Patent Grant
10507398
This application is a U.S. National Stage Application of International Application No. PCT/KR2016/010887, filed on Sep. 29, 2016, which claims the benefit under 35 USC 119(a) and 365(b) of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2015-0173450, filed on Dec. 7, 2015, and Korean Patent Application No. 10-2015-0190234, filed on Dec. 30, 2015 in the Korean Intellectual Property Office.
The present invention relates to a shooting type toy, and more particularly, to a shooting type toy that is developed from a first form to a second form if a projectile moving from the outside is inserted thereinto, so that the inserted projectile is loaded and then shot from the shooting type toy in the second form.
Generally, a transforming toy, which has a robot or car-shaped toy body, transforms from a given form into a second form like a robot or car, and as the single transforming toy produces various forms or structures, accordingly, children can enjoy playing with the transforming toy in various manners.
However, the conventional transforming toy transforms through manual manipulation of a user, and if his or her playing time with the transforming toy is extended anymore, accordingly, his or her interest in the play may be drastically decreased.
On the other hand, shooting play has been proposed to improve the interest in play, and in this case, a projectile such as a marble, medal, disc or the like is shot toward a target located at a given position so that the target falls down.
A conventional technology related to a shooting toy is disclosed in Korean Patent Application Laid-open No. 10-2014-0125462 (entitled ‘bullet shooting toy’), wherein the shooting toy includes a toy body, a shooting piece disposed in the toy body, a compression member for moving a bullet placed on the toy body to a front end of the shooting piece, and a restraining member displaceably disposed on the toy body and manipulated by a user to restrain the shooting piece, so that the bullet loaded in the toy body is shot from the toy body by means of the restraining force applied to the shooting piece.
However, the conventional bullet shooting toy just performs the function of shooting the bullet loaded in the toy body by the user, so that the interest in the play may be easily lost.
Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems occurring in the prior art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a shooting type toy that is developed from a first form to a second form if a projectile moving from the outside is inserted thereinto, so that the inserted projectile is loaded and then shot from the shooting type toy in the second form.
To accomplish the above object, according to the present invention, there is provided a shooting type toy including: a body having a plurality of members; a latch part for locking the body thereonto to allow the body to be kept to a first form; and a projectile moving from the outside in such a manner as to be inserted into the body and thus located in a shooting part disposed in the body, wherein the projectile releases a locking state of the latch part to allow the body to be developed to a second form.
According to the present invention, desirably, if the projectile is located in the shooting part, the projectile is shot from the body developed to the second form by means of a pressurizing part disposed in the body.
According to the present invention, desirably, the shooting type toy further includes pop-up parts rotatably coupled to the body in such a manner as to be developed from the body if the latch part is released from the locking state thereof.
According to the present invention, desirably, the shooting type toy further includes support parts disposed on the body in such a manner as to, if the latch part is released from the locking state thereof, support the body thereagainst to allow the body to rotate forwardly or backwardly or to pop up forwardly, backwardly, upwardly or laterally.
According to the present invention, desirably, each support part includes a plurality of wheels so as to allow the shooting type toy to be driven to an arbitrary direction.
According to the present invention, desirably, the body comprises a body part having an accommodation space formed at the inside thereof; the shooting part is disposed in the body in such a manner as to allow the inserted projectile to be seated and restrained thereinto; the pressurizing part moves the projectile to a front end of the shooting part and pressurizes the projectile thereagainst so that the projectile is shot by means of an elastic force of the shooting part; and the latch part is disposed in the body part in such a manner as to be displaced to a locking position or a locking releasing position by means of the projectile.
According to the present invention, desirably, the body part includes: a body part housing formed of at least one or more members and having a guide portion adapted to guide a moving path of the projectile if the projectile is inserted thereinto; a lever through hole pierced into the body part housing; and a plurality of hinges adapted to support the pop-up parts, the support parts, and the pressurizing part thereagainst in such a manner as to allow the pop-up parts, the support parts, and the pressurizing part to be rotatably coupled to the body part housing.
According to the present invention, desirably, the body part has the first form having at least one selected from mask, combat helmet, shield, car, building, and object, animal's egg, and animal forms, and the second form is at least one selected from animal, robot, dinosaur, and given animation character forms.
According to the present invention, desirably, the shooting part is formed of an arch-shaped elastic body open on one side thereof.
According to the present invention, desirably, the pressurizing part includes: a lever rotatably coupled to the lever through hole; a firing pin connected to the lever on one side thereof and, if the lever operates, adapted to pressurize the projectile against the other side end thereof; and a firing pin spring for providing an elastic force for the firing pin so that the firing pin is kept to a given position.
According to the present invention, desirably, the latch part is displaced through an attractive force generated from a magnetic field with the projectile.
According to the present invention, desirably, the latch part is displaced through physical contact with the projectile.
According to the present invention, desirably, the latch part includes a plurality of locking members adapted to allow the body part and the pop-up parts to be restrainedly kept to the first form, and if the latch part is displaced, adapted to allow the body part and the pop-up parts to be developed.
According to the present invention, desirably, the latch part further includes projectile fixing members for restrainedly fixing the inserted projectile thereto and fixing member springs for providing elastic forces for the projectile fixing members so that the projectile fixing members are kept to given positions.
According to the present invention, desirably, the projectile has any one selected from spherical, circular, polyhedral, polygonal, and cylindrical forms.
