JP7660652B2 - Structure - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a doll body structure.

Patent document 1 describes a joint structure provided at each part of a doll body. The user can put such a doll body into a desired position.

JP 2010-17264 A

Some doll bodies are required to be constructed in a way that allows for more natural transformations.

The present invention aims, for example, to provide a technique that is advantageous for constructing a doll body that can achieve more natural transformations.

One aspect of the present invention relates to a structure comprising a torso, neck and shoulders of a doll body, the torso including a rotating member that holds the neck and shoulders and is rotatable left and right relative to the torso main body.
One aspect of the present invention further relates to a structure comprising a torso, neck and shoulders of a doll body, the torso including a rotating member which holds the neck and shoulders rotatably relative to the torso, and by rotating the neck relative to the torso , the neck interferes with the rotating member and the rotating member rotates relative to the torso, thereby rotating the shoulders relative to the torso, and the shoulders are rotatable relative to the rotating member at least in a first rotation direction from the top to the bottom of the torso, with the side of the torso holding the neck being the front of the doll body, and are rotatable in a second rotation direction different from the first rotation direction from the shoulder side to the torso side of the doll body .

The present invention makes it possible to create a doll body that can transform in a more natural way.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a doll body according to an embodiment. An exploded view of some of the structures in the doll's body. 11A and 11B are schematic diagrams for explaining an example of the operation of a rotating part. 11A and 11B are schematic diagrams for explaining an example of the operation of a rotating part. 11A and 11B are schematic diagrams for explaining an example of the operation of a rotating part.

The embodiments are described in detail below with reference to the attached drawings. Note that the following embodiments do not limit the invention according to the claims, and not all combinations of features described in the embodiments are necessarily essential to the invention. Two or more of the features described in the embodiments may be combined in any desired manner. In addition, the same reference numbers are used for the same or similar configurations, and duplicate descriptions are omitted.

Figure 1 shows a perspective view of a part of a doll body 1 according to an embodiment. The doll body 1 comprises a torso part 2, a neck part 3, and a pair of left and right shoulder parts 4. Details will be described later, but the neck part 3 and shoulder parts 4 are connected to the torso part 2 so that they can rotate (or swing). In this embodiment, the doll body 1 is a model toy that imitates a quadrupedal animal (e.g. a dog), but it may also be one that imitates a bipedal animal (e.g. a human), for example.

In addition, in this specification, when explaining the positional relationship of each part, terms such as front (forward), back (rear), left (left side), right (right side), up (upper), down (lower), inside (inner), and outside (outer) may be used, but these terms are relative to the doll body 1. For example, the front corresponds to the front side of the doll body 1, and the back corresponds to the back side of the doll body 1.

In this specification, each component of the doll body 1 is referred to as a "part", but the concept of a part refers to not only the smallest unit that the user can disassemble, but also to a combination of two or more of them. Therefore, the term "part" in the following description may be replaced with "component, piece", "member", "structure", "assembly", etc., or may be omitted. For example, the torso part 2 may be referred to as a torso part, torso member, torso structure, torso assembly, etc., or simply as a torso. The same applies to the neck part 3 and shoulder part 4 mentioned above, and the other parts described below.

Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view of the torso part 2, neck part 3, and shoulder part 4. Note that, for ease of viewing, only the left shoulder part 4 of the pair of left and right shoulder parts 4 is shown, but the right shoulder part 4 has the same structure as the left shoulder part 4.

The torso part 2 includes parts 201 to 214, which can be configured by connecting these parts 201 to 214 directly/indirectly to each other, and by connecting any two of these parts adjacent to each other fixedly or rotatably. The neck part 3 includes parts 301 and 302, and the shoulder part 4 includes parts 401 and 402. For ease of understanding, the connections between these parts are shown by dashed lines in the drawings.

The concept of connection between parts can include a variety of connection modes, such as attaching, connecting, or fixing one part to another part. To facilitate understanding, expressions that conform to the embodiments are used in this specification, but the present invention is not strictly limited to those expressions (the expressions can be replaced with similar expressions). The same applies to other expressions.

