JP2014094027A - Stuffed toy - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a stuffed toy that can develop a feeling of loving an animal by causing an infant to feel as if he or she were dealing with a real animal when he or she picks it up.SOLUTION: An elastically expandable/contractible stuffing member 3 such as cotton and sponge is stuffed into a body part 2 made of cloth simulating a shape of a sitting rabbit. A weight member 6 in which a large number of resin pellets 8 are accommodated in a bag 9 is inserted into the inside of a body 5 that constitutes the body part 2. A sound output device 7 that outputs a recorded sound when detecting a sound is inserted into the inside of the body 5. A sheet 10 which issues a sound by being bent or rubbed by the resin pellets 8 is attached to the weight member 6.

Description

  The present invention relates to a stuffed toy having a head and a body.

  As a toy for infants, there is a stuffed toy in which a body member simulating the appearance of an animal is packed with a filling member having elastic elasticity such as cotton. As such a stuffed toy, in order to attract the interest of an infant, a device incorporating a device for moving limbs, a device for generating sound, or the like has been considered (for example, see Patent Documents 1 and 2).

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 08-206367 Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 05-082490

  However, since such a stuffed toy is considerably lighter in weight than an animal that the stuffed toy imitates, an infant does not recognize the stuffed toy as a real animal. As a result, infants tend to handle stuffed toys randomly.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a stuffed toy that makes it feel like a real animal when it is lifted and can nurture a feeling of caring for the animal.

  The stuffed toy according to the present invention is an animal-type stuffed toy having a head and a body part into which a stuffing member having elastic elasticity is packed, and a weight member containing a resin pellet in a bag is inserted therein. It is characterized by.

  According to the stuffed toy according to the present invention, since the weight member is inserted therein, the weight balance of a real animal can be approached. For example, by setting the balance of the weight member to be inserted so that the ratio of the weight on the body side to the weight on the head side is 2.0 to 3.0, small animals such as rabbits, guinea pigs, and dogs The weight balance can be approached. This makes it feel like a real animal when it is lifted, so that infants can treat their stuffed toys with care and nurture their feelings of caring for animals. Moreover, since the weight member is made of resin pellets contained in a bag, the weight balance of the stuffed toy can be adjusted appropriately, and the softness of the stuffed toy can be maintained by moving the resin pellet in the bag. can do.

  Moreover, it is preferable that an audio output device that outputs stored audio when a sound is detected is inserted therein.

  When the voice output device is inserted in this manner, the voice is output from the voice output device when the infant talks to the stuffed toy or touches the stuffed toy, so the infant has an interest in the stuffed toy. And can concentrate on playing with a stuffed toy for a long time. In particular, when a stuffed toy is gripped or hit, a sound of rubbing between resin pellets is emitted from the weight member, so that sound can be generated in the vicinity of the audio output device. As a result, it is possible to suppress the sound detection sensitivity of the sound output device to be low and prevent the sound output device from outputting sound in response to unrelated sounds, so that the child's interest in the stuffed toy can be increased. Can be strong. Furthermore, by inserting the audio output device inside, it is possible to prevent the appearance of the animal from being damaged, and it is possible to prevent the audio output device from directly hitting the infant.

  In this case, it is preferable that at least a part of the audio output device is covered with the weight member.

  As a result, when a rubbing sound between the resin pellets is generated by grasping or hitting the stuffed toy, it is possible to generate a sound closer to the audio output device.

  Further, it is preferable that a sheet is attached to the weight member.

  When the sheet is attached to the weight member in this way, a sound of rubbing the resin pellet on the sheet or a sound of bending the sheet is emitted by grasping or hitting the stuffed toy, so that it is more near the sound output device. A loud sound can be generated. For this reason, even an infant with weak power can output sound from the sound output device by grasping or hitting the stuffed toy.

  According to the present invention, a feeling of caring for an animal can be nurtured by making it feel like a real animal when it is lifted.

It is a side view of the stuffed toy according to the embodiment. It is sectional drawing of the stuffed toy shown in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the function structure of an audio | voice output apparatus.

  DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of a stuffed toy according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the drawings, the same or corresponding parts are denoted by the same reference numerals.

  FIG. 1 is a side view of the stuffed toy according to the embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the stuffed toy shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a stuffed toy 1 according to the present embodiment is a stuffed toy for infants, and an elastic expansion and contraction such as cotton or sponge is applied to a cloth main body 2 simulating the shape of a sitting rabbit. The filling member 3 having the properties is packed. In this stuffed toy 1, the nose side of the rabbit is the front side, and the tail side of the rabbit is the rear side.

