Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
  • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
  • A63H3/00—Dolls
  • A63H3/003—Dolls specially adapted for a particular function not connected with dolls
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
  • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
  • A63H3/00—Dolls
  • A63H3/006—Dolls provided with electrical lighting
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
  • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
  • A63H33/00—Other toys
  • A63H33/22—Optical, colour, or shadow toys
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
  • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
  • A63H5/00—Musical or noise- producing devices for additional toy effects other than acoustical

Definitions

• the present invention relates to the general field of games and toys; it relates more particularly to toys in the form of cuddly toys or dolls, the body part of which incorporates a complementary device intended to arouse attention, in particular for young children.
• the present invention aims to increase the attractiveness of this kind of toy by associating them with an original animation structure.
• the additional attention awakening device consists of an animation module comprising an imaging system placed opposite a transparent screen arranged on the envelope of the toy body.
• This imaging system is mounted on a carousel-shaped support driven in rotation by gearmotor means powered by an energy source, and associated with a switch-shaped control member, allowing scrolling continuously or in a manner of said imaging system opposite said transparent screen.
• the animation module also includes a lighting device, adapted to illuminate the part of the imaging system placed opposite the transparent screen; this lighting device is powered by the energy source of the gearmotor means and it is associated with a control member in the form of a switch which can be the control switch for the gearmotor means or which can be separate.
• the imaging system consists of a decorated strip shaped like a cylinder on the support carousel.
• the imaging system consists of a plurality of slides arranged in suitable housings arranged on the support carousel, which carousel is associated with sequential actuation means, pressing the control switch resulting in the positioning of the next slide next to the transparent screen.
• the toy advantageously comprises a particular switch for the lighting device, and a particular switch for the sequential drive of the carousel. Provision is also made of suitable means which make it possible to record audio messages and to broadcast them one by one, at the time of positioning each slide opposite the transparent screen. According to yet another feature, the toy incorporates sound animation means activated by the control means of the imaging system and / or the control means of the lighting device.
• the imaging system, its support, as well as the means for actuating this support are integrated into a housing structure consisting of a casing provided with a removable front face which constitutes the transparent screen, which casing structure comprises means for ensuring its joining with the periphery of an opening formed in the envelope of the toy body.
• the lighting device is positioned inside the carousel, or just above, fixed on the upper wall of the casing, and this wall has an orifice through which the electrical cables for supplying the said pass. lighting system.
• the front face of the housing structure comprises - an external part of which at least one zone is transparent, and - an internal part in the form of a frame, between which is pinched the periphery of the opening arranged in the toy body shell.
• These two inner and outer parts constituting the front face of the housing structure include removable assembly means; these assembly means preferably consist of fixing screws arranged internally, that is to say mounted on the inner part and adapted to be screwed into orifices arranged on the outer part.
• the frame which constitutes the inner part of the front face of the housing structure is a part independent of the housing casing, said housing casing and said internal frame comprising removable securing means.
• This feature makes it possible to mount the front face of the casing structure beforehand on the envelope of the toy body, then to bring in the rest of the casing structure from the inside.
• the removable securing means between the housing casing and the internal frame are advantageously in the form of snap-in tongues cooperating with suitable orifices.
• the opening in the envelope of the toy body is bordered by an added reinforcement frame, secured by any suitable means, in particular by a system of seams.
• This plastic reinforcement frame is advantageously provided with orifices allowing the passage of the screws which ensure the removable assembly between the outer part and the inner part of the front face of the housing.
• FIG. 1 is a front view of a toy in the form of a teddy bear whose body incorporates a possible embodiment of the animation module according to the present invention
• Figure 2 illustrates the animation module integrated in the teddy bear of Figure 1;
• FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the imaging system in the form of a cylindrical strip equipping the animation module of FIG. 2;
• FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the support of the imaging system illustrated in Figure 3;
• FIG. 5 is a schematic representation of the electrical circuit ensuring the operation of the animation module illustrated in Figure 2;
• FIG. 6 is a sectional view which shows the principle of securing the housing structure integrating the animation module, with the envelope of the toy body;
• FIG. 8 shows another possible embodiment of the imaging system according to the present invention.
• the toy 1 illustrated in FIG. 1 is in the form of a teddy bear with a head, a body part and four legs; its body part includes an animation module 2 which in particular includes a scrolling imaging system 3, visually accessible from the outside via a transparent screen 4.
• the structure and operation of the animation module 2 are detailed in FIGS. 2 to 7.
• the imaging system consists of a printed strip 3 shaped into a cylinder and mounted on a support 6 in the form of a carousel actuated in rotation by a geared motor assembly 8.
• the printed strip 3 is shown in isolation in Figure 3. It is preferably a strip of transparent material on which is affixed a decoration, a juxtaposition of drawings, inscriptions or other ...
