JPH0347287A - Rocking member, protective frame and children's vehicle mounting them - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable various embodiments of play by providing a children's vehicle having such height that it is lifted to separate its wheels from the ground while the wheels are adapted to the lower portion of the children's vehicle. CONSTITUTION:A rocking member 2 is provided with a portion fitted in the lower portion of a vehicle toy 1, i.e., the upper surface 18 making contact with the lower surface of a bottom face wall 17 of a receiving portion 14 formed in a vehicle body 5. The rocking member 2 is also provided with notches 19 for receiving respectively portions of front wheels 6 and notches 20 for receiving respectively portions of rear wheels 7. When the vehicle toy 1 is mounted on the rocking member 2, the front wheels 6 are received respectively by the notches 19 while the rear wheels 7 are received by the notches 20 and further the bottom face wall 17 makes contact with the upper surface 18. The rocking member 2 has a such height that the vehicle toy 1 is lifted to separate the front and rear wheels 6, 7 from the ground when the rocking member 2 is mounted on the vehicle toy 1. Thus, the embodiments of play by the children's vehicle can be further diversified.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a locking member and a protective frame that are selectively attached to a children's vehicle, and a children's vehicle to which they are attached.

[Prior Art] There are various children's vehicles on the market.
Typical examples include riding toys, children's tricycles, and infant walkers. A riding toy is described in, for example, Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 125386/1986 by the applicant of the present invention, and is usually driven by a child sitting astride a seat and kicking the ground with both feet.

Some of these riding toys have a push handle attached to the rear end of the vehicle body, and others have a steering handle that allows the direction of the front wheels to be changed.

In any case, tricycles for children, walkers for infants, etc., including such riding toys, have in common a vehicle body that holds a seat, and rotatable wheels that support the vehicle body against the ground. It is equipped with

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] For example, when looking at ride-on toys, it is desirable to devise ways to play with them in various ways other than riding on them. This is because it makes it possible to attract children's interest and allows the ride-on toy to be used for many years during the child's growth process, thereby increasing its commercial value.

Therefore, as described above, the present invention aims to provide a vehicle for children that enables various types of play, as well as accessory parts that can be selectively added to such vehicles for children.

[Means for Solving the Problems] According to the present invention, a locking member and a protective frame are provided as accessory parts that can be selectively attached to a children's vehicle, and a child's vehicle to which these locking members and protective frame are attached is provided. Vehicles provided.

The locking member according to the present invention is to be attached to a children's vehicle that includes a vehicle body that holds a seat and rotatable wheels that support the vehicle body against the ground, and has the following configuration. This is a characteristic.

That is, this locking member includes a portion that fits the lower part of the child's vehicle, and has a curved surface that bulges downward on the lower surface, and furthermore, when the locking member is adapted to fit the lower part of the child's vehicle. , is characterized by having a height that lifts the children's vehicle so that the wheels are off the ground.

Further, like the locking member described above, the protective frame according to the present invention is intended to be attached to a children's vehicle that includes a vehicle body that holds a seat and rotatable wheels that support the vehicle body against the ground. It is characterized by having the following configuration.

That is, the protective frame is fixed to the vehicle body in a manner that allows the parent to adopt the child, and is characterized by being positioned above the seat so as to surround the torso of the child sitting on the seat.

Furthermore, the children's vehicle according to the present invention is equipped with the locking member and protective frame as described above.

C Operation and Effect of the Invention When the locking member according to the present invention is attached to a children's vehicle, the wheels of the children's vehicle are separated from the ground, and the curved surface formed on the lower surface of the locking member is moved away from the ground. , instead, it comes into contact with the ground. Therefore, by attaching the rocking member to the child's vehicle, the child's vehicle can be used as if it were a rocking chair.

When the protective frame according to the present invention is attached to a children's vehicle, it is positioned so as to surround the torso of the child sitting on the seat of the children's vehicle. Therefore, it is possible to prevent a child riding in a children's vehicle from falling from the seat.

The above-described locking member and protective frame may each be attached to the children's vehicle alone, or both may be attached to the children's vehicle.

When only the rocking member is attached to the child's vehicle, the child's vehicle can be played with as if it were a rocking chair, as described above.

On the other hand, when only the protective frame is attached to the child's vehicle, the child's vehicle is movable on wheels, so the child's vehicle can be used like a walker for infants.

