CA2154075A1 - Arms for a toy figure - Google Patents

Arms for a toy figure

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CA2154075A1
CA2154075A1 CA002154075A CA2154075A CA2154075A1 CA 2154075 A1 CA2154075 A1 CA 2154075A1 CA 002154075 A CA002154075 A CA 002154075A CA 2154075 A CA2154075 A CA 2154075A CA 2154075 A1 CA2154075 A1 CA 2154075A1
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arms
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toy
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arm
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Frank Ruzskai
Bent Landling
SYNNõVE VATAKAR
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Interlego AG
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63HTOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H3/00Dolls
    • A63H3/36Details; Accessories
    • A63H3/48Mounting of parts within dolls, e.g. automatic eyes or parts for animation

Abstract

A toy figure having rotatable arms which protrude from the body of the figure. The arms are rotationally coupled to each other so t that they have a limited mutual rotatability. This provides lifelike functions, while event a quite small figure will observe relevant safety regulations.

Description

WO 94/16788 ~ 1 5 4 0 7 5 PCT/DK94100043 ARMS FOR A TOY FIGURE

The invention concerns a toy figure having a body and two opposed shoulders on the body and having two arms which are rotatably mounted with a common axis of rotation in their respective shoulders, wherein each arm protrudes from the body in the direction of the axis of rotation and defines respective outer points and moreover protrudes asymmetrically transversely to the axis of rotation, and wherein the figure has a heigth transversely to the axis of rotation which is greater than the distance between the outer points of the arms measured in the direction of the axis of rotation.

Such toy figures are known and are used in particular by minor children. It is desired by manufacturers as well as users that the same toy series includes figures in various sizes which simulate adults and children, respectively, and these are frequently manufactured also in small dimen-sions so that even quite small children can handle thefigures.

For reasons of safety some national regulations fix a lower limit of the dimensions of all toys which are con-templated for use by small children, e.g. below 3 years.Such safety regulations e.g. lay down that such toys -including the present toy figures - must not be capable of being passed through a circular, cylindrical hole having a specified diameter and length. The purpose of this is to ensure that the children cannot swallow the toy and there-by be injured.

Of course, such safety regulations can be observed by generally giving the figure suitably large dimensions.
However, this solution is undesirable, because it must be RECTIFIED SHEET(RULE 91) WO94/16788 ~ PCT~K94/00043 possible to manufacture small figures which simulate children and which dimensionally match larger figures which simulate adults, while maintaining a suitable dif-ference in size so that the users clearly regard the fi-gures as children and adults, respectively.

A critical ~;~?n~ion of said safety test of toy figures is the transverse dimension, since this dimension is fre-quently smaller than the heigth of the figures. It is pos-sible to allow the arms to protrude sufficiently from thebody for the figure to observe the safety regulations.
However, it is also desired that the hands on the arms of the figures should be arranged at a specific mutual dis-tance, so that large as well as small figures can fit into an already determined and established toy program, in which e.g. the gripping distance of the hands is the same for large and small figures in the same series.

On toy figures of the type mentioned here the arms can perform a rotary movement in the shoulder joints, and for a lifelike function and thereby great play value for the children to be achieved, it is desirable that the arms can rotate independently of each other. As will appear from fig. 1, small figures, which generally have expedient pro-portions, but whose arms can rotate freely with respect toeach other, can pass through the hole in the shown test tool when the arms are e.g. arranged in the shown position in which one arm points upwardly and the other arm points downwardly. This problem can be solved by mounting the arms fixedly and in co-parallel on a common, rigid shaft, so that both arms always point the same way. This is shown in fig. 2. Such a toy figure having rigidly connected arms does not have a sufficiently lifelike function - and thus not a sufficiently high play value for the users either.

WO94/16788 21~ ~ 0 7 S PCT~K94/00043 In other words, it is desirable to have small toy figures of the present type in which the arms have a certain mu-tual movability, and which also observe all national and international safety regulations. The object of the inven-tion is to provide such a toy figure.

This object is achieved by a toy figure of the present type in which the arms are rotationaly coupled to each other so that they have a predetermined and limited mutual rotatability.

In such a toy figure the arms have a lifelike movability in the shoulder joints, which gives the desired, high play value for the children. The limited mutual rotatability ensures that the arms cannot be arranged as shown in fig.
l, and the figure therefore observes the relevant safety regulations.

The predetermined and restricted mutual rotatability can advantageously be obtained in that each of the arms has engagement parts which, in the direction of the axis of rotation, protrude inwardly over corresponding engagement parts on the respective other arm and are adapted to rota-tionally engage these, so that the rotational engagement has a predetermined angular clearance.

A preferred embodiment of the invention will be described more fully below with reference to the drawing, in which figs. l and 2 show the above-mentioned inexpedient struc-tures, fig. 3 is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of a pair of arms for a toy figure according to the inven-tion, WO94/16788 PCT~K94/00043 21S~075 figs. 4 and 5 are vertical sections in the central plane of the arms in fig. 3, i.e. along the line A-A, and figs. 6 and 7 show vertical sections similar to figs. 4 and 5, but in an alternative embodiment.

