JPH0559752B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] Industrial Application Field The present invention relates to toys for infants, and more particularly, the present invention relates to toys for infants, which are installed in circle beds to attract the attention of infants and to promote the intellectual and physical development of infants. Regarding toys that contribute to promotion.

Background of the Invention In general, various toys for infants and young children are known, such as those that make noise and are played with, and those that can be handled and played with. Various efforts have been made to encourage this. However, this field is not always completely satisfied by these traditional toys, and both children and parents are always looking for new things. Of course, children can quickly get tired of toys, or break them, or toys can be too sophisticated for children, especially young children.

As infants grow, their intellectual and physical abilities develop through various stages of ability.

For example, the development of infants' intellectual and physical abilities is promoted by seeing toys, hearing the sounds of toys, and touching toys. In other words, infants have various unknown experiences through toys, discover new facts from these experiences, repeat them, acquire new knowledge or skills, and thereby develop an important sense of self-satisfaction. can be cultivated. At the same time, mochiya develops the ability to entertain and stimulate oneself. In this way, toys provide infants with many opportunities to learn while playing. By captivating the infants' minds and making them absorbed, it is possible to synergistically promote the development of infants' abilities. Therefore, in order to effectively promote this development,
Toys that are equipped with stimulating means that appeal to infants' instinctive curiosity are effective. The stimulation means would be even better if it were a toy that opened up to more unknown worlds, continued to tickle curiosity, and as a result continued to show interest in infants and toddlers. In other words, it is preferable to have toys that appeal to infants' visual and auditory senses so that they do not get bored as much as possible.

Purpose of the Invention The purpose of the present invention is to effectively develop infants' intellectual development, that is, their sensory and knowledge abilities, and their physical development, that is, their gross motor skills and fine motor skills, by strongly attracting their attention and preventing them from getting bored. An object of the present invention is to provide toys for infants and toddlers that can be used for children.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a toy for infants that can be appropriately installed in circle beds of various sizes by adjusting the height, width, etc., since the arcuate support is made of an elastic material. be.

Another object of the present invention is to improve the height, number, and
To provide a toy for infants that can be used continuously according to the growth and age of the infant because the type can be easily changed.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a toy or reminder for infants which can be suitably installed in a circle bed, or can be removed and used as such, and which particularly arouses the intellectual interest of infants.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a highly safe toy for infants made of soft material.

Embodiment Referring to FIGS. 1 to 8, the device is attached to a circle bed and used. A preferred embodiment of the toy of the present invention will be described.

The infant toy 10 according to this example includes an elastic and flexible arcuate support 12 and arcuate supports provided near both ends of the arcuate support using circle beds (not shown). a connecting device 14 for connecting to a
2 and the attention-calling objects 30, 50.

The arcuate support 12 comprises two parallel elongate body elements 8, 9 and a cover covering the body elements. The arcuate support 12 is generally shaped to have a generally rectangular cross-section with a relatively small thickness and a relatively large width. The elongate body element can be formed from a cellular rigid foam plastic panel made of, for example, polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene, polystyrene, polyuthalene, cellulose acetate, or the like. Such foam materials are substantially incompressible under load; for example, they cannot be compressed between the thumb and index finger, nor can they be compressed when loaded with several pounds or more of weight.
A rigid cellular polyethylene foam manufactured by the Dow Chemical Company under the designation ETHA FOAM MS-45 and having a specific gravity of 0.03 to 0.15 has been found to be a suitable material for the elongated body elements 7,8.
By way of non-limiting example, each of the body elements may have a length of approximately 38 inches (approximately 96.52 cm) and a width of approximately 2 inches.
3/8 inch (approximately 6.03 cm), approximately 1 inch thick (approximately
2.54cm). The cover covers the two elongate body elements and is arranged so as to have a longitudinal groove or cavity 7 between the body elements of the arcuate support 12, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. The book body elements are sewn together and interconnected. For example, the cover
It can be formed from any suitable material such as cloth, vinyl sheet, etc. Since the elongated body element is formed from a resilient, flexible material, the arcuate support 12 will be resilient and flexible. As mentioned above, because the elongate body elements 8 and 9 are made of a cellular rigid foam plastic material, the toy of the present invention has a desirable degree of resiliency. When a child grabs attention objects 30, 50 and applies them, the elasticity of the cellular rigid foam material causes the arcuate support 12 to temporarily move downward from the position shown in FIG. It can be transformed into.
When released by the child, the arcuate support 12 returns to its original shape and no permanent deformation remains. Arcuate supports made of foamed plastic material also have the advantage of being safer than rod supports made of metal or solid plastic. Additionally, the use of foamed plastic allows the arcuate supports 12 to
This is preferred because it can be attached to circle beds having various widths. In addition, the arcuate support 1
As mentioned above in No. 2, it has elasticity and flexibility, so with the help of this arcuate support 12, the child can
It is not allowed to stand inside the circle bed. The coupling device 14 has a first strip 20 located near the ends of the arcuate support 12 and on the outer or upper surface 12a. This strip-like member 20 has free ends at both ends and an arcuate support 1 at its central portion.
2 and having a piece of Velcro on opposing major surfaces at each free end. As is known, the Velcro tape has a first section made up of a number of hook-like elements and a second section made up of a number of loop-like elements. The strip 20 has a first piece 20a of Velcro on its main surface and a second, mating piece 20b.
on the other major surface. The first and second pieces of Velcro are preferably attached to the strip member 20.
It is attached near both ends of the This toy shop 1
0 is attached to a circle bed, the arcuate support 12 is positioned inside the circle bed, and the first and second pieces of Velcro wrap around the horizontal rails on each side of the circle bed, and the loop connected together in a shape. Arcuate support 1
2 is thus attached to the circle bed, the vertical rails on both sides of the circle bed will be located in the longitudinal grooves 7. With the vertical rails thus placed in the grooves 7, the arcuate support will be stable and held in position on the circle bed.

