JPH10314336A - Game member - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To assemble a balance beam of different postures including linear and curved, by forming a columnar body in a manner that allows it to rotate around an axial line, but with the butting groove of a support through a butting portion, and to be held in a hollow position with a different posture. SOLUTION: The columnar body 1 is linear in the plane 1a and circular arc in the sides 1b. The columnar body 1 is formed of a plastic, has a nearly square cross section, and has a prescribed width and strength of a balance beam in all the sides, and butting portions 2 are formed at both ends. In addition, transverse butting grooves 3 are formed on the curved two sides 1b of the columnar body 1, which runs in the center from one end to the other end thereof. A support is formed of a plastic, and is columnar with a fan-shaped plane with one side projecting, and butting grooves that fit into the butting portions 2 at both ends of the columnar body 1 are formed in a detachable manner in the upper half on both sides of the fan-shape projecting portion. And, the columnar body 1 and the support, when combined in an appropriate quantity can form a circular balance beam.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a play member that can be used as a balance beam in a nursery school or a kindergarten.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been known a structure in which each member is assembled to form a continuous balance beam. However, since the balance beam uses a linear column, there is a disadvantage that change is poor.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and uses a columnar body that is curved in a longitudinal direction, and rotates the columnar body by a predetermined angle about an axis to form a straight line. It is an object of the present invention to provide a play member capable of assembling a balance beam having different shapes such as a shape and a curve. Another object of the present invention is to provide a play member in which a columnar body is hollowly supported by a support and a gap can be closed by a wall member.

[0004]

In order to solve the above problems, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a columnar shape having locking portions at both ends, extending forward and backward, and being curved in an arc along the longitudinal direction. And a support having a pair of locking grooves for detachably fitting the locking portions to different peripheral wall surfaces, respectively. The columnar body is rotated about an axis to support the support via the locking portions. Technical means that the columnar body can be held in a hollow position in different postures.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the support is made of a block having a substantially fan-like shape in a plane, and a dovetail-shaped locking groove which is open on the upper and outer sides is formed in the peripheral wall on both sides. It has taken the technical measures.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the columnar body has a prismatic shape having a substantially square cross section, and at least one of the upper and lower surfaces and both side surfaces thereof is formed with a lateral locking recess along the longitudinal direction. A vertical locking recess is formed in the locking groove of the support so as to communicate therewith and extend downward. The vertical locking recess and the horizontal locking recess are formed on the front and rear vertical sides and the upper horizontal side extending in the longitudinal direction. Forming a reinforcing wall member protruding from the outer periphery with a lockable rib, and connecting the columnar body to the support, fitting the reinforcing wall member without a gap between the columnar body and the support, It has taken the technical measures. Further, in the invention of claim 4, a technical measure is taken that the columnar body and the support are formed of a hollow plastic molded body.

[0007]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a balance beam for an infant according to the present invention. Here, FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of a columnar body constituting a part of the infant balance beam of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view thereof, and FIG. 3 is another example of the infant balance beam of the present invention. It is a perspective view showing an example of a support which constitutes a part.

The columnar body 1 shown in FIG. 1 has a straight plane 1a as shown in FIG. 2, but a side surface 1b which is curved in an arc as shown in FIG. The columnar body 1 is molded from plastic and has a substantially square cross section, each surface has a predetermined width and strength as a balance beam, and locking portions 2 are formed at both ends. The locking portion 2 includes a groove 2a and a flange 2b.

Further, on both curved side surfaces 1b of the columnar body 1, lateral locking grooves 3 formed so as to run in the center thereof.
Is formed from one end to the other end of the columnar body 1. The horizontal locking groove 3 is intended to reinforce the strength of the columnar body 1 itself, to reinforce the columnar body 1 by fitting a reinforcing wall member described later, and to cover a gap. The lateral locking grooves 3 may be formed not only on both side surfaces 1 b of the columnar body 1 but also on the upper and lower surfaces of the columnar body 1. The length of the columnar body 1 and the curvature of the curved side surface can be arbitrarily selected.

A support 4 shown in FIG. 3 is formed of plastic and has a substantially flat fan-like column shape with one side protruding. And a locking groove 6 which is detachably fitted to each other. Further, in both lower halves of the fan-shaped protruding portion 5, a vertical locking groove 7 is formed, and the vertical locking groove 7 is also fitted with a reinforcing wall member described later to reinforce the strength of the columnar body 1. It is intended to be. The lower circular portion of the support 4 is enlarged to form a step portion 8, which serves to enhance the stability of the support 4 as well as for convenience when the infant goes up to the balance beam. I have.

The columnar body 1 shown in FIG. 1 and the supports 4 shown in FIG. 3 can be combined into, for example, an appropriate number to form a circular balance beam as shown in FIG. In the case of the circular balance beam in FIG. 4, the columnar body 1 has the side surfaces 1 b facing upward and the locking portions 2 at both ends thereof are fitted into the locking grooves 6 of the support 4. Therefore, in the case of this circular balance beam, the top surface becomes flat.

In this case, as described above, the reinforcing wall member 9 made of the same plastic as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 is fitted through the locking narrow groove 3 formed on the side surface of the columnar body 1. The columnar body 1 may be reinforced. That is, as shown in FIG. 5, the reinforcing wall member 9 has
Is curved so as to have the same curvature as the side surface 1b, and the side surface is linear as shown in FIG.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, a ridge rib 10 is formed on the upper surface of the reinforcing wall member 9 over the entire length in the longitudinal direction, and the ridge rib 10 extends to both end surfaces of the reinforcing wall member 9. It is formed to extend. Therefore, the ridge rib 10 is fitted into the locking narrow groove 3 of the columnar body 1 and the locking narrow groove 7 of the support body 4 and is held between the pair of support bodies 4 and one columnar body 1. Thus, the columnar body 1 is reinforced. In this case, the lower surface of the reinforcing wall member 9 is flush with the lower surface of the support 4. The ridge ribs 10 may be formed not only on the upper surface of the reinforcing wall member 9 but also on the lower surface and both side surfaces.

