JP2003144236A - Desk having shelf - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a desk having a shelf wherein a shelf plate can be fitted in a leg-placing space under a top board of the desk by a minimum necessity number of parts, and at the same time, all parts are formed into built-up types, and the assembling work is extremely simple, and which can be formed by simply applying a slight design change to an already existing desk. SOLUTION: At upper and lower edges of a kneehole panel 4 provided in the leg-placing space under the top board, and between the rear sections of both leg sections, fastening edges 8 and 9 are formed by bending the upper and lower edges forward. Then, at both side end sections, the upper and lower end sections of a supporting rod are detachably fastened to the upper and lower fastening edges. A hook 15 which is formed on the rear end section of a bracket 7 is fitted in and fastened with a fastening hole 11 of the supporting rod 6. At the same time, the bracket is made to hit a side edge reinforcing section 10 which is formed at both side ends of the kneehole panel. Thus, the shelf plate is mounted and supported by both brackets.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a desk with a shelf, and more particularly to a desk with a shelf provided with a shelf in a space for putting feet under a top plate.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, desks with shelves, in which shelves are provided in a space for putting feet under the top plate of the desks, have already been provided. For example, some study desks for school children include a storage shelf in the back part between both leg plates, or a book stand detachably attached.

Further, in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 5-21, a front frame having a square front frame is detachably attached between the left and right legs of a desk, and a curtain plate is attached between the left and right legs at the rear of the desk. Side plates that are continuously connected forward from the left and right ends are detachably provided, and a supporting metal fitting is attached using a plurality of locking holes formed in the left and right facing surfaces of the front frame and the facing surfaces of the both side plates. A structure in which a shelf board is supported is provided.

However, when mounting the shelf board or changing the height of the shelf board, the four support metal fittings are adjusted to a predetermined height in a narrow space under the top board in a narrow space, and locking holes are provided. Need to be inserted into the
Since the front frame is required, the number of parts is increased and the cost tends to increase. Further, since the front frame is a rectangular frame having a front shape, a horizontal frame exists below the shelf plate and hits the toes, which undesirably narrows the foot putting space.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above-mentioned situation, the present invention is to mount a shelf board in the foot-placing space under the top board of a desk with the minimum necessary number of parts. In addition, all the parts can be assembled and the assembling work is extremely simple, and a desk with a shelf that requires only a slight design change to the existing desk is provided.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a shelf board on the front side of a curtain board provided between the rear parts of both legs in a foot-holding space under a top board. A desk with a shelf that was detachably attached was constructed. In this case, the shelf plate is detachably attached to the curtain plate directly or indirectly.

Here, the upper and lower edges of the curtain plate are bent forward to form locking edges, and the upper and lower end portions of the support rod are detachably locked to the upper and lower locking edges at both side ends, respectively. It is preferable that the shelf plate is attached using a supporting rod.

Further, a plurality of locking holes are formed in the supporting rod in the vertical direction at regular intervals, and a hook formed at the rear end of the shelf supporting bracket is fitted and locked in the locking holes. At the same time, it is more preferable that the outer side surface of the bracket is stopped by side edge reinforcing portions formed at both ends of the curtain plate to restrict the lateral movement of the support rod.

More specifically, the curtain plate has an upper edge bent toward the front side and an upper locking piece bent downward from the front edge of the upper plate so that the upper plate has an L-shaped cross section. Forming a toe edge, bending the lower plate forward at the lower edge, and bending the lower locking piece upward from the front edge of the lower plate to form a lower locking edge having a substantially L-shaped cross section, Furthermore, side edge reinforcements are formed by bending to both sides at the front,
Reinforcing portions on both side edges of the curtain plate are respectively connected to rear portions of the leg portions, and the supporting rod is a vertically long rod, and a plurality of engaging holes are formed on the front face at regular intervals in the vertical direction. With the upper and lower ends of the support rod locked to the upper locking edge and the lower locking edge, respectively, the hooks formed at the rear end portions of the brackets are fitted and locked in the locking holes of both the supporting bars. At the same time, both side portions of the shelf plate are mounted on both brackets with the outer surface of the bracket resting against the side edge reinforcing portion of the curtain plate.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a desk with shelves according to the present invention, and FIGS. 2 to 5 show essential parts thereof. In the drawings, reference numeral 1 is a desk, 2 is a top plate, 3 is leg portions, 4 is a curtain plate, 5 Indicates the shelves, respectively.

