EP0144037A2 - Functional construction element for articles such as playthings, presents or for publicity - Google Patents

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EP0144037A2
EP0144037A2 EP84114021A EP84114021A EP0144037A2 EP 0144037 A2 EP0144037 A2 EP 0144037A2 EP 84114021 A EP84114021 A EP 84114021A EP 84114021 A EP84114021 A EP 84114021A EP 0144037 A2 EP0144037 A2 EP 0144037A2
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H33/00—Other toys
    • A63H33/04—Building blocks, strips, or similar building parts
    • A63H33/10—Building blocks, strips, or similar building parts to be assembled by means of additional non-adhesive elements
    • A63H33/102—Building blocks, strips, or similar building parts to be assembled by means of additional non-adhesive elements using elastic deformation
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/30—Trim molding fastener
    • Y10T24/309—Plastic type
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/45—Separable-fastener or required component thereof [e.g., projection and cavity to complete interlock]
    • Y10T24/45225—Separable-fastener or required component thereof [e.g., projection and cavity to complete interlock] including member having distinct formations and mating member selectively interlocking therewith
    • Y10T24/45602—Receiving member includes either movable connection between interlocking components or variable configuration cavity
    • Y10T24/45775—Receiving member includes either movable connection between interlocking components or variable configuration cavity having resiliently biased interlocking component or segment
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/45—Separable-fastener or required component thereof [e.g., projection and cavity to complete interlock]
    • Y10T24/45225—Separable-fastener or required component thereof [e.g., projection and cavity to complete interlock] including member having distinct formations and mating member selectively interlocking therewith
    • Y10T24/45958—Plural distinct cavities or projections

