EP0388556A1 - Toy for playing imitation scooping and hooking games - Google Patents

Toy for playing imitation scooping and hooking games Download PDF

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EP0388556A1
EP0388556A1 EP89311070A EP89311070A EP0388556A1 EP 0388556 A1 EP0388556 A1 EP 0388556A1 EP 89311070 A EP89311070 A EP 89311070A EP 89311070 A EP89311070 A EP 89311070A EP 0388556 A1 EP0388556 A1 EP 0388556A1
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Masatoshi Todokoro
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F9/00—Games not otherwise provided for
    • A63F9/30—Capturing games for grabbing or trapping objects, e.g. fishing games
    • A63F9/305—Fishing games

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  • This invention relates to a toy capable of playing both an imitation fish-scooping game and an imitation fish-hooking game.
  • the vibration of the vibrator is transmitted to the fish-scooping member to intentionally make it difficult to scoop up an imitation fish, and enable a player to enjoy the game.
  • a toy has not yet been proposed, for playing imitation fish-hooking games, in which the vibration of a vibrator is also transmitted to a fish-hooking member to intentionally make it difficult to hook an imitation fish, and enable a player to enjoy the game.
  • the scooping means comprises parts identical with those shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings, i.e. a fixed front grip, or handle, portion 8, a rotatable rear grip, or handle, portion 10 joined to the rear end of the fixed portion 8 and a scooping or netting member 4 connected to the front end of the fixed grip portion 8 via a shank 7.
  • a vibrator 5 and a miniaturized vibrator-driving motor 12 are housed in the fixed grip portion 8.
  • a battery 16 is inserted in the rotatable grip portion 10 so that a positive pole 14 thereof contacts one electric terminal 15 of the motor 12, and a switch 20 is also inserted in the rotatable grip portion 10, contacting a negative pole 17 of the battery 16 through a conductive spring 18 and adapted to be connected to and disconnected from the other electric terminal 19 of the motor 12 in accordance with the rotation of the rotatable grip portion 10.
  • a contact 20′ of the switch 20 faces radially outwardly, that is, faces the inner surface of the rotatable grip portion 10 with the electric terminal 19 projecting so as to be inserted between the inner surface of the rotatable grip portion 10 and the contact 20′ as shown in Fig. 8, the following inconveniences occur.
  • a first object of the present invention is to provide a toy for playing imitation goldfish scooping or netting and hooking games, which is capable of fixing a scooping or netting means and a hooking means interchangeably to the same vibrator-containing grip member and playing selectively either an imitation fish-scooping game or an imitation fish-hooking game, and which requires special imitation fish-scooping and fish-hooking techniques, by which the fun of playing these games can be increased.
  • a second object of the present invention is to provide a toy for playing imitation fish-scooping and hooking games, capable of preventing a switch from going wrong during a tubular grip member connecting operation.
  • the present invention provides a toy as claimed in each of claims 1 to 7, to which reference is directed.
  • the present invention provides a toy for playing imitation goldfish scooping and hooking games, comprising imitation goldfishes 1; a vessel 2 for use in placing the imitation goldfishes 1 therein; a vibrator containing grip member 6 having a joint portion at a front end section thereof; a scooping means 26 composed of a shank 7, an imitation goldfish scooping portion 4 provided at the front end section of the shank 7, and a joint portion 27 provided at the rear end section of the shank 7 and adapted to be connected detachably to a joint portion 25 of the grip member 6; a hooking means 28 composed of an imitation fishing rod 29 having at its rear end section a joint portion adapted to be connected detachably to the joint portion of the grip member, an imitation fishing line 30, one end of which is connected to the front end of the imitation fishing rod 29, and a hook member 33 connected to the other end of the fishing line 30.
  • the grip member 6 is composed of a fixed portion 8 and a rotatable portion 10 which is joined to the rear end portion of the fixed portion 8.
  • the fixed portion 8 houses therein a vibrator 5 and a miniaturized vibrator-driving motor 6.
  • the rotatable portion 10 houses therein a battery 16, and a switch 20 adapted to be connected to and disconnected from an electric terminal 19 of the miniaturized motor in accordance with rotational movement of the rotatable portion 10.
  • a contact 20′ of the switch 20 projects in a radially inward direction away from the inner surface of the rotatable tube, portion 10.
  • the electric terminal 19 of the motor projects so as to be spaced from the inner surface of the fixed portion 10.
  • a plurality of imitation goldfishes 1 are placed in the vessel 2, and either the scooping means or the hooking means is selected and connected to the grip member.
  • the scooping means 26 is connected to the grip member 6, the grip member 6 is grasped by the hand, and the rotatable portion 10 is turned to a position in which the switch 20 is turned on. Consequently, the motor 12 is rotated with the vibrator 5 also turned simultaneously, and the slight vibration of the vibrator 5 is transmitted to the scooping portion 26. The scooping portion 26 is then brought close to an imitation goldfish 1.
  • the scooping portion 26 contacts the imitation goldfish 1, the latter is jerked due to the slight vibration of the former, i.e., the imitation goldfish 1 moves as if it were a living goldfish escaping from place to place.
  • a player tries to scoop up this imitation goldfish 1 skilfully with the scooping portion 26 and places it into a container (not shown) prepared at hand in advance.
  • the imitation goldfish 1 successfully scooped up receives the slight vibration of the scooping portion 26 and springs up repeatedly thereon as if it were a live goldfish. Therefore, all the imitation goldfishes 1 scooped up can not be placed successfully into the container; a scooped imitation goldfish 1 often drops from the scooping portion 26 while it is being carried to the container.
