CN1436091A - Transformable toy figure having alternative sounds - Google Patents
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Abstract
A toy figure (10) is formed of an animal shaped fabric (11) and an egg shaped fabric (50), each of soft and pliable fabric and each commonly joined to the other by a common open aperture (45). The open aperture (45) and flexible fabric of the two forms (11, 50) allow one to be stuffed into the other through the common aperture (45) to provide a padded configuration of an animal toy or an egg shaped toy. Conventional sound unit (28) is supported within one of the flexible fabrics. First plurality of pressure-responsive switches (20, 21, 22) is supported within the animal-like flexible fabric while a second plurality (25, 26, 27) of pressure-responsive switches is supported within the egg-like flexible skin. The sound unit (28) produces a first set of sounds in response to actuation of the first plurality of switches and a second set of sounds in response to actuation of the second plurality of switches. In each configuration, one plurality of switches is inaccessible and one plurality is accessible.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to toy figure, particularly transformable toy moulding.
Background technology
Woolen toy is well-known a kind of toy that is popular.It is popular to be subjected to the liking of boys and girls of certain age bracket for many years and deeply.It is not at all surprising that the toy developers have developed various woolen toys for this reason.As a result, formed multiple woolen toy moulding, comprise shape such as animal, the people, fantastic, foreign lands' characteristic, cartoon etc. moulding.Although may being inexhaustible, all woolen toy moulding, the moulding of woolen toy all comprises essentially identical parts or part.These basic parts in addition or parts comprise soft epidermis, and it is made of cloth etc. usually and is used for supporting man-made hair or soft external-talent.Soft resilient material such as foam rubber or foamed plastics are loaded or filled in the inside of soft epidermis.Other fill commonly used comprises fiberfill or other filling material such as granular materials etc.Many woolen toy moulding also include further feature as being arranged on the phonation circuit of toy figure inside.The structure of phonation circuit is a prior art, and it has various electric/electronic devices.Now, most of phonation circuits in the toy figure all are to use the existing integrated circuit sonification system that is bearing on the printed circuit board (PCB), and one also is integrated with circuit chip, relevant memory and sound out-put circuit and acoustic transducer such as loudspeaker or piezo-electric device.In many woolen toy moulding with sound circuit, the selected position of toy body is supported with a plurality of starting switches, as is arranged on extruding or pressure switch in hand or the pin.
The woolen toy moulding that a class involved in the present invention is interesting is " transformable toy " of the prior art.The transformable toy moulding comes from by the simple operations to each parts of toy and just becomes any in the two states.For most applications, deformable is connected on the same opening by two blocks of clothes or fabric body and realizes.Thereby each piece cloth or fabric body all can be filled in by this opening and form a part of filler or filling material in the toy body at least.For example, people's such as Schneider U.S. Pat 4,614,505 has just proposed a kind of transformable toy figure (TRANSFORMABLE TOY FIGURE), and it can be deformed into different configurations gradually.These moulding all have a main part, and this part comprises the adaptive packing material of a pile, have a fabric to cover on this material.Fabric portions is fixed on the main part and forms a pocket, thereby this pocket elastically deformable can make the various piece of main body and material force thereof cross pocket when a kind of configuration becomes another configuration at toy.
People's such as Schneider US Patent specification US291,819 have proposed the design of a kind of toy filling moulding or similar articles for use (TOY STUFFED FIGURE OR SIMILAR ARTICLE), and it can carry out conversion between fantastic animal-shaped and a kind of spheroid that is difficult to describe in words.
The U.S. Pat 4,842,565 of Vonphilp Sr has proposed a kind of reverse filling toy that is made of two parts fabric (REVERSIBLE STUFFED DOLL), and a cavity that includes filler is arranged between these two parts.Each part fabric all has the outer surface of a band sound device, and each part all has specific outward appearance.Also having a fabric is thereby that of being used for covering in two surfaces makes toy have different outward appearances.
The U.S. Pat 4,413,442 of McSweeney has proposed a kind of 3-d deformable toy (THREE DIMENSIONAL TRANSFORMABLETOY) with first second surface, wherein between two surfaces a breaking part is arranged.Thereby a plurality of component parts of this moulding are fixed to a surface and go up and to make this moulding change to second configuration or conversely from first configuration.
