JP2006055283A - Connecting structure and method of box - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate connecting work of a box and surely connect into the box. <P>SOLUTION: This connecting structure of the box is for assembling a toy house 10 by connecting a left side plate 11, a right side plate 12, a front side plate 13, a back side plate and a roof plate. This structure is so constituted that the left side plate 11 and the right side plate 12 are provided with side plate side insertion tongue pieces 20, the front side plate 13 and the back side plate 14 are provided with side plate side insertion holes 28 for inserting the side plate side insertion tongue pieces, the side plate side insertion tongue pieces 20 are provided with locking parts 24 in tongue piece bodies 23 on the both sides of folding parts 22 along the insertion direction, the locking parts 24 are folded at the folding parts 22, inserted into the side plate side insertion holes 28, then spread out, and locked to the circumferential parts of the side plate side insertion holes 28. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a box connecting structure and a box connecting method.

  A toy house in which a child enters and plays is generally configured as a box. For example, as described in Patent Document 1, a roof is coupled to four side plates coupled to each other. In the toy house described in Patent Document 1, the side plates as the members to be joined, and the side plate and the roof plate are joined by inserting the insertion protrusion formed on one of the members to be joined into the insertion member formed on the other member to be joined. This is done by inserting it into the hole.

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 5-35199

  However, in the toy house described in Patent Document 1, since the insertion protrusion and the insertion hole have substantially the same dimensions, the insertion operation of the insertion protrusion into the insertion hole is not easy, and the coupled members are not coupled. It is a difficult task.

  Further, when the insertion protrusion is inserted into the insertion hole and the member to be coupled is coupled, another member such as a pin is used to prevent the insertion protrusion from coming off, but the number of parts increases. In order to avoid this, a hook-shaped insertion protrusion is disclosed, but since the viewpoint of facilitating insertion into the insertion hole is taken into consideration, the hook-shaped insertion protrusion is removed from the insertion hole. It is easy to come off, and it cannot be said that the coupled members are surely coupled.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is made in consideration of the above-described circumstances, and facilitates the box-joining operation, and the box-joining structure and the box-joining method capable of surely joining the boxes. Is to provide.

  According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a box body coupling structure in which the members to be coupled are coupled to each other to assemble the box body, and an insertion tongue piece is provided on one of the members to be coupled. The insertion member is provided with an insertion hole through which the insertion tongue piece is inserted, and the insertion tongue piece has a bent portion along the insertion direction, and is configured to be inserted into the insertion hole. To do.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the box connecting structure according to the first aspect, wherein the member to be coupled includes at least a side plate and a top plate.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the box connecting structure according to the first or second aspect, wherein the insertion tongue piece is locked to the tongue piece body at the bent portion. A portion is provided, and the locking portion is folded at the bent portion, and is expanded after being inserted into the insertion hole of the other coupled member, and can be locked to the peripheral portion of the insertion hole. Is.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the box connecting structure according to the first or second aspect, wherein the insertion tongue piece of the one member to be connected is inserted into the insertion hole of the other member to be connected. A first bent portion along the insertion direction and a second bent portion different from the first bent portion, and the other connected member is provided with an engagement hole in the vicinity of the insertion hole, and the insertion tongue The piece is characterized in that it is folded at the first bent portion and inserted through the insertion hole, and then spread, and bent at the second bent portion to be engaged with the engagement hole.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the box connecting structure according to the fourth aspect, wherein the insertion hole and the engagement hole are formed in a roof plate as a top plate. It is.

  The box connecting method according to claim 6 is the box connecting method for assembling the box by connecting the members to be connected to each other, and the insertion tongue provided on one of the members to be connected Is inserted into the insertion hole provided on the other side of the member to be coupled, is folded at a bent portion along the insertion direction, and is spread after being inserted through the insertion hole.

  The box connecting method according to claim 7 is the box connecting method for assembling the box by connecting the members to be connected to each other, and the insertion tongue provided on one of the members to be connected Is inserted into the insertion hole provided on the other side of the member to be coupled, folded at the first bent portion along the insertion direction, spread after being inserted through the insertion hole, bent at the second bent portion, and bent. The engagement member is engaged with an engagement hole formed on the other side of the coupling member.

  According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a box connecting method according to the sixth or seventh aspect of the present invention, comprising at least a side plate and a top plate.

