CN218421018U - Building block and toy assembly - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a building block and a toy component, wherein, the building block comprises a base and a plug connector, the base is provided with a socket; the plug connector can be elastically deformed to be inserted into the socket of the other base; one end of the plug connector is connected with the base, the other end of the plug connector is provided with a buckle, and when the plug connector is inserted into the socket of the other base, the buckle is clamped with the periphery of the socket of the other base; wherein, the socket is polygonal. The utility model discloses technical scheme has solved and has connected complicated problem between the building blocks.

Description

Building block and toy assembly

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a building blocks technical field, in particular to building blocks and toy subassembly.

Background

The STEAM education is a comprehensive education integrating multiple disciplines of science, technology, engineering, art, mathematics and the like. STEAM is a super-disciplinary education concept of emphasizing trampling, focuses on cultivating the comprehensive qualities of students in science, technology and engineering, can develop the brains of the students and cultivate the originality of the students, and improves the practical ability of the students. At present, usable STEAM education building blocks in the market have many parts, are connected complicatedly between the building blocks, and are expensive, are unfavorable for developing teaching work.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model discloses a main objective provides a building blocks and toy subassembly, aims at solving and connects complicated problem between the building blocks.

In order to achieve the purpose, the utility model provides a building block, which comprises a base and a plug connector, wherein the base is provided with a socket; the plug connector can elastically deform to be inserted into the socket of the other base; one end of the plug connector is connected with the base, the other end of the plug connector is provided with a buckle, and when the plug connector is inserted into the socket of the other base, the buckle is clamped with the periphery of the socket of the other base; wherein, the socket is polygonal.

In an embodiment, the number of the plug connectors is at least two, the two plug connectors are arranged at intervals, and the buckle of one plug connector is arranged on one side of the plug connector, which faces away from the other plug connector.

In one embodiment, the two plug connectors are oppositely arranged at intervals; and/or the sockets are arranged in a quadrilateral shape.

In one embodiment, the socket has four included angles, a part of the wall surface of the socket between the two included angles is recessed inwards to form an arc surface, and the centers of the four arc surfaces are the same.

In an embodiment, the base includes the bounding wall and locates the connecting portion of bounding wall, connecting portion are equipped with the storage tank, the socket is seted up to the tank bottom of storage tank, the degree of depth of storage tank is greater than the buckle is in the height of plug connector extending direction.

In one embodiment, the connecting portion is provided with the accommodating groove on both sides through which the socket passes; and/or the connecting part is flush with the end face of the coaming or lower than the end face of the coaming.

In one embodiment, the connecting parts are multiple, and first reinforcing ribs are arranged among the connecting parts; and/or a second reinforcing rib is arranged between the connecting part and the enclosing plate.

In one embodiment, the base and the plug are integrally provided.

In one embodiment, the insertion openings are multiple, and the multiple insertion openings are arranged at intervals along the extension direction of the base.

The utility model also provides a toy component, which comprises a building block, wherein the building block comprises a base and a plug connector, and the base is provided with a socket; the plug connector can be elastically deformed to be inserted into the socket of the other base; one end of the plug connector is connected with the base, the other end of the plug connector is provided with a buckle, and when the plug connector is inserted into the socket of the other base, the buckle is clamped with the periphery of the socket of the other base; wherein, the socket is polygonal.

The base of the technical proposal of the utility model is provided with the plug connectors, the base is also provided with the sockets for the plug connectors to be inserted, and the plug connectors of one building block can be inserted into the sockets of another building block and abut against the wall surfaces of the sockets through the elastic deformation of the plug connectors, thereby realizing the close fit of the plug connectors and the sockets; simultaneously the buckle that the plug connector set up can with socket periphery joint for the plug connector is difficult to fall out from the socket, and it is spacing to further carry out the plug connector, has improved the stability that two building blocks are connected. In addition, because this socket is the polygon setting, when plug connector and socket connection cooperation, the plug connector can't rotate in the socket to two building blocks of further having improved the stability of connecting. So, through plug connector and socket cooperation, it is convenient to connect easy operation between a plurality of building blocks, does benefit to the STEAM education and develops teaching work.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the embodiments or the prior art descriptions will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the structures shown in the drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of an embodiment of the building block of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is another perspective view of the block of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a further perspective view of the block of FIG. 1;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of another embodiment of the building block of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is another perspective view of the block of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural view of another embodiment of the building block of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural view of another embodiment of the building block of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a schematic structural view of another embodiment of the building block of the present invention;

fig. 9 is the utility model discloses two different concatenation complex structural schematic diagrams of building blocks.

