KR20180038648A - Magnet block plaything - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a magnet block toy in which blocks constructed to be inserted with magnets can be combined to make various moldings. The magnet block toy 10 according to the present invention is characterized in that the figure magnet block 12 and the child character block 14 to which the magnets 16 are respectively coupled are constituted by a plurality of blocks so that the child can see the figure magnet block 12 and the child character The blocks 14 are connected to each other to make an arbitrary structure. This magnet block toy 10 allows the figure magnet block 12 and the character block 14 to be connected by the magnet 16 coupled to each other when the structure is formed of the magnet blocks, (12) and the character block (14) so that a structure including a character image can be created.

Description

Magnet block toy {MAGNET BLOCK PLAYING}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a magnet block toy, and more particularly, to a magnet block toy that allows a variety of moldings to be made by combining blocks using an adhesive force of a magnet.

Among the toys for the development of intelligence of infants and children (hereinafter referred to as "children"), block toys are widely used in which a plurality of blocks having various shapes can be assembled to form an arbitrary molding shape. Such block toys stimulate the creativity and imagination of the child, so that it is possible to assemble the various shapes of formworks according to the imagination of the child, There is a big advantage in helping.

On the other hand, the inventors of the present invention have proposed a magnet block toy for infants and young children and a method for manufacturing the magnet block, Korean Patent Registration No. 10-0509825, and a magnetic block toy of the disclosure patent publication No. 10-2010-0135125, 2014-0122575 "Magnet block toys" to provide visual and educationally useful magnet block toys for children, thereby enhancing educational effects through magnet block toys.

In the prior art related thereto, Korean Patent Registration No. 10-0695293 "magnetic block toy ", 10-0856094" magnetic block ", 10-0841960 " 10-1047689, " Magnetic block for infant ", Publication No. 10-2012-0097088, "Magnetic block toys including block constructions and their components of magnet block toys ", Registration No. 10-1417884" No. 20-0399450 entitled " Magnet block toy stick and magnet block toy with the magnet block toy ", Registration No. 20-0415931 "Magnet block toy"

The magnet block toy according to the related art is constructed by magnet blocks of various shapes such as a straight shape, an elbow shape, a cross shape, a square shape, and a hexahedral shape. Therefore, the child can make various structures by combining these various shapes of magnet blocks.

Patent Registration No. 10-0509825 Published Patent Publication No. 10-2010-0135125 Patent Registration No. 10-0695293 Patent Registration No. 10-0856094 Patent Registration No. 10-0841960 Patent Registration No. 10-1047689 Published Patent Publication No. 10-2012-0097088 Patent Registration No. 10-1417884 Registered utility model registration No. 20-0399450 Registered utility model registration No. 20-0415931

It is an object of the present invention to provide a new type of magnet block toy which can develop various kinds of structures by connecting the blocks using the adhesive force of the magnet to develop the conventional magnet block toys, .

Particularly, the present invention can increase the self-esteem and creativity of a child by connecting various magnet blocks to which a magnet is applied together to implement various structures using a character block (child character block) to which a child's own image is applied And to provide a new type of magnet block toy having a magnet.

According to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, a magnetic block toy according to the present invention includes a child character block (14) for forming a face image of a child; The child character block 14 includes a housing 30 having an image corresponding to a face image of a child and a metal piece 17 provided in the housing 30 and formed to be attached to a magnet, Block 14 allows the face image of the child to be embodied and attached to other objects attached to the magnet.

In the magnet block toy according to the present invention, the housing 30 of the child character block 14 may have an upper body portion 32 formed to correspond to a child's head.

In the magnet block toy according to the present invention, the upper body part 32 includes the face part 31 formed so as to correspond to the face image of the child so that the face image of the child to be used by the child character block 14 Respectively.

In the magnet block toy according to the present invention, the housing 30 of the child character block 14 includes a front case 30a and a rear case 30b which are separated from each other in forward and backward directions and are engaged with each other And the front case 30a and the rear case 30b have pocket ribs 40 forming a space for accommodating the hardware 17 when the front case 30a and the rear case 30b come into contact with each other; The front case 30a includes an upper body front case 32a and an upper body rear case 32b which are separated from each other so that the face portion 31 can be formed in the upper case 32a.

In the magnet block toy according to the present invention, the face portion 31 may be a sticker 31 'on which a face image of a child is printed.

The magnetic block toy according to the present invention may further include a figure magnet block 12 having a housing 20 formed in a predetermined figure shape and having a magnet 16 coupled to the housing 20, It is possible to connect the magnet 16 of the block 12 and the hardware 17 of the child character block 14 so that the child can combine the figure magnet block 12 and the child character block 14, To create a structure that contains the face image of the user.

According to the magnet block toy of the present invention as described above, a child character block (a child block) comprising a housing 30 for forming a face image of a child, and a metal piece 17 formed to be attached to a magnet installed in the housing 30 14) can be attached to other objects having magnets so that the magnet can be applied to the blocks using the adhesive force of the magnets or can be used as ornaments to enhance the self-esteem and creativity of the child. In addition, since the magnet toy block 10 can be constituted by the child character block 14 together with the figure magnet block 12 such as a straight line, a cross, an elbow, a square and a hexagon, And the child character block 14 can be combined to create a structure including a child's face image, thereby making it possible to further enhance the child's interest in the magnet toy block and enhance the creativity.