  According to invention of Claim 1 or Claim 2, when the insertion tongue piece provided in one to-be-coupled member is inserted in the insertion hole provided in the other to-be-coupled member, it is inserted in the insertion direction. Since it is folded at the bent portion along which it is inserted and inserted into the insertion hole, the insertion of the insertion tongue piece into the insertion hole can be easily performed, and the box can be easily joined.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, the insertion tongue piece of one of the members to be coupled is provided with the locking portion at the bent portion with respect to the tongue piece body, and the locking portion is folded at the bent portion. After the insertion portion is inserted into the insertion hole of the other member, the locking portion is expanded and locked to the peripheral portion of the insertion hole. The box can be easily inserted through the hole, facilitating the box connection work, and the one and other members to be connected can be securely connected by the expanded locking part to connect the box. Can be ensured.

  According to invention of Claim 4 or 5, the insertion tongue piece of one to-be-coupled member is folded by the 1st bending part, is penetrated by the penetration hole of the other to-be-coupled member, is pushed and expanded after that, 2nd Since it is bent at the bent portion and engaged with the engagement hole of the other member to be coupled, the insertion tongue piece can be easily inserted into the insertion hole by being folded at the first bent portion. The box body can be easily combined, and the insertion tongue piece bent at the second bent portion is engaged with the engagement hole, so that the one and the other members to be connected can be securely connected. The box connection can be ensured.

  According to the invention described in claim 6 or claim 8, the insertion tongue piece is folded at the bent portion along the insertion direction into the insertion hole and inserted into the insertion hole, whereby the insertion tongue piece is inserted into the insertion hole. Easy insertion of the box body through easy insertion, and the insertion tongue piece is expanded after being inserted into the insertion hole to prevent the insertion tongue piece from being removed from the insertion hole. Thus, the box can be securely connected.

  According to invention of Claim 7 or Claim 8, when inserting the insertion tongue piece provided in one side of the to-be-joined member into the penetration hole provided in the other side of the to-be-joined member, it follows an insertion direction. Since it inserts by folding at a 1st bending part, the insertion of this insertion tongue piece to the insertion hole can be implemented easily, and the coupling | bonding operation | work of a box can be facilitated. Furthermore, the insertion tongue piece is expanded after being inserted into the insertion hole, bent at the second bent portion, and engaged with the engagement hole formed on the other side of the member to be coupled, so that the coupling of the member to be coupled is ensured. This can be done to ensure the box connection.

  The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a toy house to which one embodiment of a box coupling structure according to the present invention is applied. FIG. 2 is a development view showing a left side plate and a right side plate of the toy house in FIG. 3 is a development view showing the front side plate of the toy house of FIG. 1, FIG. 4 is a development view showing the rear side plate of the toy house of FIG. 1, and FIG. 5 is a development view showing the roof plate of the toy house of FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a procedure for assembling the roof plate of FIG. 5, FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a procedure for assembling the left side plate and the right side plate of FIG. 2, and FIG. 8 is a perspective view of FIG. FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing the operation of the side plate side insertion tongue piece of FIG. 8, and FIG. 10 is a roof on the side plate assembly of FIG. FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing the operation of the roof-side insertion tongue piece of FIG. 10, and FIG. 12 is the roof-side insertion tongue of FIG. 10. It is a perspective view of a toy house showing the effect of.

  A toy house 10 shown in FIG. 1 includes a left side plate 11 (FIG. 2), a right side plate 12 (FIG. 2), a front side plate 13 (FIG. 3), and a rear side plate 14 (FIG. 4). The roof plate 16 as a top plate is coupled to the upper part of these side plates 11, 12, 13 and 14, and is configured as a box, and a child can play inside. is there. Corrugated paper is suitable as the material of the left side plate 11, the right side plate 12, the front side plate 13, the rear side plate 14 and the roof plate 16 as the members to be joined, but other materials may be used.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the left side plate 11 and the right side plate 12 have the same shape, a window opening 18 is formed in the main body portion 17, and bending margin portions 19 are formed on both sides of the main body portion 17 via bending portions a and b. Are continuously provided. A plurality of side plate side insertion tongue pieces 20 are punched and formed in the bending margin portion 19, and the side plate side insertion tongue pieces 20 are connected to the main body portion 17 via the bending portions a and b.

