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Granted Patent B2
US 12,521,642 · App. 18/383,997 · Granted Jan 13, 2026

Model toy and cooking toy

Inventor: Kei Kamiyama (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: EPOCH COMPANY, LTD.
A63H33/3072A63H3/52
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Patent No.
US 12,521,642
App. No.
18/383,997
Granted
Jan 13, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A model toy includes: a main body including a plate portion; a first figure body provided on the plate portion; and a second figure body provided on the plate portion so as to be arranged in a state where the second figure body is close to the first figure body along an arrangement direction in which the first figure body and the second figure body are arranged. The first figure body engages the plate portion immovably. The second figure body engages the plate portion movably to allow the second body to move in a direction in which the second figure body is separated from the first figure body along the arrangement direction.

Claims (29)

1 . A model toy comprising:

a main body comprising a plate portion;

a first figure body provided on the plate portion; and

a second figure body provided on the plate portion so as to be arranged in a state where the second figure body is close to the first figure body along an arrangement direction in which the first figure body and the second figure body are arranged,

wherein the first figure body is provided on the plate portion at a side of the second figure body on the plate portion,

wherein the first figure body engages the plate portion immovably, and

wherein the second figure body engages the plate portion movably to allow the second body to move in a horizontal direction in which the second figure body is separated from the first figure body along the arrangement direction.

2 . The model toy according to claim 1 ,

wherein the plate portion comprises an engaging portion provided in a portion of the plate portion where the second figure body is provided,

wherein the second figure body comprises an engaged portion that engages the engaging portion,

wherein one of the engaging portion and the engaged portion has a protruding shape, and the other of the engaging portion and the engaged portion has a recessed shape, and

wherein dimension of the engaged portion is greater than that of the engaging portion in the arrangement direction.

3 . The model toy according to claim 2 ,

wherein a protrusion is provided in one of the engaging portion and the engaged portion,

wherein a recess corresponding to the protrusion is provided in the other of the engaging portion and the engaged portion,

wherein the protrusion is locked in the recess in the state where the second figure body is close to the first figure body, and

wherein the protrusion escapes from the recess in response to the second figure body being moved along the arrangement direction to be separated from the first figure body.

4 . The model toy according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first figure body is shaped to define a part of a cooking object, and

wherein the second figure body is shaped to define a rest of the cooking object to define a whole shape of the cooking object in the state where the second figured body is close to the first figure body.

5 . A cooking toy comprising:

a main body comprising a plate portion;

a first figure body provided on the plate portion and defining a part of a cooking object;

a second figure body provided on the plate portion so as to be arranged in a state where the second figure body is close to the first figure body along an arrangement direction in which the first figure body and the second figure body are arranged, the second figure body defining a rest part of the cooking object to define a whole shape of the cooking object when the second figure body is continuous with the first figure body; and

a third figure body imitating a shape of a cutter configured to cut the cooking object,

wherein the first figure body engages the plate portion immovably, and

wherein the second figure body engages the plate portion movably to allow the second figure body to move in a direction in which the second figure body is separated from the first figure body along the arrangement direction when a side of the second figure body facing the first figure body is pressed by the third figure body.

6 . The cooking toy according to claim 5 ,

wherein an outer edge of the second figure body facing the first figure body is round-chamfered.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2023
From: KAMIYAMA, KEI
To: EPOCH COMPANY, LTD.
Reel/Frame 065354/0549 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-172179 · Oct 27, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240139643A1 · May 2, 2024
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