EP2620080A1 - Device for reclining a human body when standing - Google Patents

Abstract

The device (1) has a backrest (2) and a receptacle (3) for the backrest. The backrest includes a leaning body serving as a backrest surface (4), where the backrest is pivotally arranged in the receptacle about a vertical axis (5). The receptacle includes a vertically arrangeable stand (6) designed as a pipe, where the backrest in the receptacle and/or the stand are pivotally arranged about the vertical axis. The receptacle and/or the stand are fixed in a floor or a railing, where the backrest surface is arranged vertically up to an angle of 20 degrees.

Description

The invention relates to a device for leaning a human body.

In parks, public squares or on freeways you will find park benches, which you can basically use for sunbathing. They are for this purpose but only limited use, as they are location and direction are mounted and thus can not be aligned continuously to the sun.

Sun loungers are extremely rare in the places described above, probably because they are hardly used. One reason for this could be that you do not like to lie down in public to rest. But also sun loungers would have to be fixed (fixed) in public places to avoid theft or vandalism.

From the DE 32 48 756 A1 a device for leaning a human body in the standing is known, which has a backrest and a receptacle for the backrest, wherein the backrest has a leaning of the body serving back surface. In this case, in one embodiment, a component of the receptacle forms a standing surface on which the person stands on the back surface when leaning against the body. The base is in this case arranged at an angle to the horizontal, so that it forms approximately a right angle with the back surface. In another embodiment, the receptacle for the backrest is attached to a wall. In this case, the person stands on the floor and leans against the back in the area of the back. In this known device, the backrest is thus not aligned with respect to the footprint of the person, apart from an adjustability of the backrest height.

Object of the present invention is to provide a device that, under the aspect of optimal ergonomics, allows leaning of the human body with a favorable orientation to an object. In particular, a person should be able to sunbathe while standing in natural sunlight while comfortably relieving the body and being able to turn to the sun at all times with the device.

This object is achieved by a device for leaning a human body standing up, with a backrest and a receptacle for the backrest, wherein the backrest serving a leaning of the body backrest surface and the back is pivotally mounted in the receptacle about a substantially vertical axis.

In the apparatus according to the invention, the back allows the person to lean against the backrest surface thereof, the backrest and thus the backrest surface being pivotable about the substantially vertical axis, in particular vertically arranged axis. This pivoting of the backrest makes it possible to align the backrest surface with respect to any desired circular angle of a circle whose center is substantially vertical. Based on the specific use of the device as a device for sunbathing while standing so the person can align the backrest and thus the backrest surface to the position-changing sun and, leaning directly against the sun, lean against the backrest.

The device thus makes it possible to sunbathe while standing in natural sunlight while comfortably relieving the body and turning towards the sun with the device at all times.

The use of the device is not limited to a device for standing sunbathing, but the device can be used whenever it is important to allow a person a comfortable leaning of the body to the back while maintaining a favorable orientation to an object. The term of the object is to be understood comprehensively to the effect that this can be understood as a movable object, such as the sun, or, for example, also an object arrangement, which is to be viewed from different directions and it is therefore advantageous if the back rest in different Directions can be aligned. This is the case, for example, when a point of interest, such as a course of a river, is to be considered, this taking place at different angular positions of the device, with the person leaning against the backrest of the device.

Structurally particularly advantageous and easy to manufacture, the device is designed when the receptacle has a stand which can be arranged substantially vertically, in particular a stand constructed as a tube. Such a designed receptacle is ideal for picking up the backrest and store it.

In the device, the backrest is pivotally mounted in the receptacle or the stand about the substantially vertical axis. The receptacle or the stand are fixedly connected to the element or the base, and it is the backrest pivotally relative to the stationary receptacle or the stationary stand.

The element or the base in which or the receptacle or the stand is mounted, can be designed differently. Thus, a fixation of the receptacle or the stand in the ground by means of a recording connected to the foundation anchor in a concrete foundation, by means of a so-called Schraubfundaments by the recording is clamped without foundation anchor directly in the screw foundation, or on solid ground such as concrete or bitumen by means of a the recording associated base plate possible. Basically, the storage of the receptacle or the stand can also be done differently, for example by the receptacle or the stand not stationary in a base in the manner of the soil are storable, but in a base in the manner of a railing are storable.