The reference numbers illustrate:

reference numerals	Name (R)	Reference numerals	Name(s)
				10	Building blocks	120	Connecting part
100	Base seat	120a	Containing groove
				100a	Socket
	200	Plug-in connector
			100b	Included angle	300	Fastener
100c	Cambered surface	410					First reinforcing rib
			110	Boarding	420	Second reinforcing rib
111	Connecting plate

The objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative efforts belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

It should be noted that, if directional indications (such as upper, lower, left, right, front and rear \8230;) are involved in the embodiments of the present invention, the directional indications are only used to explain the relative positional relationship between the components in a specific posture (as shown in the attached drawings), the motion situation, etc., and if the specific posture is changed, the directional indications are changed accordingly.

In addition, if there is a description relating to "first", "second", etc. in the embodiments of the present invention, the description of "first", "second", etc. is for descriptive purposes only and is not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In addition, if appearing throughout the text, "and/or" is meant to include three juxtaposed aspects, taking "A and/or B" as an example, including either the A aspect, or the B aspect, or both A and B satisfied aspects. In addition, the technical solutions in the embodiments may be combined with each other, but it must be based on the realization of those skilled in the art, and when the technical solutions are contradictory or cannot be realized, the combination of the technical solutions should not be considered to exist, and is not within the protection scope of the present invention.

The utility model provides a building block.

In an embodiment of the present invention, referring to fig. 1 to 3, the building block 10 includes a base 100 and a plug 200, wherein the base 100 is provided with a socket 100a; the plug 200 is elastically deformable to be inserted into the socket 100a of another base 100; one end of the plug connector 200 is connected to the base 100, and the other end is provided with a buckle 300, when the plug connector 200 is inserted into the socket 100a of another base 100, the buckle 300 is clamped with the periphery of the socket 100a of another base 100; wherein the socket 100a is polygonal.

Specifically, referring to fig. 1, 4 and 6, the base 100 may be configured in a long strip shape, a block shape, or other regular or irregular shapes, and may be specifically configured according to actual situations. This base 100 can be the fretwork setting, also can be non-fretwork setting, and in an embodiment, base 100 is the fretwork setting to can alleviate the weight of building blocks 10, be convenient for children or student and take up or put down, do benefit to actual operation, also be difficult for pounding children or student in addition, improve the security performance of product.

The base 100 can be made of various materials, such as plastic, metal, or wood. In one embodiment, the base 100 is made of plastic, which greatly reduces the weight of the building block 10, and reduces the production cost, so that the selling price of the building block 10 is not too high, thereby facilitating the market promotion of the product and the acceptance of consumers. Referring to fig. 2 to 3, the base 100 is provided with insertion holes 100a, and the insertion holes 100a penetrate through two opposite surfaces of the base 100, and are connected with another block 10 through the insertion holes 100a, so as to assemble two blocks 10.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, a plug 200 is disposed at one end of the base 100, the plug 200 can be elastically deformed, and thus, after being elastically deformed, the plug 200 is inserted into a socket 100a of another base 100, and the plug 200 returns to its original shape to abut against an opening wall surface of the socket 100a, thereby realizing connection between two bricks 10. It is understood that the plug 200 is elastically deformable in a radial direction of the insertion opening 100a, and the plug 200 is inserted into the insertion opening 100a by being elastically deformed in the radial direction of the insertion opening 100a and then abuts against the opening wall surface of the insertion opening 100a. The plug-in unit 200 is made of a material capable of elastically deforming, and may be a plastic member or a metal member, as long as it elastically deforms in the radial direction of the socket 100a.

The number of the plug connectors 200 may be multiple, and referring to fig. 4 to 6, when the base 100 is provided with two plug connectors 200, the two plug connectors 200 are respectively located at two opposite ends of the base 100, or may be located at two adjacent ends of the base 100. The number of the plug-in units 200 may be 3, 4, or 5, etc. It should be noted that, one end of the base 100 may be provided with 1 plug-in unit 200, or may be provided with a plurality of plug-in units 200, which may be specifically set according to actual situations.

Referring to fig. 1 to 2, a buckle 300 is disposed at an end of the plug 200 away from the base 100, and the buckle 300 is used for being clamped with a peripheral end surface of the socket 100a, so as to limit the plug 200, improve the stability of the plug 200 matching with the socket 100a, and improve the splicing stability of two building blocks 10. Through the clamping of the buckle 300 and the periphery of the socket 100a, the periphery of the socket 100a limits the movement of the buckle 300, and the plug-in unit 200 is not easy to fall out of the socket 100a. When two building blocks 10 need to be separated, the plug connector 200 can be pushed to the middle of the insertion opening 100a, so that the plug connector 200 is elastically deformed, and then pulled in the opposite direction of being inserted into the plug connector 200, thereby completing the separation of the two building blocks 10.

