JP2002144966A - On-vehicle clothes hanger - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an on-vehicle clothes hanger not constituting an obstacle when out of service, securing a sufficient strength, and allowing easy manipulation. SOLUTION: The on-vehicle clothes hanger is furnished with a left 3L and a right shoulder part 3R for supporting the shoulder of any piece of clothes and a case 2 to hold the two shoulder parts, wherein the shoulder parts are in slide fitting to the case movably between the accommodation position in which they over lap one another with the case and the service position in which they protrude to the left and right out of the case. Because the shoulder parts are engaged with the case slidably to the left and right, no particular locking device is required for keeping the service condition, and it is easy to support the moment applied to the forefronts of the shoulder parts when the piece of clothes is hung at this hanger. Further because of this arrangement with the shoulder parts accommodated in the case, it is possible to enhance the appearance when out of service.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a clothes hanger for a vehicle.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a hanger for hanging clothes in a car, a part for hanging a shoulder such as a jacket is folded in half from the center, and when not in use, it is folded so as not to be in the way. For example, JP-A-11-11
No. 45 proposes this.

According to the structure proposed in the above publication, one end of a pair of hanging bars for supporting the shoulder portion of the clothes is pivotally attached to the support stay, and the hanging bars have the other ends facing downward. To be folded along the support stay.

[0004]

However, according to this structure, when clothes are hung, a load in the direction of folding the hanging bar is applied to the pivotally connected end with the support stay, so that the pivot required for maintaining the use state is obtained. The operation tends to be complicated because the load on the end of the load is large and the lock mechanism for maintaining the used state must be released when the terminal is folded.

[0005] The present invention has been devised to solve such problems of the prior art, and its main purpose is to provide a sufficient strength without hindering when not in use.
It is another object of the present invention to provide an in-vehicle clothes hanger improved so that operation is easy.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a pair of left and right shoulder portions (3L and 3R) for supporting a shoulder of clothes is provided.
A case portion (2) for holding a pair of left and right shoulder portions, between a storage position where the pair of shoulder portions overlap each other in the case portion and a use position where the pair of shoulder portions protrudes from the case portion to both left and right sides. And slidably slid on the case.

In this case, since the shoulder portion is engaged with the case portion so as to be slidable in the left-right direction, a special lock device for holding a use state is not required, and when the clothes are hung. It is easy to support the moment applied to the tip of the shoulder part. In addition, since the shoulder portion is housed in the case, the appearance when not in use can be improved.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an interlocking means for interlockingly moving the pair of shoulders in the symmetric direction with respect to the center of the case (the rack gears 9L and 9 in the embodiment).
R and a pinion 10). Thus, when one of the pair of shoulder portions is moved, the other is simultaneously moved with it, thereby improving the usability.

Further, in the third aspect, an arm (5) for connecting the case portion to the fixing surface (S) is provided, and the arm can be folded and housed inside the case portion. According to this, at the time of use, the hanger main body including the shoulder portion and the case portion can be separated from the fixed surface by the arm, so that even thick clothes can be hung without difficulty. When not in use, the arm is immersed in the case, so that the amount of protrusion from the fixing surface can be reduced.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 show a clothes hanger for a vehicle constructed according to the present invention. The clothes hanger 1 includes a hanger body H including a case portion 2 having a substantially trapezoidal shape as viewed from the front, and a pair of left and right shoulder portions 3L and 3R, each of which is shaped like a letter L.
The vehicle includes a base 4 fixed to a backrest or an inner surface of a roof, which will be described later, and an arm 5 having one end pivotally attached to an upper portion of the case portion 2 and the other end pivotally attached to the base 4.

The case portion 2 comprises a front plate F and a back plate B which face each other with an appropriate gap therebetween.
In between, a pair of shoulder portions 3 overlapping each other
L · 3R can be accommodated.

The pair of shoulders 3L and 3R are symmetrically arranged with their respective sharp sides facing outward, and are formed on the inner surface of the case 2 so as to extend in the horizontal direction. A groove 7 for engaging with 6 is formed in each.
The engagement between the ridge 6 and the groove 7 and the engagement of the lower edges of the shoulder portions 3L and 3R with the groove 8 formed on the bottom surface of the case portion 2 provide a pair of shoulder portions 3L and 3L.
Each of the Rs is slidable in the left-right direction with an appropriate friction with respect to the case 2.

Rack gears 9L and 9R are formed on the opposing surfaces of the horizontal portions of the pair of shoulder portions 3L and 3R from the center toward the anti-tip side. A pinion 10 pivotally attached to the center of the bottom of the case 2 meshes between the rack gears 9L and 9R. Thereby, when one of the pair of shoulder portions 3L and 3R is moved to the left and right with respect to the case portion 2, the other shoulder portion moves in the opposite direction by the same distance as the one shoulder portion. It will be.

A shaft 11 having a circular cross section is integrally formed at one end of the arm 5. The shaft 11 is a bearing unit 1 integrally formed on an upper portion of the case unit 2 on the back plate B side.
2 is fitted. The bearing portion 12 is opened downward, the back side portion is configured to generate elastic force due to the elasticity of the material itself, and the opening end side is somewhat narrowed. On the other hand, the shaft 11 can be attached and detached.

At the other end of the arm 5, a base 4 which is fixed to the fixing surface S with a screw or the like is pivotally mounted. Base 4
And the arm 5 are folded tightly like a hinge, and when the arm 5 rotated around one end is folded along the back plate B of the case portion 2, the overlapped base 4 is formed. The arm 5 and the arm 5 are housed in the open hole 13 of the back plate B of the case portion 2 so that the configuration when not in use is further reduced.

On the side opposite to the fixed surface of the base 4, a movable claw 14 which can swing in a seesaw manner is provided in a protruding manner. This movable claw 1
When the base 4 and the arm 5 are folded, the tip 4 penetrates through the arm 5 and enters the case 2. Further, the movable claw 14 is elastically urged by a torsion coil spring, so that the movable claw 14 can maintain the engagement state with the fixed claw 15 protruding from the inner surface of the front plate F in the case portion 2. .

Next, how to use the clothes hanger according to the present invention will be described.

In the non-use state shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, that is, in a state where the shoulder portions 3L and 3R are housed in the case portion 2 and the movable claw 14 is engaged with the fixed claw 15, the case portion 2
The movable claw 14 is removed from the fixed claw 15 by pulling a knob 16 protruding from the lower surface of the movable claw. Then, the arm 5 rotates around the other end, that is, the pivot end with respect to the base 4, and the hanger main body 4 is swung forward of the fixing surface S as shown in FIG.
Here, since the case 2 is pivotally attached to one end of the arm 5, the case 2 itself can freely rotate.

When one of the shoulder portions is pulled out of the case portion 2 with the hanger main body 4 detached from the fixing surface S, the pair of shoulder portions 3L and 3R are both pulled out of the case portion 2 and clothes can be hung. It becomes an aspect.

As described above, since the hanger main body H is supported by the pivotable arm 5, the hanger main body H can be separated from the fixing surface S, and even a thick clothes can be hung without difficulty.

At the time of storage, by the reverse procedure of the above,
First, the shoulder parts 3L and 3R are stored in the case part 2,
The arm 5 may be turned so that the back surface of the case portion 2 faces the fixed surface S, and the movable claw 14 may be pressed against the fixed claw 15 to be engaged.

The base 4 can be mounted on a vertical surface or a horizontal surface. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, a recess 19 that can accommodate the hanger body H in a folded state is formed on the back surface of a headrest 18 provided at the upper end of the seat back 17, and the bottom surface of the recess 19 ( Vertical surface)
If the base 4 is fixed to the hanger main body H, the hanger main body H can be stored so as not to protrude from the back surface of the headrest 18 when folded.

If the mounting surface of the base 4 is horizontal as shown in FIG. 5, the base 4 is fixed to the lower surface of the roof,
The hanger body H can also be used so that it hangs. Also in this case, as shown in FIG. 6, if the recess 20 capable of storing the hanger main body H is formed on the lower surface of the roof 21, the hanger main body H can be stored neatly without obstruction when not in use. Can be.

[0025]

As described above, according to claim 1 of the present invention,
A pair of left and right shoulders to support the shoulder of the clothes,
It is slidable on the case so that it can move left and right, and it is housed inside the case so that it overlaps with each other.Therefore, there is no need for a special locking device to keep the shoulder part in use, which is effective for improving usability. It is. Further, the rigidity for supporting the moment applied to the tip of the shoulder portion when the clothes are hung can be easily increased. Moreover, since the shoulder portion is housed in the case, the appearance when not in use can be improved.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the pair of shoulder portions can move in a symmetrical manner with respect to the center of the case portion, so that when one is moved, the other moves simultaneously with it, thereby facilitating the operation. It is effective in doing.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the hanger body is connected to the fixing surface by the arm, so that the hanger body can be separated from the fixing surface when in use, so that even thick clothes can be hung without difficulty. Moreover, when not in use, the arms are folded into the case, which is effective in promoting compactness.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a rear view of the device of the present invention when not in use.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line II-II in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of the device of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a state where the device of the present invention is attached to a headrest.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a main part showing another mounting mode of the device of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a state where the device of the present invention is mounted on a roof.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Clothes hanger 2 Case part 3L / 3R shoulder part 4 Base 5 Arm 6 Ridge 7.8 groove 9L / 9R Rack gear 10 Pinion 11 Shaft 12 Bearing part 13 Open hole 14 Movable claw 15 Fixed claw 16 Knob 17 Seat back 18 Headrest 19・ 20 recess 21 roof H hanger body F front plate B back plate S fixing surface

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A pair of left and right shoulder portions for supporting a shoulder of clothes, and a case portion for holding the pair of left and right shoulder portions, wherein the pair of shoulder portions are
A clothing hanger for mounting on a vehicle, wherein the clothes hanger is slidably slidable on the case portion between a storage position overlapping the inside of the case portion and a use position protruding left and right from the case portion. 2. The in-vehicle clothes hanger according to claim 1, further comprising interlocking means for interlockingly moving the pair of shoulders in a symmetric direction with respect to the center of the case. 3. The case according to claim 1, further comprising an arm for connecting the case to a fixing surface, wherein the arm can be folded and housed inside the case.
The clothes hanger for in-vehicle use according to 1.