JP2008073465A - Ball throwing toy - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a ball throwing toy which, even when a little child thrusts the hand into a ball throwing port deeply and it can not be pulled out, makes it possible to easily and surely pull out the hand on the spot. <P>SOLUTION: In the ball throwing toy in which a toy body 10 is provided with the ball throwing port 14 and an exit 41, at least one of the ball throwing port 14 having such an inner diameter that the hand of the little child can be inserted into the port 14 and the exit 41 is formed so as to be attached and detached to/from the toy body 10. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a ball throwing toy in which an infant plays with a ball-like sphere (hereinafter simply referred to as a ball).

  As this kind of toy for children, for example, the toy body moves around when the ball is inserted from the insertion port, and the movement stops when the ball is discharged from the toy body. A toy body that swivels vertically and discharged from the bottom, a ball thrown from the side swivels horizontally inside a transparent part of the toy body, and various parts such as blocks It has been proposed to assemble a course using it and roll the ball dropped from the top along the course.

  For example, in a ball-throwing toy having an animal shape, when a ball is inserted into a slot provided in the head of a toy body having a cartoonized duck-like appearance, the ball passes through a ball passage in the toy body, After falling on a dish inside the body and rotating several times on the dish, it is discharged from an outlet provided in the tail. In this toy, when an inserted ball pushes a switch provided in the ball passage, the electric motor is operated to run the animal-shaped toy body, and when the ball is discharged from the exit of the tail portion, the ball is The switch at the outlet is pressed to stop the motor (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Most of these toys are for infants under the age of five. Infants under 5 years old are soft and may cause accidents that adults do not expect. For example, in the case of a ball throwing toy having an animal form, an infant is interested in a ball turning in a ball throwing hole or a dish, and a hand is put deeply into the ball throwing hole, and there is a possibility that the hand cannot be pulled out. When this happens, you have to bring the infant crying with fear and pain to the hospital, breaking the toy and throwing out the hand. Such a situation can hardly be assumed when designing toys.
JP 2003-53052 A

  In view of the present situation of such a ball throw-in toy, the present invention can easily and surely pull out a hand on the spot even if an infant slams his hand deeply into the ball slot. The challenge is to obtain a toy.

  The structure of the ball throwing toy of the present invention made for the purpose of solving the above problems is a ball throwing toy having a ball throwing opening and an outlet in the toy main body, the ball throwing having an inner diameter into which an infant's hand can be inserted. At least one of the mouth and the outlet is formed so as to be detachable from the toy body.

  In the present invention, in the above configuration, at least one of the ball insertion port and the outlet is configured by a plurality of passage members connected to each other. In addition, each of the passage members is connected by a protruding portion and a recessed portion that fit into each other when the ball passage is formed. Here, the passage member forms a ball passage and is fitted into the sleeve, and is attached to the toy main body via the sleeve. A latch is provided for coupling to the sleeve, and the sleeve is positioned on the toy body by a bayonet joint.

  In the present invention, in the above configuration, one of the ball throwing port or the outlet is constituted by a plurality of passage members, a part of the passage members are formed integrally with the toy body, and the remainder is configured to be detachable from the toy body. Also good.

  The ball throwing toy according to the present invention is a ball throwing toy provided with a ball throwing opening having an inner diameter into which an infant's hand can be inserted in the toy body, and the ball throwing opening is formed such that one of the outlets is detachable from the toy body. Therefore, even if an infant slams a hand deeply, the hand can be easily and reliably extracted on the spot.

  In other words, even if the infant is attracted to the ball throwing hole and the movement of the ball in the toy body, even if the hand is inserted deeply from the ball insertion slot and the hand can no longer come out, the insertion slot is separated from the toy body Since it can be disassembled, the fear of the infant that the hand cannot be removed from the toy can be reduced, and a great sense of security can be obtained for adults. Since the members that form the ball slot are small, the parent or other guardian can easily pull out the hand.

  In the present invention, when the insertion port of the ball passage is constituted by a plurality of passage members connected to each other, when the infant pulls out the hand from the insertion port, by disassembling the member forming the insertion port, You can easily remove your hand from the slot.

  Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, an embodiment of the ball throwing toy of the present invention will be described. The ball throwing toy of FIG. 1 described as an example of the embodiment is composed of a toy body and a ball designed in the form of a turtle, and the toy body is formed by throwing the ball from an insertion port (entrance) provided in the head. The toy body stops when it moves (runs) and the ball is discharged from the outlet provided in the tail.

  In the accompanying drawings, FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of an embodiment of a ball throwing toy of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of a ball throwing slot portion along line 2-2 in FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 is an enlarged front view taken along line 4-4 of FIG. 3, FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line 5-5 of FIG. 2, and FIG. 6 is a hand extracted from the toy body. FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the exit portion of the ball viewed from the direction of arrow 6 in FIG. 1, and FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 8-8 in FIG.

  FIG. 1 shows the overall configuration of a ball throwing toy to which the present invention is applied. The toy body is indicated by reference numeral 10, and in this example is a synthetic resin molded product formed entirely in the shape of a turtle. The toy body itself includes a head 11 and a trunk 12, four wheels 13 instead of legs, and one drive wheel (not shown) below the head 11 (below the boundary between the neck and the trunk). It has.

  The balls 50 are made of hollow spheres formed by molding synthetic resin, and are made of one piece or a plurality of different colors.

  In this ball throwing toy, when the ball 50 is thrown into the entrance 14 which is the ball throwing opening at the top of the toy main body 10, it is led into the trunk 12 through the ball passage 15 that follows, and is transparent by the deflection plate 16. The dish 17 in the inner shell is rotated a plurality of times from the periphery toward the center, and is discharged from the bowl hole 18 in the center of the dish 17 through the ball passage 19 to the outside through the ball outlet provided at the rear (tail). .

  Inside the toy main body 10, a drive unit that moves and controls a drive wheel below the head 11 and a battery unit that supplies power to the drive unit are incorporated. The drive unit is connected to the battery unit by pushing a switch in the ball passage 15 when the ball 50 goes to the shell, and the electric motor in the drive unit rotates the drive wheel to move the toy main body 10. When passing through the ball passage 19, the switch disposed here is pushed to disconnect the drive unit from the battery unit and stop the toy body 10.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the entrance 14 into which the ball 50 is inserted holds the two passage members 21, 21 ′ in the form of dividing the cylindrical body and holds the passage members 21, 21 ′ in a cylindrical shape. And a sleeve 31 to be used.

  The passage members 21 and 21 ′ are semi-cylindrical members that are combined to form one cylinder.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 2, the passage member 21 is formed of a double cylindrical shape in which the inner and outer walls 22 and 23 are connected by the upper wall 24 and the lower end is opened. As shown in FIG. 3, a concave portion 22 a formed by making one end edge of the inner wall 22 into a planar L shape is formed into a planar L shape at the opposite end edge of the outer wall 23. The recessed portion 23a is formed by integral molding. The passage member 21 ′ has the same configuration as the upper member 21.

  When these passage members 21 and 21 'are combined, the recessed portion 22a at the end edge of the inner wall 22 fits into the protruding portion that is the end edge of the inner wall 22', and the other end edge of the inner wall 22 is the protruding portion. And fitted into the recessed portion 22a ′ at the edge of the inner wall 22 ′, and the protruding portion as the edge of the outer wall 23 fits into the recessed portion 23a ′ at the edge of the outer wall 23 ′, and the opposite end of the outer wall 23 The recessed portion 23a at the edge fits into the protruding portion that is the edge of the outer wall 23 ', and at the same time, the cylindrical wall that forms the recessed portion 22a, the cylindrical wall that forms the recessed portion 23a', and the recessed portion 23a and the recessed portion 22a 'comes into contact with each other to form one strong cylinder. At this time, the inner walls 22 and 22 ′ form a ball passage 15 having a predetermined inner diameter, but a gap 26 is formed between the outer wall 23 and the outer wall 23 ′.

  The sleeve 31 is made of a one-piece material, and has inner and outer walls 32, 33 connected by an upper wall 34, an open lower end, and a double cylinder. The inner diameter of the inner wall 32 is slightly larger than the diameter of the outer walls 23, 23 'formed by the passage members 21, 21'. The passage members 21, 21 'are fitted into the sleeve 31, and the movement in the diameter direction is restricted. At this time, the protrusion 36 integrally molded with the inner wall 32 fits into the gap 26 formed between the edges of the outer walls 23 and 23 ′ of the passage members 21 and 21 ′, thereby positioning in the radial direction.

