JP2006109916A - Frame fitting - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a frame fitting which can securely install an installed object such as photograph, drawing, mirror on a wall surface and which can easily replace such installed object, and also can freely change the orientation of the items installed on the wall surface to both vertical and horizontal directions. <P>SOLUTION: The frame fitting is for installing a main body frame 2 which holds the installed object 4 between itself and a pressurizing member 1 on a wall surface W and is composed of a rectangular back panel 3 which is fitted to an angular opening section 6 of the main body frame 2 in an attachable and detachable manner and an installing panel 5 which is installed on the wall surface W. An engagement portion 15 engageable with the installing panel 5 are provided on the back surface of the back panel 3. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a fixture for attaching a mirror or a frame (frame body) holding a photograph or a picture to a wall surface.

As a structure for attaching a mirror to a wall surface of a bathroom or the like, for example, as disclosed in Patent Document 1, one using a hook-shaped fixing bracket for attachment is widely known.
In Patent Document 1, a lower bracket that supports the lower end of the mirror and an upper bracket that supports the upper end of the mirror are fixed at four predetermined positions on each pair of wall surfaces, and long holes are provided in the upper bracket, After fitting the lower end of the mirror into the lower fitting with the fitting raised upward along the elongated hole, the upper fitting is lowered and engaged with the upper end of the mirror.
However, mounting with such a fixing bracket is uncertain because the upper bracket that fixes the upper end of the mirror moves up and down through the long hole, and fixing to support and fix the mirror on the wall surface It was difficult to position and fix the metal fittings, and the mirror mounting work was complicated.

  On the other hand, a frame is generally used as means for attaching to a wall surface of a picture or a photograph. For example, as disclosed in Patent Document 2, a picture, a photograph, or the like is sandwiched between a frame and a back plate, and the frame itself is attached by hanging a hanging strap attached to the back surface to a stopper on a wall surface or the like. It has become. In addition, the back plate is detachably locked by a plurality of holding members (rotating pieces) attached to the periphery of the frame. When replacing a stored photograph or painting, the frame is removed from the wall surface, and the back holding member After rotating and removing the back plate, it is done from the back side.

However, with a frame having such a structure, the handling of the holding member is cumbersome and it is difficult to exchange photos and paintings. Since it is defined by the mounting position, there is a problem that it takes time to change the mounting direction (vertical position / horizontal position) to the wall surface according to a picture or a photograph.
Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 3-129362 JP 2004-230186 A

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and can reliably attach the stored items such as photographs, paintings, and mirrors to the wall surface, and can easily replace these stored items, and can also be mounted on the wall surface. An object of the present invention is to provide a frame fixture that can easily change the orientation to either a vertical position or a horizontal position.

  That is, the present invention according to claim 1 is a fixture for attaching a main body frame for sandwiching a stored item between the main body frame and the pressure member to a wall surface, and is detachably fitted to the opening of the main body frame. It is composed of a rectangular back plate to be worn and a mounting plate attached to a wall surface, and an engaging portion that can be engaged with the mounting plate is provided on the back plate.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the frame fixture according to the first aspect, the back plate has a square shape, and the engaging portion is provided on any one side.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the frame fixture according to the first aspect, the engaging portions are provided on two adjacent sides of the back plate.

  Further, in the present invention described in claim 4, in the frame fixture according to any one of claims 1 to 3, the edge of the back plate is engaged with the opening step portion of the main body frame, The stored item is arranged on the upper surface, and the back plate is fixed to the main body frame by the upper surface being pressed by the pressure-control member.

  Further, the present invention described in claim 5 is the frame fixture according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the mounting plate includes a pin hole for pinning, and The pin hole is formed in an oblique direction with respect to the wall surface.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the main body frame and the mounting plate are detachable by the engagement mechanism, the main body frame is removed from the wall surface in order to replace stored items such as photographs, paintings, and mirrors. Easy to do.

According to the invention of claim 2 or claim 3, in addition to the above effects, the mounting direction of the main body frame to the wall surface can be freely and easily changed between the vertical position and the horizontal position. It can handle a variety of storage items and is extremely convenient.
In particular, as in the configuration described in claim 2, by making the shape of the back plate square, the back plate can be attached to the main body frame vertically and horizontally, and by rotating the attachment direction of the back plate 90 ° The position / lateral position can be freely attached, and the engagement mechanism of the back plate to the attachment plate can be simplified.

  According to the invention of claim 4, in addition to the above effects, the back plate and the stored item can be securely fixed to the main body frame.

  Further, according to the invention described in claim 5, by using the pin for attachment to the wall surface, the wall surface can be easily attached to the gypsum board cloth wall without inadvertently damaging the wall, and the pin Since the bracket is struck diagonally, the mounting plate is securely fixed to the wall surface, and the main body frame can be securely attached to the wall surface.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of a frame fixture according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The frame mounting tool of this embodiment is applied to a wall-mounted mirror that houses a mirror inside and is attached to an indoor wall surface.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the wall-mounted mirror 20 includes, for example, a synthetic resin body frame 2 that houses and holds the mirror 4 between the front-side pressure member 1 made of a transparent acrylic resin plate, and the like. The synthetic resin back plate 3 is detachably fitted to the square opening 6 of the main body frame 2 and the synthetic resin square mounting plate 5 is fixed to the wall surface W. The back plate 3 and the mounting plate 5 constitute a frame mounting tool of the present invention.

  In this embodiment, the shape of the back plate 3 is a square, and a convex depression 10 facing toward the side 3a as shown in FIG. 4 is formed on the back surface (on the side facing the wall surface W). The engaging pieces 10a and 10a are provided on both edges of the convex portion to constitute the engaging portion 15 to which the L-shaped engaging protrusions 11 and 11 of the mounting plate 5 are engaged. In addition, pin holes 12 are formed obliquely with respect to the wall surface W at four locations on the mounting plate 5, and a double-sided tape 14 for temporary fixing is attached to the surface facing the wall surface W. Yes.

In order to assemble the wall-mounted mirror 20 having the above-described configuration, first, the back plate 3 is dropped into the square opening 6 from the front surface of the main body frame 2 and fitted, as shown in FIGS. At this time, the engagement portion 15 (engagement piece 10 a) of the back plate 3 is set to face the short side of the main body frame 2. By fitting the back plate 3 into the square opening 6, the edge of the back plate 3 is held in a state of being engaged with the opening step 2b.
Next, the mirror 4 is disposed on the upper surface of the back plate 3. The mirror 4 can be fitted to the outer step portion 2a of the main body frame 2, and the frame surface and the mirror surface of the main body frame 2 are positioned on the same plane by fitting the mirror 4 to the outer step portion 2a. Can be made.
Next, the pressure control member 1 made of a transparent acrylic resin plate is disposed on the upper surface of the mirror 4. The pressure control member 1 is a rectangular flat plate having the same dimensions as the main body frame 2, and the four corners thereof are fixed to the main body frame 2 with the assembled screws 7. That is, the male screw 7a is inserted from the back side of the main body frame 2 and tightened by the female screw 7b from the front side.

In the above structure, since the back plate 3 and the stored item 4 are sandwiched and fixed between the pressure control member 1 and the main body frame 2, the fixing strength of the stored item 4 inside the main body frame 2 is high, and of course paintings and photographs can be used. In addition, even a relatively heavy storage item 4 such as a mirror can be reliably held and fixed without being loose when stored in the body frame 2.
In the present embodiment, a flat plate material that suppresses the entire surface of the main body frame 2 is used as the suppression member 1. In particular, when the storage 4 is a mirror, only the peripheral edge is suppressed. A frame material may be used.

Subsequently, the attachment plate 5 is attached to the wall surface W. First, the mounting plate 5 is temporarily fixed to a desired location on the wall surface W by the double-sided tape 14 on the back surface. When the attachment target is a gypsum board cloth wall, the pin hole 12 provided in the attachment plate 5 can be used, and the pin 9 can be fixed at four places on the top, bottom, left and right. Each pin hole 12 is formed in an oblique direction with respect to the wall surface W, and the pin 9 is driven obliquely along the pin hole 12. Thereby, loosening of the pin can be prevented, and the fixing of the mounting plate 5 to the wall surface W is ensured.
In the case of a wooden wall surface or the like, the screw holes 13 of the mounting plate 5 can be used, and the left and right portions can be screwed with wood screws. Moreover, the attachment by an adhesive agent is also possible.

Next, the wall-mounted mirror 20 that has been assembled is attached to the mounting plate 5 fixed to the wall surface W. As shown in FIG. 4, the engagement pieces 10 a and 10 a of the back plate 3 are engaged with the engagement protrusions 11 and 11 of the attachment plate 5, and the engagement portion 15 is attached to the distal end portion 11 a of the engagement protrusion 11. The main body frame 2 is pulled downward until the end portion 15a comes into contact, and the wall-hanging mirror 20 is held in the vertical position with respect to the wall surface W.
In this attached state, the convex abutting portions 8 provided on the back surface of the back plate 3 abut against the wall surface W to support the four corners of the back plate 3, so that the wall-mounted mirror 20 attached to the wall surface W is inadvertently rattled. There is nothing.

