JP2024011520A - Pet toy - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pet toy hardly causing injury even when the forearm is bitten by a pet which is excited during playing.

SOLUTION: A puppet type pet toy 10 includes: a puppet body part 11 having a head imitation part 11a imitating the head of an animal or a character, and an inside into which a hand 5a of a user 5 can be put; and a forearm cylindrical part 12 disposed continuously to the puppet body part 11 and having an inside into which a forearm 5b of the user 5 can be put. In the puppet body 11, a first finger insertion part 31 for inserting a part of the fingers of the user 5 thereinto, and a second finger insertion part 32 for inserting the remaining fingers of the user 5 thereinto are connected each other in a root 23, and when the pet toy 10 is viewed from the side, a length from the root 23 to an inlet of the forearm cylindrical part 12 is 22 cm or more.

SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

COPYRIGHT: (C)2024,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present invention relates to puppet-type pet toys and the like.

For example, when keeping a dog as a pet, it is effective for the owner to teach the rules of play while playing with the dog, not only from the perspective of communication between the owner and the dog, but also from the perspective of training. At that time, by playing with the pet toy, the dog can be taught that it is allowed to chew on the pet toy, but not on the owner's limbs or clothes.

Here, puppet-type pet toys are known. Non-Patent Document 1 describes a puppet-type pet toy imitating an animal. This pet toy has a cylindrical part that is continuous with a part that imitates the head of an animal.

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However, in the conventional puppet-type pet toy, the length of the cylindrical part is short, and the part covered by the cylindrical part is up to the vicinity of the user's wrist. Therefore, if the pet becomes excited while playing, there is a risk that the pet may bite the portion of the forearm that is not covered by the cylindrical portion and be injured. Small children are particularly susceptible to injury if bitten by a pet, and the injury can also be traumatic.

The present invention was made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a pet toy that is less likely to cause injury even if the forearm is bitten by an excited pet during play. .

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a first invention is a puppet-type pet toy, which has a head simulating part imitating the head of an animal or character, and into which a user's hand can be inserted. The puppet body includes a forearm cylindrical part that is provided continuously with the puppet body and into which the user's forearm is inserted. The finger insertion part and the second finger insertion part for inserting the user's remaining fingers are connected to each other at the base, and when the pet toy is viewed from the side, the forearm tubular part is inserted from the base. The length to the entrance is 22 cm or more.

A second invention is that in the first invention, in the forearm cylindrical part, a sound effect is generated between the outer skin part and the inner skin part in the front cylindrical part on the puppet main body side when bitten by a pet. In the rear cylindrical part on the entrance side of the forearm cylindrical part where the sound generating sheet is provided, when the pet toy is viewed from the side, the area where the sound generating sheet is not provided is from the rear end to the front side. It is at least 3 cm towards the end.

A third invention, in the first or second invention, is a ring-shaped member attached to the puppet main body so as to pass through the back side of the base, and the ring member extends from the base to the front end of the puppet main body. , further comprising a looped rope provided between the first finger insertion part and the second finger insertion part.

In a fourth aspect of the invention, in the first or second aspect, a pocket is provided in the mouth of the puppet main body.

In the puppet main body of the present invention, when the pet toy is viewed from the side, the length from the base where the first finger insertion part and the second finger insertion part are connected to the entrance of the forearm cylindrical part is , 22 cm or more. Here, in the case of an average body shape of a 12-year-old child, the length of the hand from the base of the thumb and index finger to the elbow is about 25 cm. Therefore, if the user is a small child when the user puts their hand and forearm into the pet toy so that the first finger insertion part and the second finger insertion part of the pet toy can be opened and closed by hand. , the forearm is covered at least up to the vicinity of the elbow by the forearm tubular part. Therefore, when the forearm is bitten by an excited pet during play, it is possible to reduce the possibility that the bitten area is not covered by the forearm tubular part. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a pet toy that is less likely to cause injury even if the forearm is bitten by an excited pet during play.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the pet toy according to the embodiment, viewed diagonally from above. FIG. 2 is a side view of a pet toy in which a small child (user) puts his/her hand and forearm into the pet toy. 3(a) is a diagram schematically showing a cross section (cross section of the mouth) at the AA position in FIG. 2, and FIG. 3(b) is a diagram schematically showing a cross section at the BB position in FIG. (A cross-section of the front tubular part of the forearm tubular part) is schematically illustrated, and FIG. 3(c) is a cross-section taken at the position CC in FIG. FIG. FIG. 4 is a front perspective view of a pet toy according to a modification of the embodiment with its mouth open.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. Note that the following embodiments are examples of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, its applications, or its uses.

