US 12,076,658 B2
Toy transformable between a first form and a second form
Yumi Iwawaki, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to BANDAI CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by BANDAI CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jun. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/838,211.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-099878 (JP), filed on Jun. 16, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0401847 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. A63H 33/00 (2006.01)
CPC A63H 33/00 (2013.01) [A63H 33/003 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
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1. A toy transformable between a first form and a second form, the toy comprising:
a first outer shell part;
a second outer shell part configured to be coupled to the first outer shell part; and
a third outer shell part configured to be coupled to the first outer shell part and the second outer shell part,
wherein the first outer shell part and the second outer shell part are configured to be coupled to each other with the third outer shell part interposed therebetween in the first form and to be coupled to each other without the third outer shell part interposed therebetween in the second form, and
wherein the third outer shell part includes a first face and a second face opposite to the first face,
the first outer shell part is configured to be coupled to the third outer shell part so as to cover the second face in the first form, and
the second outer shell part is configured to be coupled to the third outer shell part so as to cover the first face in the first form.
 
11. A toy transformable between a first form and a second form, the toy comprising:
a first outer shell part;
a second outer shell part configured to be coupled to the first outer shell part; and
a third outer shell part configured to be coupled to the first outer shell part and the second outer shell part,
wherein the first outer shell part and the second outer shell part are configured to be coupled to each other with the third outer shell part interposed therebetween in the first form and to be coupled to each other without the third outer shell part interposed therebetween in the second form,
the first outer shell part is configured not to rotate in a state in which the first outer shell part is coupled to the third outer shell part in the first form, and
the second outer shell part is configured to be rotatable in a state in which the second outer shell part is coupled to the third outer shell part in the first form.
 
13. A toy transformable between a first form and a second form, the toy comprising:
a first outer shell part;
a second outer shell part configured to be coupled to the first outer shell part; and
a third outer shell part configured to be coupled to the first outer shell part and the second outer shell part,
wherein the first outer shell part and the second outer shell part are configured to be coupled to each other with the third outer shell part interposed therebetween in the first form and to be coupled to each other without the third outer shell part interposed therebetween in the second form,
a coupling portion, which is configured to be coupled to the second outer shell part in the second form, is formed in a top portion of the first outer shell part,
another coupling portion, which is configured to be coupled to the coupling portion formed in the top portion of the first outer shell part in the second form, is formed in a top portion of the second outer shell part, and
still another coupling portion and yet another coupling portion, which are configured to be respectively coupled to an opening end of the first outer shell part and an opening end of the second outer shell part in the first form, are formed in respective periphery portions of the third outer shell part.