JP2013240398A - Puzzle toy - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a puzzle toy to be played by a player by putting puzzle pieces in the same shape together into a planar shape and a solid shape.SOLUTION: A puzzle toy 10 is composed of a plurality of puzzle pieces 20. The puzzle piece 20 includes a square body part 21. A projection part is formed on each side of the body part 21. The projection part is a T-shaped projection 30 having a distal end part 32 spread laterally with respect to a base part 34 where the projection part is connected to the body part 21. Between the projection parts adjacent to one side of the body part 21, the distal end part 32 of the T-shaped projection 30 which is the projection part of another puzzle piece 20 is fitted between the base parts 34 of the T-shaped projection 30 which is the projection part of the puzzle piece 20, to detachably engage the puzzle pieces 20 with each other.

Description

  The present invention relates to a puzzle toy that can be assembled into a three-dimensional shape and used.

  Conventionally, jigsaw puzzles and the like have been mainstream as toys that play with flat pieces. Moreover, some toys that are assembled and played as a three-dimensional shape include blocks and blocks.

  Patent Document 1 shown below discloses an assembly block that does not require a joint block and can be sequentially connected only by blocks, and the connected blocks can be connected at a desired angle.

Japanese Patent No. 3706818

  However, although the above-mentioned Patent Document 1 can be connected to another block only by the block, it has a groove portion and a shaft arrangement portion for engaging the peripheral portion of the single block with dimensional accuracy. Moreover, since the assembly block is composed of a plurality of types of blocks having different shapes, the assembly block is expensive and not easy to handle.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems of the prior art, and an object thereof is to provide a puzzle toy that makes it possible to assemble and play puzzle pieces of the same shape in a planar shape and a three-dimensional shape. Yes.

  The puzzle toy of the present invention is a puzzle toy composed of a plurality of puzzle pieces, the puzzle piece having a main body portion that is a square, and a protrusion on each side of the main body, the protrusion being The projecting portion is a T-shaped convex portion having a distal end portion that extends to the left and right with respect to the base portion connected to the main body portion, and between the projecting portions adjacent to one side of the main body portion, The tip of the T-shaped convex portion, which is the protruding portion of the puzzle piece, is fitted between the base portions of the T-shaped convex portion, which is the protruding portion of the puzzle piece, and the puzzle pieces are detachably engaged with each other. And

  Further, the puzzle toy of the present invention has a T-shaped convex portion provided in the middle of one side of the main body portion, wherein the T-shaped convex portion which is the projecting portion is formed so that the right and left projections of the tip portion are symmetrical. And a corner T-shaped convex portion provided at a corner of the main body, the left and right protrusions of the tip being asymmetrical and the outward protrusion being increased.

  Furthermore, in the puzzle toy of the present invention, the projecting length of the T-shaped convex portion and the corner T-shaped convex portion, which are the projecting portions, is longer than the main body portion of the projecting portion. The projecting length of the projecting portion is half the length of the projecting portion, and the thickness of the projecting portion is 1.1 times the length of the projecting portion base portion.

  And the puzzle toy of this invention is characterized by the main-body part which has the said protrusion part having two or more T-type convex parts provided in the middle of one side.

  Moreover, the puzzle toy of this invention has a protrusion part in each edge | side of the position rotated 90 degree | times from the center of the said puzzle piece so that the said puzzle piece may be provided with the said protrusion part of the same shape in four sides. It is characterized by that.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the puzzle toy which made it possible to assemble and play the puzzle piece of the same shape planarly and three-dimensionally can be provided.

  In addition, according to the present invention, the puzzle piece has a T-shaped convex portion at the center and a corner T-shaped convex portion at the corner, so that it can be developed in a plane without providing a gap between the assembled puzzle pieces. .

  Furthermore, according to the present invention, when a T-shaped convex portion of a puzzle piece is vertically fitted to a base located between T-shaped convex portions of other puzzle pieces, a three-dimensional figure is difficult to be removed. It can be a structure.

  According to the present invention, the puzzle pieces can be prepared in various sizes, from a small figure to a large figure, by forming a plurality of T-shaped convex portions on each side. A wide variety of shapes can be created.

  Further, according to the present invention, since the puzzle pieces are formed with protruding portions having the same shape on the four sides, the puzzle pieces can be freely connected in the vertical and horizontal directions to create various shapes. Making it possible.