  Latches 27 and 27 'are formed below the outer walls 23 and 23' of the passage members 21 and 21 '. FIG. 4 shows details of the latch 27 as viewed from the front. A slit 28 is formed in the outer walls 23 and 23 ′, and a protrusion 27 a is integrally formed between the slits 28. The latch 27 'of the passage member 21' is similarly configured.

  When the passage members 21 and 21 ′ are fitted into the sleeve 31, the protrusion 27 a of the latch 27 is fitted into the lower end of the inner wall 32 of the sleeve 31, and the flange of the upper wall 24 is crimped to the upper wall 34 of the sleeve 31. , 21 ′ can be positioned in the vertical direction.

  A combined product of the passage members 21, 21 ′ and the sleeve 31 is located at the top of the head 11 of the toy body 10 and is fitted into an annular protrusion 20 a of the seat plate 20 around the opening connected to the ball passage 15. At the same time, it is attached to the head 11 of the toy body 10 by a bayonet joint. For this purpose, an L-shaped projection 35 is integrally formed at the lower end of the outer wall 33 of the sleeve 31, and an opening 37 into which the projection 35 is fitted is provided in the seat plate 20 of the toy body 10 as shown in FIG. It has been. The sleeve 31 fits the projection 35 into the opening 37 and horizontally rotates the sleeve 31, so that the edge of the opening 37 in the seat plate 20 fits into the groove 35 a of the projection 35 and the position is fixed.

  A connecting portion between the sleeve 31 and the seat plate 20 is hidden by a ring-shaped decorative ring 38. The decorative ring 38 is ring-shaped and is fitted into the seat plate 20 with its lower end in contact with the head 11 of the toy main body 10, and the projection on the inner surface is shallow on the peripheral surface of the seat plate 20. It is positioned by fitting in the groove.

  In the ball throwing toy according to the present invention, as described above, when the ball 50 is thrown into the entrance 14 of the toy main body 10, the switch 39 of the drive unit in the ball passage 15 is turned on, the toy main body 10 moves around, and the ball 50 When discharged, the switch in the ball passage 19 is turned off, and the toy body 10 stops.

  The infant is not only interested in the movement of the ball as described above, but also interested in the ball 50 that rotates horizontally on the plate 17 inside the transparent shell on the trunk 12 of the toy body 10, the entrance 14 and the exit of the ball 50. There are cases where the user's hand is inserted deeply into the entrance 14 or the exit of the ball due to other interests. In particular, since the body of an infant under 5 years old is soft, an accident may occur in a situation that an adult cannot expect, and as one of them, there is a possibility that his / her hand cannot come out of the toy body 10.

  When such a situation occurs, in the ball throwing-in toy to which the present invention is applied, by reversing the sleeve 31, the sleeve 31 is detached from the toy body 10 together with the passage members 21, 21 ′, and the hand is removed. Can be removed from. Further, by removing the latch 27, as shown in FIG. 6, the sleeve 31 can be removed from the passage members 21, 21 ', and the inner diameter of the sleeve 31 is larger than the outer shape of the passage members 21, 21'. 31 can be easily removed from the hand H. Then, the passage members 21, 21 'remaining in the hand H can be removed from the hand H by splitting left and right.

  In the conventional ball throw-in toy, when an accident such as the above occurs, the infant who cries with fear and pain is taken to the hospital, the toy body is destroyed and the hand is pulled out, but according to the present invention, the doctor It is extremely safe because the hand can be extracted from the toy body quickly and easily without any help.

  Further, in this ball throwing-in toy, even if the hand is pushed into the outlet of the ball 50 behind the toy main body 10 and cannot be removed, the hand can be easily pulled out. This point will be described below.

As shown in FIG. 7, the ball outlet 41 in the ball passage 19 is constituted by a plurality of passage members 42, 42 ′. One passage member 42 ′ is fixed so as to be integrated with the toy body 10, but the other passage member 42 is detachable from the toy body 10.
That is, a part of the outlet 41 of the ball 50 is constituted by a passage member 42 that can be detached from the toy body 10. One passage member 42 is formed of a semi-cylindrical synthetic resin molding, and an exterior member 43 that forms a part of the toy main body 10 is screwed thereto.
The other passage member 42 ′ is formed of a semi-cylindrical shape in which a lower part of the ball passage 19 constituting a part of the toy body 10 is cut out in accordance with the passage member 42. As shown in FIG. 8, a step 45 ′ in which the side edge of the passage member 42 fits and a step 45 a ′ in which the rear end edge of the passage member 42 fits are formed on the edge 44 ′ in the notch. .

  One passage member 42 is pushed in such a manner that the side edge thereof is aligned with the notched step portion 45 ′, and the rear end edge is fitted into the step portion 45 a ′ to form the outlet 41. The latch 46 having an L-shaped cross section extending from the rear end of the exterior member 43 is fitted into the groove 47 in the toy body 10 when one passage member 42 is fitted into the other passage member 42 '. Has been made.

  Even if an infant thrusts his hand deeply into the exit 41 into the ball 50 and does not come out, when the hand is pulled forward by himself or with the help of an adult, the latch 46 is released from the groove 47 and the passage member 42 together with the hand. Since the exterior member 43 can be extracted from the toy main body 10, the passage member 42 and the exterior member 43 can be detached from the hand, and thus the hand can be extracted from the outlet 41 very safely.

  In the embodiment described above, the passage members 21 and 21 ′ may have a larger number depending on the size, and the protrusions and the recesses 22a that are also the edges of the passage members 21 and 21 ′. , 22a ', 23a, 23a' can be used.

  The passage members 21 and 21 ′ are attached to the toy body 10 with the sleeve 31 interposed therebetween. However, depending on the size and shape of the toy body 10, the passage members 21 and 21 ′ are directly attached to the toy body 10.

  The present invention is as described above, and a ball insertion toy or an outlet of a ball insertion toy played by inserting a ball is formed by a plurality of members that can be separated from the toy main body, and the members are detachably coupled. Therefore, even if an infant inserts his / her hand into the insertion port or the outlet and removes the hand from the toy body, the hand should be separated from the insertion port or the outlet. Since it is opened, it is possible to pull out the hand extremely safely and easily.

The perspective view which shows an example of embodiment of this invention ball insertion toy. FIG. 2 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of a ball insertion slot portion taken along line 2-2 in FIG. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional plan view taken along line 3-3 in FIG. 2. The expanded front view which follows the 4-4 line of FIG. Sectional drawing which follows the 5-5 line of FIG. Explanatory drawing which shows the state which extracted the hand from the toy main body. The perspective view of the exit part of the ball | bowl seen from the arrow 6 direction of FIG. Sectional drawing which follows the 8-8 line of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Toy main body 11 Head 12 Trunk part 13 Wheel 14 Entrance 15 Ball passage 16 Deflection plate 17 Dish 18 Countersink 19 Ball passage 20 Seat plate 21,21 'Passage member 22,22' Inner wall 22a, 22a 'Recessed part 23,23 'Outer wall 23a, 23a' Recessed portion 24, 24 'Upper wall 26 Clearance 27, 27' Latch 27a Protrusion 28 Slit 31 Sleeve 32 Inner wall 33 Outer wall 34 Upper wall 35 Protrusion 35a Groove 36 Protruding portion 37 Opening 38 Cosmetic ring 39 Switch 41 Outlet 42, 42 'Passage member 43 Exterior member 44' Edge 45 'Step 45a' Step 46 Latch 47 Groove 50 Ball

Claims (6)

  A ball throwing toy having a ball slot and an exit provided in a toy body, wherein at least one of a ball slot and an exit having an inner diameter into which an infant's hand can be inserted is formed to be detachable from the toy body. Ball throwing toy.   The ball throwing toy according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the throwing port and the outlet is constituted by a plurality of passage members connected to each other.   The ball throwing toy according to claim 2, wherein each of the passage members is connected by a projecting portion and a recessed portion that fit into each other when forming the ball passage.   The ball insertion toy according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the passage member forms a ball passage and is fitted into a sleeve, and is attached to the toy main body via the sleeve.   The ball throwing toy according to claim 4, wherein each of the passage members includes a latch for coupling to a sleeve.   The ball throwing toy according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the sleeve is positioned on the toy body by a bayonet joint.

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