JP3157106B2 - Spherical game toys - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a ball game toy,
More specifically, the present invention relates to a ball game toy that presses a toy body from above a sphere to take the sphere into the toy body and immediately fires the fetched sphere from a launch port.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is known a ball game toy disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Application No. Hei 5-7379 as a ball game toy which is played by shooting a ball. This toy has a sphere 2 as shown in FIG.
Is loaded between a pair of elastic resilient pieces 37, 37 arranged in the body portion 35 by being pushed through an opening 36 formed in the front surface of the body portion 35, and moves back and forth behind the resilient piece 37. By pushing the push member 38 which is arranged so as to be able to be pushed, the ball 2 is pushed out while pushing out the playing pieces 37, 37, and the ball 2 is pushed forward from the opening 36 by the elastic restoring force of the playing piece 37 at the moment of pushing out. It was designed to fire.

[0003]

However, in the toy described above, the spheres must be loaded between the playing pieces arranged inside the fuselage one by one, and when the sphere is fired, the pushing member must be pushed to operate. Each time you fire, you have to load the sphere and push the pushing member, and there is no problem if you play by shooting the sphere aiming at the target alone, but if you hit the sphere in two directions such as a battle game Because the game cannot fire a sphere in real time, it was not possible to play a game full of speed.

[0004] The present invention solves the above problems, it is not necessary to load the spheres to be fired one by one into the toy, and it is not necessary to perform a special operation for firing the loaded spheres. It is an object of the present invention to provide a spherical game toy which can be operated with one hand and has excellent operability.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a ball game toy according to the present invention is characterized by having the following requirements. (A) An inlet for taking in a sphere is formed on the bottom of the toy body having a sphere launching port, and a guide for guiding the sphere taken from the intake to the launching port is provided inside the toy body. At least two resilient resilient pieces for repelling a sphere upward are formed in the intake, and an engaging portion for engaging the sphere is formed on the inner surface of the resilient piece by swelling. The distance between the tips is smaller than the diameter of the sphere,
The distance from the inlet to the tip of the engaging portion is formed smaller than the radius of the sphere.The inlet is formed in a ring member rotatably arranged on the bottom surface of the toy body, and the playing piece is formed in the annular shape. It is preferable that the frictional force with respect to the sphere of the engaging portion formed on one of the flipping pieces is greater than the frictional force with respect to the sphere of the engaging portion formed on the other flipping piece.

[0006]

FIG. 1 shows a spherical game toy according to the present invention. This spherical game toy has a toy body 1 formed like a robot, and a launch port 3 of a sphere 2 is provided on the front surface of the toy body 1. However, on the bottom surface, an intake 4 for taking in the sphere 2 is formed, respectively. The discharge opening 3 and the intake 4 are respectively opened to a cavity 5 formed inside the fuselage, and the discharge opening 3 and the intake 4 are formed. Are communicated with each other through a cavity portion 5, and a guide 6 is formed in the cavity portion 5 to guide the sphere 2 taken in from the intake port 4 to the firing port 3.

The inlet 4 is formed in the lower part of the toy main body 1 by vertically penetrating a base member 7 formed of a synthetic resin such as plastic to imitate a foot. It is formed so as to be guided.

The guide 6 is formed in a substantially triangular plate shape, and two orthogonal sides are fixed to the upper wall surface 5a and the rear wall surface 5b of the cavity portion 5, respectively. The guide 6 is formed so as to be bent at a right angle on the inclined surface 6 a of the guide 6 and to be guided to the firing port 3.

[0009] The slope 6a of the guide 6 may be formed in an arc shape.

The intake 4 is formed with a pair of flipping pieces 8, 8 for flipping the sphere 2 upward. As shown in FIG. 2 (a), the repelling piece is constituted by a thin wall portion formed between the arc-shaped slits 9, 9 formed on the left and right of the inlet 4 of the base member 7 and the inlet 4. At the approximate center of the inner surface of the thin portion, an engaging portion 10 is formed to protrude. The distance L1 from the inlet 4 to the tip of the engaging portion 10 is smaller than the radius r of the sphere 2, and the distance L2 between the tips of the engaging portions 10 and 10 is the diameter d of the sphere 2. (FIG. 2B).
reference).

