U.S. patent application number 09/951973 was filed with the patent office on 2003-03-20 for toy built up with freely connectable parts.
Invention is credited to Liu, Kuo-Ching.
Application Number | 20030054725 09/951973 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 25492418 |
Filed Date | 2003-03-20 |
United States Patent
Application |
20030054725 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Liu, Kuo-Ching |
March 20, 2003 |
Toy built up with freely connectable parts
Abstract
A toy is built up with freely connectable parts to embody a
modeled figure, so that a player is trained to employ his or her
thinking and imagination in the process of building up the modeled
figure. The connectable parts include a piece of body part provided
with first slits having a predetermined depth, and two pieces of
arm parts and two pieces of leg parts, each being provided with at
least one second slit for suitably engaging with one of said first
slits and thereby connecting the arm and the leg parts to the body
part to form the modeled figure. The body part and the leg parts
are also provided with third and fourth slits, respectively, so
that two modeled figures may be stacked by engaging the third slit
on a first modeled figure with the third or the fourth slit on a
second modeled figure.
Inventors: |
Liu, Kuo-Ching; (Lujou City,
TW) |
Correspondence
Address: |
Bruce H. Troxell
DOUGHERTY & TROXELL
5205 Leesburg Pike, Suite 1404
Falls Church
VA
22041
US
|
Family ID: |
25492418 |
Appl. No.: |
09/951973 |
Filed: |
September 14, 2001 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
446/85 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A63H 33/084 20130101;
A63H 3/16 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
446/85 |
International
Class: |
A63H 033/04 |
Claims
What is claimed is:
1. A toy built up with freely connectable parts, comprising a piece
of body part, two pieces of arm parts, and two pieces of leg parts;
said body part showing a head and a trunk of a modeled figure, and
being provided at two sides of upper and lower portions with
laterally symmetrically located first slits having a predetermined
depth, and at a peripheral edge with at least one third slit having
a predetermined depth; and each of said arm parts and said leg
parts being provided at positions corresponding to said first slits
on said body part with at least one second slit; whereby a player
may separately detachably attach said arm parts and said leg parts
to said body part by engaging said second slits with said first
slits as desired to form said modeled figure; and the player may
also detachably stack two said modeled figures by engaging any two
of said third slits separately provided on said two modeled
figures.
2. The toy built up with freely connectable parts as claimed in
claim 1, wherein each said leg part of said modeled figure is
provided at a lower edge with a fourth slit having a predetermined
depth, such that two said modeled figures may be stacked by
engaging said fourth slit provided on one of said two modeled
figures with said at least one third slit provided on the other
said modeled figure.
3. The toy built up with freely connectable parts as claimed in
claim 1, further comprises a piece of weapon part, and wherein each
said arm part is provided at a suitable position with a fifth slit,
and said weapon part being provided a position corresponding to
said fifth slit on each said arm part with a sixth slit, such that
said weapon part is detachably connected to said arm part by
engaging said sixth slit with said fifth slit.
Description
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a toy built up with freely
connectable parts by a player through free imagination and careful
thinking, and more particularly to a built-up toy embodying a
specific modeled figure. The toy figure includes a piece of body
part, a peripheral edge of which is provided with a slit of a
predetermined depth. The player may employ his or her imagination
and thinking to stack two or more modeled figures by engaging the
slits separately provided on the modeled figures.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] A conventional modeling toy usually includes a plurality of
connectable parts and a manufacturer's instruction sheet. A player
follows the instruction sheet to sequentially assemble the
connectable parts into a complete model. In the process of
assembling the modeling toy, the player is trained to employ his or
her thinking. Such conventional modeling toy becomes a complete toy
having a fixed appearance once it is assembled, and could not be
disassembled for re-assembling into another appearance. Moreover,
each such built-up modeling toy normally forms an independent unit
that could not be stacked onto other modeling toys to form other
figures. That is, the conventional modeling toy provides only one
opportunity for the player to employ his or her thinking ability to
assemble and enjoy the toy.
[0003] Therefore, it is tried by the inventor to develop a built-up
toy that could be repeatedly disassembled and re-assembled by a
player, so that the player is trained to employ his or her thinking
and imagination in the process of building up the toy.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0004] A primary object of the present invention is to provide a
toy built up with connectable parts so that a player is trained to
employ his or her thinking and imagination in the process of
building up the toy.
[0005] To achieve the above and other objects, the toy of the
present invention includes a piece of body part, two pieces of arm
parts and two pieces of leg parts. The body part shows a head and a
trunk of a modeled figure, and is provided at two sides of upper
and lower portions with laterally symmetrically located first slits
having a predetermined depth, and at a peripheral edge with at
least one third slit having a predetermined depth, and each of the
arm parts and the leg parts is provided at positions corresponding
to the first slits on the body part with at least one second slit,
so that a player may separately detachably attach the arm parts and
the leg parts to the body part by engaging the second slits with
the first slits as desired to form the modeled figure; and the
player may also detachably stack two modeled figures by engaging
any two of the third slits separately provided on the two modeled
figures.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0006] The structure and the technical means adopted by the present
invention to achieve the above and other objects can be best
understood by referring to the following detailed description of
the preferred embodiments and the accompanying drawings,
wherein
[0007] FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a toy built up
with freely connectable parts according to an embodiment of the
present invention;
[0008] FIG. 2 is an assembled perspective view of FIG. 1; and
[0009] FIG. 3 shows two modeled figures formed from the built-up
toy of the present invention are stacked.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
[0010] Please refer to FIG. 1 that shows a plurality of connectable
parts for building up a toy according to the present invention, and
to FIG. 2 that shows an example of modeled figure that could be
built up from the connectable parts of FIG. 1.
[0011] As shown, the connectable parts of FIG. 1 include a piece of
body part 11 showing a head 16 and a trunk of a modeled FIG. 1, two
pieces of arm parts 13, and two pieces of leg parts 15.
[0012] The body part 11 is provided at two sides of its upper and
lower portions with laterally symmetrically located first slits 17
having a predetermined depth. The arm parts 13 and the leg parts 15
are separately provided at positions corresponding to the first
slits 17 on the body part 11 with second slits 18, so that a player
may separately attach the arm parts 13 and the leg parts 15 to the
body part 11 by engaging the second slits 18 with the first slits
17, and thereby form the modeled FIG. 1. The body part 11 is also
provided at a peripheral edge thereof with at least one third slit
19 having a predetermined depth, so that the player may differently
connect a completed modeled FIG. 1 to another completed model FIG.
1 based on different ideas through engagement of two third slits 19
separately provided on the two modeled FIGS. 1. In this manner, a
plurality of modeled FIGS. 1 could be stacked to form a new
figure.
[0013] In the present invention, each leg part 15 is provided at a
lower edge with a fourth slit 110 having a predetermined depth, so
that the player may also stack two modeled FIGS. 1 by engaging the
fourth slit 110 of one modeled FIG. 1 with the third slit 19 of
another modeled FIG. 1.
[0014] In the present invention, there is also a piece of weapon
part 2, such as a sword as shown in the drawings. Each arm part 13
is also provided at a suitable position with a fifth slit 131, and
the weapon part 2 is provided at a position corresponding to the
fifth slit 131 with a sixth slit 21, so that the player may connect
the weapon part 2 to one of the arm parts 13 by engaging the sixth
slit 21 with the fifth slit 131.
[0015] The present invention has been described with a preferred
embodiment thereof and it is understood that many changes and
modifications in the described embodiment can be carried out
without departing from the scope and the spirit of the invention
that is intended to be limited only by the appended claims.
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