US2021379505A1PendingUtilityA1
Transformable toy
Est. expiryJun 9, 2040(~13.9 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Kuo-Ching Liu
A63H 37/005A63H 33/003
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Abstract
A transformable toy includes a transformable assembly, a bottom locking member, a top locking member and a resilient set. The transformable assembly includes a bottom plate and a top plate. The bottom locking member is disposed on the bottom plate and includes a bottom hook. The top locking member is disposed on the top plate and includes a top hook. The top locking member is able to be driven by a downward force to engage the top hook with the bottom hook. The bottom hook is able to be driven by an upward force opposite to the downward force to be disengaged from the top hook.
Claims
exact text as granted — not AI-modifiedWhat is claimed is:
1 . A transformable toy comprising:
a transformable assembly including a bottom plate, and a top plate that is spaced apart from said bottom plate in an up-down direction, said transformable assembly being operable to be stretched and compressed in the up-down direction; a bottom locking member disposed on said bottom plate, and including a bottom hook; a top locking member disposed on said top plate, and including a top hook that is able to removably engage said bottom hook; and a resilient set disposed in said transformable assembly and resiliently biasing said top plate away from said bottom plate; wherein said top locking member is able to be driven by a downward force to engage said top hook with said bottom hook, and said bottom hook is able to be driven by an upward force opposite to the downward force to be disengaged from said top hook.
2 . The transformable toy as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said bottom hook of said bottom locking member has an upward-facing inclined surface, and said top hock of said top locking member has a downward-facing inclined surface, said downward-facing inclined surface being able to be in slidable contact with said upward-facing inclined surface so as to resiliently bend said bottom hook, so that said bottom hook is able to engage said top hook.
3 . The transformable toy as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said bottom hook of said bottom locking member has a cantilever arm and an engaging arm, said engaging arm being integrally connected to a free end of said cantilever arm and being for engaging said top hook of said top locking member, a bottom end of said engaging arm being for receiving the upward force so as to resiliently bend said cantilever arm, so that said engaging arm is driven to be disengaged from said top hook.
4 . The transformable toy as claimed in claim 3 , wherein said engaging arm of said bottom hook of said bottom locking member has an engaging arm section and a force-receiving section,
said engaging arm section being integrally connected to said free end of said cantilever arm of said bottom hook, protruding from a top surface of said cantilever arm, and being for engaging said top hook of said top locking member, said force-receiving section being formed at a bottom end of said engaging arm section, protruding from a bottom surface of said cantilever arm, and being for receiving the upward force.
5 . The transformable toy as claimed in claim 4 , wherein a length of said engaging arm section of said engaging arm in the up-down direction is greater than a length of said force-receiving section of said engaging arm in the up-down direction.
6 . The transformable toy as claimed in claim 4 , wherein said force-receiving section of said engaging arm of said bottom hook has a sharpened end part, said sharpened end part being located at a bottom end of said force-receiving section and being for receiving the upward force.
7 . The transformable toy as claimed in claim 4 , wherein said engaging arm section of said engaging arm of said bottom hook has a bottom hook part, said bottom hook part being adjacent to a top end of said engaging arm section and having an upward-facing inclined surface,
said top hook of said top locking member having a top hook part, said top hook part being adjacent to a bottom end of said top hook and having a downward-facing inclined surface, said downward-facing inclined surface being able to be in slidable contact with said upward-facing inclined surface so as to resiliently bend said engaging arm, so that said bottom hook part is able to engage said top hook part.
8 . The transformable toy as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said bottom locking member includes two of said bottom hooks, said bottom hooks being spaced apart from each other in a horizontal direction that is substantially perpendicular to the up-down direction and being in mirror symmetry with respect to a plane that passes through a central axis of said bottom locking member which extends in the up-down direction,
said top locking member including two of said top hooks, said top hooks being spaced apart from each other in the horizontal direction and being in mirror symmetry with respect to a plane that passes through a central axis of said top locking member which extends in the up-down direction, said top hooks being for respectively engaging said bottom hooks.
9 . The transformable toy as claimed in claim 8 , wherein said bottom locking member further includes a blocking board that is spaced apart from and disposed between said bottom hooks, said blocking board being for preventing misalignment between said top hooks and said bottom hooks, each of said top hooks being for entering a space between said blocking board and the respective one of said bottom hooks.
10 . The transformable toy as claimed in claim 8 , wherein said bottom locking member includes a bottom plate body and a bottom connecting body, said bottom plate body having a base board, and a plurality of bottom fastening hooks that extend from a top surface of said base board and that extend through said bottom plate of said transformable assembly, said base board abutting against a bottom surface of said bottom plate and being formed with two base openings,
said bottom connecting body having a bottom connecting annular board that abuts against a top surface of said bottom plate and that is engaged with said bottom fastening hooks, and said bottom hooks that are connected to said bottom connecting annular board, said bottom hooks respectively extending through said base openings so as to partly protrude from a bottom surface of said base board.
11 . The transformable toy as claimed in claim 8 , wherein said top locking member includes a top plate body and a top connecting body, said top plate body having a top board and two top fastening hooks that extend from a bottom surface of said top board, said top board abutting against a top surface of said top plate of said transformable assembly,
said top connecting body having a column and said top hooks that extend from a bottom end of said column, said column abutting against a bottom surface of said top plate, said top fastening hooks engaging the bottom end of said column.
12 . The transformable toy as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said resilient set includes a first resilient member that is disposed in said transformable assembly and that resiliently biases said transformable assembly, said first resilient member being stretchable and compressible in the up-down direction.
13 . The transformable toy as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said transformable assembly includes a lower transformable body, an upper transformable body, and a connecting unit, said lower transformable body having said bottom plate and a lower plate that is located above said bottom plate, said upper transformable body having an upper plate that is disposed on a top end of said lower plate and said top plate that is located above said upper plate, said connecting unit interconnecting said lower plate and said upper plate and cooperating with said lower plate and said upper plate to define a channel, said channel being for said bottom hook and said top hook to extend through, said resilient set including a first resilient member that is disposed in said lower transformable body, two opposite ends of said first resilient member respectively abutting against said bottom locking member and said connecting unit, said first resilient member being stretchable and compressible in the up-down direction.
14 . The transformable toy as claimed in claim 13 , wherein said bottom locking member is formed with a bottom positioning groove, said connecting unit of said transformable assembly being formed with a lower positioning groove, said first resilient member having a first bottom end part that engages said bottom positioning groove, and a first top end part that engages said lower positioning groove.
15 . The transformable toy as claimed in claim 13 , wherein said resilient set further includes a second resilient member that is disposed in said upper transformable body of said transformable assembly, two opposite ends of said second resilient member respectively abutting against said top plate of said upper transformable body and said connecting unit of said transformable assembly, said second resilient member being stretchable and compressible in the up-down direction.
16 . The transformable toy as claimed in claim 15 , wherein said connecting unit of said transformable assembly is formed with an upper positioning groove, said top locking member being formed with a top positioning groove, said second resilient member having a second bottom end part that engages said upper positioning groove, and a second top end part that engages said top positioning groove.Join the waitlist — get patent alerts
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