DE4109376C1 - Piece of furniture as puppet theatre - has wall mounting fastener, and movable middle portion in front part - Google Patents

Abstract

The collapsible puppet theatre has a front part and two rearwards folding side parts and can be mounted on a wall (33) by hook-shaped fasteners (6), engaging eyelets on the front of the theatre. The front part has a middle portion (7), movable vertically and/or swivellable about a horizontal or vertical axis. The middle portion can act as a blackboard when required. Puppet holders (22,28) and retainers (18,19) are pref. so arranged that, even when the theatre is collapsed, they can be reached through the retainer opening and/or through the middle portion. The collapsed parts can be opened from outside. ADVANTAGE - Versatile use, compact structure, and can be easily erected even by children.

Description

The invention relates to a figure theater / furniture with a Front part and two side parts that can be folded back together with the front part before viewing from the front protect and allow a stable installation of the furniture.

From DE 82 29 686 U1 figure theater with an im Front part arranged game window known by a Curtain can be closed and one behind arranged connecting part on the z. B. the theater backdrop can be attached.

Furthermore, doll holders are known, which are either the general accommodation (e.g. packaging) or storage serve during the game. In the latter case they are Doll holder z. B. attached below the game window.

Side parts and front part are often designed so that they Theater elements such as connecting parts, backdrops and dolls can also record in the closed state, so that at the same time a kind of packaging for transport and not used time is made possible. These theaters are run by packed or folded at the back and closed.

The game windows can be covered by a curtain, which is usually guided on a rail. The movement the curtain can be automated or be relieved, e.g. B. by pulling a cord by hand is moved.

All controls are arranged so that they are in can usually only be handled from the inside, such as. B. the drawstring for the curtain, possibly existing Lighting or the suspension and storage of z. B. Theater characters and utensils.

Transport rollers can also be used in the front and side panels be attached, which makes moving the theater easier enable in the open state.  

Theater performances, their front part and Side parts are made of paintable material, with the Blackboard chalk, colored pencils or similar written and on which can be wiped off with simple means to the performance z. B. by self-painted backdrops or Improve information on content (DE 79 05 127 U1).

Some theaters can also be built in a simple way use as a puppet theater by z. B. the whole Box is turned upside down so the game window bring down and then the hanging dolls from above to be able to use. This theater can also be used for Shadow play theater can be converted by using a fabric stringed frame is placed on the game window and by backlit with a shadow-forming light source (DE 79 05 127 U1).

A combination of a toy shelf is also known a cabinet door designed as a game wall and Additional parts. By rebuilding it can be used as a Punch and Judy show Shop can be used (DE 88 00 041 U1).

DE-OS 22 03 934 is also the attachment of a stage front known between two room walls. she is swiveling to also be between angularly to each other Walls can be attached.

A major disadvantage of the puppet theater forms mentioned both in private homes and for other applications, such as B. in kindergarten, is the accommodation during Non-seasons. Also in the most compact way packable theater takes up a lot of space often not available for a toy.

The theaters are unsightly when packaged, which is why you try to stow them so that they are out of sight are. So you are forced to use them in other rooms  (Storage room), in cupboards or similar areas to accommodate.

This then has the disadvantage that spontaneous use is hardly possible or involves great effort.

This results in another disadvantage. For children's rooms if at all, only the smallest theater with the simplest Equipment or shelves with reduced Theater play opportunity purchased.

Although the necessary dolls are often available, light to be stowed away and usually easily accessible Theatrical performances were just really practiced, because they're either too complicated or too little comfort run as outlined above.

Somewhat more comfortable theater variants (see e.g. DE 82 29 686 U1) have the additional disadvantage that you Construction despite many prepared construction aids for small ones No children at all and only one for adults relatively high effort is possible.

After all, use is the more convenient one Theater forms in the packed state no longer possible. The more comfortable the equipment, the less favorable the price-performance ratio because of the rare Use. Another reason that such theaters hardly offered, so rarely especially for private Area to be bought.

Larger and heavier forms of theater are particularly special when setting up for children associated with dangers because parts overturn and by sliding and folding mechanisms Clamping points can arise.

Collapsing makes such theaters special flat but keep their original height and lose thereby your stability. At the moment of the renovation the risk of tipping for users and content is particularly high.

The invention is based on the object to develop a puppet theater / furniture, that can be set up by children with little effort can and in the packed state also other types of Use, such as B. as home furniture, in order to eliminate the disadvantages described above.

The object is achieved by the in the characteristic of Features specified claim 1 solved.

Advantageous further developments and refinements of Task solutions result from the subclaims.

Because the three main parts of the puppet theater / furniture on a wall by means of a fastening device between the two side parts in the folded state can be anchored, there are several advantages at the same time:

The puppet theater does not require a separate storage room cabinet or cupboard. Although it is from schoolchildren and at Kindergarten children with the support of older people it can be large and comfortably equipped. At the same time, it offers the highest level of security. The use is as home furniture not only for children, but also for Adults make sense. Nevertheless, it remains easily transportable and takes up little space when folded.

The puppet theater / furniture can still stand upright pushed open against the wall pushed be and after the rear edge of a side part in the immediate vicinity of the attachment point on the wall arrived, folded up and only after reaching the flat packed condition through an opening in the front part (e.g. the game window) can be locked on the wall.  

This work is made easier by side-arranged ones Handles. Because the puppet theater / furniture during this Always between the pushing person and the wall located, it can in this simplest embodiment, ever further it is pushed together, fluctuate slightly, but do not tip over. By anchoring in the middle behind the front part the figure theater / furniture is now against unwanted opening, tipping and moving secured.

The stability of the furniture is improved during the Remodeling and in the opened state in that a Side part with an articulated fastening device remains connected to the wall, this security by a second device is further enlarged below. In this way, the puppet theater / furniture can be opened, closed and around the rear edge of one of the two Side parts can be rotated without being able to tip over. It can now easily in a demonstration position with sufficient space behind the game window through its unfolding and that Swung away from the wall and in a corresponding manner returned to its wall position in the tightest of spaces will. This will cause unevenness in the floor when sliding or rolling through axial play in the Fastening device balanced.

For cases where the unevenness of the floor is strong are a hindrance when z. B. overcome a thick carpet edge must be, an axial bearing is provided, the Figure theater / furniture on the wall vertically, so that it can also float freely above the floor. That kind of Fastening makes two fastening devices above and required below, so that no moments due to the weight can act on the devices.

In order to be able to take the theater to other places, it is easy to unhook it by lifting it on the wall. This work is facilitated by two handles on the left  and on the right on the sides of the front section at a suitable height are attached.

Depending on the direction of play or depending on the room arrangement, this can Figure theater / furniture on the wall over the left or right Side part can be hooked in what by the handles and Centering openings on the side parts is facilitated.

By anchoring the figure theater / furniture for further use, especially when folded usable since it now absorbs external forces that go beyond the dead weight and short impact forces and can generate tilting moments.

The arrangement of the doll holder z. B. in the amount of Game window in the side panels, can be the most beautiful Figures / dolls can be arranged as in a shop window and thus for decoration together with the folded Serve furniture. This is advantageous because of such Figures are often of great artistic value, but a suitable place for exhibition outside the rare Seasons mostly missing. If also the curtain and / or the game lighting not only from the inside but in collapsed state can also be operated from the outside can, the puppet theater becomes a gem also in rooms other than the children's room.

Since more shelves are also arranged in the side parts are that they are folded before the Game windows or other openings appear in the front part, You can use them to make others available or to exhibit them Objects are used, such as B. for toys in Children's room or small pieces of jewelry when the Furniture in the living room.

Finally, one reaches through a middle part in the front part the advantage of the furniture, the theater additionally different and convertible to use. It can vary depending on the prepared assembly offset up and down like a door or  to be folded down like a folding table. In this way further uses arise both in the open as well as when the furniture is folded. Through a Move the figure theater / furniture z. B. too converted into a puppet theater. The middle part is covered then namely the upper game window and enters below another game window free, which is then easily operated from above can be. For this purpose, the Connecting part on the back with the backdrop from above shifted down. When folded, can by Open the door or flap of the interior between the front part and side parts are made accessible like a cupboard.

The middle part can be decorated with a large picture, that can also be exchanged within its framework. It's closed a blackboard with different painting or writing grounds convertible. The remain for the different functions necessary parts in the puppet theater / furniture included, without to hinder the function being used. This will be possible that the plate as a disc in the same size as the Glass pane to cover an image and in the same size how the mat is formed and these disks in different order in the frame of the middle part can be used.

The middle section can also be used as a folding table. This possibility of use is also particularly in the folded state of the furniture anchored to the wall particularly useful. The play possibilities in the children's room are significantly improved because at the same time the in the side parts or shelves arranged in the front part can serve as storage for toys.

Further features and details result from the in following described embodiments. It shows

Fig. 1 is a view of the furniture from the front and in a top plan view in the folded state,

Fig. 2 is a view of the furniture from the front in its folded, on the wall of the locked state and a sectional view of this form of use,

Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the fastening device (6) according to claim 13 in a folded and anchored state,

Fig. 4 shows two sectional views perpendicular to the wall, again from the side and once viewed from above, the fastening device with various features of the claims 13 to 19 in the folded state and anchored,

Fig. 5 shows two views of the fastener of Fig. 4, however, only the representation of the rear portion with the hinge pin (44) and the eye bolt (45) according to claim 14,

Fig. 6 representation of the central part ( 7 ) according to claims 7, 8 and 9, wherein the upper part of the central part ( 7 ) is shown overall in a reduced scale according to FIGS. 1 and 2 and fastening details on a scale of 1: 1 can be seen exactly below.

In Fig. 1 above and in Fig. 2 right the figure theater / furniture is shown as it looks from the front once in the open and once in the closed state.

In the supervision of FIG. 1 below, the front part ( 1 ) and the two side parts ( 2 and 3 ) are brought through the connecting part ( 8 ) into an expedient form of installation for the game operation as a figure theater. The connecting part ( 8 ) is a rod which is fastened at one end in the upper outer corner of the one side part ( 3 ) in such a way that it hangs down in the folded state and in the open state (as shown) in the outermost corner the second side part ( 2 ) is hooked. A curtain-like backdrop (not shown here) is drawn onto this connecting part.

The stiffening rod ( 9 ) is used to determine the same angle of the two side parts ( 2, 3 ) to the front part ( 1 ). It hangs like the connecting part ( 8 ) in the outer corner of the side part ( 2 ) when not in use.

In order to be able to move the puppet theater / furniture more easily, handles ( 12 ) are housed in both sides of the front part ( 1 ) and in the side parts ( 2, 3 ), which are designed here as grip holes. In the front part ( 1 ), the grip holes are closed in the form of a can, so that they can also be used as a shelf ( 11 ). B. can be used for blackboard chalk and mop.

When the three main parts ( 1, 2 and 3 ) are folded together, a side part (eg 3 ) with its outer edge is optionally pushed onto the hook ( 35 ) ( FIG. 3) of the fastening device. The centering opening ( 31 ) helps. Then the figure theater / furniture is pushed together and the fastening device ( 6 ), as shown in Fig. 3, anchored between the hook ( 35 ) and bolt ( 37 ) with the band ( 36 ). The bolt ( 37 ) is arranged at the point ( 6 a) in Fig. 1. In this simple embodiment, only the centering opening ( 31 ) is located at ( 6 b).

In Figs. 4 and 5, an improved embodiment for the fastening device (6) is shown. Here, at the point (6 b) (Fig. 1), an additional hinge pin (44) is used which from above into a deep adjustable in place of the hook (35) in the wall (33) with a brass plug (40) eyebolt (45) is plugged in. The best way to do this is to slightly lift and hang the theater in the folded state using the two handles ( 12, 11 ) in the front section ( 1 ). The dowel ( 40 ) in the wall ( 33 ) is set so that the figure theater / furniture has so much play up and down that it still stands up on the floor. To prevent unhooking, the connection can be secured with a locking pin ( 43 ).

The hinge pin ( 44 ) is contained in both side parts ( 2 and 3 ) in order to be able to hang the figure theater / furniture either on the left or right, as can be seen in FIG. 5. This anchoring now remains in the opened and folded state. The side panel attached to the wall then makes z. B. when opening a pivoting movement ( 50 ) in the new position ( 51 ), while the other side part swings away from the wall ( 50 ' ).

