CN114602194B

CN114602194B - Toy

Info

Publication number: CN114602194B
Application number: CN202210290988.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 鹈池善仁; 永冈悠作; 真野瑛子
Original assignee: Bandai Co Ltd
Current assignee: Bandai Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-04-09
Filing date: 2022-03-23
Publication date: 2024-03-26
Anticipated expiration: 2042-03-23
Also published as: WO2022215569A1; JP2022161803A; JP6977193B1; CN114602194A; JP2022161750A; CN118059509A

Abstract

the present invention relates to toys. The following techniques are provided: in a toy capable of repeatedly enjoying the feeling of crushing the bubble cushioning material, the operational feeling is made more similar to crushing the bubbles of the real bubble cushioning material. The toy (2) has a1 st piece (30) with a plurality of protruding parts (31) formed on the front side. A2 nd sheet (40) is adhered to the back surface of the 1 st sheet (30), and the convex portions (31) are individually sealed in a gas-sealed state. A movable contact (62) of a tact switch (61) corresponding to each of the protruding parts (31) is provided on the back surface side of the 2 nd sheet (40).

Description

Toy

Technical Field

the present invention relates to a toy capable of repeatedly enjoying the feeling of crushing a bubble cushioning material.

Background

As one type of bubble cushioning material used for commodity packaging and the like, there is a sheet-type cushioning material in which a plurality of bubbles are geometrically arranged. Such bubble cushioning materials commercialized as bubble mats (registered trademark) or bubble films (registered trademark) are sometimes used for games that crush bubbles before being discarded. The bubble cushioning material is made of a thin vinyl resin, and cannot be restored to its original shape when the bubbles are crushed, so that the game cannot be continued when all the bubbles are crushed.

Patent document 1 discloses a toy capable of repeatedly enjoying the feeling of crushing a bubble cushioning material. When the toy is used, not only the game of breaking bubbles can be repeatedly enjoyed at any time, but also the toy has the elements of the game and can release the pressure.

Prior art literature

Patent literature

Patent document 1: japanese patent application laid-open No. 3134221

Disclosure of Invention

problems to be solved by the invention

However, in the toy of patent document 1, the following structure is constituted: the tact switch is pressed via a solid body of silicone rubber (the 2 nd button piece 203 having the large button 501 and the small button 601 of patent document 1) via a silicone rubber piece imitating bubbles of the bubble cushioning material. Therefore, there is a sense slightly different from the sense of operation of crushing the bubbles such as the real bubble cushioning material.

the present invention provides a technique for obtaining a toy that has an operational feel as if the bubbles of a bubble cushioning material were crushed.

Solution for solving the problem

The toy according to the technical scheme of the invention comprises: the 1 st piece is provided with N convex parts protruding towards the front side, wherein N is more than or equal to 2; a 2 nd sheet adhered to the back surface of the 1 st sheet to seal the convex portions individually in a gas-sealed state; a movable contact provided on the back surface side of the 2 nd sheet at a position corresponding to each of the protruding portions; a performance output unit; and an electronic control unit that controls the performance output of the performance output unit based on the on state of the movable contact, wherein the movable contact is individually changed from the off state to the on state by being transferred to the pressing of the protruding portion by the sealing gas in the corresponding protruding portion.

further, the movable contact may be a contact for a tact switch, and the operation of the movable contact may be tact-detected on the front side of the 1 st sheet by a sealing gas in the convex portion corresponding to the movable contact.

further, the convex portion may have a truncated cone shape.

Further, the movable contact may be sized to be positioned within the lower surface profile of the corresponding convex portion when viewed from the front side.

further, the movable contact may be sized to be positioned within the upper surface profile of the corresponding convex portion when viewed from the front side.

The side surface of the convex portion may have a smaller thickness than the upper surface thereof.

further, the 1 st piece and the 2 nd piece may be translucent, and the toy may further include an opaque piece provided between the 2 nd piece and the movable contact.

further, the 1 st sheet may have one or a plurality of annular groove portions surrounding the convex portion at a portion of the rear surface located at the peripheral portion of the convex portion.

