after the reception part 21 receives a signal.

When the article 40 moving on the rail of the assembly component 30 connected to the first structure portion 1 reaches the first position through the rail 15, the article 40 comes into contact with the pressing portion 16 and stops as shown in fig. 4. At this time, the article 40 presses the pressing portion 16 toward the movable portion 12. As a result, a part of the pressing portion 16 comes into contact with the movable portion 34a of the switch 34, and presses the movable portion 34a, thereby turning on the switch 34. That is, switch 34 is used to detect when article 40 is moved to the first position. Since the pressing portion 16 is biased in the direction from the switch 34 side to the rail 15 by the biasing portion 33 (e.g., a spring), the pressing portion 16 comes into contact with the end portion of the rail 15 and stops in a state where the article 40 is not present at the first position. Thus, in the state where the article 40 is not present in the first position, the switch 34 is in the off state.

Upon the switch 34 becoming open, the first structure portion 1 transmits a signal from the transmission portion 17. Here, although the description is given of the case where the signal is an optical signal using infrared light, the signal may be other light such as visible light. The signal is not limited to an optical signal, and may be an electrical signal propagated through a cable connecting the second structure portion 2 and the first structure portion 1, an electromagnetic wave, an electrically output sound wave, or the like. In this way, first structure 1 emits a signal in response to article 40 moving to a first position on first structure 1.

As shown in fig. 5, the displacement portion 4 is urged in a direction inclined toward the outside of the body portion 20 (toward the rear surface side of the body portion 20) to close the hole 7, as shown in fig. 6, with respect to the body portion 20 of the second component 2 about the fulcrum 4 b. However, in a state before the receiving unit 21 receives the signal, as shown in fig. 5, the engaged portion 4a which is a part of the displacement unit 4 is engaged by the engaging portion 23, and therefore the displacement unit 4 is not tilted and is positioned closer to the receiving unit 21 than the fulcrum 4 b.

The locking portion 23 is arranged to be rotatable about a fulcrum 24a in the main body portion 20. The

fulcrums

4b, 24a are fixed to the body 20. Further, a rotation portion 24 rotatable about a fulcrum 24a is provided in the main body portion 20. In addition, a motor 26 is provided in the main body 20 so as to be fixed to the main body 20. The rotating portion 24 has a plurality of irregularities that mesh with a gear provided in the motor 26, and the rotating portion 24 rotates in accordance with the rotation of the motor 26. Since the locking portion 23 is biased by a biasing portion 36 (e.g., a spring) in the main body portion 20, the locking portion 23 locks the locked portion 4a in a state before the receiving portion 21 receives a signal.

The main body 20 is provided with a housing 6 that can rotate about a fulcrum 6c as an axis, such as a seesaw. The accommodating portion 6 having a groove, for example, a semi-cylindrical shape, can accommodate the article 41 at the second position inside. A plurality of articles 41 can be stored in the storage portion 6 at a time. Of the two ends of the housing portion 6 that swing about the fulcrum 6c, the end on the receiving portion 21 side is biased toward the displacement portion 4 side (the upper surface side of the body portion 20) by a biasing portion 35 (e.g., a spring) that is in contact with the bottom surface thereof. However, in a state before the receiving unit 21 receives the signal, an end (upper end) of the end of the accommodating unit 6 on the side of the displacement unit 4 abuts on the bottom surface of the engaged unit 4 a. Therefore, the end of the receiving portion 6 on the receiving portion 21 side is located below the end opposite to the end, that is, the end of the receiving portion 6 on the rail 25 side out of the two ends. Thus, the article 41 in the storage portion 6 does not go out of the hole 8 located below the end portion of the storage portion 6 on the rail 25 side, but stays at the second position.

As shown in fig. 3, the receiving unit 21 can receive a signal transmitted from the movable unit (base unit) 13 when the direction indicating unit 3a, which is a portion indicating the transmission direction, is disposed in a direction toward the displacement unit 4. When the receiving unit 21 receives the signal, the notifying unit 22 shown in fig. 6 emits light in response to the reception of the signal by the receiving unit 21. The second structure section 2 may output sound.

When the receiving portion 21 receives the signal, the rotating shaft and the gear of the motor 26 rotate in the counterclockwise direction in fig. 6 according to the reception of the signal by the receiving portion 21. Thus, when the rotating portion 24 rotates counterclockwise about the fulcrum 24a in fig. 6, the locking portion 23 is pushed by the rotating portion 24 and also rotates in the same direction. As a result, the locked state in which the locked portion 4a is locked by the locking portion 23 is released, and the displacement portion 4 is displaced so as to tilt outside the body portion 20 by the force of the biasing portion of the fulcrum 4 b. Thereby, the end of the receiving portion 21 side of the receiving portion 6 is released from the contact with the engaged portion 4a, and the receiving portion 6 rotates about the fulcrum 6c by the force of the biasing portion 35. As a result, the end of the receiving portion 6 on the rail 25 side is lowered to the position of the hole 8 and is lower than the end of the receiving portion 6 on the receiving portion 21 side. Thereby, the article 41 accommodated in the accommodation portion 6 moves from the second position to the outside of the second structure portion 2.

That is, the second configuration unit 2 includes the storage unit 6 as an operation unit that operates in response to the reception of the signal by the reception unit 21, and the storage unit 6 starts the movement of the article 41 placed at the second position in response to the reception of the signal by the transmission unit 17 by the reception unit 21.

