JP2000270975A - Feather quilt - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a feather quilt which can be easily washed at home and which has improved heat retaining property. SOLUTION: This feather quilt 1 comprises a plurality of (three in this case) divided quilt bodies 2, 3, 4 containing feathers 10 (15, 19) between the upper and lower fabrics 9a, 9b (14a, 14b, 18a, 18b), and fixtures 5, 6, 7, 8 for detachably connecting the adjacent ends of these divided quilt bodies 2, 3, 4. The ends of each of the divided quilt bodies 2, 3, 4 are formed with closed structures in which the ends of the upper and lower fabrics 9a, 9b (14a, 14b, 18a, 18b) are sewn together with all the peripheral edges of a gusset cloth 11. The fixtures 5, 6 (7, 8) are to serve as a pair of fasteners for connecting the opposing gussets 11, 16 (17, 20) of each divided quilt body with each other at upper and lower two points substantially over their entire widths.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a down comforter.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional general feather quilt, a predetermined amount of feathers is included between upper and lower fabrics, and a quilting stitch portion for preventing the contained feathers from being shifted is included in the upper and lower fabrics. This feather quilt prevents the divergence of the user's body temperature and is excellent in heat retention.It also has excellent elasticity and feel when used.In addition, its simple structure reduces manufacturing costs. It can be kept relatively low.

[0003]

However, the conventional down comforter has a one-piece structure (non-divided structure).
With ordinary home washing machines, you can never do laundry,
In addition to having to ask the contractor to do the laundry, even if a part of the down comforter becomes dirty, the entire bedding must be washed, resulting in increased maintenance costs. is there.

[0004] By forming a feather-covered futon by detachably connecting a plurality of futons with a fastener, the zipper can be released at the time of washing and the plurality of futons can be easily washed individually with a home washing machine. . However, the feather comforter has a problem that heat is easily radiated at a connecting portion (a portion of the fastener) at the time of use, so that the heat retaining property inherent to the feather comforter still remains.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and can be easily washed in ordinary households, has a low maintenance cost, and can minimize a decrease in heat retention. It is intended to provide futons.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a down comforter according to the present invention, comprising: a plurality of divided bedding bodies for accommodating feathers in a bag made of upper and lower fabrics. A locking member for detachably connecting the adjacent ends of the divided futons to each other, wherein the ends of the divided futons are connected to the edges of the gusset cloth at the ends of the upper and lower fabrics. And the locking device is a pair of fasteners for connecting the opposing gussets of each split bedding body at two locations at the top and bottom over substantially the entire width thereof. It is assumed that.

[0007] In the present invention, the adjacent portions of the divided bedding are connected by a locking member (for example, a slide fastener), so that a down comforter of a predetermined size can be formed. Then, when the feather quilt is entirely soiled by long-term use, the locking members are released to separate the divided futons from each other, and these can be individually washed by a household washing machine. Further, when a part of the down comforter becomes dirty, only the divided bedding body including the part needs to be washed.

Further, a pair of gusset cloths at adjacent ends of each split bedding body and a pair of upper and lower fasteners thereof are used.
Air is confined between the ends of the divided futons, and the heat insulation inherent in the air reduces heat dissipation at the ends and heat is transmitted between the futons. This makes it difficult for the heat of the divided bedding to be radiated to the outside. As a result, the feather comforter can suppress the decrease in heat retention as much as possible in spite of the divided structure.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in the length direction, three divided futons each having a substantially same size and each having a rectangular shape are arranged in series, so that, for example, an intermediate divided futon is provided. By connecting only the divided futons on both sides without using the futon, a small futon for a child (or for a baby) can be obtained. Further, by arranging a plurality of divided futons in series in the width direction as in the feather futon of the third aspect, a feather futon of various widths can be obtained by a combination of attachment and detachment of the divided futon. . By applying a quilting stitch portion for preventing the contained feathers from shifting to the split bedding in a mesh shape, the feathers can be prevented from shifting or twisting.

[0010]

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the down comforter of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of an adjacent portion of the divided bedding shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a view showing a state before connection of each divided bedding body in FIG. 2.

As shown in each of the drawings, the overall structure of the down comforter 1 of the present embodiment includes a plurality (three in this example) of divided futons 2 arranged in series in the longitudinal direction.
Ends of the adjacent split bedding bodies 2 and 3 are detachably connected to each other by a pair of upper and lower slide fasteners 5 and 6 extending over the entire area in the width direction. , 4 are removably connected to each other by a pair of upper and lower slide fasteners 7, 8 extending over the entire width direction.
Then, the down comforter 1 can be separated into three divided bedding bodies 2, 3, and 4 by a dividing line (a line along the slide fastener) extending in the width direction. The split futons 2, 3, and 4 have a substantially rectangular appearance in plan view and have substantially the same size as each other, and the detailed structure will be described below. The down comforter 1 of this embodiment is of a single size, but is not limited to this.