The U.S. Pat 4 of McLeod Jr, 695,264 proposed a kind of have two be connected to each other, the variable filling moulding (CONVERTIBLE STUFFEDFIGURE) of moulding possibility of reversal, two moulding wherein are connected to each other and comprise separately internal cavities, and each cavity can both comprise or contain another moulding.These two moulding link together along same opening.
The U.S. Pat 4 of Garfinkel, 781,648 have proposed a kind of essentially identical woolen toy (REVERSIBLE PLUSH TOY) of knitting the possibility of reversal of skin of a pair of size that has, wherein to knit skin fixing and structurally expose one selectively and knit skin along periphery, cover another simultaneously and knit skin.Each piece is knitted skin and is included a plurality of annexes that are attached thereto, and these annexes align with another annex of knitting on the skin.Annex in the annex of each group alignment all is a turnover annex in another group annex, so that the annex of knitting on the skin that exposes is outwards outstanding.
The U.S. Pat 5 of Reynold, 090,938 have proposed a kind of toy or other article that can change (TOY OR OTHER OBJECT ALTERABLEBETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT SHAPES) between two kinds of difformities, it has an animal shape and one and is roughly spherical epidermis, spherical epidermis is assembled into a ball at an opening part, and animal shape just can be filled in the spheroid moulding of a filling of formation in the ball or spherical epidermis is filled in the animal-shaped middle filler that forms like this.
The U.S. Pat 5,649,848 of Clark has proposed a kind of woolen toy (REVERSIBLE PLUSH TOY) of possibility of reversal, and it has two kinds of designs, and is animals shaped as two kinds.Plough under each other by their roomy openings between the two and rout up conversion back and forth.
The U.S. Pat 4,404,689 of DeWan has proposed a kind of flexible container (FLEXIBLE CONTAINER HAVING A PREDETERMINEDTHREE DEMENSIONAL SHAPE) with predetermined three-dimensional shape, and it is used for making required article to reappear.This container links to each other with coat or similar article, and clothing or similar articles can be filled in container like this.Clothing or article can take out fully from container and use routinely.
The toy figure that people's such as the U.S. Pat 5,813,895 of Cho and DiResta U.S. Pat 5,846,116 proposes can be encapsulated in the egg of a simulation.
The elder generation in this field also provide the multiple U.S. Pat 5 that has the toy figure such as the Goodwin of sonification system, 795, the reading toy (READINGTOY) that proposes in 213, the U.S. Pat 5 of Ekstein, 501, people's such as 627 kids toys that have the function of hissing that propose (CHILDREN " S TOY WITH PEAK-A-BOO ACTIVATION) and Favilli U.S. Pat 3; 977,292 toy figures with tuning acoustical generator and mark (TOY FIGURE HAVING TUNED SOUND PRODUCERS ANDINDICIA) that propose.People's such as Hyman U.S. Pat 5,316,515 has proposed a kind of acoustic toy, and it structurally is assembled with the neck of horse, it is fixed to pendant person's waist and wherein have sound-producing device.
Although above-mentioned prior art increases and obtained certain business success, also need prior art is constantly improved, to improve toy figure novelty and recreational.
Summary of the invention
Therefore, catalogue of the present invention provides a kind of improved transformable toy figure.The present invention's purpose more specifically provides a kind of improved transformable toy figure, and wherein the checker of configuration has unique feature and performance.
The invention provides a kind of transformable toy moulding, it comprises: first epidermis that forms first profile, form second epidermis of second profile, between first and second epidermises, be formed with both shared openings, thereby each epidermis can be transferred to all and toy figure is changed in all the other epidermises like this between the first kind of structure and second structure; Be bearing in the first intraepidermal phonation unit, it is used for forming first kind and second kind of sound; First group of switch, it is bearing in first epidermis and with phonation unit and links to each other; And second group of switch, it is bearing in second epidermis and with phonation unit and links to each other, phonation circuit produces first kind of sound in response to first group of switch, produce second kind of sound in response to second group of switch, in first kind of structure, first group of switch can be connected and second group of switch can not be connected, and in second kind of structure, second group of switch can be connected and first group of switch can not be connected.