According to the present invention, desirably, the projectile is made of a magnetic material or non-magnetic material.
According to the present invention, desirably, the projectile further includes light emitting means disposed therein to emit light therefrom.
According to the present invention, desirably, the projectile further includes at least one member selected from animal, object, characters, numbers, figures, and animation character disposed in an interior thereof.
According to the present invention, desirably, the projectile includes: a projectile housing having projectile through holes formed on the center thereof to seat an auxiliary projectile thereonto; projectile elastic members disposed in the projectile housing to restrain the auxiliary projectile seated onto the projectile through holes thereinto; and the auxiliary projectile seated onto the projectile through holes in such a manner as to be shot by means of the restraining forces of the projectile elastic members.
According to the present invention, desirably, the projectile includes first and second projectile housings, and if the projectile is shot to collide against the ground, an external form of the projectile transforms from a first form into a second form.
According to the present invention, desirably, the first projectile housing and the second projectile housing of the projectile are separably coupled to each other.
According to the present invention, desirably, the shooting type toy further includes an auxiliary pressurizing part coupled to one side of the support part to pressurize the projectile thereagainst from the outside so that the projectile is shot.
According to the present invention, the shooting type toy is developed from the first form to the second form if the projectile moving from the outside is inserted thereinto, thereby improving a child's interest in the play.
In addition, the shooting type toy according to the present invention loads the inserted projectile therein and then shoots the projectile therefrom, thereby more increasing funs in the shooting play.
Hereinafter, an explanation on a shooting type toy according to the present invention will be in detail given with reference to the attached drawing.
As shown in
The shooting type toy 100 is located on a given position, and if the projectile 200 moving from the outside is accommodated into the shooting type toy 100, a locking state of the shooting type toy 100 is released through contact of the shooting type toy 100 with the projectile 200, thereby allowing the shooting type toy 100 to transform from the first form into the second form. The projectile 200 accommodated into the shooting type toy 100 is shot from the shooting type toy 100 which has transformed into the second form.
The body part 110 has an accommodation space formed at the inside thereof in such a manner as to locate the shooting part 130, the pressurizing part 140, and the latch part 150 therein and also serves to rotatably support the pop-up part 160 and the auxiliary pop-up parts 170 thereagainst. The body part 110 includes a body part housing 111, a lever through hole 112, first hinges 113, second hinges 114, support part coupling holes 115, and third hinges 116.
Further, the body part 110 has the first form having at least one selected from mask, combat helmet, shield, car, building, and object, animal's egg, and animal forms, and if the shooting type toy 100 transforms from the first form into the second form, the second form is at least one of an animal, robot, dinosaur, and given animation character forms.
The body part housing 111 is formed of a single member or a plurality of members coupled to each other.
Also, the body part housing 111 is hollow in an interior thereof to accommodate the shooting part 130, the pressurizing part 140, and the latch part 150 therein and is open on one side of bottom thereof to insert the projectile 200 into the body part 110. In this case, the body part housing 111 has a guide portion 111a adapted to guide a moving path of the projectile 200 inserted into one side open to the interior thereof.
Further, the body part housing 111 includes the lever through hole 112 formed to a rectangular shape on one side thereof in such a manner as to allow a portion of the pressurizing part 140 to protrude by a given length outwardly from top of one side thereof, third locking member through holes 114a passing through portions of a third locking member 156, first locking member through holes 115a passing through portions of first locking members 153, and a second locking member through hole 116a passing through a portion of a second locking member 154.
The first hinges 113 are disposed on both sides of the lever through hole 112 in such a manner as to have through holes 113a formed thereon to allow a portion of the pressurizing part 140 protruding outwardly from the body part housing 111 to be rotatably supported thereagainst.
The second hinges 114 have through holes formed thereon in such a manner as to be disposed on both sides of the body part housing 111 to allow the auxiliary pop-up parts 170 to be rotatably supported thereagainst in axial directions thereof.
The support part coupling holes 115 are pierced into both sides of the body part housing 111 in such a manner as to allow rotary shafts 122 of the support parts 120 to be insertedly fitted thereto.
The third hinges 116 are disposed on one side of the body part housing 111 in such a manner as to allow the pop-up part 160 to be rotatably supported thereagainst in axial directions thereof.
The support parts 120 are disposed on both sides of the body part 110 in such a manner as to allow their undersides to come into close contact with the floor, and if the latch part 150 is released from the locking state thereof by means of the projectile 200, the support parts 120 serve to support the body part 110 thereagainst to allow the body part 110 to be rotated and displaced, so that the external form of the shooting type toy 100 transforms from the first form into the second form. To this end, each support part 120 includes a support part body 121, the rotary shaft 122, and a support part spring 123.
The support part body 121 comes into close contact with the floor to allow the body part 110 to be seated onto the floor and includes a through hole 121a to which the rotary shaft 122 is fitted and a first locking member fixing groove 121b for lockedly fitting the corresponding first locking member 153 thereto.
The rotary shaft 122 is coupled to the body part 110 through the corresponding support part coupling hole 115 to support the body part 110 thereagainst, so that the body part 110 rotates in an axial direction of the support part body 121.
The support part spring 123 provides an elastic force to allow the body part 110 to rotate around the rotary shaft 122 if the locking state between the body part 110 and the support part 120 is released to separate the corresponding first locking member 153 from the corresponding first locking member fixing groove 121b.
