IP Library Granted Patent US 12673272
Granted Patent B2
US 12673272 · App. 18/103,599 · Granted Jul 7, 2026

Transformable toy and building toy

Inventor: Kei Kamiyama (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: EPOCH COMPANY, LTD.
A63H3/52A63H33/003
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12673272
App. No.
18/103,599
Granted
Jul 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A transformable toy includes: a floor portion and a ceiling portion which define a first room therebetween; and a roof unit. The roof unit includes at least one leg portion extendable to downwardly protrude from the roof unit and retractable inside the roof unit. The transformable toy is transformable between a first form and a second form, the first form in which the roof unit is disposed on the ceiling portion in a state in which the at least one leg portion is retracted inside the roof unit, the second form in which the roof unit is disposed on the ceiling portion in a state in which the at least one leg portion extends to protrude downward from the roof unit to define a second room between the ceiling portion and the roof unit, the second room having a height dimension smaller than that of the first room.

Claims (41)

1 . A transformable toy comprising:

a floor portion and a ceiling portion which define a first room therebetween; and

a roof unit,

wherein the roof unit comprises a side wall portion and at least one leg portion extendable to downwardly protrude from the roof unit and retractable inside the roof unit, and

wherein the transformable toy is transformable between a first form and a second form, the first form in which the roof unit is disposed on the ceiling portion in a state in which the at least one leg portion is retracted inside the roof unit, the second form in which the roof unit is disposed on the ceiling portion in a state in which the at least one leg portion extends to protrude downward from the roof unit and the side wall portion of the roof unit extends upwards and is exposed on a back side of the roof unit, the extended at least one leg portion and the extended side wall portion defining a second room between the ceiling portion and the roof unit, the second room having a height dimension smaller than that of the first room, and

wherein the side wall portion includes a left wall portion, a right wall portion, and a rear wall portion, both the left wall portion and the right wall portion having plate surfaces oriented in a left-right direction, and face each other, the rear wall portion having plate surfaces oriented in the front-rear direction, the rear wall portion connecting the left right wall portion and the right wall portion, and the at least one leg portion is rotatably fitted into a rear receiving portion of the side wall portion.

2 . The transformable toy according to claim 1 ,

wherein the ceiling portion has a longitudinal shape, and

wherein the at least one leg portion comprises a pair of leg portions, the pair of leg portions being provided on the roof unit so as to be respectively disposed on both sides of the ceiling portion in a longitudinal direction, each of the pair of leg portions being rotatably connected to the inside of the roof unit by a rotating portion.

3 . The transformable toy according to claim 2 ,

wherein the roof unit comprises a holding portion configured to hold the pair of leg portions in a state in which the pair of leg portions are retracted inside the roof unit.

4 . The transformable toy according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an outer roof portion connected to the roof unit outside the first room in the second form,

wherein the outer roof portion comprises a locking portion provided at a portion facing the roof unit, and

wherein the roof unit comprises a locked portion locked to the locking portion in the second form.

5 . The transformable toy according to claim 4 ,

wherein a recessed groove is formed on the roof unit, the recessed groove being configured to allow the locking portion to fit into the recessed groove in the second form, and

wherein the locked portion in a state of fitting into the recessed groove contacts the locking portion in a left-right direction.

6 . The transformable toy according to claim 1 ,

wherein an opening portion is provided in the ceiling portion,

wherein a step-shaped member is provided at a position overlapping the opening portion on a back side of the ceiling portion and has a first end and a second end, the first end being rotatably connected to the back side of the ceiling portion by a rotation shaft, the second end being disposed on the back side of the ceiling portion and configured to be engaged by an engagement mechanism, and

wherein, by releasing engagement of the step-shaped member with the engagement mechanism, the first end of the step-shaped member is rotated around the rotation shaft by its own weight and the second end is lowered toward the floor portion.

7 . The transformable toy according to claim 1 ,

wherein in the second form, the at least one leg portion extends in a direction orthogonal to an upper surface of the ceiling portion.

8 . The transformable toy according to claim 1 ,

wherein a fitting portion is provided on an upper surface of the ceiling portion, and

wherein the fitting portion is configured to:

fit a lower surface of the roof unit in the first form; and

fit the at least one leg portion in the second form.

9 . A building toy comprising:

a transformable toy according to claim 6 ; and

a vehicle figure body,

wherein the vehicle figure body comprises:

a wheel that is allowed to be placed on the step-shaped member; and

a figurine holding portion configured to hold a figurine,

wherein the vehicle figure body is configured to slide down on the step-shaped member when the wheel is placed on the stepped member in a state in which the engagement is released, and

wherein the figurine holding portion comprises:

a seat surface on which a figurine is disposed;

a first wall portion erected on a first side of the seat surface;

a second wall portion erected on a second side of the seat surface and recessed in a direction opposite to the seat surface; and

an arm portion provided on the first side of the seat surface and tiltable toward the seat surface side.