POLYHEDRAL MAGNETIC TOY BRICK AND COMBINED STRUCTURE
20230285869 ยท 2023-09-14
Inventors
Cpc classification
A63H33/046
HUMAN NECESSITIES
International classification
Abstract
The present disclosure discloses a polyhedral magnetic toy brick and a combined structure. A polyhedral magnetic toy brick includes an inner-layer assembly, at least two magnets and an outer skin assembly. The inner-layer assembly includes several board bodies folded to form the inner-layer assembly. The board bodies include at least one triangular magnetic face; two magnet mounting holes are formed in the magnetic face. One magnet is mounted in each magnet mounting hole, and the two magnets on the same magnetic face have opposite outward magnetisms. The outer skin assembly wraps an outer surface of the inner-layer assembly, so that the magnets can be stably fixed on the board body and is avoided from being separated or moving relative to the board body, the board bodies with different shapes are connected, and are combined stably. Meanwhile, the possibility and diversification of constructing models are further achieved.
Claims
1. A Polyhedral magnetic toy brick, comprising: an inner-layer assembly, wherein the inner-layer assembly comprises several board bodies; the several board bodies are folded to form the inner-layer assembly; the board bodies comprise at least one triangular magnetic face; two magnet mounting holes are formed in the magnetic face; at least two magnets, wherein one magnet is mounted in each magnet mounting hole, and the two magnets on the same magnetic face have opposite outward magnetisms; and an outer skin assembly, wherein the outer skin assembly wraps an outer surface of the inner-layer assembly.
2. The polyhedral magnetic toy brick according to claim 1, wherein the magnetic faces are outer faces of the board bodies; when there is one magnetic face, the board body defined by the magnetic face is triangular; and when there are two magnetic faces, the board body defined by the two magnetic faces is rhombic or square.
3. The polyhedral magnetic toy brick according to claim 1, wherein the two magnets are symmetrically arranged along a center line of the triangular magnetic face.
4. The polyhedral magnetic toy brick according to claim 1, wherein each polyhedral magnetic toy brick is a tetrapyramid including five board bodies, namely, a first board body, a second board body, a third board body, a fourth board body, and a fifth board body; the first board body is rhombic; the second board body, the third board body, the fourth board body, and the fifth board body are triangular; the second board body and the fourth board body are rotatably connected to two opposite edges of the first board body; the third board body and the fifth board body are plugged to the other two opposite edges of the first board body; the third board body and the second board body, as well as the fourth board body and the fifth board body, are rotatably connected; and the second board body and the fifth board body, as well as the third board body and the fourth board body, are plugged.
5. The polyhedral magnetic toy brick according to claim 1, wherein each polyhedral magnetic toy brick is a triangular pyramid including four board bodies, namely, a first board body, a second board body, a third board body, a fourth board body, and a fifth board body; the first board body, the second board body, the third board body, and the fourth board body are triangular; the second board body and the fourth board body are rotatably connected to two edges of the first board body; the third board body is plugged to the other edge of the first board body; the third board body and the fourth board body are rotatably connected; and the second board body and the fourth board body, as well as the third board body and the second board body, are plugged.
6. The polyhedral magnetic toy brick according to claim 1, wherein each polyhedral magnetic toy brick is an oblique quadrangular prism including sixth board bodies, namely, a first board body, a second board body, a third board body, a fourth board body, a fifth board body, and a sixth board body; the first board body, the second board body, the third board body, the fourth board body, the fifth board body, and the six board body are rhombic; the third board body and the sixth board body are rotatably connected to two adjacent edges of the first board body; the fourth board body and the fifth board body are plugged to the other two adjacent edges of the first board body; the third board body and the sixth board body, as well as the fourth board body and the fifth board body are plugged; the second board body and the first board body are parallel; the second board body and the fifth board body are rotatably connected; and the second board body and the third board body, as well as the fourth board body and the sixth board body are plugged.
7. The polyhedral magnetic toy brick according to claim 1, wherein each polyhedral magnetic toy brick is an oblique triangular prism including five board bodies, namely, a first board body, a second board body, a third board body, a fourth board body, and a fifth board body; the first board body, the second board body, and the fourth board body are rhombic; the third board body and the fifth board body are triangular; the second board body and the fourth board body are rotatably connected to two opposite edges of the first board body; the fifth board body and the third board body are plugged to the other two opposite edges of the first board body; the fifth board body and the second board body, as well as the third board body and the fourth board body, are rotatably connected; and the fourth board body and the fifth board body, the third board body and the second board body, as well as the second board body and the fourth board body, are plugged.