Each support part 120 has a plurality of wheels (not shown) mounted on the underside thereof, so that if the shooting type toy 100 pushes by the user toward a given direction, the support part 120 can be driven.
The shooting part 130 is disposed in the body part 110 and is formed of an arch-shaped elastic body having a section of ‘’ in such a manner as to be open on one side thereof. The shooting part 130 includes a shooting part body 131 adapted to allow the inserted projectile 200 to be seated onto the inner periphery thereof, so that the seated projectile 200 is shot to one side open thereof by means of an elastic force of the shooting part 130 itself.
The pressurizing part 140 is disposed in the body part 110 and serves to move the projectile 200 to the open front end of the shooting part 130 to pressurize the projectile 200 thereagainst so that the projectile 200 is shot through the elastic force of the shooting part 130. The pressurizing part 140 includes a lever 141, a firing pin 142, a firing pin spring 143.
The lever 141 is pressurized by the user so as to shoot the projectile 200, and it is rotatably coupled to the first hinges 113 through rotary shafts 141a formed on one side thereof. Also, the lever 141 protrudes outwardly from the body part 110 through the lever through hole 112 and has a cam 141b formed on the other side thereof to pressurize the firing pin 142 thereagainst so that while the lever 141 rotates around the rotary shafts 141a, the firing pin 142 moves horizontally.
The firing pin 142 is connected to the cam 141b of the lever 141 on one side thereof, and, if the lever 141 operates, it moves horizontally to allow projectile contact portions 142b formed on the other side end thereof to pressurize the projectile 200 thereagainst.
Further, the firing pin 142 has a firing pin insertion groove 142a open on one side of a firing pin body in a longitudinal direction of the firing pin body to allow the firing pin spring 143 to be disposed therein, thereby preventing collision with the shooting part 130 while the firing pin 142 is moving.
The firing pin spring 143 is connected to a shooting part protrusion 131a of the shooting part body 131 on one side thereof and is insertedly disposed in the firing pin insertion groove 142a on the other side thereof to provide an elastic force for the firing pin 142 so that the firing pin 142 is kept to a given position.
The latch part 150 is disposed in the body part 110 and is displaced to a locking position or a locking releasing position by means of the projectile 200. The latch part 150 includes a latch part body 151, a latch actuator 152, the first locking members 153, the second locking member 154, a link 155, the third locking member 156, and a latch part spring 157.
The latch part body 151 is disposed under the body part 110 and moves horizontally by means of the projectile 200 to release the first to third locking members 153, 154 and 156 from locking states. To this end, the latch part body 151 includes first contact portions 151a, a second contact portion 151b, and a third contact portion 151c.
The first contact portions 151a protrude by given lengths from both side surfaces of the latch part body 151 and operate to allow the first locking members 153 to be displaced to the locking position or the locking releasing position.
That is, each first contact portion 151a comes into contact with the end of the corresponding first locking member 153, and if the latch part body 151 moves horizontally, each first contact portion 151a is interlocked with one side end of the corresponding first locking member 153 to allow the other side end of the corresponding first locking member 153 to rotate around a first locking member rotary shaft 153a of the corresponding first locking member 153.
The second contact portion 151b is formed on one side of the latch part body 151 and serves to allow the second locking member 154 to be displaced to the locking position or the locking releasing position. The second contact portion 151b has an inclined surface having a given angle.
In detail, the inclined surface of the second contact portion 151b comes into contact with the end of the second locking member 154, and if the latch part body 151 moves horizontally, the end of the second locking member 154 is displaced along the inclined surface of the second contact portion 151b to allow the second locking member 154 to operate vertically.
The third contact portion 151c passes through the latch part body 151 in such a manner as to be interlocked with the link 155, and if the latch part body 151 moves horizontally, the third contact portion 151c operates the link 155 to allow the third locking member 156 to move horizontally.
The latch actuator 152 is disposed on the other side of the latch part body 151 and forms an attractive force caused by a magnetic field together with the projectile 200 to provide a driving force so that the latch part body 151 is displaced horizontally. Desirably, the latch actuator 152 is formed of a magnet.
Each first locking member 153 comes into contact with the corresponding first contact portion 151a on one side thereof and is interlocked with the corresponding first locking member fixing groove 121b of the support part 120 through the first locking member through hole 115a on the other side thereof, so that each first locking member 153 rotates around the first locking member rotary shaft 153a according to the displacement of the latch part body 151.
The second locking member 154 comes into contact with the inclined surface of the second contact portion 151b on one side thereof and is interlocked with a second locking member fixing groove 162a of the pop-up part 160 through the second locking member through hole 116a on the other side thereof, so that the second locking member 154 rotates around a second locking member rotary shaft 154a to separate a locking protrusion 154b from the pop-up part 160 according to the displacement of the latch part body 151.
The second locking member 154 further includes a second locking member spring 154c for providing an elastic force to allow the locking protrusion 154b to move downwardly if the latch part 150 is displaced horizontally and thus moves to the locking releasing position.
The link 155 has rotary shafts 155a disposed on both sides thereof so that it rotates according to the displacement of the latch part body 151, and further, the link 155 includes a first protrusion 155b extended by a given length from one side thereof in such a manner as to be coupled to the third contact portion 151c of the latch part body 151 and a second protrusion 155c extended by a given length from the other side thereof in such a manner as to be interlocked with the third locking member 156.
