Joint structure of toy

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a joint structure of a toy, and in particular, a joint structure of a toy to enable members connected to each other to be in a state locked with each other and in a state free of each other.

2. Description of Related Art

There is an animal toy, etc., where an arm section, leg section, etc. are swingably supported with respect to a body section. For example, a rotating plate is provided to the body section, a shaft is installed upright at an eccentric position of the rotating plate, the shaft is rotatably fitted in the leg section and a portion of the leg section is linked with respect to the body section to move the leg section to the front and back (for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Publication No. 2003-265870, FIG. 2 to FIG. 5).

With the joint structure as described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Publication No. 2003-265870, when the toy is not moved and displayed as a figure, the leg portion can only be rotated on a certain plane with respect to the body section, and the posture with respect to the body section is limited.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above situation, and it is one of main objects to provide a joint structure of a toy to allow a toy to take a posture freely when the toy is placed as a figure.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a joint structure of a toy including:

a first block and a second block to structure the toy;

a ball joint including:

• • a ball portion provided on the first block to be able to take a predetermined position close to the first block and a separated position separated from the first block; and
  • a ball shaped bearing provided on the second block to engage to the ball portion; and

an engaging section structured to be able to engage and release the first block and the ball joint by hand to hold the ball portion at the predetermined position when in an engaged state and to allow the ball portion to move to the separated position when in a released state.