GARMENT HAVING AN ENHANCED PLAY FUNCTION AND PLAY LANDSCAPE

Abstract

A garment, in particular an outer garment having a play surface with an enhanced play function, wherein a play figure and a movable fastening device are provided, wherein the movable fastening device is connected to the garment and/or integrated in the garment, wherein the movable fastening device is partially movable relative to the garment and/or to the play surface and/or has a moving element that is movable relative to the garment and/or to the play surface, and the play figure is detachably fastened to the movable fastening device and/or to the moving element.

Claims

1. A garment having a play surface, on which a play figure and a movable fastening device are provided, wherein: the movable fastening device is connected to the garment and/or is integrated in the garment, wherein the movable fastening device has a moving element that is movable relative to the garment and/or to the play surface such that the movable fastening device has a fixed part and additionally comprises the moving element, which is accordingly mounted in a movable manner, and the play figure is detachably fastened to the movable fastening device and/or to the moving element, wherein the play figure is magnetically fastened to the movable fastening device and/or to the moving element, and wherein the movable fastening device is configured as a pocket that is integrated in the play surface and forms an interior space in which a magnet and/or a magnetizable body is mounted in a movable manner as the moving element.

2. The garment as claimed in claim 1, wherein the movable fastening device is partially movable relative to the garment and/or to the play surface.

3. The garment as claimed in claim 1, wherein the play figure is fastened to the movable fastening device and/or to the moving element by being clamped and/or via a hook-and-loop fastener.

4. The garment as claimed in claim 1, wherein the movable fastening device is configured as follows: as a pendulum, which is fastened to the play surface at least at one point and/or along at least a part of its length; and/or as a guide rail having a runner, mounted in the guide rail, as the moving element.

5. The garment as claimed in claim 1, wherein the pocket extends substantially parallel to the play surface and the extension perpendicular to the play surface corresponds to the height of the moving element.

6. The garment as claimed in claim 1, wherein the interior space of the pocket is completely closed.

7. The garment as claimed in claim 1, wherein the interior space of the pocket is configured to be openable and reclosable in a subregion of the periphery, in order for it to be possible to remove and/or insert and/or replace the moving element.

8. The garment as claimed in claim 1, wherein the pocket forms with its interior space a tunnel, the width of which parallel to the play surface corresponds to that of the moving element, such that the moving element is mounted in the tunnel so as to be movable along the length of the tunnel.

9. The garment as claimed in claim 1, further comprising at least one static fastening mechanism.

10. The garment as claimed in claim 9, wherein the static fastening mechanism is configured as a hook-and-loop fastener and/or as a magnet and/or as a magnetizable body and/or as a press button.

11. The garment as claimed in claim 1, wherein the pocket is formed and/or bounded on one side by the material forming the play surface and on the opposite side by a piece of textile fastened thereto.

12. The garment as claimed in claim 1, wherein the garment is formed at least partially by a double layer of a textile material and the pocket is arranged between the two layers and delimited by a fastening of the two layers in the peripheral region.

13. A play device for children to play with, comprising a garment as claimed in claim 1 and a rod that has a magnet and/or a magnetizable body, wherein at least one play figure is present, which has a magnet and/or a magnetizable body, wherein the rod is separate from the garment and/or detachably connectable to the garment in order to keep the at least one play figure on the garment and/or to be able to move it over the play surface by the magnetic attraction acting between the play figure and the rod with a part of the play surface of the garment between the play figure and the rod.

14. The garment as claimed in claim 9, comprising at least three static fastening mechanisms arranged alongside one another such that they form a substantially continuous line and/or a path.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0021] Exemplary embodiments of the present invention are illustrated in the drawings and explained in more detail in the following text with further details and advantages being specified.

[0022] FIG. 1 shows a schematic illustration of a garment according to the present invention;

[0023] FIG. 2 shows a schematic section through the pocket of the garment according to FIG. 1;

[0024] FIG. 3 shows a schematic illustration of a part of a play device according to the present invention; and

[0025] FIG. 4 shows a schematic illustration of a play figure for use in conjunction with the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0026] FIG. 1 shows a garment 1 according to the present invention, in this case in the form of a T-shirt, in which the front side is in the form of a play surface 2. Provided on the play surface 2 are 3 movable fastening devices, namely a pocket 3, which is not itself movable but has a moving element 4 in the form of a small magnetic plate that is located in turn in the interior space of the pocket 3. Furthermore, a pendulum 5 that serves as a liana is provided, which in this case is fastened detachably via a hook-and-loop fastener 6 to the play surface 2. Stuck in turn to the moving element 5 is a play FIG. 7. This play FIG. 7 has magnets or magnetizable metal bodies incorporated in its extremities, such that the two arms or front feet can be stuck together. In this way, the play FIG. 7 can in turn be attached in a retained manner to the moving element 5, which is present in the form of a pendulum. A similar play FIG. 8 is also provided in the region of the pocket 3 and hangs detachably there on the moving element 4, which is in turn located in the interior space of the pocket 3 and is not visible from the outside. The play FIG. 7 can be moved in a manner hanging on the pendulum 5 while the play FIG. 8 can be guided over the surface that is defined by the pocket 3 and makes up a part of the play surface 2.

