Game Apparatus Which Combines with Gears and Blocks
The present invention discloses a game apparatus which combines with gears and blocks. A top surface of a block unit is provided with at least one gear unit, a shaft at a bottom of the gear unit is snapped into a hole at a top of the block unit, and a slot in a top center of the gear unit provides for locking of a snap of a turntable. When a user holds a handle of the turntable to drive the gear unit to rotate, that gear unit can also drive the peripheral gear units to rotate accordingly.
a) Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a game apparatus and more particularly to a game apparatus which combines with gears and blocks, wherein block units are installed with gear units and one gear unit is connected with a turntable; at a same time when the turntable rotates, the neighboring gear units can be driven to rotate relatively with respect to one another.
b) Description of the Prior Art
Most conventional blocks are only equipped with functions of assembling and stacking. Although children can enjoy fun of game when stacking and assembling the blocks, a basic mechanical principle of fitting the blocks with gears is not available to trigger a sense of touch and a visual feeling for the children; therefore, the conventional blocks are unable to increase a sensitivity of sense and enriched creativity for the children.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONThe primary object of the present invention is to provide a game apparatus which combines with gears and blocks, wherein block units are installed with at least one gear unit which is gnawed on the block unit. When a turntable drives one gear unit to rotate, the neighboring gear units can be driven simultaneously to rotate as well, which not only can provide for children with fun of stacking, but enlighten the children's basic knowledge of gear transmission, thereby achieving an object of edutainment.
To enable a further understanding of the said objectives and the technological methods of the invention herein, the brief description of the drawings below is followed by the detailed description of the preferred embodiments.
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A top surface of the block unit 10 is provided with a projection 13 in a rectangular shape, a square shape, a circular shape or other irregular shape. The projection 13 is disposed with plural holes 131 and a bottom center of the gear unit 20 is provided with a shaft 21 which can be snapped into any one hole 131. A top center of the gear unit 20 is provided with a rectangular slot 22, two sides at a bottom of which are disposed respectively with a lock hole 221. A rectangular snap 31 at a bottom of one turntable 30 can be locked into the slot 22 for positioning (as shown in
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Conclusive from the above, in accordance with the present invention, using plural gear units fitted with the block units, along with the arrangement of the turntable, the gear-and-block combination tool can allow the children to stack into all kinds of various shapes, which not only can enable the children to develop creativity of stacking the blocks, but can enlighten the simple mechanical knowledge for the children, thereby achieving the object of edutainment.
It is of course to be understood that the embodiments described herein is merely illustrative of the principles of the invention and that a wide variety of modifications thereto may be effected by persons skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the following claims.
Claims
1. A game apparatus which combines with gears and blocks, comprising a block set which is formed by connecting at least one block unit with at least one gear unit, wherein peripheries of the block set are provided respectively with bumps and indentations and when two neighboring block units are connected, the bumps of one block unit are latched into the indentations of the other block unit; a projection on a top of the block unit being provided with at least one hole, a bottom center of the gear unit being provided with a shaft which is snapped into one hole of the block unit, a top center of the gear unit being provided with a slot and a snap at a bottom of a turntable being locked into the slot of the gear unit for positioning; when the turntable rotates, the gear unit being driven to rotate and driving the neighboring gear units to rotate simultaneously.
2. The game apparatus which combines with gears and blocks, according to claim 1, wherein two sides at a bottom of the slot of the gear unit are provided respectively with a lock hole and two sides of the snap at a bottom of the turntable are provided with pins which are latched into the lock hole of the slot of the gear unit for positioning.
3. The game apparatus which combines with gears and blocks, according to claim 1, wherein an upper side of the turntable is provided with a handle.
Type: Application
Filed: Dec 9, 2009
Publication Date: Jun 9, 2011
Inventor: I-Cheng Chiu (Taipei)
Application Number: 12/634,035
International Classification: A63F 3/00 (20060101);