Further, the 2 nd sheet may have a protruding portion protruding toward the movable contact at a position facing the movable contact.

in addition, the 1 st sheet may further include M dummy protrusions in addition to the N protrusions, and the 2 nd sheet may further include vent holes at positions corresponding to the dummy protrusions, respectively.

in addition, the toy may further include: a base portion having the movable contact, the show output portion, and the electronic control portion; and a frame body, wherein the 1 st piece and the 2 nd piece are arranged between the base and the frame body.

The performance output unit may have a speaker, and the base may have a storage unit for storing a battery and a speaker storage unit for storing the speaker, the base protruding on the back side, and a non-protruding portion other than the storage unit and the speaker storage unit may be a grip portion to be gripped by a user.

ADVANTAGEOUS EFFECTS OF INVENTION

According to the present invention, the 1 st and 2 nd pieces form the convex portion in the gas-sealed state similar to the bubble of the real bubble cushioning material. The convex portion is elastically deformed by an operation of crushing the air bubble, but is returned to its original state without breaking the airtight seal if the operation is released. The convex portion, which is subjected to the operation of crushing the air bubble, is elastically deformed, and transmits the operation force to the back surface side, thereby operating the movable contact. Based on the movement of the movable contact, for example, a sound playing in which the sound simulates the time of crushing the bubble is output from the toy playing. Thus, a toy that can give an operational feeling as if the bubbles of the bubble cushioning material were crushed.

Drawings

fig. 1 is a perspective view of the toy from above obliquely from the front.

fig. 2 is a perspective view of the toy from the back obliquely upward.

Fig. 3 is an XZ sectional view and a partial enlarged view of a section III-III of the toy viewed from the negative Y-axis direction.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the 1 st sheet viewed obliquely from above.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the 1 st sheet viewed obliquely from above the back surface.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the 2 nd sheet viewed obliquely from above.

fig. 7 is a perspective view of the 2 nd sheet viewed obliquely from above the back surface.

fig. 8 is an XZ sectional view showing the periphery of one convex portion in an enlarged manner.

Fig. 9 is an XZ sectional view showing the periphery of one convex portion in an enlarged manner in a state where the user operates the toy.

Description of the reference numerals

2. Toy; 4. a base; 6. a frame; 8. a sling hole; 10. an LED; 12. a storage cover section; 14. a battery housing section; 16. a speaker housing part; 18. a holding part; 20. a sheet assembly; 30. 1 st piece; 31. a convex portion; 33. a dummy convex portion; 35. an annular groove portion; 40. 2 nd piece; 41. a vent hole; 43. a thin-walled recess; 45. a protruding portion; 50. an opaque sheet; 52. a spacer; 54. a through hole; 56. a sheet; 60. a control substrate; 61. touching the switch; 62. a movable contact; 63. fixing the contact; 65. an electronic control unit; 70. an inner case; 80. a button cell; 82. and a speaker.

Detailed Description

the following describes examples of embodiments of the present invention, but the embodiments to which the present invention can be applied are of course not limited to the following embodiments. In addition, the orthogonal triaxial of the right-hand system is shown in the figures. The explanation will be made with the positive X-axis direction of the orthogonal three axes being the front or front, the negative X-axis direction being the back or rear, the positive Y-axis direction being the left, the negative Y-axis direction being the right, the positive Z-axis direction being the up, and the negative Z-axis direction being the down.

Fig. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a toy 2 according to the present embodiment, and is a perspective view of the toy 2 viewed obliquely from above from the front. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of toy 2 from the rear obliquely upward.

Toy 2 is a portable, generally box-shaped, compact toy capable of repeatedly enjoying the feel of crushing the bubble cushioning material. The toy 2 has a frame 6 on the front side of the base 4.