Further, when both the locking member and the protective frame are attached to the child's vehicle, the protective frame acts to prevent children from falling while playing with the child's vehicle as if it were a rocking chair.

Thus, according to the invention, apart from the children's vehicle,
By preparing a locking member and a protective frame,
The modes of play with children's vehicles can be further diversified. To explain this in relation to the child's growth stage, when the child is relatively uneasy, the child's vehicle can be turned into a rocking chair by attaching the protective frame and the locking member. by playing with it or removing the locking member.
The child's vehicle can be used as a walker for infants. Next, when the child becomes relatively older, the protective frame can be removed from the children's vehicle and the locking member attached, allowing the child's vehicle to be used like a rocking chair, and by also removing the locking member. , the children's vehicle can be played as an original children's vehicle.

[Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIGS. 1 to 4. More specifically, FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a state in which a locking member 2 and a protective frame 3 are attached to a riding toy 1 as a child's vehicle, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the riding toy 1 shown in FIG. 1. 1 is a perspective view showing an exploded state of the locking member 2 and the protective frame 3, and FIG. 3 is a side view of the riding toy 1, the locking member 2, and the protective frame 3 in the state shown in FIG. , FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line IV-IV in FIG. 3.

The riding toy 1 is a riding toy that holds a seat 4 for a child to sit on.
It includes an object body 5 and a plurality of rotatable wheels, for example two front wheels 6 and two rear wheels 7, which support the vehicle body 5 movably with respect to the ground.

The front wheel 6 is connected to the lower end of a handlebar post 8 that is rotatably supported with respect to the vehicle body 5, and is
The direction may be changed by rotating a control handle 9 attached to the upper end of the handle post 8 shown in the figure.

A push handle 10 is provided at the rear end of the vehicle body 5 and projects upward. The push handle 10 is connected to the vehicle body 5
It may be made removable to.

The push handle 10 is provided with a horizontal bar 12 below a grip portion 11 that extends in the horizontal direction.

The seat 4 is mounted so as to be pivotable upward about a pivot shaft 13. Below such seat 4, there is a third
As shown in the figure, a storage section 14 is formed. The storage section 14 can be used as a toy or a box.

As shown in Fig. 2, in the center of the control nodle 9,
A horn toy 15 is attached. This horn toy 15 is configured so that air is supplied to a built-in whistle by compressing the horn toy 15, thereby emitting a sound. horn toy 15
can be removed from the control handle 9, which
It can also be inserted into a hole 16 formed in the protective frame 3 shown in FIG. 2 for installation. Such a mounting condition is shown in FIGS. 1 and 3.

The general shape of the locking member 2 is best shown in FIG. The locking member 2 includes a portion that fits into the lower part of the riding toy 1. More specifically, it includes an upper surface 18 that contacts the lower surface of the bottom wall 17 (FIG. 3) of the storage section 14 formed in the vehicle body 5. It also includes a notch 19 for receiving each part of the front wheel 6. It also includes a notch 20 for receiving each part of the rear wheel 7. Thus, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, when the riding toy 1 is placed on the locking member 2, each of the front wheels 6 is received in the notch 19 and each of the rear wheels 7 is received in the notch 20. Further, the bottom wall 17 contacts the top surface 18. In this state, the locking member 2 is substantially attached to the riding toy 1, but in order to further ensure this attachment state,
In this embodiment, a bolt 21 is used, as shown in FIG. The bolt 21 passes through the bottom wall 17 of the storage portion 14 and is screwed into a female threaded portion 22 provided on the locking member 2 .

Preferably, the locking member 2 is provided with a footrest 23 for a child sitting on the seat 4, as can be seen from the mounted state shown in FIG.

The lower surface of the locking member 2 has a curved surface 2 that bulges downward.
4 is formed. The curved surface 24 allows a rocking motion to be imparted to the riding toy 1 when it is placed on the ground.

Further, when the locking member 2 is attached to the riding toy 1, the locking member 2 has a height that raises the riding toy 1 so that the front wheels 6 and the rear wheels 7 are separated from the ground.