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  • the invention relates to a functional design element for games, gifts or promotional items of the type specified by the preamble of claim 1.
  • connection elements comprise a plug pin and a matching plug hole to enable a plug connection or alternatively two adhesive surfaces to enable an adhesive connection using an adhesive.
  • connection connections for the individual molded parts with the general objective realized, this in itself only a detail for the arrangement of relatively movable and relatively fixed molded parts of the kit resulting connection connections as far as possible technically and functionally the model selected for the game article to approach.
  • the arrangement of relatively movable molded parts is thus realized, for example, by means of connection connections which are technically and functionally equivalent to joints or hinges.
  • connection connections which, taking into account the different geometric shapes, allow a direct assignment of only two specific molded parts, preprogrammed by the manufacturer, in such a way that each joint that is bridged with it on the finished game article also has a technical-functional equivalence if possible fulfilled with the model.
  • a kit for game articles in which rectangular to oval strips of material made of a flexible, plastic material of uniform material thickness are provided as functional design elements. Each of these strips of material is provided along its main axis with two spaced-apart holes of such dimensions that the strip of material can be drawn over these holes on retaining grooves on integrated projections of the individual molded parts of the kit.
  • a kit is also known for game articles, in which for a releasable connection of two molded parts, in addition to other plug connections, pushbuttons are also provided, each having a head part larger than the diameter of through holes in the molded parts and a solid shaft part exist, which is spread by an expansion slot in two halves, which can be compressed to a diameter of the shaft part smaller than the diameter of these through holes of the molded parts of the kit.
  • the shaft part of these push buttons also has one Length slightly larger than the common thickness of two molded parts, which can be plugged together with such push buttons, a thickening of material still formed at the free end of the shaft part being intended to prevent the plug connection from being loosened too easily.
  • a kit is also known for game articles, in which flat or angular sheets, each with two equally sized through holes, are provided for connecting the molded parts of the kit provided with a plurality of through holes in the design according to a predetermined grid and screws with wing nuts are provided, by means of which the molded parts can be screwed together.
  • the invention characterized by the claims solves the problem of providing a functional design element of the type specified, with which kits conceived for such in particular for a toy for children of the age group of 5 to 12 years, both in technical-functional as well as in aesthetic terms , less perfect impression of the overall shape of the three-dimensional body assembled from the individual molded parts of the kit can be awakened based on an environmental model.
  • the design design element provided according to the invention for solving this task in principle represents a connecting strap to be fastened to the individual molded parts of the kit by means of the push buttons, with which two molded parts can be connected to one another relatively flexibly either in the manner of a joint or hinge or can also be rigidly connected to one another by bridging the joint .
  • these design elements thus give less of an impression of a technical-functional perfectionism rather than the impression of a rather amateurish and childlike impulse to imitate with a correspondingly imperfect capture of an environmental-related model, whereby the design element individualizing in this concept can be provided by the manufacturer in addition to kits of toys and also kits of comparable gift or promotional items .
  • FIG. 4 of the drawing shows a toy article designed as a vehicle, which is assembled from individual three-dimensional molded parts of a corresponding kit.
  • the individual molded parts preferably consist of plastics of different hardness, which are processed by injection molding, including a different color, with a material thickness between approximately 3 mm and 5 mm.
  • the visible surface of the individual molded parts should be matt and possibly grained or otherwise roughened in order to individualize the overall aesthetic impression of the game article.
  • the molded parts are assembled using simple plug-in or adhesive connections.
  • the molded parts which are assembled relatively movably as doors 1 and trunk lid 2, are fastened to a respectively assigned body part 3, 4 by a connecting strap 5, 6 and two push buttons 7, 8.
  • Further connecting straps 9, 10 bridge separating joints that are present between relatively firmly assembled further body parts 11, 13 and 12, 14.
  • the connecting straps 9, 10 are also each fastened with two push buttons 15, 16 arranged on both sides of such parting lines.
  • This design element consists of a rectangular to elongated oval material strip 17 of uniform material thickness, which has two spaced through holes along its main axis AA, each for a push button of the design shown in FIG. 3.
  • the material strip 17 is made of a plastic which is flexible and resilient at least in the area between the two push-through holes. If the entire material strip 17 consists of a flexible plastic, a flexible sheet 17a or a flexible wire 17b can also be embedded in the plastic according to the model of the so-called bending figures.
  • the connecting tabs 9, 10 the material strip 17 is made of a plastic which is set hard or alternatively stretchable along its main axis AA.
  • design elements can be provided with a material strip 18 of the design shown in FIG. 2.
  • the material strip 18 is also made of a rectangular to oblong-oval outline made of plastic, which is set hard as a whole. However, essentially centrally between two corresponding push-through holes 19, 20, the material strip 18 is provided with a bending edge 21 which intersects its main axis at right angles, in order to obtain an angular shape design element.
  • the material strip 18 on this bending edge 21 can also be bent at other angles, the two angular surfaces provided with the through holes 19, 20 also being able to be of unequal length.
  • each design element is also made of plastic and each have a head part 22 and a shaft part 23 according to FIG. 3.
  • the head part 22 is provided with a spherical end face 24, which merges via a rounded edge 25 into a flat rear side serving as a contact surface on the material strip 17, 18.
  • the shaft part 23 is hollow at least over a part length and is provided with at least one axially parallel expansion slot 26 along this part length.
  • the expansion slot 26 has an extension 27 at its end in order to improve the expansion behavior of the shaft part 23 with respect to a circumferential reinforcing collar 28 which is formed at the free end of the shaft part 23.
  • the shaft part 23 has a slightly greater length than the material thickness of the material strips 17, 18, so that the push buttons with a diameter of the through holes 19, 20 adapted at the same time Shaft part 23, as shown in FIG. 1, can be held together as an undetachable unit with the material strip 17, 18 by the interaction of the head part 22 and the reinforcing collar 28.
  • the shaping elements can thus be pressed into a shallow plug hole 28 'via the reinforcing collar 28 of their push buttons by exerting finger pressure on their head part, a relatively firm plug connection then being obtained in cooperation with the expansion slot 26. Because only the circumferential reinforcing collar 28 is used for this plug-in connection, on the other hand, a loosening of the plug-in connections provided for the design elements is thereby facilitated via the rounded edge 25 of the head part of the push buttons.
  • the push buttons can alternatively also be provided with a solid shaft part in order to obtain an adhesive surface on the flat and possibly somewhat convex end face for an adhesive connection of the design elements to the visible surface of the molded parts of the kit.
  • the design elements can then experience an arbitrary arrangement of free areas of the individual molded parts of the kit due to the lack of plug holes for the push buttons, in order to finally further individualize each overall impression.
  • the shape elements described above are primarily designed for kits of toys for children in the age group of 5 to 12 years. They can also be used as technical-functional and at the same time aesthetic aids for corresponding kits of gift or promotional items, for which a can is shown as an example in FIG. 5.
  • the molded part 31 resulting in a lid of the can can therefore be folded up by loosening the plug connection on one of the two material strips 29 around the other material strip, if this second material strip has the same material properties as the connecting tabs 5, 6 of the game article shown in FIG. 4.
  • an adhesive arrangement realized with this box enables an arbitrary arrangement over the circumference of the box, so that the overall impression of the box is already used, for example can be individualized that these strips of material, which can also have a different outline, are not attached to the finished can at all.

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A functional design element for use with a toy or toy-like assembly set comprises a substantially rectangular material strip being formed with two openings at its opposed longitudinal ends for two push-button-like fasteners whereby the material strip is formed either of a resiliently pliable or of a rigid synthetic resin within two respective groups of different functional design elements for obtaining technical-functional and at the same time esthetical different impressions for the visible surface of the assembled design body.

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Die Erfindung bezieht sich auf ein funktionales Formgestaltungelement für Spiele-, Geschenk- oder Werbeartikel der durch den Oberbegriff des Patentanspruches 1 angegebenen Gattung.The invention relates to a functional design element for games, gifts or promotional items of the type specified by the preamble of claim 1.

