JP2000265635A - Collapsible handrail - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To let a wheel chair user set or release a handrail by himself/herself, walk along the set handrail, release the handrail, and go through in the wheel chair. SOLUTION: This collapsible handrail is constituted of a bracket 1 fixed to a corridor or a wall face W along a passage, a handrail fitting mount 5 rotationally supported to the bracket 1 with a shaft 4, and a rectangular- sectional handrail of a prescribed length whose one short side 8a is fixedly supported to the handrail fitting mount 5. A stopper 6 rotationally moving and abutting on the lower space 1b of the bracket 1 is formed on the handrail mount 5 and a permanent magnet 9 attracting the upper space 1a is embedded in the bracket 1 in the handrail 8.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a folding handrail, and more particularly to a handrail installed on a wall of a corridor or a passage in a building. And can be attached to the wall surface when not in use so as not to obstruct the passage of the corridor or passage.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In many cases, the elderly and the physically handicapped are forced to live in wheelchairs. Therefore, not only dwellings but also public facilities and urban areas have no impediment to wheelchair traffic. So-called barrier-free has become a social demand.

Generally, a Japanese house as a house has a rugged floor and has a structure that is not suitable for wheelchair life, and its corridor cannot be said to be suitable for wheelchairs to pass. For example, wheelchairs have various widths of 600 mm to 800 mm, and generally have a width of 620 mm to 640 mm.
mm is required. However, the distance between the pillar cores that determines the width of the corridor is 910 mm, which is a universal dimension. Even in this case, if the pillar angle is 90 mm, the width of the corridor is 820 mm for a true wall.
mm, but it becomes even narrower in the case of a large wall, and about 800 mm in the case of a cloth upholstery.

[0004] Therefore, in such a corridor, only a small amount of wheelchair access is possible, and if a railing to be provided for the convenience of the traffic is to be installed, the width of the corridor is 70 yards.
Because it is 5 to 710 mm, it is impossible to pass through a wheelchair at all.

[0005] In the barrier-free and durable-type housing finance base housing with the standard interest rate, the size of the corner pillars other than the through pillars is 120 mm square or more, so the condition becomes worse (the distance between the pillar cores). 910mm-120mm = 790
mm-20 mm = 770 mm). In addition, there is an obligation to install handrails on stairs and bathrooms, and the effective inside dimensions of the corridor are at least 780 mm (750 mm where pillars are protruding). Can not.

[0006] The handrail is very convenient because it allows elderly people and the physically handicapped to pass without using a wheelchair and can travel along the corridor in a wheelchair. It is expected to increase.
The handrail is generally of a fixed type, and extends from a wall surface of a corridor or the like to the side of a passage by, for example, about 95 mm.

Therefore, as a handrail that can use such a narrow corridor as widely as possible, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 6-43
No. 336 provides a movable handrail.

[0008]

However, when the handrail is unnecessary, the present invention has a rotating structure in which the handrail can be turned down to the wall surface side and raised up to the corridor side when necessary. With the support rail, which supports the handrail mounting base on the wall mounting base, moves the fitting part of the mounting base upward along the long hole of the protrusion, and pulls the handrail toward you or pushes it toward the wall. Although an operation is required, such an operation is not something that can be easily and easily performed by a wheelchair user. That is, it is based on the premise that a family other than a wheelchair user can perform the hoisting operation of the handrail.

Therefore, the present invention enables a wheelchair user to set or release a handrail by himself / herself, and to walk along the set handrail or pass by a wheelchair, while releasing the handrail in a narrow corridor or the like with a handrail. The purpose is to be able to pass.

[0010]

According to the present invention, in order to achieve the above object, a handrail is formed as a long body having a rectangular cross section, and one short side of the handrail is rotated within 90 degrees via a handrail mounting base. Freely supporting the wall through a bracket, using the long side parallel to the floor such as a corridor and using it as a handrail, standing up and making the long side parallel to the wall to use the handrail free To When the handrail is not used, the state is locked by a permanent magnet or a hook. By releasing the magnetic attachment or engagement of the permanent magnets or hooks, even a wheelchair user can easily and easily set and release the handrail.

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a handrail 8 having a required length in the longitudinal direction of a corridor FL is provided at least near both ends thereof. It is arranged on the wall surface W via rectangular flat brackets 1 and 1 so that it can be raised and lowered. The bracket 1 is made of a material that can be magnetically attached with a magnet such as stainless steel or steel or nickel.

