US 2007/0167108 A1Published application

Assembly unit for toy and morphologically deforming toy

AssigneeKonami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.

InventorsShinichi Hanamoto, Koji Okamoto, Ryosuke Toriyama, Shinya Saito, Motokazu Shibasaki, Hachitaro Sato

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Abstract

To provide an assembly unit for a toy capable of storing unused engaging section in a part unit thereof. An arm part (13) of the toy comprises a rotating member (50) rotating about a rotating shaft (55) provided in the body (14) thereof. The rotating member (50) has an engaging section (53), which is used for connecting the rotating member to a second part unit (23), which is connected to the arm part (13), and a hand (necessary member) (51). When a separate member (23) is connected to the arm part (13), the hand 51 is stored in the body 14 and the engaging section (53) is exposed to the outside of the body (14). When the separate member (23) is not connected to the arm part (13), the engaging section (53) is stored in the body (14) and the hand (51) is exposed to the outside of the body (14).

Claims18

Dependent claims

An assembly unit for a toy comprising a first part unit having a rotating member rotating about a rotating shaft provided to a body thereof, a second part unit, and a connecting mechanism constituted of an engaging section provided at the first part unit and a engaged section provided at the second part unit having such a structure that the engaging section detachably engages therewith,

the rotating member being provided with the engaging section and a necessary member, which constitutes a necessary part of the first part unit when the first part unit is not connected to the second part unit, and
the first part unit being structured so that the rotating member is selectively rotatable about the rotating shaft between a first position, where the necessary member is received in the body and the engaging section is exposed to the outside of the body when the first part unit and the second part unit are connected to each other, and a second position, where the engaging section is received in the body and the necessary member is exposed to the outside of the body when the first part unit is not connected to the second part unit.

A transformable toy, comprising a plurality of part units each constructed being connected to each other via a connecting mechanism including an engaging section and an engaged section having a structure to be engaged with the engaging section, which transforms its figure by changing the connecting combination of the plurality of part units, by replacing a part of the plurality of part units with previously prepared other part unit using the connecting mechanism or by adding the previously prepared other part unit to the plurality of part units using the connecting mechanism,

one of the plurality of part units connected via the connecting mechanism including a rotating member having a necessary member constituting a portion necessary for the one of the part units when the one of the part units is not connected to other part unit, a rotating member rotating about a rotating shaft provided to a body of the one of the part unit,
the rotating member being provided with the engaging section, and
the one of the part units being structured so that the rotating member is selectively rotatable about the rotating shaft between a first position, where the necessary member is received in the body and the engaging section is exposed to the outside of the body when the one of the part units and the other part unit are connected to each other, and a second position, where the engaging section is received in the body and the necessary member is exposed to the outside of the body when the one of the part units is not connected to the other part unit.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.