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What the characteristic of claims was mentioned is new feature of the present invention.In conjunction with the accompanying drawings and with reference to specification, the present invention may be better understood and purpose and advantage, and wherein in different moulding, identical Reference numeral is represented identical parts, wherein:
Fig. 1 is the stereogram of animals shaped transformable toy figure constructed according to the invention;
Fig. 2 is the stereo rearview of animals shaped transformable toy figure of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is deformed to the stereo rearview that another shape begins for transformable toy figure of the present invention at it;
Fig. 4 exposes the three-dimensional side view of two epidermises parts when distortion is middle for transformable toy figure of the present invention;
Fig. 5 is the front isometric view of transformable toy figure of the present invention in being deformed to another egg type structure;
Fig. 6 is the stereogram of transformable toy figure of the present invention when its egg type structure;
Fig. 7 is the front view of the phonation unit of transformable toy figure of the present invention;
Fig. 8 is the cutaway view of phonation unit 8-8 along the line among Fig. 7;
Fig. 9 is the block schematic diagram of the used phonation circuit of phonation unit among Fig. 7 and Fig. 8.
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Fig. 1 is the front perspective view of toy figure 10 of the present invention.Toy figure 10 shown in Fig. 1 is the shape of picture animal, the eccentric shape of the little dinosaur of this animals shaped normally appearance picture in Fig. 1-5 illustrated embodiment.Therefore, toy figure 10 comprises an epidermis 11 that is made of flexible material or cloth, and it includes body 13, head 12 and tail 14.Epidermis 11 also includes a belly 19 and a pair of foreleg or forearm 15 and 16.In addition, toy figure 10 of the present invention also includes a plurality of pressure sensitive switch 20,21 and 22, and they are bearing in respectively on the inner surface of epidermis 11 midriffs 19 and forearm 16 and 15.Have much although be used for the bracing or strutting arrangement of pressure sensitive switch 20 to 22, preferably pressure sensitive switch 20 to 22 is fixed in the textile bags of epidermis 11 inner surfaces formation.First referring to Fig. 6, the pocket 28 that the example shown in the figure is used for supporting pressure sensitive switch 25 is arranged in the nexine or the inner surface of eggshell epidermis 50.Obviously, those of ordinary skill in the art knows that each pressure sensitive switch of embodiment shown in Fig. 1 to 9 of the present invention all adopts this switch type of attachment.Equally, also can use other type of attachment such as bonding etc., these all within the spirit and scope of the present invention.The position of pressure sensitive switch 20 to 22 and support are extremely important, thereby should make it help the contact pressure of epidermis 11 outer surfaces is responded and starting switch near epidermis 11.Under the situation that forearm 15 and 16 are arranged, the user can start pressure sensitive switch 22 and 21 by pushing hand or metacarpus easily.
In the structure shown in Figure 1, toy figure 10 is one and is used for the recreational woolen toy moulding that routine is played.Preferred embodiment and below in the mode that provides of Fig. 9, pressure sensitive switch 20,21 and 22 makes inner phonation unit 23 (referring to Fig. 4) produce dinosaur and " roars " or " screaming " sound, also other suitable true or illusory sound.
Toy figure 10 can be from the animals shaped egg type shape shown in Figure 6 that changes to shown in Figure 1.Owing to adopted a pair of epidermis that links to each other along shared perforate, so the conversion of toy figure 10 greatly before goes a step further than existing constructing technology.Therefore, from Fig. 3, can see well, be filled with or be plugged with eggshell epidermis 50 in the epidermis 11, thereby be in the soft packing that provides when animals shaped shown in Figure 1 at eggshell epidermis 50.
Fig. 2 for the transformable toy figure 10 of animal structure of the present invention from animals shaped stereo rearview when changing to egg type shape shown in Figure 6 and beginning shown in Figure 1.As mentioned above, toy figure 10 comprises an epidermis 11, and it has body 13, a plurality of leg such as leg 17, tail 14, foreleg or a forearm 15 and a head 12.Also have a slide fastener 40 on the epidermis 11, this slide fastener 40 has a pull head 41 and a lid limit 42.Lid limit 42 is knitted the animal cuticle 11 that material is preferably coupling and is constituted by loose usually, and its major function is the exposed portions serve that covers slide fastener 40.
In the structure of Fig. 2, slide fastener 40 is in the drawing state, and toy figure 10 is in animals shaped state.Toy figure 10 from animals shaped variation shown in Figure 2 to egg type shape shown in Figure 6 be from the lid limit 42 be snapped away from slide fastener 40, the pulling pull head 41 open slide fastener 40.
Fig. 3 opens the stereo rearview of back toy figure 10 for slide fastener 40.More particularly, as mentioned above, toy figure 10 comprises an epidermis 11, and this epidermis 11 forms body 13, head 12, tail 14, leg 17 and arm 15.Still as mentioned above, a slide fastener 40 is arranged on the epidermis 11, this slide fastener 40 has movably a pull head 41 and a lid limit 42.