The desk with shelves according to the present invention is, as shown in FIG. 1, in the foot-holding space under the top plate 2, and on the front face of the curtain plate 4 provided between the rear end portions of both leg portions 3, 3. The shelf 5 is detachably attached to the side. Here, in the present embodiment, the desk 1 on which the shelf board 5 is mounted is a steel desk having a normal structure, and both left and right end portions of the top board 2 are supported by the leg portions 3 and 3, and both leg portions are supported. A curtain plate 4 having a quadrangular shape in front view is connected between the rear ends of the blades 3 and 3 to provide rigidity.

In the present invention, in order to mount the shelf board 5, the design change made to the existing desk 1 is only the curtain board 4. The only necessary parts are the support rods 6 and 6 that are detachably attached to both front side portions of the curtain plate 4, and the bracket 7 that is detachably attached to the support rod 6 for supporting the shelf plate.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the curtain plate 4 has an upper edge in which an upper plate 8a is bent forward and an upper locking piece 8b is bent downward from the front edge of the upper plate 8a. To form the upper locking edge 8 having a substantially L-shaped cross section, bend the lower plate 9a to the front side at the lower edge, and bend the lower locking piece 9b upward from the front edge of the lower plate 9a. A lower locking edge 9 having a substantially L-shaped cross section is formed, and side edge reinforcing portions 10, 10 are further bent forward at both side ends. Here, the upper locking piece 8b forming the upper locking edge 8
It is preferable to form an upper bent piece 8c on the lower edge toward the rear side for reinforcement. Similarly, it is preferable that a lower bent piece 9c is formed on the upper edge of the lower engaging piece 9b constituting the lower engaging edge 9 toward the rear side to reinforce. In this case, the upper bent piece 8
A gap for fitting the end portion of a support rod 6 described later is provided between c and the lower bent piece 9c and the surface plate 4a of the curtain plate 4. Then, as shown in FIG. 4, both side edge reinforcing portions 10, 10 of the curtain plate 4 are screwed and coupled to the rear inner surfaces of the leg portions 3, 3, respectively.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the support rod 6 is a rod body which is long in the vertical direction and has a plurality of locking holes 11, ... is there.
More specifically, the contact plate 13 is bent sideways from one rear end of the rod body 12 having a substantially U-shaped cross section, and the locking holes 11, ... Are provided on the front surface of the rod body 12. It was formed. In the present invention, a pair of the left and right support rods 6 is used. However, by making the support rods 6 vertically symmetrical, if the support rods 6 and 6 of the same shape are vertically inverted on both left and right sides, It is possible to make the heights of the stop holes 11, ...

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the bracket 7 has a plurality of hooks 15, ... Bending the receiving plate 16 inwardly on the lower edge of the substrate 14,
Further, a projecting piece 17 is formed so as to stand up on the front intermediate portion of the tip edge of the receiving plate 16. The hooks 15, ... Of the bracket 7 may extend on the rear edge of the substrate 14 so as to be flush with the substrate 14, but in the present embodiment, the substrate 1
The bent piece 18 is formed inward at the rear edge of the bent piece 1.
The hooks 15, ... Are formed from the inner edge of 8 toward the rear. The bracket 7 used in the present embodiment is not a special structure and is a ready-made bracket used for another shelf device.

In order to mount the shelf plate 5 on the front side of the curtain plate 4, first, the support rods 6 and 6 are tilted slightly to the left and right, and vertically with the front plate 4a of the curtain plate 4 being contacted. By returning to the posture, the upper and lower ends thereof are locked to both side ends of the upper locking edge 8 and the lower locking edge 9, respectively. In this state, the upper and lower ends of the support rod 6 are bent between the surface plate 4a of the curtain plate 4 and the upper bent piece 8c of the upper locking edge 8 and the lower bent edge of the surface plate 4a and the lower locking edge 9 are bent. It becomes a state of being held between the piece 9c. Here, a part of the rod portion 12 of the support rod 6 may enter the side edge reinforcing portion 10, but the locking holes 11, ... Must be exposed to the front. Next, the hooks 15, ... Of the brackets 7, 7 are fitted and locked in the locking holes 11 ,. Then, the base plates 14 of the brackets 7 are brought into contact with the side edge reinforcing portions 10 on the corresponding sides while placing both end portions of the shelf plate 5 on the receiving plates 16 and 16 of the brackets 7 and 7. By doing so, even if the supporting rod 6 is not fixed to the curtain plate 4, the lateral movement and rattling of the shelf plate 5 can be completely regulated.

