JP2001218788A - Mat - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a simple means capable of installing a piece for walking guidance for a visually handicapped person. SOLUTION: This mat is composed of a gray fabric for which a pile yarn layer is tufted on a foundation cloth and a packing sheet layer on the back surface of the gray fabric and is composed by disposing the piece for the walking guidance on the surface of the gray fabric. By appropriately combining and installing such mats, the layout of desired walking guidance is easily attained.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mat provided with a walking guide piece for a visually impaired person.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Walking guide pieces are protruded from most of sidewalks and station platforms so that visually impaired persons can walk safely without stepping on a roadway or falling down on a track. However, such guide pieces are hardly installed inside buildings such as government offices, banks, and hotels. One of the reasons is that every time the indoor layout is changed, floor work is required, the cost is high, and the indoor decoration cannot be easily changed. For example, even if one automatic payment machine is added at a bank, the floor must be replaced. In addition, when carpets are laid on the floor in a hotel or the like, it is impossible to install guide pieces in the first place.

[0003]

However, there is a social demand that buildings that allow unspecified number of people to enter and leave the buildings should be designed to have a structure that considers the vulnerable people. Therefore,
The installation of walking guide pieces for the visually impaired is an urgent task, and means for easily installing the walking guide pieces are required.

[0004]

As a result of various studies conducted by the present inventor to solve the above-mentioned problems, it is not always necessary to fix the walking guide pieces to the floor, but to arrange them on a mat which can be transported and moved. The inventor has conceived that the above problem can be solved by installing the mat at a desired position, and thus completed the present invention. That is, the present invention is a mat having a walking guide piece disposed on the surface.

[0005] In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the mat comprises a greige machine in which a pile yarn layer is tufted on a base fabric, and a backing sheet layer on the back surface of the greige machine, and a walking guide piece is disposed on the greige machine surface. . In addition, the guide piece is attached so as to hold the greige machine from the front and back by a fixing jig. The mats of the present invention are particularly suitable for use as rental mats and as shoe wipe mats.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a mat of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a partial cross-sectional view of a portion to which a guide piece is attached, and FIG. 3 is a partially cutaway cross-sectional view of a guide piece and a fixing jig. As shown in FIG. 1, the mat according to the present invention has a backing layer 6 laminated on the back side of a greige machine 5 in which a pile yarn layer 3 is tufted on a base cloth 4, and a guide piece 1 is disposed on the surface of the greige fabric. Have been.

[0007] The shape of the guide piece is not particularly limited, and may be the same as that usually provided on a sidewalk or platform. For example, it has a circular disk shape with a circular cross section, a rectangular plate shape with a substantially trapezoidal cross section and a rounded short side facing each other.
The material is not particularly limited, and examples thereof include hard plastics such as polyethylene, polypropylene, nylon, and ABS. These guide pieces are arranged in many desired shapes.

[0008] The pile yarn is not particularly limited, and all yarns conventionally used for shoe wiping mats can be used. For example, a spun yarn composed of one or more of cotton fibers, rayon fibers, polyvinyl alcohol fibers, acrylic fibers, nylon fibers, and other synthetic fibers or a pile yarn composed of multifilaments can be used. Also, the basis weight is not particularly limited.
Pile yarns composed of 000 denier short fibers can be used.

The base cloth is not particularly limited, and all base cloths conventionally used for shoe wiping mats can be used. For example, a nonwoven fabric, a woven fabric, and a knitted fabric can be exemplified. As the nonwoven fabric, for example, polyester fiber, polyamide fiber,
Staples such as polypropylene fibers or filaments in the form of thin sheets are used.

Acrylic nitrile is used as the back sheet.
Synthetic rubber such as butadiene rubber (NBR), styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR), chloroprene rubber (CR), and ethylene-propylene rubber (EPDM), natural rubber, vinyl chloride resin, polyurethane resin and the like are used.

The means for attaching the guide piece is not particularly limited. For example, a hole may be provided in the attachment portion of the greige machine, and a guide piece may be fitted therein and adhered to the back sheet. Preferably, the greige machine is attached so as to be held between the front and back sides by a fixing jig. For example, it can be attached as shown in FIG. 2 using a fixing jig as shown in FIG. 2 and 3, the guide piece 1 is a disk having an arc-shaped cross section, and has a concave portion 8 on its back side for fitting the mounting jig 2. The mounting jig 2 has a convex cross section, and the upper end of the cylindrical portion 9 is formed in an umbrella shape so as not to be fitted into the concave portion 8 of the guide piece, and the diameter thereof is slightly larger than the diameter of the concave portion of the guide piece. . The cylindrical portion 9 of the convex portion has a notch 11 of a vertical cross, and the umbrella portion 1
When the guide piece 2 is fitted into the recess of the guide piece, the guide piece is bent inward, and after the fit, the guide piece returns to its original position so that the guide piece does not fall off. The lower part is disk-shaped, like a collar to a cylinder. If the thickness of the flange 10 is large, the lower surface of the mat is not flat. Therefore, it is preferable that the thickness be as thin as possible in terms of strength. The greige has a hole for inserting the cylindrical part 9 of the mounting jig. The guide piece 1 is mounted on a mat with the lower flange 10 of the mounting jig and the greige machine interposed therebetween. Then, the backing layer 6 is laminated on the back surface of the greige. Therefore, the flange 10 of the mounting jig is covered with the backing layer. Since the mat is washed and used repeatedly,
If the flange-shaped portion is exposed, the guide piece may be broken by washing and fall off. However, such a problem is solved by being covered with the backing layer.

The mat of the present invention is not used by sticking it to the floor of a building and fixing it, but simply put it on a desired place as needed. Therefore, it is suitable as a mat for rental. The size is not particularly limited as long as it is portable, but preferably has a width of 40 cm to 200 cm and a length of 60 cm to 20 m.

The mat of the present invention can be manufactured, for example, as follows. First, a circular hole is opened with a punch or the like at a predetermined position of the greige machine in which the pile yarn layer is tufted on the base cloth, the mounting jig of FIG. 3 is inserted from the back side into the hole, and the guide piece is fitted from the front side. , Firmly attached. Next, the back side may be coated with a backing resin such as a vinyl chloride resin melted by heating, and then cooled and solidified. Alternatively, a backing sheet may be attached with an adhesive.

[0014]

The mat of the present invention is particularly suitable as a shoe wiping mat. Since it can be transported and moved, it can be easily installed at any place indoors. It can also be used as a rental mat. Washing is difficult if it is fixed indoors, but the mat of the present invention is portable and easy to wash. By appropriately arranging the mats of the present invention in which the pieces for walking guidance are arranged in various shapes, a layout of a desired walking guide can be obtained. When the guide piece is made of a hard plastic, the feel of the pile yarn is completely different, so that the guide function of the visually impaired can be achieved even if the guide piece does not necessarily protrude from the pile surface.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a mat of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partial sectional view of a portion to which a guide piece is attached.

FIG. 3 is a partially cutaway sectional view of a guide piece and a fixing jig.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Walking guide piece 2 Mounting jig 3 Pile thread layer 4 Base cloth 5 Raw machine 6 Backing layer

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A mat having a walking guide piece disposed on a surface thereof. 2. The mat according to claim 1, comprising a greige machine in which a pile yarn layer is tufted on a base fabric, and a backing sheet layer on the back surface of the greige machine, wherein a walking guide piece is disposed on the surface of the greige machine. 3. The mat according to claim 1, wherein the walking guide piece is attached so as to sandwich the greige machine by a fixing jig. 4. The mat according to claim 1, which is for rental. 5. The mat according to claim 1, which is a shoe wiping mat.