  The main body 2 includes a head 4 imitating a rabbit head and a body 5 imitating a rabbit body. The head 4 is sewn with a cloth simulating the eyes, nose, mouth, ears, and front legs of a rabbit, and the body 5 is sewn with a cloth simulating the rear legs and tail of a rabbit. . The forefoot is packed with the filling member 3 in the same manner as the head 4 and the body 5. The face of the stuffed toy 1 is directed obliquely upward so that the face of the rabbit faces the infant's face when placed on the infant's knee. The direction of the face is represented by the direction of the eyes attached to the head 4, and the angle α at which the face is directed obliquely upward is, for example, 30 to 60 °.

  Further, in the main body 2, in the front-and-rear direction of the rabbit, a portion disposed on the front side with the rear end of the head 4 as the boundary α is a head-side portion A, and the rear portion with the rear end of the head 4 as the boundary α. The part arranged on the side is the body side part B. The head side part A includes the entire head part 4 and a part of the body part 5, and the body side part B includes the remaining part of the body part 5.

  Inside the body part 5, a weight member 6 in which a large number of resin pellets 8 are accommodated in a bag 9 and an audio output device 7 are inserted into the gap between the filling members 3.

  The resin pellet 8 is a resin particle. The shape of the resin pellet 8 is not particularly limited, but a shape without corners is preferable. For example, the resin pellet 8 can be formed in a bead shape such as a spherical shape or an elliptical spherical shape. Although the magnitude | size of the resin pellet 8 is not specifically limited, For example, the diameter of the resin pellet 8 can be 1 mm or more and 6 mm or less. By setting the diameter of the resin pellet 8 within these ranges, the fluidity of the resin pellet 8 in the bag 9 is improved.

  The bag 9 forms the outer shape of the weight member 6 and is made of a soft material so that the weight member 6 can be deformed into any shape.

  The weight member 6 can freely move the resin pellets 8 in the bag 9, and the weight can be set by the amount (number) of the resin pellets 8 accommodated in the bag 9. ing.

  The weight member 6 configured as described above is arranged from the head side portion A to the body side portion B in the body portion 5. A partition member 12 is provided between the head 4 and the body 5 so that the weight member 6 inserted into the body 5 does not enter the head 4. And the ratio of the weight of the body side part B with respect to the weight of the head side part A is 2.0 or more and 3.0 or less, ie, the ratio of the weight of the body side part B with respect to the weight of the whole stuffed toy 1 is 6.6 or more and 7.5. The weight of the weight member 6 in the head side portion A and the weight of the weight member 6 in the body side portion B are set so as to be as follows. For example, when the total weight of the stuffed toy 1 is 400 g, the weight of the weight member 6 in the head side portion A and the weight in the body side portion B so that the weight of the head side portion A is 120 g and the weight of the body side portion B is 280 g. The weight of the weight member 6 can be set. In addition, the setting of the weight of the weight member 6 in the head side portion A and the weight of the weight member 6 in the body side portion B can be performed by, for example, optimizing the shape of the bag 9 or adjusting the filling position and the amount of filling of the filling member 3. Can be done.

  A seat 10 for generating sound is attached to the weight member 6. The sheet 10 is a firm sheet that produces a sound by being bent or rubbing the resin pellets 8. The material and shape of the sheet 10 are not particularly limited, and for example, a resin sheet, glassine paper, paraffin paper, or the like can be used. In addition, as a raw material of a resin sheet, PET etc. are mentioned, for example. The attachment of the sheet 10 to the weight member 6 is not particularly limited. For example, the sheet 10 is sewn or bonded inside or outside the bag 9, or the sheet 10 is accommodated in the bag 9 in the same manner as the resin pellet 8. It can be done by doing. When the sheet 10 is sewn or bonded to the inside or outside of the bag 9, the sheet 10 and the bag 9 do not necessarily need to be in close contact with each other, and the resin pellet 8 is interposed between the sheet 10 and the bag 9. May be.

  The sound output device 7 outputs a stored sound when a sound is detected.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the audio output device. As shown in FIG. 3, the audio output device 7 includes a sound sensor 71 that detects sound, a memory 72 that stores output sound, and a speaker 73 that outputs sound stored in the memory 72. , And a control unit 74 that performs overall control of the audio output device 7. When the sound sensor 71 detects a sound that is equal to or higher than the threshold value, the controller 74 outputs the sound stored in the memory 72 from the speaker 73. The sound stored in the memory 72 may be one type or plural types. For example, a plurality of types of rabbit calls can be stored in the memory 72, and each time the sound sensor 71 detects a sound above a threshold value, the rabbit calls can be sequentially output from the speaker 73.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the body portion 5 is formed with an opening portion 13 to which an opening / closing member such as a hook-and-loop fastener is attached, and is inserted into the body portion 5 from the opening portion 13 so that the audio output device 7 is inserted. A storage bag 14 for storage is attached. The audio output device 7 is inserted into the storage bag 14 from the opening 13 and is disposed inside the body portion 5 so as to be partially or entirely covered with the weight member 6 and the sheet 10.