The backrest surface is arranged in the device in particular vertically or up to an angle of 20 ° to the vertical. If the person who wants to lean against the backrest of the device inclines slightly to the vertical, it is quite sufficient if the backrest surface is arranged vertically. Already with this position of the backrest surface a comfortable leaning of the person on the device is possible. On the other hand, if the backrest surface is at an angle of up to 20 ° to the vertical, the person may turn to the hull arrange according to the inclination of the backrest surface provided for the vertical, so that a certain relief of this body area takes place when the trunk or upper body rests against the backrest. If the backrest surface is arranged at an angle, in particular an angle of up to 20 ° to the vertical, the backrest surface, thus the region of the backrest against which the upper body of the person rests, points upward with a component of the surface normal of the backrest surface.

It is considered to be particularly advantageous from an ergonomic point of view if the backrest surface is arranged at an angle of 5 to 20 ° to the vertical.

The backrest as such can be designed differently, in particular depending on the requirements of the person who wants to lean on the device and / or conditions that arise due to the fact that the device is placed outdoors and is exposed to the weather.

For example, it is provided that the back has a back frame and the backrest forming, connected to the back frame wire mesh support or covering, or the back has a board, the body zuwendbare surface is the back surface or the back frame itself forms the back surface. The backrest consists for example of metal, plastic, wood or a combination of these materials.

In order for the person using the device to be able to adapt this ergonomically favorable, thus individually, to himself, provision is made in particular for the backrest to be height-adjustable and / or angularly adjustable with respect to a horizontal axis.

In the embodiment of the device to the effect that the stator is mounted stationary, thus the backrest mounted in the stand with respect to the stand is rotatable, it is considered advantageous if the stator axially fixed in the region of its upper end, but rotatably receives a bearing tube for the backrest. In this design, the backrest is in particular height-adjustable and / or angularly adjustable with respect to the horizontal axis stored in the bearing tube.

The device preferably additionally has a buttock support, in particular a height-adjustable buttock support. Such a buttstock in particular has a seat surface with a small area, which is thus sufficient to support the buttocks of the leaning against the device. In particular, the device is designed so that the back absorbs the buttocks support in the region of its lower end.

The backrest surface can be designed differently with regard to their size and proportions in terms of height and width, based on the orientation of the person leaning against the backrest. Thus, it is considered advantageous if the back surface is an extension, in the longitudinal direction of the back of the body of leaning against the back person from 100 to 140 cm, preferably 110 to 130 cm, in particular 120 cm and / or in the width direction of the back of the Body of 30 to 50 cm, in particular 40 cm. The backrest surface thus has a significantly greater extent in the longitudinal direction than in the width direction.

In addition, the backrest or the receptacle may be provided with at least one hook for suspending an object. This article is usually one that is carried by the person who wishes to lean against the device, thus for example a shopping bag, a briefcase or a garment.

The device according to the invention thus presents itself as a pivotable, standing-on construction. This is ideally dimensioned so that it covers an adult at least in the region of lumbar spine to shoulder supported. The person using the device stands, regardless of the device, on a floor and the device serves to lean the person against the positionally variable backrest.

Further features of the invention are set forth in the subclaims, the description of the figures and the figures themselves, wherein it is noted that all individual features and all combinations of individual features are essential to the invention.

