JPH0648783U - Puzzle block toys - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Structure] Multiple blocks 1 and 2 with characters on each side
It is a puzzle block toy that can express various predetermined words by combining in the vertical and horizontal directions. Each block is a rectangular surface 3 having a pair of square faces 3 facing each other, a short side adjacent to the square face and having one side of the square and a long side having a length about twice the length. It is composed of a rectangular parallelepiped consisting of four surfaces 4, and one character is displayed on the square surface and two characters are displayed on the rectangular surface. [Effect] The two characters displayed on the rectangular surface are used as hints to exert creativity, and even an infant can easily play and the fun of the combination puzzle is increased. Intelligent training can be effectively performed, and it is possible to naturally learn kana characters, Japanese or other foreign language words, spelling, etc. while having fun.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a puzzle block toy in which a predetermined word is completed by combining a plurality of blocks each surface of which various characters are displayed.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 Conventionally, building blocks toys in which characters, figures, and patterns are displayed on each side of many cubes or rectangular parallelepiped blocks, and jigsaw puzzles in which specific patterns are expressed by combining blocks with fragmented patterns on each side Blocks are known.

Recently, various educational toys have been developed that are useful for learning letters and words while playing a puzzle game. As a toy of this kind, for example, characters and figures of a common motif are divided and shown on each side of a plurality of blocks constituting one unit, and various characters and figures are expressed by the combination of each side. There is a puzzle block toy that does this (Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 55-158786). In addition, a large number of blocks, each drawing one kana character on each side of the cube, are combined and placed on a game board divided into a grid pattern to complete the word corresponding to the hint sentence. Word puzzle devices (Saikaihei 3-41477) and the like have been proposed.

[0004]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 The purpose of the puzzle block toy according to claim 1 is to easily play, especially for young children and adults learning foreign languages. It is to provide a novel puzzle block toy that can naturally learn words or other foreign words, spelling, etc.

In addition to this, the puzzle block toy according to claim 2 is intended to provide a puzzle block toy that makes it easier to enjoy a combination puzzle for practical use.

A puzzle block toy according to a third aspect of the present invention is intended to provide a puzzle block toy with further increased fun as a combination puzzle.

[0007]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 The present invention is intended to achieve the above-mentioned object, and the contents thereof will be described below with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings.

The puzzle block toy according to claim 1 is a puzzle block toy capable of expressing a predetermined word by combining each side of a plurality of blocks in which characters are displayed on each side of the rectangular parallelepiped. , A pair of square faces facing each other, and four rectangular faces that are adjacent to the square face and that are composed of short sides consisting of one side of the square and long sides that are approximately twice the length thereof. Composed of. One character is displayed on each of the square faces, and two characters are displayed on each of the rectangle faces. By combining the faces of the block vertically and horizontally, Alternatively, it is characterized in that various predetermined words can be completed in the horizontal direction.

The puzzle block toy according to claim 2 has, in addition to the characteristic points according to claim 1, a frame body in which the blocks can be arranged so that the upper surfaces of the combined blocks are on the same plane. It is characterized by further having.

Further, in addition to the characteristic point described in claim 1, the puzzle block toy according to claim 3 is such that the six faces of each block are colored in different colors, and the same color of each block is applied. The feature is that various predetermined words are completed by combining the marked surfaces.

[0011]

[Action]

 Therefore, according to the puzzle block toy according to claim 1, two characters displayed on a rectangular surface of a block are used as one hint to exert reasoning power and creativity, and the characters on the surface of another block are used. Predetermined words can be completed one after another by appropriately combining.

Further, according to the puzzle block toy according to the second aspect, it is possible to make it easy to see the characters and the completed word displayed on each combined surface.

Further, according to the puzzle block toy of claim 3, first, the color given to each block is used as one hint to combine the faces of the same color as the selected color to complete the predetermined word. be able to.