Bei den bisher im Materialbereich Kunststoff insbesondere für Spieleartikel bekannten Bausätzen für dreidimensionale Körper sind die einzelnen, für einen Zusammenbau vorgesehenen Formteile regelmäßig mit integrierten Anschlußelementen versehen. Die Anschlußelemente umfassen dabei im einfachsten Fall einen Steckzapfen und ein damit zusammenpassendes Steckloch zur Ermöglichung einer Steckverbindung oder alternativ dazu zwei Klebeflächen zur Ermöglichung einer Klebeverbindung unter Verwendung eines Klebemittels. Bei komplizierteren Bausätzen, mit denen für einen Spieleartikel ein dabei meistens technisches Vorbild möglichst naturgetreu als nur im Maßstab verkleinertes oder im Maßstab verzerrtes Modell nachgebaut werden soll, sind daneben für die einzelnen Formteile auch meistens noch weitere, unter sich unterschiedlich ausgebildete Anschlußverbindungen mit der generellen Zielsetzung verwirklicht, auch diese an sich nur ein Detail für die Anordnung von relativ beweglichen und relativ festen Formteilen des Bausatzes ergebenden Anschlußverbindungen dem für den Spieleartikel ausgewählten Vorbild technisch-funktionell möglichst weit anzunähern. Die Anordnung von relativ beweglichen Formteilen wird so beispielsweise mittels Anschlußverbindungen verwirklicht, die mit Gelenken oder Scharnieren technisch-funktionell gleichwertig sind. Die Anordnung von relativ festen Formteilen wird andererseits mit Anschlußverbindungen verwirklicht, die unter Berücksichtigung der unterschiedlichen geometrischen Formen eine herstellerseitig vorprogrammierte unmittelbare Zuordnung nur zweier bestimmter Formteile in einer Art und Weise erlauben, daß jede damit überbrückte Trennfuge am fertigen Spieleartikel möglichst ebenfalls eine technisch-funktionelle Äquivalenz mit dem Vorbild erfüllt.In the kits for three-dimensional bodies known hitherto in the plastic material area, in particular for toys, the individual molded parts intended for assembly are regularly provided with integrated connection elements. In the simplest case, the connection elements comprise a plug pin and a matching plug hole to enable a plug connection or alternatively two adhesive surfaces to enable an adhesive connection using an adhesive. In the case of more complicated kits, with which a mostly technical model for a game article is to be reproduced as realistically as possible only as a model that is scaled down or distorted in scale, there are usually other, differently designed connection connections for the individual molded parts with the general objective realized, this in itself only a detail for the arrangement of relatively movable and relatively fixed molded parts of the kit resulting connection connections as far as possible technically and functionally the model selected for the game article to approach. The arrangement of relatively movable molded parts is thus realized, for example, by means of connection connections which are technically and functionally equivalent to joints or hinges. The arrangement of relatively solid molded parts is realized on the other hand with connection connections which, taking into account the different geometric shapes, allow a direct assignment of only two specific molded parts, preprogrammed by the manufacturer, in such a way that each joint that is bridged with it on the finished game article also has a technical-functional equivalence if possible fulfilled with the model.

Aus der US-PS 4 170 083 ist ein Bausatz für Spieleartikel bekannt, bei dem rechteckige bis ovale Materialstreifen aus einem biegeweich eingestellten Kunststoff einheitlicher Materialdicke als funktionale Formgestaltungselemente vorgesehen sind. Jeder dieser Materialstreifen ist längs seiner Hauptachse mit zwei beabstandeten Löchern solcher Abmessungen versehen, daß der Materialstreifen zu seiner Befestigung über diese Löcher auf Halterillen an integrierten Vorsprüngen der einzelnen Formteile des Bausatzes aufgezogen werden kann. Aus der US-PS 2 885 822 ist ein Bausatz ebenfalls für Spieleartikel bekannt, bei dem für ein lösbares Verbinden zweier Formteile neben anderen Steckverbindungen auch Druckknöpfe vorgesehen sind, die jeweils aus einem Kopfteil größer als der Durchmesser von Durchstecklöchern der Formteile und aus einem massiven Schaftteil bestehen, der durch einen Dehnungsschlitz in zwei Hälften gespreizt wird, die sich zu einem Durchmesser des Schaftteils kleiner als der Durchmesser dieser Durchstecklöcher der Formteile des Bausatzes zusammendrücken lassen. Der Schaftteil dieser Druckknöpfe weist außerdem eine Länge etwas größer als die gemeinsame Dicke von zwei Formteilen auf, die mit solchen Druckknöpfen zusammengesteckt werden können, wobei eine am freien Ende des Schaftteils noch ausgebildete Materialverdickung ein zu leichtes Lösen der Steckverbindung verhindern soll. Aus der US-PS 1 648 706 ist schließlich noch ein Bausatz ebenfalls für Spieleartikel bekannt, bei dem zum Verbinden der dabei mit einer Vielzahl von Durchstecklöchern in der Ausbildung nach einem vorbestimmten Raster versehenen Formteile des Bausatzes flache oder winkelförmige Bleche mit jeweils zwei gleich dimensionierten Durchstecklöchern sowie Schrauben mit Flügelmuttern vorgesehen sind, mittels welcher die Formteile wechselseitig verschraubbar sind.From US Pat. No. 4,170,083 a kit for game articles is known in which rectangular to oval strips of material made of a flexible, plastic material of uniform material thickness are provided as functional design elements. Each of these strips of material is provided along its main axis with two spaced-apart holes of such dimensions that the strip of material can be drawn over these holes on retaining grooves on integrated projections of the individual molded parts of the kit. From US-PS 2 885 822 a kit is also known for game articles, in which for a releasable connection of two molded parts, in addition to other plug connections, pushbuttons are also provided, each having a head part larger than the diameter of through holes in the molded parts and a solid shaft part exist, which is spread by an expansion slot in two halves, which can be compressed to a diameter of the shaft part smaller than the diameter of these through holes of the molded parts of the kit. The shaft part of these push buttons also has one Length slightly larger than the common thickness of two molded parts, which can be plugged together with such push buttons, a thickening of material still formed at the free end of the shaft part being intended to prevent the plug connection from being loosened too easily. Finally, from US Pat. No. 1,648,706 a kit is also known for game articles, in which flat or angular sheets, each with two equally sized through holes, are provided for connecting the molded parts of the kit provided with a plurality of through holes in the design according to a predetermined grid and screws with wing nuts are provided, by means of which the molded parts can be screwed together.