  The side plate-side insertion tongue piece 20 is inserted into a later-described side plate-side insertion hole 28 (FIGS. 3, 4, and 8) formed in the front side plate 13 and the rear side plate 14, as shown in FIG. Further, the engaging portion 24 is provided on both sides of the tongue piece body 23 with the bent portion 22 along the insertion direction as a boundary. In addition, although it is suitable to provide the latching | locking part 24 integrally with the tongue piece main body 23 for the intensity | strength improvement, you may comprise separately and the structure provided only in the one side of the tongue piece main body 23 It is good. The bent portion 22 is provided in a direction along the insertion direction indicated by the arrow in FIG. 8, and the tongue piece body 23 becomes narrower in the insertion direction when the locking portion 24 is folded, as in the present embodiment. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the insertion direction is almost the same as the insertion direction of the side plate side insertion hole 28 (FIGS. 3, 4, and 8) described later. You may provide in parallel. Moreover, although it is suitable from the viewpoint of easy folding that the folding portion 22 is configured to insert a fold or a sewing machine, the configuration may be a configuration in which a line serving as a mark for folding is provided, and is not limited thereto. When the side plate side insertion tongue piece 20 is inserted into the side plate side insertion hole 28, the locking portion 24 is folded at the bending portion 22 and overlapped with the tongue piece main body 23, and can be inserted into the side plate side insertion hole 28. . Further, the locking portion 24 is expanded after the side plate side insertion tongue piece 20 is inserted into the side plate side insertion hole 28, and is locked to the peripheral portion of the side plate side insertion hole 28 of the front side plate 13 and the rear side plate 14. The side plate side insertion tongue piece 20 is prevented from coming off from the side plate side insertion hole 28.

  The front side plate 13 shown in FIG. 3 has an opening / exit 26 formed in the main body portion 25, and a bending margin portion 27 is integrally provided on both sides thereof via a bending portion c. A plurality of insertion holes 28 are formed. The side plate side insertion hole 28 is opened with one side coinciding with the bent portion c. Moreover, the upper part of the main body 25 has a mountain shape, and a roof-side insertion tongue piece 29 projects from both sides thereof.

  The roof side insertion tongue piece 29 is inserted into a roof side insertion hole 35 (FIGS. 5 and 10), which will be described later, formed on the roof plate 16, and as shown in FIG. It has the bending part 31 and the 2nd bending part 32 different from the 1st bending part provided orthogonally to the said insertion direction and mutually spaced apart. The first bent portion 31 is provided in a direction along the insertion direction indicated by the arrow in FIG. 10 so that the roof-side insertion tongue piece 29 becomes thinner in the insertion direction when folded as in the present embodiment. Although it is preferable to provide one strip obliquely with respect to the insertion direction, the present invention is not limited to this, and two strips may be provided in a substantially V-shape. The first bent portion 31 and the second bent portion 32 are preferably configured to have a fold or a sewing machine from the viewpoint of easy folding. However, the first bent portion 31 and the second bent portion 32 may be configured to provide a line that serves as a mark for folding. Is not to be done. When the roof-side insertion tongue piece 29 is inserted into the roof-side insertion hole 35 of the roof plate 16, the roof-side insertion tongue piece 29 is folded and overlapped by the first bending portion 31 and can be inserted into the roof-side insertion hole 35, and is expanded after insertion. The two second bent portions 32 are sequentially bent so that the front end portions thereof can be engaged with engagement holes 36 (described later) of the roof plate 16.

  The rear side plate 14 shown in FIG. 4 has the same structure as the front side plate 13 described above except that the main body portion 25 is not formed with the opening 26 for entry / exit, and the side plate side insertion hole 28 and the roof side insertion tongue piece. 29.

  In the roof plate 16 shown in FIG. 5, a plurality of bending margin portions 34 for reinforcement are continuously provided around the main body portion 33 via a bending portion d. Bending parts e and f are provided at a substantially central position of the main body part 33 at a predetermined interval. These bent portions e and f are for making the roof plate 16 into a mountain shape, and are provided at positions corresponding not only to the main body portion 33 but also to the bending margin portion 34.