Fig. 3 shows a pair of identical arms 31, 32 for use in toy figures of the type which is shown in figs. 1 and 2, but in which the structure on the arms is different. The arms 31, 32 are identical and are arranged oppositely to each other, so that a hand 33, 34 on respective arms pro-trudes axially as well as asymmetrically in a radial di-rection, which means downwards in the case shown. Each of the arms has an annular yloove 35, and the arms are placed in a holder having fork bearings at its opposed ends, said bearings being defined by grippers 37 which extend into the grooves 35 of the arm. The arms can thus rotate in the bearings, and the grippers 37 prevent axial movement of the arms with respect to the holder 36. In the holder 36, each of the arms has a cylindrical part 38 which is out-wardly defined by the ~Loove 35, and which has inward ex-tensions in the form of cylinder sectors 39 which each protrude inwardly over the central plane and thus inwardly over each other.
Figs. 4 and 5 both show a section through the vertical sectional plane in fig. 3. It is shown in fig. 4 how the cylinder sectors 39, 39 are located with respect to each other when the arms 31, 32 in fig. 3 assume co-parallel positions, e.g. with the hands 33, 34 pointing upwards. As mentioned, each of the arms can rotate in the bearings, and in fig. 5 the cylinder sector of the one arm has been rotated with respect to that of the other, so that two of the radially and axially extending faces of the cylinder sectors contact each other. Further rotation of the arm in question causes the other arm to follow the rotation owing RECTIFIED SHEET (RULE 91) _ W094/16788 215 4 0 7 5 PCT~K94100043 to the transfer of torque by the contact between the ra-dially and axially extending, respective faces. It will be seen that the two arms hereby have a limited mutual rotat-ability, which is determined by the size of the angle v defined between two of the axially and radially extending faces of the respective cylinder sectors 39 which are not in contact with each other.

Each of the arms can thus rotate freely through the angle v with respect to the other; but the arms can never be placed e.g. in the unfortunate, mutual position which is shown in fig. 1. It is clear that depending on the other dimensions of the toy figure some deviation from the posi-tion of the arms shown in fig. 2 is permitted, but the toy figure will still observe the requirements made by said test type.

Figs. 6 and 7, similar to figs. 4 and 5, show vertical sections through the central plane of an alternative embodiment. Here, each of the arms has two cylinder sec-tors 40a, 40b and 41a, 41b, respectively, so that the pair of cylinder sectors of each arm is positioned diametri-cally opposite each other with respect to the axis of ro-tation. Fig. 7 shows how the pair of cylinder sectors 41a, 41b is rotated with respect to the position in fig. 6, so that these sectors contact the pair of cylinder sectors 40a, 40b on two axially and radially extending planes po-sitioned diametrically opposite each other. With respect to the embodiment of figs. 3-5, a balanced transfer of force in the form of a pure torque about the common axis of rotation of the arms is obtained here.

Claims (3)

C l a i m s:
1. A toy figure having a body and two opposed shoulders on the body and having two arms (31, 32) which are rotat-ably mounted with a common axis of rotation in respective shoulders, wherein each arm (31, 32) protrudes from the body in the direction of the axis of rotation and defines respective outer points and moreover protrudes asymmetri-cally transversely to the axis of rotation, and wherein the figure has a heigth transversely to the axis of rota-tion which is greater than the distance between the outer points of the arms measured in the direction of the axis of rotation, c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that the arms (31, 32) are rotationally coupled to each other so that they have a perdetermined limited mutual rotatability.
2. A toy figure according to claim 1, c h a r a c t e r -i z e d in that each of the arms (31, 32) has engagement parts (39, 40a, 40b, 41, 41b) which, in the direction of the axis of rotation, extend inwardly over and are adapted to rotationally engage corresponding engagement parts on the respective other arm, so that the rotational engage-ment has a predetermined angular clearance (v).
3. A toy figure according to claim 2, c h a r a c t e r -i z e d in that the engagement parts (39, 40a, 40b, 41a, 41b) are cylinder sectors with the axis of rotation as the cylinder axis.
CA002154075A 1993-01-27 1994-01-26 Arms for a toy figure Abandoned CA2154075A1 (en)

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DK009593A DK170915B1 (en) 1993-01-27 1993-01-27 toy Figures
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JP (1) JP3280381B2 (en)
KR (1) KR100303957B1 (en)
CN (1) CN1047737C (en)
AT (1) ATE151305T1 (en)
AU (1) AU666069B2 (en)
BG (1) BG61936B1 (en)
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CA (1) CA2154075A1 (en)
CZ (1) CZ194495A3 (en)
DE (1) DE69402535T2 (en)
DK (2) DK170915B1 (en)
ES (1) ES2100692T3 (en)
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GR (1) GR3024036T3 (en)
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HU (1) HU218363B (en)
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RO (1) RO114948B1 (en)
RU (1) RU2115454C1 (en)
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