Die durch die Patentansprüche gekennzeichnete Erfindung löst die Aufgabe, ein funktionales Formgestaltungselement der angegebenen Gattung bereitzustellen, mit dem für solche dabei insbesondere für einen Spieleartikel für Kinder der Altersgruppe von 5 bis 12 Jahren konzipierte Bausätze sowohl in technisch-funktioneller als auch in ästhetischer Hinsicht ein anderer, dabei weniger perfekt an ein umweltbezogenes Vorbild angelehnter Eindruck der gesamten Formgestaltung des aus den einzelnen Formteilen des Bausatzes zusammengebauten dreidimensionalen Körpers erweckt werden kann.The invention characterized by the claims solves the problem of providing a functional design element of the type specified, with which kits conceived for such in particular for a toy for children of the age group of 5 to 12 years, both in technical-functional as well as in aesthetic terms , less perfect impression of the overall shape of the three-dimensional body assembled from the individual molded parts of the kit can be awakened based on an environmental model.

Das erfindungsgemäß zur Lösung dieser Aufgabe vorgesehene Formgestaltungselement stellt prinzipiell eine mittels der Druckknöpfe an den einzelnen Formteilen des Bausatzes zu befestigende Verbindungslasche dar, mit der zwei Formteile entweder nach Art eines Gelenks oder Scharniers relativ beweglich oder mit einer Überbrückung der Trennfuge auch starr miteinander verbunden werden können. An dem fertigen Baukörper erwecken.diese Formgestaltungselemente damit weniger den Eindruck eines technisch-funktionellenPerfektionismus als vielmehr den Eindruck eines eher laienhaften und kindlichen Nachahmungstriebes mit einer entsprechend unvollkommenen Erfassung eines umweltbezogenen Vorbildes, wodurch das sich in diesem Konzept individualisierende Formgestaltungselement herstellerseitig außer für Bausätze von Spieleartikeln auch für Bausätze von damit vergleichbaren Geschenk- oder Werbeartikeln vorgesehen werden kann.The design design element provided according to the invention for solving this task in principle represents a connecting strap to be fastened to the individual molded parts of the kit by means of the push buttons, with which two molded parts can be connected to one another relatively flexibly either in the manner of a joint or hinge or can also be rigidly connected to one another by bridging the joint . On the finished building, these design elements thus give less of an impression of a technical-functional perfectionism rather than the impression of a rather amateurish and childlike impulse to imitate with a correspondingly imperfect capture of an environmental-related model, whereby the design element individualizing in this concept can be provided by the manufacturer in addition to kits of toys and also kits of comparable gift or promotional items .

Ein Ausführungsbeispiel der Erfindung wird nachfolgend anhand der Zeichnung näher erläutert. Es zeigt

  • Figur 1 eine Perspektivansicht des erfindungsgemäßen Formgestaltungselements,
  • Figuren 1a und 1b einen Querschnitt nach der Linie I-I in Figur 1 des Materialstreifens gemäß zweier alternativer Ausführungsformen,
  • Figur 2 eine Perspektivansicht des Materialstreifens gemäß einer weiteren alternativen Ausführungsform,
  • Figur 3 eine Perspektivansicht eines Druckknopfes bei dem Formgestaltungselement gemäß Figur 1,
  • Figur 4 eine Perspektivansicht eines als Fahrzeug unter Verwendung der erfindungsgemäßen Formgestaltungselemente ausgeführten Spieleartikels,
  • Figur 4a eine Schnittansicht nach der Linie IV-IV in Figur 4 und
  • Figur 5 eine Perspektivansicht eines als Dose unter Verwendung der erfindungsgemäßen Formgestaltungselemente ausgeführten Geschenk- oder Werbeartikels.
An embodiment of the invention is explained below with reference to the drawing. It shows
  • FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of the design element according to the invention,
  • FIGS. 1 a and 1 b show a cross section along line II in FIG. 1 of the material strip according to two alternative embodiments,
  • FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of the material strip according to a further alternative embodiment,
  • FIG. 3 shows a perspective view of a push button in the form design element according to FIG. 1,
  • FIG. 4 shows a perspective view of a game article designed as a vehicle using the design elements according to the invention,
  • Figure 4a is a sectional view according to the Line IV-IV in Figure 4 and
  • FIG. 5 shows a perspective view of a gift or promotional item designed as a can using the design elements according to the invention.

