EP2620190A1 - Toy with reversible base - Google Patents
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- EP2620190A1 EP2620190A1 EP13155831.4A EP13155831A EP2620190A1 EP 2620190 A1 EP2620190 A1 EP 2620190A1 EP 13155831 A EP13155831 A EP 13155831A EP 2620190 A1 EP2620190 A1 EP 2620190A1
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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
- A63F9/02—Shooting or hurling games
- A63F9/0278—Projectiles
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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
- A63F3/00—Board games; Raffle games
- A63F3/00697—Playing pieces
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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
- A63F3/00—Board games; Raffle games
- A63F3/00697—Playing pieces
- A63F2003/00716—Connectable or stackable playing pieces or parts thereof
- A63F2003/00719—Connectable or stackable playing pieces or parts thereof with connections amongst the playing pieces or parts thereof
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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
- A63F9/02—Shooting or hurling games
- A63F9/0278—Projectiles
- A63F2009/0282—Projectiles with shapes other than balls
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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
- A63F9/02—Shooting or hurling games
- A63F2009/0295—Tiddley winks type games
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- the present invention relates to a toy with reversible base of the type intended to be propelled manually or with the aid of a manual operating tool for moving it during game play.
- This toy with reversible base has features aimed at allowing its assembly in different positions for achieving different sliding or jumping movements of the figure due to the propulsion.
- This invention is applicable in the toy manufacturing sector.
- the toy with reversible base object of this invention is of the type intended to be propelled manually or with the aid of a manual operating tool for moving it during game play, and has features aimed at allowing its assembly in different positions for achieving different movements, either sliding movements or jumping movements of the toy, by means of propulsing it; increasing the possibilities of game play.
- the toy of the invention comprises a multiform body which can represent an animal, or a human form, or any imaginary or real object and have coupling means for assembling it on a support base at one lower end.
- Said support base has, in its middle area, a larger face and a smaller face provided with coupling means which are identical with one another and complementary to the coupling means of the body of the toy; said coupling means allow assembling the mentioned body on any of the faces of the base, which provides the base with a reversible character.
- Said base defines a contour having, at least in a portion thereof, an oblique ramp extending between the two larger and smaller faces of the base.
- the mentioned features of the base allow coupling the body of the toy on the smaller face of the base in a first assembly position, such that the larger face of said base is the one intended for contacting any game surface.
- fixing the body of the toy on one or the other face of the base is sufficient for achieving different types of movement or displacement of the toy when it is conveniently driven as has been mentioned.
- Figure 1 shows a perspective view of an embodiment of the toy with reversible base according to the invention in which the base has been depicted as resting on its larger face and the body of the toy with its coupling means facing the complementary coupling means defined in the smaller face of the base.
- Figure 2 shows a view similar to the preceding view with the body of the toy coupled to the smaller face of the base during the clamping of the base against a support surface by means of a manual operating tool.
- Figure 3 shows a perspective view of the base resting on its smaller face and the body of the toy with its coupling means facing the complementary coupling means of the larger face of the base.
- Figure 4 shows a view similar to Figure 3 with the body of the toy coupled on the larger face of the base during the clamping of the base against a support surface by means of a manual operating tool.
- Figure 5 shows a rear - lower perspective view of the body of the toy in which the coupling means of the lower end formed by perimetral channel portions provided with respective lower access openings can be seen.
- Figure 6 shows a perspective view of an embodiment of the base sectioned through a diametrical plane and in which the complementary coupling means for assembling the body of the toy can be seen.
- the toy with reversible base comprises a multiform body (1) and a base (2) for its coupling.
- the body (1) has coupling means at its lower end (11) represented by perimetral channel portions (12) provided with respective lower access openings (13).
- the base (2) has a larger face (21) and a smaller face (22) provided with coupling means complementary to the coupling means of the body (1) and represented in this case by seats (21a, 22a) for receiving the lower end (11) of the body (1) and by radial appendages (21b, 22b) respectively.
