JP2000197530A - Chest of drawers - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve ease of handling while making the rear side look better when a chest of drawers is moved to use by enabling loading or unloading of goods housed in drawers as well from the rear side of the chest of drawers. SOLUTION: This chest of drawers includes drawer inserting parts 5 each having an opening part 7 on both sides of the front side 2 and the rear side 3 of the body 4 thereof 1 making up the top surface 15, the bottom surface 9 and the sides 14 and drawers 6 which each have a grip 8 on both sides of the front side 2 and the rear side 3 and are slidably inserted into the respective drawer inserting parts 5. Casters are installed on the bottom surface. Moreover, an enclosure 17 is provided on the periphery part of the bottom surface to conceal the casters.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a chest of drawers, and more particularly, to a drawer which can be moved in and out from the back side.
In addition, it relates to a chest that looks good on the back side.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A chest is a general term for storage furniture with drawers, but as is well known, conventional chests are often installed near a wall with the back side of the chest facing the wall. Was placed directly on the floor and hardly moved except in the case of changing the room.

However, in order to maximize the use of the limited living space in a house or the like and to make the furniture such as the above-mentioned cabinet easy to use, the furniture such as the above-mentioned chest can be positively moved. Doing so may be an effective means. For example, installing a chest in a storage room such as a storage room is effective in increasing storage efficiency and widely utilizing the living space, but when the space inside the storage room is narrow, for example, It is very painful and inconvenient to carry out the work of taking things in and out of the chest for a long time. Therefore, in order to eliminate such inconvenience, a caster, that is, a wheel whose direction is freely changed may be attached to the bottom surface of the chest so that the chest can be positively moved. By doing so, it becomes possible to take the chest out of the storage room to perform work, and to store and arrange clothes and other items that are used every season, such as clothing, for a relatively long time. Even when the above-mentioned work is performed, such work can be performed at an arbitrary place, so that the usability can be improved. Also, even when the chest is used in a normal room, it can be actively moved as described above, so that the chest can be moved to an empty space according to the occasion, The living space can be widely and effectively used.

[0004]

As described above, casters are provided on the bottom surface of the chest so that they can be easily moved. And can also be used as a simple partition. However, when using in this manner, it is conceivable that a person may be located on the back side of the chest, and in such a case, in the conventional chest, the person on the back side moves to the front side. Alternatively, unless the chest itself is rotated and the front side is turned to yourself, it is inconvenient because the objects stored in the drawer of the chest cannot be taken in and out.

[0005] In addition, conventional chests often use a plate made of a material that is inferior to the front and side surfaces on the back side. This is because, in a conventional chest that was fixedly installed near a wall and hardly moved, the rear side was hardly visible. However, as described above, when the chest is movable, the installation place is not limited to a fixed place such as a wall as in the related art. Therefore, it is conceivable that the case is placed in the middle of a room, and the back side of the chest, which was hardly noticeable in the past, often becomes noticeable. In such a case, it is conceivable that the appearance of the back side of the conventional chest is poor and the atmosphere of the room is deteriorated.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and is intended to move and use the chest by making it possible to put in and out the objects contained in the drawer from the back side of the chest. It is an object to improve the usability in such a case and to improve the appearance of the back side.

[0007]

Means for solving the above problems are as follows. That is, the chest described in claim 1 has a drawer insertion portion having openings on both sides on the front side and the back side of the main body constituting the top surface, the bottom surface and the side surfaces, and handles on both sides on the front side and the back side. And a drawer slidably inserted into the drawer insertion portion, so that the drawer can be moved in and out from both front and rear sides of the chest.

[0008] The chest described in claim 2 is characterized in that, in the structure described in claim 1, casters are provided on the bottom surface so that the chest can be freely moved.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the configuration described in the second aspect, the caster is made inconspicuous by providing an enclosure for covering and hiding the casters at a peripheral portion of the bottom surface. It is assumed that.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a chest 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1 which is a perspective view as viewed from the front side 2 and FIG. 2 which is a perspective view as viewed from the back side 3, the chest 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention has an upper surface 15 and a lower surface 9 of the chest 1. And body 4 constituting side surface 14
Has five stages of drawer insertion portions 5, into which drawers 6 are slidably inserted, respectively. The upper two drawer insertion portions 5 have openings 7 on both sides of the front side 2 and the back side 3 of the main body 4, and the drawer 6 inserted here is provided with the main body 4. Front side 2 and back side 3, that is, the front side 2 of the chest 1.
And a handle 8 on both sides of the back side 3. The lower three stages of the drawer insertion portions 5 have openings 7 only on the front side 2 of the main body 4, and the drawers 6 to be inserted here are provided.
Has a handle 8 only on the front side 2. And
As shown in FIG. 4, casters 10 are provided on the bottom surface 9 of the chest 1, and an enclosure 17 for covering and covering the casters 10 is provided around the periphery of the bottom surface 9 located around the casters 10. ing. Hereinafter, these configurations will be described in more detail.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the main body 4 of the chest 1 is formed by connecting relatively thick plates in a box shape. Side 1
4 is constituted. The main body 4 is provided with five stages of the drawer insertion portions 5, and the upper two stages of the drawer insertion portions 5 are provided with openings on both sides of the front side 2 and the rear side 3 of the main body 4. 7. Such a drawer insertion portion 5 is hereinafter referred to as a double opening drawer insertion portion 11.

As shown in FIG. 3, which is a state in which the drawer 6 of the chest 1 is pulled out, the double opening drawer insertion portion 1 is shown.
1, the inner surface, that is, the upper surface, the bottom surface, and the left and right side surfaces are all formed of a smooth flat surface without any irregularities, and the drawer 6 inserted therein has no irregularities on the bottom surface and the side surfaces. It is constituted by a smooth plane. The drawer 6 is held between the bottom surface and the side surface of the both-opening drawer insertion portion 11 and the bottom surface and the side surface of the drawer 6. The bottom surface and the side surfaces of the drawer 11 and the drawer 6 slide directly. At this time, the height H1 and the width W1 of the opening drawer insertion portion 11 are set so that the operation of the drawer 6 is not stiff or rattled. Height H2
And a width slightly larger than the width W2. In addition, here, in consideration of the usability as the chest 1, the uppermost double-drawer insertion part 11 is divided into two parts on the left and right, and the drawer 6 is also about half the size according to it. Two are provided.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the drawer 6 to be inserted into the double opening drawer insertion portion 11 is a front side 2 and a back side 3 of the main body 4, that is, a front side of the chest 1. Handles 8 are provided on both sides of the side 2 and the back side 3. By doing so, the front side 2 of the chest 1
The drawer 6 can be easily taken in and out by grasping the handle 8 from both sides of the rear side 3. Various shapes are conceivable as the shape of the handle 8 and are arbitrarily determined according to the overall design of the chest 1.

[0014] Of the five stages of the drawer insertion portions 5 provided in the main body 4, the lower three stages have openings 7 only on the front side 2 of the main body 4, and the rear side 3 has openings. A back plate 12 is provided. Such a drawer insertion section 5 is hereinafter referred to as a single-opening drawer insertion section 13. The back plate 12 is provided so as to constitute substantially the same surface as the two opening drawer insertion portions 11. Further, in order to improve the appearance of the back side 3 of the chest 1, a plate made of the same material as that used for the side surface 14 and the upper surface 15 of the chest 1 is used. The drawer 6 inserted into the single-opening drawer insertion portion 13 is provided with the drawer 1
The handle 8 is provided only on the front side 2 of the device. This handle 8
The drawer 6 inserted into the double opening drawer insertion portion 11
And the same as those used for

In order to reduce the movement of the drawer 6 when taking it in and out, rails 16 are provided on the side surface of the drawer 6 and the side surface of the single-opening drawer insertion portion 13 so as to fit each other. A wheel (not shown) for supporting a rail 16 provided on the side surface of the drawer 6 is provided near the opening 7 on the side surface of the single-opening drawer insertion portion 13. With this configuration, even when a relatively heavy object is stored in the drawer 6, the drawer 6 can be easily moved in and out. It should be noted that reducing the operation of the drawer 6 in this manner is a well-known technique, and thus detailed description is omitted. However, in the present invention, the present invention is not limited to the above-described configuration, and various configurations may be used. can do. In addition, the two opening drawer insertion portions 1
It is also possible to adopt a configuration similar to 1.

As shown in FIG. 4, four casters 10 are provided on the bottom surface 9 of the chest 1. The caster 10 is a small wheel whose direction can be freely changed. The caster 10 is generally selected from commercially available ones according to the overall design of the chest 1. The casters 10 are desirably fixed at positions relatively close to the four corners of the bottom surface 9 in order to improve the stability of the chest 1. Although the number of the casters 10 is four in this case, it can be freely determined according to the size of the chest 1 and the like.