A rope hole 8 and an LED10 for performance output are provided at the upper part of the base 4. Further, a battery housing portion 14 and a speaker housing portion 16 with a housing cover portion 12 are projected on the back surface of the base portion 4. The thickness of the rear surface of the base 4 in the front-rear direction of the non-protruding portion other than the battery housing portion 14 and the speaker housing portion 16 is made thinner than the thickness of the speaker housing portion 16 in the front-rear direction, and a grip portion 18 for gripping the toy 2 with fingers in the front-rear direction is formed.

The toy 2 clamps the upper, lower, left and right outer edge portions of the sheet assembly 20 between the base 4 and the frame 6. The plurality of projections 31 and the plurality of dummy projections 33 of the sheet module 20 protrude from the window portion of the frame 6 to the front side and are exposed. The convex portion 31 and the dummy convex portion 33 are formed to simulate the bubbles of the sheet-like bubble cushioning material. The user holds the toy 2 by abutting the abdomen of the thumb against the upper surface of the projection 31 and winding the index finger and the other fingers around the back of the toy 2 and riding on the grip portion 18. Then, the game is played in the manner of pressing the convex portion 31 with the thumb.

When the protruding portion 31 is operated, the internal circuit is completed, and the toy 2 emits a sound similar to the sound emitted when the bubble of the bubble cushioning material is crushed from the speaker incorporated in the speaker housing portion 16, so that the LED10 emits light in a predetermined performance mode.

Fig. 3 is an XZ sectional view and a partially enlarged view of a section III-III (see fig. 1) of toy 2 viewed from the negative Y-axis direction. In addition, for ease of understanding, the illustration of the electric wiring and the fine electronic and electric components is omitted.

The toy 2 holds the sheet assembly 20, the spacer 52, the control board 60, and the inner case 70 as an internal support structure in this order from the front side between the base 4 and the frame 6.

The sheet assembly 20 is a laminated sheet, and is formed by bonding three sheets, i.e., a 1 st sheet 30, a2 nd sheet 40, and an opaque sheet 50, in order from the front side.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the 1 st sheet 30 viewed obliquely from above.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the 1 st sheet 30 viewed obliquely from above the back surface.

The 1 st sheet 30 is formed of translucent or transparent silicone rubber.

The 1 st sheet 30 has N (N is an integer of 2 or more) convex portions 31 and M (M is an integer of 1 or more) dummy convex portions 33. The convex portion 31 and the dummy convex portion 33 are arranged in a predetermined geometric positional relationship when viewed from the front.

the convex portion 31 has an outer shape that mimics the shape of a substantially truncated cone of a bubble of a real bubble buffer material, and forms a substantially truncated cone-shaped inner space that is open on the back surface side. The outer shape of the protruding portion 31 and the shape of the internal space are not limited to this, and can be appropriately set. For example, it may be cylindrical. Or may be in the shape of an oblong when viewed from the front.

An annular groove 35 is formed in the outer peripheral portion of the opening on the rear surface side of the protruding portion 31. The annular groove 35 is formed with irregularities in the front-rear direction, and a space for holding an adhesive for bonding the 1 st sheet 30 and the 2 nd sheet 40 is secured, which contributes to an improvement in adhesive strength around the opening. The specifications and the number of grooves of the annular groove portion 35 can be appropriately set according to the material of the 1 st sheet 30, the material of the 2 nd sheet 40, the conditions of the adhesive, and the like.

fig. 6 is a perspective view of the 2 nd sheet 40 viewed obliquely from above.

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the 2 nd sheet 40 viewed obliquely from above the back surface.

the 2 nd sheet 40 is formed of translucent or transparent silicone rubber.

The front surface side of the 2 nd sheet 40 is formed flat, but has a vent hole 41 at a position opposed to the dummy convex portion 33. The 2 nd sheet 40 has thin concave portions 43 and protruding portions 45 on the back surface side in relation to positions corresponding to the convex portions 31, respectively. Specifically, the thin concave portion 43 and the protruding portion 45 are provided at positions having the same YZ plane coordinates in the front view center of the convex portion 31 and the rear view center of the thin concave portion 43 and the protruding portion 45 corresponding to the convex portion 31.

