ES1064968U - Toy (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Toy, especially for children, characterized by being constituted by a one-piece body, an elastic material, preferably an elastomer, a body in the shape of a spherical cap, hollow and open by its imaginary secant plane, which forms a kind of bowl likewise spherical susceptible of reversing the orientation of its concavity by means of manual and elastic deformation thereof. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

Toy.

Object of the invention

The present invention relates to a toy, especially intended for children and consequently Usable as a playful object.

The object of the invention is to achieve a structurally very simple toy, which is attractive to the user for the surprising effects it generates on him.

Description of the invention

More specifically the toy that preconiza is constituted by a single piece body, of elastic nature, preferably elastomeric nature, such as rubber or similar, which adopts the configuration of a spherical, hollow cap, open for its imagined flat face, constituting a kind of elastically deformable bowl that is able to change the orientation of its curvature, from its natural and totally stable position towards an inverse position of relatively unstable equilibrium, the latter situation which, to from it, adopted at the will of the player or user, the invests moving to its stable position when it suffers a small impact, such as its fall on the ground, with the special particularity that in this return to its normal and stable position a sharp jump occurs, by elastic recovery of the material, which causes an unpredictable orientation rebound, with the consequent surprise for the user or player.

To enhance this effect the said body, which it has a considerable and constant thickness in most of its extension, incorporates a thickening at the level of its edge free, asymmetric, which makes your outer face result in this marginally frustoconical zone, while its face internal is finished off in a slight perimeter flange also internal.

Description of the drawings

To complement the description that is being performing and in order to help a better understanding of the characteristics of the invention, according to a preferred example of practical realization of it, is accompanied as part member of that description, a set of drawings where with illustrative and non-limiting nature, what has been represented next:

Figure 1.- Shows, according to an elevation view side, a toy made according to the object of the present invention

Figure 2.- Shows a plan view bottom of the same toy.

Figure 3.- Shows an elevation view lateral and in diametral section of the same toy.

Figure 4.- Shows, finally, a section similar to that in figure 3, in which the toy appears deformed and with its concavity opposed to that of normal positioning of The previous figures.

Preferred Embodiment of the Invention

In view of the figures outlined you can be observed as the toy that is recommended is constituted by a single piece body (1), which as previously said adopts the configuration of a spherical, hollow and open in correspondence with the imaginary secant plane of the cap, based on an elastomeric material, configuring a kind of bowl (2), also in the form of a spherical cap, with a considerable and constant wall thickness, which widens slightly in correspondence with its free edge (4), the included in the plane of its mouth, where the body (1) incorporates a slight external expansion determining a short section (5) practically frustoconical, and a small outer nerve (6).

The body thus constituted and shaped is keeps stable in the normal position shown in figures 1 to 3, but by its very nature it is elastically deformable, being able to move on to the situation shown in figure 4, in which its concavity (7) is placed in an inverted position, it is much less deep and approximates an unstable equilibrium point of so that from this situation shown in figure 4, when the toy is dropped on the floor or on any another surface, as a result of the impact, however small it may be, exceeds the aforementioned unstable equilibrium point or situation and abruptly recovers, due to its elasticity, the normal position of Figure 1. In this positional recovery of the toy occurs a strong tilt of its marginal or perimeter zone, which hits the support surface causing a rebound of considerable magnitude and unpredictable trajectory, which is what It gives the toy its appeal to the user or player.

Similarly and if the user maintains the toy in one of his hands in the aforementioned position of figure 4, a slight pressure on the convex zone (8) of the same causes it to pass also and abruptly to the position of figure 1, taking place in this sudden investment a detachment of the hand and a propulsion also of unexpected trajectory and uncontrolled

As previously stated, its great structural simplicity, consisting of a mere piece of rubber or similar obtained by molding or injection, makes the toy be extraordinarily cheap, consequently easy acquisition, and with a virtually unlimited shelf life.

Claims (2)

1. Toy, especially for children, characterized by being constituted by a single-piece body, made of an elastic material, preferably an elastomer, a spherical cap-shaped body, hollow and open by its imaginary drying plane, which forms a kind of bowl Likewise, it is possible to reverse the orientation of its concavity by manual and elastic deformation thereof. 2. Toy, according to claim 1, characterized in that said body has a considerable and constant thickness in most of its surface, widening substantially at the level of its mouth, where it has a small outer sector of practically trunk-conical configuration, and a small inner nerve that slightly throttles its mouth.