The structure of the buckle 300 can be various, referring to fig. 1 to 3, the buckle 300 can be convexly disposed on one surface of the plug 200, and the buckle 300 has an abutting surface abutting against the periphery of the socket 100a, and the abutting surface can be a plane or an arc surface. Referring to fig. 2 to 3, in an embodiment, the abutting surfaces are arc-shaped surfaces, so that when two building blocks 10 are separated from each other, the plug 200 can be pulled out in a direction opposite to the direction in which the plug 200 is inserted, so as to quickly separate the two building blocks 10.

In order to further facilitate the separation of the plug 200 and the socket 100a, please refer to fig. 4 to 5, one surface of the buckle 300 protruding from the plug 200 is set as a rounded corner, which may be circular arc, so as to reduce the sharp corners, prevent the buckle 300 from scratching children or students, and further improve the safety and usability of the building block 10. The clip 300 and the plug 200 may be integrally provided, so that the connection stability of the clip 300 and the plug 200 is improved, and the assembling stability of the plug 200 and the socket 100a is also improved.

Referring to fig. 1 to 2 and 4, the socket 100a is polygonal, i.e., non-circular. So, after the cooperation is assembled with socket 100a to plug connector 200, plug connector 200 can not be at socket 100a internal rotation to avoid because plug connector 200's rotation, lead to the mosaic structure between building blocks 10 to change, and then guaranteed the stability ability of connecting between building blocks 10, do benefit to teaching operation and children or student's intellectual development.

The base 100 of the technical solution of the present invention is provided with the plug 200, the base 100 is further provided with a socket 100a for the plug 200 to insert, through elastic deformation of the plug 200, the plug 200 of one building block 10 can be inserted into the socket 100a of another building block 10 and abut against the wall of the socket 100a, so as to realize the tight fit between the plug 200 and the socket 100a; meanwhile, the buckle 300 arranged on the plug connector 200 can be clamped with the periphery of the socket 100a, so that the plug connector 200 is not easy to fall out of the socket 100a, the plug connector 200 is further limited, and the connection stability of the two building blocks 10 is improved. In addition, since the insertion opening 100a is formed in a polygonal shape, when the plug 200 is coupled to the insertion opening 100a, the plug 200 cannot rotate in the insertion opening 100a, thereby further improving the coupling stability of the two blocks 10. Thus, through the matching of the plug connector 200 and the socket 100a, the connection operation between the building blocks 10 is simple and convenient, and the teaching work of STEAM education is facilitated.

Further, referring to fig. 1 to fig. 2, in an embodiment, the number of the plug connectors 200 is at least two, the two plug connectors 200 are arranged at intervals, and the fastener 300 of one plug connector 200 is arranged on a surface of the plug connector 200 opposite to the other plug connector 200.

Referring to fig. 2, by providing at least two plug-in units 200, the stability of the connection between the buckle 300 of the plug-in unit 200 and the periphery of the socket 100a is improved, and the plug-in unit 200 is not easily dropped out of the socket 100a. The two connectors 200 are spaced apart, and the clips 300 at the ends of the two connectors 200 are disposed opposite to each other, so that the clips 300 abut against the peripheral end surface of the socket 100a.

Referring to fig. 1, fig. 4 and fig. 6, in an embodiment, two plug connectors 200 are disposed at an interval. Through the relative arrangement of the two plug connectors 200, the two buckles 300 can be clamped on the two opposite sides of the periphery of the socket 100a, so that the splicing stability of the plug connectors 200 and the socket 100a is further improved. It will be appreciated that the distance between the two opposing connectors 200 may be the same or different, such as the distance between the two connectors 200 gradually increases or decreases from the aperture of the jack 100a.

The shape of the socket 100a can be varied, and referring to fig. 1 to 2 and 4, in one embodiment, the socket 100a is quadrilateral. The quadrangle may be a diamond or a rectangle, when the socket 100a is a quadrangle, the two connectors 200 may be engaged with two opposite sides of the socket 100a, and meanwhile, the two fasteners 300 may be engaged with two opposite sides of the periphery of the socket 100a, thereby improving the stability of the connection between the connectors 200 and the socket 100a. Referring to fig. 1 to 2 and 9, in an embodiment, the socket 100a is square, so that the shapes of the two plug connectors 200 may be the same, and the clips 300 on the two plug connectors 200 are arranged back to back; moreover, the plug-in unit 200 can select different plugging directions on another base 100, so as to obtain different splicing structures.

