EP3496833A1 - Arrangement of early learning playhouse made of sponge - Google Patents
Arrangement of early learning playhouse made of spongeInfo
- Publication number
- EP3496833A1 EP3496833A1 EP16912599.4A EP16912599A EP3496833A1 EP 3496833 A1 EP3496833 A1 EP 3496833A1 EP 16912599 A EP16912599 A EP 16912599A EP 3496833 A1 EP3496833 A1 EP 3496833A1
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- EP
- European Patent Office
- Prior art keywords
- sponge
- house
- arrangement
- play
- cover
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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Classifications
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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
- A63H33/048—Building blocks, strips, or similar building parts to be assembled using hook and loop-type fastener or the like
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
- A63H3/00—Dolls
- A63H3/36—Details; Accessories
- A63H3/52—Dolls' houses, furniture or other equipment; Dolls' clothing or footwear
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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
- A63H33/008—Playhouses, play-tents, big enough for playing inside
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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
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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
- A63F3/00173—Characteristics of game boards, alone or in relation to supporting structures or playing piece
- A63F3/00261—Details of game boards, e.g. rotatable, slidable or replaceable parts, modular game boards, vertical game boards
- A63F2003/00359—Modular units
Definitions
- the subject of the utilization sample is such an early learning play for children, which is made of sponge or re-utilized soft material cut to size. It is covered by cover material cut to size according to a pattern and which can be removed from the sponge with the help of a zipper.
- the zipper is prepared by hidden sewing and the separate sponge element can be attached to each other by the velcro strips sewed on the cover material.
- the playing activity accompanies the children's life from the moment of their birth. Playing has an effect both to the physical and mental development.
- the infant learns though its movement what the world surrounding it is like, touches objects, senses, tastes, smells, that is learns the outside world, making all this in the course of a play with movement. This is how its intellect develops, this is the basis of learning.
- the basic features of the child's personality develop also during play, it causes joy, entertains it, covers its free time, satisfies its need for movement. It includes freedom, joy, experience, happiness, competition.
- play is not a simple entertainment, spending of time, but also a methodof acquiring and expressing important knowledges, and also a tool of reducing stresses, of self-healing.
- the infant uses subconsciously play as a communication channel. He/she plays his/her grief, happiness, or what he/she is just thinking of, for this reason attention should payed to him/her as maybe he/she is trying to send a message to us, this represents the possibility for starting the communication. That means play is a tool to understand and develop children.
- the playing activity satisfies the child's eagerness of movement since the moment of birth.
- the infant creeps and crawls, takes, touches objects, things.
- the toy represented by the present sample of use has the above listed characteristics, and provides a safe environment for the children's play.
- SKILL DEVELOPING SPONGE CONSTRUCTION TOYunder registration number 2857 U is the Hungarian sample of use called SKILL DEVELOPING SPONGE CONSTRUCTION TOYunder registration number 2857 U. It is the representation of a skill developing construction toy made of sponge.
- the elements of the toy can be connected to each other in plane and in space, and the toy elements are made of polyurethane soft foam coated by textile.
- the density of this latter one is 40-1000 kg per cubic meter.
- the advantage of the sponge toy is that it is light and the playing experience is increased by the fact that it can be easily used and moved by the children as it is made of a light, low-density material. According to the before said, its material cost is low.
- the cover layer of the sponge is made from a single peace on the external surface of the base. The cover layer is integrated, remains firmly on the surface of the base. In this way, the toy is not liable to loosing, and for this reason the life-span of the product is long.
- the subject of the next Chinese sample of use called BUILDING TOY HOUSEand having registration no.
- CN2584261 (Y)is such a toy, more specifically house, which is suitable for developing the intelligence and skills of the children at an early age. Furthermore, it can be also used as a furniture element even by families.
- the sample of use includes wall elements, roof elements and floor elements. Each wall is provided with a window and a door. Movable connections are established between the individual elements. The elements can be easily attached to each other as the connections also have a sponge base and for this reason can be easily deformed during attachment. One of the walls is made so that it can be connected by the integration with a longitudinal wall. The connection is moveable in this case, as well. The objective is to create such a skill developing toy for the children, the use of which is simple and safe.
- the basis of the toy is a form created of sponge or re-cycled materials being covered by linen or an upholstery material.
- the external cover can be removed from the sponge by a zip fastener, so its material can be cleaned according to demand.
- the sponge cut to size, in segments can be converted to different tetris forms.
- the cover material is made according to pattern, cut to size, shrunk, with color pattern and washable. Additionally, it can be made also of such material quality which is suitable for outdoor use, that is water resistant.
- the zip fastener has hidden sewing, so can be used safely.
- the velcros are sewed on the cover and its edges are also fixed by sewing in order to avoid injury.
