Prefabricated dinosaur model

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a prefabricated dinosaur model comprising a skeleton frame which includes a head bone part, a neck bone part, a trunk bone part, a tail bone part, and a leg bone part and forms a skeleton corresponding to an external shape of the dinosaur when assembled; a joint connection part provided at a connection part of the skeleton frame to enable movement of the skeleton frame; and an outer skin which includes an outer skin of the head, an outer skin of the neck, an outer skin of the trunk, an outer skin of the tail, and an outer skin of the leg individually corresponding to the skeleton frame, and directly coupled to corresponding parts of the skeleton frame individually in a detachable manner.

Claims

1. A prefabricated dinosaur model comprising: a skeleton frame including a head bone part, a neck bone part, a trunk bone part, a tail bone part, and a leg bone part, and forming a skeleton corresponding to an appearance of a dinosaur when assembled; at least one joint connection part provided at a connection portion of the skeleton frame to enable movement of the skeleton frame; and an outer skin including a head skin part, a neck skin part, a trunk skin part, a tail skin part, and a leg skin part individually corresponding to the head bone part, the neck bone part, the trunk bone part, the tail bone part, and the leg bone part, respectively, of to the skeleton frame, and detachably coupled directly to corresponding parts of the skeleton frame; wherein the head bone part includes a skull, and a jawbone moveably coupled to the skull to open and close a mouth; a first hinge member is rotatably connected to an inner side of the skull, and a second hinge member is rotatably connected to an inner side of the jawbone and also connected to the first hinge member; a rotating shaft is provided at a location where the first hinge member and the second hinge member are connected to each other; and a tongue is protrudingly provided at a side of the rotating shaft, and the tongue is moved back and forth in response to movement of the jawbone with respect to the skull such that a fore end portion of the tongue is moved in and out of the head bone part.

2. The prefabricated dinosaur model of claim 1, wherein each of B the neck bone part and the tail bone part of the skeleton frame includes a plurality of the joint connection parts.

3. The prefabricated dinosaur model of claim 1, wherein the joint connection part is one of a spherical type, a hinged type, and a cylindrical sliding type.

4. The prefabricated dinosaur model of claim 1, wherein a surface of the outer skin is configured such that a skin shape suitable for skin texture of each part is realized by a multi-etching method that realizes a predetermined skin shape by repeating film transfer and etching several times.

Description

DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

(1) FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a prefabricated dinosaur model according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

(2) FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing the prefabricated dinosaur model according to the embodiment of the present disclosure;

(3) FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing operation of a head part of the prefabricated dinosaur model according to the embodiment of the present disclosure;

(4) FIG. 4 is a view showing operation of the head part of the prefabricated dinosaur model according to the embodiment of the present disclosure;

(5) FIG. 5 is a structural view showing a tail part of the prefabricated dinosaur model according to the embodiment of the present disclosure;

(6) FIG. 6 is a structural view showing a leg part of the prefabricated dinosaur model according to the embodiment of the present disclosure;

(7) FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing surface machining of an outer skin in the prefabricated dinosaur model according to the embodiment of the present disclosure;

(8) FIGS. 8, 9, and 10 are photographs showing various embodiments of the outer skin surface in the prefabricated dinosaur model according to the embodiment of the present disclosure; and

(9) FIG. 11 is an exploded perspective view showing a prefabricated dinosaur model according to another embodiment of the present disclosure.

MODE FOR INVENTION

(10) Herein below, the configuration, operation, and effects of a prefabricated dinosaur model according to a preferred embodiment will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. For reference, in the following drawings, each element is omitted or schematically shown for convenience and clarity, and the size thereof does not reflect the actual size. Also, throughout the description, the same reference numerals will be used to refer to the same or like elements or parts, and in each drawing, reference numerals for the same or like elements or parts will be omitted.

(11) FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a prefabricated dinosaur model according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, and FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing the prefabricated dinosaur model according to the embodiment of the present disclosure.

(12) As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a prefabricated dinosaur model 1 according to the embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a skeleton frame 100 forming a skeleton of a dinosaur; a joint connection part 200 configured to connect the skeleton frame 100 to allow the prefabricated dinosaur model 1 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure to be moved similar to an actual dinosaur; and an outer skin 300 coupled to the skeleton frame 100 to form an appearance of the dinosaur.

(13) Herein, the skeleton frame 100 is a component that forms an entire skeleton of the dinosaur. The skeleton frame 100 includes: a head bone part 110 forming a skeleton of a head of the dinosaur; a neck bone part 120 forming a skeleton of a neck of the dinosaur; a trunk bone part 130 forming a skeleton of a trunk of the dinosaur; a tail bone part 140 forming a skeleton of a tail of the dinosaur; and a leg bone part 150 forming a skeleton of a leg of the dinosaur.

