CN204519965U - A kind of folded wall chair - Google Patents

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CN204519965U
CN204519965U CN201520168964.7U CN201520168964U CN204519965U CN 204519965 U CN204519965 U CN 204519965U CN 201520168964 U CN201520168964 U CN 201520168964U CN 204519965 U CN204519965 U CN 204519965U
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The utility model provides a kind of folded wall chair, belongs to technical field of furniture.It solve the irrational problem of existing folded wall structure of chair.This folded wall chair, comprise elongated holder and the seat support in tabular, holder can be fixed on metope, seat support the inner is hinged on holder top, seat support outer end is hinged with in fagging before tabular, front fagging rear portion has accommodation cavity, and seat support can be vertical mutually with front fagging with holder, and front fagging can be in the same plane and holder and seat support are all positioned at hold cavity with holder; Holder lower hinge has a plate, and the outer end of connecting plate is hinged on front fagging.Together with the holder of this folded wall chair, seat support, front fagging are hinged with connecting plate, when not using, holder and seat support are all accommodated in the accommodation cavity of front fagging, during use, play a supporting role with earth surface bottom front fagging, make this folded wall chair good looking appearance, stability better.

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A kind of folded wall chair
Technical field
The utility model belongs to technical field of furniture, relates to a kind of folded wall chair.
Background technology
Wall chair is a kind of chair be arranged on wall, and can be applied in public place or family, installation site is fixed.Wall chair can be divided into fixed and movable according to structure, wherein, movable wall chair achieves the flexible adjustment of the state of wall chair by removable or folding mechanism, uses more convenient, and saves space.
Such as, Chinese patent [application number 201320106564.4; Authorization Notice No. CN 203106390U] disclosed a kind of collapsible wall chair, comprise seat, installing rack and holder, seat is arranged on installing rack, installing rack and holder hinged, holder is fixed on wall by setscrew, and collapsible wall chair also comprises two chair legs, and chair leg upper end is provided with sleeve pipe, sleeve pipe coordinates with the rotating shaft be arranged on installing rack, and two chair legs can seat upset relatively.
Above-mentioned collapsible wall chair, when not using, seat upwards overturns wall, and chair leg overturns downwards.Such structure, because chair leg is positioned at outside seat, easily bumps to chair leg when not using, have impact on again the attractive in appearance of metope, and unreasonable structure, the globality of whole wall chair are poor.
Summary of the invention
The purpose of this utility model there are the problems referred to above for existing technology, proposes a kind of folded wall chair, and the technical problem that the utility model solves how to make the structure of wall chair more reasonable.
The purpose of this utility model realizes by following technical proposal: a kind of folded wall chair, comprise elongated holder and the seat support in tabular, described holder can be fixed on metope, described seat support the inner is hinged on described holder top, it is characterized in that, described seat support outer end is hinged with in fagging before tabular, described front fagging rear portion has accommodation cavity, described seat support can be vertical mutually with front fagging with holder, and described front fagging can be in the same plane and holder and seat support are all positioned at hold cavity with holder; Described holder lower hinge has a plate, and the outer end of described connecting plate is hinged on front fagging.
The operation principle of this folded wall chair is: when not using, and holder and seat support are all positioned at the accommodation cavity of front fagging, and front fagging abuts on metope; During use, front fagging puts down, and make seat support vertical mutually with front fagging with holder, play a supporting role bottom front fagging with earth surface, seat position can be used for people to take a load off one's feet.Before holder and seat support are hidden in when not using by this folded wall chair in fagging, pedestrian is not easy to bump to folded wall chair; In use by the front fagging of tabular and earth surface as support, make folded wall chair in use more stable.Meanwhile, the outer surface of front fagging is all the time outwardly, easier at front fagging outer surface increase decorating structure, makes folded wall chair good looking appearance.Thus the structure of this folded wall chair is more reasonable compared with existing structure, be applicable to installation and the use of public place or family.
In above-mentioned folded wall chair, described holder is close or identical with the width of seat support correspondence position, described seat support has the articulated joint of stretching out near the side mask of holder, described holder correspondence position has the breach of stepping down held for above-mentioned articulated joint, and described articulated joint is resisted against indentations bottom of stepping down when described seat support is vertical with holder.Such structure, both made holder and chair base structure compacter, in the use procedure of folded wall chair, the effect of supplemental support can be played again seat support, makes folded wall chair more stable.
In above-mentioned folded wall chair, described articulated joint is cylindric, described in indentations bottom of stepping down there is rotation section in circular arc and straight butting section, described rotation section and articulated joint radian match.By arranging rotation section and butting section, make seat support more smooth and easy relative to the rotation of holder.
In above-mentioned folded wall chair, side in described holder or both sides and articulated joint corresponding position are provided with damping wheel, described damping wheel comprises body and rotating shaft, described rotating shaft can be rotated relative to body, described body has the gland of stretching out body, described holder has the resigning hole passed for rotating shaft; Described roller end has the connecting portion in kidney-shaped, and described articulated joint has and above-mentioned connecting portion position and shape connecting hole one one to one, and described connecting portion to embed in connecting hole one and fixes with articulated joint; Described gland is kidney-shaped, and in described holder, releasable connection has Connection Block, and described Connection Block has and gland position and shape connecting hole two one to one, and described gland embeds above-mentioned connecting hole two.During installation, first resigning hole passed in the rotating shaft of damping wheel and be fixed on the connecting hole one of articulated joint, then holder is set in gland by connecting hole two, finally Connection Block being releasable connection on holder by screw, installing more convenient; Seat support is putting down in process, and damping action is played in the relative motion of damping wheel to seat support and holder, avoids front fagging quick set-down to pound user; When seat support is packed up, seat support and holder can relative motions swimmingly, and folded wall chair can be packed up fast.
In above-mentioned folded wall chair, described connecting plate two ends curl into hinge hole one and the hinge hole two of hollow respectively, and described hinge hole one coordinates with the jointed shaft one be arranged on front fagging; Described hinge hole two coordinates with the jointed shaft two be arranged on holder, and described holder has and connecting plate position and shape pockets one to one, described connecting plate has the bend in circular arc near hinge hole two place.The connection of connecting plate is more convenient, and when folded wall chair is packed up, connecting plate is positioned at and holder is partially submerged into pockets, makes the more compact structure of folded wall chair.
In above-mentioned folded wall chair, described seat support lower surface has several holding tanks, described in one or more, holding tank internal fixtion has magnet unit, described magnet unit comprises the housing that plastics are made, permanent magnet is provided with in described housing, the part that described permanent magnet exposes housing is bar shaped, and described front fagging medial surface is fixed with the iron plate corresponding with permanent magnet position.When folded wall chair is packed up, the part that permanent magnet exposes housing contacts with iron plate, and both are subject to suction and are close to, thus makes front fagging be close to metope.
In above-mentioned folded wall chair, on described seat support, releasable connection has cushion, and described cushion upper surface has flexible contact portion.Seat support increases cushion, folded wall chair is used more comfortable, and cushion releasable connection is on seat support, change after cushion breakage conveniently.
In above-mentioned folded wall chair, described front fagging is adopted made of plastic, and the internal edges of described front fagging is along being fixed with metal reinforcement.Employing plastic material is easy to process, provides cost savings, and by rationally arranging the intensity that metal reinforcement in turn ensure that front fagging.
Alternatively, in above-mentioned folded wall chair, described front fagging adopts that metal material is one-body molded to be made.
In above-mentioned folded wall chair, described front fagging outer surface has the grip part caved inward.Because front fagging is platy structure, there is no easily stressed position, grip part is set the point of application put down by folded wall chair can be provided.
Compared with prior art, the advantage of this folded wall chair is:
1, together with the holder of this folded wall chair, seat support, front fagging are hinged with connecting plate, when not using, holder and seat support are all accommodated in the accommodation cavity of front fagging, during use, play a supporting role with earth surface bottom front fagging, make this folded wall chair good looking appearance, stability better.
2, the holder of this folded wall chair and the hinged place of seat support are provided with damping wheel, and seat support is putting down in process, and damping action is played in the relative motion of damping wheel to seat support and holder, and avoid front fagging quick set-down to pound user, security is better.
3, magnet assemblies is provided with between the seat support of this folded wall chair and front fagging, when folded wall chair is packed up, permanent magnet contacts with iron plate, and both are subject to suction and are close to, thus make front fagging be close to metope, make folded wall chair when not using and the position of metope compacter.
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Fig. 1 is the structural representation of this folded wall chair using state.
Fig. 2 is the structural representation of this folded wall chair collapsed state.
Fig. 3 is the syndeton schematic diagram of this folded wall chair seat support and front fagging.
Fig. 4 is the structural representation of this folded wall chair connecting plate.
Fig. 5 is the structural representation of this folded wall chair magnet unit.
Fig. 6 is the syndeton schematic diagram of this folded wall chair holder and seat support.
Fig. 7 is the structural representation of this folded wall chair holder.
Fig. 8 is the structural representation of this folded wall chair damping wheel.
Fig. 9 is the structural representation of this folded wall chair Connection Block.
In figure, 1, holder; 1a, breach of stepping down; 1a1, rotation section; 1a2, butting section; 1b, resigning hole; 1c, pockets; 2, seat support; 2a, articulated joint; 2a1, connecting hole one; 2b, holding tank; 3, front fagging; 3a, accommodation cavity; 3b, grip part; 4, connecting plate; 4a, hinge hole one; 4b, hinge hole two; 4c, bend; 5, damping wheel; 5a, body; 5a1, gland; 5b, rotating shaft; 5b1, connecting portion; 6, Connection Block; 6a, connecting hole two; 7, magnet unit; 7a, housing; 7b, permanent magnet; 8, cushion; 9, metal reinforcement; 10, iron plate.
Detailed description of the invention
Be below specific embodiment of the utility model and by reference to the accompanying drawings, the technical solution of the utility model is further described, but the utility model be not limited to these embodiments.
Embodiment one:
This folded wall chair comprises holder 1, seat support 2, front fagging 3, holds cavity 3a and connecting plate 4.
Specifically, as shown in Figure 1, holder 1 is elongated, and holder 1 is fixed on metope by swell fixture.Seat support 2 is in tabular, and seat support 2 the inner is hinged on holder 1.As shown in Figure 6 and Figure 7, in the present embodiment, holder 1 is identical with the width of seat support 2 correspondence position, and seat support 2 has near the side mask of holder 1 the cylindrical articulated joint 2a stretched out.Holder 1 correspondence position has the breach 1a that steps down held for articulated joint 2a, step down and there is bottom breach 1a rotation section 1a1 in circular arc and straight butting section 1a2, rotation section 1a1 and articulated joint 2a radian match, and articulated joint 2a is resisted against bottom the breach 1a that steps down when seat support 2 is vertical with holder 1.In production and manufacture process, the width of holder 1 and seat support 2 correspondence position is close, the more compact structure after whole holder 1 and seat support 2 can be made like this to pack up.
Preferably, as shown in Figure 1, on seat support 2, releasable connection has cushion 8, cushion 8 upper surface has flexible contact portion, and seat support 2 increases cushion 8, folded wall chair is used more comfortable, and cushion 8 releasable connection is on seat support 2, change after cushion 8 breakage conveniently.
As shown in Figure 6, in the present embodiment, the both sides in holder 1 have the damping wheel 5 connected one to one with articulated joint 2a.As shown in Figure 8, damping wheel 5 comprises body 5a and rotating shaft 5b, and rotating shaft 5b can rotate relative to body 5a, and rotating shaft 5b end has the connecting portion 5b1 in kidney-shaped, body 5a has the gland 5a1 in kidney-shaped stretching out body 5a.As shown in Figure 7, holder 1 has the resigning hole 1b passed for rotating shaft 5b.As shown in Figure 3, articulated joint 2a has with connecting portion 5b1 position and shape that connecting hole one 2a1, connecting portion 5b1 to embed in connecting hole one 2a1 and fix with articulated joint 2a one to one.As shown in Figure 6, in holder 1, releasable connection has Connection Block 6, and as shown in Figure 9, Connection Block 6 has with gland 5a1 position and shape that connecting hole two 6a, gland 5a1 embed in connecting hole two 6a one to one.During installation, first the rotating shaft 5b of damping wheel 5 passed resigning hole 1b and be fixed on connecting hole one 2a1 of articulated joint 2a, then holder 1 is set on gland 5a1 by connecting hole two 6a, finally Connection Block 6 being releasable connection on holder 1 by screw.In the manufacturing process of reality, also only can arrange damping wheel 5 in the side of holder 1 and position corresponding to articulated joint 2a, the articulated joint 2a of opposite side is directly hinged on holder 1.
As shown in Figure 3, front fagging 3 is in tabular, front fagging 3 is hinged on seat support 2 outer end, front fagging 3 rear portion has accommodation cavity 3a, seat support 2 can be vertical mutually with front fagging 3 with holder 1, and front fagging 3 can be in the same plane and holder 1 and seat support 2 are all positioned at hold cavity 3a with holder 1.As shown in Figure 1, holder 1 lower hinge has a plate 4, and the outer end of connecting plate 4 is hinged on front fagging 3.As shown in Figure 4, connecting plate 4 two ends curl into hinge hole one 4a and hinge hole two 4b of hollow respectively, and hinge hole one 4a coordinates with the jointed shaft one be arranged on front fagging 3.Hinge hole two 4b coordinates with the jointed shaft two be arranged on holder 1, and holder 1 has and connecting plate 4 position and shape pockets 1c one to one, connecting plate 4 has the bend 4c in circular arc near hinge hole two 4b place.When folded wall chair is packed up, connecting plate 4 is positioned at and holder 1 is partially submerged into pockets 1c, makes whole folded wall structure of chair more compact.
As shown in Figure 3, seat support 2 lower surface has several holding tanks 2b, and one or more holding tank 2b internal fixtion has magnet unit 7, and front fagging 3 medial surface is fixed with the iron plate 10 corresponding with magnet unit 7 position.As shown in Figure 5, magnet unit 7 comprises the housing 7a that plastics are made, and is provided with permanent magnet 7b in housing 7a, and the part that described permanent magnet 7b exposes housing 7a is bar shaped.When folded wall chair is packed up, the part that permanent magnet 7b exposes housing 7a contacts with iron plate 10, and both are subject to suction and are close to, thus makes front fagging 3 be close to metope.
In the present embodiment, front fagging 3 is adopted made of plastic, and as shown in Figure 3, the internal edges of front fagging 3 is along being fixed with metal reinforcement 9.Employing plastic material is easy to process, provides cost savings, and by rationally arranging the intensity that metal reinforcement 9 in turn ensure that front fagging 3.Preferably, front fagging 3 outer surface has the grip part 3b caved inward.Because front fagging 3 is in platy structure, there is no easily stressed position, grip part 3b is set the point of application put down by folded wall chair can be provided.
The operation principle of this folded wall chair is: as shown in Figure 2, and when not using, holder 1 and seat support 2 are all positioned at the accommodation cavity 3a of front fagging 3, by the suction of permanent magnet 7b and iron plate 10, front fagging 3 is close on metope.As shown in Figure 1, during use, put down in process at front fagging 3, damping action is played in the relative motion of damping wheel 5 pairs of seat supports 2 and holder 1, seat support 2 is slowly put down, until seat support 2 is vertical mutually with front fagging 3 with holder 1, play a supporting role bottom front fagging 3 with earth surface, seat support 2 position can be used for people to take a load off one's feet.
Embodiment two:
Technical scheme in the present embodiment is substantially identical with the technical scheme in embodiment one, and difference is, in the present embodiment, front fagging 3 adopts that metal material is one-body molded to be made.
Specific embodiment described herein is only to the explanation for example of the utility model spirit.The utility model person of ordinary skill in the field can make various amendment or supplements or adopt similar mode to substitute to described specific embodiment, but can't depart from spirit of the present utility model or surmount the scope that appended claims defines.
Although more employ holder 1 herein, step down breach 1a, rotation section 1a1, butting section 1a2, resigning hole 1b, pockets 1c, seat support 2, articulated joint 2a, connecting hole one 2a1, holding tank 2b, front fagging 3, hold cavity 3a, grip part 3b, connecting plate 4, hinge hole one 4a, hinge hole two 4b, bend 4c, damping wheel 5, body 5a, gland 5a1, rotating shaft 5b, connecting portion 5b1, Connection Block 6, connecting hole two 6a, magnet unit 7, housing 7a, permanent magnet 7b, cushion 8, metal reinforcement 9, term such as iron plate 10 grade, but do not get rid of the possibility using other term.These terms are used to be only used to describe and explain essence of the present utility model more easily; The restriction that they are construed to any one additional is all contrary with the utility model spirit.