[0027] Located furthermore in the lower region of the garment 1 is a guide rail 9, which is permanently fastened (sewn in) to the play surface 2 in each case in its end regions. Threaded onto the guide rail 9 is a bead made of a magnetizable body 10. From this bead 10, which likewise represents a moving element, there in turn hangs a play FIG. 11, into one arm of which a magnet is integrated such that it can be fastened detachably to the bead 10.

[0028] A plurality of static fastening mechanisms 15 in the form of hook-and-loop fasteners form a path, along which a play figure can be guided, or to which it can be fastened, with hook-and-loop fasteners.

[0029] A schematic section through the pocket 3 is illustrated in FIG. 2. To form the pocket 3, a further layer of material 12 has been attached on the rear side of the play surface 2. In the lower region of the pocket 3, the layer of material 12 is joined to the rear side of the play surface 2 via a fixed connection 13, in that the two are sewn together. In the upper region, in turn, the two layers are joined detachably together via a hook-and-loop fastener 14, such that the moving element 4 can also be removed before washing. Furthermore, a play FIG. 8 is provided, which has already been illustrated in FIG. 1 and sticks to the moving element 4 with one extremity, in which a magnet 14 is in turn implemented. Toward the outside, however, this occurs “invisibly” since neither the magnet 14 nor the moving element 4 as magnetizable body are visible toward the outside. Depending on how great the friction forces are, the moving element 4 can also drop down within the pocket 3 under the force of gravity. Since the moving element 4 is not visible from the outside, it is possible, for better findability, for the pocket, for example, also to be designed in a triangular manner (with the tip downward) in the lower region at the seam 13, such that the moving element 4 slips down to the deepest point of the pocket under its own weight without any other force application and can easily be found there from the outside.

[0030] In order to be able to improve the play possibilities even further, a play device according to FIG. 3 can be provided. FIG. 3 shows an expansion possibility in which the play FIG. 8 is retained on the surface 2, but not in the region of the pocket 3 or via a moving element 4, but via a separate rod 20, in the interior of which a magnet or a magnetizable body 21 is likewise located. The play FIG. 8 can thus, in the same way as in FIG. 2, be held or moved. In this expansion possibility according to FIG. 3, the play FIG. 8 is guided via a separate rod, however, which is moved, for example, by the wearer of the garment.

[0031] FIG. 4 in turn illustrates an expansion possibility which relates to a play FIG. 30. Provided as a supplement to this play FIG. 30 (in the form of a dog here) is a play FIG. 31 in the form of a chewing bone. A magnetizable body or a magnet 32 have been introduced into the bone 31; likewise, a magnet or a magnetizable body 33 is located correspondingly in the play FIG. 30. As a result of the attraction force between the two play FIGS. 30 and 31, not only are the play figures attracted to one another, but the play FIG. 31 in the form of a bone passes directly into the region of the muzzle of the play FIG. 30 and thus gives the effect of the bone 31 being snatched by the dog 30.

[0032] All the exemplary embodiments and developments of the present invention have in common that a play figure and a movable fastening device are provided, wherein the movable fastening device can be joined to or integrated in the garment and is movable relative to the garment or the play surface. The movable fastening device can also have a movable mounted moving element. The play figure can be fastened detachably to the movable fastening device and/or to the moving element of the movable fastening device. The garment thus forms a part of a three-dimensional play landscape, in which play figures are movable in three dimensions in the region of the garment.

REFERENCE SIGNS

[0033] 1 Garment [0034] 2 Play surface [0035] 3 Pocket [0036] 4 Moving element [0037] 5 Pendulum [0038] 6 Hook-and-loop fastener [0039] 7 Play figure [0040] 8 Play figure [0041] 9 Guide rail [0042] 10 Magnet/magnetizable body [0043] 11 Play figure [0044] 12 Layer of material [0045] 13 Firm connection/seam [0046] 14 Hook-and-loop fastener [0047] 15 Hook-and-loop fastener at the pocket periphery [0048] 20 Rod [0049] 21 Magnet/magnetizable body [0050] 30 Play figure [0051] 31 Play figure [0052] 32 Magnet/magnetizable body [0053] 33 Magnet/magnetizable body