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Granted Patent B2
US 10,434,400 · App. 16/186,852 · Granted Oct 8, 2019

Transformer toy car and playing device using same

Inventor: Shin-Kyu Choi (Seoul, KR)
A63F1/04A63F1/06A63H17/02A63H17/26A63H33/003
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Patent No.
US 10,434,400
App. No.
16/186,852
Granted
Oct 8, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a transformer toy car that automatically transforms the shape to turn a card over to provide the information on the card, if the card is attached to the transformer toy car. The transformer toy car includes: a separable toy car body; and cards adapted to be attached to the underside of the toy car body, wherein if one of the cards is attached to the underside of the toy car body, a portion of the separable toy car body is separated, and a portion of the separated toy car body pressurizes a floor surface, thereby making the toy car body stand up or turn over and thus allowing the underside surface of the card attached to the underside of the toy car body to be exposed to the outside.

Claims (35)

1. A transformer toy comprising:

a toy body;

one or more portions rotatably coupled to the toy body by an elastic force;

an operating component configured to supportingly fix at least one of the one or more portions to the toy body, so that the toy body is maintained in a first shape; and

a transformation inducing component configured to move the operating component, so as to allow the at least one of the one or more portions rotate from the toy body to transform the toy body from the first shape into a second shape.

2. The transformer toy according to claim 1 , wherein the transformation inducing component is configured to move the operating component through either one or both of a magnetic field attractive force and a physical contact.

3. The transformer toy according to claim 2 , wherein the transformation inducing component comprises either one or both of a magnetic material and metal member disposed therein.

4. The transformer toy according to claim 3 , wherein the transformation inducing component is configured to:

attach to the toy body; and

move during the transformation of the toy body from the first shape into the second shape.

5. The transformer toy according to claim 4 , wherein the transformation of the toy body from the first shape into the second shape comprises any one or any combination of any two or more of a rotating operation, a standing up operation, and a turning over operation.

6. The transformer toy according to claim 4 , wherein the movement of the transformation inducing component comprises either one or both of an elevation and a rotation of the transformation inducing component.

7. The transformer toy according to claim 4 , wherein a bottom surface of the transformation inducing component is exposed while the toy body is transformed from the first shape to the second shape or when transformation is completed into the second shape.

8. A transformer toy comprising:

a moving body;

one or more portions rotatably coupled to the moving body by an elastic force;

an operating component configured to supportingly fix at least one of the one or more portions to the moving body, so that the moving body is maintained in a first shape; and

a transformation inducing component configured to move the operating component, so as to allow the at least one of the one or more portions to rotate from the moving body to transform the moving body from the first shape to a second shape.

9. The transformer toy according to claim 8 , wherein the transformation inducing component is configured to move the operating component through either one or both of a magnetic field attractive force and a physical contact.

10. The transformer toy according to claim 9 , wherein the transformation inducing component comprises either one or both of a magnetic material and metal member disposed therein.

11. The transformer toy according to claim 10 , wherein the transformation inducing component is configured to:

attach to the moving body; and

move during the transformation of the moving body from the first shape into the second shape.

12. The transformer toy according to claim 11 , wherein the transformation of the moving body comprises any one or any combination of any two or more of a rotating operation, a standing up operation and a turning over operation.

13. The transformer toy according to claim 11 , wherein the movement of the transformation inducing component comprises either one or both of an elevation and a rotation of the transformation inducing component.

14. The transformer toy according to claim 11 , wherein a bottom surface of the transformation inducing component is exposed while the moving body is transformed from the first shape to the second shape or when transformation is completed into the second shape.

15. A transforming mechanism for toy comprising:

a main part;

one or more moving parts rotatably coupled to the main part by an elastic force;

an operating component configured to supportingly fix at least one of the one or more moving parts to the main part, so that the main part is maintained in a first shape; and

a transformation inducing component configured to displace the operating component, so as to allow the at least one of the one or more moving parts to be displaced from the main part to transform the main part from the first shape into a second shape,

wherein the transformation inducing component is configured to attach to either one or both of the main part and the one or more moving parts, and a bottom surface of the transformation inducing component is exposed while the main part is transformed from the first shape to the second shape or when transformation is completed into the second shape.

16. The transforming mechanism for toy according to claim 15 , wherein the transformation inducing component is configured to move the operating component through either one or both of a magnetic field attractive force and a physical contact.

17. The transforming mechanism for toy according to claim 16 , wherein the transformation inducing component comprises either one or both of a magnetic material and a metal member disposed therein.

18. The transforming mechanism for toy according to claim 17 , wherein the transformation of the main part from the first shape into the second shape comprises any one or any combination of any two or more of a rotating operation, a standing up operation, and a turning over operation.

Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2012-0019210 · Feb 24, 2012 · national
KR 10-2012-0030798 · Mar 26, 2012 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 15661732 · Jul 27, 2017
Continuation 15146095 · May 4, 2016
Continuation 14377142
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