It is also possible to attach the coupling device 14 to the inside, ie lower surface 12b of the arcuate support, but this is less preferred.

The attention calling objects 30 and 50 are connected to the connecting means 1, respectively.
It includes a plurality of reminders connected to the arcuate support 12 by 8. These plurality of attention-seeking objects have mutually different shapes, and are each equipped with a sound generation means that generates sound by their vibrations, so that the tones of the sounds produced by the sound generation means are different from each other. Preferably, they are different. Typical cautionary object 3
Two examples of 0 and 50 will be explained later with reference to FIGS. 9 to 21.

The connecting means 18 comprises relatively short second strips 22 each having one piece 22a of Velcro fastened to the arcuate support 12, and a strip of Velcro connected to the alert objects 30, 50. relatively long third sections each having a second section 24a;
The belt-shaped piece 24 is provided.

The second strip member 22 is fixed to the inner surface of the arcuate support 12 at approximately the center thereof. The second strip 22 has a central portion connected to the arcuate support 12 and free ends on either side thereof. Two free ends of the second strip member 22 are each provided with a piece 22a constituting one side of the Velcro tape. A piece 24a constituting the other side of the magic tape is provided near the end on both sides of the third strip member 24. It is also possible to provide the third strip 24 with one piece of Velcro and the other so that the third strip 24 can be held in a folded state. Third strip 24
It has a connecting part 26 connected to the attention attracting objects 30 and 50 at one end thereof. Preferably, the connecting portion 26 is a member having a disk-shaped accommodating portion that is snap-connected to the disk-shaped connecting portion 40 of the attention-drawing object 30,50.

Next, a first example of an attention-getting object will be explained with reference to FIGS. 9 to 15.

This attention-calling object 30 includes a support body 32 and a rotating body 34 rotatably installed on the support body 32.
and a plurality of plate-like bodies 36, 38 attached to a rotating body 32 by elastic belts, each surface of the plate-like bodies 36, 38 having a mutually different pattern or color.

The support body 32 includes a disc-shaped connecting portion 40 . As described above, this disc-shaped connecting portion 40 is snap-connected to the connecting portion 26 of the third strip-shaped piece 24, so that the support body 32 can be attached to the above-described baby toy or the arcuate support of the infant toy 10. 12.

The support body 32 includes a sound generator configured by, for example, a rigid box defining a space therein and a rigid sphere movably disposed within the rigid box.

The plate-like bodies 36 and 38 include an elastic plate-like member and a cloth cover covering the plate-like member.

This attention-calling object 30 rotates when an infant touches the plate-like bodies 36 and 38, and the plate-like bodies 36 and 38 rotate.
Since each side of the 38 has a different pattern or color, infants are very intrigued by the changes.

Next, a second example of the attention-getting object will be explained with reference to FIGS. 16 to 21.

This attention-calling object 50 includes an elastic main body 52, a ring 54 attached to the elastic main body 52 by an elastic belt, and a connecting means 56 for connecting the elastic main body 52 to a support of a baby toy. , and sound generating means for generating sound by vibration.

The elastic main body 52 is composed of an elastic body and a cloth cover covering the elastic body. The elastic body 52 is
It has a shape with a bird motif including a main body part 60 and two wing parts 62 swingably attached to the main body part 60.