2 and FIG. 3, the divided futon 2 on the left side.
Are the three sides of the upper and lower two down-proof cloths 9a and 9b (hereinafter, referred to as upper cloth and lower cloth, respectively), each of which has been subjected to a feather blowing prevention process (the side on the side of the intermediate split futon body 3 is referred to as a middle cloth). A predetermined amount of feathers 10 is housed inside the bag body to which the three sides (excluding three sides) are sewn and connected, and the remaining one side portion (the connection portion with the middle divided futon body 3) that opens is the upper fabric 9a.
Further, the entire periphery of the gusset cloth 11 is sewn to the end of the lower cloth 9b and joined to form a closed structure. More specifically, the upper and lower ends of the gusset cloth 11 are sewn to the respective ends of the one side of the upper cloth 9a and the lower cloth 9b, and the remaining three sides of the upper cloth 9a and the lower cloth 9b are sewn to each other. It has become. Thereby, the bag is closed and the feather 10 does not blow out. Also, the split futon body 2 has a known quilting suture 1
2 is applied in a grid pattern. Thereby, it is possible to prevent the feathers 10 from being biased in the divided futon 2. The quilted stitch portion 12 of this example is composed of an upper fabric piece 12a sewn on the upper fabric 9a and a lower fabric piece 1 sewn on the lower fabric 9b.
It is a 3D quilted sewn with 2b,
Ordinary quilting in which the upper fabric 9a and the lower fabric 9b are directly sewn may be employed.

At the upper and lower ends of the gusset cloth 11 of the split bedding body 2, one of the tapes 5a and 6 of the slide fasteners 5 and 6 serving as locking tools for connecting to the adjacent split bedding body 3 are provided.
a is sewn, and the lower tape 6a has
A slider 6c (moving piece) is provided for engaging and releasing the tape 6a and a tape 6b to be described later.

Next, regarding the intermediate divided futon body 3,
Each rectangular upper and lower 2 with a feather blowing prevention process
A predetermined amount of feathers 15 is housed in a substantially bag body in which two width ends of two pieces of down-proof fabrics 14a and 14b (hereinafter, referred to as upper fabric and lower fabric, respectively) are sewn to each other.
An open side of the split bedding 3 (the connecting portion with the split bedding 2) has a closed structure (divided) in which the entire periphery of the gusset cloth 16 is sewn and connected to the ends of the upper cloth 14a and the lower cloth 14b. (Similar to the futon body 2). The other side of the split futon 3 opening (the connecting part with the split futon 4)
The entire periphery of the gusset cloth 17 is sewn to the ends of the upper cloth 14a and the lower cloth 14b to be joined together.
As a result, the bag is closed, and the feathers 15 do not blow out. Note that the quilting stitch portion 12 is the same as the split bedding 2.

At the upper and lower ends of the gusset cloth 16 on the divided futon body 2 side of the divided futon body 3, one of the slide fasteners 5 and 6 as locking tools for connecting the gusset cloth 16 and the divided futon body 2 is provided. Tapes 5b and 6b are sewn, respectively, and the upper tape 5b is provided with a slider 5c (moving piece) for meshing the tape 5b and the tape 5a with each other or releasing the same. Also, at the upper and lower ends of the gusset cloth 17 on the side of the split bedding body 4 of the split bedding body 3, one of the tapes of the slide fasteners 7 and 8 as a locking tool for connecting this to the split bedding body 4 7a and 8a are sewn, respectively, and a slider 8 for engaging the tape 8a and a tape 8b described later with each other or releasing the tape 8a is attached to the lower tape 8a.
c (moving piece) is provided.

Finally, the right and left divided futons 4 in FIGS. 2 and 3 are respectively two upper and lower down-proof fabrics 18a and 18b each having been subjected to a feather blowing prevention process.
A predetermined amount of feathers 19 is housed in a bag body in which three sides (hereinafter, referred to as upper cloth and lower cloth, respectively) (three sides excluding the side on the side of the intermediate split futon 3) are sewn. The remaining side (the connection with the middle split futon body 3) is
The entire peripheral edge of the gusset cloth 20 is sewn to the ends of the lower cloth 8a and the lower cloth 18b to form a closed structure. Thus, the bag is closed, and the feathers 19 do not blow out. The quilting stitch portion 12 is the same as the split futons 2 and 3.

At the upper and lower ends of the one side portion of the divided bedding body 4, the other tapes 7 of the slide fasteners 7 and 8 as locking members for connecting this to the adjacent divided bedding body 3 are provided.
b and 8b are sewn, respectively, and the upper tape 7b
Is provided with a slider 7c (moving piece) for engaging and releasing the tape 7a and the tape 7a with each other.

