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2002-03-27

2003-05-27

Banks, Derris H. (Department: 3712)

Amusement devices: toys

Figure toy or accessory therefor

C446S098000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06568986

ABSTRACT:

This application claims the benefit of Japanese Patent Application No. 2001-119894, filed Apr. 18, 2001, in the Japanese Intellectual Property Office, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a toy figure, and in particular to a small-sized toy figure.
2. Description of Related Art
Generally, capsules each of which contains component parts of a small-sized toy figure, for example, an upper half body, a lower half body, and a skirt of the toy figure, therein, are sold.
For example, as shown in
FIG. 4
, the small-sized toy figure contained in the capsule comprises an upper half body
50
, a lower half body
60
and a skirt
70
, which are molded parts made of synthetic resin. The small-sized toy figure is constituted, as follows. The upper half body
50
, the lower half body
60
and the skirt
70
can be separated from each other. A projection
51
is provided at a lower end surface of the upper half body
50
. A concavity
61
in which the projection
51
is fitted is formed at an upper end surface of the lower half body
60
. When the projection
51
is fitted into the concavity
61
, the upper half body
50
is connected to the lower half body
60
. The skirt
70
is stayed at a hips portion of the lower half body
60
. The skirt
70
comprises a front skirt piece
71
and a back skirt piece
72
, which can be separated from each other.
Further, as shown in
FIG. 5
, the small-sized toy figure may comprise a skirt
80
an upper portion of which are held between the upper half body
50
and the lower half body
60
.
As described above, in case the skirt
70
is stayed at the hips portion, and in case the upper portion of the skirt
80
is held between the upper half body
50
and the lower half body
60
, it is easy that the front skirt piece
71
and the back skirt piece
72
of the skirt
70
get out of fit rightward and leftward or are separated from each other forward and backward, and also a front skirt piece
81
and a back skirt piece
82
of the skirt
80
get out of fit rightward and leftward or are separated from each other forward and backward. In order to prevent the above-described cases, when projections
73
are provided at the back skirt piece
72
which is one piece of two skirt pieces, and concavities
74
in which the projections
73
can be fitted are formed at the front skirt piece
71
which is the other of two skirt pieces, the projections
73
are fitted into the concavities
74
. As well, when projections
83
are provided at the back skirt piece
82
, and concavities
84
are formed at the front skirt piece
81
, the projections
83
are fitted into the concavities
84
. In cases, the projections
73
and the concavities
74
, and the projections
83
and the concavities
84
are generally provided at edge portions of the skirt pieces
72
and
71
, and edge portions of the skirt pieces
82
and
81
, respectively.
However, when parts of the toy figure are molded, it is necessary to take a shrinkage cavity of molded parts made of synthetic resin into consideration.
That is, in case the skirt pieces
71
and
72
are molded, the skirt pieces
71
and
72
are shrunk by the shrinkage cavity. As a result, the case occurs that the projections
73
provided at the back skirt piece
72
are not fitted into the concavities
74
formed at the front skirt piece
71
well. In the case, because it is impossible to effectively prevent the skirt pieces
71
and
72
from getting out of fit rightward and leftward or being separated from each other forward and backward, the attraction of the small-sized toy figure is lost.
Further, in order to prevent a right and left gap and a front and rear space from occurring between the skirt pieces
71
and
72
, it is necessary to fit the projections
73
into the concavities
74
exactly. However, the case occurs that measurement errors of the projections
73
and concavities
74
are caused by the shrinkage cavity and the projections
73
are not fitted into the concavities
74
well.
The above-described problems occurs not only in case the small-sized toy figure comprises the skirt but also in case the small-sized toy figure comprises a pair of trousers having trousers pieces which can be separated from each other forward and backward.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention was developed in view of the above-described problems.
An object of the present invention is to provide a toy figure comprising a structure suitable to put on and take off a skirt or trousers.
In accordance with a first aspect of the present invention, a toy figure comprises:
an upper half body (for example, an upper half body
20
shown in
FIG. 1
) comprising a body concavity (for example, a concavity
21
show in
FIG. 1
) which is formed at a predetermined position on a lower end surface thereof so as to have a small diametrical concave portion (for example, a small diametrical concave portion
21
a
shown in
FIG. 2
) and a large diametrical concave portion (for example, a large diametrical concave portion
21
b
shown in
FIG. 2
) below the small diametrical concave portion;
a lower half body (for example, a lower half body
10
shown in
FIG. 1
) comprising a body projection (for example, a projection
11
shown in
FIG. 1
) which is provided at a predetermined position on an upper end surface thereof so as to be fitted in the small diametrical concave portion of the body concavity; and
a bottom (for example, a skirt
30
shown in
FIG. 1
) comprising a front bottom piece and a back bottom piece which are capable of being separated from each other forward and backward and which have external half ring-like cylindrical projections (for example, half cylindrical projections
31
a
and
32
a
shown in
FIG. 1
) for covering a lower portion of the body projection from a front and a back so as to be fitted in the large diametrical concave portion of the body concavity.
Herein, the toy figure means a toy formed so as to imitate a human, an animal, an animated character or the like. Further, because the body concavity has the small diametrical concave portion and the large diametrical concave portion below the small diametrical concave portion, the body concavity is formed in a shape like an inverse “T”. Furthermore, the external half ring-like cylindrical projections of the front bottom piece and the back bottom piece are projected to the exterior of the bottom, and make a circle when the front bottom piece and the back bottom piece are connected to each other.
According to the toy figure of the first aspect of the present invention, the external half ring-like cylindrical projections provided at the bottom are fitted in the large diametrical concave portion of the body concavity, and the body projection provided at the lower half body is fitted in the small diametrical concave portion of the body concavity. As a result, because the front bottom piece and the back bottom piece which are capable of being separated from each other forward and backward are not only held between the upper half body and the lower half boy but also fixed by the fit of the external half ring-like cylindrical projections in the large diametrical concave portion, it is possible to more effectively prevent the front bottom piece and the back bottom piece from getting out of fit and being separated from each other.
Further, because the body concavity of the upper half body is formed in a shape like an inverse “T”, a pin made of metal, for making the shape like an inverse “T” at the predetermined position of the upper half body has a shape like an inverse “T”. Therefore, a bottom portion of the pin is strong. As a result, it is possible to reduce a danger of the pin's bending, warping or breaking, and to reduce a necessary cost for a maintenance of the pin.
Preferably, in the toy figure of the first aspect of the present invention, a bottom concavity is formed at one of the front bottom piece and the back bottom piece, and a bottom projection is provided at th

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