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Granted Patent B2
US 12,263,415 · App. 17/978,471 · Granted Apr 1, 2025

Toy for figure play

Inventor: Kei Kamiyama (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: EPOCH COMPANY, LTD.
A63H3/50A63H3/16
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Patent No.
US 12,263,415
App. No.
17/978,471
Granted
Apr 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A toy for figure play includes: a shaft portion; a rotating body; and a suspension body. The rotation body includes: a bearing portion supported by the shaft portion so as to be rotatable in a circumferential direction of the rotating body around the shaft portion; a suspension portion; and a protrusion portion provided on an outer side than the suspension portion in a radial direction of the rotating body. The suspension body includes: a suspension connecting portion connected to the suspension portion to allow the suspension body to swing at least in the radial direction; a figure placement portion; and an abutting portion configured to be allowed to abut with the protrusion portion.

Claims (28)

1. A toy for figure play comprising:

a shaft portion;

a rotating body comprising:

a bearing portion supported by the shaft portion so as to be rotatable in a circumferential direction of the rotating body around the shaft portion;

a suspension portion; and

a protrusion portion provided outside of the suspension portion in a radial direction of the rotating body; and

a suspension body comprising:

a suspension connecting portion connected to the suspension portion to allow the suspension body to swing at least in the radial direction;

a figure placement portion; and

an abutting portion configured to be allowed to abut with the protrusion portion.

2. The toy for figure play according to claim 1 , wherein the shaft portion comprises:

a cross-shaped leg portion having a cross shape and erected from a flat surface portion, the cross-shaped leg portion including an upper surface having an arc shape; and

a shaft support point portion protruding from an intersection portion of the upper surface of the cross-shaped leg portion, the shaft support point portion having a convex spherical shape, and

wherein the bearing portion comprises:

a cylindrical portion including an end edge portion configured to be in sliding contact with the flat surface portion and an inner peripheral surface configured to be in sliding contact with an outer peripheral surface of the cross-shaped leg portion; and

a shaft-supported surface portion having a concave spherical shape and provided on a bottom portion of the cylindrical portion, the shaft-supported surface portion being configured to be abutted with the shaft support point portion.

3. The toy for figure play according to claim 1 ,

wherein the suspension portion comprises a suspension shaft portion having an axis extending in the radial direction, and

wherein the suspension connecting portion has a hole portion in which the suspension shaft portion is loosely fitted.

4. The toy for figure play according to claim 1 ,

wherein the figure placement portion comprises an opening and closing door and is formed in a basket shape,

wherein the abutting portion is formed in an umbrella shape, and the suspension connecting portion protrudes from a central upper portion of the abutting portion, and

wherein the suspension body comprises two elongated connecting portions which connect side portions of the figure placement portion and the abutting portion and which are long in an upper-lower direction.

5. The toy for figure play according to claim 1 ,

wherein the shaft portion is provided on a main body of the toy for figure play, the main body comprising a plurality of playing portions.

6. The toy for figure play according to claim 1 ,

wherein the protrusion portion protrudes downward from the rotating body, and

wherein the abutting portion is positioned below a tip end of the protrusion portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 1, 2022
From: KAMIYAMA, KEI
To: EPOCH COMPANY, LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-179540 · Nov 2, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230139900A1 · May 4, 2023
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