In order to be able to carry out the folding process without constraint, a distance of a few mm from the wall is set, which also depends on the shape of any edge strip that may be on the floor. So that the puppet theater / furniture is still straight and firmly in the folded state, a felt stop ( 30 ) is attached to the left and right outside on both sides, which is adjusted to the distance from the wall.

During the folding process, the three main parts slide and slide over the floor. To facilitate this process, roller skates ( 10 ) are attached at the bottom (see FIG. 1).

If the movements should be particularly easy, e.g. B. with very large bumps in the floor, the anchoring can be supplemented by an axial bearing in the vertical direction. For this purpose, as shown in Fig. 4, a spacer ring ( 46 ) is pushed onto the hinge pin ( 44 ), which supports the figure theater / furniture on the eyebolt ( 45 ). In this case there is a second fastening device ( 6 ) according to FIG. 5, as shown in FIG. 2.

When folded, the main parts ( 1, 2, 3 ) are locked by a spring clip ( 41 ). It can be opened again by a pressure force from above. The spring clip is attached to the crossbar ( 21 ) by means of a screw with a lock nut ( 42 ). In this way he can e.g. B. can be folded in a figure game so as not to hinder.

Fig. 1 shows the lineup for the figure game operation.

In the upper area of the game window ( 4 ), the equipment is such that the figure play in the opened state and a decorative figure arrangement in both states is possible.

The middle part ( 7 ) is folded up and can be used in this position as a picture frame or board (see description of Fig. 6).

Fig. 2 shows a view of the furniture from the front in the folded, locked state on the wall and a sectional view of this form of use.

Above the game window is a setting box ( 26 ) in which rolling scenes ( 27 ) are arranged.

In the area below the game window, figures can be hung on the head on the figure holders ( 22, 28 ) in order to display them as home decorations after opening the curtain. In order not to see the rods ( 8, 9 ) and other utensils hanging on the walls of the side parts, one of the roller blinds can be pulled down, as is also used in play. However, in order to be able to use the figure holder ( 22 ), a roller link ( 27 ) has figure holder holes ( 29 ) over which the backdrop is slid so that figures can be placed in front of this backdrop.

The curtain ( 5 ) is guided on a curtain rail ( 25 ) and moved over cords, not shown here, which are deflected into eyelets ( 24 ). The two operating ends of the cords hang on the left and right of the game window inside or outside, so that they can be operated from the inside or outside.

In the lower area there are shelves ( 18, 19 ) for the figure play business, which can also be used as a shelf when the middle part ( 7 ) is folded down. The side rails of the shelf ( 19 ) together with the flap ( 15 a, 15 b) serve as a light and sight block for the gap around the folded up middle part ( 7 ).

The shelves ( 18, 19 ) can be moved upwards together with the central part ( 7 ). Then the holes ( 20, 23 ) serve as attachments for the trays ( 18, 19 ). The joint ( 16 ) of the middle part is screwed accordingly further up in a hole which is not shown. The bore ( 17 ) is used to secure the central part ( 7 ) when folded up. For this purpose, a locking pin or a cylinder lock is attached to the side of the front part ( 1 ) at an appropriate height (not shown).

The middle part ( 7 ) is only used as a table in the lower installation position, as shown in Fig. 2. The two-part flap, which is attached to the shelf ( 18 ) with a piano hinge, together with the damper ( 14 ) serves as a delay device for folding down the table. The damper ( 14 ) contains a spring which resets the device when it is closed.

Fig. 6 shows the central part ( 7 ), the upper part of the central part being shown on a smaller scale according to FIGS. 1 and 2 and fastening details on a scale of 1: 1 are explained in more detail below.