• FIG. 3 one can see the zone 9 for securing the two ends of the strip; this joining can be achieved by gluing or taping in particular.
• the cylindrical strip 3 is placed in the support carousel 6, shown in isolation in FIG. 4.
• This carousel 6 is in the general form of a cylindrical bowl made of transparent plastic, comprising a cylindrical wall 6 'and a circular bottom 6 ".
• the external face of the decorated strip 3 is intended to be pressed against the internal face of the cylindrical wall 6 '; if necessary, the strip 3 is secured to the wall 6'.
• the bottom 6 "of the cylindrical carousel 6 is mounted at the end of a vertical rotary axis 10 which is maneuvered by the gearmotor means 8 so as to ensure its rotational drive and to scroll the imaging system 3 opposite the transparent screen 4.
• the carousel 6 is secured to the axis 10 by means of a fixing screw 12.
• One or more cell (s) (or battery) 14 provides (s) the power supply to the geared motor means 8.
• gearmotor means 8 The activation of these gearmotor means 8 is effected by means of a switch 15, for example of the pressure type, housed at the end of one of the legs (or arms) of the toy.
• the switch 15 controls the lighting of a diode 16 (or bulb) adapted to illuminate the area of the imaging system 3 placed opposite the transparent screen 4.
• this switch 15 can also simultaneously control the triggering of a sound animation module 18 (for activating a song, melody, music or the like ).
• the various elements of the animation module 2 are integrated in a protective box structure 20 wedged in the internal stuffing of the toy and the front face of which constitutes the transparent screen 4 comprises means for fixing to the envelope of the toy body.
• This protective housing structure 20 consists of a casing 22 of generally parallelepipedal shape provided with a removable front face 23 (which does not appear in FIG. 2).
• the casing element 22 consists of a one-piece plastic assembly comprising two side walls 24, 25, a rear wall 26, an upper wall 27 and a lower wall 28.
• This bottom wall 28 has a central opening 29 bordered by two parallel slides 30 which allow mounting on the housing 22 of the gearmotor means 8, and the integration of the imaging system 3 with its support 6 fixed to the end of the axis 10.
• the gearmotor means 8 are housed in a housing 32 provided with lateral slides 33 adapted to the slides 30 ( Figure 2).
• the diode or light bulb 16 is fixed to the center of the upper wall 27 of the casing 22, substantially facing and perpendicular to the axis 10; the upper wall 27 comprises a central orifice 34 through which the electrical cables for feeding this diode / bulb 16 pass.
• the lighting device 16 is consequently fixed on the wall situated opposite that which carries the geared motor means 8; it is positioned inside the space of the rotary cylinder 6, or just above it, so as to obtain optimal lighting of the printed strip 3 from the rear.
• the removable front face 23 which is associated with the casing 22 is structured to allow visual access from the outside to the integrated imaging system.
• This front face 23, detailed in FIGS. 6 and 7, comprises two independent parts, one external 36 provided with a transparent central part 37, and the other internal 38 in the form of a frame, which pinch the periphery of an opening 39 arranged in the envelope 40 of the toy body.
• These two exterior 36 and interior 38 parts comprise removable assembly means in the form of screws 42.
• the front peripheral edge of the casing 22 is equipped with locking tabs 43 adapted to snap into orifices 44 arranged on the inner frame 38, so as to ensure removable locking of the front face 23 of the housing structure 20 on said housing 22.
• the outer part 36 of said front face 23 is advantageously in the form of an opaque rectangular frame 46 provided with an internal rabbet arranged to accommodate a transparent rectangular panel 37.
• This transparent panel 37 can be secured to the frame 46; it can also be held by simple tightening between said frame 46 and the envelope 40 of the toy, or the inner frame 38.
• the various screws 42 which assemble the outer 36 and inner 38 parts of the front face 23 are arranged internally; these screws 42 are mounted on the inner frame 38 and they are fixed in orifices 47 arranged on the inner face of the frame 46.
• the assembly of the outer 36 and inner 38 parts around the periphery of the opening 39 arranged in the casing 40 of the toy body is carried out before the casing 22 is fixed on the inner frame 38.
• the envelope 40 is closed and the animation module 2 can no longer be disassembled from the front, without destruction.
• the transparent panel 37 can be made of magnifying glass, in order to allow an enlarged viewing of the image.
• the opening 39 arranged in the envelope 40 of the toy body is bordered by a reinforcing frame 49 secured by a system of seams.
• This reinforcing frame 49 is preferably made of flexible plastic and it has orifices 50 which allow the passage of the assembly screws 42.
• the imaging system consists of slides 52 detachably held in housings 53 arranged on an appropriate support carousel 54.
• the slides 52 can for example be held on the support carousel 54 by means of simple clips or notches 55.
• the support 54 of the imaging system is removably attached to the end of a rotational drive axis.
• the operation of this structure is preferably sequential here, that is to say that pressing the switch 15 causes the carousel 54 to move a quarter of a turn to position the next slide opposite the screen. transparent 4.
• the lighting device for the slides 52 can be installed in an identical manner to that indicated for the previous embodiment, to illuminate the transparent film from the rear.
• the control means of this lighting device consist of a particular switch, independent of the switch 15, located for example in another leg of the plush.
• the front face of the protective housing can be adapted to allow an easy change of the slides; in the case of the rear face, an appropriate opening will be provided in the rear part of the envelope of the toy associated with a removable closure means such as a zipper or Velcro strips.
• the imaging system is advantageously associated with a module allowing the recording and broadcasting of an audio message associated with each slide. It will thus be possible to record and distribute a specific comment associated with each image. The broadcasting of this particular comment can be controlled by the switch 15 for changing the slide.

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