[0014]

【Example】

 FIG. 1 shows blocks 1 and 2 used in the puzzle block toy of the present invention. The blocks 1 and 2 have a shape in which two cubes are combined, each having a pair of square-shaped faces 3 facing each other and four rectangular faces 4 adjacent to the faces 3. It is configured. That is, the surface 4 has a size twice as large as the surface 3 such that one side of the square of the surface 3 is a short side and the length of the short side is a. It consists of a rectangle. The blocks 1, 2 are made of various suitable materials, such as plastic, wood, paper, for example.

One character of hiragana or katakana is displayed on each of the square faces 3 of the blocks 1 and 2, and two characters of hiragana or katakana are also placed vertically or horizontally on each of the rectangular faces 4. It is displayed. If you use the two letters shown on the rectangular surface 4 as a hint, you can use more reasoning and creativity to complete a word than simply combining individual letters one by one. . For example, if you combine vertically the rectangular face of block 1 labeled "Toke" and the square face of block 2 "I", you will complete the three-letter word "Tokei", which means clock, for example. Combining the rectangular “fox” side of block 2 and the rectangular “dane” side of block 1 vertically and horizontally, the fox character representing the fox is completed. It should be noted that the characters in hiragana and katakana referred to here include the long syllabary "-". Also, alphabets can be used in place of kana characters to express English words, and various other foreign language characters can be used to express the words.

In FIG. 2, such 10 blocks are used as one set, and each face is arranged so that the names of 5 fruits each consisting of 3 letters of katakana are sequentially expressed in a column. Examples of different combinations are shown. Characters are displayed on the 6 sides of each block, so it is possible to create 6 combinations with one set of blocks. In the example of FIG. 2, five words having a common motif of fruit were selected, but for other combinations, words of different motifs such as names of vegetables, animals, tools, vehicles or flowers were selected. It is convenient to configure each surface by selecting it, because you can enjoy the puzzle even more and the effects as an educational toy such as training of intelligence and learning of letters and words will increase. Also, if each face of the block is colored with a different color for each different motif, the words of the common motif can be completed by combining faces of the same color. As a result, the fun of color matching is added, and the fun of the combination puzzle can be further increased.

FIG. 3 shows another embodiment of a combination in which animal names are a common motif. In this embodiment, 16 blocks are used as one set, and 6 words each of which is composed of 4 characters of hiragana are arranged in a column in order and completed. It is also possible to increase the number of faces to be combined in this way, and to express a single word of 5 characters, 6 characters or more. Further, although the words are arranged vertically in the embodiments of FIGS. 2 and 3, they can be arranged horizontally, which is particularly convenient in the case of an English word using an alphabet. .

In the puzzle block toy of the present invention, when actually playing, the upward surface of the combined block is always on the same plane even if it is the square surface 3 or the rectangular surface 4. Is desirable. FIG. 4 shows an embodiment of a frame body in which the blocks can be arranged in this way. This frame body 5 is used to complete five words of three letters using ten blocks as in the embodiment of FIG. 2, and inside the rectangular outer frame 6 forming a box, Thin partition frames 7 and 8 extending in the vertical and horizontal directions are provided. With the partition frames 7 and 8, 15 squares 9 each consisting of a square having a side length of a and a depth of a are formed in the frame body 5 in vertical 5 rows and horizontal 3 rows. Is formed. Such partition frames 7 and 8 can be formed of, for example, a thin metal plate, a plastic plate, or paper.

As shown in the figure, when the square surface 3 is to be displayed upward, the block 2 is oriented vertically and is fitted in the trough 9 at a predetermined position. On the other hand, when the rectangular surface 4 is displayed upward, the block 1 is placed sideways and placed at a predetermined position on the partition frame 8. At this time, the block 1 is only supported by the upper end of the partition frame 8 in a straight line, but in the frame body 5, a large number of blocks are adjacent to each other so that their sides are in contact with each other. Since the outer frame 6 is disposed and the outer frame 6 is formed to be slightly higher than the partition frames 7 and 8, the outer frame 6 is stably disposed without losing balance and substantially tilting.

