TOY WITH WIND-DRIVEN FLAPPING STRUCTURE

Abstract

A toy with a wind-driven flapping structure, including a toy main body and a flapping structure, where the flapping structure includes a swinging bracket and a flapping piece, an inner end of the swinging bracket is disposed in a swingable manner through a coupling part, and a flapping layer of the flapping piece is made of a flexible material. The flapping layer is driven by an airflow to flap back and forth on two sides of the swinging bracket and drives the swinging bracket to swing reciprocally, so that the toy with the flapping structure driven to flap by wind in a driving process is realized.

Claims

1. A toy with a wind-driven flapping structure, comprising: a toy main body extending generally in a first direction; and, at least one flapping structure, wherein the flapping structure comprises a swinging bracket and a flapping piece, a coupling part to be coupled to one side of the toy main body is disposed at an inner end of the swinging bracket so that the swinging bracket is disposed in a swingable manner relative to the toy main body, the flapping piece comprises a connecting part connected at the swinging bracket and a flapping layer extending along a rear side of the swinging bracket, and the flapping layer is made of a flexible material; and when an airflow blows from the swinging bracket towards the flapping layer, the flapping layer is driven by the airflow to flap back and forth on two sides of the swinging bracket, and drives the swinging bracket to swing reciprocally.

2. The toy with a wind-driven flapping structure according to claim 1, wherein: in a windless state, a rear side of the flapping layer hangs due to the flexible material of the flapping layer and thus is lower than the swinging bracket.

3. The toy with a wind-driven flapping structure according to claim 2, wherein: when the airflow blows from the swinging bracket towards the flapping layer, the airflow acts on a lower surface of the flapping layer and drives the flapping layer to turn upward, and the flapping layer turning upward synchronously drives the swinging bracket to swing upward; and when the flapping layer turns upward to allow the rear side of the flapping layer to be higher than the swinging bracket, the airflow acts on an upper surface of the flapping layer and drives the flapping layer to turn downward, and the flapping layer turning downward synchronously drives the swinging bracket to swing downward.

4. The toy with a wind-driven flapping structure according to claim 2, wherein: an included angle between a length direction of the swinging bracket and a second direction is less than 30.

5. The toy with a wind-driven flapping structure according to claim 1, wherein: the coupling part comprises a coupling ball and a coupling cylinder or coupling cylinders disposed on one side or two sides of the coupling ball; the toy main body is provided with a first coupling cavity and second coupling cavities, the coupling ball is mounted in the first coupling cavity, the coupling cylinders are disposed in the second coupling cavities, the second coupling cavities position the coupling cylinders in the second direction, and a depth of each of the second coupling cavities along a third direction is greater than a diameter of each of the coupling cylinders; and wherein the first direction, the second direction, and the third direction are mutually perpendicular.

6. The toy with a wind-driven flapping structure according to claim 5, wherein: the first coupling cavity is provided with a first cambered surface and a second cambered surface on two sides of the coupling ball along the third direction, the first cambered surface extends arcuately along the first direction, and the second cambered surface extends arcuately along the second direction.

7. The toy with a wind-driven flapping structure according to claim 5, wherein: each of the second coupling cavities is provided with positioning planes perpendicular to the second direction, on two sides of the coupling cylinder along the second direction respectively.

8. The toy with a wind-driven flapping structure according to claim 5, wherein: the first direction is a front-back direction, the second direction is a left-right direction, and the third direction is an up-down direction.

9. The toy with a wind-driven flapping structure according to claim 1, wherein: the coupling part is cylindrical, the toy main body is provided with a cylindrical cavity hinged with the coupling part, and an axial direction of the coupling part and an axial direction of the cylindrical cavity are both along the first direction.

10. The toy with a wind-driven flapping structure according to claim 1, wherein: the coupling part is an ellipsoid, a major axis of the coupling part is along the first direction, the toy main body is provided with an elliptical cylindrical cavity matched with the coupling part, an axial direction of the elliptical cylindrical cavity is along the third direction, and a height of the elliptical cylindrical cavity is adapted to a length of a minor axis of the coupling part.

11. The toy with a wind-driven flapping structure according to claim 1, wherein: a number of the flapping structures is two, and a linkage deformation piece is disposed between two coupling parts to cause the two flapping structures to flap in a same direction.

12. The toy with a wind-driven flapping structure according to claim 11, wherein: the swinging brackets, the coupling parts and the linkage deformation piece are integrally injection molded parts.

13. The toy with a wind-driven flapping structure according to claim 11, wherein: the linkage deformation piece has a wavy shape.