In Figur 4 der Zeichnung ist ein als Fahrzeug ausgeführter Spieleartikel gezeigt, der aus einzelnen dreidimensionalen Formteilen eines entsprechenden Bausatzes zusammengefügt ist. Die einzelnen Formteile bestehen dabei vorzugsweise aus unterschiedlich hart eingestellten Kunststoffen, die im Spritzguß unter Einbeziehung auch einer unterschiedlichen Farbgebung mit einer Materialdicke zwischen etwa 3 mm und 5 mm verarbeitet sind. Die Sichtfläche der einzelnen Formteile sollte matt und ggf. gekörnt oder sonstwie aufgerauht sein, um damit den ästhetischen Gesamteindruck des Spieleartikels zu individualisieren. Mit Ausnahme der folgenden Einzelheiten sind die Formteile über einfache Steck- oder Klebeverbindungen zusammengefügt.FIG. 4 of the drawing shows a toy article designed as a vehicle, which is assembled from individual three-dimensional molded parts of a corresponding kit. The individual molded parts preferably consist of plastics of different hardness, which are processed by injection molding, including a different color, with a material thickness between approximately 3 mm and 5 mm. The visible surface of the individual molded parts should be matt and possibly grained or otherwise roughened in order to individualize the overall aesthetic impression of the game article. With the exception of the following details, the molded parts are assembled using simple plug-in or adhesive connections.

Die als Türen 1 und Kofferraumdeckel 2 relativ beweglich zusammengebauten Formteile sind an einem jeweils zugeordneten Karosserieteil 3,4 durch je eine Verbindungslasche 5,6 und zwei Druckknöpfe 7,8 befestigt. Weitere Verbindungslaschen 9,10 überbrücken Trennfugen, die zwischen relativ fest zusammengebauten weiteren Karosserieteilen 11,13 und 12,14 vorhanden sind. Auch die Verbindungslaschen 9,10 sind jeweils mit zwei zu beiden Seiten solcher Trennfugen angeordneter Druckknöpfe 15,16 befestigt.The molded parts, which are assembled relatively movably as doors 1 and trunk lid 2, are fastened to a respectively assigned body part 3, 4 by a connecting strap 5, 6 and two push buttons 7, 8. Further connecting straps 9, 10 bridge separating joints that are present between relatively firmly assembled further body parts 11, 13 and 12, 14. The connecting straps 9, 10 are also each fastened with two push buttons 15, 16 arranged on both sides of such parting lines.

Die Verbindungslaschen 5,6 und 9,10 sowie die Druckknöpfe 7,8 und 15,16 bilden gemeinsam das in Figur 1 dargestellte erfindungsgemäße Formgestaltungselement. Dieses Formgestaltungselement besteht aus einem rechteckigen bis länglich-ovalen Materialstreifen 17 einheitlicher Materialdicke, der längs seiner Hauptachse A-A zwei beabstandete Durchstecklöcher für je einen Druckknopf der in Figur 3 gzeigten Ausbildung aufweist. Bei den Verbindungslaschen 5,6 ist der Materialstreifen 17 aus einem Kunststoff hergestellt, der wenigstens im Bereich zwischen den beiden Durchstecklöchern biegeweich und rückstellbar eingestellt ist. Wenn der gesamte Materialstreifen 17 aus einem biegeweichen Kunststoff besteht, kann dabei in den Kunststoff auch ein flexibles Blech 17a oder ein flexibler Draht 17b entsprechend dem Vorbild bei den sog. Biegefiguren eingebettet sein. Bei den Verbindungslaschen 9,10 ist der Materialstreifen 17 dagegen aus einem längs seiner Hauptachse A-A hart oder alternativ auch dehnbar eingestellten Kunststoff hergestellt.The connecting tabs 5, 6 and 9, 10 and the push buttons 7, 8 and 15, 16 together form that in FIG. 1 Shown design element according to the invention. This design element consists of a rectangular to elongated oval material strip 17 of uniform material thickness, which has two spaced through holes along its main axis AA, each for a push button of the design shown in FIG. 3. In the case of the connecting tabs 5, 6, the material strip 17 is made of a plastic which is flexible and resilient at least in the area between the two push-through holes. If the entire material strip 17 consists of a flexible plastic, a flexible sheet 17a or a flexible wire 17b can also be embedded in the plastic according to the model of the so-called bending figures. In the case of the connecting tabs 9, 10, on the other hand, the material strip 17 is made of a plastic which is set hard or alternatively stretchable along its main axis AA.

Mit dieser hinsichtlich seines Materialverhaltens unterschiedlichen Ausbildung des Materialstreifens 17 werden daher zwei Gruppen von Formgestaltungselementen erhalten, mit denen die einzelnen Formteile eines Bausatzes paarweise entweder relativ beweglich oder relativ fest zusammengebaut werden können. Die Formgestaltungselemente simulieren damit an dem fertigen Baukörper das funktionale Vorhandensein entweder von Gelenken bzw. Scharnieren oder von jeweils eine Trennfuge überbrückenden starren Verbindungen, wobei ihre Eingliederung in einen Bausatz beispielsweise für den in Figur 4 gezeigten Spieleartikel den Zweck erfüllt, damit dessen Gesamteindruck ästhetisch individualisieren zu können. Diese funktionale Zweckbestimmung kann dabei noch mit einer insbesondere schwarzen Farbgebung des Materialstreifens 17 eine formgestalterische Überbetonung gegenüber den andersfarbigen Sichtflächen der einzelnen Formteile erhalten.With this design of the material strip 17 which is different with regard to its material behavior, two groups of shape design elements are therefore obtained, with which the individual molded parts of a kit can be assembled in pairs either relatively movably or relatively firmly. The design elements thus simulate on the finished structure the functional presence of either joints or hinges or of rigid connections each bridging a parting line, their incorporation into a kit, for example for the game article shown in FIG. 4, fulfilling the purpose so that its overall impression is aesthetically individualized can. This functional purpose can also be given a form-design overemphasis, in particular black coloring of the material strip 17, compared to the differently colored visible surfaces of the individual molded parts.