- These coupling means allow coupling the body (1): on the smaller face (22) of the base (2) as shown in Figure 2 , or on the larger face (21) of the base (2) as shown in Figure 4 .
- the base (2) has a frusto-conical contour defining an oblique ramp (23) extending between the larger face (21) and the smaller face (22) throughout the expanse thereof.
- said base (2) is formed by a first annular part (2a) with a U-shaped section the outer flange of which defines the perimetral contour of the base and the inner flange of which demarcates a central area in which the coupling means (21a,21b, 22a,22b) of the faces (21) and (22) of the base are defined.
- the U-shaped section of the mentioned first annular part (2a) is closed on the larger face of the base by means of a second flat annular part (2b).
- This configuration of the base allows reducing the manufacturing costs both due to the greater simplicity of the moulds to be used and to the lower amount of material necessary for forming it.
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Description
- The present invention relates to a toy with reversible base of the type intended to be propelled manually or with the aid of a manual operating tool for moving it during game play. This toy with reversible base has features aimed at allowing its assembly in different positions for achieving different sliding or jumping movements of the figure due to the propulsion.
- This invention is applicable in the toy manufacturing sector.
- Many toys generally made of plastic material finishing at their lower end in a support plate forming a single body with the toy and allowing it to rest in an upright position on any surface are known today within the field of toys.
- These toys are static, the player being the one who must grab them to move them or to change their position.
- Other toys having means aimed at facilitating their movement when being propelled manually are also known, for example, the sliding toy described in utility model
ES 1072477 U - These and other toys in the forms of figures or dolls existing in the market have a fixed structure allowing a single way of use and movement, for example manually or by rolling, preventing the use of different types of movement of the toy during game play.
- The toy with reversible base object of this invention is of the type intended to be propelled manually or with the aid of a manual operating tool for moving it during game play, and has features aimed at allowing its assembly in different positions for achieving different movements, either sliding movements or jumping movements of the toy, by means of propulsing it; increasing the possibilities of game play.
- To that end, the toy of the invention comprises a multiform body which can represent an animal, or a human form, or any imaginary or real object and have coupling means for assembling it on a support base at one lower end.
- Said support base has, in its middle area, a larger face and a smaller face provided with coupling means which are identical with one another and complementary to the coupling means of the body of the toy; said coupling means allow assembling the mentioned body on any of the faces of the base, which provides the base with a reversible character.
- Said base defines a contour having, at least in a portion thereof, an oblique ramp extending between the two larger and smaller faces of the base.
- The mentioned features of the base allow coupling the body of the toy on the smaller face of the base in a first assembly position, such that the larger face of said base is the one intended for contacting any game surface.
- In this position the oblique ramp descends from the smaller face to the larger support surface such that upon clamping said ramp against the support surface manually or by means of a manual operating tool, for example a flexible blade, the toy is moved horizontally on the support surface.
- When the position of the base is inverted and the body of the toy is coupled on the larger face of the base, said base rests on the game surface with its smaller base. In this position when the base is clamped against the game surface by means of an operating tool, moving the support point of the tool from the central area to the periphery of the base, the base rocks suddenly, the toy performing jumping movements due to the inverted arrangement of the oblique ramp.
- Therefore, fixing the body of the toy on one or the other face of the base is sufficient for achieving different types of movement or displacement of the toy when it is conveniently driven as has been mentioned.
- These and other additional features of the invention described in the claims will be more easily understood in view of an embodiment.