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1. a folded wall chair, comprise elongated holder (1) and the seat support (2) in tabular, described holder (1) can be fixed on metope, described seat support (2) the inner is hinged on described holder (1) top, it is characterized in that, described seat support (2) outer end is hinged with in fagging before tabular (3), described front fagging (3) rear portion has accommodation cavity (3a), described seat support (2) can be vertical mutually with front fagging (3) with holder (1), described front fagging (3) can be in the same plane and holder (1) and seat support (2) are all positioned at hold cavity (3a) with holder (1), described holder (1) lower hinge has a plate (4), and the outer end of described connecting plate (4) is hinged on front fagging (3).
2. folded wall chair according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, described holder (1) is close or identical with the width of seat support (2) correspondence position, described seat support (2) has the articulated joint (2a) of stretching out near the side mask of holder (1), described holder (1) correspondence position has the breach of stepping down (1a) held for above-mentioned articulated joint (2a), and described articulated joint (2a) is resisted against breach of stepping down (1a) bottom when described seat support (2) is vertical with holder (1).
3. folded wall chair according to claim 2, it is characterized in that, described articulated joint (2a) is in cylindric, have the rotation section (1a1) in circular arc and straight butting section (1a2) bottom described breach of stepping down (1a), described rotation section (1a1) and articulated joint (2a) radian match.
4. folded wall chair according to claim 2, it is characterized in that, side in described holder (1) or both sides and articulated joint (2a) corresponding position are provided with damping wheel (5), described damping wheel (5) comprises body (5a) and rotating shaft (5b), described rotating shaft (5b) can be rotated relative to body (5a), described body (5a) has the gland (5a1) of stretching out body (5a), described holder (1) has the resigning hole (1b) passed for rotating shaft (5b); Described rotating shaft (5b) end has the connecting portion (5b1) in kidney-shaped, described articulated joint (2a) has and above-mentioned connecting portion (5b1) position and shape connecting hole one (2a1) one to one, and it is interior and fixing with articulated joint (2a) that described connecting portion (5b1) embeds connecting hole one (2a1); Described gland (5a1) is in kidney-shaped, described holder (1) interior releasable connection has Connection Block (6), described Connection Block (6) has and gland (5a1) position and shape connecting hole two (6a) one to one, and described gland (5a1) embeds above-mentioned connecting hole two (6a).
5. folded wall chair according to any one of claim 1 to 4, it is characterized in that, described connecting plate (4) two ends curl into hinge hole one (4a) and the hinge hole two (4b) of hollow respectively, and described hinge hole one (4a) coordinates with the jointed shaft one be arranged on front fagging (3); Described hinge hole two (4b) coordinates with the jointed shaft two be arranged on holder (1), described holder (1) has and connecting plate (4) position and shape pockets (1c) one to one, described connecting plate (4) has the bend (4c) in circular arc near hinge hole two (4b) place.
6. folded wall chair according to any one of claim 1 to 4, it is characterized in that, described seat support (2) lower surface has several holding tanks (2b), holding tank described in one or more (2b) internal fixtion has magnet unit (7), described magnet unit (7) comprises the housing (7a) that plastics are made, permanent magnet (7b) is provided with in described housing (7a), the part that described permanent magnet (7b) exposes housing (7a) is bar shaped, described front fagging (3) medial surface is fixed with the iron plate (10) corresponding with permanent magnet (7b) position.
7. folded wall chair according to any one of claim 1 to 4, is characterized in that, the upper releasable connection of described seat support (2) has cushion (8), and described cushion (8) upper surface has flexible contact portion.
8. folded wall chair according to any one of claim 1 to 4, is characterized in that, described front fagging (3) is adopted made of plastic, and the internal edges of described front fagging (3) is along being fixed with metal reinforcement (9).
9. folded wall chair according to any one of claim 1 to 4, is characterized in that, metal material is one-body molded makes for the employing of described front fagging (3).
10. folded wall chair according to any one of claim 1 to 4, is characterized in that, described front fagging (3) outer surface has the grip part (3b) caved inward.
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