14. The toy with a wind-driven flapping structure according to claim 1, wherein: the flapping structure adopts the shape of a wing.

15. The toy with a wind-driven flapping structure according to claim 14, wherein: the toy main body adopts the shape of a bird, a bat, a dragonfly, a butterfly, or a bee.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0012] In order to more clearly illustrate technical solutions in embodiments of the present disclosure or in the prior art, the accompanying drawings required to be used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art are introduced briefly as follows. Apparently, the accompanying drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present disclosure, and it will be understood by those ordinarily skilled in the art that other drawings can be obtained according to the accompanying drawings without creative efforts.

[0013] FIG. 1 is an assembly diagram of an embodiment I of the present disclosure;

[0014] FIG. 2 is a state diagram I showing that a rear end of a flapping layer is lower than a swinging bracket in the embodiment I of the present disclosure;

[0015] FIG. 3 is a state diagram II showing that the rear end of the flapping layer is lower than the swinging bracket in the embodiment I of the present disclosure;

[0016] FIG. 4 is a state diagram I showing that the rear end of the flapping layer is higher than the swinging bracket in the embodiment I of the present disclosure;

[0017] FIG. 5 is a state diagram II showing that the rear end of the flapping layer is higher than the swinging bracket in the embodiment I of the present disclosure;

[0018] FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the embodiment I of the present disclosure;

[0019] FIG. 7 is an exploded view of the embodiment I of the present disclosure;

[0020] FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of an upper half housing according to the embodiment I of the present disclosure;

[0021] FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a partial structure of a flapping structure and a linkage deformation piece according to the embodiment I of the present disclosure;

[0022] FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of a lower half housing according to the embodiment I of the present disclosure;

[0023] FIG. 11 is an assembly diagram of an embodiment II of the present disclosure;

[0024] FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view of the embodiment II of the present disclosure;

[0025] FIG. 13 is an exploded view of the embodiment II of the present disclosure; and

[0026] FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram of the upper half housing according to the embodiment II of the present disclosure.

DESCRIPTION OF REFERENCE NUMERALS

[0027] 1: toy main body; [0028] 11: upper half housing; 12: lower half housing; 13: assembly cavity; [0029] 2: flapping structure; [0030] 21: swinging bracket; 22: flapping piece; [0031] 211: coupling part; 221: connecting part; 222: flapping layer; [0032] 3: linkage deformation piece; [0033] 41: coupling ball; 42: coupling cylinder; [0034] 51: first coupling cavity; 52: second coupling cavity; [0035] 511: first cambered surface; 512: second cambered surface; 521: positioning plane; [0036] 6: elliptical cylindrical cavity.

DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

[0037] In order for those skilled in the art to better understand the present disclosure and thus define more clearly the scope of the present disclosure as claimed, the following detailed description of the present disclosure is made with respect to certain specific embodiments thereof. It should be noted that the following are only certain specific implementations of the inventive concept, which are only some of embodiments of the present invention, and the specific direct description of related structures is only for convenience of understanding of the present disclosure, and specific features do not necessarily or directly limit the scope of the present disclosure. All conventional selections and substitutions made by those skilled in the art under the guidance of the inventive concept should be considered to be within the scope of the present disclosure as claimed.

Embodiment I

[0038] As shown in FIGS. 1-10, the present disclosure discloses a toy with a wind-driven flapping structure, including: [0039] a toy main body 1; [0040] a flapping structure 2, where the flapping structure 2 includes a swinging bracket 21 and a flapping piece 22, the swinging bracket 21 is an injection molded part, a coupling part 211 coupled to the toy main body 1 is disposed at an inner end of the swinging bracket 21 so that the swinging bracket 21 can swing relative to the toy main body 1, an outer end of the swinging bracket 21 extends away from the toy main body 1, the flapping piece 22 includes a connecting part 221 connected at the swinging bracket 21 and a flapping layer 222 extending along a direction perpendicular to a length direction of the swinging bracket 21, the flapping layer 222 is made of a flexible material, such as a rubber/silicone sheet; and [0041] when wind (an airflow) blows from the swinging bracket 21 towards the flapping layer 222, the flapping layer 222 is driven by the airflow to flap back and forth on two sides of the swinging bracket 21, and drives the swinging bracket 21 to swing reciprocally.

[0042] Specifically, a number of the flapping structures 2 is two, the two flapping structures 2 are disposed on a left side and a right side of the toy main body 1 respectively, the length direction of each of the swinging brackets 21 is away from the toy main body 1 in a left-right direction and appropriately inclined forward, and each of the flapping layer 222 is disposed on a rear side of the swinging bracket 21.