The part 201, which will be described in detail later, is rotatably mounted relative to the main body of the torso part 2 (it may be referred to as a rotating part). In addition, the rotating part 201 includes an upper shaft 201A, a lower shaft 201B, a pair of left and right side shafts 201C, and a pair of left and right extensions 201D, which will be described in detail later.

Part 202 forms the area extending from the chest to the abdomen (may be referred to as the chest and abdominal part). Additionally, an exterior part (not shown) that forms a chest and abdominal exterior may be attached from below to chest and abdominal part 202.

Part 203 forms the lower part of the internal structure of the torso (may be referred to as the internal structure lower part part). The chest and abdominal part 202 is attached to the internal structure lower part part 203 from below.

Part 204 forms the upper part of the internal structure of the torso (may be referred to as the internal structure upper part part). The internal structure upper part part 204 is attached to the internal structure lower part part 203 from above.

Part 205 forms the back and is attached from above to the internal structure upper part 204 (may also be referred to as the back part). Part 206 forms the back exterior and is attached from above to the back part 205 (may also be referred to as the exterior part).

In this embodiment, parts 202 to 206 (and, incidentally, parts 207 to 209 described below) form the main body of the torso part 2. Here, the rotating part 201 is rotatably held from below relative to the back part 205 by the upper shaft part 201A, and is rotatably held from above relative to the chest and abdomen part 202 by the lower shaft part 201B. In other words, the chest and abdomen part 202 and the back part 205 sandwich the rotating part 201 so that it can be rotated left and right. With this structure, the rotating part 201 is rotatably held relative to the main body of the torso part 2 formed by parts 202 to 206.

Part 207 forms the left side of the waist (may be referred to as the left side of the waist part). Part 208 forms the right side of the waist (may be referred to as the right side of the waist part). Parts 207 and 208 form the waist by being connected to each other (these may be collectively referred to as the waist part). Part 209 connects the waist part formed by parts 207 and 208 to the main body of torso part 2 formed by parts 202 to 206 so that it can rotate left and right (may be referred to as the connecting part part).

Parts 210-211 rotatably connect the neck part 3 (all of which may be referred to as connection parts). The connection part 210 is connected to the rotating part 201 so that it can rotate up and down. The connection part 211 is connected to the connection part 210 so that it can rotate left and right.

Here, part 301 forms the left side of the neck (which may be referred to as the left side of the neck part). Part 302 forms the right side of the neck (which may be referred to as the right side of the neck part). Parts 301 and 302 are connected to each other directly and via connecting part 211, thereby forming the neck (which may be collectively referred to as the neck part). Thus, the neck part formed by parts 301 and 302 is held by parts 210-211 so as to be rotatable in both the left-right direction and the up-down direction relative to torso part 2.

Parts 212 to 214 rotatably connect shoulder part 4 (all of which may be referred to as connecting part parts). Connecting part 212 is attached to the side shaft part 201C of the rotating part 201, and is connected to the rotating part 201 so as to be rotatable in the horizontal direction. Connecting part 213 is connected to connecting part 212 so as to be rotatable in the vertical direction. Connecting part 214 is connected to connecting part 213 so as to be rotatable in the vertical direction.

Here, part 401 forms the front part of the shoulder (may be referred to as the front shoulder part). Part 402 forms the rear part of the shoulder (may be referred to as the rear shoulder part). Parts 401 and 402 are connected to each other via connecting part 214, thereby forming the shoulder (these may be collectively referred to as the shoulder part). Thus, the shoulder part formed by parts 401 and 402 is held by parts 212 to 214 so as to be rotatable in both the left-right direction and the up-down direction relative to torso part 2.

A head part (not shown) can be rotatably connected to the front part of the neck part 3. Furthermore, a front leg part (or an arm part) (not shown) can be rotatably connected to the outside of the shoulder part 4. Furthermore, a rear leg part (or a leg part) can be rotatably connected to both sides of the rear part of the waist part formed by parts 207 and 208.