The third locking member 156 has locking protrusions 156a formed on both side end portions thereof, and the locking protrusions 156a pass through the third locking member through holes 114b in such a manner as to be interlocked with third locking member fixing grooves 171a of the auxiliary pop-up parts 170.
Further, the third locking member 156 is connected to the second protrusion 155c of the link 155 so that it is fixed to or separated from the auxiliary pop-up parts 170 according to an operation of the link 155.
The latch part spring 157 is disposed on one side of the latch part body 151 to provide an elastic force for the latch part body 151 so that the latch part body 151 is kept to a given position.
If the projectile 200 is shot after the latch part body 151 has been displaced and moved by the attractive force between the latch actuator 152 and the projectile 200, in detail, the latch part spring 157 returns the latch part body 151 to its original position.
The pop-up part 160 is rotatably coupled to the body part 110 by means of the third hinges 116, and if the latch part 150 is released from the locking state thereof, the pop-up part 160 is developed from the body part 110 to allow the external form of the shooting type toy 100 to transform from the first form into the second form. So as to perform the separating and developing operations from the body part 110 in more active manner, the pop-up part 160 includes a first pop-up part body 161, a second pop-up part body 162, and pop-up part springs 163. According to the first embodiment of the present invention, the pop-up part 160 has a form of a head.
The first pop-up part body 161 has rotary shafts 161a disposed on one side thereof in such a manner as to be coupled to the third hinges 116 and is connected to the second pop-up part body 162 on the other side thereof.
The second pop-up part body 162 is coupled to the first pop-up part body 161 on one side thereof and to the second locking member 154 through the second locking member fixing groove 162a on the other side thereof in such a manner as to be fixedly kept to the body part 110.
According to the first embodiment of the present invention, the pop-up part 160 has the first pop-up part body 161 and the second pop-up part body 162 separable from each other, but it is not limited thereto. That is, the pop-up part 160 may be formed of a single body or three or more bodies.
The pop-up part springs 163 are fitted to the rotary shafts 161a of the first pop-up part body 161, and they provide elastic forces to allow the first pop-up part body 161 to rotate around the third hinges 116 if the second pop-up part body 162 is separated from the second locking member 154.
The auxiliary pop-up parts 170 are rotatably coupled to the body part 110 through the second hinges 114 and are developed from the body part 110 if the latch part 150 is released from the locking state thereof, so that the external form of the shooting type toy 100 transforms from the first form into the second form. Each auxiliary pop-up part 170 includes an auxiliary pop-up part body 171, an auxiliary pop-up part hinge 172, a rotary shaft 173, and an auxiliary pop-up part spring 174.
The auxiliary pop-up part body 171 is a member having a shape of a wing and has a third locking member fixing groove 171a interlocked with the third locking member 156. The auxiliary pop-up part body 171 is coupled to the auxiliary pop-up part hinge 172 on one side end thereof.
The auxiliary pop-up part hinge 172 is coupled to the corresponding second hinges 114 through the rotary shaft 173 to allow the auxiliary pop-up part body 171 to rotate around the axial direction of the second hinges 114.
The auxiliary pop-up part spring 174 is fitted to the rotary shaft 173 and provides an elastic force to allow the auxiliary pop-up part body 171 to rotate around the second hinges 114 if the auxiliary pop-up part body 171 is separated from the third locking member 156.
The projectile 200 is moved manually by the user's force or is shot and moved from a given shooting device and has various forms such as a spherical, circular, polyhedral, and polygonal forms. Otherwise, the projectile 200 is made of a magnetic material like iron to form a magnetic field together with the latch actuator 152 of the latch part 150 made of the magnet, or has a magnetic material contained therein.
That is, if the projectile 200 has an external form made of a non-magnetic material like plastic resin, the projectile 200 has a member made of a metal material disposed therein to form a magnetic field therefrom.
Further, if the projectile 200 is made of the non-magnetic material, it has light emitting means (not shown) disposed therein to emit light therefrom, thereby increasing visual effects.
Furthermore, if the projectile 200 is made of the non-magnetic material, it has at least one member selected from animal, object, characters, numbers, figures, and animation character disposed in an interior thereof, thereby being utilized as various game tools.
Next, an explanation on an operation of the shooting type toy 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be given.
The pop-up part 160 and the auxiliary pop-up parts 170 are fixedly brought into contact with the body part 110, and the body part 110 fixedly rotates around the rotary shafts 122 of the support parts 120, so that the external form of the shooting type toy 100 is kept to the first form.
The shooting type toy 100 kept to the first form is located at an arbitrary position, and the projectile 200 moves to the shooting type toy 100 by means of the user.
The projectile 200 is inserted into one side open of the body part 110 and moves along the guide portion 111a, and if the projectile 200 is located in the shooting part 130 disposed in the interior of the body part 110, an attractive force between the latch actuator 152 of the latch part 150 and the projectile 200 is generated by the magnetic field to allow the latch part 150 to move toward the projectile 200.
If the latch part 150 moves to a left side in
If the positions of the first to third locking members 153, 154 and 156 are displaced, the body part 110, the pop-up part 160 and the auxiliary pop-up parts 170, which are fixedly interlocked with the first to third locking members 153, 154 and 156, are rotatingly developed, so that the external form of the shooting type toy 100 transforms from the first form into the second form.
