Reconfigurable toy assembly

• US 4,750,895 A
• Filed: 05/13/1987
• Issued: 06/14/1988
• Est. Priority Date: 12/11/1986
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Takara Co., Ltd. (TOMY Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Takara Co., Ltd. (TOMY Company Limited)
• Inventors: Suzuki, Yoshio, Kunihiro, Takashi, Shinohara, Muneyoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Yu, Mickey
• Application Number:
  US07/049,704
• Time in Patent Office: 398 Days
• Field of Search: 446/230, 446/376, 446/378, 446/473, 446/465, 446/487
• US Class Current: 446/230
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 33/003 Convertible toys, e.g. robots convertible into rockets or vehicles convertible into planes

Abstract

A reconfigurable toy assembly which is capable of transforming into six different forms, such as a robotic humanfold form, a gun form, a jet plane form, an automobile form, an armored car form and a puma form, by changing positions of movable toy components is disclosed. The toy assembly having a base member constituting a trunk portion of the robotic humanoid form, a robotic head member, a pair of arm members, a pair of leg members, a pair of front wing members, a pair of rear wing members, a pair of hand members and at least one head member of another form such as the puma form. When configured into one particular form, the toy assembly is capable of containing the components used for the other forms within the movable components used for the particular form.

Claims

1. A reconfigurable toy assembly which is capable of transforming into six different forms by changing the positions of movable toy components, comprising:

a base member constituting a trunk portion of a robotic humanoid form of the reconfigurable toy assembly;

a robotic head member pivotally mounted to the upper part of the base member so as to be retractable into the base member;

a pair of arm members of the robotic humanoid form, which are pivotally mounted to both the upper sides of the base member;

a pair of collapsible leg members of the robotic humanoid form, which are connected to the lower part of the base member, each leg member comprising a thigh member and a lower leg member which are pivotally connected to each other, and one member of which is contained within the other member and is covered by a cover member attached to the other member upon folding the leg member;

a pair of left and right front wing members of the robotic humanoid form are pivotally mounted to the front left and right side potions of the base member;

a pair of left and right bracket members which are pivotally mounted to the rear left and right side portions of the base member;

a pair of left and right rear wing members of the robotic humanoid form, which are pivotally mounted to the left and right bracket members;

a pair of left and right accessory members which are pivotally mounted to the left and right leg members;

a pair of left and right piece members which are rotatably mounted to the upper portions of the left and right arm members;

a pair of left and right hand members of the robotic humanoid form, which are rotatably mounted to the left and right arm members; and

at least one head member of another form of the reconfigurable toy assembly, which is so mounted to the rear portion of the base member as to be retractable into the base member.

2. A reconfigurable toy assembly as defined in claim 1, wherein each arm member is pivotally mounted to the base member via a crank coupling member, one end of which is pivotally mounted to the arm member and the other end of which is pivotally mounted to the base member.

3. A reconfigurable toy assembly as defined in claim 1, wherein each arm member comprises an upper arm member and a forearm member which are so connected to each other via the hand member that the forearm member may be slidable along the hand member so as to cover the hand member completely.

4. A reconfigurable toy assembly as defined in claim 1, wherein the reconfigurable toy assembly is transformable into the robotic humanoid form, a gun form, a jet plane form, an automobile form, an armored car form and a puma form by changing the movable toy components.

5. A reconfigurable toy assembly as defined in claim 4, wherein, when the reconfigurable toy assembly is configured into the gun form, a trigger member is pivotally mounted to a lower portion of a magazine composed of the base member of the robotic humanoid form so as to be retractable into the magazine, and a flexible member biases the trigger member against a squeezing force on the trigger member.