8. The polyhedral magnetic toy brick according to claim 1, wherein each polyhedral magnetic toy brick is a rhombic regular dodecahedron; the inner-layer assembly is formed by connecting two groups of the board bodies; there are six board bodies in each group, namely, a first board body, a second board body, a third board body, a fourth board body, a fifth board body, and a sixth board body; the first board body, the second board body, the third board body, the fourth board body, the fifth board body, and the sixth board body are rhombic; two adjacent edges of the first board body are respectively plugged to the third board body and the fifth board body; another edge of the first board body is rotatably connected with the second board body; the second board body and the third board body are rotatably connected; the fourth board body is rotatably connected between the third board body and the fifth board body; the sixth board body and the fifth board body are rotatably connected; and the sixth board body and the fourth board body are plugged.
9. The polyhedral magnetic toy brick according to claim 1, wherein the several board bodies are integrally molded, and are folded and fixed by plugging.
10. A combined structure, comprising two polyhedral magnetic toy bricks, each of the polyhedral magnetic toy bricks comprising: an inner-layer assembly, wherein the inner-layer assembly comprises several board bodies; the several board bodies are folded to form the inner-layer assembly; the board bodies comprise at least one triangular magnetic face; two magnet mounting holes are formed in the magnetic face; at least two magnets, wherein one magnet is mounted in each magnet mounting hole, and the two magnets on the same magnetic face have opposite outward magnetisms; and an outer skin assembly, wherein the outer skin assembly wraps an outer surface of the inner-layer assembly. wherein two of the polyhedral magnetic toy bricks are connected through the magnetic faces.
11. The combined structure according to claim 10, wherein the magnetic faces are outer faces of the board bodies; when there is one magnetic face, the board body defined by the magnetic face is triangular; and when there are two magnetic faces, the board body defined by the two magnetic faces is rhombic or square.
12. The combined structure according to claim 10, wherein the two magnets are symmetrically arranged along a center line of the triangular magnetic face.
13. The combined structure according to claim 10, wherein each polyhedral magnetic toy brick is a tetrapyramid including five board bodies, namely, a first board body, a second board body, a third board body, a fourth board body, and a fifth board body; the first board body is rhombic; the second board body, the third board body, the fourth board body, and the fifth board body are triangular; the second board body and the fourth board body are rotatably connected to two opposite edges of the first board body; the third board body and the fifth board body are plugged to the other two opposite edges of the first board body; the third board body and the second board body, as well as the fourth board body and the fifth board body, are rotatably connected; and the second board body and the fifth board body, as well as the third board body and the fourth board body, are plugged.
14. The combined structure according to claim 10, wherein each polyhedral magnetic toy brick is a triangular pyramid including four board bodies, namely, a first board body, a second board body, a third board body, a fourth board body, and a fifth board body; the first board body, the second board body, the third board body, and the fourth board body are triangular; the second board body and the fourth board body are rotatably connected to two edges of the first board body; the third board body is plugged to the other edge of the first board body; the third board body and the fourth board body are rotatably connected; and the second board body and the fourth board body, as well as the third board body and the second board body, are plugged.
15. The combined structure according to claim 10, wherein each polyhedral magnetic toy brick is an oblique quadrangular prism including sixth board bodies, namely, a first board body, a second board body, a third board body, a fourth board body, a fifth board body, and a sixth board body; the first board body, the second board body, the third board body, the fourth board body, the fifth board body, and the six board body are rhombic; the third board body and the sixth board body are rotatably connected to two adjacent edges of the first board body; the fourth board body and the fifth board body are plugged to the other two adjacent edges of the first board body; the third board body and the sixth board body, as well as the fourth board body and the fifth board body are plugged; the second board body and the first board body are parallel; the second board body and the fifth board body are rotatably connected; and the second board body and the third board body, as well as the fourth board body and the sixth board body are plugged.
16. combined structure according to claim 10, wherein each polyhedral magnetic toy brick is an oblique triangular prism including five board bodies, namely, a first board body, a second board body, a third board body, a fourth board body, and a fifth board body; the first board body, the second board body, and the fourth board body are rhombic; the third board body and the fifth board body are triangular; the second board body and the fourth board body are rotatably connected to two opposite edges of the first board body; the fifth board body and the third board body are plugged to the other two opposite edges of the first board body; the fifth board body and the second board body, as well as the third board body and the fourth board body, are rotatably connected; and the fourth board body and the fifth board body, the third board body and the second board body, as well as the second board body and the fourth board body, are plugged.