In detail, if the first locking members 153 are released from the locking states thereof, as shown in
On the other hand, if the shooting type toy 100 transforms into the second form by means of the projectile 200, the inserted projectile 200 is restrained in the state of being seated onto the shooting part 130 by means of the magnetic force made together with the latch actuator 152, and further, as shown in
If the lever 141 of the pressurizing part 140 is pressed by the user, it rotates around the first hinges 113, and the cam 141b formed on one side of the lever 141 pressurizes the firing pin 142 thereagainst to allow the firing pin 142 to move horizontally.
If the firing pin 142 moves horizontally to pressurize the projectile 200 thereagainst, both side ends open of the shooting part 130 restraining the projectile 200 thereinto are open to allow the projectile 200 to be shot by means of the elastic force of the shooting part 130.
Accordingly, if the projectile moving from the outside is inserted into the shooting type toy, the shooting type toy transforms from the first form into the second form, and the inserted projectile is loaded in the shooting type toy and then shot from the shooting type toy, thereby more increasing funs in shooting play.
First, the repeated explanation on the same parts as in the first embodiment of the present invention will be avoided, and the same reference numerals will be used to describe the same components.
As shown in
According to the second embodiment of the present invention, the shooting type toy 100a is configured to allow the latch part 150a to operate through physical contact with the projectile 200, which is different from the shooting type toy 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention that is configured to allow the latch part 150 to operate through the attractive force caused by the magnetic field made together with the projectile 200.
According to the second embodiment of the present invention, in detail, the projectile 200 of the shooting type toy 100a is made of a non-magnetic material, and even though the projectile 200 is made of a magnetic material, the latch part 150a operates through the physical contact with the projectile 200.
The body part 110a has an accommodation space formed at the inside thereof in such a manner as to locate the shooting part 130, the pressurizing part 140, and the latch part 150a therein and also serves to rotatably support the pop-up part 160 and the auxiliary pop-up parts 170.
Further, the body part 110a is formed of a single member or a plurality of members coupled to each other and has at least one external form selected from mask, combat helmet, shield, car, building, and object, and animal's egg forms. The body part 110a includes a body part housing 111, a lever through hole 112, first hinges 113, second hinges 114, support part coupling holes 115, and third hinges 116.
Also, the body part housing 111 is hollow in an interior thereof to accommodate the shooting part 130, the pressurizing part 140, and the latch part 150a therein and is open on one side of bottom thereof to insert the projectile 200 into the body part 110a. In this case, the body part housing 111 has a guide portion 111a adapted to guide a moving path of the projectile 200 inserted into one side open to the interior thereof and fixing member installation grooves 111b formed on the guide portion 111a to install projectile fixing members 158 therein.
The latch part 150a is disposed in the body part 110a and is displaced to a locking position or a locking releasing position by means of the projectile 200. The latch part 150a includes a latch part body 151′, a latch actuator 152a, first locking members 153, a second locking member 154, a link 155, a third locking member 156, a latch part spring 157, the projectile fixing members 158, and fixing member springs 159.
The latch part body 151′ is disposed under the body part 110a and moves horizontally by means of the projectile 200 to release the first to third locking members 153, 154 and 156 from locking states and also to allow the projectile fixing members 158 to be locked from locking releasing. To this end, the latch part body 151′ includes first contact portions 151a, a second contact portion 151b, a third contact portion 151c, and fourth contact portions 151d.
The fourth contact portions 151d are formed on the other side of the latch part body 151′ to allow the projectile fixing members 158 to be displaced to locking positions or locking releasing positions, and they have inclined surfaces having given angles formed on the ends thereof.
In detail, the inclined surfaces of the fourth contact portions 151d come into contact with the ends of the projectile fixing members 158, and if the latch part body 151′ moves horizontally, the ends of the projectile fixing members 158 are displaced along the inclined surfaces of the fourth contact portions 151d to allow the projectile fixing members 158 to rotate around rotary shafts 158a.
The latch actuator 152a is disposed on the other side of the latch part body 151′ to horizontally displace the latch part body 151′ through the physical contact with the projectile 200, and so as to move the latch part body 151′ by a given distance through the collision with the projectile 200, the latch actuator 152a is formed of a protrusion protruding from the latch part body 151′.
The projectile fixing members 158 come into contact with the inclined surfaces of the fourth contact portions 151d on one side thereof and are exposed to the outside through the fixing member installation grooves 111b on the other side thereof in such a manner as to come into close contact with the projectile 200, so that according to the displacement of the latch part body 151′, the projectile fixing members 158 rotate around the rotary shafts 158a and are contacted with or separated from the projectile 200.
The fixing member springs 159 are fitted to the rotary shafts 158a of the projectile fixing members 158 to provide elastic forces for the projectile fixing members 158 so that the projectile fixing members 158 are kept to given positions.
Next, an explanation on an operation of the shooting type toy 100a according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be given.
The pop-up part 160 and the auxiliary pop-up parts 170 are fixedly brought into contact with the body part 110a, and the body part 110a fixedly rotates around the rotary shafts 122 of the support parts 120, so that the external form of the shooting type toy 100 is kept to the first form.
The shooting type toy 100a kept to the first form is located at an arbitrary position, and the projectile 200 is shot by a user and moves to the shooting type toy 100a.
