CN220276294U - Building block joint toy of strenghthened type concatenation - Google Patents

Building block joint toy of strenghthened type concatenation Download PDF

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CN220276294U
CN220276294U CN202320994070.8U CN202320994070U CN220276294U CN 220276294 U CN220276294 U CN 220276294U CN 202320994070 U CN202320994070 U CN 202320994070U CN 220276294 U CN220276294 U CN 220276294U
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龚三恩
聂辉
徐洪军
魏文涛
徐红桃
龚智含
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The utility model discloses a building block clamping toy with reinforced splicing, which solves the problems of low compactness and easy falling of traditional toy clamping pieces in the prior art. Through setting up joint structure, the compactness is high between the joint body, and easy the assembling.

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Building block joint toy of strenghthened type concatenation
Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of building block toys, in particular to a building block clamping toy with reinforced splicing.
Background
The building block toy is usually a cubic wood or plastic solid toy, and letters or pictures are generally decorated on each surface, so that different arrangements or various patterns of building blocks for building activities are allowed, the intelligence of children can be developed, and houses, various animals and the like can be spliced. The building block toy is an intelligent toy which can inspire the comprehensive development of the intelligence of the children, is economical and practical and is deeply favored by the children. However, the toy clamping pieces on the market at present are usually fixed through the gap clamping between the clamping grooves when being spliced, the fixity is not strong, the compactness between the clamping pieces is low, the toy clamping pieces are easy to scatter, and the practicability is not high.
Disclosure of Invention
The utility model aims to solve the problems of low compactness and easy falling of the traditional toy clamping pieces in the prior art, and provides a reinforced spliced building block clamping toy.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the present utility model adopts the following technical scheme: including the joint body that is used for assembling the toy, be equipped with at least one dysmorphism joint portion on the joint body, dysmorphism joint portion includes the joint mouth, joint mouth lateral wall and dysmorphism joint portion surface are equipped with the joint structure, through joint structure joint between the joint body.
Through set up joint structure in the joint department of two joint bodies, improved the compactness between the joint body, and in the change in elasticity and elasticity, the balanced steady change can take place for the resistance of building blocks piece together card process, and piece together the card process and can be more smooth steady, and the elasticity of feeling is suitable, brings the comfort of using and experiencing.
Preferably, the clamping structure is a clamping part arranged on the side wall of the clamping interface or a clamping part arranged at the position corresponding to the position of the clamping interface on the surface of the special-shaped clamping part, or a combination of the clamping part arranged on the side wall of the clamping interface and the clamping part arranged at the position corresponding to the position of the clamping interface on the surface of the special-shaped clamping part.
That is, the engaging body may have at least one engaging portion or at least one engaging portion, and the engaging portion on the same engaging body are not necessarily engaged (may be fully engaged or may have a gap after the engagement).
Preferably, the card portion is provided on at least one side wall of the card interface, and the card portion includes at least one protruding structure.
The clamping parts on the same clamping body and different special-shaped clamping parts can be the same or different, and the clamping parts can be of a protruding structure or a combined structure of a plurality of protruding structures. The protruding structure can be rectangular protruding strips, can also be protruding strips of landing style, also can be protruding strips that one side is high and one side is low.
Preferably, the included angle between the protruding structure and the feeding direction of the clamping is 0-90 degrees.
The structure of the protruding structure is enriched, and the protruding structure can be transverse, vertical and a combination structure of transverse and vertical.
Preferably, the joint is at least arranged on one surface of the clamping part, and the joint comprises at least one sinking structure. The connecting parts on the same clamping body and different special-shaped clamping parts can be the same or different, and the connecting parts can be of a sinking structure or a combined structure of a plurality of sinking structures. The convex part of the clamping part and the concave part of the connecting part do not increase the burden in the production process of the die, the production can be completed continuously and smoothly, and the production time is not influenced.
Preferably, the included angle between the straight line where the sinking structure is located and the feeding direction of the clamping connection is 0-90 degrees.
Enriches the structure of the sinking structure, and the sinking structure can be transverse, vertical and a combination structure of transverse and vertical.
Preferably, the device further comprises an external expansion structure, wherein the external expansion structure is arranged on the surface of the clamping part and is connected with the clamping interface.
