JP2005080795A - Floating and sinking toy - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a floating and sinking toy which houses a bath ball used for giving fragrance to bathwater, prompting metabolism, keeping moisture, keeping warm, removing stress, etc., has action property of today by repeatedly floating and sinking due to buoyancy by air generated when the bath ball foams in bathwater and the weight of a weight and provides amusement of variation in a shape and movement when floating and sinking. <P>SOLUTION: In the toy 1, a hollow body 3 for housing the bath ball 2 can be divided into an upper part and a lower part. The upper part has a top surface 4 formed in the shape of a spherical surface, and an air vent hole 5 formed on its side face. The lower part has a plurality of leg-like objects 7 respectively engaging loosely to a plurality of holes 6 arranged on its side face. The weight 11 is fixed to the center of the bottom surface of the lower part. The toy provides the action property of repeatedly floating and sinking due to air generated when the bath ball foams in contact with the bathwater and the weights of hot water with which the hollow body 3 is filled and the weight, and the amusement of the shape and movement where the leg-like objects are closed when surfacing and opened when sinking. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention embraces the air generated when a bathing ball touches hot water and foams, floats up, reaches the hot water surface, sinks when the hot water is replaced, and continues the air generated by the foaming of the bathing ball. The present invention relates to a floating toy that can repeat the operation of holding and rising again.

  There are various toys that you can play in the bath water to make your child fond of bathing. For example, a water gun toy that sucks bath water into a pump cylinder and pushes it out from a small hole provided at the end of the cylinder, a water wheel toy that spins when the bath water is pumped and hung, and floats on the surface of the bath There are floating toys.

  However, water gun toys, water wheel toys, floating toys, etc. are not only simple to play, but also because the toys themselves do not have the modern action that can be felt in video games etc. there were.

  The present invention is intended to solve the above-mentioned problems. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a bathing ball used for imparting a scent to bath water, improving metabolism, moisturizing, keeping warm, relieving stress and the like. A floating toy that has the current high action characteristics of repeatedly rising and sinking due to the buoyancy caused by the air generated when foaming in hot water and the weight of the weight, and the fun of changing the shape and movement at the time of rising and sinking It is to provide.

In order to achieve the above object, the floating toy according to the present invention is provided with a hollow body that can accommodate a bathing ball so that it can be divided into an upper part and a lower part, and the upper part is formed with a spherical top surface. An air vent hole is provided at one location, and the lower part has a plurality of legs that have their bases loosely engaged with a plurality of holes arranged on the side surface, and a weight is fixed at the center of the bottom surface. Is.

  Since the floating toy according to the present invention has the above-mentioned characteristics, the air generated when a bathing ball made of sodium bicarbonate (sodium bicarbonate), sodium sulfate (sodium nitrate), etc. foams by touching hot water is formed at the top. Hold and rise, reach the surface of the water, fall down, the air is removed, the hot water is replaced, sinks in combination with the weight of the weight, and the air from the continued foaming of the bathing ball is held again and ascends It is possible to obtain high action performance by repeating the action of falling down to the top, and the shape and movement of multiple feet are swelled when ascending and multiple feet are greatly opened when sinking Is obtained. As a result, there are various excellent effects such as making a child fond of bathing.

  Next, the best mode of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of the toy of the present application, FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the toy of the present application, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the operation of the toy of the present application, and (a) is a floating state, (b) is a hot water surface The state where air has escaped and hot water has entered, (c) is the state of sinking.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the toy 1 of the present application includes a hollow body 3 in which a bath ball 2 can be accommodated. As shown in FIG. 2, the hollow body 3 can be divided into an upper part 3 a and a lower part 3 b so that the bath ball 2 can be accommodated. The upper part 3a and the lower part 3b are plastic molded products, and are made in the image of an octopus. The dividing portion is configured so that the male and female can be coupled within the thickness range, and the outer surface of the hollow body 3 is not subjected to water (hot water) resistance as much as possible.

  The upper portion 3a of the hollow body 3 is formed so that the top surface 4 has a spherical shape, and air generated when the bathing balls foam is easily held (reserved). This is to further increase the levitation force. Further, the upper portion 3a is provided with an air vent hole 5 on a side surface (a portion outside the air holding area). Although the air vent hole 5 is one in the illustrated example, it is needless to say that two or more air vent holes 5 may be provided as long as the air holding function (floating function) of the top surface 4 is not hindered.