- To complement the description being made and for the purpose of aiding to better understand the features of the invention, a set of drawings is attached to the specification in which the following has been depicted with an illustrative and non-limiting character:
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Figure 1 shows a perspective view of an embodiment of the toy with reversible base according to the invention in which the base has been depicted as resting on its larger face and the body of the toy with its coupling means facing the complementary coupling means defined in the smaller face of the base. -
Figure 2 shows a view similar to the preceding view with the body of the toy coupled to the smaller face of the base during the clamping of the base against a support surface by means of a manual operating tool. -
Figure 3 shows a perspective view of the base resting on its smaller face and the body of the toy with its coupling means facing the complementary coupling means of the larger face of the base. -
Figure 4 shows a view similar toFigure 3 with the body of the toy coupled on the larger face of the base during the clamping of the base against a support surface by means of a manual operating tool. -
Figure 5 shows a rear - lower perspective view of the body of the toy in which the coupling means of the lower end formed by perimetral channel portions provided with respective lower access openings can be seen. -
Figure 6 shows a perspective view of an embodiment of the base sectioned through a diametrical plane and in which the complementary coupling means for assembling the body of the toy can be seen. - In the embodiment shown in the attached drawings, the toy with reversible base comprises a multiform body (1) and a base (2) for its coupling.
- The body (1) has coupling means at its lower end (11) represented by perimetral channel portions (12) provided with respective lower access openings (13).
- The base (2) has a larger face (21) and a smaller face (22) provided with coupling means complementary to the coupling means of the body (1) and represented in this case by seats (21a, 22a) for receiving the lower end (11) of the body (1) and by radial appendages (21b, 22b) respectively.
- These coupling means allow coupling the body (1): on the smaller face (22) of the base (2) as shown in
Figure 2 , or on the larger face (21) of the base (2) as shown inFigure 4 . - In the example shown, the base (2) has a frusto-conical contour defining an oblique ramp (23) extending between the larger face (21) and the smaller face (22) throughout the expanse thereof.
- When the body (1) is assembled on the smaller face (22) of the base as shown in
Figure 2 and a pressure "P" is exerted with a manual operating tool on the oblique ramp (23), clamping the base against a support surface, the toy performs a sliding movement on the support surface. - However, when the body (1) is assembled on the larger face (21) of the base, when a pressure "P" is exerted with an operating tool on said larger face (21) clamping the base against a support surface, said base (2) rocks suddenly due to the lower arrangement of the oblique ramp (23), causing the toy to jump.
- In the embodiment shown in
Figure 6 , said base (2) is formed by a first annular part (2a) with a U-shaped section the outer flange of which defines the perimetral contour of the base and the inner flange of which demarcates a central area in which the coupling means (21a,21b, 22a,22b) of the faces (21) and (22) of the base are defined. - In this embodiment, the U-shaped section of the mentioned first annular part (2a) is closed on the larger face of the base by means of a second flat annular part (2b).
- This configuration of the base allows reducing the manufacturing costs both due to the greater simplicity of the moulds to be used and to the lower amount of material necessary for forming it.
- Having sufficiently described the nature of the invention as well as a preferred embodiment, it must be stated that that the materials, shape, size and arrangement of the elements described can be modified accordingly, provided that it does not entail an alteration of the essential features of the invention claimed below.
Claims (4)
- A toy with reversible base of the type intended to be propelled manually or with the aid of a manual operating tool for moving it during game play; characterised in that it comprises a multiform body having coupling means for assembling it on a support base at one lower end; said base having a larger face and a smaller face provided with the same coupling means, and complementary to the coupling means of the body of the figure for assembling the body on any of the faces of the base; said base defining a contour having at least one oblique ramp extending between the two larger and smaller faces of the base in a portion thereof.
- The toy according to claim 1, characterised in that the coupling means defined in the body and in the base are bayonet coupling means and are formed by perimetral channel portions provided with respective lower access openings, and by radial appendages intended to be housed in the respective perimetral channel portions.
- The toy according to any of the preceding claims, characterised in that the base has a frusto-conical contour defining an oblique ramp between the two faces of the base throughout its expanse.
- The toy according to any of the preceding claims, characterised in that the base is formed by - a first annular part with a U-shaped section the outer flange of which defines the perimetral contour of the base and the inner flange of which demarcates a central area in which the coupling means of the two faces of the base are defined; and by a second flat, annular part closing the U-shaped section of the mentioned first annular part on the larger face of the base.
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ES201230194U ES1076539Y (en) | 2012-02-24 | 2012-02-24 | REVERSIBLE BASE TOY MUNCH |
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