JPH0324236Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Technical field to which the invention pertains] This invention relates to a traveling toy consisting of a toy car and a guide rail that forms a running path for the toy car.

[Prior Art and Its Disadvantages] In conventional running toys, the running track that regulates the direction of travel of the toy car is made of hard synthetic resin, and when it comes into contact with the moving toy car, the reaction force causes the toy car to move forward. It was meant to guide and regulate direction. Therefore, firstly, it is difficult to change the driving route arbitrarily, and secondly, since the toy car changes its traveling direction by contact, it is difficult to make it correspond to a real car. This gives the appearance of a car colliding with a guide rail, which is not only extremely unnatural but also disadvantageous in that it is not desirable for developing a sense of danger in a real collision in the player.

[Purpose of this invention] In view of the above-mentioned drawbacks, this invention is designed to make it possible to change the running path to any shape, and to make it possible for a traveling toy car to change its course in a natural manner similar to that of a real car. The purpose is to provide a running toy with a

[Means for achieving the purpose] In order to achieve the above purpose, this invention
A magnet is provided at the front of the toy car in the direction of travel, and secondly, a magnet is provided with one polarity facing forward.
By forming the guide rail that forms the running path with a flexible magnet arranged so that the same polarity as the magnet of the toy car faces the running road side, when the toy car approaches the guide rail, the same polarity as that of the magnet of the toy car is formed. The repulsive force of the magnetic poles is used to change the direction of travel of the toy car.

[Example of this invention] Next, an example of this invention will be described based on the drawings.

A in FIG. 1 is a toy car according to this invention, which is equipped with a magnet 1 bent and curved preferably into a circular arc or a gentle U-shape at the front in the direction of travel. This magnet is arranged so that one magnetic pole S faces forward in the traveling direction. This magnet may replace the bumper in a conventional toy car. Reference numeral B designates a guide rail that forms a running path according to this invention, and is formed over an appropriate length, and has a magnetic pole facing the front of the magnet 1 of the toy car on the side facing the running path. It is made up of magnets with the same polarity facing the road. The guide rail B is made of a flexible magnet made of rubber or plastic particles containing magnetic powder as a binder, and can form a running path of any shape by bending or curving. It is something. FIG. 2 shows an example of a running path formed by arbitrarily curving or bending using a plurality of such guide rails B ₁ to _{B 4} .

With the above configuration, when the toy car A runs and approaches the guide rail B, the magnet 1 at the front of the toy car and the guide rail B move due to the repulsive force of the same magnetic poles, as shown in Figure 1. The direction is changed. Therefore, the toy car changes its direction of travel before coming into contact with the guide rail, and when it approaches the guide rail again, it is similarly changed by the repulsive force, so it does not follow the meandering path as shown in Figure 3. You can proceed smoothly along the route. In this case, the toy car changes its course without making any contact with the guide rails, giving the player an extremely natural and realistic impression as it looks just like a real car driving on the road. . This also helps the players develop a sense that cars should not touch the guide rails.

Figure 4 shows a quarter-arc magnetic guide rail.
As an example, B ₅ to _{B 8} are fixed to the inner periphery of quarter-ring-shaped synthetic resin connecting members C ₁ to C ₄ , and each connecting member is attached and detached using connectors 2 and 3 provided at both ends thereof. An example of freely connecting them is shown. Connecting members C ₁ to _{C 4} are separated at arbitrary positions and opened in a notched circular shape, and a connecting member with a guide rail of a straight shape or any other arbitrary shape is connected to the connecting member at the open end. It can be played in the same manner as shown in FIG.

[Effects of this invention] As described above, according to this invention, since the guide rail is flexible, it is possible to form a running path of any shape, and it can be changed by combining a plurality of guide rails. It is possible to form a rich course. Furthermore, since the toy car changes its direction of travel by the repulsive force between the magnet installed at the front and the magnet in the guide rail, both the toy car and the guide rail are protected from collisions, improving durability. Therefore, the toy car can run in a natural manner similar to that of a real car.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a bottom view showing one embodiment of this invention, Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing one example of use, Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing an example of a running route and a mode of changing the course, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing another example of use. It is a perspective view showing an example of use. A...Toy car, B...Guide rail, 1...
...Magnet, B ₁ to B ₈ ... Guide rail, C ₁ to C ₄ ...
Connecting material.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A running toy consisting of a toy car provided with a magnet at the front in the direction of travel, and a guide rail that is formed of a magnet having the same polarity as the magnet of the toy car and constitutes a running path.