  A plurality of roof-side insertion holes 35 are formed in the main body portion 33 of the roof plate 16 at both ends of the mountain-shaped roof plate 16 and at positions symmetrical to the bent portions e and f. In the vicinity of 35, an engagement hole 36 is formed inside thereof. Further, a roof side insertion hole 35 is also formed in the bending margin 34. The roof side insertion hole 35 of the bending margin 34 is located at a position that coincides with the roof side insertion hole 35 of the main body 33 when the bending margin 34 is folded at the bending portion d and superimposed on the main body 33. Is provided.

  Next, the assembly procedure of the toy house 10 will be described. As shown in FIG. 6, the folding margin part 34 of the roof plate 16 is folded at the folding part d and superimposed on the main body part 33, and the main body part 33 and the folding margin part 34 are fixed using a double-sided tape or an adhesive. . Moreover, as shown in FIG. 7, the bending margin 19 of the left side plate 11 and the right side plate 12 is bent at the bent portions a and b. At this time, the side plate side insertion tongue piece 20 is kept in a state where it is not bent at the bent portion b.

  As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the bending margin portion 27 of the front side plate 13 and the rear side plate 14 is bent at a bending portion c and is erected. And the latching | locking part 24 in the side-plate side insertion tongue piece 20 of the left side board 11 and the right side board 12 is folded by the bending part 22, and it overlaps with the tongue piece main body 23, In this state, the side board side of the front side board 13 and the left side board 14 The insertion hole 28 is inserted. After inserting into the side plate side insertion hole 28, the locking portion 24 of the side plate side insertion tongue piece 20 is expanded and the locking portion 24 is locked to the periphery of the side plate side insertion hole 28 in the front side plate 13 and the rear side plate 14. The side plate side insertion tongue piece 20 is prevented from coming off. As shown in FIG. 9 (B), the squeezed locking portion 24 is fixed to the back surface of the main body portion 25 of the front side plate 13 and the rear side plate 14 using a gummed tape indicated by a two-dot chain line. Also good.

  After assembling the side plate assembly 15 by combining the left side plate 11, the right side plate 12, the front side plate 13, and the rear side plate 14, the roof plate 16 is bent at the bent portions e and f as shown in FIGS. The roof side insertion tongue piece 29 of the front side plate 13 and the rear side plate 14 is inserted into the roof side insertion hole 35 of the roof plate 16. At this time, the roof-side insertion tongue piece 29 is inserted into the roof-side insertion hole 35 in a state where the roof-side insertion tongue piece 29 is folded by the first bent portion 31 and overlapped.

  After the roof-side insertion tongue piece 29 is inserted, the roof-side insertion tongue piece 29 is pushed and spread, and the roof-side insertion tongue piece 29 is moved inward by two second bent portions 32 at approximately 90 degrees as shown in FIG. The toy house 10 is completed by bending and engaging the distal end portion of the roof side insertion tongue piece 29 with the engagement hole 36 of the roof plate 16 to join the roof plate 16 to the side plate assembly 15.

  With the configuration as described above, the following effects (1) and (2) can be obtained according to the embodiment. (1) The side plate side insertion tongue piece 20 of the left side plate 11 and the right side plate 12 is integrally provided with a locking portion 24 with respect to the tongue piece main body 23 with a bent portion 22 as a boundary, and the locking portion 24 is bent. After being folded at the portion 22 and inserted through the side plate side insertion holes 28 of the front side plate 13 and the rear side plate 14, the locking portion 24 is expanded and locked to the periphery of the side plate side insertion hole 28. When the piece 20 is folded, the side plate side insertion tongue piece 20 can be easily inserted into the side plate side insertion hole 28 to facilitate the connecting operation of the toy house 10 and the expanded locking portion 24. Thus, the connection of the left side plate 11, the right side plate 12, the front side plate 13, and the rear side plate 14 can be reliably performed, and the connection of the toy house 10 can be ensured.

  (2) The roof side insertion tongue piece 29 of the front side plate 13 and the rear side plate 14 is folded at the first bent portion 31 and is inserted into the roof side insertion hole 35 of the roof plate 16 and then spread and the second bent portion 32. And the front end portion of the roof-side insertion tongue piece 29 is engaged with the engagement hole 36 of the roof plate 16, so that the roof-side insertion tongue piece 29 is folded into the roof-side insertion hole 35. Since the insertion can be easily performed, the connecting operation of the toy house 10 can be facilitated, and the front end portion of the roof-side insertion tongue piece 29 bent by the second bending portion 32 is engaged with the engagement hole 35. The coupling of the toy house 10 can be ensured by reliably performing the coupling of the front plate 13, the rear plate 14 and the roof plate 16.