FIG. 5 shows another embodiment of the frame body. In the frame body 10 of the second embodiment, the inside of the outer frame 11 is divided by the partition frames 12 and 13 having a certain width d so that the length of one side is a as in the embodiment of FIG. It is divided into 14 squares. When it is desired to display the rectangular surface 16 upward, the block 15 is placed so that the central portion and both end portions thereof are supported by the partition frame 12, as well shown in FIG. Therefore, even when the other blocks are not adjacent to each other, they can be stably arranged. If the square surface 17 is to be displayed facing up, the block 18 should also be vertically oriented and fitted in 14.

With such a configuration, in each block, the length of the long side of the rectangle of the surface 16 is 2a + 2d, which is slightly longer than 2a of the above-described embodiment by the width of the partition frame. However, since the width d of the partition frames 12 and 13 is smaller than that of a, the rectangular surface 16 is almost twice as large as the square surface 17, and therefore the blocks 15 and 18 shown in FIG. Is substantially the same as blocks 1 and 2 in FIG. Further, in this case, the depth h of the masu 14 becomes a + 2d, which is slightly deeper than the masu 9 of FIG.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above in detail, the present invention can be implemented by making various modifications and changes to these embodiments. For example, the word combination is illustrated only in one of the vertical and horizontal directions as in the embodiments of FIGS. 2 and 3, but in another embodiment, the word combination is in the vertical direction as in the crossword puzzle. It can also be configured so that words are completed simultaneously in the horizontal direction. In this case, characters may be partially deleted from a part of the surface of the block to provide a blank surface area. Further, it is obvious to those skilled in the art that the frame for arranging the blocks may have various structures other than the above-mentioned embodiments. For example, the bottom surface of each mast may be configured to be vertically displaceable by spring means or the like, and the block may be fitted so as to push down the bottom surface so that the square surface is arranged upward.

[0023]

[Effect of device]

 Since the present invention is configured as described above, it has the following effects.

According to the puzzle block toy according to claim 1, instead of simply combining the individual characters one by one, the two characters displayed on the rectangular surface of the block are treated as one hint for the puzzle. Since the directionality of the combination can be obtained, the fun of the combination puzzle is increased. For this reason, especially young children can easily play and can effectively carry out intelligence training to exercise reasoning and creativity, and naturally, while having fun, kana characters, Japanese or other foreign words, Can learn spelling. It can also be used for language learning at the elementary stage of learning a foreign language.

In addition to this, according to the puzzle block toy according to the second aspect, the characters displayed on each side of the combined block can be easily seen, so that the practicality is improved and the combined puzzle is more enjoyable. can do.

Further, according to the puzzle block toy according to the third aspect, it is also possible to form a combination of words by changing the motif for each color attached to each block, and further, it is possible to enjoy the color matching using the color as a hint. By adding, the fun as a combination puzzle toy can be further increased, and it can be useful for the cultivation of intelligence.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a block used in a puzzle block toy of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing an example of a combination of each surface of a block.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing another embodiment of a combination of each surface of the block.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a frame body on which a block is placed.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the frame body.

6 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which blocks are arranged in the frame body of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 and 2 blocks 3 and 4 sides 5 frame body 6 outer frame 7 and 8 partition frame 9 masu 10 frame body 11 outer frame 12 and 13 partition frame 14 masu 15 block 16 and 17 surface 18 block

Claims (3)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A puzzle block toy comprising a plurality of blocks in which characters are displayed on each surface of a rectangular parallelepiped and capable of expressing a predetermined word by combining the respective surfaces of the blocks, wherein the rectangular parallelepipeds are mutually A rectangular 4 formed of a pair of square surfaces facing each other, a short side adjacent to the square surface and having one side of the square and a long side having a length approximately twice the length of the short side.
It consists of two faces, and one letter is displayed on each of the square faces,
Further, two characters are displayed on each side of the rectangle, and by combining the sides of the block vertically and horizontally, various predetermined words can be completed in the vertical or horizontal direction. A puzzle block toy that is characterized. 2. The puzzle block toy according to claim 1, further comprising a frame body capable of arranging the blocks so that the upper surfaces of the combined blocks are on the same plane. 3. The six faces of each block are colored in different colors, and the predetermined word is completed by combining the faces having the same color of the block. The puzzle block toy according to claim 1, wherein: