Handmade Flower and Flower Maker

The invention relates to the technical field of toys, in particular to a handmade flower and a flower maker. The invention relates to the technical field of toys, in particular to a handmade flower and a flower maker.

It is commonly known that handmade flowers, as one type of artificial flowers, are flowers made by hand, and some simple handmade flowers can be made by kids to allow them to make flowers according to their preferences and improve their hands-on ability. So, simple handmade flowers can become toys that are beneficial to kids.

At present, there are many types of simple handmade flowers. For example, some handmade flowers are formed by pasting together pedals one by one, and some handmade flowers are formed by assembling together multiple components, wherein the former requires sophisticated skills in operation and is difficult to make, while the latter can be easily made merely by assembling together corresponding components and is preferred. However, components of conventional assembled flowers are either too loose, making the flowers easy to fall apart, or too tight, leading to the requirement for great strength to complete interference-fit assembly of the components, which, although it can prevent the flowers from falling apart, is strenuous and not beneficial to flower making.

In view of the defects in the prior art, the objective of the invention is to provide a handmade flower that is easy to make and a flower maker.

To fulfill the above objective, the invention adopts the following technical solution:

A handmade flower comprises a rod similar to a flower stalk, a bracket similar to a flower receptacle, a lump similar to a flower bud, and pieces similar to petals, wherein a socket allowing an end of the rod to be inserted therein is formed in one end of the bracket, an assembly hole is formed in the other end of the bracket, an eject post and a connecting post are arranged at two ends of the lump respectively, and the pieces are laid corresponding to the assembly hole and partially pressed into the assembly hole together with the eject post.

Preferably; the bracket is provided with a notch located in the periphery of the assembly hole.

Preferably, a first circular protrusion is arranged at the top end of the eject post, and a second circular protrusion is arranged in the assembly hole.

Preferably, the surfaces of the first circular protrusion and the second circular protrusion are arc surfaces.

Preferably, the handmade flower further comprises a base for receiving the rod, and insertion holes allowing the rod to be inserted therein are formed in the base.

Preferably, a recess is formed in the bottom of the base, and multiple bases are stacked one by one by means of the recesses.

A flower maker comprises a pedestal, wherein a mount for mounting a bracket is arranged on the pedestal, an arm is connected to the pedestal by means of a hinge, a sleeve is arranged at the tail end of the arm, a press pole is mounted and limited in the sleeve, a spring is arranged between the press pole and the sleeve, a press cap located outside the sleeve is arranged at one end of the press pole, a needle rod is arranged at the other end of the press pole, the needle rod is retracted in a lower opening of the sleeve under the action of the spring, and when the arm is lifted around the hinge, the lower opening of the sleeve is located right above the mount.

By adopting the above technical solution, the handmade flower is a simple assembled handmade flower, which is formed by the rod, the bracket, the lump and the pieces and can be assembled by insertion more directly and easily; by means of the flower maker, the handmade flower can be assembled more tightly and can be made more efficiently and easily, and the flower is likely to fall apart and can be made by kids easily.

To better clarify the objectives, technical solutions and advantages of the invention, the invention is described in further detail below in conjunction with accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described here are merely used to explain the invention and are not intended to limit the invention.

In the description of the invention, it should be understood that terms such as “central”, “longitudinal”, “transverse”, “length”, “width”, “thickness”, “upper”, “lower”, “front”, “back”. “left”, “right”, “vertical”, “horizontal”, “top”, “bottom”, “inner”, “outer”, “clockwise” and “anticlockwise” are used to indicate directional or positional relations based on the accompanying drawings merely for the purpose of facilitating and simplifying the description of the invention, do not indicate or imply that devices or elements referred to must be in a specific direction or be configured and operated in a specific direction, and thus should not be construed as limitations of the invention. In addition, terms such as “first” and “second” are merely for the purpose of description and should not be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features referred to. Therefore, a feature defined by “first” or “second” may explicitly or implicitly indicate the inclusion of one or more said features. In the description of the invention, “multiple” refers to two or more, unless otherwise expressly and specifically defined.

In the description of the invention, it should be noted that unless otherwise expressly stated and defined, terms such as “mount”, “connect” and “link” should be broadly understood. For example, “connect” may refer to fixed connection, detachable connection or integrated connection; or, mechanical connection or electrical connection; or, direct connection, indirect connection by means of an intermediate medium, or internal connection or interaction between two elements. Those ordinarily skilled in the art can appreciate the specific meanings of these terms in the invention as the case may be.

As shown in, this embodiment provides a handmade flower and a flower maker. The handmade flower comprises a rodsimilar to a flower stalk, a bracketsimilar to a flower receptacle, a lumpsimilar to a flower bud, and piecessimilar to petals, wherein a socketallowing one end of the rodto be inserted therein is formed in one end of the bracket, an assembly holeis formed in the other end of the bracket, and an eject postand a connecting postare arranged at two ends of the lumprespectively. When the handmade flower is specifically assembled, first, one, two or three piecesare selected, wherein the piecesmay be in various shapes, including, but not limited to, the shapes shown in; after being selected, the piecesare laid corresponding to the assembly holeand then partially (the middle of the pieces) pressed into the assembly holetogether with the eject post, and the form of pedals is formed after the piecesare pressed; and finally, the bracketis mounted on the rod, such that a flower is made.

Further, to facilitate the insertion of piecesand eject post, in this embodiment, bracketis provided with a notchlocated in the periphery of the assembly hole, such that the elasticity of an opening of the assembly holeis improved, and more piecescan be received in the assembly hole.

Further, to improve the stability of the eject postinserted into the assembly hole, in this embodiment, a first circular protrusionis arranged at the top end of the eject post, a second circular protrusionis arranged in the assembly hole, and surfaces of the first circular protrusionand the second circular protrusionare arc surfaces. In this way, after the eject post is inserted into the assembly hole, the first circular protrusionwill be pressed to move across the second circular protrusionand be limited by the second circular protrusion, such that the eject post, after being inserted into the assembly hole, is unlikely to disengage from the assembly hole.

Further, the handmade flower comprises a basefor receiving rod, and insertion holes, allowing rodto be inserted therein, are formed in the base. In this way, every time a flower is made, the flower can be inserted into the base. To reduce the space occupied by multiple baseswhen the basesare not used, in this embodiment, a recessis formed in the bottom of the base, and multiple basescan be stacked one by one by means of the recesses.

In this embodiment, to allow flowers to be made more easily, a flower maker is provided. Specifically; the flower maker comprises a pedestal, wherein a mountfor mounting the bracketis arranged on the pedestal, an armis connected to the pedestalby means of a hinge, a sleeveis arranged at a tail end of the arm, a press poleis mounted and limited in the sleeve, a springis arranged between the press poleand the sleeve, a press caplocated outside the sleeveis arranged at one end of the press pole, a needle rodis arranged at the other end of the press pole, the needle rodis retracted in a lower opening of the sleeveunder the action of the spring, and when the armis lifted around the hinge, the lower opening of the sleeveis located right above the mount. When a flower is made by means of the flower maker, the bracketis placed on the mountwith the assembly holefacing upwards; then, suitable piecesare selected and laid on the pedestal(corresponding to the assembly hole); after the piecesare placed on the mount, the connecting postat one end of the lumpis inserted into the lower opening of the sleeve, and the connecting postis in tight fit with the lower opening of the sleeveto realize temporary assembly; then, the armis lifted to allow the eject postin the lumpto be located right above the assembly holeand presses against the pieces; and finally, the press capon the armis pressed to compress the spring, at this moment, the needle rodgradually eject the connecting postof the lump, then the lumpcan be held with one hand to allow the eject postof the lumpto be inserted into the assembly hole, and then, the armis lifted again, at this moment, because the fastening force between the assembly holeand the eject postis far greater than the fastening force between the sleeveand the eject post, an assembled flower can be easily taken down, and then rodis inserted into the bracket, such that the flower is made.

The above embodiments are merely preferred ones of the invention and are not intended to limit the patent scope of the invention. All equivalent structure or flow transformations made according to the description and drawings or direct or indirect applications to other related technical fields should also fall within the patent protection scope of the invention.