JP3486591B2 - Building blocks for toys or education - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a toy or educational building block for infants.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, there is a building block for a toy for a baby or an educational block which is made of wood or hard plastic and is assembled by fitting concave and convex portions.

[0003]

The conventional assembly block is hard, and if an infant falls on the block, the head and limbs may be injured. In addition, the opposing surfaces of the two joined blocks may not come into close contact with each other, which may cause a gap. Furthermore, even a rectangular block has a convex portion, so that it cannot be stacked in a box and is bulky. In addition, when assembled, irregularities on the surfaces that are not bonded together appear, and the overall form is unsightly.
In this device, there is no danger that an infant will fall on the block, and the opposing faces of the two joined blocks will be in close contact with each other.
It is an object of the present invention to provide an assembly block which has no unevenness on the outer surface of a modeled object and has a neat appearance because the block does not have any unevenness for assembling, and a square block can be stored in a box and is not bulky.

[0004]

A male or female hook is provided on a surface of a block of a soft elastic body, and a hook of one block having the above-described structure is engaged with a hook of another block.
Form a toy or educational building block that allows the joining of two blocks.

Two divided blocks having a shape of a soft elastic block divided into two are adhered to each other with a rod or a hook mounting member made of a crossed rod interposed therebetween. After fixing, either male or female hook is fixed to the tip of each rod and the hook is attached to the surface of the block to form a toy or educational assembly block.

A bar or a rod is crossed, and a hook mounting member having a shape in which the rod is crossed perpendicularly to the rod is formed at any one or a plurality of points of the rod, and a block made of a soft elastic body is formed. A through hole corresponding to a bar of the hook attachment member that is communicated when the two divided blocks are overlapped is provided at a right angle to the two divided block surfaces of the two divided shapes, The vertically intersecting rod is inserted into the through hole, the other rod is sandwiched between two divided blocks, and the two divided blocks are adhesively fixed, and either hook of male or female is fixed to the tip of each rod. A hook is attached to the surface of the block to form a toy or educational building block.

Assembling for a toy or for education by fixing either male or female hook to the tip of a rod inserted into a through hole opened on the opposite surface of a soft elastic block and attaching the hook to the surface of the block. Form blocks.

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Either or both of male and female are provided on the surface of the block made of an elastic material such as rubber or soft plastic.

A block 1 shown in FIG. 1 (A) is one in which a male hook 2 is provided on each surface of a hexahedron, and (B)
The block 3 shown in FIG. 2 is provided with female hooks 4 on each surface of the hexahedron. Unlike the blocks 1 and 3, hooks of different sexes may be provided on the opposite surfaces of the hexahedron.

An example of how the blocks 1 and 3 are provided with hooks 2 and 3 is as follows. That is, as shown in FIG. 2, the hook fixing member 8 is formed by the plastic molding by the two rods 5 and 6 which are orthogonal to each other horizontally and the rod 7 which is vertical at the intersection thereof.

On the other hand, a divided block 9 and 10 having a shape obtained by dividing the block 1 or the block 3 into two in a plane are formed, and a through hole which communicates with the two divided blocks 9 and 10 when they are overlapped with each other. 11 is provided. The through hole 11 has a diameter that allows the rod 7 of the hook fixing member 8 to be inserted therethrough.

Next, as shown in FIG. 3 (A), one end of the rod 7 of the hook fixing member 8 is inserted into the through hole 11 of the divided block 10 and the rods 5 and 6 are brought into contact with the surface of the divided block 10. Let

Next, as shown in (B), the other end of the rod 7 of the hook fixing member 8 is inserted into the through hole 11 of the divided block 9 and pushed in the direction of the divided block 10 so as to be in contact with the divided block 10 and overlap. . An adhesive material is applied to either side of the divided blocks 9 or 10 in advance, and the two divided blocks are overlapped and fixed by adhesion. As a result, the divided blocks 9 and 10 form the block 1 or 2.

In this case, the lengths of the rods 5 and 6 of the hook fixing member 8 are made to be substantially the same as or slightly shorter than the widths of the facing surfaces of the divided block 10, and the length of the rod 7 is set to two divided blocks. The thickness should be about the same as or slightly shorter than the stacked thickness of 9, 10. Even if the block is shortened as described above, the block is made of an elastic body, so that the hook can be attached by pressing.

Then, the hooks 2 or 4 are fixed to the tips of the rods 5, 6 and 7 by crimping. The hooks 2 or 4 may be fixed after the two divided blocks 9 and 10 are overlapped and adhered to each other as described above, or the hooks 5 or 5 may be fixed before the hooks are overlapped.
The hooks 2 or 4 may be fixed in advance to the tips of the rods 6 and 6, and they may be fixed to the tips of the rods 7 after they are lapped and bonded.

If two or more hooks 2 or 4 are provided on either side of the block, the following is done.

As shown in FIG. 1 (C), in the block 12 of a rectangular parallelepiped, two hooks are provided on each of four surfaces, and hook fixing members 13 for attaching one hook to each of the remaining two opposite surfaces are provided. , As shown in FIG.
The rod 14 is crossed with two rods 15a, 15b so that the two rods are perpendicular to each other at two intersection points, that is, the rods 14, 15a and 1
The rods 7 and 7 are orthogonal to the rods 4 and 15b.