  As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated based on the said embodiment, this invention is not limited to this. For example, according to the embodiment, an openable / closable window may be installed in the window opening 18 of the left side plate 11 and the right side plate 12, and an openable / closable door is installed in the entrance / exit opening 26 of the front side plate 13. May be.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the toy house 10 is comprised using the left side board 11, the right side board 12, the front side board 13, the rear side board 14, and the roof board 16, the left side board 11, the right side board 12, A bottom plate is disposed below the front side plate 13 and the rear side plate 14, and this bottom plate is attached to the front side plate 13 and the rear side plate 14 using an insertion tongue piece similar to the roof side insertion tongue piece 29 of the front side plate 13 and the rear side plate 14. May be combined.

It is a perspective view showing a toy house to which an embodiment of a box connecting structure according to the present invention is applied. It is an expanded view which shows the left side board and right side board of the toy house of FIG. It is an expanded view which shows the front side board of the toy house of FIG. It is an expanded view which shows the rear side board of the toy house of FIG. It is an expanded view which shows the roof board of the toy house of FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the assembly procedure of the roofboard of FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the assembly procedure of the left side board of FIG. 2, and a right side board. It is a perspective view which shows the assembly procedure of the left side board of FIG.2, FIG.3 and FIG.4, a right side board, a front side board, and a rear side board. It is a perspective view which shows the effect | action of the side plate side insertion tongue piece of FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the assembly procedure which assembles | attaches a roof board to the side-plate assembly of FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the effect | action of the roof side insertion tongue piece of FIG. It is a perspective view of the toy house which shows the effect | action of the roof side insertion tongue piece of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

10 Toy house 11 Left side plate (member to be joined)
12 Right side plate (joined member)
13 Front plate (bonded member)
14 Rear plate (joined member)
16 Roof plate (top plate, coupled member)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 20 Side plate side insertion tongue piece 22 Bending part 23 Tongue piece main body 24 Locking part 28 Side plate side insertion hole 29 Roof side insertion tongue piece 31 1st bending part 32 2nd bending part 35 Roof side insertion hole 36 Engagement hole

Claims (8)

In the box structure for assembling the box by joining the members to be joined together,
An insertion tongue piece is provided on one of the coupled members, and an insertion hole for inserting the insertion tongue piece is provided on the other of the coupled members, and the insertion tongue piece has a bent portion along the insertion direction, A box connecting structure characterized by being configured to be inserted into the insertion hole.   2. The box connecting structure according to claim 1, wherein the member to be connected includes at least a side plate and a top plate.   The insertion tongue piece is provided with a latching portion with respect to the tongue piece body at the bent portion, and the latching portion is folded at the folding portion and inserted into the insertion hole of the other coupled member. The box connecting structure according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the structure is configured to be able to be expanded and locked to a peripheral portion of the insertion hole. The insertion tongue piece of the one coupled member has a first folded portion along a direction of insertion into the insertion hole of the other coupled member, and a second folded portion different from the first folded portion, The coupled member is provided with an engagement hole in the vicinity of the insertion hole,
The insertion tongue piece is configured to be foldable at a first bent portion and then spread after being inserted through the insertion hole, and bent at a second bent portion to be engaged with the engagement hole. The box structure according to claim 1 or claim 2.   The box insertion structure according to claim 4, wherein the insertion hole and the engagement hole are formed in a roof plate as a top plate. In the box connecting method for assembling the box by connecting the members to be joined together,
When the insertion tongue piece provided on one side of the member to be coupled is inserted into the insertion hole provided on the other side of the member to be coupled, the insertion tongue piece is folded at the bending portion along the insertion direction, and is pushed out after being inserted into the insertion hole. A box connecting method characterized by the above. In the box connecting method of assembling the box by connecting the members to be connected to each other,
After inserting the insertion tongue piece provided on one side of the member to be joined into the insertion hole provided on the other side of the member to be joined at the first bending portion along the insertion direction, and then inserting the insertion tongue piece into the insertion hole. A box connecting method characterized in that it is spread and bent at a second bent portion to engage with an engaging hole formed in the other of the members to be connected. 8. The box connecting method according to claim 6, wherein the member to be connected includes at least a side plate and a top plate.

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