After the above operation, the locking portion 23 and the rotating portion 24 are returned to the state of fig. 5 by the force of the biasing portion 36. If the user displaces the displacement portion 4 in the direction opposite to the direction in which the displacement portion 4 is urged, the end portion of the receiving portion 21 side of the receiving portion 6 is pushed toward the engaged portion 4a and descends to a position lower than the end portion of the receiving portion 6 on the rail 25 side. At this time, the engaged portion 4a pushes the upper end of the engaging portion 23 open temporarily, but the engaging portion 23 rotates to a position where the engaged portion 4a is engaged by the force of the biasing portion 36. Thereby, the second structure portion 2 returns to the state shown in fig. 5.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, in the toy set including the first structure portion and the second structure portion used in the game, it is possible to start moving another article prepared at the second position in accordance with the movement of the article to the first position, in addition to moving the article on the continuous track. That is, even if the respective rails are located at positions distant from each other, it is possible to realize continuous movement of the object between the respective rails by transmitting and receiving electrically generated signals. Therefore, the interest of the toy set can be improved.

The invention of the present application has been specifically described above based on the embodiments, but the invention of the present application is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention.

Description of the reference numerals

1: a first structure portion; 2: a second structure portion; 3: an image part; 4: a displacement section; 5: a receiving section; 6: a housing part; 10. 20: a main body portion; 11. 12, 12 13: a movable part; 17: a transmission unit; 21: a receiving section; 22: a notification unit; 40. 41: an article.

Claims

1. A toy kit comprising a first structural part and a second structural part for use in a game played using a plurality of items including a first item and a second item, wherein,

the first structure portion includes a transmitting portion that emits a signal in response to the first article moving to a first position on the first structure portion,

the second structure portion includes: a receiving unit that receives the signal; and an operation unit that operates in response to the reception of the signal by the reception unit,

the operating unit starts moving the second article placed at the second position on the second structure unit in response to the receiving unit receiving the signal from the transmitting unit.

2. The toy kit of claim 1,

the signal is a light signal and the signal is,

the transmitting part is a light-emitting part,

the receiving portion is a light receiving portion.

3. The toy kit of claim 2,

the light emitting unit can change a direction in which the optical signal is irradiated in a state where the first structural unit is used.

4. The toy kit of any one of claims 1-3,

further comprising a first assembly element capable of adjusting the height of the first structure part and the height of the second structure part,

the first assembly element includes a coupling portion that is capable of coupling to a coupled portion that the first structure portion and the second structure portion each have,

in the use state, the height of at least one of the first position and the second position can be changed by coupling the coupling portion to the coupled portion of at least one of the first structure portion and the second structure portion.

5. The toy kit of any one of claims 1-4,

further comprising a second assembly element having a track on which the first and second items can move,

the second assembly element is disposed at a position adjacent to the first position to form a movement path that enables the first article to move to the first position, and the second assembly element is disposed at a position adjacent to the second position to form a movement path that enables the second article to move from the second position.

6. The toy kit of any one of claims 1-5,

the first and second items are spheres movable by rolling.

7. The toy kit of any one of claims 1-6,

the signal is infrared light.

8. The toy kit of any one of claims 1-7,

the first structure portion includes a first body portion and a first movable portion whose direction with respect to the first body portion can be changed,

the transmission unit is provided in the first movable unit.

9. The toy kit of claim 8,

the first movable part has a base portion and a figure portion provided on the base portion,

the transmitting part is arranged on the base part,

the character part has a portion indicating a transmission direction of the signal transmitted from the transmission part.

10. The toy kit of claim 8,

the first movable portion includes a second movable portion whose direction in the mounting surface can be changed when the first body portion is mounted on a predetermined mounting surface, and a third movable portion whose angle with respect to the mounting surface can be changed.

11. The toy kit of claim 10,

the second movable portion is connected to the first body portion, and the third movable portion is provided on the second movable portion.

12. The toy kit of any one of claims 1-11,

the second structure portion includes a second body portion and a displacement portion that is displaceable relative to the second body portion,

the receiving portion is provided to the second main body portion.

13. The toy kit of claim 12,

the second configuration unit includes a notification unit configured to notify the reception unit of the reception of the signal.

14. The toy kit of claim 13,

the notification unit is disposed in the vicinity of the receiving unit on the second body unit and at a visually recognizable position.

15. The toy kit of claim 12,

the displacement unit displaces in accordance with the reception of the signal by the reception unit.

16. The toy kit of claim 9,

the receiving part is arranged on the second main body part,

when the position indicating the transmission direction is in the arrangement relation in the direction toward the displacement unit,

the receiving portion is capable of receiving the signal transmitted from the base portion.

17. The toy kit of any one of claims 12-16,

the second body portion has a receiving portion for receiving the second article,

the second article is placed at the second position in the accommodated state of the second article in the accommodating portion,

the receiving portion displaces the second article so as to be movable out of the receiving portion in response to the reception of the signal by the receiving portion.

18. The toy kit of claim 17,

the accommodating part is arranged in the second main body part,

the second article cannot be visually confirmed in the accommodated state of the second article in the accommodating portion.

19. The toy kit of any one of claims 1-7,

the first structure portion and the second structure portion are used in a state of being separated from each other.