The block 12 is obtained by adhering the divided blocks 16 and 17 to each other.
7 is provided with a through hole (not shown) through which the vertical rod 7 of the hook fixing member 13 can be inserted.
An adhesive is applied to one surface or both surfaces of 6, 7 and first, one end of each of the rods 7, 7 is inserted into one of the divided blocks 16 to divide the rods 14, 15a, 15b into the divided block 1.
6, then the other ends of the rods 7, 7 are inserted into the through holes of the other divided blocks 17 and the divided blocks 17 are pushed to abut the divided blocks 16 and the two divided blocks 16, 17 are bonded. Fix it. Two divided blocks 16,
A block 12 is formed by 17.

Next, the male hook 2 or the female hook 4 is attached to the tip of each rod. However, before inserting the through holes of the divided blocks 16 into the rods 7, 7, hooks are attached to the tips of the rods 14, 15a, 15b in advance, excluding the rods 7, 7, and the divided blocks 16, 17 are bonded together. A hook may be attached to the tips of the rods 7 and 7 later.

Instead of the hook fixing member 13, FIG.
You may use two hook attachment members 18 shown in FIG. In the hook mounting member 18, the rods 19 and 20 are connected in a T shape,
The vertical bar 7 is connected at the intersection. The two rods 20 of the hook mounting member 18 are directed outward so that the rods 19 face each other, and the rods 7, 7 are inserted into the through holes of the divided block 16.
One of the two divided blocks 16 while pushing the divided block 17 toward the divided block 16 while inserting the other end of the rods 7 into the through hole of the other divided block 17.
And 17 are glued together.

FIG. 5 shows a hook mounting member 21 for mounting two hooks 2 or 4 on all six sides of a hexahedron rectangular parallelepiped. The hook mounting member 21 includes two rods 14, 14
a and a pair of other two rods 15 and 15a form a double girder, and a vertical rod 7 is connected to each of the four intersections.

When this hook mounting member 21 is used, through holes are provided in the two divided blocks of the block at positions corresponding to the four rods 7, and the hook mounting member 13 is used first, as described above. The rods 14 and 14a and the rods 15 and 15 of the hook mounting member 21 are divided into two blocks.
The end of the rod 7 is inserted into the through hole while sandwiching a, and the two divided blocks are bonded. The method of attaching the hooks to the tips of the rods is the same as described above.

The hook mounting member for mounting the two hooks 2 or 4 on all six sides of the hexahedral cube has the same length as the rods 14, 14a, 15, 15a of the mounting member 21 and the four rods 7. It should be one.

When the hooks are not provided on the top and bottom surfaces (in FIG. 1) of the block 1, 3 or 12 but on the four side surfaces (in the drawing), through holes are formed in each divided block. A hook mounting member that is not provided and omits the bar 7 of the hook mounting members 8, 13, 18, and 21 may be used.

A case where hooks are attached to the respective surfaces of the triangular pentahedron will be described with reference to FIG. The hook attachment member 22 used for this has a form in which a vertical rod 7 is connected to an intersection of a Y-shaped rod body 23, and a triangular block is disassembled into two, and a through hole (shown in the figure) is formed in each of the divided blocks. Omitted), an adhesive is applied to one or both surfaces of the divided blocks, one end of the rod 7 is inserted into the through hole of the one divided block 24, and the other divided block of the other end is inserted. The two divided blocks are bonded and fixed by pushing in the direction of the divided block 24 while inserting into the through hole. The method of attaching the hook to the tip of each rod is similar to that described above.

Hooks are attached to cones, pyramids or irregularly shaped solid blocks as follows. For example, when the hook is attached to the bottom surface of the cone, as shown in FIG. 7 (A), the cone is divided into two parts at a plane perpendicular to the bottom surface 26 from the apex 25 of the cone to form two divided blocks 28. A hole 28 which does not penetrate each is provided.

On the other hand, the hook mounting member 29 used for this is
As shown in FIG. 7B, the T-shaped portion corresponding to the horizontal portion of the T-shape has a length that can be inserted into the holes 28, 28. The hook is preferably attached to the tip of the portion corresponding to the vertical portion of the T-shape in advance.

Assembly is as follows. That is, an adhesive is applied to one or both of the two divided blocks 27, and the holes 2 of the one divided block 27 are applied.
8, one end of the portion corresponding to the horizontal portion of the T-shape of the hook attachment member 29 is inserted into the hole 28, and the other end is inserted into the hole 28 of the other divided block 27,
8 is pressed to bond and fix the two divided blocks 28. If the hook is not previously attached to the tip of the portion corresponding to the vertical portion of the T-shape, the hook is attached to the tip of the portion.

The hook mounting member 30 shown in FIG. 7C is
One end of the rod is bent at a right angle to form a hook. A hook is preferably attached to the other end of the rod in advance.
When this hook attachment member 30 is used, the hole 28 may be provided in only one of the two divided blocks 28. Then, an adhesive is applied to one or both of the two divided blocks 27, and the hook portion of the hook mounting member 30 is inserted into the hole 28 of the one divided block 27.
The other divided block 27 is superposed on the divided block 27, and the hook mounting member 30 is sandwiched between the divided blocks 27 to be bonded and fixed.