Further, the structure for restricting the movement of the shelf board 5 in the front-rear direction in a state where the shelf board 5 is placed on the receiving plates 16, 16 of both brackets 7, 7 is simple with reference to FIG. Explained. The shelf board 5 used in the present embodiment is a ready-made shelf board used in another shelf apparatus, and is directly diverted, but both side edges of the shelf board 5 are bent downward in a substantially U-shaped cross section. It has a side edge portion 19, and the side edge portion 19 is attached to the bracket 7.
Is placed on the receiving plate 16 of the shelf and is held between the substrate 14 and the projecting piece 17, and the front edge portion 20 bent downward at the front edge of the shelf board 5 and the lower surface of the front and rear intermediate portions of the shelf board 5 are laterally arranged. The protruding piece 17 is fitted between the reinforcing member 21 fixed in the direction and the movement in the front-rear direction is restricted.

As described above, in the present invention, the shelf 5
The brackets 7 and 7 may be off-the-shelf products. In that case, the design of the upper and lower edge portions of the curtain plate 4 is slightly changed, and then a new kind of support rod 6 or 6 is prepared. Only by doing so, the shelf board 5 can be provided at a predetermined height position in the foot putting space under the top plate 2 of the desk 1. In addition, if the shelf plate 5, the brackets 7, 7 and the support rods 6, 6 are removed, the appearance is no different from the conventional desk.
Further, when the bracket 7 having the hooks 15, ... Formed on the same plane with respect to the base plate 14 is used, the support rod 6 is pushed until it comes into contact with the inside of the side edge reinforcing portion 10, The locking holes 11, ... Are the side edge reinforcing portions 1
If it is set to be exposed along the inner edge of 0, it can be used similarly. This is possible because the support rod 6 is not fixed to the curtain plate 4.

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The present embodiment has a structure in which the brackets 7, 7 are directly fitted and locked on both sides of the curtain plate 4. That is,
Locking holes 22, ... Are formed in the front surface of the side edge reinforcing portions 10, 10 of the curtain plate 4 at regular intervals in the vertical direction.
The hooks 15, ... Of the bracket 7 similar to the above are fitted and locked to 2, 2, and both end portions of the shelf plate 5 are placed on the receiving plates 16, 16 of both brackets 7, 7. In this case, the base plates 14 and 14 of the brackets 7 and 7 are connected to the leg portions 3 and 3, respectively.
You may make it contact | abut on the inner surface of and prevent rattling on either side.

Further, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, a shelf is provided on the back side of the desk 1 and above the top plate 2. Specifically, the supporting columns 23, 23 are respectively provided at the rear ends of the legs 3, 3 of the desk 1 via the connecting members 22, 22.
And the upper ends of both columns 23, 23 are connected by a horizontal rod 24 to form a frame, and a bracket 26 is fitted by using locking holes 25, ... Formed on the front side of the column 23. It has a structure in which both ends of the shelf plate 27 are supported by both brackets 26, 26 being locked.

Here, the rear end of the leg portion 3 is the top plate 2
Since the desk 1 of the type set at a position more forward than the rear end is used, the pillar 23 is erected from the connecting member 22, but the rear end of the leg portion 3 and the rear of the top plate 2 are arranged. If the desk is of a type where the ends match, the pillars 23 may be directly attached to the rear ends of the legs 3.

The connecting member 22 is, as shown in FIG.
At the front edge of the decorative plate 27 that fills the gap between the rear end of the leg portion 3 and the rear end of the top plate 2, a fixing plate 28 for screwing to the rear end surface of the leg portion 3 is formed at a right angle, A mounting portion 29 having a substantially L-shaped cross section is joined to the front surface and the inner side surface of the support column 23 at the rear edge of the decorative plate 27 and is bent and formed. The pillar 2 is attached to the leg 3 via the connecting member 22.
In the state where 3 is connected, the outer surface of the leg, the outer surface of the decorative plate 27, and the outer surface of the support column 23 are set to be flush with each other.

A known structure is adopted as a structure for mounting the brackets 26, 26 on the predetermined heights of the two columns 23, 23 and mounting and supporting the shelf plate 27 by the brackets 26, 26.
Further, the lamp 30 is attached to the lower surface of the lowermost shelf plate 27.