17. The combined structure according to claim 10, wherein each polyhedral magnetic toy brick is a rhombic regular dodecahedron; the inner-layer assembly is formed by connecting two groups of the board bodies; there are six board bodies in each group, namely, a first board body, a second board body, a third board body, a fourth board body, a fifth board body, and a sixth board body; the first board body, the second board body, the third board body, the fourth board body, the fifth board body, and the sixth board body are rhombic; two adjacent edges of the first board body are respectively plugged to the third board body and the fifth board body; another edge of the first board body is rotatably connected with the second board body; the second board body and the third board body are rotatably connected; the fourth board body is rotatably connected between the third board body and the fifth board body; the sixth board body and the fifth board body are rotatably connected; and the sixth board body and the fourth board body are plugged.
18. The combined structure according to claim 10, wherein the several board bodies are integrally molded, and are folded and fixed by plugging.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS
[0042] In order to explain the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure more clearly, the following will briefly introduce the accompanying drawings used in the embodiments. Apparently, the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present disclosure. Those of ordinary skill in the art can obtain other drawings based on these drawings without creative work.
[0043] As shown in
[0047] The inner-layer assembly 10 is formed by splicing the several board bodies 11, and the outer skin assembly wraps the outer surface of the inner-layer assembly 10, so that the polyhedral magnetic toy brick with good structural strength and stability can be formed. Furthermore, the magnet mounting holes 12 for accommodating the magnets 20 are formed in the magnetic face 100 of the board body 11, so that the magnets 20 can be stably fixed on the board body 11 and is avoided from being separated or moving and even toppling over relative to the board body 11, and magnetic connection between the toy bricks can be guaranteed; and different models can be combined. In addition, the same magnetic face 100 has two magnets 20 with opposite outward magnetisms. In this way, when two toy bricks are connected, the N-pole magnet on one magnetic face 100 is in magnetic fit with the S-pole magnet on the other magnetic face 100, that is, the two magnetic faces 100 are magnetically connected through the two groups of N and S-pole magnets, which ensures that the vertexes, the edges, and the faces of the two magnetic faces 100 are kept in completely overlapping under the magnetic action, so that inconvenience in modeling and combination processes caused by turning, sliding, or other phenomena in a combination process is avoided. Meanwhile, for traditional toy bricks provided with the magnets having the same magnetisms on each face, two toy bricks of the present disclosure can be combined through any magnetic face 100, which improves the degree of freedom of combination and the diversity of models.
[0048] As shown in
[0049] The board bodies 11 and the outer skin assembly may be made of resin, for example, an Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) resin material, so that after the outer skin assembly wraps the outer surface of the inner-layer assembly 10, the magnetisms of the magnets 20 will not be affected. The outer skin assembly includes at least two outer skins. The two outer skins wrap the outer surface of the inner-layer assembly, and are sutured by ultrasonic waves to ensure the connection strength between the outer skins. It should be noted that a shape of the polyhedral magnetic toy brick depends on the inner-layer assembly 10. The outer skin assembly wraps the outer surface of the inner-layer assembly 10, so that the polyhedral magnetic toy brick defined by the shape of the inner-layer assembly 10.
[0050] The magnet mounting holes 12 may be formed in an outer surface of each board body 11. The magnets 20 may be fixed in the magnet mounting holes 12 in an embedding, step clamping, adhesion, or combination manner, to ensure that the magnets 20 are stably fixed on the board body 11.
[0051] Referring to
[0052] It should be noted that the outward magnetisms of the magnets of each board body in the prior are the same, while each magnetic face 100 of the present disclosure is provided with the two magnets 20 with opposite outward magnetisms to connect the board bodies 11 with different shapes. For example, one board body 11 is triangular, and the other board body 11 is rhombic. Due to the two magnets 20 with the opposite outward magnetisms on the magnetic faces 100, the triangular board body 11 can be magnetically connected to the magnetic face 100 of one triangle of the rhombic board body 11. Furthermore, the two magnetic faces 100 are aligned. It can be seen that the board bodies 11 with different shapes are formed by taking the magnetic faces 100 as units, so that the board bodies 11 with different shapes are connected, to increase the possibility of constructing models. It is worth mentioning that the outward magnetisms of the magnets of each board body are the same in the prior art. When two board bodies with different shapes are combined, the smaller board body cannot be constructed at a specified position of the larger board body, which will affect the experience of construction.
