JP2006068026A - Hanger and locker - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a locker highly usable for a person using a wheelchair or a stick and to provide a highly usable hanger for use in the locker. <P>SOLUTION: A locker body 2, in its front face lower part, is equipped with an opening part 24 for inserting the toe part 23 of the wheel chair 22 and the opening part 24 is provided with a shoe mount shelf 25 for mounting shoes 27 slidably in the depth direction. The interior of the locker body 2 is provided with a hanger rail 16 and has hangers 30 hung thereon. The hanger 30 is provided with a hanger body 31 for hanging clothes 11, a hook 32 and a handle 33 having one end side slidably connected to the hanger body 31. The user can easily draw out the hanger 30 and the clothes 11 to the front side by grasping and pulling a grip 36 of the handle 33. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a hanger for hanging clothes, and a locker for storing clothes, and more particularly, to a hanger and locker suitable for a physically handicapped person or an elderly person.

  As lockers for storing clothes such as clothes (including concepts such as clothes chiffon and storage shelves), various structures have been proposed. For example, there is known a structure having a storage main body for storing clothes, a coat or the like suspended by a hanger and a drawer provided below the storage main body.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-070567

This type of locker has been devised from various viewpoints such as storage capacity, usability, functionality, etc., and various shapes and dimensions have been set according to the respective characteristics, but all are intended for use by healthy subjects. Designed.
For this reason, it is not always convenient for a person using a wheelchair or an elderly person using a walking stick.
For example, for a healthy person, the drawer provided at the lower end of the locker body can be easily put in and out by bending down, but it is not easy for a person using a wheelchair or a cane.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a locker that is easy to use for a person who uses a wheelchair or a cane, and a hanger excellent in usability used for the locker.

  The invention according to claim 1 is a hanger having a hanger body and a hook for hanging the hanger body. The hanger is connected to one end of the hanger so as to be swingable, and hangs down when not in use. A hanger characterized by having a rod-like handle for pulling or pushing.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the hanger according to the first aspect, the hanger body and the handle are related to a locked portion provided in the hanger body and the locked portion provided in the handle. An elastic body is provided which is connected by a locking configuration with a locking member to be stopped, and elastically urges in a direction in which the locking member is locked to the locked member by elastic contact with the locking member. It is a hanger.

  The invention described in claim 3 is a locker having a box-shaped rocker body, a hanger rail provided inside the rocker body, and a hanger hung on the hanger rail, wherein the hanger is described in claim 1 or 2. The hanger is a locker characterized in that the handle has a length that allows a person on a wheelchair to grasp at least the lower end thereof by hand.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the rocker according to the third aspect, the hanger rail is provided so as to extend in a depth direction of the rocker main body, and has a configuration that can slide and extend in the same direction. It is a locker characterized by this.

  A fifth aspect of the present invention is the rocker according to the third or fourth aspect, wherein the rocker has an opening into which a toe portion of a wheelchair enters, below the front surface of the rocker body.

  A sixth aspect of the present invention is the locker according to the fifth aspect, wherein the opening is provided with a shoe rack that is slidable in the depth direction.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, even a person on a wheelchair can easily move the hanger hung in the locker, and the usability can be improved.
According to the second aspect of the invention, the degree of freedom of the handle can be increased with a simple connection configuration.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, even a person on a wheelchair can easily move the hanger hung in the locker, and the usability can be improved.
According to invention of Claim 4, the hanger in a locker can be moved by operation with little effort by a handle.
According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, a person on a wheelchair can approach the locker main body, and the operation of taking in and out becomes easy.

  According to invention of Claim 6, an opening part can be used effectively as a storage space.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4.
As shown in FIG. 2, the locker 1 according to the present embodiment includes a box-shaped locker body 2, doors 6 and 7 rotatably supported by hinges 5 on left and right side plates 3 and 4 of the locker body 2. The drawers 8 and 9 provided on the left and right of the lower part of the locker body 2 are provided. On the back surface of the door 6, a hanger hook 40 having a head 40a is provided.
The hinge 5 is a slide hinge that can be easily attached and detached, and the doors 6 and 7 are supported at three locations, an upper end portion, a central portion, and a lower end portion, respectively. The drawers 8 and 9 have embedded flat handles 8a and 9a so that a wheelchair or a person riding on the drawer does not hit the projection. Although not shown, the doors 6 and 7 have similar handles.
A partition plate 10 extending in the vertical direction is provided inside the locker main body 2, whereby a storage main body portion 12 for storing clothes 11 and a coat (not shown) by hanging, and a movable shelf for storing other clothes and the like. Part 13 is partitioned.