(14) Furthermore, although not shown, when the dinosaur is a pterosaur, the skeleton frame 100 may further include a wing bone part.

(15) Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 2, it is preferred that the skeleton frame 100 is configured such that most of elements are divided in half and assembled with respect to a center plane.

(16) The joint connection part 200 is a component that allows movement of the skeleton frame 100, and is provided at each connection portion of the skeleton frame 100.

(17) The joint connection part 200 may be a spherical type joint connection part rotatable in all directions regardless of direction in response to the movement of corresponding part, or may be a hinged type joint connection part rotatable only in one direction such as an up and down direction or a side to side direction.

(18) Furthermore, the joint connection part 200 may be a cylindrical sliding type joint connection part or a polygonal sliding type joint connection part that is adjustable in the forward and backward direction in response to the movement of corresponding part.

(19) The outer skin 300 is a component that is coupled to corresponding skeleton frame 100 to form a final appearance of the dinosaur. The outer skin 300 includes: a head skin part 310 coupled to an outer side of the head bone part 110; a neck skin part 320 coupled to an outer side of the neck bone part 120; a trunk skin part 330 coupled to an outer side of the trunk bone part 130; a tail skin part 340 coupled to an outer side of the tail bone part 140; and a leg skin part 350 coupled to an outer side of the leg bone part 150.

(20) Furthermore, although not shown, when the dinosaur is a pterosaur, the outer skin may further include a wing skin coupled to an outer side of the wing bone part of the skeleton frame 100.

(21) In the prefabricated dinosaur model 1 according to the embodiment of the present disclosure, the skeleton frame 100 is manufactured not in an actual anatomical bone shape of the dinosaur but in a shape corresponding to the appearance of the dinosaur in actual assembly. By simplifying the skeleton frame 100, not only can the number of assembly parts be significantly reduced, but also the outer skin 300 made in accordance with the final appearance of the dinosaur can be tightly coupled to the outer side of the skeleton frame 100 without a separate connecting member.

(22) Furthermore, since the outer skin 300 is detachably coupled directly to the outer side of the skeleton frame 100 without a separate connecting member, the number of assembly parts can be further reduced, and the overall manufacturing cost including the mold cost can be reduced accordingly.

(23) The coupling method in which the outer skin 300 is detachably coupled directly to the outer side of the skeleton frame 100 without a separate connecting member may vary widely.

(24) As an example of the coupling method, the outer side of the skeleton frame 100 may be provided with a coupling groove, and the inner side of the outer skin 300 may be provided with a coupling protrusion corresponding to the coupling groove. Furthermore, the outer side of the skeleton frame 100 may be provided with a magnet, and the inner side of the outer skin 300 may be provided with an iron plate or a magnet corresponding to the magnet. Other than this, one of the detachable coupling structures according to known techniques can be selectively applied.

(25) FIG. 3 is a view showing operation of a head part of the prefabricated dinosaur model according to the embodiment of the present disclosure, and FIG. 4 is a sectional view showing operation of the head part of the prefabricated dinosaur model according to the embodiment of the present disclosure.

(26) For more realistic dinosaur motion expression, as shown in FIG. 3, it is preferred that the prefabricated dinosaur model 1 according to the embodiment of the present disclosure is configured such that a mouth of the dinosaur is opened and closed in the state where the head skin part 310 is coupled to the head bone part 110, and a tongue 116 is moved in and out of the head bone part 110 with the head skin part 310 being coupled thereto.

(27) The above operation of the prefabricated dinosaur model 1 according to the embodiment of the present disclosure is preferably applied to a dinosaur with a large head such as tyrannosaurus or triceratops rather than a dinosaur with a small head.

(28) To implement opening and closing motion of the dinosaur's mouth, as shown in FIG. 4, the head bone part 110 includes a skull 111, and a jawbone 113 moveably coupled to the skull 111 to open and close the mouth.

(29) Furthermore, to implement the in/out operation of the tongue 116 according to the opening and closing of the dinosaur's mouth, a first hinge member 112 is rotatably connected to an inner side of the skull 111, and a second hinge member 114 is rotatably connected to an inner side of the jawbone 113 and also connected to the first hinge member 112. Furthermore, a rotating shaft 115 is provided at a location where the first hinge member 112 and the second hinge member 114 are connected to each other, and the dinosaur's tongue 116 is protrudingly provided at a front of the rotating shaft 115.