Für andere Bausätze können noch zusätzlich oder alternativ Formgestaltungselemente mit einem Materialstreifen 18 der in Figur 2 gezeigten Ausbildung bereit gestellt sein. Auch der Materialstreifen 18 ist mit einem rechteckigen bis länglich-ovalen Umriß aus Kunststoff hergestellt, der dabei in der Gesamtheit hart eingestellt ist. Im wesentlichen mittig zwischen zwei entsprechenden Durchstecklöchern 19,20 ist der Materialstreifen 18 jedoch mit einer seine Hauptachse rechtwinklig schneidenden Biegekante 21 versehen, um damit ein winkelförmiges Formgestaltungselement zu erhalten. Bei weiteren alternativen Ausführungsformen kann der Materialstreifen 18 an dieser Biegekante 21 auch mit anderen Winkeln abgebogen sein, wobei die beiden, mit den Durchstecklöchern 19,20 versehenen Winkelflächen auch ungleich lang ausgebildet sein können.For other kits, additional or alternatively, design elements can be provided with a material strip 18 of the design shown in FIG. 2. The material strip 18 is also made of a rectangular to oblong-oval outline made of plastic, which is set hard as a whole. However, essentially centrally between two corresponding push-through holes 19, 20, the material strip 18 is provided with a bending edge 21 which intersects its main axis at right angles, in order to obtain an angular shape design element. In further alternative embodiments, the material strip 18 on this bending edge 21 can also be bent at other angles, the two angular surfaces provided with the through holes 19, 20 also being able to be of unequal length.

Die beiden Druckknöpfe jedes Formgestaltungselements sind andererseits ebenfalls aus Kunststoff hergestellt und weisen nach Figur 3 jeweils ein Kopfteil 22 und ein Schaftteil 23 auf. Das Kopfteil 22 ist mit einer balligen Stirnfläche 24 versehen, die über einen abgerundeten Rand 25 in eine als Anlagefläche an dem Materialstreifen 17,18 dienende ebene Rückseite übergeht. Das Schaftteil 23 ist wenigstens über eine Teillänge hohl ausgebildet und längs dieser Teillänge mit wenigstens einem achsparallelen Dehnungsschlitz 26 versehen. Der Dehnungsschlitz 26 weist an seinem Ende eine Erweiterung 27 auf, um damit das Dehnungsverhalten des Schaftteils 23 bezüglich eines umlaufenden Verstärkungsbundes 28 zu verbessern, der am freien Ende des Schaftteils 23 ausgebildet ist. Der Schaftteil 23 weist eine gegenüberder Materialdicke der Materialstreifen 17,18 etwas größere Länge auf, so daß die Druckknöpfe mit einem gleichzeitig an die Durchstecklöcher 19,20 angepaßten Durchmesser des Schaftteils 23 entsprechend der Darstellung in Figur 1 durch das Zusammenwirken des Kofteils 22 und des Verstärkungsbundes 28 als eine unverlierbare Einheit mit dem Materialstreifen 17,18 zusammengehalten werden. Die Formgestaltungselemente können damit über den Verstärkungsbund 28 ihrer Druckknöpfe jeweils durch Ausüben eines Fingerdruckes auf ihr Kopfteil in ein untiefes Steckloch 28' eingedrückt werden, wobei dann im Zusammenwirken mit dem Dehnungsschlitz 26 eine relativ feste Steckverbindung erhalten wird. Weil für diese Steckverbindung nur der umlaufende Verstärkungsbund 28 genutzt wird, wird dadurch andererseits ein dabei über den abgerundeten Rand 25 des Kopfteils der Druckknöpfe eingeleitetes Lösen der für die Formgestaltungselemente vorgesehenen Steckverbindungen erleichtert.On the other hand, the two push buttons of each design element are also made of plastic and each have a head part 22 and a shaft part 23 according to FIG. 3. The head part 22 is provided with a spherical end face 24, which merges via a rounded edge 25 into a flat rear side serving as a contact surface on the material strip 17, 18. The shaft part 23 is hollow at least over a part length and is provided with at least one axially parallel expansion slot 26 along this part length. The expansion slot 26 has an extension 27 at its end in order to improve the expansion behavior of the shaft part 23 with respect to a circumferential reinforcing collar 28 which is formed at the free end of the shaft part 23. The shaft part 23 has a slightly greater length than the material thickness of the material strips 17, 18, so that the push buttons with a diameter of the through holes 19, 20 adapted at the same time Shaft part 23, as shown in FIG. 1, can be held together as an undetachable unit with the material strip 17, 18 by the interaction of the head part 22 and the reinforcing collar 28. The shaping elements can thus be pressed into a shallow plug hole 28 'via the reinforcing collar 28 of their push buttons by exerting finger pressure on their head part, a relatively firm plug connection then being obtained in cooperation with the expansion slot 26. Because only the circumferential reinforcing collar 28 is used for this plug-in connection, on the other hand, a loosening of the plug-in connections provided for the design elements is thereby facilitated via the rounded edge 25 of the head part of the push buttons.