The protective frame 3 is detachably fixed to the vehicle body 5 of the riding toy 1. For such fixing, in this embodiment, a steering handle 9 and a horizontal bar 12 provided on the vehicle body 5 are used. The protective frame 3 is made of, for example, hard plastic, and utilizes the elasticity of this material to
The above-mentioned removable fixation is achieved. A hook-shaped portion 25 is formed at the rear end portion of the protection frame 3.

This hook-shaped portion 25 is detachably engaged with a horizontal bar 12 formed on the push nodle 11. Also, protection frame 3
A cylindrical portion 26 defining the hole 16 described above is formed at the front portion of the cylindrical portion so as to protrude downward.

On the other hand, a cylindrical portion 27 is formed at the center of the operating handle 9, into which the lower end of the horn toy 15 described above is fitted. Thus, the tubular portion 26 is fitted into the tubular portion 27 through the opening formed after the horn toy 15 is removed. Further, the protection frame 3 is provided with a hook-shaped portion 28 projecting downward, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, in front of the cylindrical portion 26. As shown in FIGS. The hook-shaped portion 28 is attached to the steering handle 9, for example.
Fit from the inner circumferential side. In this way, the protection frame 3 is fixed to the vehicle body 5. When removing the protective frame 3 from the vehicle body 5, use the elasticity of the protective frame 3 to
All you have to do is pull the protective frame 3 upwards with a slightly strong force.

When the protection frame 3 is attached to the vehicle body 5, the cylindrical part 2
Since the toy horn 15 is shown removed from the toy 7, the toy horn 15 may alternatively be installed by fitting into the hole 16 defined by the cylindrical portion 26, as described above. .

An opening 29 is formed in the protective frame 3 to receive the torso of a child sitting on the seat 4. In this way, the protective frame 3
is positioned above the seat 4 so as to surround the torso of the child sitting on the seat 4 when fixed to the vehicle body 5.

Although the invention has been described above in connection with the illustrated embodiments, further embodiments are possible within the scope of the invention.

For example, with regard to the locking member, in the illustrated embodiment, a means for ensuring the attachment state to the vehicle body 5 is adopted, as exemplified by the bolt 21, but the child's vehicle is placed on the locking member. The mounting state may be such that it is simply placed. In other words, the mounting condition may be such that the locking member remains on the ground when the child's vehicle is lifted.

Regarding the protective frame, in order to detachably fix it to the vehicle body, the fixing parts selected from the vehicle body are not limited to the operating handle 9 and the horizontal bar 12 as in the illustrated embodiment; It can be selected as appropriate depending on the shape or structure of the main body.

Further, the children's vehicle to which the present invention is applied is not limited to riding toys, but may also be children's tricycles, infant walkers, and the like. For example, for a children's tricycle, both a locking member and a protective frame can be installed,
Since the infant walker already includes a member corresponding to the protective frame, only the locking member can be applied.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of the present invention, showing a riding toy 1 with a locking member 2 and a protection frame 3 attached. FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the riding toy 1, locking member 2, and protection frame 3 shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a partially cutaway side view of the state shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line IV-IV in FIG. 3. In the figure, 1 is a riding toy (children's vehicle), 2 is a locking member, 3 is a protective frame, 4 is a seat, 5 is a vehicle body, 6 is a front wheel (wheel), 7 is a rear wheel (wheel), 9 is a control handle,
10 is a push handle, 12 is a horizontal bar, 17 is a bottom wall, 18
19 and 20 are the top surface, 21 is the bolt, 22 is the internal thread, 24 is the curved surface, 25° 28 is the hook-shaped part, 26° 27 is the cylindrical part, and 29 is the opening.

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) A locking member to be attached to a children's vehicle that includes a vehicle body holding a seat and rotatable wheels that support the vehicle body against the ground, the locking member having a portion that fits in the lower part of the children's vehicle. and a curved surface that bulges downward is formed on the lower surface, and further, when the vehicle is adapted to fit under the lower part of the children's vehicle,
A locking member having a height to raise the children's vehicle so that the wheels are off the ground. (2) A protective frame for attaching to a children's vehicle that includes a vehicle body holding a seat and rotatable wheels that support the vehicle body against the ground, and is detachably fixed to the vehicle body. and above the seat,
A protective frame characterized by being positioned so as to surround the torso of a child sitting on the seat. (3) A children's vehicle equipped with the locking member according to claim 1 and the protective frame according to claim 2.