The bracket 1 is fixed to the wall surface W with screws 2 or the like. The bracket 1 has a pair of spaced support portions 3 and 3 which stand vertically from the deviated plane so as to leave an upper space 1a in the bracket 1. A handrail mounting base 5 is rotatably supported on the support portions 3 and 3 by a shaft 4. The handrail mount 5 is substantially rectangular, and a free end thereof has a stopper 6 projecting from one side of the shaft 4 on one side so that the stopper 6 can contact the lower space 1 b of the bracket 1 between the supports 3. It is formed integrally. Handrail 8 on this handrail mount 5
Are attached and fixed via bolts 7,7. The handrail 8 has a substantially rectangular cross section and is a required long object. A short side portion 8a having a dimension substantially equal to the height of the projecting height of the support portion 3 comes into contact with the handrail mounting base 5, and the long side of the wall surface W side. A permanent magnet 9 facing the upper space 1a of the bracket 1 is embedded and fixed in the portion 8b. It is desirable that the permanent magnet 9 be flush with the side surface of the handrail 8.

Therefore, when using the handrail 8,
In FIG. 2, the railing 8 is turned downward around the shaft 4 against the magnetic force of the permanent magnet 9 from the wall surface W side to fall down to the corridor FL side from the state shown by the imaginary line in FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the long side 8b of the handrail 8 is moved from the wall W side to the corridor FL.
When it is moved to the side, the stopper portion 6 of the handrail mount 5 abuts on the bracket 1 between the support portions 3 and 3 and is fixed without further rotating downward. Moreover, the brackets 1, 1
A gap is formed between the handrail 8 and the wall surface W except for the portion having the mark. Therefore, elderly people, etc. can use handrails 8 in this state.
To walk in the corridor FL or run in a wheelchair.

When the handrail 8 is not used, the handrail 8 is pivoted upward about the shaft 4 so that the folding permanent magnet 9 is moved upward as shown by an imaginary line in FIGS. Magnetically attach to 1a. Therefore,
As shown in FIG. 4, the handrail 8 moves to the substantially upper half of the bracket 1 and its short side 8a faces upward and the long side 8b faces the front, so that the corridor is limited to the dimension of the short side 8a. It can be suppressed to the extent that it protrudes to the FL side, and there is no great adverse effect on the width of the corridor FL.

As shown in FIG. 4, a hook 10 is attached to an end of the handrail 8 with a nail or a screw 12, and
A hook receiver 11 to which the hook 10 is disengaged is fixed to a wall surface, and a handrail 8 is formed by magnetically attaching a permanent magnet 9 to the bracket 1.
The folded state of may be locked. Further, in FIG. 2, the bolt 7 has a structure penetrating the permanent magnet 9, but a permanent magnet may be arranged on both left and right sides of the bolt 7 instead of the structure penetrating the bolt 7.

[0016]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The thickness of the bracket 1 is 2.3 mm, the distance from the wall surface W to the center of the shaft 4 is 17.3 mm, the distance from the center of the shaft 4 to the end surface of the handrail mount 5 is 12.7 mm, and the handrail 8 is used.
The size of the long side 8b is 60 mm, and the size of the short side 8a is 30
mm, and the dimension that the short side portion 8a of the handrail 8 projects from the wall surface W toward the corridor FL side is 90 mm. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 5, since the width of a true wall having a distance between the cores of the pillars P of 910 mm is 820 mm, the width of the corridor FL is 810 mm even when the railing 8 is used by falling down. 600 ~
A 640 mm wheelchair 13 can pass.

[0017]

As described above, according to the present invention,
A handrail that can be passed by a wheelchair can be set in a corridor or the like in a Japanese house, and is useful because a wheelchair user can easily install or remove the handrail by himself.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a handrail according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a front view of a main part in a use state as a handrail.

FIG. 4 is a front view of a main part in a state where a handrail is not used.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view when a wheelchair is used.

[Explanation of symbols]

 FL: Corridor W: Wall surface 1: Bracket 1a: Upper space 1b: Lower space 2: Screw 3: Supporting part 4: Shaft 5: Handrail mounting base 6: Stopper part 7: Bolt 8: Handrail 8a: Short side part 8b: Long length Side 9 ... permanent magnet 10 ... hook 11 ... hook receiver 13 ... wheelchair reference number P2924

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A bracket fixed to a wall along a corridor or a passage, a handrail mount rotatably supported by the bracket, and a rectangular section having one short side fixedly supported by the handrail mount. A handrail of a required length, wherein the handrail mounting base is formed with a stopper portion which rotates and abuts on the bracket. 2. The handrail according to claim 1, wherein a permanent magnet is provided on the handrail so that when the handrail is folded, the handrail magnetically attaches to the bracket. 3. The hook according to claim 1, wherein a hook is provided at an end of the handrail, and a hook receiver for engaging and disengaging the hook is provided on a wall surface, and the hook engages with the hook receiver when the handrail is folded. A retractable railing.