1 is a view for explaining a magnet block toy according to the present invention;
2 is a view for explaining a magnet block toy according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a view showing an assembled state of the magnet block toy shown in FIG. 2; FIG.
4 is a view for explaining a child character block of a magnet block toy according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention;
FIGS. 5 and 6 are views for explaining usage forms of a magnet block toy constructed by combining a child character block and a figure magnet block according to the present invention.

1 is a view for explaining a magnet block toy according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a magnet block toy according to the present invention includes a child character block 14 that allows a face image of a child to be formed. The child character block 14 is provided with a housing 30 and a hardware 17. The housing 30 has an image corresponding to the face image of the child. The iron piece 17 is made of a material attached to the magnet and attached to the magnet 30. Here, the meaning that the housing 30 has the image corresponding to the face image of the child is that the face image of the child is formed on the housing 30, or the face image of the child or the carry culture Quot ;, and " a " The metal piece 17 is made of various materials attached to magnets such as a magnet, an iron plate, and a bearing ball. The magnet has an advantage that it can further increase the adhering force, and the iron plate and the bearing ball have an advantage that the manufacturing convenience and the unit cost can be lowered.

With such a configuration, the child character block 14 is made to have a face image of a child and to be attached to other objects attached to the magnet.

A typical magnet block is constructed by applying a graphic element (a line, a cross, a hexagon, a U, a ball, a circle, a triangle, a square, etc.) as a block and inserting a magnet therein. On the other hand, in the magnet block toy according to the present invention, the child character block 14 is configured such that the face image of the child is embodied in the housing 30 and composed of any one of the hardware 17 selected from the group consisting of magnets, do. Therefore, in any case, it can be used in connection with a general magnet block made by inserting a magnet, and can be used for general decoration.

Hereinafter, a magnet block toy according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 6 attached hereto. Here, a method for constructing a magnet block by applying a magnet in general, a technique for manufacturing a block (injection molding technique, injection molding technique, etc.), a technique for manufacturing a steel fitting to a magnet such as an iron plate and a bearing ball, And portions thereof which are generally known to those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains have been shown and described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1, which is a view for explaining a magnet block toy according to the present invention, a housing 30 of a child character block 14 in a magnet block toy according to the present embodiment includes an upper body portion 32). Here, the correspondence with the child's head means that the body has a correspondence relation with the upper part when the body is classified into the head (upper) and the body (lower).

In the child character block 14, the face portion 31 of the upper body portion 32 is formed to correspond to the face image of the child. Here, the eye part 33a, the mouth part 33b, the head part 33c, the eyebrow part 33d, the nose part 33e, and the like of the child may be formed on the face part 31. [ In addition, a lower body portion 34 is additionally provided to express the image of the child more specifically. At this time, the shape of the child's body 35a, the arm 35b and the leg 35c is formed in the lower body part 34. [ The metal pieces 17 are provided separately on the upper body 32 and the lower body 34, respectively.

In this case, the face portion 31 is separately manufactured by applying 3D scanning and 3D printing technology in consideration of custom manufacturing, and a method of combining with the other portions manufactured through the injection molding technology is applied to secure productivity and unit cost do.

Thus, the child character block 14 of the present embodiment is formed to have a face image of a child to be used, thereby realizing a variety of structures using a character magnet block to which the child's own image is applied, thereby enhancing the self-esteem and creativity of the child .

In this embodiment, the child character block 14 may be configured around the upper body 32 in consideration of the fact that a general character image appears on the head. For example, the lower body portion 34 can be formed to have various character images, and the upper body portion 32 in which an image of a child appears above the lower body portion 34 can be formed. Such a configuration can be usefully applied to a character that is popular among children.

FIG. 2 is a view for explaining a magnet block toy according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a view showing an assembled state of the magnet block toy shown in FIG.

2 and 3, the child character block 14 of the magnet block toy according to the present embodiment is mounted in the housing 30 (see Fig. 1) with any one of the iron pieces 17 ).

The housing 30 has a front case 30a and a rear case 30b. The front case 30a and the rear case 30b are separated from each other in the back-and-forth direction and are engaged with each other. The front case 30a and the rear case 30b are provided with a pocket rib 40 which forms a space for accommodating the hardware 17 when the front case 30a and the rear case 30b come into contact with each other. The front case 30a and the rear case 30b are formed to have a structure in which the upper body front case 32a and the upper body rear case 32b and the lower body front case 34a and the lower body rear case 34b are coupled to each other.

On the other hand, when the magnet 17 is used as the iron piece 17, the pocket rib 40 can rotate the magnet inserted in the inner side so that the position of the magnet pole can be changed regardless of the N / S pole . That is, when the magnet poles are the same between the blocks to be struck, one magnet can be rotated in the pocket ribs 40 by the repulsion between the magnets to be converted into the other magnet poles, So that it can be attached.