In structure shown in Figure 3, slide fastener 40 is opened and expose the eggshell epidermis 50 that the flexible woven material forms.According to the deformable feature of toy figure 10, the eggshell epidermis of filling in the epidermis 11 50 provides filling material or stuffing in animals shaped shown in Fig. 1 to 3.As shown in Figure 4, eggshell epidermis 50 preferably is made of flexible fabric or cloth, and it is connected on the epidermis 11 along shared opening 45.When slide fastener 40 is opened, along with using hand is stretched into epidermis 11 taking-up eggshell epidermises 50 and expansion fully, thereby toy figure 10 continues to form structure shown in Figure 4.
Fig. 4 is the three-dimensional side view of toy figure 10 when the distortion mid portion is cut open.In this centre position, two block animal epidermises (epidermis 11 and eggshell epidermis 50) expose fully and link to each other along shared opening 45.
More particularly, epidermis 11 comprises a body 13, is formed with a shared opening 45 in this body 13.Epidermis 11 also comprises a head 12, tail 14, two legs 17 and 18, a pair of arm 15 and 16 and belly 19.As above Fig. 1 is described, and pressure sensitive switch 22 and 21 are housed respectively on the arm 15 and 16, on the belly 19 pressure sensitive switch 20 is housed simultaneously.
Toy figure 10 also comprises an eggshell epidermis 50, and a shared opening 45 is arranged in this eggshell epidermis 50, and its type of attachment by routine is connected on the shared opening of epidermis 11 as sewing up to wait.Extend along one side of shared opening 45 on lid limit 42.Although in Fig. 4, cannot see, can see that in Fig. 3 slide fastener 40 can open and close shared opening 45.
A plurality of pressure sensitive switch 25,26 and 27 are housed on the inner surface of eggshell epidermis 50.As shown in Figure 6, pressure sensitive switch 25 to 27 is contained in the inner surface of eggshell epidermis 50 by corresponding a plurality of braiding pockets as braiding pocket 28, as shown in Figure 6, pressure sensitive switch 25 is housed in the pocket 28.
Fig. 7 and Fig. 8 are used for describing in detail phonation unit 23 of the present invention, and an inner phonation circuit (circuit 64 shown in Fig. 9) is housed in this phonation unit 23.In preferred structure of the present invention, adopt one to be similar to pocket shown in Figure 6 28 phonation unit 23 is contained in the eggshell epidermis 50.Yet those of ordinary skill in the art knows that phonation unit 23 can be installed in the supporting structure of various routines, and this includes but not limited to a large amount of braided packings or bedding and padding on every side.
An importance of the present invention is that pressure sensitive switch 20,21 and 22 is contained in the epidermis 11 all, and is not contained in the eggshell epidermis 50.In contrast, another importance of the present invention is that pressure sensitive switch 25,26 and 27 all is contained in the inner surface of eggshell epidermis 50, rather than in the epidermis 11.Pressure sensitive switch 20,21 links to each other with phonation unit 23 by many lines with 22.Equally, pressure sensitive switch 25,26 links to each other with phonation unit 23 by many lines with 27.
Therefore, from Fig. 4 and Fig. 1 as a comparison and 6 as can be seen, only become shown in Figure 1ly when animals shaped at toy figure 10, pressure sensitive switch 20,21 and 22 just can expose and be activated, at this moment, pressure sensitive switch 25,26 and 27 all is embedded in the inside of inner stuffing eggshell epidermis 50.In contrast, only when toy figure 10 became egg type shape shown in Figure 6, pressure sensitive switch 25,26 and 27 just can expose and by pressure-activated, at this moment, pressure sensitive switch 20,21 and 22 all wraps in eggshell epidermis 50 inside, and separates with pressure-activated.
Figure 5 shows that the stereogram of toy figure 10 when the distortion final stage.As mentioned above, toy figure 10 comprises an epidermis 11, and this epidermis 11 comprises a head 12, body 13, tail 14, arm 15 and 16 and leg 17 and 18.Toy figure 10 further comprises an eggshell epidermis 50 that links to each other with epidermis 11 at shared opening 45 places.Slide fastener 40 and Gai Bian 42 pull on shared opening 45.