The thin-walled concave portion 43 is a dish-shaped concave portion having a doughnut shape in which the thickness in the X-axis direction (front-rear direction) is set to be locally thinner than the surrounding area and is opened in the rear direction. The protrusion 45 is formed from the center of the thin recess 43 toward the rear surface.

Returning to fig. 3, after the adhesive is applied to the annular groove 35, the back surface side of the 1 st sheet 30 and the front surface side of the 2 nd sheet 40 are bonded so as to face each other. Thus, the rear surface side opening of the protruding portion 31 is closed by the 2 nd sheet 40 to form a closed space, and a gas-sealed state in which airtight air is sealed is obtained.

an opaque sheet 50 is attached to the back surface side of the 2 nd sheet 40.

the opaque sheet 50 is a resin sheet that can be printed and elastically deformed. For example, by PET (polyethylene terephthalate: polyethylene terephthalate) sheet, opaque silicone rubber. The opaque sheet 50 prevents the interior of the toy 2 from being seen through the translucent or transparent 1 st sheet 30 and 2 nd sheet 40. If the opaque sheet 50 of different kinds with various patterns printed on the front side of the opaque sheet 50 is prepared, toys 2 of different variations can be produced.

A control board 60 is disposed on the back surface side of the opaque sheet 50 with a spacer 52 interposed therebetween.

The spacer 52 is a member for securing a space for disposing the movable contact 62 between the opaque sheet 50 and the control board 60. The spacers 52 are, for example, plate-like members thin in the X-axis direction, and have through holes 54 penetrating in the X-axis direction, which have the same diameter or substantially the same diameter as the thin-walled concave portions 43, on the back sides of the convex portions 31.

The control board 60 is mounted with an electronic control unit 65, various electronic/electric components, and a tact switch 61 provided in correspondence with each of the convex portions 31, and receives power supply from the button cell 80 housed in the cell housing unit 14. The control board 60 is electrically connected to the speaker 82 housed in the speaker housing unit 16 as the 1 st performance output unit and the LED10 as the 2 nd performance output unit, and controls the performance output of the above components.

The tact switch 61 has a movable contact 62 and a fixed contact 63, and the contacts are connected to an electronic control unit 65. The movable contact 62 is a thin dome-shaped metal member functioning as a reverse spring, and the dome is disposed at a position facing the protrusion 45 in a normal state. The fixed contact 63 is disposed inside the dome of the movable contact 62 in such a positional relationship as to contact the movable contact 62 when the shape of the movable contact 62 is reversed in the back direction.

The electronic control unit 65 controls the performance output of the speaker 82 (the 1 st performance output unit) and the LED10 (the 2 nd performance output unit) based on the on state of the movable contact 62 and the fixed contact 63. The electronic control unit 65 can be realized by, for example, an IC Chip or a SoC (System on a Chip).

fig. 8 is an XZ sectional view showing the periphery of one projection 31 in an enlarged manner.

In focusing on the size of each part around the convex part 31, the thickness ts of the side face of the convex part 31 is smaller than the thickness tp of the upper face, and the outer diameter Φ1 of the upper end part obtained by observing the convex part 31 from the front face side is set smaller than the outer diameter Φ2 of the lower end part obtained by observing the convex part 31 from the front face side.

The diameter of the thin-walled recess 43 of the 2 nd sheet 40 and the diameter of the through-hole 54 of the spacer 52 are set to be the same or substantially the same as the diameter of the rear surface side opening of the projection 31.

The outer diameter Φ3 (corresponding to the outer shape of the movable contact 62) of the tact switch 61 when viewed from the front is set to be larger than the protruding end diameter Φ4 of the protruding portion 45 of the 2 nd sheet 40, but is set to be smaller than the diameter Φ5 of the thin-walled recess 43 of the 2 nd sheet 40. The outer diameter Φ3 of the movable contact 62 is smaller than the outer diameter Φ1 of the upper end portion obtained by viewing the convex portion 31 from the front side, and smaller than the outer diameter Φ2 of the lower end portion obtained by viewing the convex portion 31 from the front side. That is, the movable contact 62 can be said to be located in the lower surface profile of the corresponding convex portion 31 and the upper surface profile of the convex portion 31 when viewed from the front side.