Die Druckknöpfe können alternativ auch mit einem massiv ausgebildeten Schaftteil versehen sein, um damit an dessen dabei eben und ggf. etwas konvex ausgebildeter Stirnfläche eine Klebefläche für eine Klebeverbindung der Formgestaltungselemente mit der Sichtfläche der Formteile des Bausatzes zu erhalten. Die Formgestaltungselemente können dann eine mangels vorhandener Stecklöcher für die Druckknöpfe willkürliche Anordnung an Freiflächen der einzelnen Formteile des Bausatzes erfahren, um damit abschließend einen jeweiligen Gesamteindruck noch weiter zu individualisieren.The push buttons can alternatively also be provided with a solid shaft part in order to obtain an adhesive surface on the flat and possibly somewhat convex end face for an adhesive connection of the design elements to the visible surface of the molded parts of the kit. The design elements can then experience an arbitrary arrangement of free areas of the individual molded parts of the kit due to the lack of plug holes for the push buttons, in order to finally further individualize each overall impression.

Die vorbeschriebenen Formgestaltuntselemente sind vorrangig für Bausätze von Spieleartikeln für Kinder der Altersgruppe von 5 bis 12 Jahren konzipiert. Sie können als technisch-funktionelle und gleichzeitig ästhetische Hilfsmittel auch für entsprechende Bausätze von Geschenk- oder Werbeartikeln verwendet werden, wofür als ein Beispiel in Figur 5 eine Dose dargestellt ist. Bei dieser Dose sind entsprechende Materialstreifen 29, 30 an Formteilen 31,32 bzw. 32,33 mittels Druckknöpfen 34,35 befestigt, wobei für die Druckknöpfe der Materialstreifen 29 eine Steckverbindung und für die Druckknöpfe der Materialstreifen 30 eine Klebeverbindung verwirklicht ist. Das einen Deckel der Dose ergebende Formteil 31 kann daher durch das Lösen der Steckverbindung an einem der beiden Materialstreifen 29 um den anderen Materialstreifen hochgeklappt werden, wenn dafür dieser zweite Materialstreifen die gleichen Materialeigenschaften wie die Verbindungslaschen 5,6 des in Figur 4 gezeigten Spieleartikels aufweist. Wenngleich auch bei den Materialstreifen 30 eine Steckverbindung ihrer Druckknöpfe mit den dabei relativ fest zusammengebauten Formteilen 32, 33 vorgesehen sein kann, wird mit einer damit bei dieser Dose verwirklichten Klebeverbindung eine willkürliche Anordnung über den Umfang der Dose ermöglicht, so daß deren Gesamteindruck beispielsweise bereits damit individualisiert werden kann, daß diese Materialstreifen, die auch einen abweichenden Umriß erhalten können, an der fertigen Dose überhaupt nicht angebracht werden.The shape elements described above are primarily designed for kits of toys for children in the age group of 5 to 12 years. They can also be used as technical-functional and at the same time aesthetic aids for corresponding kits of gift or promotional items, for which a can is shown as an example in FIG. 5. Corresponding material strips 29, 30 attached to molded parts 31, 32 and 32, 33 by means of push buttons 34, 35, a plug connection for the push buttons of the material strips 29 and an adhesive connection for the push buttons of the material strips 30. The molded part 31 resulting in a lid of the can can therefore be folded up by loosening the plug connection on one of the two material strips 29 around the other material strip, if this second material strip has the same material properties as the connecting tabs 5, 6 of the game article shown in FIG. 4. Although a push-in connection of their push buttons with the relatively firmly assembled molded parts 32, 33 can also be provided for the material strips 30, an adhesive arrangement realized with this box enables an arbitrary arrangement over the circumference of the box, so that the overall impression of the box is already used, for example can be individualized that these strips of material, which can also have a different outline, are not attached to the finished can at all.