[0043] In a windless state, a rear side of the flapping layer 222 hangs in a thickness direction of the flapping layer 222 and thus is lower than the swinging bracket 21.

[0044] Accordingly, firstly, when wind blows from front to back, the airflow acts on a lower surface of the flapping layer 222 and drives the flapping layer 222 to turn upward, and the flapping layer 222 turning upward synchronously drives the swinging bracket 21 to swing upward from the state shown in FIGS. 2-3 through the state shown in FIG. 1 to the state shown in FIGS. 4-5, at which time the rear side of the flapping layer 222 is higher than the swinging bracket 21; secondly, when the flapping layer 222 turns upward to allow the rear side of the flapping layer 222 to be higher than the swinging bracket 21, the airflow acts on an upper surface of the flapping layer 222 and drives the flapping layer 222 to turn downward, and the flapping layer 222 turning downward synchronously drives the swinging bracket 21 to swing downward from the state shown in FIGS. 4-5 through the state shown in FIG. 1 to the state shown in FIG. 1-1, at which time the rear side of the flapping layer 222 is lower than the swinging bracket 21 again; thirdly, under the action of wind, the flapping layer 222 is blown by the wind to swing up and down reciprocally, where a power source for driving the flapping structure 2 to flap is wind outside, that is, the movement of the toy can be realized without the installation of an internal power device, thereby improving the playability while ensuring low production cost.

[0045] Specifically, the connecting part 221 is fixedly connected to the swinging bracket 21 by glue bonding or the like.

[0046] An included angle between a longitudinal direction of the swinging bracket 21 and the left-right direction in this embodiment is less than 30, so that an extension length of the flapping piece 22 disposed on the swinging bracket 21 in the left-right direction is longer, and the flapping piece can flap better under the action of the airflow from front to back.

[0047] The swinging bracket 21 can swing with respect to the toy main body 1 with the front-back direction as an axis of rotation and can swing with respect to the toy main body with the left-right direction as an axis of rotation. That is, the swinging bracket 21 can perform a combined swing in two degrees of freedom, which is more bionic.

[0048] Specifically, the coupling part 211 includes a coupling ball 41 and coupling cylinders 42 disposed on both front and rear sides of the coupling ball 41. Correspondingly, the toy main body 1 is provided with a first coupling cavity 51 and second coupling cavities 52 located on the front side and the rear side of the first coupling cavity 51, the coupling ball 41 is spherically hinged in the first coupling cavity 51, the coupling cylinders 42 are disposed in the second coupling cavities 52, and the second coupling cavities 52 position the coupling cylinders 42 in the left-right direction. In addition, a depth of each of the second coupling cavities 52 in the up-down direction is greater than a diameter of each of the coupling cylinders 42.

[0049] Therefore, due to the matching of the coupling ball 41 and the first coupling cavity 51, a housing of the coupling ball 41 is rotatably matched in any direction relative to the toy main body 1, and the matching of the coupling cylinders 42 and the second coupling cavities 52 allows the coupling cylinders 42 to rotate in the second coupling cavities 52 with their own axes as axes of rotation, and the coupling cylinders can swing up and down with the coupling ball 41.

[0050] The toy main body 1 includes an upper half housing 11 and a lower half housing 12 which are spliced together by means of up-down insertion, buckling, etc., and the first coupling cavity 51 and the second coupling cavities 52 can be opened by disassembling the upper half housing 11 and the lower half housing 12.

[0051] Preferably, the first coupling cavity 51 is provided with a first cambered surface 511 on the upper half housing 11, the first coupling cavity 51 is provided with a second cambered surface 512 on the lower half housing 12, where the first cambered surface 511 extends arcuately from front to back, first upward and then downward, and the second cambered surface 512 extends arcuately from left to right, first downward and then upward.

[0052] Therefore, the coupling ball 41 can be spherically hinged with respect to the toy main body 1 only by limiting a position of the coupling ball 41 by the first cambered surface 511 and the second cambered surface 512, and the structure is simpler.

[0053] Preferably, each of the second coupling cavities 52 is provided with positioning planes 521 perpendicular to the left-right direction, on the left side and the right side of the coupling cylinder 42 respectively.

[0054] Thus, positioning planes 521 clamp the coupling cylinders 42 to position the coupling cylinders 42 in the left-right direction.

