JP2002125805A - Bed and bedboard - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily operate a movable part of a bed arranged under a board, such as a lock controlling of locked-type rollaway casters, even at the time when the bed is lowered in its height. SOLUTION: At the bottom side of a foot board 11 facing to a floor is cut toward the upper way in a convex shape. Not to mention of the time when the bottom height is at the normal position in usage, an operator can step in his foot through the convex-shaped part 17 of the foot board 11 without being bothered by the foot board 11, and put his foot on an operating step 14 to continuously control a lock-system of a rollaway casters 13.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention makes it possible to easily operate a movable section of a bed, for example, a lock operating means of a lock mechanism of a moving caster, which is arranged under a board, even when a floor height is lowered. The present invention relates to a bed and a board in the bed.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, beds have become multifunctional.
The floor is being lowered. In other words, some of the beds have a function of extending and contracting the legs, as well as a function of extending and contracting / reversely extending the legs, as well as a gatch function at the bottom, which is a movable portion of the bed. For this reason, in such a bed, the moving casters in the legs are indispensable. Usually, these moving casters are provided with a lock mechanism, and an operation mechanism is provided so that the lock mechanism of each caster C can be operated collectively, and the operation mechanism can be operated from outside the board 2 of the bed 1. The operation pedal 3 is provided on the inner side near the bottom of the board 2 (see FIG. 3).

[0003]

By the way, as the floor of the bed 1 is further reduced, the operation of the operation pedal 3 by the foot from the outside in the longitudinal direction of the bed 1 is hindered by the board 2, and the floor height is reduced to some extent. Needed to be higher. The present invention has been proposed in view of such a background, and even in a state where the floor height is low, it is possible to easily operate a lock operation means of a lock mechanism of a bed movable portion, for example, a moving caster, arranged under a board. An object of the present invention is to provide a bed and a board in the bed, which are made possible.

[0004]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, according to the present invention, in a bed having a movable portion, a lower end surface of a board at a longitudinal end portion of the bed facing a floor surface is provided. Disclosed is a bed having a cutout on the side and having operating means of an operating mechanism of the movable unit disposed near the inside of the cutout. In the present invention, a second aspect of the present invention discloses a board in a bed having a movable portion, wherein the board has a notch that is upwardly convex on a lower end surface side facing a floor surface.

According to the first aspect, even when the floor height is lowered, the operator can operate the operating means by putting his / her foot on the operating means via the cutout.

According to the second aspect, since the cutout is formed on the side facing the floor, there is no inconvenience in appearance.

[0007]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Next, a bed and a board in a bed according to the present invention will be described with reference to the attached drawings, showing one embodiment. FIG. 1 shows a low-floor bed 10 having a movable part, for example, a bottom, a telescopic leg, and a moving caster having a lock function. The bed 10 has a foot board 11 at both ends on the longitudinal side of the bed.
And a headboard (not shown) are detachably mounted via locking members (described later). That is, such a bed 10 is provided with a caster 13 having a locking mechanism on a base frame supporting the legs, in addition to a gatch function of the bottom 12 and a bottom elevating function. In addition, the base frame is provided with an interlocking lock operation mechanism (not shown) that enables a lock operation and an unlock operation of the lock mechanism of the moving caster 13 collectively.
And this interlocking operation mechanism is the foot board 11
An operation step 14, which is an operation means, is arranged near the lower side.

The foot board 11 is made of, for example, an integrally molded body of synthetic resin. At a longitudinal end of the main frame 11, a bottom frame 12 projects in the width direction to a side frame 15 near both ends of the lower end of the foot board 11. (See FIG. 2).
reference). The footboard 11 is provided with a notch 17 having a convex shape on the lower end surface side facing the floor surface.
The cutout 17 allows the operator standing near the footboard 11 to see through the operation step 14 arranged near the lower side of the footboard 11.

In the low-floor bed 10 described above,
The footboard 11 can be attached to a side frame 15 protruding in the width direction of the bottom 12 at a longitudinal end of the bed via a fixture 16. Foot board 11
Is attached to the bottom surface of the footboard 11 facing the floor, there is a notch 17 that is convex upward.
When the operator stands near the footboard 11, not only at the position of normal use but also at the lowest position during normal use, the operator arranges it near the lower side of the footboard 11 via the notch 17. Thus, the operation step 14 for interlocking the operation of the lock mechanism of the moving caster 13 can be seen.

[0010] Thereby, the operator can use the footboard 1
1 without being hindered by the notch 17 of the footboard 11.
, The foot can be put on the operation step 14, and the lock mechanism of the moving caster 13 can be interlocked without difficulty, and the foot board 11 is suitable for lowering the bed. 1
It can be said that it is 1.

As described above, one embodiment of the low-floor bed 10 has been described. Not only the operation step 14 for interlocking the operation of the lock mechanism of the moving caster 13 but also the operation means of the operation mechanism of the other movable part It may be.
Further, it is needless to say that the head board is not limited to the foot board 11.

[0012]

As described above, according to the present invention, it can be said that the bed is suitable for the recent multifunctionalization of the bed and the lowering of the floor, and that it is a board that exhibits the characteristics of the lowering of the floor. be able to.

[0013]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing an example of a low-floor bed to which a board according to the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is an external perspective view of a board in the bed shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a side view for explaining an inconvenience of a current low-floor bed.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Bed 2 Board 3 Operation pedal 10 Low-floor bed 11 Foot board 12 Bottom 13 Moving caster 14 Operation step 15 Side frame 16 Fixture 17 Missing part

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A bed having a movable portion, wherein a board at a longitudinal end of the bed has a notch on a lower end surface side facing a floor surface, and an operation mechanism of the operating mechanism in the movable portion is provided near the inside of the notch. A bed characterized by means. 2. A board for a bed having a movable part, wherein a notch that is upwardly convex is formed on a lower end surface side facing a floor surface.