In the present embodiment, the split futon 2,
3 is connected to the upper and lower portions by a pair of slide fasteners 5 and 6, and the upper and lower portions of the adjacent tongues 3 and 4 are connected to each other by a pair of slide fasteners 7 and 8. (In the example, single size)
Can be configured. And
When the feather quilt 1 is entirely contaminated by long-term use, the slide fasteners 5, 6, 7, and 8 are released to separate the divided futons 2, 3, and 4 from each other (FIG. 4). State), that is, the down comforter 1 is divided into small divided bedding bodies 2, 3, and 4, and these can be individually washed by a home washing machine. Further, when a part of the down comforter 1 becomes dirty, only the divided bedding body including this part needs to be washed. As a result, feather futon 1
Can be easily washed without requesting a trader, and the maintenance cost is not increased.

At the time of use, each divided futon 2,
Adjacent ends of 3, 4 are slide fasteners 5, 6,
Since they are continuously connected by 7, 8, the user's feet do not enter between the divided futons 2, 3, and 4.
In addition, instead of the slide fastener,
A hook-and-loop fastener may be used.

Further, although the down comforter 1 of this embodiment has the split structure as described above, heat dissipation and conduction in the adjacent portion (divided portion) are suppressed. That is, in the use state shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, between the end portions of the divided futons 2, 3, that is, the divided futons 2, 3
Air is enclosed in a space K1 surrounded by gusset cloths 11 and 16 facing each other and a pair of upper and lower slide fasteners 5 and 6, and due to the inherent heat insulation of the air, the space K1 In addition to reducing heat dissipation, heat conduction between the divided futons 2 and 3 via the space K1 is reduced. Similarly, the split futon body 3,
The air is sealed in the space K2 between the ends of the split futons 3, 4 by the opposing gusset cloths 17, 20 and the pair of upper and lower slide fasteners 7, 8, so that the heat insulating property inherent to the air Accordingly, the heat dissipation in the space K2 is reduced, and the heat conduction between the divided futons 3 and 4 via the space K2 is reduced. As a result, the heat of the split futons 2, 3, and 4 is less likely to radiate to the outside,
The heat insulation of the entire feather comforter 1 is improved.

Here, another mode of use of the above-mentioned feather cover will be described with reference to two representative examples. First, as shown in FIG. 5 and FIG.
By directly connecting the divided futons 2 and 4 on both sides without using the intermediate futon 3, a feather futon for a child (or for a baby) can be obtained. The connection of the split bedding bodies 2 and 4 can be achieved by engaging the tapes 5a and 6a of the split bedding body 2 with the tapes 7b and 8b of the split bedding body 4, respectively.

As shown in FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 which is an enlarged view of a main part thereof, two sets of the above-mentioned feather quilt 1 can be prepared to have a two-layer structure. That is, first, before connecting the divided bedding bodies 2, 3, and 4 to each other, the two sets of feather hanging futons 1 and 1 are overlapped with each other. Here, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, the right and left ends of the upper and lower split bedding bodies 2, 2 are connected by engaging the lower and upper corresponding tapes 6a, 5a of the upper and lower split bedding bodies 2, 2 with each other. In addition, the lower and upper corresponding tapes 6 of the upper and lower divided futon bodies 3, 3 respectively.
b and the tapes 5b are engaged with each other, thereby connecting the left end portions of the upper and lower divided futon bodies 3 and 3 to each other. Similarly, the right ends of the upper and lower split bedding bodies 3 and 3 are connected together, and the left ends of the upper and lower split bedding bodies 4 and 4 are connected together. Finally, the upper split futon 2,3
4 are connected by the slide fasteners 5 and 7, and the lower divided futons 2, 3 and 4 are connected by the slide fasteners 6 and 8. The double-layered feather futon as described above is particularly useful in winter.

In the above embodiment, the single size feather futon has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the present invention can be applied to a double size or a larger king size. In addition, in the case of a double size or king size feather futon, in addition to the structure of dividing by the dividing line along the width direction (the above embodiment), the structure of dividing by the dividing line along the length direction By doing so, the down comforter can be divided into smaller pieces.