  Here, when the stuffed toy 1 is grasped or hit, the weight member 6 inserted into the main body 2 of the stuffed toy 1 is deformed, and the resin pellets 8 are rubbed from the weight member 6 and the sheet 10, The sound that the resin pellet 8 rubs against the sheet 10 and the sound that the sheet 10 is bent are emitted. Then, since part or all of the audio output device 7 is covered by the weight member 6 and the sheet 10, these sounds emitted from the weight member 6 and the sheet 10 are transmitted to the sound sensor 71 with almost no attenuation. Is done. For this reason, sound is output from the sound output device 7 not only when an infant or the like talks to the stuffed toy 1 but also when the stuffed toy 1 is gripped or struck.

  As described above, according to the stuffed toy 1 according to the present invention, the weight member 6 is inserted into the body part 5 arranged in the head side part A and the body side part B, so that it approaches the weight balance of a real animal. Can do. For example, the weight of the weight member 6 in the head side portion A and the weight of the weight member 6 in the body side portion B so that the ratio of the weight of the body side portion B to the weight of the head side portion A is 2.0 or more and 3.0 or less. By setting, the weight balance of small animals such as rabbits, guinea pigs, and dogs can be approached. Thereby, since it can be made to feel like a real animal when it is picked up, an infant can treat the stuffed toy 1 with care and nurture a feeling of caring for the animal.

  Moreover, since the weight member 6 is one in which the resin pellet 8 is accommodated in the bag 9, the weight balance of the stuffed toy 1 can be adjusted appropriately, and the stuffed toy can be obtained by moving the resin pellet 8 in the bag 9. The softness of the toy 1 can be maintained.

  In addition, when the voice output device 7 is inserted into the body part 5, since the voice is output from the voice output device 7 when the infant talks to or touches the stuffed toy 1, the stuffed toy While being able to give interest to the toy 1, it can concentrate on the play using the stuffed toy 1 for a long time. In particular, when the stuffed toy 1 is gripped or struck, the weight member 6 generates a rubbing sound between the resin pellets 8, so that a sound can be generated in the vicinity of the sound output device 7. As a result, the sound detection sensitivity of the sound output device 7 can be kept low, and the sound output from the sound output device 7 can be prevented in response to sounds not related to the surroundings. It can make you more interested. Furthermore, by inserting the audio output device 7 into the body part 5, it is possible to prevent the appearance of the animal from being impaired, and it is possible to prevent the audio output device 7 from directly hitting an infant.

  Moreover, since a part of the audio output device 7 is covered with the weight member 6, when the rubbing sound between the resin pellets 8 is generated by grasping or hitting the stuffed toy 1, the audio output device 7 Sound can be generated in the vicinity.

  Further, when the sheet 10 is attached to the weight member 6, the sheet 10 generates a sound of rubbing the resin pellet 8 on the sheet 10 or a sound of bending the sheet 10 by grasping or hitting the stuffed toy 1. Therefore, a louder sound can be generated in the vicinity of the audio output device 7. For this reason, even an infant with weak power can output sound from the sound output device 7 by grasping or hitting the stuffed toy 1.

  The preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described above, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment.

  For example, although the audio output device 7 has been described as being inserted only into the body part 5 in the above embodiment, the audio output device 7 may be inserted only into the head 4, and the head 4 and the body part 5. May be inserted into both of the head 4 and the body 5.

  Moreover, although the said embodiment demonstrated as what the sheet | seat 10 was attached to the weight member 6, the sheet | seat 10 does not necessarily need to be provided.

  Moreover, although the said embodiment demonstrated as a stuffed toy imitating the shape of the sitting rabbit, it may be an animal-type stuffed toy imitating the shape of other animals, such as not only a rabbit but a guinea pig and a dog. .

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Stuffed toy, 2 ... Main-body part, 3 ... Filling member, 4 ... Head, 5 ... Body part, 6 ... Weight member, 7 ... Sound output device, 71 ... Sound sensor, 72 ... Memory, 73 ... Speaker, 74: Control part, 8 ... Resin pellet, 9 ... Bag, 10 ... Sheet, 13 ... Opening part, 14 ... Storage bag, A ... Head side part, B ... Body side part.

Claims (4)

An animal-type stuffed toy having a head and a body part into which a filling member having elastic elasticity is packed,
A stuffed toy characterized in that a weight member containing a resin pellet in a bag is inserted therein.   The stuffed toy according to claim 1, wherein a sound output device for outputting a stored sound when a sound is detected is inserted therein.   The stuffed toy according to claim 2, wherein at least a part of the audio output device is covered with the weight member. The stuffed toy according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a sheet is attached to the weight member.

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