In the storage main body 12, a storage space 15 is partitioned in the upper part by one movable shelf 14. A hanger rail 16 extending in the depth direction of the rocker body 2 is attached to the lower surface of the movable shelf 14.
The hanger rail 16 has a guide rail 17 fixed to the lower surface of the movable shelf 14 and a hanger rail body 18 that is locked to the guide rail 17 and slides in the depth direction (front-rear direction or arrow A direction). Yes. The hanger rail body 18 integrally has a hanger bar 19 for hanging a hanger 30 described later.
As shown in FIG. 3 (a), the movable shelf plate 14 includes a dowel hole 50 formed in a facing portion of the side plate 3 and the partition plate 10, and a crank-shaped dowel 52 formed of, for example, metal fitted therein. It is supported by a four-point support method (only two points on one side are shown in the drawing). That is, grooves 51 extending in the vertical direction are formed on the left and right side end surfaces of the movable shelf 14 in total at four places, and crank dowels 52 are fitted in the four grooves 51, respectively. The dowel 52 is fitted in the dowel hole 50 (only one location is shown in FIG. 3B).

  The dowel holes 50 are formed in a plurality of stages at intervals in the vertical direction, and the height position of the hanger rail 16 can be adjusted according to the user by changing the position of the dowel holes 50 into which the dowels 52 are fitted. It is like that. In this embodiment, it can move up and down about 24 cm. By using the crank-shaped dowel 52, the rear end portion is prevented from jumping up even when a load is applied to pull out the hanger rail 18 and lower the front end portion of the movable shelf 14 as will be described later. Can do.

A plurality of (here, four) movable shelf plates 20 are supported on the movable shelf portion 13 by the above-described four-point support method using dowels, and positions of dowel holes formed in a plurality of stages at intervals in the vertical direction. By changing, the interval between the movable shelf boards 20 can be arbitrarily changed. In the present embodiment, adjustment can be made in units of 3 cm.
The depth dimension of the locker main body 2 in the present embodiment is set to about 42 cm, and the storage section that is partitioned in multiple stages by the movable shelf 20 can store most things, and there is a problem that it is too deep to reach. Absent.
As shown in FIG. 4, an opening 24 into which the toe portion 23 of the wheelchair 22 enters is formed below the front surface (door side) of the locker body 2, that is, between the floor surface 21 and the drawers 8 and 9. .
In the present embodiment, the height H of the opening 24 is set to about 30 cm, which is a size that allows the foot 24 to enter with the foot on the toe portion 23. When the toe portion 23 enters the locker main body 2, a person on the wheelchair 22 can approach the locker main body 2 before operating the doors 6, 7, etc., and the taking in / out operation becomes easy.

The opening 24 is provided with a shoe rack 25 for placing shoes so as to be slidable in the depth direction of the locker body 2. The shoe rack 25 is attached to a slide rail 26 fixed to the facing portion of the side plates 3 and 4 in the opening 24. The width W of the shoe rack 25 can be placed on the shoe 27 and located on the farthest side. The size is set such that the toe portion 23 of the wheelchair 22 can enter.
The drawers 8 and 9 have an operation position (positions of the handles 8a and 9a) set to a height of about 45 cm from the floor surface 21 so that a person using a wheelchair 22 or a cane can easily use it.
Overall, the height range of about 45 cm to 120 cm from the floor 21 is based on the concept that the person who uses the wheelchair 22 or the cane operates by himself, and the other is the area operated by the supporter. In this configuration, frequently used functions are gathered at a position where a person using the wheelchair 22 or a cane is easy to use.
The back plate 28 of the locker body 2 is fixed to an indoor or indoor wall surface in order to prevent a fall due to an earthquake or the like. The back plate 28 in the opening 24 is removed, and the opening 24 is substantially a space defined by the side plates 3 and 4.

A plurality of hangers 30 are hung on the hanger rail 16. However, only one is shown on the drawing.
As shown in FIG. 1, the hanger 30 includes a hanger body 31 on which clothes 11 and the like are hung, a hook 32 provided at the upper end of the hanger body 31, and a central portion on the front side (door side) of the hanger body 31. It has a rod-shaped handle 33 attached to one end.
A metal U-shaped locked member 34 is fixed to the center of the hanger body 31, and a metal hook cross-locked to the locked member 34 is attached to one end of the handle 33. A shaped locking member 35 is fixed. An elastic block 46 made of sponge, hard felt or the like is fixed to the hanger body 31, and this elastic block 46 is provided inside the U-shaped locked member 34. The elastic block 46 is in elastic contact with the hook-shaped locking member 35 and biases the locking member 35 in a direction to lock the locked member 34.