  • the grip member 6 is grasped by the hand, and the rotatable portion 10 is turned to a position in which the switch 20 is turned on. Consequently, the slight vibration of the vibrator 5 is transmitted to the hook member 33 via the fishing line 30. A player then tries to hook an imitation goldfish on the hooking portion thereof, and, during this hooking operation, the hooking portion 33 being vibrated by the vibrator 5 make it difficult for the player to hook up the imitation goldfish 1 successfully. If the above-described operations are repeated, the player can enjoy an imitation goldfish scooping game and an imitation goldfish hooking game.
  • the electric terminal 19 and the switch 20 project inwardly away from the inner surfaces of the fixed and rotatable portions 8, 10 with clearances left therebetween. Accordingly, even when the axes of the fixed and rotatable portions 8, 10 of the grip member 6 deviate slightly from each other while these portion 8, 10 are brought close to each other to be connected together, the electric terminal 19 of the motor reaches a position in which the terminal 19 contacts the switch 20 without colliding with the front end of the rotatable portion 10.
  • reference numeral 1 denotes imitations suitably selected from among the imitation goldfishes, imitation goldfishes with swinging tail and fin, and imitations of various kinds of living things other than goldfishes
  • 2 the vessel, which is molded so as to have a recessed portion which hold the imitations 1 therein, and which may have a round contour, an angular contour or a contour of any other shape.
  • the bottom surface of this recessed portion of the vessel 2 may have projections and grooves which look like ripples, and various other types of designs.
  • the peripheral portion of the upper surface of the vessel 2 may be provided with a molded imitation fence.
  • Reference numeral 6 denotes the grip member molded out of plastic and consisting of fixed hollow casing portion 8, and rotatable hollow casing portion 10 joined to the rear end portion of the fixed portion 8, the joint portions of these tubes being composed as shown in, for example, Fig. 3 of an annular projection 23 provided on the inner surface of the rear end portion of the fixed portion 8, and an annular groove 24 provided in the outer surface of the front end of the rotatable portion 10 so that the annular groove 24 can be engaged rotatably with the annular projection 23.
  • the engaging and disengaging of the annular projection and groove are done forcibly by applying a force to the two portions 8, 10.
  • a connecting member 25 is provided on the outer side of the fixed portion 8, and the miniaturized motor 12 is fitted fixedly in the interior of the fixed portion 8 so that a rotary shaft 11 extends toward the front end of the grip member 6.
  • the vibrator 5, consisting of an eccentric weight, is attached to the front end portion of the rotary shaft 11.
  • the rotatable portion 10 contains therein the battery 16, the positive pole of which constantly contacts one electric terminal 15 of the motor 12, and a switch 20 connected to the negative pole 17 of the battery 16 through a conductive spring 18 and adapted to be connected to and disconnected from the other electric terminal 19 of the motor 12 in accordance with the turning of the rotatable portion 10.
  • a plurality of ribs 35 project from the inner surface of the rotatable portion 10 so as to contact the outer circumferential surface of the battery 16. Marks 36, 37 on the positions on the joint portions of the two portions 8, 10 are aligned with each other when the switch 20 is turned on.
  • a scooping means 26 consists of a shank 7, a scooping portion 4 provided at the front end of the shank 7, and a joint portion 27 provided at the rear end of the shank 7 and engaged removably with the joint portion 25 of the grip member 6.
  • the scooping portion 4 in use is molded so as to have a slightly concave upper surface, and/or molded with a plurality of through bores formed therein in imitation of the meshes of a net.
  • Reference numeral 28 denotes a hooking means consisting of an imitation fishing rod 29, a fishing line 30 one end of which is connected to the front end of the imitation fishing rod 29, a hooking member 33 connected to the other end of the fishing line 30 and provided with a magnet 32 for attracting a magnetic piece, such as an iron piece attached to an imitation fish 1, and a joint member 34 provided at the rear end of the imitation fishing rod 29 and engaged removably with the joint portion 25 of the grip member 6.
  • the hooking member 33 can be replaced by a fishing hook or some other part suitable for hooking an imitation 1.
  • the present invention can provide a toy for playing imitation goldfish scooping and hooking games, capable of playing either of an imitation goldfish scooping game and an imitation goldfish hooking game by using the same vibrator-containing grip member; requiring special techniques for successfully carrying out the imitation goldfish scooping and hooking operations, whereby the fun of playing these games can be increased; and capable of preventing a switch trouble from occurring during an operation for connecting the tubes of the grip member.

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JP3147989U JPH0630229Y2 (ja) 1989-03-22 1989-03-22 すくい上げ釣り上げゲーム玩具
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US2509785A (en) * 1949-02-12 1950-05-30 Rubin Herbert Toy fish
DE1935016A1 (de) * 1968-08-19 1970-02-26 Varta Gmbh Taschen- und Handleuchte mit elektrisch leitfaehigem Reflektor aus Kunststoff
US3628792A (en) * 1970-02-26 1971-12-21 Mattel Inc Game apparatus involving magnetized selection of game pieces
GB2185892A (en) * 1986-01-29 1987-08-05 Staff Co Ltd Scooping game toy

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US2509785A (en) * 1949-02-12 1950-05-30 Rubin Herbert Toy fish
DE1935016A1 (de) * 1968-08-19 1970-02-26 Varta Gmbh Taschen- und Handleuchte mit elektrisch leitfaehigem Reflektor aus Kunststoff
US3628792A (en) * 1970-02-26 1971-12-21 Mattel Inc Game apparatus involving magnetized selection of game pieces
GB2185892A (en) * 1986-01-29 1987-08-05 Staff Co Ltd Scooping game toy

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