[0024]

As described above, the desk with a shelf according to the present invention according to claim 1 has the shelf board in the foot putting space under the top board and on the front side of the curtain board provided between the rear parts of both legs. Since it is detachably attached, the shelf board can be installed with the minimum required number of parts in the foot space under the top plate of the desk, and since the legs are not used, a slight design change to the existing desk It is only necessary to add, and since there is no obstacle in the part corresponding to the toes, it does not narrow the effective foot space. here,
According to the second aspect of the present invention, the shelf plate is detachably attached to the curtain plate directly or indirectly, so that it is not necessary to change the structure of the desk other than the curtain plate.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the supporting rod can be attached to and detached from the curtain plate, the supporting rod can be attached as an option when the shelf plate is mounted under the top plate, and the cost increase can be minimized. Can be suppressed.

According to the fourth aspect, all the parts are of the assembling type and the assembling work is extremely simple, so that the shelf board can be mounted in a short time even in a narrow space at the inner part of the foot putting space. Even when the support rod is not fixed to the curtain plate when the shelf plate is mounted, the lateral movement and rattling of the shelf plate can be completely regulated.

According to the fifth aspect, the structure is simple, the number of parts is small, and it can be easily installed in the foot putting space.
When it is not installed, there is no difference in appearance from the conventional desk, and the cost can be minimized.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a desk with shelves according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a main part of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a partial perspective view of the same assembled state.

FIG. 4 is a partial transverse sectional view of the same.

FIG. 5 shows a state in which a shelf plate is supported by a bracket,
(A) is a partially longitudinal side view and (b) is a partially longitudinal front view.

FIG. 6 is a partial perspective view showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a partial perspective view showing a mounting structure of a column for providing a shelf behind the desk.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 desk 2 top plate 3 Legs 4 Curtain board 4a Surface plate 5 Shelf plate 6 Support rod 7 Bracket 8 Upper locking edge 8a Upper plate 8b Upper locking piece 8c Upper bending piece 9 Lower locking edge 9a Lower plate 9b Lower locking piece 9c Lower bending piece 10 Side edge reinforcement 11 Locking hole 12 Rod part 13 Abutment plate 14 board 15 hook 16 Support plate 17 Projection piece 18 Bent piece 19 Side edge 20 front edge 21 reinforcing member 22 locking hole 23 connecting member 24 prop 25 horizontal rod 26 Locking hole 27 Bracket 28 Shelf Board 29 Decorative Board 30 Fixing plate 31 Mounting part 32 lamps

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A desk with a shelf in which a shelf plate is detachably attached to a front side of a curtain plate provided between rear portions of both legs in a foot-putting space under the top plate. 2. The desk with shelves according to claim 1, wherein a shelf plate is detachably attached to the curtain plate directly or indirectly. 3. The upper and lower edges of the curtain plate are formed with bent locking edges to the front side, and upper and lower end portions of the support rod are detachably locked to the upper and lower locking edges at both end portions, respectively, and the support bars are supported. The desk with shelves according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the shelves are attached using a rod. 4. A plurality of locking holes are formed in the support rod in the vertical direction at regular intervals, and a hook formed at a rear end of a bracket for supporting a shelf is fitted and locked in the locking holes. With
4. The desk with shelves according to claim 3, wherein outer side surfaces of the brackets are abutted against side edge reinforcing portions formed at both ends of the curtain plate to restrict the lateral movement of the support rod. 5. The curtain plate has an upper edge bent to the front side and an upper locking piece bent downward from the front edge of the upper plate to form an upper locking edge having a substantially L-shaped cross section. At the same time, the lower plate is bent to the front side at the lower edge, and the lower locking piece is bent upward from the front edge of the lower plate to form the lower locking edge having a substantially L-shaped cross section, and both side ends are further formed. The side edge reinforcing portion is bent forward, and both side edge reinforcing portions of the curtain plate are connected to the rear portions of the legs, respectively, and the supporting rod is a vertically long rod and is provided on the front surface thereof. A plurality of locking holes are formed in the vertical direction at regular intervals, and the upper and lower end portions of the supporting rod are locked to the upper locking edge and the lower locking edge, respectively, to lock both supporting bars. The hook formed on the rear end of the bracket is fitted and locked in the hole, and both sides of the shelf plate are attached to both brackets while the outer surface of the bracket is abutted against the side edge reinforcing portion of the curtain plate. The desk with shelves according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the desk is mounted.