The present embodiment is a puppet-shaped pet toy 10 imitating an animal (a crocodile in FIG. 1 etc.). In addition to a crocodile, the pet toy 10 may be modeled after various animals such as a horse, cow, dachshund, platypus, or shark, or a character from an anime or the like. The pet toy 10 is mainly a toy for dogs.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the pet toy 10 includes a puppet main body 11 that is opened and closed by the hand 5a of the user 5, and a puppet main body 11 that is connected to the puppet main body 11. The puppet includes a forearm cylindrical part 12 into which the forearm 5b of the user 5 is inserted, and a ring-shaped rope 13 attached to the puppet main body part 11 and formed in a ring shape. In the following, when the pet toy 10 is viewed from the side, as shown in FIG. (on the right side in Figure 2).

In the pet toy 10, an entrance 10a for the hand 5a of the user 5 is provided at the rear end of the forearm cylindrical part 12, and an insertion hole for inserting the hand 5a and forearm 5b of the user 5 is provided from the entrance 10a toward the front side. 10b is formed. The insertion hole 10b extends halfway through the puppet main body 11, and branches upward and downward at a base 23 of a mouth section 22, which will be described later.

Each part of the pet toy 10 will be specifically explained. The puppet main body part 11 has a head simulating part 11a that imitates the head of an animal, character, or the like. In this embodiment, the entire puppet body section 11 serves as a head simulating section 11a. The puppet main body 11 includes a head main body 21 located on the forearm cylindrical part 12 side, and a mouth part 22 extending from the head main body 21 to the front side. Note that although the description of the reference numerals is omitted, the head body 21 is provided with eyes and ears, and the mouth portion 22 is provided with a nose and fangs. In FIG. 3(a), the illustration of fangs is omitted.

The mouth portion 22 includes a first finger insertion portion 31 for inserting the four fingers 5c from the index finger to the little finger of the user 5, and a second finger insertion portion 32 for inserting the thumb 5d of the user 5 inside. have The first finger insertion section 31 and the second finger insertion section 32 are connected to each other at the base (corner of the mouth) 23 of the mouth section 22 . The mouth part 22 can open and close the first finger insertion part 31 and the second finger insertion part 32 using the base 23 as a fulcrum by the movement of the user's 5 hand 5a.

Note that the first finger insertion portion 31 refers to a portion of the upper portion of the mouth portion 22 from the tip to the base 23, and corresponds to the upper jaw of the mouth portion 22. The second finger insertion portion 32 refers to a portion of the lower portion of the mouth portion 22 from the tip to the base 23, and corresponds to the lower jaw of the mouth portion 22. A whistle that makes a high-pitched sound (for example, a sound like a bird's cry) when a pet (such as a dog) bites is embedded in the tip of the second finger insertion part 32.

As shown in FIG. 3A, in a cross-sectional view of the mouth portion 22, the first finger insertion portion 31 is formed to be one size larger than the second finger insertion portion 32. Since the first finger insertion part 31 and the second finger insertion part 32 have different thicknesses, the pet can enjoy different chewing sensations. Furthermore, in this embodiment, the hands and noses also have different thicknesses, so the pet can enjoy different chewing sensations.