The projectile 200 is inserted into one side open of the body part 110a and moves along the guide portion 111a, and if the projectile 200 is located in the shooting part 130 disposed in the interior of the body part 110a, the latch actuator 152a of the latch part 150a moves in the moving direction of the projectile 200 through the physical contact and collision with the projectile 200.
If the latch part 150a moves, the first to fourth contact portions 151a, 151b, 151c and 151d of the latch part 150a also move, so that the first locking members 153, the second locking member 154, and the third locking member 156 operating cooperatively with the link 155 are displaced from the locking positions to the locking releasing positions and the projectile fixing members 158 come into close contact with the projectile 200 in such a manner as to be fixed to the shooting part 130.
If the positions of the first to third locking members 153, 154 and 156 are displaced, the body part 110a, the pop-up part 160 and the auxiliary pop-up parts 170, which are fixedly interlocked with the first to third locking members 153, 154 and 156, rotate around the support parts 120 or are developed around the body part 110a, so that the external form of the shooting type toy 100a transforms from the first form into the second form.
On the other hand, if the shooting type toy 100a transforms into the second form by means of the projectile 200, the inserted projectile 200 is restrained in the state of being seated onto the shooting part 130 by means of the projectile fixing members 158.
After that, if the lever 141 of the pressurizing part 140 is pressed by the user, it rotates around the first hinges 113, and the cam 141b formed on one side of the lever 141 pressurizes the firing pin 142 thereagainst to allow the firing pin 142 to move horizontally, so that the projectile 200 is shot by means of the elastic force of the shooting part 130.
Accordingly, if the projectile made of the non-magnetic material moving from the outside is inserted into the shooting type toy, the shooting type toy transforms from the first form into the second form. Next, the inserted projectile is fixed to the shooting type toy by means of the projectile fixing members and is then shot from the shooting type toy.
As shown in
According to the third embodiment of the present invention, in detail, the pop-up part 160 and the auxiliary pop-up parts 170 according to the first and second embodiments of the present invention are disposed on the body part 110b itself, so that if a latch part is released from a locking state thereof, the body part 110b itself is transformably developed in every direction.
Further, a pressurizing part 140b is rotatably disposed on one side of the body part 110b according to forms of the shooting type toy 100b.
Accordingly, if the projectile moving from the outside is inserted into the shooting type toy, the shooting type toy transforms from the first form into the second form. Next, the inserted projectile is fixed to the shooting type toy by means of the projectile fixing members and is then shot from the shooting type toy.
As shown in
According to the fourth embodiment of the present invention, the body part 110c of the shooting type toy 100c has a relatively larger guide portion 111a than those in the shooting type toys 100, 100a, and 100b according to the first to third embodiments of the present invention so as to insert the disc-shaped projectile 200a thereinto, and projectile fixing members 158 are provided to fix the projectile 200a inserted into the guide portion 111a thereto.
The disc-shaped projectile 200a includes a projectile housing 210, projectile elastic members 220, and an auxiliary projectile 230.
The projectile housing 210 has a first projectile through hole 211 and a second projectile through hole 212 formed on the center thereof to seat the auxiliary projectile 230 thereonto.
The first projectile through hole 211 has a smaller diameter than the auxiliary projectile 230 inserted thereinto, and the second projectile through hole 212 has a larger diameter than the auxiliary projectile 230 inserted thereinto.
The projectile elastic members 220 are disposed in the second projectile through hole 212 of the projectile housing 210 to restrain the auxiliary projectile 230 seated onto the first projectile through hole 211 and the second projectile through hole 212 thereinto.
The auxiliary projectile 230 is seated onto the first projectile through hole 211 and the second projectile through hole 212, and if the pressurizing part pressurizes the auxiliary projectile 230 toward the second projectile through hole 212 from the first projectile through hole 211, the auxiliary projectile 230 is shot by means of the restraining forces of the projectile elastic members 220. Desirably, the auxiliary projectile 230 is formed of a spherical marble.
Accordingly, if the projectile 200a moving from the outside is inserted into the body part 110c of the shooting type toy 100c, the body part 110c is developed from the first form to the second form. Next, the inserted projectile 200a is fixed to the body part 110c by means of the projectile fixing members 158, and the auxiliary projectile 230 is then shot from the body part 110c.
As shown in
According to the fifth embodiment of the present invention, in detail, the shooting type toy 100d has the body part 110d released from a locking state thereof to pop up if the disc-shaped projectile 200a is inserted into the support 120d open on one side thereof, so that the projectile 200a inserted into the support part 120d is shot by means of the auxiliary pressurizing part 300 coupled to the other side of the support part 120d.
The pop-up part and the auxiliary pop-up parts of the first and second embodiments of the present invention are disposed on the body part 110d itself, and if the locking state of the latch is released, the body part 110d itself is developed in every direction and upwardly and thus transforms.
The support part 120d has a projectile insertion portion 124 formed on one side open thereof to insert the projectile 200a thereinto and the latch disposed in an interior thereof in such a manner as to be released from the locking state through the contact or collision with the projectile 200a to allow the body part 110d to transform from a first form into a second form.
Further, the support part 120d has auxiliary pressurizing part fastening grooves 125 and a support through hole 126 formed on the other side thereof in such a manner as to be coupled to the auxiliary pressurizing part 300 to allow the projectile 200a to be shot therefrom.