With the above-described connection configuration, the handle 33 has a degree of freedom that allows the handle 33 to rotate (swing) at an arbitrary angle with respect to the hanger body 31 and hangs down when not in use. Further, as described above, the elastic block 46 is elastically in contact with the hook-shaped locking member 35 and urges the locking member 35 in a direction in which the locking member 35 is locked to the locked member 34. Accordingly, the locking member 35 swings while elastically deforming the elastic block 46, and the handle 33 can smoothly rotate (swing) with respect to the hanger body 31.
The locked members 34 and 35 may be formed of plastic. Further, in this embodiment, a connection structure having a high degree of freedom is provided by a locking configuration between ring-shaped members, but a universal joint system in which a spherical body is fixed on one side and a locking recess is provided on the other side may be employed.

Note that anti-slip coating is applied to both ends of the hanger body 31, thereby forming anti-slip portions 42.
A wooden handle 36 having an anti-slip function is provided at the lower end of the handle 33. A subgrip 38 made of urethane rubber is provided in the middle of the handle 33, and the subgrip 38 is slidably fitted to the handle 33.

When the clothes 11 are hung on the hanger 30, as shown in FIG. 1, the handle 33 is housed inside the clothes 11, and the handle 36 only protrudes downward from the hem of the clothes 11. Is almost intact.
As shown in FIG. 4, the handle 33 is set to a length that allows a person on the wheelchair 22 to easily grasp the handle 36 by hand.

A person on the wheelchair 22 holds the handle 36 of the handle 33 with one hand and the subgrip 38 with the other hand, and pulls the hanger 30 and the clothes 11 closer to him. Then, the hanger 30 is removed from the hanger rail 19, the hanger 30 is hung on the hook 40, and the clothes 11 are removed from the hanger 30 and worn. In this way, even a person riding on the wheelchair 22 can easily take out and wear the clothes 11 stored in the back of the storage main body 12.
In addition, since the subgrip 38 is slidable, the handle 36 and the subgrip 38 can be adjusted to an interval suitable for them.
On the other hand, when the user wants to store in the back of the storage main body 12, the hanger 30 and the clothes 11 can be easily moved by holding the handle 36 and the sub grip 38 and pushing it in with the handle 33.
If it is difficult to see the clothes you want to use because multiple clothes are suspended, you can easily select the clothes you want to use by pulling the hanger rail body 18 so that it protrudes from the front surface with the handle 33. it can.

In the present embodiment, the locker 1 including the hanger 30 having the handle 33 is illustrated, but a configuration having the opening 24 and using a normal hanger may be used. In this case, if the position of the hanger rail 16 is lowered, the usability is further improved.
As described above, the locker according to the present invention is convenient for a person who uses a wheelchair 22 or a cane, and thus can be suitably used in a welfare facility or a defense facility.
In addition, each said specific dimension is an example to the last, Comprising: It is not the meaning limited to this.

It is a perspective view of a hanger in one embodiment of the present invention. It is a perspective view of the state where the door and drawer of the locker in one embodiment of the present invention were opened. It is a perspective view which shows the structure which supports a movable shelf board to a side plate and a partition plate. It is a schematic sectional drawing which shows the use condition at the time of the person who got on the wheelchair taking out clothes. It is an outline sectional view in the state where a hanger rail was pulled out.

Explanation of symbols

2 Locker body 16 Hanger rail 23 Toe part 24 Opening part 25 Opening part 30 Hanger 31 Hanger body 32 Hook 33 Handle 34 Locked member 35 Locking member

Claims (6)

  In a hanger having a hanger body and a hook for hanging the hanger body, one end side is connected to the hanger body so as to be swingable, and when it is not used, it is used for drawing or pushing. A hanger characterized by having a rod-shaped handle.   2. The hanger according to claim 1, wherein the hanger body and the handle include a locked portion provided on the hanger body and a locking member locked to the locked portion provided on the handle. A hanger comprising an elastic body connected by a locking structure and elastically urging in a direction to elastically contact the locking member and lock the locking member to the locked member.   A locker having a box-shaped locker body, a hanger rail provided inside the locker body, and a hanger hung on the hanger rail, wherein the hanger is the hanger according to claim 1 or 2, and the handle However, the locker is characterized in that it has a length that enables a person on the wheelchair to grasp at least the lower end thereof with his / her hand.   4. The rocker according to claim 3, wherein the hanger rail is provided so as to extend in a depth direction of the rocker body, and has a configuration that can slide and extend in the same direction.   5. The locker according to claim 3 or 4, further comprising an opening for receiving a toe portion of a wheelchair below the front surface of the locker body. 6. The locker according to claim 5, wherein a shoe rack that is slidable in the depth direction is provided in the opening.

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