In the cross-sectional view shown in FIG. 3A, the first finger insertion part 31 and the second finger insertion part 32 have an outer skin part 35 made of a cloth material (for example, a raised material) and an outer skin part 35 that is the same or different. The inner skin part 36 made of a cloth material is connected to each other to form a ring shape. The outer skin portion 35 constitutes not only the mouth portion 22 but also the outer surface of the head body 21, as shown in FIG. In the first finger insertion part 31, a sound generating sheet 37 that produces a sound effect (for example, a crunching sound) when bitten by a pet (such as a dog) is arranged along the inner surface of the ring-shaped portion formed by the outer skin part 35 and the inner skin part 36. A cotton material 38 is stuffed inside the sound generating sheet 37. As the material for the sound generating sheet 37, for example, a paper sheet, a vinyl sheet, etc. can be used.

The forearm cylindrical portion 12 is a cylindrical portion extending rearward from the rear end of the puppet main body portion 11 . In this embodiment, the forearm cylindrical part 12 imitates the torso of an animal, and is provided with hands or feet (numerals omitted). The forearm cylindrical part 12 is connected to the rear end of the puppet main body part 11 by a sewing part 15. The sewn portion 15 serves as a boundary between the puppet main body portion 11 and the forearm cylindrical portion 12. The forearm cylindrical portion 12 has an approximately constant outer diameter and inner diameter in the front-rear direction. Further, since the forearm cylindrical part 12 is made of a non-stretchable material, it is difficult to make close contact with the forearm 5b of the user 5, and even if a pet bites it, force is not easily transmitted to the forearm 5b.

As shown in FIG. 3(b), the cross section of the forearm cylindrical part 12 includes an outer skin part 45 formed in a ring shape from a cloth material (for example, a raised material) and a cloth material made of the same or different material as the outer skin part 45. The inner skin part 46 is formed into a ring shape. Further, in the forearm cylindrical portion 12, a ring-shaped sound generating sheet 37 is provided between the outer skin portion 45 and the inner skin portion 46, which produces a sound effect (for example, a crunching sound) when bitten by a pet. .

The looped rope 13 is a rope made of a plurality of string materials assembled in a predetermined manner. The looped rope 13 is attached to the puppet main body 11 so as to pass behind (inside) the base 23. In FIG. 2, a portion of the looped rope 13 that passes behind the base 23 is hatched. Further, the looped rope 13 is provided between the first finger insertion section 31 and the second finger insertion section 32 from the base 23 side toward the distal end side of the puppet main body 11 so as to imitate a tongue. ing. The circular rope 13 has a vertical dimension larger than a horizontal dimension in a cross-sectional view. Therefore, the pet can enjoy different chewing sensations vertically and horizontally.

[Effects of embodiments, etc.]
In this embodiment, when the pet toy 10 is viewed from the side (straight side), the length X1 from the base 23 to the entrance 10a of the forearm tubular part 12 is 22 cm or more (preferably 25 cm or more, and more preferably 25 cm or more). preferably 28 cm or more). In this embodiment, the length X1 is 30 cm. Therefore, when the user 5 puts the hand 5a and forearm 5b into the pet toy 10 so that the first finger insertion part 31 and the second finger insertion part 32 in the pet toy 10 can be opened and closed with the hand 5a (in this case , the tips of the fingers 5c and 5d of the hand 5a are located in front of the base 23), and if the user 5 is a small child (for example, a child up to 12 years old), the forearm 5b is , at least the vicinity of the elbow is covered by the forearm cylindrical part 12. Therefore, when the forearm 5b is bitten by an excited pet during play, the possibility that the bitten area is not covered by the forearm tubular part 12 can be reduced. According to this embodiment, it is possible to provide a pet toy 10 that allows even small children to safely play with their pets. In addition, in this embodiment, the length X2 of the forearm cylindrical part 12 is 10 cm or more (preferably 13 cm or more, more preferably 18 cm or more).

As shown in FIG. 2, when the pet toy 10 is viewed from the side (right side), the length This is the length to the center in the height direction. The length X2 is the length at the center position in the width direction (position of the sewn part 16) when the forearm cylindrical part 12 is viewed from directly above.