When structure shown in Figure 5 or deformation state, thereby epidermis 11 is turned up and is compressed by shared opening 45 and filled in the eggshell epidermis 50.The deformation method of this woolen toy moulding is known.When epidermis 11 was filled in the inside of eggshell epidermis 50, it just provided a suitable filler or bedding and padding for the toy figure 10 of egg type structure shown in Figure 6.In case epidermis 11 is filled in eggshell epidermis 50, zip up 40, distortion is to be finished.
Figure 6 shows that the stereogram of toy figure 10 under the egg type structure.In this structure, eggshell epidermis 50 around and closed coat 11 (referring to Fig. 5), cover slide fastener 40 and finish eggshell sealing thereby cover limit 42 simultaneously.Formed structure is an egg type body, and it is soft relatively.In the present invention, there are a plurality of pressure sensitive switch 25,26 and 27 to be contained on the inner surface of eggshell epidermis 50 in the toy figure 10.Therefrom can see, thereby be fixed on the inner surface of eggshell epidermis 50 encapsulation by the pocket 28 that braided material or other suitable material constitute and support this pressure sensitive switch 25.Although can't see among Fig. 6, pressure sensitive switch 26 and 27 obviously also is contained in the inside of eggshell epidermis 50.
Vital point of the present invention is furnished with a plurality of pressure sensitive switch exactly on eggshell epidermis 50, it is exposed to extraneous when toy figure 10 is in the egg type structure and can be next pressure-activated by user's striking, simultaneously the packed egg type interior of articles that is isolated in of remaining pressure sensitive switch ( switch 20,21 and 22 shown in Figure 1).
The operation of phonation unit 23 is as follows.Phonation unit 23 excites in response to the pressure of any in the pressure sensitive switch 25 to 27 and produces a sound, and this sound is different from the sound that pressure sensitive switch 20 to 22 (referring to Fig. 1) produces when being excited.In preferable configuration of the present invention, when toy figure 10 is in structure shown in Figure 6, select the sound of heartbeat to come exciting of responding to switch pressure sensitive switch 25 to 27.Obviously, also can be toy figure 10 and when egg type structure shown in Figure 6, select other suitable sound.Yet toy figure of the present invention selects heartbeat to have recreational especially when the egg type shape.
Obviously, those of ordinary skill in the art knows, being reversed above-mentioned deformation process, just toy figure 10 to be turned back to animals shaped.Equally, those of ordinary skill in the art knows, at reversal deformation during to Fig. 1 structure, pressure sensitive switch 25 to 27 will be by every in the inside of epidermis 11, thereby can not excited by the user, and pressure sensitive switch 20 to 22 is then got back to the state that can be excited by the user and operate.Therefore, an importance of the present invention is that toy figure 10 can produce one group of voice response or sound when animals shaped, and can produce a different set of voice response and sound in addition when the egg type shape.Like this, the characteristics of transformable toy figure of the present invention are that difformity according to transformable toy figure changes suitable voice output.
Fig. 7 is the front view of phonation unit 23.Phonation unit 23 comprises a housing 60 that is loaded with grid 61.Phonation unit 23 can be routinely constructing technology such as mold etc. create.
Fig. 8 is the cutaway view of phonation unit 23 8-8 along the line among Fig. 7.Phonation unit 23 comprises a housing 60 that is loaded with grid 61, has a plurality of openings in this grid 61.Phonation unit 23 also comprises a battery supply 62 and a piezoelectric transducer 63.Those of ordinary skill in the art knows without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, and available other sensor replaces piezoelectric transducer 63 as very little loudspeaker etc.Phonation circuit 64 comprises printed circuit board 59, and electronic circuit component such as the integrated circuit 65 and the audio output transducer 66 of a plurality of routines is housed on it.Housing 60 further is loaded with a connector 69, and many lines 30 to 32 and 35 to 37 link to each other with this connector 69.Connector 69 is admitted and is bearing in the housing 60, and it adopts conventional manufacturing technology to link to each other to 37 with line 30 to 32 and 35.Although do not show among Fig. 8, know that very it has many interconnectors to come to realize connecting between connector 69 and phonation circuit 64.In addition, although do not show among Fig. 8, very clear also have many lines in operation phonation circuit 64 to be connected on battery supply 62 and the piezoelectric transducer 63.Excessively mixed and disorderly for fear of Fig. 8, these lines all are removed, thereby can realize forming circuit shown in Figure 9 according to routine techniques fully here.