The outward expansion structure is positioned at the edge of the clamping interface and extends to the connecting part along the feeding direction of the clamping connection, namely, the outward expansion structure wraps the clamping part and the connecting part of the clamping connection structure. The outer expansion structure is utilized, the outlines of the clamping part and the connecting part can be deepened, the advancing direction of the clamping body is limited during clamping, and the clamping effect is ensured.
Preferably, if the angle between the plane of the clamping portion and the central axis of the clamping body is smaller than 90 degrees, that is, if the plane of the clamping portion and the central axis of the clamping body are not perpendicular, the extending direction axis of the protruding structure is parallel to the central axis of the clamping body. Ensuring the quite reasonable and simplified mold stripping direction during the subsequent production of the characteristic.
Therefore, the utility model has the following beneficial effects: in the fluctuation process of elasticity and tightness, the resistance of the building block splicing process can be changed uniformly and stably, the splicing process can be smooth and stable, the hand feeling tightness is proper, the comfort of using experience is brought, the burden is not increased in the production process of the mould due to the protruding structure of the clamping part and the sinking structure of the connecting part, and the production can be completed continuously and smoothly without influencing the production time. This makes blocks with reinforced snap features of such construction more popular in terms of functional characteristics.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a first embodiment of the present utility model.
Fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a second embodiment of the present utility model.
Fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of a third embodiment of the present utility model.
Fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of a fourth embodiment of the present utility model.
Fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of a fifth embodiment of the present utility model.
Fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a sixth embodiment of the present utility model.
Fig. 7 is a schematic diagram illustrating a locking process according to a sixth embodiment of the present utility model.
Fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a clamping piece clamped with a folded piece body in a seventh embodiment of the utility model.
Fig. 9 is a top view of embodiment seven of the present utility model.
Fig. 10 is a front view of a seventh embodiment of the present utility model.
Fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of the clamping piece clamped with another folding piece of the folding piece in the seventh embodiment.
Fig. 12 is a schematic structural view of an eighth embodiment of the present utility model.
Fig. 13 is a schematic structural view of a ninth embodiment of the present utility model.
Fig. 14 is a schematic structural view of a tenth embodiment of the present utility model.
Fig. 15 is a schematic structural diagram of the tenth embodiment after the clamping body is clamped.
In the figure: 1. a special-shaped clamping part; 2. a normal clamping part; 3. a card interface; 4. a clamping part; 5. a joint; 6. and (5) an external expansion structure.
Detailed Description
The utility model is described in further detail below with reference to the attached drawings and detailed description:
embodiment one:
the embodiment provides a building block joint toy of strenghthened type concatenation, as shown in fig. 1, including two joint bodies that are used for assembling the toy, be equipped with at least one dysmorphism joint portion 1 on the joint body, dysmorphism joint portion includes joint 3, and joint side wall and dysmorphism joint portion surface are equipped with the joint structure, pass through joint structure joint between the joint body.
Specific: the building block joint toy of this strenghthened type concatenation has two independent joint body at least (joint body A and joint body B), and single joint body can be a part, also can be the part group that a plurality of parts constitute, and two joint bodies of mutual joint can be the same, also can be different.
The special-shaped clamping parts on the clamping bodies can be one or a plurality of, and the clamping structures on the special-shaped clamping parts on the same clamping piece can be the same or different. The special-shaped clamping part of the clamping body A is provided with at least one clamping part or a clamping part of a clamping structure, or the clamping part and the clamping part are provided with a plurality of special-shaped clamping parts, the clamping structure of each special-shaped clamping part is different, namely the clamping body A can be provided with a plurality of clamping parts or a plurality of clamping parts. The clamping body B is also the same.
The clamping part of the clamping body is arranged on the inner side wall of the clamping interface, two inner side walls of the clamping body are arranged, the clamping part is arranged on at least one inner side wall, the clamping part comprises at least one protruding structure, and the protruding structure can be transverse or longitudinal and simultaneously. The joint portion sets up the surface at joint portion, and the surface includes two upper and lower surfaces, and the joint portion sets up on one of them surface at least, and the joint portion includes at least one structure that sinks, and the structure that sinks can be horizontal, also can vertically, also can both have simultaneously in horizontal and vertical.
During splicing, the clamping part on the clamping body A is clamped with the clamping part on the clamping body B, the clamping part on the clamping body B is also clamped with the clamping part on the clamping body A in the same way, and the convex structure and the sinking structure can be completely matched when being clamped, and a gap can also be reserved.