Further, as shown in FIG. 9, the configuration may be such that it is divided only in the length direction. Feather futon 2 in the figure
5, a plurality of divided futons 26, 27, 28, 29 arranged in series in the width direction of the hanging futon 25, and gussets coupled to the opposing ends of the adjacent divided futons 26, 27. Cloths (see FIG. 2 and the like) can be detachably connected to each other by a pair of upper and lower slide fasteners 31 (the lower slide fasteners are not shown) extending over the entire width of the gusset cloth (the longitudinal direction of the futon 25). Split futon 27, 28 and split futon 28, 2
Similarly, 9 can be connected by slide fasteners 32 and 33. The divided futons 26, 28, and 29 have substantially the same width, and the width of the divided futon 27 is about twice as large as the others. Each split futon 26, 27, 2
8, 29 foot-side ends 26a, 27a, 28a, 29
a and edge portions 36, 37, 38, 3 that are edges of the feather cover 25 are provided on outer ends 26b, 29b of the split bedding bodies 26, 29 at both left and right ends of the feather cover 25.
9 are formed. No feathers are stored in the edges 36 to 39. The other configuration is the same as that of the down comforter 1 of the above embodiment, and the description is omitted. In this feather quilt 25, left and right end split futons 2
The width of the feather cover 25 can be variously changed by using the common cover 6 and 29 and appropriately attaching and detaching the intermediate split cover 27 and 28. For example, when all the divided futons 26 to 29 are connected, a double size is obtained, and when the divided futons 26, 28, 29 are connected, a single size is obtained. In addition, by connecting a plurality of divided futon bodies 27 or 28, a wider futon 25 can be obtained. Further, the intermediate futon body may be one, and the futons 25 of different widths may be configured by connecting the left and right end divided futon bodies 26 and 29 to the divided futon bodies of different sizes. As described above, in the case of the futons having different widths (for example, a single-size futon and a double-size futon), the divided futons 26 and 29 at both ends can be commonly used. Reduction can be achieved. In addition, the consumer can easily change to the futon 25 having a different width by attaching and detaching the divided futon bodies 27 and 28 as desired.

[0025]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it has the following effects. According to the first aspect of the present invention, the adjacent portions of the divided bedding are connected by a locking member (for example, a slide fastener), so that a feather futon of a predetermined size can be formed. Then, when the feather quilt is entirely soiled by long-term use, the locking members are released to separate the divided futons from each other, and these can be individually washed by a household washing machine. When a part of the down comforter is soiled, only the divided bedding including the part may be washed with a home washing machine. As a result, it is possible to wash the down comforter easily without asking the contractor, and the maintenance cost is not increased.

Furthermore, when the down comforter is used, air is sealed between the ends of each divided bedding by a pair of gusset cloths at adjacent ends of the divided bedding and a pair of upper and lower fasteners thereof. In addition to reducing heat dissipation at the ends due to the inherent heat insulation property of the air, heat is less likely to be conducted between the split futons, and the heat of the split futons is less likely to radiate to the outside. . As a result, the feather comforter can suppress the decrease in heat retention as much as possible in spite of the divided structure.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, for example, when the two divided futons are connected to each other without using the intermediate divided futon, a futon of a size suitable for children (or for babies) can be obtained. Can be. Further, in the invention according to claim 3, by arranging a plurality of divided futons in series in the width direction, it is possible to form a feather futon of various widths by a combination of attachment and detachment of the divided futons. Further, by applying a quilting stitch portion for preventing the contained feathers from shifting to the divided bedding in a mesh shape, the feathers can be prevented from shifting or twisting.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of a down comforter according to the present invention.

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

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of an adjacent portion of the divided bedding shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a state before the connection of each divided futon in FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a state in which the down comforter shown in FIG. 1 is used for a child.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which two feather quilts of the present invention are stacked to form a two-layer structure.

FIG. 8 is an enlarged view of an adjacent portion of the divided futon shown in FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a plan view of a down comforter shown as another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1,25 Feather hanging futon 2,3,4,26,27,28,29 Divided futon body 5,6,7,8,31,32,33 Slide fastener (locking tool) 9a, 14a, 18a Upper fabric 9b , 14b, 18b Lower fabric 10,15,19 Feather 11,16,17,20 Depth cloth 12 Quilted seam

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of divided futons for accommodating feathers inside a bag body made of upper and lower fabrics, and a locking member for detachably connecting mutually adjacent ends of the divided futons. The end portion of each split bedding has a closed structure in which a peripheral edge of a gusset cloth is joined to ends of the upper and lower fabrics, and the locking device is configured such that opposing gusset cloths of each split futon are connected to each other. And a pair of fasteners for connecting the upper and lower two parts to each other over substantially the entire width thereof. 2. The down comforter according to claim 1, wherein the down comforter is formed by connecting the three divided futons each having a substantially same size and a rectangular shape in series in a length direction thereof. 3. The down comforter in the width direction thereof,
The down comforter according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of divided bedding bodies are connected in series. 4. The down comforter according to claim 1, wherein the divided bedding is provided with a quilting stitch portion for preventing the contained feathers from shifting.