In this embodiment, the individual parts that make up the doll body 1 are made of resin such as polystyrene, but some or all of them may be made of other materials with the desired strength, such as wood or metal.

Now, looking again at the rotating part 201, the pair of left and right extension parts 201D are provided to extend forward from both sides of the neck part 3. With this structure, when the neck part 3 is rotated left and right relative to the rotating part 201, the neck part 3 interferes with the extension parts 201D, and as a result, the rotating part 201 rotates relative to the main body of the torso part 2.

Figures 3A to 3C are schematic diagrams for explaining some examples of the movement modes of the rotating part 201. Figure 3A shows the neck part 3 in a forward orientation. Figure 3B shows the neck part 3 in a left-facing orientation. Figure 3C shows the neck part 3 in a right-facing orientation.

When the neck part 3 is changed from a forward posture (see FIG. 3A) to a leftward posture (see FIG. 3B), the neck part 3 moves leftward as shown by the dashed-dotted arrow, interfering with the left extension part 201D. Accordingly, the rotating part part 201 rotates leftward relative to the main body of the torso part 2. As a result, the left shoulder part 4 moves backward and the right shoulder part 4 moves forward as shown by the dashed-dotted arrow.

Next, when the neck part 3 is changed from a left-facing position (see FIG. 3B) to a right-facing position (see FIG. 3C), the neck part 3 moves leftward as shown by the dashed-dotted arrow, interfering with the right-side extension part 201D. As a result, the rotating part part 201 rotates rightward relative to the main body of the torso part 2. As a result, the left shoulder part 4 moves forward and the right shoulder part 4 moves backward as shown by the dashed-dotted arrow.

In other words, according to the above structure, when the neck part 3 (or a head part, not shown, connected to the neck part 3) is rotated left and right relative to the torso part 2, the pair of left and right shoulder parts 4 move alternately in the front and back directions due to the rotating part part 201. Therefore, according to this embodiment, it is possible to appropriately realize natural deformations in the doll body 1, and in this embodiment, it is possible to appropriately express an animal-like walking movement. Note that the above rotation may alternatively be expressed as swinging, movement, etc.

The invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications and variations are possible within the scope of the invention.

1: Doll body, 2: Torso parts, 201: Rotating parts, 3: Neck parts, 4: Shoulder parts.

Claims (6)

A structure including a torso, a neck, and a shoulder of a doll body,
the body portion includes a rotating member that holds the neck portion and the shoulder portion rotatably relative to the body portion,
By rotating the neck portion relative to the body portion, the neck portion interferes with the rotating member, and the rotating member rotates relative to the body portion, so that the shoulder portion rotates relative to the body portion ,
a structure in which the shoulder portion is rotatable with respect to the rotating member at least in a first rotation direction from the upper side to the lower side of the torso portion, with the side of the torso portion holding the neck portion being the front of the doll body, and is rotatable in a second rotation direction different from the first rotation direction from the shoulder portion side of the doll body to the torso portion side . The structure of claim 1, in which the neck is rotated relative to the rotating member, causing the rotating member to rotate relative to the body in the direction of rotation of the neck relative to the rotating member, and the shoulder rotates relative to the body in conjunction with the rotation. The structure according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the neck portion is connected to the pivot member so as to be pivotable at least in a direction toward the shoulder portion.
4. The structure of claim 1, wherein the shoulder comprises a first shoulder provided on one side of the body and a second shoulder provided on an opposite side of the body. When the neck portion rotates toward the first shoulder portion, the second shoulder portion rotates toward the neck portion and the first shoulder portion rotates toward the body portion,
5. The structure of claim 4 , wherein when the neck portion rotates toward the second shoulder portion, the first shoulder portion rotates toward the neck portion and the second shoulder portion rotates toward the body portion. The structure according to claim 1 , wherein the doll body is a model toy that imitates a quadrupedal animal.

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