JP2023133094A - Model toy and movable structure - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a setup for realizing a working mechanism that enables various pieces of operation with less parts, for example, in a model toy.SOLUTION: A model toy includes: a first part as a base part; a second part including a first connection part connected to a connection part formed in the first part in one side and a second connection part connected to another part in the other side; and two third parts for clamping the first connection part by third connection parts formed in each in a state in which the first connection part of the second part is connected to the first part.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

The present invention relates to a model toy and a movable structure.

Doll type toys (model toys) are required to realize natural movements and a variety of poses. Therefore, in order to realize movements and poses similar to those of humans and animals, doll-type toys include various joints and movable parts. Patent Document 1 proposes a quadrupedal animal doll that has a joint structure that allows realistic movements similar to those of real animals.

Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2010-17264

In the above-mentioned conventional technology, various joints are included in order to realize a variety of motions, and each joint is composed of a plurality of parts. However, small doll-type toys are required to perform a variety of movements using as few parts as possible due to their spatial limitations.

The present invention provides a mechanism for realizing a movable mechanism in a model toy that enables a variety of movements with fewer parts.

The present invention relates to a model toy, for example, which includes a first part serving as a base, a first connecting part connected to a connecting part formed on the first part on one side, and a first connecting part connected to another part on the other side. a second part including a second connecting part; and with the first connecting part of the second part connected to the first part, the first connecting part is connected to the first connecting part by a third connecting part formed respectively. and two third parts that sandwich the.

The present invention also provides, for example, a movable structure including a first part serving as a base, a first connecting part connected to a connecting part formed in the first part on one side, and a first connecting part connected to another part on the other side. a second part including a second connecting part to be connected; and a third connecting part formed on each of the first parts with the first connecting part of the second part connected to the first part; It is characterized by comprising two third parts that sandwich the connecting part.

According to the present invention, in a model toy, it is possible to realize a movable mechanism that enables a variety of movements with fewer parts.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a front appearance of a doll-type toy according to an embodiment. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of an external appearance of a doll-shaped toy according to an embodiment. (a) An exploded perspective view of a torso, and (b) an exploded perspective view of a chest of a doll-type toy according to an embodiment. (a) An exploded view and (b) a side view of a thoracic joint of a doll-type toy according to one embodiment. (a) An exploded perspective view of an upper arm, and (b) a perspective view of some parts of a thoracic joint and a shoulder joint of a doll-type toy according to an embodiment. FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a body of a doll-type toy according to an embodiment. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing the operation of the thoracic joint of the doll-type toy according to one embodiment.

Hereinafter, embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Note that the following embodiments do not limit the claimed invention, and not all combinations of features described in the embodiments are essential to the invention. Two or more features among the plurality of features described in the embodiments may be arbitrarily combined. In addition, the same or similar configurations are given the same reference numerals, and duplicate explanations will be omitted.

<Appearance of doll-shaped toy>
First, an example of the external configuration of the doll-shaped toy 100 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1A and 1B. FIG. 1A shows the front appearance of the doll-type toy 100. FIG. 1B shows a side view of the external appearance of the doll-type toy 100. Note that the up and down, left and right, and front and rear arrows indicate the orientation of the doll-shaped toy in the figure, and the same applies to other figures.

The doll-type toy (doll body) 100 includes a head 101, a chest 102, arms 103a, 103b, an abdomen 104, a waist 105, and legs 107a, 107b. The doll-type toy 100 is a movable doll-type toy such as a movable figure, and each part can be moved within a limited area caused by the relationship with other members. The head 101 is connected to the chest 102 by a spherical connecting member (hereinafter also referred to as a ball joint). An arm section 103 including a right arm 103a and a left arm 103b is further connected to the chest 102 by a spherical connecting member, and an abdomen 104 is connected at the lower part. The detailed structure of the chest will be described later. A waist portion 105 is connected to the abdomen 104 . Leg parts 107 including a right leg part 107a and a left leg part 107b are connected to the waist part 105, and are covered with a clothing part such as a skirt.