1 is a perspective view of a puzzle piece of a puzzle toy according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is each top view of the front and back of the puzzle piece of the puzzle toy which concerns on the Example of this invention. It is the top view which connected the puzzle piece of the puzzle toy based on the Example of this invention to the plane. It is the perspective view which assembled the puzzle piece of the puzzle toy based on the Example of this invention vertically. It is a perspective view of the hexagonal column of the puzzle toy according to the embodiment of the present invention. It is a perspective view of the caterpillar figure of the puzzle toy concerning the example of the present invention.

  Hereinafter, modes for carrying out the present invention will be described. The puzzle toy 10 is a puzzle toy 10 including a plurality of puzzle pieces 20, and the puzzle piece 20 includes a main body 21 that is a square. The puzzle toy 10 has a protruding portion on each side of the main body portion 21, and the protruding portion includes a tip portion 32 that extends left and right with respect to the base 34 connected to the main body portion 21. The mold convex portion 30 is used. In addition, the puzzle toy 10 has a protruding portion of the T-shaped convex portion 30 which is a protruding portion of another puzzle piece 20 between the protruding portions adjacent to one side of the main body portion 21. The puzzle pieces 20 are detachably engaged with each other by being fitted between the base portions 34 of a certain T-shaped convex portion 30.

  Further, the puzzle toy 10 has a T-shaped convex portion 30 which is a projecting portion, and a T-shaped convex portion 30 provided in the middle of one side of the main body portion 21 so that the left and right projections of the tip portion 32 are formed symmetrically. It includes a corner T-shaped convex portion 30a provided at a corner of the main body 21 and having a left-right protrusion of the tip 32 that is asymmetrical and has a larger outward protrusion.

  Further, the puzzle toy 10 has a T-shaped convex portion 30 and a corner T-shaped convex portion 30a which are projecting portions, the projecting length from the main body portion 21 of the base portion 34 of the projecting portion is projected from the main body portion 21 of the entire projecting portion. One half of the length is used, and the thickness of the protruding portion is 1.1 times the length of the protruding portion base 34.

  And as for the puzzle toy 10, it is preferable that the main-body part 21 which has a protrusion part has two or more T type convex parts 30 provided in the middle of one side.

  Also, the puzzle toy 10 has a protrusion on each side at a position rotated 90 degrees from the center of the puzzle piece 20 so that the puzzle piece 20 has a protrusion having the same shape on all four sides. .

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a puzzle piece 20 of a puzzle toy 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a plan view of the front and back surfaces of the puzzle piece 20 of the puzzle toy 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a plan view in which the puzzle pieces 20 of the puzzle toy 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention are connected to a plane. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a three-dimensional figure 60 in which the puzzle pieces 20 of the puzzle toy 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention are vertically assembled. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the hexagonal three-dimensional figure 70 of the puzzle toy 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the caterpillar-shaped three-dimensional figure 80 of the puzzle toy 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention. The puzzle piece 20 has the surface shown in FIG. 2A as the front surface and the surface shown in FIG. 2B as the back surface.

  The puzzle toy 10 of the present invention is a toy that allows the puzzle pieces 20 having the same shape to be assembled and played in a planar shape and a three-dimensional shape.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the puzzle piece 20 is made of a thin plate-like hard resin, and the size including the tips of the protruding portions on the four sides is about 25 mm square. The relationship between the thickness of the puzzle piece 20 and the dimensions of the T-shaped convex portion 30, the corner T-shaped convex portion 30a, the concave portion 40 formed by the base portions 34 at both ends of the T-shaped convex portion 30, and the angular concave portion 40a. Will be described later using the variable T.

  The puzzle piece 20 has a main body 21 which is a square of about 16 mm square at the center. As shown in FIG. 2A, the puzzle piece 20 has a T-shaped convex portion 30 that is a protruding portion near the center of each side of the main body 21 and a corner T-shaped convex portion 30a that is a protruding portion near the corner. .

  Each of the T-shaped convex portion 30 and the corner T-shaped convex portion 30a is configured such that the distal end portion 32 is widened with respect to the base portion 31 in which the base portion 34 is formed at the root. The puzzle piece 20 is formed such that the T-shaped convex portion 30 and the corner T-shaped convex portion 30a protrude from the center of the puzzle piece 20 at positions rotated 90 degrees on each side.

  Further, an opening 42 is formed by the base 34 between the T-shaped convex portion 30 and the corner T-shaped convex portion 30a, and the main body 21 portion of the opening 42 is used as the bottom portion 41. It has the recessed part 40 with which the type | mold convex part 30 is fitted, and the square recessed part 40a with which the corner | angular T type convex part 30a is fitted.