In the present embodiment, a method of applying a child's image includes forming a 3D modeling using an image of a 3D scanner or a photograph using a graphic program such as a rhino or a cadian, and then adding the data to a 3D printer And the like. Of course, a variety of graphics techniques and molding and processing techniques could be applied to the method of forming a child's image.

Particularly, the child character block 14 of this embodiment is formed by the upper body case 32a and the upper body case 32b in which the front case 30a is separated from each other, So that only the upper case front case 32a can be manufactured separately to form the entire product. 2 and 3, the housing 30 is formed of a front case 30a and a rear case 30b, which are separated from each other in the fore-and-aft direction and are engaged with each other, The rear case 30b and the rear case 30b have pocket ribs 40 which form a space for accommodating the iron pieces 17 when the upper and lower cases 32 and 34 are in contact with each other. The upper body front case 32a, the lower body front case 34a, and the lower body rear case 34b are separately formed.

With this configuration, the child character block 14 according to the present embodiment can be separately manufactured and assembled only in the upper case 32a. That is, the upper body rear case 32b, the lower body front case 34a, and the lower body rear case 34b are manufactured through injection molding, and the upper body front case 32a is manufactured by a 3D printer or the like so that a customized face portion 31 is formed To the upper body rear case 32b, the lower body front case 34a, and the lower body rear case 34b, which are manufactured by injection molding, thereby manufacturing the finished product.

4 is a view for explaining a child character block of a magnet block toy according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, when applying the image of a child to the child character block 14, the image of the child (photo) may be formed as a sticker 31 'and attached to the housing. At this time, a sticker attaching surface 36 is formed on the upper case 32a of the upper body 32 so that the sticker 31 'can be easily attached.

As described above, the child character block 14 to which the image of the child is applied by applying the sticker 31 'has an advantage that the manufacturing convenience can be improved.

FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 are views for explaining usage forms of a magnet block toy constructed by combining a child character block and a figure magnet block according to the present invention.

Referring to FIGS. 5 and 6, the magnet block toy 10 according to the present embodiment further comprises a figure magnet block 12 together with the above-described child character block 14. The figure magnet block 12 has a housing 20 formed with a predetermined figure shape (cross, hexagon, U, ball, circle, triangle, square, etc.) 16). Of course, such a figure magnet block 12 may be applied to various forms generally applicable.

The magnet block toy 10 according to the present embodiment is configured such that the figure magnet block 12 to which the magnets 16 are respectively coupled and the child character block 14 to which the hardware 17 is coupled is composed of a plurality of blocks, The magnet block 12 and the child character block 14 are connected to each other to make an arbitrary structure.

The magnet block toy 10 according to the present invention may be applied to a child character block 14 to which a hardware 17 is coupled by using a figure magnet block 12 to which a magnet 16 is coupled when the structure is formed of magnet blocks. The child can combine the figure magnet block 12 and the child character block 14 so that the child can make a structure including the character image of the child so as to further enhance the child's interest in the magnet toy block , And to improve creativity.

As described above, the magnet block toy according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described with reference to the above description and drawings. However, it should be understood that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment and various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention. To be understood by one of ordinary skill in the art.

10: magnet block toy 12: graphic magnetic block
14: Children Character Block 16: Magnet
17: hardware 20, 30: housing
30a: front case 30b: rear case
31: Facial portion 31 ': Sticker
32: upper body part 32a: upper body case
32b: upper body rear case 34: lower body part
35a: body of the character 35b: arm of the character
35c: Leg of the character 40: Pocket rib

Claims (6)

A child character block (14) for forming a face image of a child;
The child character block 14 includes a housing 30 having an image corresponding to a face image of a child,
(17) provided in the housing (30) and formed to be attached to a magnet,
Characterized in that the child character block (14) allows the face image of the child to be implemented and attached to other objects attached to the magnet. The method according to claim 1,
Characterized in that the housing (30) of the child character block (14) has an upper body part (32) formed to correspond to a head of a child. 3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the upper body part (32) has a face part (31) formed so as to correspond to a face image of a child, so that the child character block (14) has a face image of a child to be used. The method of claim 3,
The housing 30 of the child character block 14 includes a front case 30a and a rear case 30b which are separated from each other in the fore-and-aft direction and engaged with each other,
The front case (30a) and the rear case (30b) have a pocket rib (40) forming a space for accommodating the hardware (17) when the front case (30a) and the rear case (30b) come into contact with each other.
The front case 30a includes an upper body front case 32a and an upper body rear case 32b which are separated from each other so that the face portion 31 is formed in the upper case 32a. toy. The method according to claim 2 or 3,
Wherein the face portion (31) is a sticker (31 ') on which a face image of a child is printed. 6. The method of claim 5,
Further comprising a figure magnet block (12) having a housing (20) formed in a predetermined figure shape and to which a magnet (16) is coupled to the housing (20)
It is possible to connect the figure magnet block 12 and the child character block 14 by connecting the magnet 16 of the figure magnet block 12 and the hardware 17 of the child character block 14. [ Wherein the structure of the magnet block toy is formed so as to make a structure including a face image of a child.

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