As shown in fig. 1, the connector comprises two different connector bodies, wherein one connector body is provided with eight identical special-shaped connector parts, each connector part comprises a connector part and a connector part, each connector part comprises a convex structure arranged on two side walls of the connector, each connector part comprises a sinking structure arranged on the upper surface and the lower surface of the special-shaped connector part, and the extending directions of the sinking structure and the convex structure form an included angle of 0 degrees with the feeding direction of the connector. The other clamping body is provided with at least four identical special-shaped clamping parts, each clamping part comprises a clamping part and a clamping part, and the arrangement of the clamping parts is identical with that of the previous clamping body.
In the fluctuation process of elasticity and tightness, the resistance of the building block splicing process can be balanced and stable, the splicing process can be smooth and heavy, the hand feeling tightness is proper, the comfort of using experience is brought, the protruding part of the clamping part and the concave part of the connecting part are not increased in the production process of the mould, the production can be completed continuously and smoothly, and the production time is not influenced. This makes blocks with reinforced snap features of such construction more popular in terms of functional characteristics.
Embodiment two:
the embodiment is two clamping bodies which are clamped, one clamping body is provided with a clamping part, and the other clamping body is provided with a clamping part.
As shown in fig. 2, in this embodiment, two clamping bodies clamped to each other have the same structure and are circular clamping pieces, each clamping piece includes 7 normal clamping parts 2 and one special-shaped clamping part 1, the clamping structure on one clamping piece is a clamping part 4, the clamping part is a protruding structure respectively arranged on two side walls of the clamping interface, and the protruding structure forms an included angle of 0 degrees with the feeding direction of the clamping, that is, the protruding structure is parallel to the feeding direction of the clamping; the joint structure on the other joint piece is a joint part 5, the joint part is a sinking structure respectively arranged on the upper surface and the lower surface of the special-shaped joint part, and the sinking structure forms an included angle of 0 degrees with the feeding direction of the joint, namely, the sinking structure is parallel to the feeding direction of the joint.
In this embodiment, the protruding structure is a rectangular rack, the sinking structure is a groove matched with the rack, and the clamping portions and the connecting portions of the two clamping pieces are completely matched. In this embodiment, the protruding structure may be disposed on only one side wall of the card interface, and the sinking structure may be disposed on only one surface of the card connection portion, that is, only the minimum number of card connection structures and only one card connection relationship.
Therefore, the embodiment can extend that a plurality of clamping structures are arranged on two clamping bodies, a plurality of clamping parts on each clamping body and/or a plurality of clamping parts on the other clamping body and/or clamping parts are mutually clamped, and only one clamping relation can be formed between the two clamping bodies.
The clamping body can be a clamping piece or a combination of a plurality of clamping pieces.
Embodiment III:
the embodiment is one or more of the clamping structures which are perpendicular to the square shaft of the clamping advancing direction, three clamping parts are arranged, the corresponding three clamping parts are arranged, and the clamping parts are arranged on the same clamping body.
As shown in fig. 3, the two clamping bodies of the mutual clamping in this embodiment are identical in structure and are circular clamping pieces, each clamping piece comprises 7 normal clamping portions 2 and one special-shaped clamping portion 1, and the clamping structures on the two clamping pieces are identical and are the combination of the clamping portions arranged on the side wall of the clamping interface and the clamping portions arranged at the positions corresponding to the positions of the special-shaped clamping portions on the surface of the clamping interface.
The clamping part comprises three protruding structures which are respectively arranged on two side walls of the clamping interface, and the protruding structures form an included angle of 90 degrees with the feeding direction of the clamping, namely, the protruding structures are perpendicular to the feeding direction of the clamping; the joint portion is three sinking structures respectively arranged on the upper surface and the lower surface of the special-shaped joint portion, and the sinking structures and the feeding direction of the joint form an included angle of 90 degrees, namely, the sinking structures are perpendicular to the feeding direction of the joint.
In this embodiment, the protruding structure is a rectangular rack, the sinking structure is a groove matched with the rack, and the clamping portions and the connecting portions of the two clamping pieces are completely matched.
When in clamping, the clamping part of one clamping piece is clamped with the connecting part of the other clamping piece, and the clamping part of the other clamping piece is clamped with the connecting part of the clamping piece.