The auxiliary pressurizing part 300 is coupled to one side of the support part 120d to allow the projectile 200a inserted into the support part 120d to be pressurizedly shot from the outside and includes an auxiliary pressurizing part body 310, an auxiliary pressurizing part lever 320 disposed on the auxiliary pressurizing part body 310 to detect a pressurizing force from a user, and an auxiliary pressurizing part firing pin 330 operating according to an operation of the auxiliary pressurizing part lever 320 to pressurize or hit the projectile 200a thereagainst.
In detail, the auxiliary pressurizing part 300 further has auxiliary pressurizing part coupling grooves 311 interlocked with the auxiliary pressurizing part fastening grooves 125 formed on one side of the support part 120d, so that it can be fixed to the support part 120d, and if the auxiliary pressurizing part lever 320 is pressed by the user, the auxiliary pressurizing part firing pin 330 passes through the support part through hole 126 and pressurizes or hits the projectile 200a thereagainst to allow the projectile 200a to be shot.
According to the fifth embodiment of the present invention, the projectile is disc-shaped, but it is not limited thereto. That is, the projectile may have various forms such as a spherical, polygonal, polyhedral, and ring form.
Accordingly, if the projectile 200a moving from the outside is inserted into the support part 120d of the shooting type toy 100d, the body part 110d developedly pops up from the first form to the second form. Next, the inserted projectile 200a is shot by means of the auxiliary pressurizing part 300 coupled to one side of the support part 120d.
First, the repeated explanation on the same parts as in the second embodiment of the present invention will be avoided, and the same reference numerals will be used to describe the same components.
As shown in
According to the sixth embodiment of the present invention, the shooting type toy 100e has the shooting part 130e, the latch part 150e and the projectile 200b configured differently from those according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
The shooting part 130e is disposed in the body part 110e and is formed of an arch or semicircular-shaped elastic body open on one side thereof in such a manner as to fix the projectile 200b to the inside of the body part 110e to allow the fixed projectile 200b to be shot toward the open body part 110e by means of the elastic force of the shooting part 130e. The shooting part 130e includes a shooting part body 131e, a shooting part link 132e, and a shooting part protrusion 133c.
The shooting part body 131e is an arch-shaped member having a given elastic force and has the shooting part link 132e formed on one side thereof and the shooting part protrusion 133c protruding from the other side thereof. Further, the shooting part body 131e has a shooting part rotary shaft 131e′ disposed on the shooting part link 132e side thereof so that it rotates around the shooting part rotary shaft 131e′.
Further, the shooting part body 131e comes into contact with the projectile 200b to allow the projectile 200b to pressurizedly contacted with a body part inner surface 110e′, so that the projectile 200b is fixed to the body part inner surface 110e′.
The shooting part link 132e is interlocked with a fifth contact portion 151e of the latch part 150e to allow the end of the shooting part 130e to rotate around the shooting part rotary shaft 131e′ according to horizontal displacement of the latch part 150e.
The shooting part protrusion 133c comes into contact with the projectile 200b contacted with the inner surface of the shooting part body 131e to allow the projectile 200b to be more rigidly fixed thereto and serves to increase an amount of displacement of the shooting part body 131e in a process where the projectile 200b is shot, thereby allowing shooting elasticity for the projectile 200b to be more raised.
The latch part 150e is disposed in the body part 110e and is displaced to a locking position or a locking releasing position by means of the projectile 200b. The latch part 150e includes a latch part body 151″, a latch actuator 152a, first locking members 153, a second locking member 154, a link 155, a third locking member 156, and a latch part spring 157.
The latch part body 151″ is disposed under the body part 110e and if it collides against the projectile 200b, it moves horizontally to allow the first to third locking members 153, 154 and 156 to be released from locking states thereof. The latch part body 151″ serves to come into close contact with the projectile 200b and includes first contact portions 151a, a second contact portion 151b, a third contact portion 151c and the fifth contact portion 151e.
The fifth contact portion 151e is formed on the latch part body 151″ to allow the shooting part 130e to rotate, and in detail, the fifth contact portion 151e is a rectangular through hole formed in a longitudinal direction of the latch part body 151″ or a rectangular through hole into which the shooting part link 132e is inserted.
That is, the fifth contact portion 151e is adapted to insert the shooting part link 132e thereinto, and if the latch part body 151″ moves horizontally, the shooting part link 132e moves to allow the shooting part 130e to rotate around the shooting part rotary shaft 131e′.
The projectile 200b is a ring-shaped member and rolls by a user or is shot from a given shooting device (not shown) toward the shooting type toy 100e. The projectile 200b is made of a metal or plastic resin material.
According to the sixth embodiment of the present invention, on the other hand, the projectile 200b is ring-shaped, but it is not limited thereto. Of course, it is obvious to those skilled in the art that the projectile is a rollable object such as disc, cylinder, or the like.
Next, an explanation on an operation of the shooting type toy 100e according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention will be given.
The pop-up part 160 and the auxiliary pop-up parts 170 are fixedly brought into contact with the body part 110e, and the body part 110e fixedly rotates around the rotary shafts 122 of the support parts 120, so that the external form of the shooting type toy 100e is kept to the first form.
The shooting type toy 100e kept to the first form is located at an arbitrary position, and the projectile 200b is shot to move to the shooting type toy 100e by means of the user.
The projectile 200b is inserted into one side open of the body part 110e and moves along the guide portion, and the latch actuator 152a of the latch part 150e disposed in the body part 110e is displaced to the moving direction of the projectile 200b by means of the physical contact or collision with the projectile 200b.