  And about the fitting with a recessed part and a convex part, it can be attached or detached without a clearance gap. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 2A, the widths of the tip portions 32 of the T-shaped convex portions 30 and the corner T-shaped convex portions 30a are set to 6T, and the concave portions 40, which are openings associated therewith, The width of the bottom 41 of the corner recess 40a is also 6T.

  And as for the length of the protrusion part of the T-shaped convex part 30 and the corner | angular T-shaped convex part 30a, the front-end | tip part 32 is set to 2T, and the base 34 is similarly set to 2T.

  Further, the width of the locking portion of the tip locking portion 33 which is the base portion 34 of the T-shaped convex portion 30 and is formed so that the assembled puzzle piece 20 is not easily detached is T.

  The corner T-shaped convex portion 30a located at the corner of the puzzle piece 20 is configured such that the width of the locking portions of the left and right tip locking portions 33 is T near the center and 2T near the corner.

  Further, when the T-shaped convex portion 30 and the corner T-shaped convex portion 30a are assembled vertically in the opening of the puzzle piece 20, the thickness of the puzzle piece 20 is 2.2T as shown in FIG. By making the width 1.1 times larger than the width 2T of the base 34 of the part, it is configured not to be easily removed.

  Then, the puzzle piece 20 is formed such that the front surface is a flat surface and the back surface is a flat surface formed by the back surface groove portion 22 at a position offset by a predetermined amount inward with respect to the outer shape as shown in FIG.

  Then, when the puzzle toy 10 is fitted to the concave portions 40, 40a of the other puzzle pieces 20 different from the puzzle pieces 20, the T-shaped convex parts 30, 30a of the puzzle piece 20 are fitted in a planar shape or a three-dimensional shape. Moreover, the puzzle pieces 20 are detachably engaged with each other by the tip engaging portions 33 formed on the T-shaped convex portions 30 and 30a, while the puzzle pieces 20 are not easily detached from each other.

  In the puzzle toy 10, the puzzle piece 20 is formed with T-shaped protrusions 30 and 30a projecting from the base 34 on each side in the same number, so that the puzzle piece 20 can be attached in any direction, up, down, left and right. .

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 1, the puzzle toy 10 is formed as a compact puzzle by forming two T-shaped convex portions 30 and 30a projecting from the base portion 34 on the respective sides. The piece 20 can be formed.

  Next, a figure formed by combining the puzzle pieces 20 as the puzzle toy 10 will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 3 is a plan view of a planar figure formed by connecting the puzzle pieces 20 of the puzzle toy 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention to a plane. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a three-dimensional figure 60 in which the puzzle pieces 20 of the puzzle toy 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention are vertically assembled. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the hexagonal three-dimensional figure 70 of the puzzle toy 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the caterpillar-shaped three-dimensional figure 80 of the puzzle toy 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the puzzle toy 10 can be mounted on the same plane by engaging the other puzzle pieces 20 with the T-shaped convex portions 30, 30a and the concave portions 40, 40a on four sides. The figure 50 is formed.

  Specifically, the puzzle piece 20 has a T-shaped convex portion 30 that is provided in the middle of one side of the main body portion 21 with a T-shaped convex portion 30 that is a protruding portion formed so that the left and right protrusions of the tip portion 32 are symmetrically formed. 30 and a corner T-shaped convex portion 30a provided at the corner of the main body 21 and having a left-right protrusion of the tip 32 and asymmetrical left and right protrusions. ing.

  Further, by forming the corner T-shaped convex portions 30a at the corners one by one on each side of the puzzle piece 20, the puzzle pieces 20 can be assembled without gaps.

  In this embodiment, one T-shaped protrusion 30 is formed on each side of the puzzle piece 20, but the present invention is not limited to this, and a plurality of T-shaped protrusions are formed according to the size of the puzzle piece 20. The portion 30 may be formed.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the puzzle toy 10 has 90 degrees by engaging the other puzzle pieces 20 with the T-shaped convex portions 30 and 30a and the concave portions 40 and 40a on four sides. The three-dimensional figure 60 is formed by mounting in the vertical direction.

  Furthermore, the puzzle toy 10 is obtained by attaching the puzzle piece 20 and the other puzzle piece 20 by partially engaging the T-shaped convex portions 30 and 30a and the concave portions 40 and 40a at an angle of approximately 60 degrees. A hexagonal three-dimensional figure 70 as shown in FIG. 5 can be formed.