Embodiment four:
the embodiment is provided with a clamping part and a connecting part which are transversely perpendicular to the clamping advancing main shaft and longitudinally perpendicular to the clamping advancing main shaft at the same time with the square shaft in the clamping advancing direction, and one or more of the clamping parts and the connecting parts are vertically and transversely matched. The clamping portion and the connecting portion on one clamping piece can have a clamping sinking structure and a protruding structure which are transversely and longitudinally perpendicular to the clamping advancing main shaft direction. The transverse direction of the clamping part of the one component group can be clamped with the transverse direction of the transverse and longitudinal directions of the connecting part of the other component group or the transverse direction or the longitudinal direction of the connecting part of the one component group can be clamped with the transverse direction and the longitudinal direction of the clamping part of the other component group.
As shown in fig. 4, in this embodiment, two clamping bodies that are clamped to each other are identical in structure and are circular clamping pieces, each clamping piece includes 7 normal clamping portions and one special-shaped clamping portion, and the clamping structures on the two clamping pieces are the combination of the clamping portion disposed on the side wall of the clamping interface and the clamping portion disposed at the position corresponding to the position of the clamping interface on the surface of the special-shaped clamping portion.
For one of the clamping pieces, the clamping part comprises four protruding structures respectively arranged on two side walls of the clamping interface, the four protruding structures are distributed in such a way that three protruding structures form an included angle of 90 degrees with the feeding direction of the clamping, namely, the three protruding structures are perpendicular to the feeding direction of the clamping, and one protruding structure passes through the three protruding structures and is parallel to the feeding direction of the clamping; the connecting part comprises four sinking structures respectively arranged on the upper surface and the lower surface of the special-shaped clamping part, the distribution of the four sinking structures is that the three sinking structures form an included angle of 90 degrees with the feeding direction of the clamping, namely, the three sinking structures are perpendicular to the feeding direction of the clamping, and one sinking structure passes through the three sinking structures and is parallel to the feeding direction of the clamping.
For the other clamping piece, the clamping part is a protruding structure respectively arranged on the two side walls of the clamping interface, and the protruding structure is parallel to the feeding direction of the clamping connection; the joint part is a sinking structure respectively arranged on the upper surface and the lower surface of the special-shaped joint part, and the sinking structure is parallel to the feeding direction of the joint.
In this embodiment, the protruding structure is a rectangular rack, and the sinking structure is a groove matched with the rack. When in clamping, the convex structure of the clamping part on one clamping piece, which is parallel to the feeding direction of the clamping, is clamped with the clamping part of the other clamping piece, and the sinking structure of the clamping part on the clamping piece, which is parallel to the feeding direction of the clamping, is clamped with the clamping part of the other clamping piece.
Fifth embodiment:
the engaging portion of the same engaging body and the engaging portion of the same engaging body are not necessarily required to be engaged, and may be identical or completely different.
As shown in fig. 5, the distribution of the engaging pieces and the engaging structures on the engaging pieces in this embodiment is the same as that of the embodiment, and is different in that in this embodiment, the protruding structure of the engaging portion on one engaging piece is an elliptical protruding strip, and the sinking structure of the engaging portion on the other engaging piece is an elliptical recess that is engaged with the elliptical protruding strip.
The protruding structure may be a stepped protruding strip, or may be a protruding strip with different heights, and is not limited to a protruding strip of a certain form.
Example six:
as shown in fig. 6, in this embodiment, two clamping bodies that are clamped to each other have the same structure and are circular clamping pieces, each clamping piece includes 8 special-shaped clamping portions, and each clamping portion includes a protruding structure respectively disposed on two sidewalls of the clamping port and a sinking structure disposed on the upper and lower surfaces of the special-shaped clamping portion. But the 8 special-shaped clamping parts have the same clamping structure and also have different clamping structures.
And the clamping structure is provided with a clamping part or a connecting part which is angled with the feeding direction of the clamping, namely, all angles which are consistent with the direction of the main shaft of the clamping advance and are mutually perpendicular are included in an angle a, and the angle a is an angle of 0-90 degrees and comprises 0-90 degrees.
As shown in fig. 7, in this embodiment, when the locking is performed, the locking portion on one locking piece and the locking portion on the other locking piece are not completely engaged with each other, and a gap is left in between.
