JP2003116702A - Stool for entrance hall - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a stool for an entrance hall, capable of preventing the fear of falling to the ground, and enabling a user to easily put off foot wears in an easy posture. SOLUTION: In this stool 10 for an entrance hall, a seat part 12 is provided on the upper part of a support 11, and a lower rack 13 is provided below the seat part 12. A wavy edge 25 is formed on the outer edge side of the lower rack 13, and the ankle can be located in an area of a recessed part 25A of the wavy edge 25 so that foot wears S can be taken off by extracting the feet from the foot wears S.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a front door stool, and more particularly to a front door stool that allows an elderly person or a physically handicapped person to easily take off their footwear in a comfortable posture.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, an elderly person or a physically handicapped person who has difficulty in freely moving his / her legs or leaning forward may have a physical burden when taking off his / her footwear. You may not be able to take off your footwear. In this case, the upper part of the rear end of the footwear must be hooked on some stationary object and taken off.

Therefore, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-701
As disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 31, the auxiliary tool has been proposed in which the upper part of the rear end of the footwear is hooked to facilitate the removal of the footwear.

[0004]

However, the assisting tool disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-70131 is for hooking the upper rear end of the footwear in a standing posture, and is not suitable for the elderly and the body with weak legs and waist. It is difficult to reduce the burden on persons with disabilities. Moreover, if you try to forcibly remove your footwear while standing, you may fall unexpectedly.

By the way, there are known entrance stools that are suitable for elderly people to use when the entrance rises and rises up. Since this entrance stool has a structure in which a seat is provided on the upper part of a support body such as legs, if the shoes can be easily taken off using the entrance stool, it is extremely useful for the elderly and the like. Will be things.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an entrance stool capable of easily taking off footwear in a comfortable posture while preventing the risk of falling.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the entrance stool according to the present invention has a structure in which a footwear taking-off support portion is provided below a seat portion provided at an upper portion of a support body. There is. With such a configuration, it is possible to take off the footwear while sitting on the seat without fear of falling.

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION In the present invention, the footwear taking-off support portion is set at a height position near the ankle when the foot is in contact with the floor. With such a configuration, it is possible to take off the footwear by a motion of slightly raising the ankle, and it is possible to reduce the burden on the elderly and the like within a small motion range.

Further, the footwear dismounting support portion is formed by using a lower shelf arranged below the seat portion, and at least one recess is provided on the outer edge thereof. This makes it possible to effectively use the lower shelf that functions as a reinforcement or a storage, and can be provided at a low price without complicating the structure.

Further, the footwear take-off support section may be formed by forming an outer edge of a lower shelf arranged below the seat section into a corrugated edge. In such a configuration, recesses are formed at a plurality of locations, and by placing both feet in each recess, it is possible to take off the footwear at the same time in a natural posture.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of an entrance stool according to this embodiment. In this figure, the entrance stool 10 is arranged in a corner area where the rising frame A and the wall surface B of the entrance intersect. This entrance stool 1
Reference numeral 0 denotes a support body 11, a seat portion 12 provided on the upper portion of the support body 11, and a lower shelf 1 arranged below the seat portion 12.
3 and 3.

The support 11 is provided so as to be continuous with the first side plate 15 standing upright at a position along the extending direction of the rising frame A, and one end side of the first side plate 15 so as to be connected to the wall surface B. It is constituted by a second side plate 16 that extends along with a leg portion 17 that hangs from the lower surface side of the seat portion 12 and that extends through the lower shelf 13 portion. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the first and second side plates 15 and 16 are provided so that the intersecting angle is approximately 90 degrees in a plan view, and are provided at their lower end portions and the lower ends of the leg portions 17. Is provided with an adjuster 18.

The seat portion 12 is made of a single plate material. The seat portion 12 includes the first and second linear end edges 20 and 21 that are continuous in the same plane with different extending directions.
And a circular arc-shaped edge 22 as a curved edge extending between the ends of the linear edges 20, 21 opposite to the side where the lines are connected to each other. The first and second linear end edges 20 and 21 are provided such that their lengths are substantially equal to each other, and have a shape extending in an angular direction of approximately 90 degrees in a plan view, whereby the seat portion 12 is formed. The plane shape is a fan shape having an outer edge shape corresponding to approximately 1/4 of a virtual circle.

The lower shelf 13 is fixed to the inner surfaces of the first and second side plates 15 and 16. In the lower shelf 13, the outer edge side along the arcuate edge 22 is formed as a corrugated edge 25 that constitutes a footwear removal support portion. As shown in FIG. 6, the height position of the lower shelf 13 is set at a height position substantially corresponding to the vicinity of the ankle of a person in a state where the footwear S is worn, and the concave portion of the corrugated edge 25 is set. Two
The footwear S can be easily removed by hooking the upper rear end of the footwear S on the 5A.

Next, the entrance stool 1 in this embodiment
A method of using 0 will be described.