Further, referring to fig. 1 to 2, in an embodiment, the insertion opening 100a has four included angles 100b, a portion of the opening wall surface of the insertion opening 100a between the two included angles 100b is recessed inwards to form an arc surface 100c, and the centers of the four arc surfaces 100c are the same.

Referring to fig. 1 and 5, when the insertion opening 100a is a quadrilateral, the insertion opening 100a has four included angles 100b, a part of the opening wall between the two included angles 100b is recessed inwards to form an arc surface 100c, and the centers of the two formed arc surfaces 100c are the same, that is, the four arc surfaces 100c form a circle, so that the building block 10 can be matched with other cylindrical structures to obtain different assembly structures, thereby developing the intelligence of children or students. It will be appreciated that the cylindrical structure may be rotatable within the socket 100a, and the socket 100a does not limit the cylindrical structure, thereby facilitating a greater variety of different arrangements.

Referring to fig. 6 to 8, in an embodiment, the insertion holes 100a are multiple, and the multiple insertion holes 100a are arranged at intervals along the extending direction of the base 100. Base 100 sets up a plurality of sockets 100a, and a plurality of sockets 100a set up along base 100's extending direction interval for other building blocks 10 can select one or more sockets 100a to assemble according to actual need or thought etc. to obtain the different structure of assembling, make the process of assembling richer structurality, space logic and the effect of benefiting intelligence, and the compound mode is abundant various object for appreciation nature is strong, has outstanding structural advantage, has richened building blocks 10's mode of assembling.

Referring to fig. 5 to 6, in an embodiment, the base 100 includes a surrounding plate 110 and a connecting portion 120 disposed on the surrounding plate 110, the connecting portion 120 is provided with a receiving groove 120a, the bottom of the receiving groove 120a is provided with the socket 100a, and the depth of the receiving groove 120a is greater than the height of the fastener 300 in the extending direction of the plug connector 200.

Referring to fig. 5, the connecting portion 120 may be disposed in the enclosing plate 110, the end surface of the connecting portion 120 is provided with a receiving groove 120a, the bottom of the receiving groove is provided with a socket 100a, and the depth of the receiving groove 120a is greater than the height of the clip 300 in the extending direction of the plug 200, so that when the clip 300 is spliced and matched with the socket 100a, the clip 300 is received in the receiving groove 120a to receive the clip 300, and thus the clip 300 does not protrude from the end surface of the connecting portion 120, and the clip 300 is hidden, so that the clip 300 does not affect the splicing and matching between two building blocks 10.

The receiving groove 120a has various shapes, and in order to increase the sectional area of the receiving groove 120a, so that a child or a student can conveniently insert the plug-in unit 200 into the insertion opening 100a, referring to fig. 5, the receiving groove 120a may be a circular groove, so that the number of sharp corners is reduced, and the safety performance of the product is further improved. Similarly, the connecting portion 120 has various structures, and referring to fig. 5, the connecting portion 120 may be disposed in a cylindrical shape, and the receiving groove 120a is disposed on each of two end faces of the cylindrical shape, and the socket 100a extends along the axis of the cylindrical structure.

In order to increase the flexibility of the building block 10, referring to fig. 4 to 5, in an embodiment, the connecting portion 120 is provided with the receiving groove 120a on both sides through which the inserting hole 100a passes. The containing grooves 120a are formed in the two sides of the connecting portion 120, so that children or students do not need to distinguish the front side and the back side of the building block 10 during splicing assembly, the building block 10 can be rapidly inserted into the inserting hole 100a of another building block 10, and operation is flexible and convenient.

Referring to fig. 4 to 6, in an embodiment, the connecting portion 120 is flush with an end surface of the enclosing plate 110 or lower than the end surface of the enclosing plate 110. Referring to fig. 5 to 6, the surrounding plate 110 may be formed by surrounding a plurality of connecting plates 111, and the connecting portion 120 is disposed between the connecting plates 111 and connected to the inner wall surface of the connecting plate 111, and the end surface of the connecting portion 120 is flush with the end surface of the connecting plate 111 or lower than the end surface of the connecting plate 111, so that the connecting portion 120 does not protrude from the surrounding plate 110, which is beneficial for the connection between the building blocks 10.