According to the spherical game toy having the above structure, FIG.
As shown in (a), when the intake 4 is placed on the sphere 2 on the floor surface 15 and the toy body 1 is strongly pushed down from above, the playing piece 8 is pushed out by the sphere 2 and the base member 7 is expanded.
Immediately before the bottom surface of the sphere hits the floor surface 15, the diameter of the sphere 2 is at a position facing the tip of the engaging portion 10, and the playing piece 8 is pushed outward as far as possible. When the toy body 1 is further pushed down, the diameter of the sphere 2 exceeds the tip of the engaging portion 10, but the sphere 2 can be flipped upward by the elastic restoring force of the instantaneous flipping piece 8. The traveling direction of the sphere 2 flipped upward is changed by the guide 6 to the horizontal direction.
It is fired forward from the firing opening 3 (see FIG. 3B).

As described above, the sphere 2 is taken into the toy body 1 by strongly pressing the intake 4 formed on the bottom surface of the toy body 1 against the sphere 2 on the floor surface 15.
At the moment of being taken in, the sphere 2 is flipped upward by the flipping piece 8, and the flipped sphere 2 can be changed its traveling direction horizontally by the guide 6, and can be fired forward from the launch port. The spheres 2 at 15 can be fired one after another.

[0013] The spheres can be fired one after another in real time without any special operations for loading and firing the spheres each time they are fired. It is possible to enjoy a ball game full of speed, such as being able to repeatedly shoot a target.

Since the two sides of the playing piece are supported by the base member, the elastic restoring force can be remarkably improved as compared with the playing piece having one side supported. Can be greatly increased.

Next, a description will be given of a sphere game toy which rotates and fires a sphere. In this spherical game toy, as shown in FIG. 4, an annular member 21 is rotatably disposed on the bottom surface of a base member 20, and a spherical body 2 is provided at the center of the annular member 21.
Is formed, and the intake 22 communicates with a through hole 23 formed in the base member 20. A fitting groove 24 is provided around the lower end of the through hole 23, and when the annular member 21 is fitted into the fitting groove 24, the through hole 2 is formed.
3 can be loosely fitted around an axis passing through the center.

A part of the fitting groove 24 is provided with a notch 21 a which is a finger hook formed on the peripheral surface of the annular member 21.
A notch 25 exposing a part of the annular member 21 is formed so that the annular member 21 can be rotated.

As shown in FIG. 5 (a), the annular member 21 is formed of a synthetic resin such as plastic in a disk shape, and an inlet 22 for taking in the sphere 2 is formed in the center, and a playing piece is formed on the upper surface. 26, 27, 28 and 29 are formed upright at equal intervals. The playing pieces 26, 27, 28 and 29 have an upper portion curved inward, and
Engaging portions 26 are provided on the insides of the tips of 27, 28 and 29, respectively.
a, 27a, 28a and 29a are formed. The engaging portions 26a, 27a, and 28a are formed by projecting a part of a flipping piece, and are made of the same material as the flipping piece, but the engaging portion 29a is formed of a friction member. The engaging portion 29a is formed of a material having a high friction coefficient such as rubber, and the other playing pieces 26, 2
The friction coefficients are set higher than the friction coefficients of the engagement portions 26a, 27a, and 28a of the first and second engagement portions 7 and 28. The engaging portion 29a is formed to have a substantially T-shaped cross section, and the front surface is formed to have the same shape as the other engaging portions. As shown in FIG. It is fixed to the cut 30 with an adhesive so as not to be separated.

The distance L between the tips of the engaging portions 26a and 27a and the distance L between the tips of the engaging portions 28a and 29a.
2 is smaller than the diameter d of the sphere 2 and the annular member 21
Is formed smaller than the radius r of the sphere 2 (see FIG. 6A).

