Patent Publication Number: US-2023158421-A1

Title: Model toy and cooking toy

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     This application is based on and claims priority under 35 USC 119 from Japanese Patent Application No. 2021-190276 filed on Nov. 24, 2021, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. 
     TECHNICAL FIELD 
     The present disclosure relates to a model toy and a cooking toy. 
     BACKGROUND ART 
     In the related art, model toys imitating kitchen products have been provided. For example, JP2018-164492A discloses, as a kind of toy sets, a simulated oven into which an intermediate material obtained by mixing a base material and an expanding agent can be introduced. When the intermediate material prepared as a dough of a simulated bread is introduced into the simulated oven, the intermediate material swells to a thickness of about 1.2 times after 20 minutes. Then, an oiliness agent is applied to the simulated bread after drying, whereby the simulated bread is colored to imitate seizing. 
     SUMMARY OF INVENTION 
     However, in the model toy of JP2018-164492A described above, it takes time from the introduction of the simulated bread to acquisition of the simulated bread after cooking. Consequently, a user cannot enjoy a play of simulating a state change before and after the cooking in an easy way. 
     An object of the present invention is to provide a model toy and a cooking toy with which a user can enjoy a play of simulating a state change before and after cooking in an easy way. 
     The present disclosure provides a model toy including: a main body portion; and a tray including a placement surface, the tray being stored inside the main body portion and configured to be drawn out from the main body portion, wherein the main body portion includes a standing wall portion extending along a draw-out direction of the tray from an inner side of the main body portion to a position on or above the placement surface, and wherein the standing wall portion has a cutout portion that is cut out in an arc shape to face a draw-out side of the tray. 
     The present disclosure provides a cooking toy including: a main body portion; a tray including a placement surface, the tray being stored inside the main body portion and configured to be drawn out from the main body portion; and a figure body having a front surface and a back surface, the figure body being configured to be placed on the placement surface in an invertible manner, wherein the main body portion includes a standing wall portion extending along a draw-out direction of the tray from an inner side of the main body portion to a position on or above the placement surface, and wherein the standing wall portion has a cutout portion that is cut out in an arc shape to face a draw-out side of the tray. 
     According to the present disclosure, a model toy and a cooking toy with which a user can enjoy a play of simulating a state change before and after cooking in an easy way. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS 
         FIG.  1    is an overall perspective view of a kitchen toy according to an embodiment. 
         FIG.  2    is a perspective view of the kitchen toy according to the embodiment in a state in which a door portion is removed, an outer wall portion is transparent, and a tray is drawn out. 
         FIG.  3    is a perspective view of the kitchen toy according to the embodiment in a state in which the door portion and a top plate portion are removed and the outer wall portion is transparent. 
         FIG.  4    is a perspective view showing a rear wall portion and the top plate portion of the kitchen toy according to the embodiment. 
         FIG.  5 A  is a perspective view of the tray on which a pie dough model is placed with a state before heat cooking facing upward, and  FIG.  5 B  is a perspective view of the tray on which the pie dough model is placed with a state after the heat cooking facing upward. 
         FIGS.  6 A and  6 B  are transparent side views showing an operation of the kitchen toy according to the embodiment,  FIG.  6 A  shows a state before the pie dough model on the tray starts to be inverted, and  FIG.  6 B  shows a state after the pie dough model on the tray starts to be inverted. 
         FIGS.  7 A and  7 B  are transparent side views showing the operation of the kitchen toy according to the embodiment,  FIG.  7 A  shows a state in which the pie dough model on the tray is being reversed, and  FIG.  7 B  shows a state in which the pie dough model on the tray is completely reversed. 
     
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS 
     An embodiment of the present disclosure will be described with reference to the drawings. As shown in  FIG.  1   , in the embodiment, a kitchen toy (model toy, cooking toy)  1  imitating a kitchen will be exemplified. The kitchen toy  1  is a toy with which a user can use a figurine or the like to play house. The kitchen toy  1  is formed in a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape that is horizontally long as a whole, and includes a main body portion  10  in which a washstand  20  and a stove  30  are provided at an upper portion thereof. A door portion  40  is provided on a lower side of the washstand  20 . An oven  50  including a tray  52  that is stored inside the main body portion  10  to be freely drawn out is provided on a lower side of the stove  30 . 