The connection portion 120 may be provided with a plurality of insertion openings 100a, or a plurality of connection portions 120 may be provided, each of which connection portions 120 is provided with one insertion opening 100a. Referring to fig. 6 to 8, in an embodiment, there are a plurality of connecting portions 120, each connecting portion 120 has a socket 100a, so that the sockets 100a are not jammed together, the building blocks 10 can have a larger accommodating space, and the building blocks 10 do not interfere with each other. Specifically, referring to fig. 4, 6 to 8, the connecting portion 120 may have one, two, three, five, or four, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, etc., and may be specifically configured according to actual requirements.

Referring to fig. 6 to 7, in an embodiment, a first reinforcing rib 410 is disposed between a plurality of the connecting portions 120. The opposite sides of the connecting portion 120 can be connected to the inner wall of the surrounding panel 110, and in order to increase the distance between the connecting portion 120 and the connecting portion 120, a first reinforcing rib 410 is disposed between the two connecting portions 120, so that the structural strength of the building block 10 is improved, the hollow-out portion of the base 100 is also increased, and the weight of the building block 10 is reduced.

Referring to fig. 5 to 7, in an embodiment, a second reinforcing rib 420 is disposed between the connecting portion 120 and the enclosing plate 110. The connecting portion 120 may be directly connected to the inner wall of the surrounding plate 110, or may be connected to the surrounding plate 110 through the second reinforcing rib 420, thereby improving the structural strength of the building block 10.

The shroud 110, the connecting portion 120, and the plug 200 may be connected in various manners, and may be integrally formed or may be separately provided. Considering that the split arrangement results in more parts of the building block 10, it is easy for children or students whose intelligence is not fully developed to put small things in the mouth, even swallow them, and for this, referring to fig. 5 to 7, in one embodiment, the surrounding plate 110, the connecting part 120 and the plug 200 are integrally arranged.

The utility model discloses still provide a toy subassembly, this toy subassembly includes building blocks 10, and this building blocks 10's specific structure refers to above-mentioned embodiment, because this toy subassembly has adopted the whole technical scheme of above-mentioned all embodiments, consequently has all beneficial effects that the technical scheme of above-mentioned embodiment brought at least, and the repeated description is no longer given here. Referring to fig. 1 to 3, the building block 10 includes a base 100 and a plug 200, wherein the base 100 is provided with a socket 100a; the plug-in unit 200 is elastically deformable to be inserted into the socket 100a of another base 100; one end of the plug connector 200 is connected with the base 100, and the other end of the plug connector 200 is provided with a buckle 300, when the plug connector 200 is inserted into the socket 100a of the other base 100, the buckle 300 is clamped with the periphery of the socket 100a of the other base 100; wherein, the socket 100a is arranged in a polygon shape.

It should be noted that the toy assembly may include a plurality of toys, wherein one toy is block 10, or a plurality of toys are blocks 10.

The above is only the optional embodiment of the present invention, and not the scope of the present invention is limited thereby, all the equivalent structure changes made by the contents of the specification and the drawings are utilized under the inventive concept of the present invention, or the direct/indirect application in other related technical fields is included in the patent protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. A building block, comprising:

the base is provided with a socket;

a plug-in unit elastically deformable to be inserted into the socket of the other base; one end of the plug connector is connected with the base, the other end of the plug connector is provided with a buckle, and when the plug connector is inserted into the socket of the other base, the buckle is clamped with the periphery of the socket of the other base;

wherein, the socket is polygonal.

2. The building block of claim 1, wherein there are at least two of the connectors, two of the connectors being spaced apart, and the latch of one connector being disposed on a side of the connector facing away from the other connector.

3. The building block of claim 2 wherein two of said connectors are spaced apart from one another; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

the socket is quadrilateral.

4. The building block of claim 3, wherein the socket has four corners, a portion of the wall of the socket between two corners is recessed inward to form a curved surface, and the centers of the four curved surfaces are the same.

5. The building block of claim 1, wherein the base includes a wall and a connecting portion disposed on the wall, the connecting portion having a receiving slot, the slot having a slot bottom, the socket being disposed on the slot bottom, the receiving slot having a depth greater than a height of the clip in an extending direction of the plug.

6. The building block according to claim 5, wherein said connecting portion is provided with said receiving groove on both sides through which said socket passes; and/or the presence of a gas in the atmosphere,

connecting portion with the terminal surface parallel and level of bounding wall or be less than the terminal surface of bounding wall.

7. The building block of claim 5, wherein there are a plurality of the connecting portions, and first reinforcing ribs are provided between the plurality of connecting portions; and/or a second reinforcing rib is arranged between the connecting part and the enclosing plate.

8. The building block according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein said base and said plug are integrally provided.

9. The block according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein said plurality of sockets is spaced apart along the extension of said base.

10. A toy building set, characterised in that it comprises a building block according to any one of claims 1-9.

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