Note that, hereinafter, the upper body including the head 101, the chest 102, and the arms 103 will be referred to as an upper body. Further, the lower body including the waist 105 and the legs 107a and 107 is referred to as a lower body. The upper body part and the lower body part are connected via the abdomen 104. Furthermore, the chest 102, abdomen 104, and waist 105 are also collectively referred to as the torso. Below, as movable structures according to this embodiment, a thoracic joint structure of the chest 102 and a shoulder joint structure that connects the arm portion 103b to the chest 102 by a spherical connecting member (ball joint) will be described. However, there is no intention to limit the present invention, and the movable structure described below is not limited to the chest joint and the shoulder joint, but also includes other joints such as the hip joint, elbow joint, and knee joint that connect the legs. It is also possible to apply it to the section.

<Composition of upper body (chest)>
Next, with reference to FIG. 2, the detailed configuration of the chest 102 in the upper body of the doll-shaped toy 100 according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 2A is an exploded perspective view of the chest 102, abdomen 104, and waist 105 of the upper body. FIG. 2(b) is an exploded view of the thorax 102 including the thoracic and shoulder joints. The arm parts 103a and 103b are connected to the shoulder joint, but are omitted in FIG. 2.

As shown in FIG. 2(a), the chest 102 is connected to the abdomen 104 by a spherical joint (ball joint). That is, the chest joint according to this embodiment movably connects the chest 102 to the abdomen 104 using a ball joint. However, there is no intention to limit the present invention, and instead of the spherical connecting portion, other shapes of connecting portions may be employed. Furthermore, the thoracic joint according to this embodiment includes an additional rotation mechanism. The additional rotation mechanism will be described later using FIG. 3.

As shown in FIG. 2(b), the chest 102 includes a plurality of parts 201 to 207. Part 201 is a part (first part) that becomes the base of a plurality of joints. Part 202 is inserted into part 201 from below to form a thoracic joint. Further, in a state where part 202 (second part) is inserted into part 201, parts 203a and 203b (two third parts) are respectively fitted from both sides. Thereby, part 202 can be prevented from falling off from part 201.

Parts 204a and 204b are connected to parts 203a and 203b, respectively, and together with part 201, a shoulder joint is formed. Furthermore, arms 103a and 103b are connected to parts 204a and 204b. Note that part 205, which is an external part of the chest, and part 206, which is an external part of the upper back, are assembled so as to sandwich parts 201 to 203, so that each part is locked and fixed.

A recess is further formed in the upper part of the part 201. A spherical connecting portion of the part 207 is connected to the recess. The neck joint of the doll-shaped toy 100 is formed by connecting the parts 201 and 207. In this way, according to the present embodiment, the chest joint, shoulder joint, and neck joint can be realized using the part 201 that serves as the base of a plurality of joints, and various movements can be made using fewer parts. I can do it. Furthermore, if a spherical connecting portion is used in each joint, it can rotate in all directions within the spatial limitations of other parts.

<Detailed structure of the thoracic joint>
Next, with reference to FIG. 3, a detailed configuration of the thoracic joint of the doll-shaped toy 100 according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 3(a) shows an exploded view of the thoracic joint according to this embodiment, and FIG. 3(b) shows an example of the operation of the thoracic joint in a state where two parts according to this embodiment are combined.

As shown in FIG. 3(a), part 201 (first part) has a connection part 311 for receiving part 202 from the bottom, and connection parts 203a and 203b (two third parts) from both sides. Recesses 312a and 312b are formed for receiving the parts. The part 202 (second part) includes a ring-shaped connecting part 321 (first connecting part) and a spherical connecting part 322 (second connecting part). A ring-shaped connecting portion 321 of the part 202 is inserted into the connecting portion 311 of the part 201 from below, as shown by the dotted arrow. Note that when the part 202 is inserted into the part 201, there is no mechanism provided to prevent the part 202 from coming off, so the part 202 easily falls off. Therefore, according to this embodiment, the parts 203a and 203b are further assembled to prevent the part 202 from falling off the part 201. The detailed assembly configuration will be explained using FIG. 4.

As shown in FIG. 3(b), the part 202 is rotatably connected to the part 201 in the front-rear direction of the doll-shaped toy 100. In this rotational operation, the center of the ring-shaped connecting part 321 serves as a rotational axis, and the ring-shaped connecting part 321 can rotate as shown by the dotted arrow. In this way, the thoracic joint according to this embodiment is composed of parts 201 and 202. Therefore, in the thoracic joint according to the present embodiment, in addition to the rotation movement with respect to the abdomen 104 by the spherical connection part 322 of the part 202, rotation around the ring-shaped connection part 321 is provided as an additional rotation mechanism. operation can be provided. This makes it possible to further add a rotational movement around the connecting part 321 to the rotational movement around the connecting part 322, making it possible to achieve a wider range of motion.