     In the kitchen toy  1 , when the tray  52  on which an object is placed is pushed into the oven  50 , the object on the tray  52  is reversed inside the main body portion  10 . The kitchen toy  1  is, for example, a toy in which a food model in which decoration before heat cooking is applied to a front surface and decoration after the heat cooking is applied to the back surface is placed on the tray  52  with a front surface side thereof facing upward, the tray  52  is pushed into an oven  50 , and then the tray  52  is drawn out such that a back surface side of the food model faces upward, thereby allowing the user to enjoy cooking imitation. In the following description, a door portion  40  side of the kitchen toy  1  is referred to as a front side, an opposite side is referred to as a rear side, an oven  50  side viewed from a front side of the kitchen toy  1  is referred to as a right side, and an opposite side is referred to as a left side. 
     In the main body portion  10 , a rear wall portion (perpendicular wall portion)  12  constituting a rear surface, an outer wall portion  14  constituting a front surface, left and right side surfaces, and a lower surface, and a top plate portion (parallel wall portion)  16  constituting an upper surface are integrally provided, and an inside of the main body portion  10  is hollow. The door portion  40  provided on a front surface side of the outer wall portion  14  is a double-openable hinged door. A faucet  22  and a sink  24  are disposed on the washstand  20  provided on a left side of a top plate portion  16 . A water distribution pipe  26  is provided on a rear wall portion  12  at a position inside the main body portion  10  and on a lower side of the sink  24 , and the water distribution pipe  26  is formed to imitate a state of communicating with a drain groove portion of the sink  24  (see  FIG.  4   ). 
     The tray  52  provided in the oven  50  can be drawn out forward and stored inside the main body portion  10  (see  FIG.  2   ). As shown in  FIGS.  2  and  3   , the tray  52  is formed in a substantial box shape having a handle portion  52   a  on the front side and opening upward, and has a rectangular placement surface  52   b  on which a figure body to be described later is placed. The placement surface  52   b  is perpendicular to a wall surface of the rear wall portion  12  and parallel to a plate surface of the top plate portion  16 . As used herein, the terms “perpendicular” and “parallel” may include “substantially perpendicular” and “substantially parallel”, respectively. An inclined surface  52   c  that is inclined upward from the placement surface  52   b  toward a handle portion  52   a  side is provided on the front side of the placement surface  52   b . A slight step  52   d  is provided between the placement surface  52   b  and the inclined surface  52   c  (see  FIG.  3    and  FIGS.  6 A and  6 B ). Further, a recessed opening  52   e  in which a substantially central portion in a left-right direction is cut out in a recessed shape to open is formed in a rear wall surface of the tray  52 . 
     As shown in  FIG.  3   , inside the main body portion  10 , a standing wall portion  18  extending from the rear wall portion  12  such that a wall surface thereof extends along a front-rear direction (a draw-out direction of the tray  52 ) is provided. A wall surface of the standing wall portion  18  is perpendicular to the placement surface  52   b  of the tray  52 , and the standing wall portion  18  extends from the rear wall portion  12  onto the placement surface  52   b  through the recessed opening  52   e  of the tray  52 . As used herein, the term “perpendicular” may include “substantially perpendicular”. Further, the standing wall portion  18  is provided to be positioned at a substantially central portion in the left-right direction on the placement surface  52   b . The placement surface  52   b  and the standing wall portion  18  may be close to each other, or may be brought into sliding contact with each other such that the tray  52  can be freely drawn out forward. 
     A cutout portion  18   a  cut out in an arc shape is formed on a distal side of the standing wall portion  18 . The cutout portion  18   a  is provided to face the front side, that is, a draw-out side of the tray  52 , from a position of the standing wall portion  18  close to the inclined surface  52   c  on the placement surface  52   b  to a position close to an upper portion of the front side of the standing wall portion  18 . Since the cutout portion  18   a  is provided in this manner, the inclined surface  52   c  of the tray  52  faces the cutout portion  18   a.    
     As shown in  FIG.  4   , a pair of sandwiching wall portions (holding portions)  16   a  extending from the top plate portion  16  is provided inside the main body portion  10  to sandwich an upper end portion of the standing wall portion  18  in the left-right direction. An upper portion of the standing wall portion  18  is held in the left-right direction by the pair of holding wall portions  16   a . Accordingly, the standing wall portion  18  is more likely to be bent in the left-right direction than in a case where the standing wall portion  18  is fixed to the top plate portion  16 . 
     Next, the figure body placed on the placement surface  52   b  of the tray  52  will be described. In the present embodiment, as an example of the figure body having a front surface and a back surface, a pie dough model  60  imitating a pie dough is shown. As shown in  FIG.  5 A , the pie dough model  60  has a flat plate shape along the placement surface  52   b , a dimension in the front-rear direction and a dimension in the left-right direction thereof are substantially the same as those of the placement surface  52   b , and the pie dough model  60  has a thickness that allows the pie dough model  60  to be stored in the tray  52 . The pie dough model  60  is stored in the tray  52  in an invertible manner in a state of being close to or in contact with the step  52   d  on the tray  52 . 