Further, an enclosure 17 for covering and hiding the casters 10 is provided at a peripheral portion of the bottom surface 9. Here, the enclosure 17 is formed by fixing a plate of a fixed height along the periphery of the bottom surface, and is arranged so as to surround the casters 10. This is provided because the casters 10 may not match the entire design depending on the design of the chest 1, and by providing the enclosure 17, the mounting of the casters 10 is performed. This can be made inconspicuous while ensuring the required height. Thereby, it becomes easy to unify the appearance of the whole chest 1 and make it excellent in design. Therefore, when the design of the chest 1 is harmonized with the casters 10 as a whole, the enclosure 17 may not be provided.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the chest 1 according to the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. That is, the number of the drawer insertion portions 5 and the number of the drawers 6 inserted therein is not limited to five as described above, and may be increased or decreased more than that. In addition, the chest 1
The two opening drawer insertion portions 11 having the openings 7 on both sides of the front side 2 and the back side 3 of the main body 4 are not limited to only the upper two stages, but may be changed according to the user's preference and use state. In addition, all the drawer insertion portions 5 can be the double opening drawer insertion portions 11, or a part can be the double opening drawer insertion portion 11, and the rest can be the single opening drawer insertion portion 1.
It can be set to 3. Furthermore, when the chest 1 is small, the casters 10 may not be provided.

Next, an actual method of using the chest 1 according to the present invention will be described. For example, FIG. 5 shows a state in which the upper part has been removed from the ceiling of the first floor of a certain house. As shown in this figure, a storage room 19 is provided under a staircase 18 and a room 20 adjacent to the storage room 19 is provided. Between the gap space 21
Is provided, the chest 1 according to the present invention designed to match the shape of the gap space 21 is installed so as to be fitted into the gap space 21. With this configuration, the chest 1 does not become a hindrance as in the case where the chest is installed in a room, and a large living space can be ensured. If necessary, the chest 1 can be moved. The gap space 21 can be used as a passage with the door 19.

As described above, the drawer 6 can be put in and taken out of the chest 1 from both sides of the front side 2 and the back side 3 as described above. 19 and the adjacent room 2
It is possible to take in and out the items housed inside the drawer 6 of the chest 1 from both sides. Therefore, it is possible to save the trouble of going back and forth between the storage room 19 and the adjacent room 20.

[0021]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention,
The drawer according to the present invention has a drawer insertion section having openings on both sides on the front side and the back side of the main body constituting the upper surface, the bottom face, and the side face, and a handle on both sides on the front side and the back side, and And a drawer slidably inserted into the chest, from both the front and back sides of the chest,
Because the drawer can be taken in and out, even when a person is located on the back side, without moving to the front side or rotating the chest, the thing stored in the drawer of the chest Can be put in and out.
Further, an opening portion of the drawer insertion portion is provided on the back side,
By providing a handle on the drawer on the back side, the drawer on the back side has the same configuration as that on the front side, and the back side of the chest can be made as good as the front side.

The chest according to claim 2 of the present invention is characterized by claim 1
In addition to the effect of the invention according to the invention, since the casters are provided on the bottom surface, the chest can be easily moved. While taking advantage of the feature of the present invention that the space can be effectively used widely and that the objects accommodated in the drawer can be taken in and out from both the front side and the back side of the chest. The convenience of the chest can be improved.

In the chest according to the third aspect of the present invention, an enclosure for covering and hiding the casters is provided on the peripheral edge of the bottom surface, so that the height required for mounting the casters is ensured and is not noticeable. So that you can
Even when the casters do not match the design of the entire chest, the appearance of the entire chest can be easily unified, and the design can be excellent.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a chest according to the present invention as viewed from the front side.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the chest according to the present invention as viewed from the back side.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which a drawer of the chest according to the present invention is extracted.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the chest according to the present invention as viewed from the bottom side.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a specific example of a method of using the chest according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 chest 2 front side of chest main body 3 back side of chest main body 4 body of chest 5 drawer insertion part 6 drawer 7 opening 8 handle 9 bottom of chest 10 caster 14 side face of chest 15 top of chest 19 enclosure

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A drawer insertion portion having openings on both front and rear sides of a main body constituting an upper surface, a bottom surface, and a side surface, and handles on both front and rear sides. A drawer comprising a drawer slidably inserted therein. 2. The chest according to claim 1, wherein a caster is provided on the bottom surface. 3. The chest according to claim 2, wherein an enclosure for covering and hiding said casters is provided at a peripheral portion of said bottom surface.