Note that this rotational movement can be realized by simply inserting the part 202 into the part 201 and not fitting it into the part 201 (not fixing it). However, if the part 202 is not fixed, there is a possibility that the part 202 may fall off from the part 201, and a detailed configuration for preventing the part 203 from falling off will be described below.

<Configuration of the shoulder joint connected to the thoracic joint>
Next, with reference to FIG. 4, the detailed configuration of the shoulder joint connected to the thoracic joint according to this embodiment will be described. FIG. 4(a) shows an exploded view of the upper arm. FIG. 4(b) shows a connection configuration between the part 201 and the part 203. Note that the configuration of a part of the left shoulder including the thoracic joint will be explained using FIG. 4, but the configuration of the right shoulder is the same, so the explanation will be omitted.

As shown in FIG. 4(a), when the ring-shaped connecting portion 321 of the part 202 is inserted into the part 201, a spherical connecting portion 321 provided at one end of the part 203b is inserted from the side of the part 201. The connecting portion 331b is fitted (dotted arrow). Further, a recess 332b is formed at the other end of the part 203b, and a spherical connecting part formed in the part 204b of the arm 103b is rotatably connected to the recess 332b. Part 204b constitutes a part of arm portion 103b.

Note that the connecting portion 331a of the part 203a is connected to the part 201 from the side opposite to the position where the connecting portion 331b is connected. Therefore, the two third parts 203a and 203b are combined with the part 201 so as to sandwich the ring-shaped connecting portion 321 of the part 202 inserted into the part 201. As a result, the part 202 is inserted into the part 201 and is held between the parts 203a and 203b, and is rotatably connected to the part 201 so as not to fall off.

As shown in FIG. 4(b), a recess 323b is formed in the ring-shaped connecting portion 321 of the part 202 to receive a portion of the connecting portion 331b of the part 203b. Note that FIG. 4B does not show the part 201, and in reality, the recess 323b of the connecting part 321 and a part of the connecting part 331b come into contact through the recess 312b of the part 201. Further, on the opposite side of the recess 323b of the ring-shaped connecting portion 321, a recess 323a is formed to receive a part of the connecting portion 331a of the part 203a. Thereby, even when the part 202 is held between the parts 203a and 203b, the rotational movement relative to the part 201 can be maintained. Further, recesses 323a and 323b are formed to match the spherical outer shapes of the connecting portions 331a and 331b of the parts 203a and 203b, respectively. Therefore, since the parts 202 and the parts 203a and 203b are assembled in close contact with each other, the parts 202 and the parts 203a and 203b can be clamped with a wider contact surface secured, and the part 202 can be more firmly prevented from falling off the part 201. Can be done. In addition, instead of providing separate parts to assemble the thoracic joint parts, by using part of the shoulder joint to hold them, it is possible to reduce the number of parts and realize a variety of movements. . Therefore, even with a small doll-type toy, it is possible to realize a variety of movements while keeping the size down.

<Operation of the thoracic joint>
The operation of the thoracic joint according to this embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6. FIG. 5 shows a cross-sectional view of the body section taken along the line AA' in FIG. 1A.

Part 202 is a connecting member that connects chest 102 and abdomen 104, and is assembled so that at least three movements indicated by arrows 501 to 503 can be performed with respect to the connected parts. Movement in the direction of arrow 501 indicates movement of doll-shaped toy 100 in the front-back direction with respect to part 201. Since this operation has already been explained, detailed explanation will be omitted.

Furthermore, the movement in the direction of arrow 502 connects the spherical connecting portion 322 of the part 202 to some parts of the abdomen 104 so as to be able to slide up and down to some extent. Thereby, the part 202 and the chest 102 connected to the part 202 can be slightly shifted upward from the abdomen 104, and a space can be created between the chest 102 and the abdomen 104. This space is for securing space when moving in the directions of arrows 501 and 503, for example, and has the effect of further expanding the range of motion.