- the invention is based on the recognition that the sponge construction toys put in cover can highly contribute to the mental and physical development of children, and create a safe environment for the play, as well. Due to its dimensions, the sponge toy can be also suitable for the play of several children together.
- the subject of the sample of use is a skill developing sponge play-house, which can be created in several forms providing a diversified play for the children.
- An example for that is the arrangement showing a play-house with connectable, extendable and connecting elements, having tunnel systems.
- a castle or wall tower consisting also from the extendable and connectable elements can be created, as well.
- an additional possibility is the construction of an armchair or a child's bed from smaller elements of different forms.
- the skill developing toys can be also constructed in form of carpet or wall carpet, having cover with zip fastener and elements connectable by Velcro. In these carpets even different forms can be inserted or different color sponge balls must be put in the appropriate forms according the relevant rules.
- the small house, castle, wall tower, armchair, bed can be also constructed from the tetris form elements belonging to the skill developing toy.
- the small house can be a police station, a fire department, military bunker, post office, shop, provided with cover decorated by different fairy-tale heroes. It is possible to use cover with pattern intended for boys or for girls.
- the tetris elements are provided with cover of different colors.
- an armchair or bed can be also easily constructed from the tetris elements.
- These elements are also fixed by Velcro.
- These products can be produced also from recycled materials, by which the sponge can be replaced.
- the lying surface can be added by memory foam surface.
- the small house can be constructed from elements having traditional or tetris form, as well, can be modified to castle, wall tower using the additional elements. These houses, castles can be also extended by tunnel system or connecting elements, houses and castles.
- a back rest to the bed can be also prepared, on which fairy tale heroes constructed by Velcro technology can be created.
- the cover of the sponge can be replaced by such a coating, which is water resistant, and in this way it can be suitable for outdoor play, as well, as it does not get wet and can be cleaned easily.
- Figure 1 Play elements made of sponge and having form of conventional construction cubes
- Figure 2 Construction elements made of sponge and having tetris form
- Figure 3 Small armchair constructed from tetris construction elements
- FIG. 4 Small house made of sponge constructed from construction elements
- Figure 5 Installation drawing of the small house made of sponge, on an exploded view
- FIG. 7 Wall tower constructed from sponge elements
- Figure 8 Installation drawing of wall tower made of sponge elements, on an exploded view.
- the sample of use can be seen in one of the favorable arrangement shaping a small house made of pre-formed construction elements.
- the floor of the small house is made of the base plate (17) on which the side walls (12) and the back wall (14) representing the end of the house must be allocated in vertical form.
- the entrance is also a separate element, it is the entrance wall (13). These elements are fixed both to the basis plate (17) and the adjacent elements (23) by velcros. As each element is connected at more than one point, the structure of the small house is stable and resistant.
- the next step is the construction of the roof being assisted by the installation of the gables (18) as the roof elements being available in two sizes will be installed on them.
- a small chimney (19) can be also put on the roof, if required.
- FIG 6 a possible method of extension of the small houses is represented.
- the two houses are not entirely the same, as the house located at the entrance has no back wall (14), but next to the side walls (12) entrance walls (13) can be found at both places.
- the entrance of the second house and the back entrance of the first house is connected by a passage having roof (24), side walls (25) and a basis (26) having the same thickness as that of the base plate (17) of the house.
- Their dimensions are designed to fit exactly to the gap between the two houses and in this way it forms a space between the internal spaces of the two houses.
- a wall tower arrangement can be seen being similar to the small house.
- the own element of the wall tower is the wall tower roof (20), on which there is an opening and has wider edges to make possible the convenient installation of the wall tower walls (21,22).
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Applications Claiming Priority (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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HUU1600219U HU5017U (en) | 2016-08-10 | 2016-08-10 | Toy house for developing skills |
PCT/HU2016/000059 WO2018029499A1 (en) | 2016-08-10 | 2016-09-07 | Arrangement of early learning playhouse made of sponge |
Publications (2)
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EP3496833A1 true EP3496833A1 (en) | 2019-06-19 |
EP3496833A4 EP3496833A4 (en) | 2020-05-27 |
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EP16912599.4A Withdrawn EP3496833A4 (en) | 2016-08-10 | 2016-09-07 | Arrangement of early learning playhouse made of sponge |
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EP (1) | EP3496833A4 (en) |
HU (1) | HU5017U (en) |
WO (1) | WO2018029499A1 (en) |
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- 2016-08-10 HU HUU1600219U patent/HU5017U/en unknown
- 2016-09-07 EP EP16912599.4A patent/EP3496833A4/en not_active Withdrawn
- 2016-09-07 WO PCT/HU2016/000059 patent/WO2018029499A1/en unknown
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EP3496833A4 (en) | 2020-05-27 |
WO2018029499A1 (en) | 2018-02-15 |
HU5017U (en) | 2019-07-29 |
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