US20160129364A1 - Semi-assemblable pinata having an automatically closing center - Google Patents

Semi-assemblable pinata having an automatically closing center Download PDF

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US20160129364A1
US20160129364A1 US14/896,324 US201414896324A US2016129364A1 US 20160129364 A1 US20160129364 A1 US 20160129364A1 US 201414896324 A US201414896324 A US 201414896324A US 2016129364 A1 US2016129364 A1 US 2016129364A1
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    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
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  • This disclosure relates to pi ⁇ atas and making of pi ⁇ atas that are festive articles intended to be filled with items of interest and able to be broken so as to reveal such items.
  • Pi ⁇ atas in Mexico are a tradition going back more than 450 years. They have their origin on the early years of the spread of the Gospel of Jesus Christ in Mexico. The Spanish conquerors taught the Gospel to the natives through certain activities like the “posadas”. Considering the festive atmosphere, it was used to attract people to religious ceremonies. Afterwards, people adopted it to be used on their own popular celebrations, since then it rests in tradition.
  • Posadas are celebrated during nine days prior to Christmas.
  • the main activities in posadas are a reproduction of Christ's nativity called “pastorela”, singing Christmas songs and breaking a pi ⁇ ata.
  • a posada is reason enough to gather with family, friends and loved ones to make a huge celebration and share the cheerfulness of the season; posadas actually have been declared cultural immaterial heritage in Mexico.
  • pi ⁇ atas have an important place in celebrations. Everybody shares the joy of breaking them: children, teenagers, young people or adults as well. Participating in this type of play invites individuals to share emotions, laughs, happiness and amusement. Playing is part of our reality as human beings, it could be said, to play is like an extension of our inner self; it reflects part of our material and spiritual life, by the way one can play at any possible moment. Playing reflects the personality and life style of different social groups. As an indication of this it is well known that many games are transmitted from parents to children; somehow they belong to their tradition and common practices.
  • Prior art includes the following.
  • US Published Patent Application No. US 2005/0197036 from Won et al. discloses two pre-fabricated pi ⁇ ata molds that can be assembled.
  • US Published Patent Application No. US 2003/0139276 from Lozano concerns a pi ⁇ ata that can be assembled in one single step by gluing it, differing from the present disclosure since it does not disclose a process of pre-fabrication or flaps' mechanisms to get the final assemblage.
  • the present disclosure concerns a semi-assemblage pi ⁇ ata with automatic closing center; the article can be completed with the combination of separable pieces and an original two-piece center assembly. The assembling of all the pieces, in combination with the center, gives a pi ⁇ ata as a final result. The semi-assemblage pi ⁇ ata then is ready to be used as a game, a pi ⁇ ata itself or any other similar use. Additionally, the present disclosure is associated to the assembling method of the pi ⁇ ata's center.
  • An aspect of the present disclosure is to make assemblage of a pi ⁇ ata easier as well as reducing the time someone needs to make a pi ⁇ ata, an advantage to the final customer.
  • the present method simplifies especially bringing together the center of the pi ⁇ ata, this way being attractive to preserve different aspects involved in “the making” of an object like this; the present method and disclosure preserve educational, recreational or simple family gathering aspects of building of a pi ⁇ ata.
  • the presently disclosed method and disclosure provides an effective process to realize a satisfactory experience, motivating people to continue enjoying this traditional object.
  • the pi ⁇ ata presented in this disclosure is clearly different from the two US prior art publications mentioned before due at least in part to its construction method that includes single-piece components joined to a pre-assembled center; to the method that makes from this article a very compact, light and practical item allowing the final user the possibility of assembling it himself or herself as well as giving him or her a higher practicality and fastness at the moment of getting the pi ⁇ ata assembled.
  • FIG. 1 is a frontal plan view of an embodiment of the pi ⁇ ata already assembled and completed
  • FIG. 2 is a plan view from a spread-out side one of the center of the single-piece component for the pi ⁇ ata of FIG. 1 ;
  • FIG. 3 is a plan view from a spread-out side two of the center of the single-piece component for the pi ⁇ ata of FIG. 1 ;
  • FIG. 4 is a plan view illustrating one of the cones unfolded
  • FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the folding process of the center from both sides for the blank for the pi ⁇ ata of FIG. 1 ;
  • FIG. 6 is a perspective view illustrating positioning of side one aside side two of the center before joining them;
  • FIG. 7 is a perspective view illustrating a next step to assemble side one and side two of the center to make a single piece
  • FIG. 8 is a perspective front view of the center amalgamated and assembled into one single piece
  • FIG. 9 is a perspective, three-dimensional view of the center after being unfolded.
  • FIG. 10 is a perspective center's side view, illustrating the process that allows it to keep its three-dimensional form through the automatic closing mechanism
  • FIG. 11 is a perspective view from the top, showing a perspective of the whole body from a three-dimensional sight, showing the hole on top useful to stuff the pi ⁇ ata with candies and toys and to also pass the rope to hang the pi ⁇ ata;
  • FIG. 12 is a frontal perspective of the cones folded in this embodiment.