In FIG. 4, the columnar body 1 is connected to the support 4 with the side surface facing upward, but as shown by the imaginary line in FIG. 4, the upper surface or the lower surface of the columnar body 1 is oriented upward. 4 to form a flat hexagonal beam. In this case, when the upper surface of the columnar body 1 faces upward, an upward arch-shaped balance beam surface is formed, and when the lower surface of the columnar body 1 faces upward, a downward arch-shaped balance beam surface is formed. Can be formed.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 7, a linear columnar body 11 having a square cross section as shown in FIG.
The same can be used together with or instead of the above-mentioned curved columnar body 1. In this case, a flat surface is formed on the columnar body 11 together with the support 4. Also, the columnar body 11 is provided with the same locking narrow groove 11a on at least one of both side surfaces and upper and lower surfaces, and has the same shape as FIG.
It may be connected to a reinforcing wall member (not shown) (not shown) for reinforcement.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the supporting member is formed such that one side protrudes in a wedge shape, and a locking groove 6 for fitting with the locking portion 2 of the columnar body 1 is formed in the upper half on both sides of the fan-shaped protrusion. Although described, the present invention is not limited to this, and may have any shape. For example, FIG. 8 shows an example of such a case, which is a columnar support 14 having a flat elliptical shape, and a locking portion 12 that fits with one end of the columnar body 1 is formed on the upper portion on both sides thereof. In addition, a locking narrow groove 13 that fits into one end of the reinforcing wall member 9 is formed in the lower half thereof.

FIG. 9 shows an example in which a balance beam is assembled by using the elliptical columnar support 14 together with the support 4. In this case, the elliptical columnar support is provided at an intermediate portion of the balance beam. 14 so as to be substantially S-shaped as a whole. In this case, the usage form (horizontal, upward, etc.) of the curved columnar body 1 and the linear columnar body 11 is arbitrary. Therefore, a balance beam having various changes can be formed.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, only the elliptical columnar support 14 is used as the support, and the curved columnar body 1 and the linear columnar body 11 form an appropriate balance beam. You can also. That is, in the case of the balance beam shown in FIG. 10, a plane partially forms a straight path, and another part forms a curved path. Further, when viewed from the side, a part forms a flat path, and another part forms a peak or a valley.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and that various other design changes can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. That is, the support 4 having the fan-shaped protrusions 5, the elliptical columnar support 14, the curved columnar member 1, and the linear columnar member 11 are arbitrarily combined and combined in an arbitrary state (horizontal, upward, etc.). In this way, various types of balance beams can be formed.

[0020]

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, various types of plastic pillars and plastic supports are arbitrarily and detachably combined to form a balance beam. It is possible to assemble a balance beam of such a form, it is suitable for the installation location, it is safe, and it is rich in variety,
It has excellent effects, such as not getting tired of infants.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of a columnar body constituting a part of a baby balance beam of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the columnar body shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an example of a support constituting another part of the infant balance beam of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing an example of a balance beam according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing one example of a reinforcing wall member according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a side view of the reinforcing wall member shown in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing another example of the columnar body constituting a part of the infant balance beam of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing another example of a support constituting another part of the balance beam for infants of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a plan view showing an example of a balance beam according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a plan view showing an example of a balance beam according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a side view of the balance beam shown in FIG. 10;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... pillar-shaped body, 2 ... locking part, 2a ... groove part, 2b ... flange part, 3 ... locking fine groove, 4 ... support body, 5 ... fan-shaped protrusion part, 6 ... locking groove, 7 ... locking thin groove Reference numeral 8 denotes a step portion, 9 denotes a reinforcing wall member, 10 denotes a rib, 11 denotes a columnar member, 12 denotes a locking portion, 13 denotes a locking narrow groove, and 14 denotes a support.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A columnar body having locking portions at both ends and extending longitudinally and curved in an arc shape along a longitudinal direction, and the locking portions are detachably fitted to different peripheral wall surfaces. A support having a pair of locking grooves, the columnar body being rotated about an axis and locked in the locking groove of the supporter through a locking portion, and the columnar body in a different position in a hollow position. A game member characterized in that it can be held in a game device. 2. The support body is formed of a block having a substantially fan-like shape in a plane, and a dovetail-shaped locking groove which is open at an upper portion and an outer side is formed in a peripheral wall on both sides.
A play member according to claim 1. 3. The columnar body is formed in a prismatic shape having a substantially square cross section, and at least one of upper and lower surfaces and both side surfaces thereof is formed with a lateral locking recess along the longitudinal direction. A vertical locking recess communicating with the groove and extending downward is formed in the groove, and ribs engageable with the vertical locking recess and the horizontal locking recess on front and rear vertical sides and an upper horizontal side extending in the longitudinal direction. Forming a reinforcing wall member protruding from an outer periphery thereof, wherein when connecting the columnar body to the support, the reinforcing wall member is fitted with no gap between the columnar body and the support. Item 3. The play member according to Item 2. 4. The columnar body and the support body are formed of a hollow plastic molded body.
A play member according to any one of the above.