CN108970139A - A kind of children toy car - Google Patents
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
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Abstract
The invention discloses a kind of children toy car, including vehicle body, seat and headstock, the front end of the vehicle body has front supports, and the rear end of the vehicle body has rear supports, and the bottom of the vehicle body is equipped with front wheels and rear wheels；The seat is connected with the rear supports；The headstock includes connecting rod, and a rot is arranged on the connecting rod, and the periphery of the rot is kept out on the inner wall of the front supports, and the front-wheel is arranged on the lower end of the connecting rod.Rotate headstock of the invention flexible, wherein buffer body can also play the role of bumper and absorbing shock, improve the comfort level that children play, and enhance the enjoyment that children play.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to toy for children technical fields, and in particular to a kind of children toy car.
Background technique
With the increasingly raising of people's living standard, scientific and technological continuous development requires higher and higher, family to quality of life
Child is increasingly paid attention to, toy for children market of today is increasingly prosperous, and toy for children in the market is varied, toy for children
Enjoyment can be not only brought to children, but also can also develop the intelligence of children, temper the coordination ability of children's torso.
For many years, favor of the children toy car all by children and parents, existing children toy car are advanced in children
During headstock rotation it is not flexible so that the interest of children toy car substantially reduces；In addition to this, existing toy for children
Between the headstock and vehicle body of vehicle otherwise be not provided with Buffer Unit or be setting Buffer Unit buffering effect it is bad, cannot
Apparent buffering and damping effect is played, the comfort level that children play is reduced.
Summary of the invention
In view of this, the present invention provides the children toy car that a kind of comfort level is high, flexibility ratio is high.
To achieve the above object, the invention provides the following technical scheme:
A kind of children toy car, wherein include:
Vehicle body, the front end of the vehicle body have front supports, and the rear end of the vehicle body has rear supports, the vehicle body
Bottom is equipped with front wheels and rear wheels；
Seat, the seat are connected with the rear supports；
Headstock, the headstock include connecting rod, and a rot is arranged on the connecting rod, and the periphery of the rot is kept out
On the inner wall of the front supports, the front-wheel is arranged on the lower end of the connecting rod.
Further, the rot includes a pair of of steel valve, a pair of of steel ring, a buffer body and a pair of of rubber ring, Yi Duigang
In the relatively embedding annular groove being provided on the connecting rod of valve, the annular groove is provided on the periphery of the lower axle of the connecting rod, a pair of
Steel ring is embedded between the outer peripheral surface of the steel valve and the inner wall of the buffer body, and a pair of of rubber ring is embedded in the buffer body
Between outer peripheral surface and the inner wall of the front supports, wherein the bottom surface of the annular groove is an arc surface.
Further, there is an opening on the steel ring.
Further, the inner cavity of the buffer body is in horn-like, and the big end of the inner cavity of the buffer body is downward, described
A pair of of inner groovy is offered on the side wall of inner cavity, the path that an inner groovy is located at the inner cavity is intracavitary, another indent slot position
Major diameter in the inner cavity is intracavitary, and a conical surface transition is used between the upper surface of the buffer body and the outer peripheral surface of the buffer body
Connection, and the small end of the conical surface extends on the upper surface of the buffer body, it is externally recessed that the outer peripheral surface of the buffer body is equipped with one
Slot, the external groove are located on the conical surface.
Further, the inner ring of the steel ring engages with the corresponding track on the lateral surface for being located at the steel valve and connects
It connects, the outer ring of the steel ring is connected together with corresponding inner groovy.
Further, the inner ring of the rubber ring is fitting to connection with corresponding external groove, is located at the buffer body top
Rubber ring outer ring be located at the front supports inner wall on upper engaging slot be fitting to connection, be located at the buffer body lower part
Rubber ring outer ring be located at the front supports inner wall on lower engaging slot be fitting to connection.
Further, the rot further includes one first skeleton and one second skeleton, and first skeleton is embedded
It is first annular intracavitary inside the buffer body, embedding the second ring being provided inside the buffer body of second skeleton
Shape is intracavitary, and first skeleton is located at the outside of the buffer body, and second skeleton is located at the inside of the buffer body.
Further, the buffer body is made of polyurethane.
Further, the headstock further includes a pair of of handle, and the top of the upper axis of the connecting rod is arranged in a pair of of handle,
The lower part of the upper axis is fixedly connected with the top of the lower axle, and the front-wheel is arranged on the lower end of the lower axle.
It can be seen from the above technical scheme that the invention has the advantages that the present invention be provided with rot so that headstock with
Rotation between vehicle body is flexible, enhances the interest that children play；Buffer body is provided in rot, buffer body is by polyurethane
It is made, has many advantages, such as shock-absorbing, wear-resisting, to improve the comfort level that children play, extend service life of the invention；Turn
It is also provided with rubber ring in dynamic device, rubber ring is flexible, and energy-absorbing effect when vehicle makes impact with the ground can be improved, children also can be improved
Comfort when playing.
Other than objects, features and advantages described above, there are also other objects, features and advantages by the present invention.
Below with reference to figure, the present invention is described in further detail.
Detailed description of the invention
In order to more clearly explain the embodiment of the invention or the technical proposal in the existing technology, to embodiment or will show below
There is attached drawing needed in technical description to be briefly described, it should be apparent that, the accompanying drawings in the following description is only this
Some embodiments of invention for those of ordinary skill in the art without creative efforts, can be with
It obtains other drawings based on these drawings.In the accompanying drawings:
Fig. 1 is three-dimensional structure diagram of the invention.
Fig. 2 is partial sectional view of the invention.
Fig. 3 is the structural schematic diagram of the steel ring in rot of the invention.
Fig. 4 is the structural schematic diagram of the buffer body of rot of the invention.
Fig. 5 is the structural schematic diagram of the connecting rod of headstock of the invention.
Fig. 6 is the partial sectional view of front supports of the invention.
In the figure, it is marked as vehicle body 10, front supports 11, upper engaging slot 111, lower engaging slot 112, rear supports 12, front-wheel
13, rear-wheel 14, seat 20, headstock 30, handle 31, upper axis 32, lower axle 33, annular groove 331, rot 40, steel valve 41, track 411,
Steel ring 42, opening 421, buffer body 43, inner groovy 431, external groove 432, first annular chamber 433, the second annular chamber 434, rubber
Enclose the 44, first skeleton 45, the second skeleton 46.
Specific embodiment
Following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and technical solution in the embodiment of the present invention carries out clear, complete
Site preparation description, it is clear that described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, instead of all the embodiments.It is based on
Embodiment in the present invention, it is obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without making creative efforts every other
Embodiment shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
Referring to figs. 1 to Fig. 6, a kind of children toy car as depicted in figs. 1 and 2, including vehicle body 10, seat 20 and headstock
30, the front end of the vehicle body 10 has front supports 11, and the rear end of the vehicle body 10 has rear supports 12, the vehicle body 10
Bottom is equipped with front-wheel 13 and rear-wheel 14, and the seat 20 is connected with the rear supports 12, and the headstock 30 includes connecting rod, described
A rot 40 is arranged on connecting rod, the periphery of the rot 40 is kept out on the inner wall of the front supports 11, before described
Wheel 13 is arranged on the lower end of the connecting rod, and the setting of the rot 40 between headstock 30 and vehicle body 10 of the invention so that turn
It is dynamic flexible, enhance the interest that children play.
As shown in Figure 1, the headstock 30 further includes a pair of of handle 31, the upper axis 32 of the connecting rod is arranged in a pair of of handle 31
Top, the lower part of the upper axis 32 is fixedly connected with the top of the lower axle 33 of the connecting rod, and the front-wheel 13 is arranged described
On the lower end of lower axle 33.
As shown in Figures 2 and 3, the rot 40 includes a pair of of steel valve 41, a pair of of steel ring 42, a buffer body 43 and a pair
Rubber ring 44, in the relatively embedding annular groove 331 being provided on the connecting rod of a pair of of steel valve 41, the annular groove 331 is provided with described
On the periphery of the lower axle 33 of connecting rod, a pair of of steel ring 42 be embedded the steel valve 41 outer peripheral surface and the buffer body 43 inner wall it
Between, there is an opening 421 steel ring 42 to be made to facilitate installation, a pair of of rubber ring 44 is embedded in the buffer body on the steel ring 42
Between 43 outer peripheral surface and the inner wall of the front supports 11, the setting of the rubber ring 44 avoid the buffer body 43 with it is described
Directly contact makes the buffer body 43 generate damage for a long time between the inner wall of front supports 11, wherein the bottom of the annular groove 331
Face is an arc surface.
As shown in figure 4, the rot 40 further includes one first skeleton 45 and one second skeleton 46, first skeleton 45
In the embedding first annular chamber 433 being provided inside the buffer body 43, second skeleton 46 is embedding to be provided at the buffering
In the second annular chamber 434 inside body 43, first skeleton 45 is located at the outside of the buffer body 43, second skeleton 46
Positioned at the inside of the buffer body 43, first skeleton 45 and one second skeleton 46 keep away the rigidity increase of the buffer body 43
Exempt from 43 excessive deformation of buffer body, makes to contact between the rot 40 and the inner wall of front supports 11 reliably, after long-time use
The connecting rod will not tilt, so that the rotation between headstock 30 and vehicle body 10 is flexible, and safety in utilization is good.
As shown in figure 4, the inner cavity of the buffer body 43 is in horn-like, and the big end of the inner cavity of the buffer body 43 is downward,
A pair of of inner groovy 431 is offered on the side wall of the inner cavity, the path that an inner groovy 431 is located at the inner cavity is intracavitary, another
The major diameter that a inner groovy 431 is located at the inner cavity is intracavitary, the outer peripheral surface of the upper surface of the buffer body 43 and the buffer body 43
Between connected using a conical surface transition, and the small end of the conical surface extends on the upper surface of the buffer body 43, the buffer body 43
Outer peripheral surface be equipped with a pair of of external groove 432, the external groove 432 is located on the conical surface.The outer peripheral surface of the annular groove 331 with it is described
The inner peripheral surface cooperation of rot 40 is limited to the rot 40 in the annular groove 331 rot 40 is avoided to jump, by
Upward always in the power that ground is applied on buffer body 43 by connecting rod, the power that children apply on vehicle body 10 is downward always, described
Contact between the conical surface and the inner wall of the front supports 11 avoids occurring between the buffer body 43 and the front supports 11
Relative motion causes to generate inclination before and after vehicle body 10.
Preferably, the taper of the conical surface is between 20 °~30 °.
In the present embodiment, the buffer body 43 is made of polyurethane, and polyurethane has shock-absorbing, wear-resisting, performance adjustable
The advantages that adjusting range is big, thus the effect of bumper and absorbing shock has been not only acted as, the comfort level that children play is improved, and extend
The service life of the children toy car.
As shown in Fig. 2, Fig. 4 and Fig. 5, the inner ring of the steel ring 42 is corresponding on the lateral surface for being located at the steel valve 41
Track 411 is connected together, and the outer ring of the steel ring 42 is connected together with corresponding inner groovy 431, and the setting of the steel ring 42 makes
Buffer body 43 is obtained to be securely attached in the lower axle 33.
As shown in figs. 2,4 and 6, the inner ring of the rubber ring 44 is fitting to connection with corresponding external groove 432, is located at institute
State the outer ring company chimeric with the upper engaging slot 111 on the inner wall for being located at the front supports 11 of the rubber ring 44 on 43 top of buffer body
It connects, the outer ring positioned at the rubber ring 44 of 43 lower part of buffer body and the lower engaging slot on the inner wall of the front supports 11
112 are fitting to connection, and rubber ring 44 can be improved the energy-absorbing effect when children toy car makes impact with the ground, further improve children
Comfort when playing.
These are only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, is not intended to restrict the invention, for those skilled in the art
For member, the invention may be variously modified and varied.All within the spirits and principles of the present invention, it is made it is any modification,
Equivalent replacement, improvement etc., should all be included in the protection scope of the present invention.
Claims (9)
1. a kind of children toy car characterized by comprising
The front end of vehicle body (10), the vehicle body (10) has front supports (11), and the rear end of the vehicle body (10) has rear support
The bottom of body (12), the vehicle body (10) is equipped with front-wheel (13) and rear-wheel (14)；
Seat (20), the seat (20) are connected with the rear supports (12)；
Headstock (30), the headstock (30) includes connecting rod, is arranged on the connecting rod rot (40), the rot (40)
Periphery keep out on the inner wall of the front supports (11), the front-wheel (13) is arranged on the lower end of the connecting rod.
2. children toy car according to claim 1, which is characterized in that the rot (40) includes a pair of of steel valve
(41), a pair of of steel ring (42), a buffer body (43) and a pair of of rubber ring (44), a pair of of steel valve (41) relatively it is embedding be provided at described in
In annular groove (331) on connecting rod, the annular groove (331) is provided on the periphery of lower axle (33) of the connecting rod, a pair of of steel ring
(42) it is embedded between the outer peripheral surface of the steel valve (41) and the inner wall of the buffer body (43), a pair of of rubber ring (44) is embedded
Between the outer peripheral surface of the buffer body (43) and the inner wall of the front supports (11), wherein the bottom surface of the annular groove (331) is
One arc surface.
3. children toy car according to claim 2, which is characterized in that have an opening (421) on the steel ring (42).
4. children toy car according to claim 2, which is characterized in that the inner cavity of the buffer body (43) in horn-like,
And the big end of the inner cavity of the buffer body (43) is downward, offers on the side wall of the inner cavity a pair of of inner groovy (431), in one
The path that groove (431) is located at the inner cavity is intracavitary, and the major diameter that another inner groovy (431) is located at the inner cavity is intracavitary, described
It is connect between the upper surface of buffer body (43) and the outer peripheral surface of the buffer body (43) using a conical surface transition, and the small end of the conical surface
It extends on the upper surface of the buffer body (43), the outer peripheral surface of the buffer body (43) is equipped with a pair of of external groove (432), institute
External groove (432) is stated to be located on the conical surface.
5. children toy car according to claim 2, which is characterized in that the inner ring of the steel ring (42) be located at the steel
Corresponding track (411) on the lateral surface of valve (41) is connected together, the outer ring of the steel ring (42) and corresponding inner groovy
(431) it is connected together.
6. children toy car according to claim 2, which is characterized in that the inner ring of the rubber ring (44) with it is corresponding outer
Groove (432) is fitting to connection, and is located at the outer ring of the rubber ring (44) on the buffer body (43) top and is located at the front supports
(11) the upper engaging slot (111) on inner wall is fitting to connection, and is located at the outer ring of the rubber ring (44) of the buffer body (43) lower part
It is fitting to connection with the lower engaging slot (112) on the inner wall of the front supports (11).
7. children toy car according to claim 5, which is characterized in that the rot (40) further includes one first skeleton
(45) and one second skeleton (46), first skeleton (45) is embedding is provided at the internal first annular chamber of the buffer body (43)
(433) in, second skeleton (46) is embedding to be provided in internal the second annular chamber (434) of the buffer body (43), described
First skeleton (45) is located at the outside of the buffer body (43), and second skeleton (46) is located at the interior of the buffer body (43)
Side.
8. children toy car according to claim 6, which is characterized in that the buffer body (43) is made of polyurethane.
9. children toy car according to claim 2, which is characterized in that the headstock (30) further includes a pair of of handle
(31), the top of the upper axis (32) of the connecting rod, the lower part of the upper axis (32) and the lower axle is arranged in a pair of of handle (31)
(33) top is fixedly connected, and the front-wheel (13) is arranged on the lower end of the lower axle (33).
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