Fig. 9 is an XZ sectional view showing the periphery of one projection 31 in an enlarged manner in a state where the user operates the toy 2.

the user holds the toy 2 by bringing the abdomen of the thumb into contact with the front end surface of the projection 31 and winding the index finger and the other fingers around the back surface of the toy 2 and putting them on the grip portion 18. Then, the user presses the convex portion 31 with the thumb in the manner of crushing the bubbles of the genuine bubble cushioning material.

The convex portion 31 is deformed as shown in fig. 9 by the pressing of this operation. That is, the upper, lower, left, and right side surfaces of the convex portion 31 are deformed to bulge outward, and the thin-walled concave portion 43 of the 2 nd sheet 40 is deformed to bulge in the back surface direction. The user's finger is transferred with a realistic feel very similar to that when the actual bubble of the bubble cushioning material is crushed.

The 1 st sheet 30 and the 2 nd sheet 40 are firmly and tightly bonded by the adhesive held in the groove of the annular groove portion 35, and the airtight seal of the convex portion 31 is not broken even if pressed by the crush neck. In addition, most of the airtight gas corresponding to the pressing amount is concentrated on the side surface of the thickness ts smaller than the thickness tp of the upper surface, and the upper, lower, left and right side surfaces of the convex portion 31 are bulged outward. Thus, the airtight gas in an amount corresponding to the pressing does not act on the gap between the 1 st sheet 30 and the 2 nd sheet 40, and the bonded portion is peeled off.

When the thin-walled concave portion 43 of the 2 nd sheet 40 bulges in the back direction, the opaque sheet 50 is also elastically deformed in the back direction, and the protrusion 45 presses the movable contact 62 through the opaque sheet 50, so that the dome shape of the movable contact 62 is deformed to a shape inverted from the front side to the back side.

In the structure, the impact caused by the reversing operation of the shape of the movable contact 62 is transmitted to the 1 st sheet 30 via the sealing gas in the convex portion 31 corresponding to the movable contact 62, and thus can be detected by tactile sensation on the front side of the 1 st sheet 30. By forming the movable contact 62 from a metal dome-shaped member, although the impact generated in response to the reversing operation of the movable contact 62 is small, the impact becomes noticeable as compared with the case where a metal dome-shaped member is not used. This small but noticeable impact is transmitted to the user's finger by means of the protrusions 31, giving the user the same feel as if the bubbles of the real bubble cushioning material were broken. The degree of striking is one of the important factors for generating a realistic feeling which cannot be achieved in conventional toys of the same kind.

When the movable contact 62 is reversed, the movable contact 62 and the fixed contact 63 are brought into an individually conductive state (on state), and the electronic control unit 65 performs predetermined performance output control. That is, the LED10 is lighted in a predetermined lighting pattern, and the sound of the sound imitating the bubble collapse of the real bubble cushioning material is emitted from the speaker 82.

When the user separates the finger from the protruding portion 31, the reverse rotation of the movable contact 62 is released, the movable contact 62 is returned to the state protruding toward the front side, and the contact between the movable contact 62 and the fixed contact 63 is released to be in the non-conductive state (off state). Further, the convex portion 31 is restored to its original shape by its elastic force. That is, the user can perform the operation of collapsing the same convex portion 31 again.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, a toy that can obtain an operational feeling as if the bubbles of the bubble cushioning material were crushed.