If the latch part 150e moves, the first to third contact portions 151a, 151b and 151c of the latch part 150e also move, so that the first locking members 153, the second locking member 154, and the third locking member 156 operating cooperatively with the link 155 are displaced from locking positions to locking releasing positions, and the shooting part 130e rotates to come into close contact with the outer periphery of the projectile 200b, so that the projectile 200b is fixed to the shooting part 130e.
If the positions of the first to third locking members 153, 154 and 156 are displaced, the body part 110e, the pop-up part 160 and the auxiliary pop-up parts 170, which are fixedly interlocked with the first to third locking members 153, 154 and 156, rotate around the support parts 120 or are developed around the body part 110e, so that the external form of the shooting type toy 100e transforms from the first form into the second form.
On the other hand, if the shooting type toy 100e transforms into the second form by means of the projectile 200b, the inserted projectile 200b is restrained in the state of being seated onto the body part housing and the shooting part 130e by means of the shooting part 130e.
After that, if the lever 141 of the pressurizing part 140 is pressed by the user, it rotates around the first hinges 113, and the cam 141b formed on one side of the lever 141 pressurizes the firing pin 142 thereagainst to allow the firing pin 142 to move horizontally so that the projectile 200b is shot by means of the elastic force of the shooting part 130e.
Further,
In detail, the projectile 200c includes the first projectile housing 210′ and the second projectile housing 210″ coupled separably to each other.
The first projectile housing 210′ and the second projectile housing 210″ are hemispherical members fittedly coupled to each other to keep a spherical form, and if they are shot by means of the shooting part, they are separated from each other by means of a force generated by the collision with the ground, thereby allowing the projectile 200c to transform into the second form.
Further, the first projectile housing 210′ has a projectile firing pin 240 disposed therein in such a manner as to be displaced upon occurrence of collision to hit or pressurize the second projectile housing 210″ thereagainst, so that the first projectile housing 210′ and the second projectile housing 210″ can be more easily separated from each other.
Further, the second projectile housing 210″ has a plurality of flaps 211″ rotatably disposed around a projectile base 250, and if the projectile base 250 hits against the projectile firing pin 240, the second projectile housing 210″ is separated from the first projectile housing 210′ to allow the flaps 211″ to be developed, so that the external form of the projectile 200c transforms into the second form from the first form.
According to the present invention, the projectile 200c is formed of the two housings completely separated from each other, but it is not limited thereto. Of course, the projectile 200c may be provided to allow a portion thereof to be rotatingly or separately developed from the other portion coupled thereto, without being completely separated therefrom.
Accordingly, if the projectile made of the non-magnetic material moving from the outside is inserted into the shooting type toy, the shooting type toy is developed from the first form to the second form, and the inserted projectile is fixed to the shooting type toy by means of the projectile fixing members and is then shot from the shooting type toy.
While the present invention has been described with reference to the particular illustrative embodiments, it is not to be restricted by the embodiments but only by the appended claims. It is to be appreciated that those skilled in the art can change or modify the embodiments without departing from the scope and spirit of the present invention.
In the description, the thicknesses of the lines or the sizes of the components shown in the drawing may be magnified for the clarity and convenience of the description. Further, the terms as will be discussed later are defined in accordance with the functions of the present invention, but may be varied under the intention or regulation of a user or operator. Therefore, they should be defined on the basis of the whole scope of the present invention.
100, 100a, 100b, 100c, 100d, 100e: shooting type toy
110, 110a, 110b, 110c, 110d, 110e: body part
111: body part housing 112: lever through hole
113: first hinge 114: second hinge
114
b: third locking member through hole
115: support part coupling hole
115
a: first locking member through hole
116; third hinge
120, 120d: support part 121: support part body
121
b: first locking member fixing groove
122: rotary shaft
123: support part spring
124: projectile insertion hole
125: auxiliary pressurizing part fastening groove
126: support part through hole
130, 130e: shooting part 131,131e: shooting part body
131
a, 133e: shooting part protrusion
132
e: shooting part link
140, 140b: pressurizing part 141: lever
141
b: cam 142: firing pin
142
a: firing pin insertion groove
143: firing pin spring
150, 150a: latch part
151, 151′, 151″: latch part body
151
a: first contact portion
151
b: second contact portion
151
c: third contact portion
151
d: fourth contact portion
151
e: fifth contact portion 152: latch actuator
153: first locking member
154: second locking member
155: link 156: third locking member
157: latch part spring
158: projectile fixing member
159: fixing member spring 160: pop-up part
161: first pop-up part body
162: second pop-up part body
162
a: second locking member fixing groove
170: auxiliary pop-up part
171: auxiliary pop-up part body
171
a: third locking member fixing groove
172: auxiliary pop-up part hinge
173: rotary shaft
174: auxiliary pop-up part spring
200, 200a, 200b, 200c: projectile
210: projectile housing
210′: first projectile housing
210″: second projectile housing
211: first projectile through hole
211″: flap 212: second projectile through hole
220: projectile elastic member
230: auxiliary projectile
240: projectile firing pin
250: projectile base
300: auxiliary pressurizing part
310: auxiliary pressurizing part body
311: auxiliary pressurizing part coupling groove
320: auxiliary pressurizing part lever
330: auxiliary pressurizing part firing pin
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