As shown in FIG. 1, the entrance stool 1
0 is arranged in the corner area between the rising frame A of the entrance and the wall surface B. That is, while the first linear edge 20 of the seat portion 12 of the entrance stool 10 rises and follows the frame A,
The second linear end edge 21 is arranged at a position along the wall surface B.

When an elderly person or a physically handicapped person who has a weak leg rises to the frame A, first, the person sits on the seat portion 12A of the entrance stool 10. At this time, the elderly people, etc.
As shown in (A), the operator sits on the rising frame A as a back. By placing the ankle in the recess 25A formed in the lower shelf 13 and performing the operation of pulling out the foot from the footwear S, the upper part of the rear end of the footwear S is recessed in the recess 25A.
The footwear S can be taken off by being caught on the forming edge of. In this state, the seated person's foot is located farthest from the rising frame A.

After taking off the footwear of both feet, as shown in FIG. 7 (B), the hips are rotated in the horizontal plane of the seat 12 while keeping the sitting posture, and the elderly person or the like puts the wall B on his back. All you have to do is change the direction of the whole body to the direction you want to. By this direction change, the foot is in the position closest to the rising frame A.

Then, at the same position, either stand up and go up to the frame A, or, while keeping the sitting posture, raise the toes and put both legs on the frame A, and then get up while moving the hips up and moving to the frame A side. You can

When descending from the rising frame A to the entrance, the reverse operation to the above operation may be performed.

On the upper surface side or the lower surface side of the lower shelf 13, the removed footwear S can be stored.

Therefore, according to such an embodiment, the footwear S can be taken off very easily in the posture of sitting on the seat portion 12, that is, in the posture of avoiding the risk of falling.
Moreover, since the below-knee region can be moved along the arcuate end edge 22 of the seat portion 12, it is possible to comfortably perform an operation of moving up and down with respect to the upright frame A having a high step, and the legs and hips The entrance stool can be extremely useful as an auxiliary tool for a weak elderly person or the like.

In the above embodiment, the lower shelf 13 is provided when the corrugated edge 25 that acts as a footwear removal support portion is provided.
However, a member substantially corresponding to the shape or locus of the corrugated edge 25 may be separately used without using the lower shelf 13. However, according to the structure using the lower shelf 13,
This is advantageous in that it is possible to impart strong rigidity to the entire entrance stool 10 and to form an upper and lower storage space below the seat portion 12.

Although the seat 12 is made of a single plate material, the seat 12 may have a mesh shape. Further, the seat portion 12 has the outer edge shape corresponding to approximately 1/4 of the virtual circle, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the angle on the side where the first and second linear edges 20 and 21 are continuous may be less than 90 degrees, or may be an angle exceeding 90 degrees. Further, as in the above-mentioned embodiment, when the angle is 90 degrees, there is an advantage that space is not wasted because it can be fitted exactly in the corner area of the rising frame A and the wall surface B.

[0026]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Since the configuration in which the footwear taking-off support portion is provided below the seat portion is adopted, the footwear can be taken off while sitting on the seat portion, and the posture can be stabilized. Moreover, since the footwear can be taken off while sitting down, it is possible to prevent the risk of falling during the operation.

Further, since the footwear taking-off support portion is set at a height position near the ankle when the foot is grounded on the floor, the footwear can be taken off by slightly raising the ankle. . That is, it is possible to reduce the burden on the elderly and the like by minimizing the operation range when taking off the footwear.

Furthermore, since the lower shelves arranged below the seat portion are provided with the recesses to form the footwear dismounting support portions, there is no need to use a special member, and the structure is complicated by effectively utilizing the lower shelves. It is possible to provide it at a low price without doing so.

In the case where the footwear take-off support portion is formed by forming the outer edge of the lower shelf into a corrugated edge, recesses are formed at a plurality of locations, and as a result, both feet are positioned in the recesses, so You can take off your footwear at the same time in a natural posture.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing a usage state of an entrance stool according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the entrance stool.

FIG. 3 is a front view of FIG.

4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

5 is a right side view of FIG.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view of main parts showing a state where the footwear is taken off using the corrugated part.

FIG. 7 is a schematic plan view for explaining a method of using the entrance stool.

[Explanation of symbols] 10 entrance stools 11 Support 12 seats 15 First side plate (support) 16 Second side plate (support) 17 legs (support) 25 corrugated edges 25A recess A rising frame B wall

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A front door stool, characterized in that a footwear removal support portion is provided below a seat portion provided at an upper portion of the support body. 2. The entrance stool according to claim 1, wherein the footwear removal support portion is set at a height position near the ankle when the foot is grounded on the floor surface. 3. The footwear removing support part is formed by using a lower shelf arranged below the seat part, and at least one recess is provided on an outer edge thereof. The entrance stool described in 2. 4. The footwear take-off support portion is configured by forming an outer edge of a lower shelf arranged below the seat portion into a corrugated edge.
Entrance stools listed.