[0055] The toy main body 1 is internally provided with an assembly cavity 13, the first coupling cavity 51 and the second coupling cavities 52 are located in the assembly cavity 13, and the first coupling cavity 51 is provided with an opening on a surface of the toy main body 1 for the swinging bracket 21 to extend out, so that the coupling part 211 is located on a side of the corresponding swinging bracket 21 facing the other swinging bracket 21, that is, the coupling part 211 is located at the inner end of the swinging bracket 21. In addition, a linkage deformation piece 3 connecting two coupling parts 211s is disposed in the assembly cavity 13 to cause the two flapping structures 2 to flap in a same direction.

[0056] Specifically, the linkage deformation piece 3 in this embodiment has a wavy shape with a small thickness, so that the linkage deformation piece 3 can be bent and deformed due to the small thickness, and the wavy structure can provide a larger deformation space in a deformation process to increase a flapping amplitude.

[0057] Preferably, the swinging brackets 21, the coupling parts 211 and the linkage deformation piece 3 are integrally injection molded parts, so that the structure is simpler and the production cost is further reduced.

[0058] The flapping structure 2 adopts the shape of a wing, and the toy main body 1 adopts the shape of a bird, a bat, a dragonfly, a butterfly, or a bee, achieving a better bionic effect.

[0059] In this embodiment, it is defined that the first direction is a front-back direction, the second direction is a left-right direction, and the third direction is an up-down direction, and in other embodiments, the first direction, the second direction, and the third direction may be appropriately deflected.

Embodiment II

[0060] As shown in FIGS. 11-14, this embodiment discloses a toy with a wind-driven flapping structure 2, and a main structure of the toy is the same as that of the embodiment I, except that: [0061] the coupling part 211 is not composed of the coupling ball 41 and the coupling cylinders 42, instead, the coupling part 211 is an ellipsoid. It should be noted that the ellipsoid is formed by rotating an elliptical shape by 180 with a major axis as an axis of rotation, that is, a cross-section of the ellipsoid in a direction perpendicular to the major axis of the ellipsoid is circular, where a major axis of the coupling part 211 is in the front-back direction.

[0062] Correspondingly, the toy main body 1 is not internally provided with the first coupling cavity 51 and the second coupling cavities 52, instead, the toy main body 1 is provided with an elliptical cylindrical cavity 6 matched with the coupling part 211; an axial direction of the elliptical cylindrical cavity 6 is along the up-down direction, a shape of a circumferential wall of the elliptical cylindrical cavity 6 is adapted to a cross section of the coupling part 211 along the major axis, and a height of the elliptical cylindrical cavity 6 is adapted to a length of a minor axis of the coupling part 211 so that the coupling part 211 is fitted into the elliptical cylindrical cavity 6; and the coupling part 211 is clamped up and down by an upper surface and a lower surface of the elliptical cylindrical cavity 6, while the circumferential wall of the elliptical cylindrical cavity 6 limits the position of the coupling part 211.

[0063] Therefore, the coupling part 211 can rotate in the elliptical cylindrical cavity 6 with the major axis of the coupling part 211 as an axis of rotation, that is, the swinging bracket 21 can swing with respect to the toy main body 1 with the front-back direction as an axis of rotation; and the coupling part 211 can rotate in the elliptical cylindrical cavity 6 with the left-right direction as an axis of rotation, that is, the swinging bracket 21 can swing with respect to the toy main body 1 with the left-right direction as an axis of rotation. That is, the swinging bracket 21 can perform a combined swing in two degrees of freedom, which is more bionic.

Embodiment III

[0064] This embodiment discloses a toy with a wind-driven flapping structure 2, and a main structure of the toy is the same as that of the embodiment I, except that: [0065] the coupling part 211 is not composed of the coupling ball 41 and the coupling cylinder 42, instead, the coupling part 211 has a cylindrical shape.

[0066] Correspondingly, the toy main body 1 is not internally provided with the first coupling cavity 51 and the second coupling cavity 52, instead, the toy main body 1 is internally provided with a cylindrical cavity, and an axial direction of the coupling part 211 and an axial direction of the cylindrical cavity are both along the front-back direction, so that the coupling part 211 is rotatably mounted in the cylindrical cavity, enabling the swinging bracket 21 to rotate with the front-back direction as an axis of rotation.

[0067] The foregoing description of the disclosed embodiments enables those skilled in the art to implement or use the present disclosure. Various modifications to these embodiments will be obvious to those skilled in the art, and the general principles defined herein can be implemented in other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the present disclosure. Therefore, the present disclosure is not to be limited to these embodiments shown herein, but is to conform with the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features of the present disclosure herein.