     An end edge  60   a  of the front surface and the back surface of the pie dough model  60  is formed in a rounded shape. A portion surrounded by the rounded end edge  60   a  of the pie dough model  60  is slightly recessed in both the front surface and the back surface. Of the recessed portions of the pie dough model  60 , a decoration  61  (hereinafter, referred to as “pre-cooking decoration”) imitating the pie dough before the heat cooking is applied to the front surface (see  FIG.  5 A ), and a decoration  62  (hereinafter, referred to as “post-cooking decoration”) imitating the pie dough after the heat cooking is applied to the back surface (see  FIG.  5 B ). 
     Next, a description will be given of an operation in which the tray  52  on which the pie dough model  60  is placed is pushed into the oven  50  to reverse the pie dough model  60  on the tray  52  inside the main body portion  10  in the kitchen toy  1 .  FIG.  6 A  shows a partially transparent side view of a state in which the pie dough model  60  is placed on the placement surface  52   b  of the tray  52  pulled out to a front side of the oven  50  with the front surface to which the pre-cooking decoration  61  is applied as an upper side. In the state of  FIG.  6 A , the pie dough model  60  on the placement surface  52   b  is separated from the cutout portion  18   a  of the standing wall portion  18 . 
     When the tray  52  is pushed in from the state shown in  FIG.  6 A , first, the pie dough model  60  on the placement surface  52   b  comes into contact with a lower end portion of the cutout portion  18   a  and is pushed toward a cutout portion  18   a  side by the step  52   d  to ride on the cutout portion  18   a  (a state shown in  FIG.  6 B ). Accordingly, the reversing of the pie dough model  60  is started. At this time, since the end edge  60   a  of the pie dough model  60  is rounded, the pie dough model  60  is prevented from being caught by a front lower end portion of the standing wall portion  18 , and the pie dough model  60  smoothly rides on the cutout portion  18   a.    
     Thereafter, the pie dough model  60  ridden on the cutout portion  18   a  is further pushed by the step  52   d  to rise along the cutout portion  18   a , and becomes in an upright state on the placement surface  52   b  between the step  52   d  and the cutout portion  18   a  (a state shown in  FIG.  7 A ). At this time, since the standing wall portion  18  bends in the left-right direction, stress applied from the standing wall portion  18  to the pie dough model  60  pressed by the step  52   d  is alleviated, and the pie dough model  60  smoothly rises along the cutout portion  18   a.    
     Thereafter, the pie dough model  60  in the upright state is inverted by being pushed by a rising reaction and the step  52   d , and falls toward an inclined surface  52   c  side. Accordingly, a lower end of the pie dough model  60  rides on the lower end portion of the cutout portion  18   a  and is supported in a state of being inclined toward the inclined surface  52   c  side (a state shown in  FIG.  7 B ). When the tray  52  is drawn out forward in this state, the inverted pie dough model  60  is separated from the standing wall portion  18 , is released from being supported by the standing wall portion  18 , falls on the inclined surface  52   c , and is guided onto the placement surface  52   b  by the inclined surface  52   c . As a result, the tray  52  on which the pie dough model  60  with the back surface on which the post-cooking decoration  62  is applied facing upward is placed on the placement surface  52   b  can be drawn out from the oven  50 . 
     As described above, in the kitchen toy according to the present embodiment, by pushing the tray  52  on which the pie dough model  60  is placed on the placement surface  52   b  into the oven  50 , the pie dough model  60  is reversed inside the main body portion  10 . Thereafter, by drawing the tray  52  out from the oven  50 , the inverted pie dough model  60  appears on the tray  52 . Therefore, by using the pie dough model  60  in which the decoration before and after the heating cooking is applied to the front surface and the back surface, respectively, as the figure body placed on the placement surface  52   b , the user can enjoy the play of simulating the state change of the pie dough model  60  before and after the heating cooking in an easy way. 
     According to the embodiment of the present disclosure as described above, a model toy and a cooking toy in the following aspects can be provided. 
     The model toy according to a first aspect includes a main body portion, and a tray that has a placement surface, the tray being stored inside the main body and configured to be drawn out from the main body portion. The main body portion includes a standing wall portion extending along a draw-out direction of the tray from an inner side of the main body portion to a position on or above the placement surface, and the standing wall portion has a cutout portion that is cut out in an arc shape to face a draw-out side of the tray. 