Fig. 1

ein erstes Ausführungsbeispiel der erfindungsgemäßen Vorrichtung, veranschaulicht in einer räumlichen Ansicht, von der Seite gesehen,

Fig. 2

eine Vorrichtung gemäß Fig. 1, gezeigt in einer Seitenansicht,

Fig. 3

eine Ansicht gemäß Pfeil III der in Fig. 2 dargestellten Vorrichtung,

Fig. 4

eine Ansicht gemäß Pfeil IV der in Fig. 2 dargestellten Vorrichtung,

Fig. 5

eine Ansicht der in Fig. 2 dargestellten Vorrichtung, veranschaulicht in einer Explosionsdarstellung,

Fig. 6 bis 8

für das Ausführungsbeispiel gemäß Fig. 1, unterschiedliche Ausführungsformen der ortsfesten Lagerung einer Aufnahme der Vorrichtung, die der Aufnahme einer Lehne der Vorrichtung dient,

Fig. 9

ein zweites Ausführungsbeispiel der Vorrichtung mit bezüglich Höhe- und Neigungswinkel verstellbarer Lehne,

Fig. 10

eine Explosionsdarstellung des oberen, im Wesentlichen die Lehne aufweisenden Bereiches der Vorrichtung, gemäß Fig. 9,

Fig. 11 und 12

für das Ausführungsbeispiel gemäß Fig. 9, die Anordnung von Lehne und Auflage in unterschiedlichen Höhen- und Winkelpositionen der Lehne,

Fig. 13

eine in Fig. 9 gezeigte, mit der Lehne verbundene Gesäßstütze in der in Fig. 9 veranschaulichten, unteren Endstellung, wobei die Lagerung der Gesäßstütze mit veranschaulicht ist,

Fig. 14

die Anordnung gemäß Fig. 13, in maximal angehobener Stellung der Gesäßstütze veranschaulicht,

Fig. 15

eine Explosionsdarstellung der in den Fig. 13 und 14 veranschaulichten Teile.

In the figures, the invention is illustrated with reference to several preferred embodiments, without being limited thereto. It shows:

Fig. 1

A first embodiment of the device according to the invention, illustrated in a three-dimensional view, seen from the side,

Fig. 2

a device according to Fig. 1 shown in a side view,

Fig. 3

a view according to arrow III of Fig. 2 illustrated device,

Fig. 4

a view according to arrow IV of in Fig. 2 illustrated device,

Fig. 5

a view of in Fig. 2 illustrated device, illustrated in an exploded view,

Fig. 6 to 8

for the embodiment according to Fig. 1 different embodiments of the stationary mounting a receptacle of the device, which serves to receive a backrest of the device,

Fig. 9

A second embodiment of the device with height and angle adjustable backrest,

Fig. 10

an exploded view of the upper, substantially having the backrest portion of the device, according to Fig. 9 .

FIGS. 11 and 12

for the embodiment according to Fig. 9 , the arrangement of backrest and support in different height and angle positions of the back,

Fig. 13

one in Fig. 9 seated buttocks support in the in Fig. 9 illustrated lower end position, wherein the storage of the buttocks support is illustrated with

Fig. 14

the arrangement according to Fig. 13 , illustrated in maximum raised position of the buttocks support,

Fig. 15

an exploded view of the in the FIGS. 13 and 14 illustrated parts.

Fig. 1 illustrates in the spatial view basically the structure of the inventive device 1 for leaning a human body, which stands on a base, in particular on a floor. In this spatial representation, the device is shown in a position of use, in which it is arranged inclined at a small angle to the vertical. The device is in the Fig. 2 to 4 shown in a position of use in which it is arranged vertically.

The device 1 has a backrest 2 and a receptacle 3 for the backrest 2. The backrest 2 has a backrest surface 4 which serves to lean against the body. The backrest 2 is about a substantially vertical axis 5 (see Fig. 1 ) or a vertical axis 5 (see Fig. 2 ) pivotable.

In this embodiment, the receptacle 3 has a tubular stand, wherein the tube 6 is anchored in the soil to be described in more detail below in the ground, in particular such that the tube 6 can not be pulled out of the ground easily, nor with respect to the Bodens can be turned. This stationary tube 6 takes in the region of its upper end, the backrest 2 about the longitudinal central axis of the tube 6, which corresponds to the axis 5, rotatably. Here, the backrest 2 is designed so that it has a back frame 7 with wire mesh support 8, wherein the back frame 7 is connected in the region of its lower end with a bearing tube 9 of the backrest 2. The base thus represents the basis for the storage of the device 1. This base could well also be a railing, which serves to mount the device 1 in the region of the receptacle 3 or the tube 6.