Further, even if the user operates the dummy protruding portion 33 so as to collapse the dummy protruding portion 33, since the air of the dummy protruding portion 33 is simply discharged through the vent hole 41 without the corresponding tact switch 61, there is no output of the performance when the protruding portion 31 is pressed as described above, and there is no tactile sensation of the return impact to the finger. The dummy protruding portion 33 is used to reproduce: as if the end portion of the bubble cushioning material in a true sheet shape is pressed and cut, a partial defective bubble remains in the end portion, and the state of the crushed touch is not obtained.

[ modification ]

the embodiments to which the present invention can be applied are not limited to the above examples, and addition, omission, and modification of the constituent elements can be appropriately performed.

(one of the modifications)

for example, in the above embodiment, as the manner of performing output, two manners of emitting light from the LED10 and emitting sound from the speaker 82 are exemplified, but not limited thereto. For example, the light emission of the LED10 may be omitted, or a vibrator may be added to add a short vibration to the performance output.

(modification II)

As the movable contact 62 of the tact switch 61 according to the above embodiment, a plurality of types of movable contacts 62 having different loads required for shape inversion according to the thickness and material of the metal dome-shaped member may be mixed. According to this structure, the toy 2 can reproduce: the bubbles of the real bubble cushioning material are also in a state in which there are sparse bubbles such as bubbles that are hard to crush and bubbles that can be crushed relatively easily. Further, the tone emitted from the speaker 82 may be, for example, a different cracking tone according to the type of the movable contact 62.

Claims

1.A toy, wherein the toy comprises a toy body,

The toy comprises:

the 1 st piece is provided with N convex parts protruding towards the front side, wherein N is more than or equal to 2;

A2 nd sheet adhered to the back surface of the 1 st sheet to seal the convex portions individually in a gas-sealed state;

a movable contact provided on the back surface side of the 2 nd sheet at a position corresponding to each of the protruding portions;

A performance output unit; and

An electronic control unit that controls the presentation output of the presentation output unit based on the on state of the movable contact,

The movable contact is transferred to the pressing of the corresponding convex portion by the airtight gas in the convex portion, thereby independently changing from the off state to the on state,

The operation of the movable contact can be tactilely detected on the front side of the 1 st sheet by the sealing gas in the convex portion corresponding to the movable contact.

2. The toy of claim 1, wherein,

The movable contact is a contact for a tact switch.

3. Toy according to claim 1 or 2, wherein,

The convex part is in a truncated cone shape.

4. toy according to claim 1 or 2, wherein,

The movable contact is sized to be positioned within the lower surface profile of the corresponding protrusion when viewed from the front side.

5. toy according to claim 1 or 2, wherein,

The movable contact is sized to be positioned within the upper surface profile of the corresponding convex portion when viewed from the front side.

6. toy according to claim 1 or 2, wherein,

the side surface of the protrusion has a smaller thickness than the upper surface thereof.

7. Toy according to claim 1 or 2, wherein,

the 1 st and 2 nd sheets are translucent,

the toy further includes an opaque sheet disposed between the 2 nd sheet and the movable contact.

8. Toy according to claim 1 or 2, wherein,

the 1 st sheet has one or more annular groove portions surrounding the convex portion at a portion of the rear surface located at the peripheral portion of the convex portion.

9. Toy according to claim 1 or 2, wherein,

the 2 nd piece has a protruding portion protruding toward the movable contact at a position facing the movable contact.

10. toy according to claim 1 or 2, wherein,

The 1 st piece has M dummy projections in addition to the N projections,

and the 2 nd piece is provided with vent holes at positions corresponding to the dummy protruding parts respectively.

11. toy according to claim 1 or 2, wherein,

the toy further includes:

a base having the movable contact, the show output section, and the electronic control section; and

The frame body is provided with a plurality of grooves,

The 1 st piece and the 2 nd piece are arranged between the base and the frame.

12. The toy of claim 11, wherein,

The show output section has a speaker that,

The base portion has a storage portion for storing a battery and a speaker storage portion for storing the speaker, the storage portion and the speaker storage portion being protruded on the rear surface side, and a non-protruded portion other than the storage portion and the speaker storage portion is configured as a grip portion to be gripped by a user.