  The lower portion 3b of the hollow body 3 has a plurality of legs 7 whose base portions are loosely engaged with a plurality of holes 6 arranged on the side surface. Each of the holes 6 has a recessed portion 8 provided at the open end of the lower portion 3b, and a pin 9 provided orthogonally to the base side surface of each foot 7 in the recessed portion 8 and As shown in FIG. 2, it is configured with a ring body 10 that can be inserted. The foot-like body 7 shown here is an image of an octopus (蛸) foot, but in the example shown in the figure, for simplicity, it is composed of five (eight real heels).

  A weight 11 having a predetermined weight is housed and fixed in the housing chamber 12 at the center of the bottom surface of the lower portion 3b. As shown in FIG. 3A, the storage chamber 12 closes the weight 11 by closing the lid 13 (may be bonded by a bond or the like). The weight 11 used here does not hinder buoyancy when the top surface 4 of the upper portion 3a of the hollow body 3 is filled with air, and the air held by the top surface 4 escapes, Of course, when it is replaced, it has the weight necessary to sink the hollow body 3. The material of the weight 11 is not particularly limited, but iron is used in the embodiment.

  A plurality of holes 14 are provided around the accommodation chamber 12 of the weight 11 of the lower portion 3b. This is for facilitating water immersion into the hollow body 3 at all times as long as the toy 1 is in water (hot water). However, it is needless to say that the water immersion into the hollow body 3 is performed from the hole 6 for locking the plurality of leg-like bodies 7 and from the air vent hole 5 of the upper portion 3a.

  Next, the effect | action of this-application toy 1 is demonstrated based on FIG. First, the upper part 3a of the hollow body 3 of the toy 1 of the present application is separated from the lower part 3b, and the bath ball 2 is accommodated and joined again, and is submerged in hot water. When the bath ball 2 foams in response to the hot water immersed in the hollow body 3 to generate a large amount of air A, the air is held (stored) on the spherical top surface 4 of the upper portion 3a. Buoyancy is generated in the hollow body 3 as indicated by the arrow a in FIG.

  Thus, when the hollow body 3 reaches the hot water surface (water surface) and loses its balance, as shown in FIG. 3B, the air vent hole 5 provided on the side surface of the upper portion 3a faces upward. The air held in the top surface 4 escapes and the hot water is replaced. As a result, the buoyancy of the hollow body 3 is lost, and the hollow body 3 sinks as indicated by an arrow B in FIG.

  Since the bath ball 2 is continuously foamed in the hot water, buoyancy occurs when the air refills the spherical top surface 4 of the upper portion 3a, and a hollow body as shown in FIG. 3 (a). 3 rises again, reaches the hot water surface, and when air escapes from the air vent hole 5, the hollow body 3 repeats the operation so that it sinks again.

  When the hollow body 3 floats, as shown in FIG. 3A, a plurality of foot-like bodies 7 whose base portions are loosely engaged with the plurality of holes 6 arranged on the side surface of the lower portion 3b are clogged. When the hollow body 3 sinks, the shape of the plurality of leg-like bodies 7 is changed so as to expand greatly as shown in FIG. This change in shape and movement is rich in action and interesting.

  Note that the toy 1 of the present application is shown as an octopus (蛸) in the case of the illustration, but it is a squid (bandit), a jellyfish, a fictional animal, a hero (character) of various comics, As long as the mechanism can realize the present invention, it is possible to change the spacecraft and others.

  The toy 1 of the present application can be used as goods that can be played in bath water so that children like bathing, and can also be used as goods for promoting the sale of bathing balls.

It is an external appearance perspective view of this toy. It is a disassembled perspective view of this application toy. It is a figure which shows operation | movement of a toy of this application, (a) is the state which has floated, (b) is the state which reached the hot water surface, the air escaped and the hot water penetrate | invaded, (c) is the state which sank.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Toy of this application 2 Bathing ball 3 Hollow body 3a Upper part 3b Lower part 4 Top surface 5 Air vent hole 6 Hole 7 Foot-like body 8 Recessed part 9 Pin 10 Ring body 11 Weight 12 Storage chamber 13 Cover 14 Hole A Air

Claims (1)

  A hollow body that can accommodate a bathing ball is provided so that it can be divided into an upper part and a lower part. The top part has a spherical top surface, an air vent hole on the side surface, and a plurality of lower parts on the side surface. A floating toy characterized by having a plurality of leg-like bodies whose base portions are loosely engaged with each other in the holes, and a weight fixed to the center of the bottom surface.

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