Embodiment seven:
the two clamping bodies which are mutually clamped can be different, for example, a folded sheet body and a clamping piece, six clamping parts are arranged on the folded sheet body, at least one special-shaped clamping part is arranged, at least one clamping part or connecting part is arranged on the special-shaped clamping part, if the special-shaped clamping part is provided with the clamping part, at least one protruding structure is arranged, and if the special-shaped clamping part is provided with the connecting part, at least one sinking structure is arranged.
In this embodiment, the clamping body is a folded sheet body and a circular clamping piece, as shown in fig. 8, six clamping parts are all arranged on the folded sheet body, two of the six clamping parts are special-shaped clamping parts, two of the two special-shaped clamping parts are identical, three protruding structures are respectively arranged on two side walls of the clamping interface, the protruding structures form acute angles with the feeding direction of the clamping connection, and the straight line (extending direction) where the protruding structures are located is parallel to the central axis of the folded sheet body, so that the die stripping direction is quite reasonable and simplified when the feature is produced later.
In the process of clamping, as shown in fig. 8-10, the folded sheet body with the clamping part and the clamping piece with the clamping part are clamped with each other, and fig. 11 is a schematic diagram of clamping the clamping piece from the other folded sheet of the folded sheet body.
Example eight:
as shown in fig. 12, the clamping body is a circular clamping piece, the clamping piece has eight identical special-shaped clamping parts, each clamping part only has a clamping part, and the clamping part comprises two transverse sinking structures and two longitudinal sinking structures to form a groined structure.
Example nine:
as shown in fig. 13, the clamping body has four special-shaped clamping portions, each special-shaped clamping portion includes a clamping portion and a clamping portion, the special-shaped clamping portion is further provided with an outward expansion structure 6, and the outward expansion structure is arranged on the upper surface and the lower surface of the clamping portion, is located at the edge of the clamping interface, and extends to the clamping portion along the feeding direction of the clamping.
The outer expansion structure is utilized, the outlines of the clamping part and the connecting part can be deepened, the advancing direction of the clamping body is limited during clamping, and the clamping effect is ensured.
Example ten:
as shown in fig. 14, the present embodiment includes three clamping bodies, one of which is a circular clamping piece, and the structure of the clamping piece is identical to that of the clamping body in the eighth embodiment; the other two clamping bodies are identical to the clamping body in the ninth embodiment in structure, the clamping part comprises two longitudinal protruding structures, the clamping part comprises a transverse sinking structure, and the effect after clamping is shown in fig. 15.
The above-described embodiment is only a preferred embodiment of the present utility model, and is not limited in any way, and other variations and modifications may be made without departing from the technical aspects set forth in the claims.

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1. The utility model provides a building blocks joint toy of strenghthened type concatenation, its characterized in that, including the joint body that is used for assembling the toy, be equipped with at least one dysmorphism joint portion on the joint body, dysmorphism joint portion includes the joint, joint side wall and dysmorphism joint portion surface are equipped with the joint structure, through joint structure joint between the joint body, the joint structure is for setting up the joint portion on the joint side wall or setting up the joint portion of the corresponding department in dysmorphism joint portion surface and joint position, or for setting up the joint portion on the joint side wall and the combination of the joint portion of the corresponding department in dysmorphism joint portion surface and joint position.
2. The reinforced spliced toy building block joint of claim 1, wherein the clamping portion is arranged on at least one side wall of the clamping interface, and the clamping portion comprises at least one protruding structure.
3. The reinforced spliced building block clamping toy according to claim 2, wherein an included angle between the protruding structure and the feeding direction of the clamping is 0-90 degrees.
4. A reinforced spliced building block fastening toy according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the fastening portion is provided on at least one surface of the fastening portion, and the fastening portion comprises at least one sinking structure.
5. The reinforced spliced building block clamping toy according to claim 4, wherein an included angle between a straight line where the sinking structure is located and a feeding direction of the clamping is 0-90 degrees.
6. A reinforced spliced building block clamping toy according to claim 1, 2 or 3, further comprising a flaring structure arranged on the surface of the clamping part and connected with the clamping interface.
7. A reinforced spliced building block clamping toy according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein if the angle between the plane of the clamping part and the central axis of the clamping body is smaller than 90 degrees, the extending direction axis of the protruding structure is parallel to the central axis of the clamping body.
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