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Funktionales Formgestaltungselement für Spiele-, Geschenk- oder Werbeartikel, die als Bausätze aus einzelnen dreidimensionalen Formteilen (1 bis 4, 11 bis 14; 31 bis 33) aus ggf. unterschiedlich hart eingestellten Kunststoffen mit unterschiedlichen geometrischen.Formen zu einem mit relativ beweglichen und mit relativ festen Formteilen versehenen dreidimensionalen Körper zusammengebaut sind, gekennzeichnet durch a) einen rechteckigen bis länglich-ovalen Materialstreifen (5,6,9,10,17,18; 29,30) einheitlicher Materialdicke, der längs seiner Hauptachse (A-A) zwei beabstandete Durchstecklöcher (19,20) aufweist, und b) zwei Druckknöpfe (7,8,15,16; 34,35), die jeweils aus einem mit einer balligen Stirnfläche (24) und einer ebenen Rückseite versehenen Kopfteil (22) größer als der Durchmesser der Durchstecklöcher (19,20) und aus einem Schaftteil (23) mit einem Durchmesser kleiner als der Durchmesser Durchstecklöcher (19,20) sowie einer Länge gleich oder größer als die Dicke des Materialstreifens (5,6,9,10,17,18; 29,30) bestehen und zur steckbaren Befestigung des Materialstreifens in untiefen Stecklöchern (28') der Formteile des Bausatzes oder für eine Klebeverbindung mit deren Sichtfläche vorgesehen sind, wobei c) der Materialstreifen (5,6,18; 29) bei einer ersten Gruppe von Formgestaltungselementen, die für die relativ beweglichen Formteile (1,2; 31) des Bausatzes bereit gestellt sind, aus einem Kunststoff besteht, der wenigstens im Bereich zwischen seinen Durchstecklöchern biegeweich und rückstellbar eingestellt ist, und wobei d) der Materialstreifen (9,10,18; 30) bei einer zweiten Gruppe von Formgestaltungselementen, die für die relativ festen Formteile (3,4,11 bis 14; 32,33) des Bausatzes bereit gestellt sind, aus einem Kunststoff besteht, der längs seiner Hauptachse (A-A) hart oder dehnbar eingestellt ist. 1.Functional design element for games, gifts or promotional items, which as kits from individual three-dimensional molded parts (1 to 4, 11 to 14; 31 to 33) made of plastics with different geometries, possibly with different hardnesses, with one with relatively flexible shapes and three-dimensional bodies provided with relatively solid molded parts, characterized by a) a rectangular to elongated oval material strip (5,6,9,10,17,18; 29,30) of uniform material thickness, which has two spaced through holes (19,20) along its main axis (AA), and b) two push buttons (7,8,15,16; 34,35), each of which has a spherical end face (24) and a flat rear head part (22) larger than the diameter of the through holes (19,20) and consist of a shaft part (23) with a diameter smaller than the diameter of through holes (19,20) and a length equal to or greater than the thickness of the material strip (5,6,9,10,17,18; 29,30) and for pluggable fastening of the material strip in shallow plug-in holes (28 ') of the molded parts of the kit or for an adhesive connection with the visible surface thereof, wherein c) the material strip (5, 6, 18; 29) in a first group of design elements which are used for the relatively movable molded parts (1, 2; 31) of the kit are made of a plastic which is flexible and resettable at least in the area between its push-through holes, and wherein d) the material strip (9, 10, 18; 30) in a second group of design elements, which are provided for the relatively solid molded parts (3, 4, 11 to 14; 32, 33) of the kit, consists of a plastic, which is set hard or stretchable along its main axis (AA). 2. Formgestaltungselement nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet , daß der Materialstreifen (18) für die Bereitstellung einer weiteren Gruppe von Formgestaltungselementen aus einem Kunststoff besteht, der längs der Hauptachse (A-A) hart eingestellt ist und eine die Hauptachse (A-A) im Bereich zwischen den beiden Durchstecklöchern (19,20) rechtwinklig schneidende Biegekante (21) aufweist.2. Shape design element according to claim 1, characterized in that the material strip (18) for the provision of a further group of shape design elements consists of a plastic which is set hard along the main axis (AA) and a the main axis (AA) in the area between the has two push-through holes (19, 20) at right-angled bending edges (21). 3. Formgestaltungselement nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet , daß der Materialstreifen (18) an der Biegekante (21) rechtwinklig abgebogen ist.3. Shape design element according to claim 2, characterized in that the material strip (18) on the bending edge (21) is bent at right angles. 4. Formgestaltungselement nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet , daß der Materialstreifen (17,18) in der Gesamtheit aus einem biegeweich eingestellten Kunststoff besteht, in welchen im Bereich zwischen den beiden Durchstecklöchern (19,20) ein flexibles Blech (17a) oder ein flexibler Draht (17b) eingebettet ist.4. Shaping element according to claim 1, characterized in that the material strip (17, 18) in its entirety consists of a pliable plastic, in which in the region between the two through holes (19, 20) a flexible sheet (17a) or a more flexible Wire (17b) is embedded. 5. Formgestaltungselement nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet , daß das Schaftteil (23) jedes Druckknopfes (7,8,15,16; 34,35) wenigstens über eine Teillänge hohl ausgebildet und längs dieser Teillänge mit wenigstens einem achsparallelen Dehnungsschlitz (26) versehen ist.5. Shaping element according to claim 1, characterized in that the shaft part (23) of each push button (7, 8, 15, 16; 34, 35) is hollow at least over a partial length and provided with at least one axially parallel expansion slot (26) along this partial length is. 6. Formgestaltungselement nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet , daß das freie Ende des Schaftteils (23) jedes Druckknopfes (7,8,15, 16; 34,35) mit einem an den Durchmesser und an die Bohrtiefe der Stecklöcher (28') zur Erzielung eines Preßsitzes angepaßten umlaufenden Verstärkungsbund (28) oder zur alternativen Bereitstellung einer Klebefläche mit einer ebenen und ggf. etwas konvexen Stirnfläche versehen ist.6. Shape design element according to claim 1, characterized in that the free end of the shaft part (23) of each push button (7,8,15, 16; 34,35) with a to the diameter and to the drilling depth of the plug holes (28 ') Achieving a press fit adapted circumferential reinforcing collar (28) or for providing an alternative adhesive surface is provided with a flat and possibly somewhat convex end face. 7. Formgestaltungselement nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet , daß das Kopfteil (22) jedes Druckknopfes (7,8,15,16; 34,35) aus einem gegenüber dessen Schaftteil (23) weicher eingestellten Kunststoff besteht und einen abgerundeten Rand (25) im Übergang der balligen Stirnfläche (24) zu der ebenen Rückseite aufweist.7. Design element according to claim 1, characterized in that the head part (22) of each push button (7, 8, 15, 16; 34, 35) consists of a plastic which is softer than its shaft part (23) and a rounded edge (25). in the transition from the spherical end face (24) to the flat back.
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