The sound generating means is disposed on the wing portion 62 of the elastic body 52, and generates sound by vibrating the wing portion 62.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a toy according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a plan view of the toy shown in FIG.
Figure 3 is a bottom view of the toy shown in Figure 1. Figure 4 is a front view of the toy shown in Figure 1. Figure 5 shows the first
Rear view of the toy shown in the figure. Figure 6 is a right side view of the toy shown in Figure 1. Figure 7 is a left side view of the toy shown in Figure 1. FIG. 8 is an exploded explanatory diagram of the toy shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 9 is a perspective view of one of the attention-calling objects used in the toy of FIG. FIG. 10 is a plan view of the attention-calling object shown in FIG. 9. FIG. 11 is a front view of the attention-calling object shown in FIG. 9. FIG. 12 is a rear view of the attention-calling object shown in FIG. 9. FIG. 13 is a bottom view of the attention-calling object shown in FIG. 9. FIG. 14 is a left side view of the attention-calling object in FIG. 9. FIG. 15 is a right side view of the attention-calling object in FIG. 9. FIG. 16 is a perspective view of the other attention-calling object used in the toy of FIG. 1. FIG. 17 is a bottom view of the attention-calling object shown in FIG. 16. FIG. 18 is a plan view of the attention-calling object shown in FIG. 16. FIG. 19 is a front view of the attention-calling object shown in FIG. 16. 20 is a left side view of the attention-calling object shown in FIG. 16, and FIG. 21 is a rear view of the attention-seeking object shown in FIG. 16. 10... Toy for infants, 12... Arcuate support, 14... Connection device, 18... Connection means, 20
...first strip member, 22...second strip member,
24...Third band member, 30, 50...Warning object.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. An infant toy to be installed and used in a circle bed, comprising: an elastically deformable arcuate support; and a device for connecting to the circle bed provided near both ends of the arcuate support. an attention-getting object; and connecting means for connecting the arcuate support and the attention-getting object, the arcuate support having an elongated body element formed of foamed plastic; A toy for infants and toddlers, comprising: a cover covering an elongated main body element. 2. Each of the elongated body elements has a narrow rectangular cross section, and the cover is made of cloth.
Toys for infants and toddlers listed in section. 3. The infant toy according to claim 1, wherein the arcuate support has a generally rectangular cross section with a relatively small thickness and a relatively large width. 4. The connecting device includes a plurality of first band-like members, each of the plurality of first band-like members,
The toy for infants according to any one of claims 1 to 3, which is fixed to the arcuate support at approximately the center thereof and has Velcro tape at both ends thereof. 5. The infant toy according to claim 4, wherein two of the first band-like members are provided near both ends of the arcuate support. 6 the connecting means is fixed to the arcuate support;
A relatively short second band member having a piece constituting one side of the Velcro tape, and a relatively long third band member having a piece constituting the other side of the Velcro tape connected to the attention attracting object. A toy for infants according to any one of claims 1 to 5. 7. Claim 6, wherein the second strip member is fixed to the inner surface of the arcuate support at a substantially central location.
Toys for infants and toddlers listed in section. 8. The second strip member has a central portion connected to the arcuate support and free ends on both sides thereof, and a Velcro tape is attached to each of the two free ends of the second strip member. 8. The toy for infants according to claim 6, wherein a piece constituting one side of the third belt-shaped member is provided, and a piece constituting the other side of the Velcro tape is provided on both sides of the third band-shaped member. 9 Claims 6 to 8, in which the attention attracting object and the third band-shaped member are removably connected.
Toys for infants and toddlers as described in any one of the following paragraphs. 10 The attention-calling object includes a plurality of attention-calling objects each connected to the arcuate support by the connecting means, and the plurality of attention-calling objects have mutually different shapes, and Any of claims 1 to 9, wherein each of the plurality of attention-drawing objects is provided with a sound generating means that generates a sound by the vibrations thereof, and the tones of the sounds produced by the sound generating means are different from each other. Toys for infants and toddlers as described in item 1. 11. An attention-calling object for infant toys installed and used in a circle bed, which includes a support body, a rotating body rotatably installed on the support body, and a plurality of objects attached to the rotating body. A cautionary object comprising: a plate-like body, each surface of the plate-like body having a mutually different pattern or color. 12. The attention-getting object according to claim 11, wherein the support body includes a connection portion for connection to a support body of a toy for infants. 13. Claim 11, wherein the support body is provided with sound generating means for generating sound by vibration.
Or a cautionary item as described in Section 12. 14. The attention-calling object according to any one of claims 11 to 13, wherein the plate-like object includes an elastic plate-like object and a cloth cover covering the plate-like object. 15. An attention-calling device for infant toys installed and used in a circle bed, comprising an elastic body, a ring attached to the elastic body, and a link between the elastic body and the support of the infant toy. What is claimed is: 1. An attention-getting object characterized by comprising a connecting means for generating a sound, and a sound generating means for generating a sound by vibration. 16. The elastic body has a main body part and two wing parts swingably attached to the main body part, and the sound generating means of each of the wing parts is arranged. Caution items listed in Item 15 of the scope.