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Magnetically jointed toy for emitting stimuli

Assignee: Takara Co Ltd
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Filing: 1992-08-19
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Granted: 1994-03-22
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Expires: 2012-08-19
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Abstract

Abstract A combined toy capable of permitting a user to enjoy play full of unexpectedness and/or novelty. The combined toy includes a toy body constituted by a trunk, and attachments including a head, arms and legs detachably combined with the trunk. Combining between the trunk and the attachments is carried out using magnetic force. Also, a sound producing unit and a light emitting unit are provided in the toy body and/or attachments so as to be actuated when the attachments each are combined with the toy body.

Inventors

  • 👤 Takio Ejima

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-30 21:13
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63H; A63H3/00; A63H3/28; A63H3/16

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim 137 words
A combined toy comprising: a toy body; at least one attachment detachably combined with said toy body; means for attaching the toy body and the attachment including a magnet, a pair of conductive elements sandwiching the magnet, and a semispherical electrically conductive member, which will be attracted by the magnetic force field to adhere to the conductive elements; a stimulus producing means for producing at least one predetermined stimulus appealing to the sensitory senses of a human; and circuit means for interconnecting the means for attaching and the stimulus producing means so that the connection of the semispherical electrically conductive member will activate the stimulus producing means, said stimulus producing means being provided in at least one of said toy body and attachment so as to be actuated when said attachment is combined with said toy body.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 137 words
A combined toy comprising: a toy body; at least one attachment detachably combined with said toy body; means for attaching the toy body and the attachment including a magnet, a pair of conductive elements sandwiching the magnet, and a semispherical electrically conductive member, which will be attracted by the magnetic force field to adhere to the conductive elements; a stimulus producing means for producing at least one predetermined stimulus appealing to the sensitory senses of a human; and circuit means for interconnecting the means for attaching and the stimulus producing means so that the connection of the semispherical electrically conductive member will activate the stimulus producing means, said stimulus producing means being provided in at least one of said toy body and attachment so as to be actuated when said attachment is combined with said toy body.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 27 words
A combined toy as defined in claim 1, wherein said stimulus producing means comprises at least one of a sound producing unit and a light emitting unit.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 30 words
A combined toy as defined in claim 2, wherein combination of said attachment with said toy body permits said sound producing unit to produce a sound indicative of said combination.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 20 words
A combined toy as defined in claim 3, wherein said combination further permits said light emitting unit to emit light.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 18 words
A combined toy as defined in claim 1, wherein said combined toy is an imitation of a robot.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 20 words
A combined toy as defined in claim 5, wherein a plurality, of said attachments are combined with said toy body.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 30 words
A combined toy as defined in claim 6, wherein said toy body comprises a trunk; and said attachments comprise a head, a pair of arms, and a pair of legs.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 94 words
A robotic humanoid toy comprising: a toy trunk body; a plurality of attachments, including a head, a pair of arms and a pair of legs, detachably combined with the toy trunk body; and a stimulus producing means for producing predetermined stimulus perceivably by a human, including a selecting means for selecting a different stimulus to be produced corresponding to each particular attachment combined with the toy trunk body so that, when one of the attachments is connected to the toy trunk body, the stimulus producing means produces a stimulus which corresponds to that attachment.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 94 words
A robotic humanoid toy comprising: a toy trunk body; a plurality of attachments, including a head, a pair of arms and a pair of legs, detachably combined with the toy trunk body; and a stimulus producing means for producing predetermined stimulus perceivably by a human, including a selecting means for selecting a different stimulus to be produced corresponding to each particular attachment combined with the toy trunk body so that, when one of the attachments is connected to the toy trunk body, the stimulus producing means produces a stimulus which corresponds to that attachment.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 27 words
A robotic humanoid as defined in claim 8, wherein said stimulus producing means comprises at least one of a sound producing unit and a light emitting unit.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 31 words
A robotic humanoid toy as defined in claim 9, wherein a combination of at least one attachment with said toy trunk body further permits said light emitting unit to emit light.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 26 words
A robotic humanoid toy as defined in claim 8, wherein a combination of said attachments with said toy trunk body is carried out by magnetic force.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 138 words
A combined toy comprising: a toy body; at least one attachment detachably combined with said toy body; means for attaching the toy body and the attachments, including a pair of conductive elements, a semispherical electrically conductive member and means for providing a magnetic force field to hold the respective pairs of conductive elements and semispherical electrically conductive member together; a stimulus producing means for producing at least one predetermined stimulus appealing to the sensitory senses of a human; and circuit means for interconnecting the means for attaching and the stimulus producing means so that the connection of the semispherical electrically conductive member will activate the stimulus producing means, said stimulus producing means being provided in at least one of said toy body and attachment so as to be actuated when said attachment is combined with said toy body.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 138 words
A combined toy comprising: a toy body; at least one attachment detachably combined with said toy body; means for attaching the toy body and the attachments, including a pair of conductive elements, a semispherical electrically conductive member and means for providing a magnetic force field to hold the respective pairs of conductive elements and semispherical electrically conductive member together; a stimulus producing means for producing at least one predetermined stimulus appealing to the sensitory senses of a human; and circuit means for interconnecting the means for attaching and the stimulus producing means so that the connection of the semispherical electrically conductive member will activate the stimulus producing means, said stimulus producing means being provided in at least one of said toy body and attachment so as to be actuated when said attachment is combined with said toy body.

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