(30) Due to the structure of the above described head bone part 110, when the jawbone 113 is rotated with respect to the skull 111 to open the dinosaur's mouth, the first hinge member 112 and the second hinge member 114 are rotated respectively so that a connection portion between the first hinge member 112 and the second hinge member 114, that is, the rotating shaft 115 can be moved forward, and by the forward movement of the rotating shaft 115, the dinosaur's tongue 116 protrudes toward the front of the dinosaur's mouth.

(31) Furthermore, when the jawbone 113 is rotated in an opposite direction with respect to the skull 111 to close the dinosaur's mouth, the first hinge member 112 and the second hinge member 114 are rotated in opposite directions respectively so that the connection portion between the first hinge member 112 and the second hinge member 114, that is, the rotating shaft 115 can be moved backward, and by the backward movement of the rotating shaft 115, the dinosaur's tongue 116 is accommodated in the dinosaur's mouth.

(32) FIG. 5 is a structural view showing a tail part of the prefabricated dinosaur model according to the embodiment of the present disclosure, and FIG. 6 is a structural view showing a leg part of the prefabricated dinosaur model according to the embodiment of the present disclosure.

(33) As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, between each element constituting the tail bone part 140 and the leg bone part 150, various types of joint connection parts 200 are provided.

(34) In other words, as shown in FIG. 5, the cylindrical sliding type joint connection part 200 adjustable in the forward and backward directions and the hinged type joint connection part 200 rotatable in the up and down direction may be provided between joints of the tail bone part 140. This structure of the tail bone part 140 is applicable to realizing the neck bone part 120 of a long-necked dinosaur.

(35) Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 6, the ankle part of the leg bone part 150 may be provided with the spherical type joint connection part 200 rotatable in all directions regardless of direction.

(36) Furthermore, although not shown, between elements of the skeleton frame 100 requiring movement, there may be provided various types of joint connection part 200 suitable for the movement, for example, a spherical type joint connection part, a hinged type joint connection part, a cylindrical sliding type joint connection part, and a polygonal sliding type joint connection part.

(37) FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing surface machining of an outer skin in the prefabricated dinosaur model according to the embodiment of the present disclosure, and FIGS. 8, 9, and 10 are photographs showing various embodiments of the outer skin surface in the prefabricated dinosaur model according to the embodiment of the present disclosure.

(38) For more realistic dinosaur skin expression, as shown in FIG. 7, the outer skin 300 is configured such that a skin shape suited for the skin texture of each region through a multi-etching method that implements a predetermined skin shape by repeating film transfer and etching several times on the surfaces of the head skin part 310, the neck skin part 320, the trunk skin part 330, the tail skin part 340, and the leg skin part 350.

(39) The multi-etching method, as shown in FIG. 7, may include: a first etching process in which a masking film for forming an initial shape is transferred to the surface of the outer skin 300 and then a predetermined portion is etched away by etching to form the initial shape; a second etching process in which a masking film for forming a contour is transferred to the surface of the outer skin 300 processed by the first etching process and then the predetermined portion is etched away by etching to form the contour; a third etching process in which a masking film for trimming the contour is transferred to the surface of the outer skin 300 processed by the second etching process and then the predetermined portion is etched away by etching to trim the contour; and a fourth etching process in which a masking film for final trimming the contour is transferred to the surface of the outer skin 300 processed by the third etching process and then the predetermined portion is etched away by etching to trim the contour finally.

(40) The skin shaped realized by the multi-etching method may be, for example, one of a rough skin shape as shown in FIG. 8, a normal skin shape as shown in FIG. 9, and a fine skin shape as shown in FIG. 10.

(41) To realize skin texture suitable for the surface of the outer skin 300 of the dinosaur by the multi-etching method, a three-dimensional contour is formed on the surface of the outer skin 300 so that a predetermined texture is felt, and it is possible to realize a texture almost identical to the skin of the actual dinosaur, whereby it is possible to enhance the commercial value of the dinosaur model, improve customer satisfaction, and also provide a function to prevent the dinosaur model from slipping in the hand, especially when the user grips the same.

(42) FIG. 11 is an exploded perspective view showing a prefabricated dinosaur model according to another embodiment of the present disclosure.

(43) The prefabricated dinosaur model 1 of the present disclosure is made based on tyrannosaurus, a carnivorous dinosaur, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 6, but may be made based on triceratops, a herbivorous dinosaur, as shown in FIG. 11, and also may be made based on all kinds of dinosaurs including a pterosaurs which flies, and ichthyosaurus which lives in the sea as well as other terrestrial dinosaurs.

(44) Although a preferred embodiment of the present disclosure has been described for illustrative purposes, those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications, additions and substitutions are possible, without departing from the scope and spirit of the disclosure as disclosed in the accompanying claims.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY

(45) The prefabricated dinosaur model according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is applicable to toys, educational kits, or the field of sculpture.