Arrows 503 indicate that part 202 is rotatable in multiple directions relative to some parts of abdomen 104. This indicates that since the connecting portion 322 is formed in a spherical shape, it can rotate in all directions within the spatial limitations of other surrounding parts. In this way, the thoracic joint according to the present embodiment is capable of the at least three movements described above. By combining these three movements, the doll-shaped toy 100 according to this embodiment can realize various movements in a wider range of motion with fewer parts.

Below, an example of the operation of the doll-shaped toy 100 according to this embodiment will be shown. FIG. 6(a) shows how the chest 102 is rotated in the forward direction. As shown by the dotted arrow, the upper body including the chest 102 can be rotated forward so as to be lifted upward. This forward movement can be made larger by adding a rotational movement of the ring-shaped connecting part 321 in addition to the rotating movement of the spherical connecting part 322.

FIG. 6(b) shows how the chest 102 is rotated in the backward direction. As shown by the dotted arrow, the upper body including the chest 102 can be rotated backward so as to be lifted upward. This backward movement can be made larger by adding a rotational movement of the ring-shaped connecting part 321 in addition to the rotating movement of the spherical connecting part 322.

As explained above, the model toy according to the present embodiment includes a first part serving as a base, a first connecting part connected to a connecting part formed in the first part on one side, and a first connecting part connected to another part on the other side. and a second part including a second connecting part that is connected to the second part, and a second part that includes a second connecting part that is connected to the first connecting part by a third connecting part formed on each of the second parts, with the first connecting part of the second part being inserted into the first part. and two third parts that sandwich the part. As a result, it is possible to realize a movable structure in a model toy that enables a variety of movements with fewer parts.

<Modified example>
The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications and changes can be made within the scope of the invention. In the above embodiment, an example in which the movable structure is applied to the shoulder joint has been described, but the present invention is not intended to be limited thereto, and may be applied to other parts. For example, it can be used for joints that connect legs, such as hip joints, elbow joints, and knee joints. Further, although an example in which a spherical connecting portion (ball joint) is provided on the other side of the connecting member according to the above embodiment has been described, any type of connecting portion may be adopted as long as the parts to be connected are movable. You can. It is desirable that a connecting part be configured that is suitable for the movable part to which it is applied.

In addition, although an example of a doll-shaped toy has been explained as a model toy, the shape of the doll-shaped toy (doll body) is not particularly limited, and can be various shapes such as humans, animals, robots, insects, dinosaurs, virtual life forms, etc. This includes shapes such as Moreover, the shape of the model toy is not particularly limited as long as it includes a movable part.

100: Doll type toy, 101: Head, 102: Chest, 103a, 103b: Arms, 104: Abdomen, 105: Waist, 107a, 107b: Legs

Claims (9)

It is a model toy,
The first part that becomes the base,
a second part including a first connecting part connected to a connecting part formed in the first part on one side and a second connecting part connected to another part on the other side;
and two third parts that sandwich the first connecting part by third connecting parts formed on the respective third parts, with the first connecting part of the second part being connected to the first part. Featured model toys. The toy model according to claim 1, wherein a recessed portion is formed on both sides of the first connecting portion to receive a portion of the third connecting portion of each of the two third parts. The third connecting portion is formed in a spherical shape,
The toy model according to claim 2, wherein the recessed portion is formed to match the outer shape of the third connecting portion having a spherical shape. The first connecting part is formed in a ring shape,
The toy model according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the second connecting portion is formed in a spherical shape. A thoracic joint of the model toy is formed by the first part and the second part,
The toy model according to claim 4, wherein the second connecting portion of the second part is connected to a part constituting an abdomen of the toy model. The toy model according to any one of claims 2 to 5, wherein the two third parts form a shoulder joint of the toy model. further comprising a fourth part having a spherical connecting part connected to a recess formed in the upper part of the first part,
The toy model according to any one of claims 2 to 6, wherein the first part and the fourth part form a neck joint of the toy model. A movable structure,
The first part that becomes the base,
a second part including a first connecting part connected to a connecting part formed in the first part on one side and a second connecting part connected to another part on the other side;
and two third parts that sandwich the first connecting part by third connecting parts formed on the respective third parts, with the first connecting part of the second part being connected to the first part. Features a movable structure. The movable structure according to claim 8, wherein the movable structure forms at least a shoulder joint and a thoracic joint of the toy model.

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