[0053] The polyhedral magnetic toy brick may be a regular dodecahedron or a polyprism, which will be described below by five embodiments:
First Embodiment
[0054] The polyhedral magnetic toy brick is a tetrapyramid. Referring to
[0055] The first board body 11a1, the second board body 11a2, the third board body 11a3, the fourth board body 11a4, and the fifth board body 11a5 can be injected into a whole by upper and lower groups of molds, to achieve an unfolded state as shown in
[0056] Specifically, the first board body 11a1, the second board body 11a2, the third board body 11a3, the fourth board body 11a4, and the fifth board body 11a5 are integrated and connected in a manner of aligning edges, to achieve mutual rotation. The second board body 11a2 and the fourth board body 11a4 are rotatably connected to two opposite edges of the first board body 11a1 respectively. The third board body 11a3 and the fifth board body 11a5 are plugged to the other two opposite edges of the first board body 11a1. Furthermore, the third board body 11a3 is rotatably connected to the second board body 11a2. The fifth board body 11a5 is rotatably connected to the fourth board body 11a4. The third board body 11a3 and the fourth board body 11a4, as well as the second board body 11a2 and the fifth board body 11a5, are plugged, so as to fold the board bodies to form the tetrapyramid as shown in
[0057] An example in which the third board body 11a3 and the first board body 11a1 are plugged is taken for description. Referring to
[0058] The inner-layer assembly 10 is formed by splicing the several board bodies 11, so that the inner-layer assembly 10 is of a hollow structure. In this way, the cost can be reduced, and the toy brick has the characteristic of light weight.
[0059] The polyhedral magnetic toy brick which is the tetrapyramid includes five board bodies 11, four of which are triangular and one of which is rhombic. Therefore, the polyhedral magnetic toy brick includes 12 magnets 20.
Second Embodiment
[0060] The polyhedral magnetic toy brick is a triangular pyramid. Referring to
[0061] The second board body 11b2 and the fourth board body 11b4 are rotatably connected to two edges of the first board body 11b1, and the third board body 11b3 is plugged to the other edge of the first board body 11b1. The third board body 11b3 is rotatably connected to the fourth board body 11b4. Furthermore, the second board body 11b2 and the fourth board body 11b4, as well as the second board body 11b2 and the third board body 11b3, are also plugged, so as to fold the board bodies to form the triangular pyramid as shown in
[0062] The polyhedral magnetic toy brick which is the triangular pyramid includes four board bodies 11, each of which is triangular. Therefore, the polyhedral magnetic toy brick includes eight magnets 20.
Third Embodiment
[0063] The polyhedral magnetic toy brick is an oblique quadrangular prism. Referring to
[0064] The third board body 11c3 and the sixth board body 11c6 are rotatably connected to two adjacent edges of the first board body 11c1. The fourth board body 11c4 and the fifth board body 11c5 are plugged to the other two adjacent edges of the first board body 11c1. The fourth board body 11c4 and the third board body 11c3, the fifth board body 11c5 and the sixth board body 11c6, as well as the second board body 11c2 and the fifth board body 11c5 are also rotatably connected. The fourth board body 11c4 and the fifth board body 11c5, as well as the third board body 11c3 and the sixth board body 11c6, are plugged. In addition, the second board body 11c2 is also plugged to the third board body 11c3, the fourth board body 11c4, and the sixth board body 11c6 respectively, so as to fold the board bodies to form the oblique quadrangular prism as shown in
[0065] The polyhedral magnetic toy brick which is the oblique quadrangular prism includes six board bodies 11 which are all rhombic. Therefore, the polyhedral magnetic toy brick includes 24 magnets 20.
Fourth Embodiment
[0066] The polyhedral magnetic toy brick is an oblique triangular prism. Referring to
[0067] The second board body 11d2 and the fourth board body 11d4 are rotatably connected to the two longer opposite edges of the first board body 11d1. The fifth board body 11d5 and the third board body 11d3 are plugged to the two shorter opposite edges of the first board body 11d1. The fifth board body 11d5 is rotatably connected to the second board body 11d2. The third board body 11d3 is integrated on the fourth board body 11d4. The fifth board body 11d5 and the fourth board body 11d4, the second board body 11d2 and the third board body 11d3, as well as the second board body 11d2 and the fourth board body 11d4, are plugged, so as to fold the board bodies to form the triangular prism as shown in
[0068] The polyhedral magnetic toy brick which is the oblique triangular prism includes five board bodies 11, two of which are triangular and three of which is rhombic. Therefore, the polyhedral magnetic toy brick includes 16 magnets 20.