The middle part ( 7 ) resembles a picture frame which receives a glass pane ( 52 ), a passe-partout (not shown) and a panel insert ( 53 ) like a tub. These disks are held together by a holding frame ( 54 ). The holding frame ( 54 ) consists of welded U-profiles and is fastened in the middle part ( 7 ) with four studs ( 55 ) as shown. The required pane is placed at the front. To do this, the holding frame ( 54 ) can only be opened and opened at the top by unscrewing the two upper studs ( 55 ), as shown in the illustration on the top right. The table plate ( 53 ) is coated on both sides differently light and dark. The desired side is turned outwards and then inserted.

A plastic swivel ( 56 ) which can be screwed apart fastens the middle part ( 7 ) to the front part ( 1 ). In this way, an upward conversion is easily possible. The back of the middle part ( 7 ) is used as a table top ( 58 ) when folded down.

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Claims (19)

1. Figure theater / furniture with a front part ( 1 ) and two foldable side parts ( 2, 3 ), which together with the front part ( 1 ) protect from viewing from the front and enable a stable installation of the furniture, characterized in that Figure theater / furniture has a fastening device ( 6 ) which enables the figure theater / furniture to be attached to a wall ( 33 ), and that in the front part ( 1 ) a central part ( 7 ) is arranged which is offset up and down and / or around a horizontal or vertical axis can be swiveled. 2. Puppet theater according to claim 1, characterized in that the figure holder ( 22, 28 ) and shelves ( 18, 19 ) are arranged so that they can be folded through the game window ( 4 ) and / or through a door or flap-like middle part ( 7 ) are at least partially accessible. 3. Puppet theater according to claim 1, characterized in that the game window ( 4 ) and / or the central part ( 7 ) can also be opened from the outside in the collapsed state and / or that any existing lighting can be switched from the outside in the collapsed state. 4. Figure theater according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the central part ( 7 ) is designed as a blackboard. 5. Figure theater according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that one side of the central part ( 7 ) for blackboard chalk is dark and the other side for blackboard pencils is lightly coated. 6. Figure theater according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the central part ( 7 ) is formed on one side as a table top ( 58 ) and on the other side as a table. 7. Figure theater according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the central part ( 7 ) on one side as a table top ( 58 ) and on the other side as a polygonal surface in the manner of a picture frame for receiving a plurality of panes. 8. Figure theater according to claim 7, characterized in that the side designed as a picture frame contains a glass pane ( 52 ) and a possibly differently coated panel insert ( 53 ). 9. puppet theater according to claim 7, characterized in that the as a picture frame trained side different discs for to include different uses in the Location is.   10. Figure theater according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the front part ( 1 ) and side parts ( 2, 3 ) are provided on the left and right with handles ( 12 ). 11. Figure theater according to claim 10, characterized in that the handles ( 12 ) are designed as holes and / or as a shelf ( 11 ). 12. Figure theater according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the side parts are provided with centering openings ( 31 ) in the rear wall. 13. Puppet theater according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the fastening device ( 6 ) consists of a hook-like or eyelet-like part fastened in the wall ( 33 ) and a eyelet-like or hook-shaped part fastened to the front part ( 1 ), which consists directly or Anchor the front part ( 1 ) of the folded furniture to the wall ( 33 ) using a connecting link. 14. Figure theater according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the fastening device ( 6 ) from a in the wall ( 33 ) attached hook or eye-like part and one of the two side parts ( 2 or 3 ) attached eye or hook-shaped part , which can be rotatably plugged together with the part fastened to the wall about a vertical axis, so that the theater of figures can be pulled away from the wall, but a side part ( 2 or 3 ) remains rotatably fastened to the wall. 15. Figure theater according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a fastening device ( 6 ) is used once in the upper and once in the lower region of the furniture in the wall. 16. Figure theater according to claims 14 and 15, characterized in that at least one of the two fastening devices ( 6 ) is equipped with an axial bearing ( 46 ) which carries the figure theater / furniture floating vertically above the floor. 17. Figure theater according to one of claims 14 to 16, characterized in that a connecting member ( 41 ) connects the front part ( 1 ) with the wall ( 33 ) and / or with one or both side parts ( 2 and 3 ). 18. Figure theater according to at least one of claims 13 to 17, characterized in that the connecting member ( 41 ) can be locked by a lock. 19. Figure theater according to at least one of claims 13 to 17. characterized in that the fastening device also a locking of the front part with the two Allows side panels alone.