Fig. 9 is the block schematic diagram of phonation circuit 64 and executive component thereof.Phonation circuit 64 can adopt conventional manufacturing technology to process fully, thereby provides cheaply little phonation circuit for toy or other device.At this moment, phonation circuit 64 comprises an integrated circuit 65 that is used for sounding, and what be attached thereto has a storage device 67.Integrated circuit 65 also links to each other with an audio output circuit 68, and this output circuit 68 links to each other with an electroacoustic transducer 63 conversely again.As shown in Figure 8, converter 63 for example can be a piezoelectric device.First group of pressure is carried out pressure sensitive switch 20,21 and is linked to each other with the triggering input of integrated circuit 65 with 22.Second group of pressure-responsive pressure sensitive switch 25,26 links to each other with another input of integrated circuit 65 with 27.Can know from the explanation of front: animal structure shown in Figure 1, pressure sensitive switch 20,21 and 22 exposes and can be triggered; And in egg type structure shown in Figure 6, pressure sensitive switch 25,26 and 27 exposes so that trigger.
In the operation, sound circuit 65 and memory 67 cooperatings, thereby make phonation circuit equipment 65 from memory 67, extract first group of voice data and convert thereof into suitable output format, to drive audio output device 68 in response to the triggering of arbitrary pressure sensitive switch 20 to 22.Thus, the sound-producing integrated circuit 65 here just includes suitable D so that audio output apparatus 68 drives loudspeaker 63 with audio analog signals.Equally, integrated circuit 65 extracts one group of different voice datas and converts thereof into suitable analog format in response to the triggering follow procedure of pressure sensitive switch 25 to 27 from memory 67, so that audio output apparatus 68 drives converter 63 with a different set of voice data, thereby produce different sound.Although can adopt any different sound group not breaking away from condition of the present invention, preferably adopted the sound of dinosaur or other animal at 20 to 22 o'clock at the response pressure sensitive switch, adopted the sound of heartbeat at 25 to 27 o'clock at the response pressure sensitive switch.
Therefore, the aforesaid transformable toy figure of the present invention can conversion between animals shaped or egg type shape.An importance of the present invention is that the inside phonation unit in the moulding can produce first group of sound when animals shaped, can produce second group of different sound when the egg type shape.This has increased the many enjoyment and the sense of reality to toy figure.In addition, because each structure all can produce different sound, therefore improved the conversion of deformable moulding greatly.
Although front of the present invention is showed and what describe is specific embodiment, those of ordinary skill in the art knows not breaking away from situation of the present invention to also have some variations and change.Therefore, the present invention summarizes all changes and change in the spirit and scope of the invention with claims.
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1. transformable toy moulding, it comprises:
Form first epidermis of first profile;
Form second epidermis of second profile, be formed with both shared openings between described first and second epidermises, described like this each epidermis can both be transferred in another epidermis, thereby makes toy figure conversion between the first kind of shape and second shape;
Be bearing in the first intraepidermal phonation unit, it is used for producing first kind and second kind of sound;
First group of switch, it is bearing in first epidermis and with described phonation unit and links to each other; And
Second group of switch, it is bearing in second epidermis and with described phonation unit and links to each other, and described phonation circuit produces described first kind of sound in response to described first group of switch, produces described second kind of sound in response to described second group of switch,
In described first kind of structure, described first group of switch can be connected and described second group of switch can not be connected, and in described second kind of structure, described second group of switch can be connected and described first group of switch can not be connected.
2. transformable toy figure as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first is shaped as a kind of animal, and described second is shaped as egg type.
3. transformable toy figure as claimed in claim 2, wherein said animal is similar to a kind of dinosaur substantially.
4. transformable toy figure as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first and second epidermises are made of a kind of cloth of flexibility.
5. transformable toy figure as claimed in claim 4, wherein said first is shaped as a kind of animal, and described second is shaped as egg type.
6. transformable toy figure as claimed in claim 5, wherein said animal is similar to a kind of dinosaur substantially.
7. transformable toy moulding, it comprises:
First and second epidermises, each epidermis all can be filled in another epidermis, thereby forms first structure and second structure; And
A device, its described toy when being described first structure touch in response to described first epidermis produce first group of sound, described toy when being described second structure touch in response to described second epidermis produce second group of sound.
8. transformable toy figure as claimed in claim 7, wherein said first and second epidermises are made of flexible fabric and connect at a shared opening part.
9. transformable toy figure as claimed in claim 8, wherein said first epidermis is made the shape of a kind of animal, and described second epidermis is made an egg type.
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