     According to this configuration, a flat plate-shaped figure body is placed on the placement surface of the tray, and the tray is pushed into the main body portion, whereby the figure body comes into contact with the cutout portion on the placement surface and rides on the cutout portion, and rises along the cutout portion and is inverted. Therefore, for example, by placing the figure body in which the decoration before and after cooking is applied to a front surface and a back surface thereof, respectively, on the placement surface of the tray, pushing the tray into the main body portion, and then drawing out the tray, the user can enjoy the play of simulating the state change before and after cooking in an easy way. 
     In the model toy according to a second aspect, the tray has the placement surface provided along the draw-out direction of the tray and an inclined surface provided to be inclined from the placement surface to face the cutout portion. 
     According to this configuration, since the figure body which rises along the cutout portion inside the main body portion and is inverted falls to the inclined surface side and rides on the inclined surface, the figure body is guided from the inclined surface to the placement surface by drawing out the tray. Therefore, it is possible to improve an appearance when the tray in which the inverted figure body is placed on the placement surface is drawn out. 
     In a model toy according to a third aspect, a step is provided between the placement surface and the inclined surface. 
     According to this configuration, it is possible to easily invert the figure body by the step when the tray is pushed into the main body portion. 
     In a model toy according to a fourth aspect, the main body portion includes an perpendicular wall portion provided to be perpendicular to the placement surface of the tray, and a parallel wall portion provided to be parallel to the placement surface of the tray. The standing wall portion extends from the perpendicular wall portion, and the parallel wall portion includes a holding portion configured to sandwich and hold a part of the standing wall portion. 
     According to this configuration, the standing wall portion is more likely to be bent in a sandwiching direction of the holding portions than in a case where the standing wall portion is fixed to the top plate portion. Therefore, when the figure body on the placement surface rises along the cutout portion, the standing wall portion is bent in the sandwiching direction of the holding portions, stress received by the figure body from the standing wall portion is alleviated, and the figure body smoothly rises along the cutout portion. Therefore, the figure body on the placement surface can be easily inverted by the cutout portion. 
     In a model toy according to a fifth aspect, the tray includes a wall surface provided on a rear side of the tray, the wall surface having a recessed opening that is cut out in a recessed shape to open at a position corresponding to the standing wall. 
     According to this configuration, it is possible to hold the figure body at the wall surface and guide the standing wall in the tray through the recessed opening. 
     A cooking toy according to a first aspect includes a main body portion, a tray that has a placement surface, the tray being stored inside the main body and configured to be drawn out from the main body portion, and a figure body having a front surface and a back surface, the figure body being configured to be placed on the placement surface in an invertible manner. The main body portion includes a standing wall portion extending along a draw-out direction of the tray from an inner side of the main body portion to a position on or above the placement surface, and the standing wall portion has a cutout portion that is cut out in an arc shape to face a draw-out side of the tray. 
     According to this configuration, by pushing the tray in which the figure body is placed on the placement surface into the main body portion, the figure body comes into contact with the cutout portion on the placement surface and rides on the cutout portion, and rises along the cutout portion and is inverted. Therefore, by placing the figure body whose decorations indicating cooking states are different before and after the inversion on the placement surface of the tray, pushing the tray into the main body portion, and then drawing out the tray, the user can enjoy the play of simulating the state change before and after the cooking in an easy way. 
     In a cooking toy according to a second aspect, the placement surface has a rectangular shape, and the figure body is formed in a flat plate shape along the placement surface, and an end edge of the figure body is formed to be rounded. 
     According to this configuration, the figure body is stored in the tray. Then, when the figure body rides on the cutout portion, the figure body is prevented from being caught by a part of the standing wall portion, and smoothly rides on the cutout portion. Therefore, the figure body can ride on the cutout portion in an easy way. As a result, the figure body can be inverted by the cutout portion in an easy way. 
     In a cooking toy according to a third aspect, the figure body is a food model in which decoration before heat cooking is applied to the front surface and decoration after the heat cooking is applied to the back surface. 
     According to this configuration, the user can enjoy the play of simulating the state change before the heat cooking and after the heat cooking. 
     Although the embodiment of the present disclosure has been described above, the present disclosure is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the appended claims. For example, in the embodiment described above, the pie dough model is exemplified as the figure body, but the figure body is not limited thereto, and various figure bodies imitating food can be used. In addition, in the above-described embodiment, a configuration in which one standing wall portion is provided in the main body portion is exemplified, but a configuration in which a plurality of standing wall portions each having the cutout portion are provided in the main body portion over the left-right direction may be adopted.