In the forearm cylindrical part 12 of this embodiment, a sound generating sheet 37 that produces a sound effect when bitten by a pet is located between the outer skin part 45 and the inner skin part 46 in the front cylindrical part on the puppet main body 11 side. is provided. Therefore, when the pet bites the front part of the forearm cylindrical part 12, the pet can enjoy the crunching sound. On the other hand, in the rear cylindrical portion of the forearm cylindrical portion 12 on the entrance 10a side, when the pet toy 10 is viewed from the side (straight side), the area where the sound generating sheet 37 is not provided (in FIG. The length Y of the hatched area) is at least 3 cm or more (preferably 5 cm or more) from the rear end toward the front side (see FIG. 3(c)). Therefore, even if the pet chews the area (hatched area) near the part of the forearm 5b of the user 5 that is not covered by the forearm tubular part 12, no crunching sound is made. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the pet from biting the user 5 directly due to being excited by the crunching sound.

In this embodiment, the length Y of the range is 8 cm, and the sound generating sheet 37 is provided in a portion of the forearm cylindrical portion 12 other than the range. Further, the length Y of the range is the length at the center position in the width direction when the forearm cylindrical part 12 is viewed from directly above, and in this embodiment, the sewing part 16 (see FIG. 1) is located at this center position. ) are provided in the front-rear direction.

In this embodiment, the user 5 can grasp the looped rope 13 from inside the puppet main body 11, as shown in FIG. Therefore, it is easy to play tugging with the looped rope 13 with the pet, and it is possible to enjoy communication with the pet more.

In this embodiment, the area of the mouth portion 22 is designed to be small when the puppet main body portion 11 is viewed from the front side. Therefore, the feeling of intimidation felt by the pet when opening the mouth portion 22 can be reduced.

[Modification of embodiment]
In this modification, a pocket 40 is provided within the mouth portion 22 of the pet toy 10. As shown in FIG. 4, the pocket 40 can be provided on the top side of the tongue portion 41. The pocket 40 is provided with an opening 40a so that items can be put therein from the base 23 side of the opening 22 in the direction of the arrow. In this modification, items that the pet likes (for example, snacks) can be hidden in the pocket 40 of the mouth part 22, so the pet will be absorbed in playing.

[Other embodiments]
In the embodiment described above, the sound generating sheet 37 may be provided over the entire length between the outer skin part 45 and the inner skin part 46 in the forearm cylindrical part 12 without providing the range Y.

In the embodiment described above, the annular rope 13 may not be loop-shaped, but both ends of the annular rope 13 may be joined to the left and right sides of the base 23 of the mouth portion 22. Furthermore, the looped rope 13 may be omitted.

The present invention is applicable to puppet-type pet toys and the like.

5 User 5b Forearm 10 Pet toy 11 Puppet main body part 11a Head simulating part 12 Forearm cylindrical part 21 Head main body 22 Mouth part 23 Base part 31 First finger insertion part 32 Second finger insertion part

Claims (4)

A puppet-type pet toy,
a puppet body having a head imitation part imitating the head of an animal or character, into which a user's hand can be placed;
a forearm cylindrical part that is provided continuously with the puppet main body part and into which the user's forearm is placed;
In the puppet main body, a first finger insertion part for inserting a part of the user's fingers and a second finger insertion part for inserting the remaining fingers of the user are connected to each other at the base,
A pet toy, wherein the length from the base to the entrance of the forearm cylindrical portion is 22 cm or more when the pet toy is viewed from the side. In the forearm cylindrical part, a sound generating sheet that produces a sound effect when bitten by a pet is provided between the outer skin part and the inner skin part in the front cylindrical part on the puppet main body side,
In the rear cylindrical part on the entrance side of the forearm cylindrical part, when the pet toy is viewed from the side, an area where the sound generating sheet is not provided is at least 3 cm from the rear end toward the front side. The pet toy according to claim 1, which has the above. A ring-shaped member is attached to the puppet main body so as to pass behind the base, and the first finger insertion part and the second finger insertion part extend from the base toward the distal end of the puppet main body. The pet toy according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a ring-shaped rope provided between the finger insertion part and the finger insertion part. The pet toy according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a pocket is provided in the mouth of the puppet main body.

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