The hook attachment members 29, 30 are convenient for attaching one or more hooks to a complex shaped solid surface. In addition, one or a plurality of the hook mounting members 29, 30 on the three-dimensional surface, or the hook mounting members 29, 30.
The hook can be attached by using one or more of the above and one or more of the other hook attaching members together.

In any of the blocks of the above-described embodiments, the surfaces of the circular seats around the convex portion of the male hook 2 and around the concave portion of the female hook are the same as or slightly inward of the surface of the block. Let it be depressed.

In any of the blocks of any of the above-mentioned embodiments, when the hook mounting member is sandwiched between two divided blocks, the divided blocks are soft elastic bodies, and therefore, only the portion abutted by the bar is dented, and the outer shape is reduced. Has no effect on. In the figure, the adhesive boundary line between two divided blocks is clearly shown, but in reality the two divided blocks are in close contact,
I hardly understand.

In the hook mounting member described above, the rod 7
Is provided at the intersection of other rods, but may be provided at a position other than the intersection depending on the form of the block. Also,
The intersecting of the rods including the rod 7 is not limited to the orthogonal, but may intersect at an angle other than the right angle depending on the form of the block.

In any of the divided blocks, a line may be drawn at a position where the bar is abutted or a shallow groove may be provided so that the position where the bar of the hook mounting member is abutted is not displaced. Good.

Instead of splitting the block in two, the hook can be mounted as follows. That is, as shown in FIG. 8, the through hole 32 that opens to the facing surface of the block 31.
The rod 33 is inserted into the through hole 32, and the hooks 2 or 4 are fixed to both ends of the rod 33 by caulking, and the block 3
A hook is provided on the first surface. By providing one or a plurality of through-holes 32 that open on the opposite surfaces of the block 31 and using a plurality of rods 33, one or a plurality of hooks can be provided on a plurality of three-dimensional surfaces.

In each of the above-mentioned embodiments, the hook is attached to the plane of the block, but even in the case of a block having a spherical body or an irregular convex surface, the hook is also attached to the spherical surface or the convex surface in the same configuration as described above. be able to. That is,
Insert a rod by providing a through hole in a sphere or a block having an irregular convex surface, or attach hooks to both ends of the rod, or divide the block into two and attach the hook with the two divided blocks. A member is sandwiched, or a part of the hook mounting member is inserted into the through hole of the divided block, the other rod is sandwiched between the two divided blocks, and the two divided blocks are adhesively fixed, and the tip of the rod of the hook mounting member is fixed. Attach the hook to.

The color of each block is not limited.

[0038]

Since the block according to the present invention is made of a soft elastic material, there is no risk that an infant will be injured when it falls on the block, and the opposing faces of the two joined blocks are in close contact with each other. Since there is no unevenness, the appearance of the assembled molded article has no unevenness on the surface of the block, and the appearance is neat, and the rectangular blocks can be stacked in a box and are not bulky. In addition, it is easy to attach the hook to various types of solids, and you can attach the hook to various types of solids,
Therefore, it is possible to assemble various shaped objects, which is useful for the creativity development of the infant.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an assembly block.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a hook attachment member.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a method of attaching a hook to a block.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a hook attachment member of another embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a hook attachment member of another embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram for engaging a hook attachment member with a divided block of a triangular body.

FIG. 7A is a perspective view of a conical divided block, and FIG.
And (C) are perspective views of a hook attachment member used for a cone.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of another embodiment in which a hook is attached to a block.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 block 2 Male hook 3 blocks 4 female hook 5, 6, 7 bars 8 hook mounting members 9, 10 divided blocks 11 through holes 12 blocks 13 Hook mounting member 14 and 15 bars 16 and 17 divided blocks 18 Hook mounting member 19, 20 sticks 21 Hook mounting member 22, 23 bars 24 divided blocks 25 vertices 26 Bottom 27 divided blocks 28 holes 29, 30 Hook mounting member 31 blocks 32 through holes 33 sticks

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A soft elastic block is divided into two blocks, and the two blocks are sandwiched by a hook mounting member made of a rod or a crossed rod. An assembly block for a toy or an education, which is obtained by adhesively fixing and fixing either male or female hook to the tip of each rod and attaching the hook to the surface of the block. 2. A rod or a hook mounting member having a shape in which the rod is crossed and the rod is crossed perpendicularly to the rod at any one or a plurality of locations of the rod, and the hook mounting member is made of a soft elastic body. A through hole corresponding to a bar of the hook attachment member that is communicated with each other when the two divided blocks are superposed is formed at right angles to the two divided block surfaces of the shape obtained by dividing the block. Insert the vertically intersecting rod into the through hole, sandwich the other rod between two divided blocks, and bond and fix the two divided blocks, and attach either male or female hook to the tip of each rod. A toy or educational assembly block that is fixed and has a hook attached to the surface of the block.