US 7,467,986 B2
Transformable toy
Shinichi Hanamoto, Tokyo (Japan); Koji Okamoto, Kanagawa (Japan); Ryosuke Toriyama, Kanagawa (Japan); Shinya Saito, Kyoto (Japan); Motokazu Shibasaki, Tokyo (Japan); and Hachitaro Sato, Tokyo (Japan)
Assigned to Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd., Tokyo (Japan)
Appl. No. 10/596,631
PCT Filed Dec. 17, 2004, PCT No. PCT/JP2004/018954
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Jun. 19, 2006,
PCT Pub. No. WO2005/058446, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 30, 2005.
Claims priority of application No. 2003-423890 (JP), filed on Dec. 19, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2007/0155276 A1, Jul. 05, 2007
Int. Cl. A63H 3/46 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 446—383  [446/320; 446/376] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A transformable toy provided with an extension and contraction structure capable of extending and contracting, comprising a plurality of components connected via connecting mechanisms,
the extension and contraction structure including a first to nth (n is a positive integer of 3 or more) components which are connected in order via a first to n−1th connecting mechanisms respectively, and being constructed to extend and contract in a direction where the first to nth components are arranged;
the first component being fixed to a fixed section of the transformable toy;
the first connecting mechanism that connects the first component and the second component being a slide type connecting mechanism that connects the first component and the second component so that the first and second components can slide in the direction;
one or more of the second to n−1th connecting mechanisms except the first connecting mechanism being a rotary type connecting mechanism that connects two adjoining components in such a manner that the two adjoining components can rotate with respect to each other in a predetermined angular range;
the second component being fitted in the first component;
the slide type connecting mechanism being constructed in such a manner that the second component may slide with respect to the first component between a first position where the second component is entered most deeply inside the first component and a second position where the second component is entered least deeply inside the first component; and
the first to nth components being constructed in such a manner that all or most of the third to nth components may be received inside the first component when the second component is located in the first position.