This design of the device 1 thus makes it possible for a person, in particular to sunbathe while standing, to lean against the backrest 2, in particular the backrest surface 4, and in this case due to the pivotability of the backrest 2 with respect to the receptacle 3 or the tube 6 optimally align the back 2 with respect to the sun by the backrest 2 is pivoted about the substantially vertical axis 5 and vertical axis 5. The pivoting of the backrest 2 about this axis 5 should make it possible to align the backrest 2 optimally to the desired angle to the object, in particular to the mobile object. If the axis 5 is not exactly vertical, but slightly inclined to the vertical, preferably friction elements between the backrest 2 and receptacle 3 are provided, which prevent the backrest 2 pivots when not in use due to their own weight in a stable end position about the axis 5.

The backrest surface 4 may be arranged vertically or else, as for the embodiment according to the Fig. 1 to 5 illustrated to be positioned at a different angle from the vertical. Optimally, the backrest surface 4 inclined at an angle between 5 ° and 20 ° relative to the vertical.

For rotatably supporting the backrest 2, it is received by the (essentially) vertical pipe 6, consisting of tube section 10 and bearing ring 11, rotatably mounted in the bearing tube 9. Plastic bushings 12 in the upper and lower end of the bearing tube 9 serve a play, noise and low-wear storage. A second bearing ring 11 is secured to secure the backrest or the bearing tube 9 at the upper end of the tube 6 and directed against the upper end of the bearing tube 9. A connected to the bearing tube 9 hook 13 is used for hanging of grocery bag, briefcase or garment.

The device 1, in particular the back 2, should ideally be dimensioned so that it supports an adult at least in the range of lumbar spine to shoulder. The execution of the backrest 2 - in particular the backrest surface 4 - is not limited to the description as before, but is conceivable in a variety of ways such. As a simple wooden board, an anatomically shaped plastic or wooden surface, a fabric-covered frame and much more.

The fixation of the receptacle 3, in particular in the concrete embodiment, the fixation of the tube 6 in the ground, can also be done in different ways, as it, for example, for different variants in the Fig. 6 to 8 is illustrated.

The fixation of the tube 6 in the ground takes place according to Fig. 6 by means of a connected to the pipe 6 foundation anchor 14. In the embodiment according to Fig. 7 the fixation of the tube 6 in the ground by means of a so-called Schraubfundamentes 15 by the tube 6 is clamped without foundation anchor directly in the screw foundation 15. Fig. 8 illustrates the fixation of the pipe 6 in the ground on firm ground, such as concrete or bitumen, by means of a pipe 6 connected to the base plate 16, which are provided with holes 17 for receiving fasteners.

In the aspect of the to the Fig. 9 to 15 illustrated embodiment are, for use in the public sector rather unsuitable but still conceivable, additional means 18 for height and / or Winkelverstellbarkeit the back 2. Furthermore, as illustrated in this embodiment, and also in the Fig. 13 to 15 shown, the integration of a short, best height adjustable buttocks support 19, which represents a Minisitzfläche for the leaning on the device 1, conceivable.

Fig. 9 shows the device 1 for sunbathing standing with angle and height adjustable backrest 2 and height-adjustable seat post 19. In this embodiment, a backrest 2 with wooden board 20 and holder 21 is provided, wherein the wooden board 20 has the backrest surface 4.

The exploded view according to Fig. 10 , which does not show the components of the buttocks support 19, illustrates the components for the angle and height adjustment of the back 2. The wooden board 20 is joined to the holder 21 by means of connecting element 22 and secured by means of studs 23 in an adjustment bracket 24 height adjustable. The lower studs 23 are engaged in one of the recesses 25 of a lower link 26 for the desired height adjustment, while the upper studs 23 are guided for fixing the wooden board 20 and the holder 21 in slots 27. The lower height adjustment of the backrest surface 4 and the wooden board 20 is in the Fig. 11 , the upper height adjustment of the backrest surface 4 and the wooden board 20 in the Fig. 12 illustrated.