  • FIG. 13 is a frontal perspective view of a cone of FIG. 12 assembled
  • FIG. 14 is an exploded perspective view that shows how, from top, a peak is inserted into the core of the pi ⁇ ata from a three-dimensional sight;
  • FIG. 15 is an exploded upper perspective view of the core (three-dimensional), illustrating joining of the cones to the rest of the pi ⁇ ata;
  • FIG. 16 is an upper perspective view of the pi ⁇ ata in an assembled and decorated embodiment
  • FIG. 17 is a plan lateral second view from side one of the center, illustrating a mechanism to pull together the flaps to close this pi ⁇ ata embodiment
  • FIG. 18 is a plan lateral second view from side two of the center, illustrating the mechanism of FIG. 17 to pull together the flaps to close the pi ⁇ ata;
  • FIG. 19 is an unfolded perspective view illustrating how both sides of the center are assembled together using the joining flaps to close same;
  • FIG. 20 is a perspective from a second view illustrating pulling together side one and side two of the center in order to secure or stick together both sides using the flaps on the closing mechanism of this embodiment;
  • FIG. 21 is a side perspective second view of the center's sides, showing how both sides are secured, assembled or stuck together forming a single flat piece after using the flaps to close it;
  • FIG. 22 is a frontal elevation of the center pulled up together to create a single flat part using the closing flaps
  • FIG. 23 is a second lateral or elevation view of the center after this has been unfolded into a three-dimensional article by using the closing mechanism.
  • FIG. 24 is a lateral or elevation view of the center similar to FIG. 23 , showing how its three-dimensional form is maintained or secured using the closing flaps mechanism.
  • Center assembly ( FIG. 8 ) is formed of two single-piece components; side one ( FIG. 2 ) and side two ( FIG. 3 ). Both sides of the center assembly are made of twelve triangular panels (identified by numerals 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 and 12 ).
  • Triangular panels 14 and 15 B have rounded holes ( 16 ).
  • Triangular panel number 12 of the side one of the center assembly is missing a panel 14 ( FIG. 2 ).
  • Triangular panel number 1 of the side two of the center assembly is missing panels 15 and 15 B ( FIG. 3 ).
  • the center assembly In order to complete the pi ⁇ ata, the center assembly must be transformed from a flat piece ( FIG. 8 ) into a three-dimensional configuration ( FIG. 9 ). To obtain this configuration, longest opposite sides 25 formed with the triangular panels of the center ( FIG. 8 ), must be pushed from the flat piece towards a middle point holding it through the automatic closing mechanism to preserve its three-dimensional shape ( FIG. 9 ).
  • each panel has a flap on the lower part 24 except for panel 22 .
  • Each cone is joined independently to the three-dimensional center assembly inserting their lower flaps 24 into the long slots 13 .
  • Every triangular panel has ( 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 and 12 ) both sides of the center ( FIG. 14 ). The same procedure must be done for the other five cones into each side from the three-dimensional object.
  • decoration can be included on this item 28 .
  • Some such decoration is illustrated in FIG. 16 . It will be appreciated the decoration can be optionally used and varied according to each person's taste.
  • center assembly ( FIG. 8 ) is formed by two single-piece components; side one ( FIG. 2 ) and side two ( FIG. 3 ). Both side one and side two are formed by twelve triangular panels ( 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 and 12 ). All these panels have along their widest part a narrow slot 13 ; these triangular panels are stuck together to another series of smaller triangular panels.
  • the smaller triangular panels 15 ( FIGS. 17 and 18 ) have some large slots 16 B ( FIG. 17 and FIG. 18 ) and triangular panels 15 B ( FIG. 17 and FIG. 18 ) have flaps 15 C ( FIG. 17 and FIG. 18 ).
  • flaps 15 C ( FIGS. 17 and 18 ) must be folded towards the same side than small triangular panel 14 and panel 15 .
  • the present disclosure includes its discovery of significant shortcomings of Mexican patent application Serial No. MX/a/2011/05457 from Arce A. Diane. These include the following: The final customer or user needs to unfold and assemble the center of the pi ⁇ ata. In order to assemble the mentioned center, many separate pieces are needed that must be joined together through flaps and additional elements like strings or press buttons. The assembling process to build the center of the pi ⁇ ata could be difficult to understand, causing some difficulties in assembling and fixing the multiple parts together, which could take more time than planned to build it. There is also the limitation that same should be built considering only 4 or 6 cones; in other words, it has to be considered making them always with an even number of cones.
  • the pi ⁇ ata of this present disclosure solves all the complications and shortcomings mentioned above.
  • the final user will not become exhausted at the moment of assembling the pi ⁇ ata.
  • the pre-assemblage features and processes considered according to the present embodiments or modalities allow the final customer or user to reduce 80% of the time required to assemble the pi ⁇ ata's center.
  • users do not need to stress about extremely difficult processes; they won't waste time unfolding or cementing the innovative center assembly of this disclosure, nor need to count numerous pieces.
  • Due to the significant pre-assembled procedure of this disclosure the final customer or user gets a compact pre-assembled center ready to be unfolded and so is able to finish himself or herself the assembly of the pi ⁇ ata.
  • the pi ⁇ ata can be built with as many cones as customer needs or desires, with any kind of restrictions. Any needed assembly instructions can be clearly written for the relatively few assembly steps and details.

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