  The puzzle toy 10 is attached by attaching the puzzle piece 20 and the other puzzle piece 20 by partially engaging the T-shaped convex portions 30 and 30a and the concave portions 40 and 40a at an angle of approximately 60 degrees. A caterpillar-shaped three-dimensional figure 80 as shown in FIG. 6 can be formed.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to provide the puzzle toy 10 that makes it possible to assemble and play the puzzle pieces 20 having the same shape in a planar shape and a three-dimensional shape.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, the puzzle piece 20 has the T-shaped convex portion 30 at the center and the corner T-shaped convex portion 30a at the corner, so that it is developed in a plane without providing a gap between the assembled puzzle pieces. Can be made.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, the T-shaped convex portion 30 of the puzzle piece 20 is vertically fitted to the base 34 positioned between the T-shaped convex portions of the other puzzle pieces 20 to create a three-dimensional figure. Sometimes, it is possible to make the structure difficult to come off.

  According to the present embodiment, the puzzle piece 20 can be prepared in various sizes by forming a plurality of T-shaped convex portions 30 on each side. A wide variety of shapes can be made up to large shapes.

  In addition, according to the present embodiment, the puzzle pieces 20 are formed with protruding portions having the same shape on the four sides, so that various shapes can be formed by freely connecting the puzzle pieces in the vertical and horizontal directions. It is possible to play.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, the puzzle piece 20 can be mounted on the same plane by engaging the other puzzle pieces 20 with the T-shaped convex portions 30 and 30a and the concave portions 40 and 40a on four sides. By forming a planar shape, it can be used as an educational toy with a rich idea.

  Furthermore, according to the present embodiment, the puzzle piece 20 is attached in the vertical direction by 90 degrees by engaging the other puzzle pieces 20 with the T-shaped convex portions 30, 30a and the concave portions 40, 40a on four sides. Since it is possible to form a three-dimensional shape, it is possible to play by freely creating a figure such as a dice or a building.

  According to this embodiment, the puzzle piece 20 is attached at an angle of about 60 degrees by engaging the other puzzle piece 20 with the T-shaped convex portions 30 and 30a and the concave portions 40 and 40a on four sides. Since a three-dimensional shape can be formed, it is possible to freely create a figure having a slope or the like.

  In addition, according to the present embodiment, the puzzle piece 20 has a front surface and a back surface that is formed inwardly with respect to the outer shape by a predetermined offset inward, so that the front and back are mistaken. It can be assembled without any problems.

  The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and can be freely changed and improved without departing from the gist of the invention.

10 panel toys 20 puzzle pieces
21 Body 22 Back groove
30 T-shaped convex part 30a Square T-shaped convex part
31 Base 32 Tip
33 Tip lock 34 Base
40 recess 40a square recess
41 Bottom 42 Opening
60 Solid figure
70 Solid figure 80 Solid figure

Claims (5)

A puzzle toy consisting of a plurality of puzzle pieces,
The puzzle piece includes a main body that is square.
Each side of the main body has a projecting portion, and the projecting portion is a T-shaped convex portion having a distal end that extends left and right with respect to a base connected to the main body.
Between the protrusions adjacent to one side of the main body part, the tip of the T-shaped protrusion that is the protrusion of another puzzle piece is between the bases of the T-shaped protrusion that is the protrusion of the puzzle piece. A puzzle toy, wherein the puzzle pieces are detachably engaged with each other.   The T-shaped convex portion, which is the projecting portion, is provided at the corner of the main body portion and the T-shaped convex portion provided in the middle of one side of the main body portion, with the left and right protrusions of the tip portion being formed symmetrically. 2. The puzzle toy according to claim 1, further comprising: a corner T-shaped convex portion in which the protrusion of the tip portion to the left and right is asymmetrical and the protrusion to the outside is increased.   In the T-shaped convex portion and the corner T-shaped convex portion that are the projecting portions, the projecting length of the base portion of the projecting portion from the main body portion is one half of the projecting length of the entire projecting portion from the main body portion. The puzzle toy according to claim 2, wherein the thickness of the protrusion is 1.1 times the length of the protrusion base.   4. The puzzle toy according to claim 2, wherein the main body portion having the protruding portion has a plurality of T-shaped convex portions provided in the middle of one side. 5. The said puzzle piece has a protrusion part in each side of the position rotated 90 degree | times from the center of the said puzzle piece so that it may have the said protrusion part of the same shape on four sides. The puzzle toy according to claim 4.

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