Fifth Embodiment
[0069] The polyhedral magnetic toy brick is a rhombic regular dodecahedron. Referring to
[0070] Two adjacent edges of the first board body 11e1 are respectively plugged to the third board body 11e3 and the fifth board body 11e5. Another edge of the first board body 11e1 is rotatably connected to the second board body 11e2. The second board body 11e2 is rotatably connected to the third board body 11e3. The fourth board body 11e4 is rotatably connected between the third board body 11e3 and the fifth board body 11e5. The sixth board body 11e6 and the fifth board body 11e5 are rotatably connected. The sixth board body 11e6 and the fourth board body 11e4 are plugged.
[0071] Referring to
[0072] The polyhedral magnetic toy brick which is the rhombic regular dodecahedron includes 12 board bodies 11 which are all rhombic. Therefore, the polyhedral magnetic toy brick includes 48 magnets 20.
[0073] From the above embodiments, it can be seen that the board bodies 11 constituting the inner-layer assembly 10 may be the same or different in shape. In this way, the board bodies can be folded to form the polyhedral magnetic toy bricks with different shapes, which provides more possibilities for construction of combined models. In addition, the board bodies 11 constituting the inner-layer assembly 10 can be integrally molded and are then plugged. Two adjacent board bodies 11 that are integrally molded can rotate each other, which reduces the assembling difficulty and ensures the manufacturability. In addition to the above shapes, the polyhedral magnetic toy bricks can also be made into different shapes by adjusting the quantity, shapes, and sizes of the board bodies 11.
[0074] In conclusion, the inner-layer assembly 10 is formed by splicing the several board bodies 11, and the outer skin assembly wraps the outer surface of the inner-layer assembly 10, so that the polyhedral magnetic toy brick with good structural strength and stability can be formed. Furthermore, the magnet mounting holes 12 for accommodating the magnets 20 are formed in the magnetic face 100 of the board body 11, so that the magnets 20 can be stably fixed on the board body 11 and is avoided from being separated or moving relative to the board body 11, and magnetic connection between the toy bricks can be guaranteed; and different models can be combined. In addition, the same magnetic face 100 has two magnets 20 with opposite outward magnetisms. In this way, when two toy bricks are connected, the N-pole magnet on one magnetic face 100 is in magnetic fit with the S-pole magnet on the other magnetic face 100, that is, the two magnetic faces 100 are magnetically connected through the two groups of N and S-pole magnets, which ensures that the vertexes, the edges, and the faces of the two magnetic faces 100 are kept in completely overlapping under the magnetic action, so that inconvenience in modeling and combination processes caused by turning, sliding, or other phenomena in a combination process is avoided. In addition, the board bodies 11 constituting the inner-layer assembly 10 can be integrally molded and are then fixed by plugging, which reduces the assembling difficulty and ensures the manufacturability.
[0075] The present disclosure further provides a combined structure, including at least two polyhedral magnetic toy bricks of any of the above embodiments. The two polyhedral magnetic toy bricks are connected through the magnetic faces 100.
[0076] Since the combined structure adopts the polyhedral magnetic toy bricks of the above embodiment, the beneficial effects of the combined structure can refer to the beneficial effects of the polyhedral magnetic toy bricks of the above embodiment.
[0077] Furthermore, the combined structure can be constructed by the polyhedral magnetic toy bricks with different or same shapes, and can be magnetically connected through the board bodies 11 with different shapes. In this way, the possibility of constructing models can be effectively increased. When two board bodies 11 with different shapes are magnetically connected, since the board bodies 11 take the magnetic faces 100 as a unit, the two magnetically connected board bodies 11 can be magnetically connected through the magnetic faces 100. The N-pole magnet on one magnetic face 100 is in magnetic fit with the S-pole magnet of the other magnetic face 100. That is, the two magnetic faces 100 are magnetically connected through the two groups of N and S-pole magnets, so that it is ensured that the two magnetic faces 100 are aligned, which ensures that the board bodies 11 with different shapes can be constructed stably and further achieves the diversification of constructing models.
[0078] One or more implementation modes are provided above in combination with specific contents, and it is not deemed that the specific implementation of the present disclosure is limited to these specifications. Any technical deductions or replacements approximate or similar to the method and structure of the present disclosure or made under the concept of the present disclosure shall fall within the scope of protection of the present disclosure.