According to the spherical game toy having the above structure, FIG.
As shown in (a), after the ring member 21 is rotated using the notch 21a exposed from the notch portion 25 as a finger hook so that the playing piece 29 having the engaging portion 29a is located forward, The inlet 22 is placed on the sphere 2 on the floor 15 and the toy body 1 is pushed down strongly from above. Playing piece 2
8 and 29 (the playing pieces 26 and 27 are omitted) are pushed and spread by the sphere 2, and immediately before the bottom surface of the base member 20 (annular member 21) hits the floor surface 15, the diameter of the sphere 2 becomes the engagement portion 28.
a, it is located at a position facing the tip of the engaging portion 29a (the engaging portions 26a and 27a are omitted), and the playing pieces 26 to 29 are in a state of being pushed to the maximum. When the toy body 1 is further depressed, the diameter of the sphere 2 exceeds the tip of the engagement portion, but the sphere 2 can be flipped upward by the elastic restoring force of the momentarily flipping pieces 26 to 29.

The sphere 2 protruded upward is changed its traveling direction to the horizontal direction by the guide 6, and is fired forward from the firing port 3. Since the engaging portion 29a is formed of a friction member such that the frictional force at the tip of the flipping piece 39 is greater than the frictional force of the other flipping pieces 26, 27, 28, the elastic restoring force of the flipping pieces 26 to 29 causes At the moment when the ball 2 is ejected, the sphere 2 is strongly rubbed by the engaging portion 29a, and a rotational force for rotating forward is given. When a sphere that is given a rotational force that rotates forward contacts the floor surface, the sphere can be extended forward by the rotational force to extend the reach to a distant place.

Further, as shown in FIG.
When the annular member 21 is rotated so that the playing piece 29 is positioned to the left by rotating the annular member 21 exposed from
Since the rotating sphere 2 that is flipped out is given a rotational force that rotates to the left, the sphere 2 that has been launched can roll while curving to the left when it comes into contact with the floor surface.

Although not shown, when the ring member 21 is rotated so that the playing piece 29 is located rearward and a sphere is fired, the sphere is given a rotational force to rotate backward, so that the sphere is fired. When the sphere comes into contact with the floor surface, it is back-spinned and suddenly stops or returns, so that a variety of launches can be enjoyed.

[0023]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, spheres on the floor can be fired one after another by a simple operation of pressing the toy body from above the sphere, and special operations for loading and firing the sphere can be performed. It is not necessary to perform the operation, and since it can be operated with one hand, it is excellent in operability, and a young person who has no fingertip can easily fire a sphere, so that many people can enjoy a sphere game.

Also, since the sphere can be fired in real time without performing the loading and firing operations of the sphere, it is possible to play a battle game in two directions, or repeatedly hit a target within a limited time. You can enjoy a sphere game full of speed.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, by changing the frictional force of the repelling piece against the sphere, the sphere can be given a rotation at the moment of the repelling, and the rotation direction can be set arbitrarily. This makes it possible to realize a ball game toy with high game characteristics that can be fired, can enjoy techniques with a sense of speed, and can widen the range of play.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the configuration of a spherical game toy according to the present invention.

FIGS. 2A and 2B are a bottom view and a cross-sectional view taken along a line XX showing a structure of a base member of the spherical game toy.

FIGS. 3A and 3B are side views showing an operation mode of the spherical game toy.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the configuration of another example of a ball game toy.

5A and 5B are perspective views showing a configuration of an annular member.

6 (a) and 6 (b) are cross-sectional views of main parts showing an operation mode of a ball game toy of another example of the above.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along line YY of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a conventional ball game toy and a cross-sectional view of a main part for explaining an operation mode.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 toy main body 2 sphere 3 launch port 4 intake 5 cavity 6 guide 7 base member 8 playing piece 10 engaging portion 21 annular member

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Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A ball game toy having the following requirements. (A) An inlet for taking in a sphere is formed on the bottom of the toy body having a sphere launching port, and a guide for guiding the sphere taken from the intake to the launching port is provided inside the toy body. At least two resilient resilient pieces for repelling a sphere upward are formed in the intake, and an engaging portion for engaging the sphere is formed on the inner surface of the resilient piece by swelling. The distance between the tips is smaller than the diameter of the sphere,
The distance from the inlet to the tip of the engaging part is smaller than the radius of the sphere 2. An engaging member formed in an annular member rotatably disposed on a bottom surface of a toy body, wherein said playing piece is formed on said annular member, and said engaging piece is formed on one playing piece. 2. The spherical game toy according to claim 1, wherein the frictional force against the ball is greater than the frictional force against the sphere of the engaging portion formed on the other playing piece.