The adjustment bracket 24 is in turn mounted on the bearing tube 9 angularly adjustable. The pivot bearing is represented by an axis, specifically a screw 28. The angle adjustment via a likewise rotatably mounted on the bearing tube 9 eccentric 29 with eccentric disc 30 and lever 31 by the Eccentric disc 30 tangentially abuts an oval guide 32 of the Verstellkonsole 24 and twisting the Verstellkonsole 24 about the axis of the screw 28 upon rotation of the eccentric lever 29.

The maximum angle settings of the backrest 2 or the wooden board 20 for this embodiment are in the FIGS. 11 and 12 are shown and lie opposite the vertical of 0 ° ( Fig. 11 ) up to approx. 15 ° ( Fig. 12 ).

The Fig. 13 to 15 show the components of the buttocks support 19 and the means for adjusting the height of the buttocks support. Illustrated is a left Verstellkonsole 32 and a right Verstellkonsole 33, which are bolted to the rear side of the wooden board 20 in the region facing away from end faces of the wooden board with this. Each adjustment console 32 or 33 has a lower slide 34 with latching recesses 35 as well as a slide 34 located above the slot 36. With the two Verstellkonsole 32 and 33 acts a support bracket 37, consisting of pipe bend 38 and stud 39 together. In this case, two lower studs 39 are engaged in one of the recesses 35 of the two scenes 34 for the desired height adjustment, while the upper studs 39 are guided for fixing the support bracket 37 in the two slots 36. The lower height adjustment of the support bracket 37 is in the Fig. 12 , the upper height adjustment in the Fig. 13 shown.

Claims (15)

Device (1) to lean on a human body in a standing position with a back (2) and a receptacle (3) for the rest (2), wherein the backrest (2) has a serving the lean of the body back rest surface (4), characterized in that the backrest (2) is pivotably arranged in the receptacle (3) about a substantially vertical axis (5). Apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the backrest (2) in the receptacle (3) about a vertical axis (5) is pivotally mounted. Apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the receptacle (3) has a vertically arranged stand (6), in particular as a tube (6) formed stator. Device according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the backrest (2) in the receptacle (3) or the stand (6) about the substantially vertical axis, in particular vertical axis (5), is pivotally mounted. Device according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the receptacle (3) or the stand (6) is fixed in a base, in particular in a floor or on a railing storable. Device according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the backrest surface (4) is arranged vertically or up to an angle of 20 ° to the vertical. Apparatus according to claim 6, characterized in that the backrest surface (4) is arranged at an angle of 5 ° to 20 ° to the vertical. Device according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the backrest (2) has a back frame (7) and the backrest surface (4) forming, with the back frame (7) connected wire mesh support (8) or fabric, or the backrest (2) has a board (20) whose surface facing the body is the back surface (4), or the back frame (7) itself forms the back surface (4). Device according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the backrest (2) is height-adjustable and / or angularly adjustable with respect to a horizontal axis. Apparatus according to claim 9, characterized in that the backrest (2) is adjustable in stages or continuously. Device according to one of claims 4 to 10, characterized in that the stator (6) axially fixed in the region of its upper end, but rotatably receives a bearing tube (9) for the backrest (2). Apparatus according to claim 11, characterized in that the backrest (2) is height-adjustable and / or with respect to a horizontal axis angularly adjustable in the bearing tube (9) is mounted. Device according to one of claims 1 to 12, characterized in that the backrest (2) has a height-adjustable buttocks support (19), in particular the backrest (2) in the region of its lower end, the buttocks support (19) receives. Device according to one of claims 1 to 13, characterized in that the back surface (4) an extension, in the longitudinal direction of the back of the body of the person leaning against the device, of 100 to 140 cm, preferably 110 to 130 cm, in particular 120 cm and / or, in the width direction of the back of the body of this person, from 30 to 50 cm, in particular 40 cm. Device according to one of claims 1 to 14, characterized in that the backrest (20) or the receptacle (3) is provided with at least one hook (13) for suspending an object.

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