As described above, the wall-hanging mirror 20 can be detachably and reliably attached to the wall surface W by the engagement between the engagement protrusion 11 of the attachment plate 5 and the engagement piece 10 a of the back plate 3. Moreover, the attachment strength to the wall surface W is high, and the main body frame 2 can be securely fixed to the wall surface W even when the storage item 4 having a weight larger than that of a picture or photograph is stored like a mirror.
In addition, there is no need for a hanging strap in the case of a conventional frame, a stopper on the wall surface side, or an upper metal fitting or a lower metal fitting in the case of a mirror, so that the appearance when attached to the wall surface is very refreshing.

  If the back plate 3 and the mounting plate 5 are detachable, cleaning of the pressure member 1 and the mirror 4 or replacement of the stored items 4 can be easily performed by removing the main body frame 2 from the wall surface W. Since the stored item 4 can be taken in and out from the front surface of the main body frame 2, the stored item 4 can be exchanged even when the main body frame 2 is held on the wall surface W.

In addition, in the present embodiment, since the shape of the back plate 3 is a square, when it is desired to change the mounting direction of the main body frame 2 on the wall surface W, as shown in FIG. If the attachment direction is rotated by 90 °, it will be attached in the horizontal position. In other words, the back plate 3 may be reattached to the square opening 6 of the main body frame 2 so that the engagement piece 10 a of the back plate 3 faces the long side of the main body frame 2.
As described above, in this embodiment, the mounting direction of the back plate 3 can be set to any of the vertical position / horizontal position by simply rotating the back plate 3 by 90 °, and can be freely handled by the stored items 4. The engagement mechanism for the three mounting plates 5 can be simplified.

  Further, in order to make the mounting direction of the main body frame 2 to the wall surface W vertically / horizontal, in addition to the above structure, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the back plate 3 (the shape of the back plate 3 may be rectangular). (Good) adjacent two sides 3a, 3b (long side and short side of the main body frame 2) are provided with engaging portions 15, respectively, and each engaging portion 15 is selectively used according to the mounting direction. Also good. The structure of each engaging portion 15 is the same as that shown in FIG. FIG. 6 shows the attachment in the vertical position, and FIG. 7 shows the attachment in the horizontal position. In the case of this configuration, the main body frame 2 and the back plate 3 can be integrated.

  Further, the mounting plate 5 is attached to the wall surface W by pinning or screwing using the pin hole 12 or the screw hole 13 as described above. However, as shown in FIGS. A ring-shaped hooking portion 16 may be provided on one end side, and the hooking portion 16 may be hooked and held on a hook fitting or the like on the wall surface W.

  As described above, in the frame fixture of the present embodiment, the wall-mounted mirror 20 in which the mirror 4 is accommodated in the main body frame 2 has been described. However, the present invention can be applied to a frame that accommodates paintings and photographs in addition to the mirror 4. Of course.

The front view of the wall-mounted mirror to which this invention was applied. The back view which shows the vertical attachment of a wall-mounted mirror. The longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows the structure of the wall hanging mirror, and the attachment to a wall surface. The figure which shows the engagement mechanism of the back plate and mounting plate of a wall-mounted mirror. The back view which shows horizontal mounting of a wall-mounted mirror same as the above. The back view which shows the vertical attachment of the wall-mounted mirror different from FIG. The back view which shows horizontal mounting of a wall-mounted mirror same as the above.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Pressure control member 2 Main body frame 2b Opening step part 3 Back plate 4 Storage thing (mirror, painting, photograph)
5 Mounting plate 6 Opening (square opening)
9 pin 12 pin hole 15 engaging part W wall surface

Claims (5)

An attachment for attaching a main body frame for sandwiching a stored item between the pressure member and a wall surface,
A rectangular back plate that is detachably fitted to the opening of the main body frame, and a mounting plate that is attached to a wall surface, and an engaging portion that can be engaged with the mounting plate is provided on the back plate. A frame fixture characterized by being provided. The frame mounting tool according to claim 1, wherein the back plate has a square shape, and the engaging portion is provided on any one side. The frame fixture according to claim 1, wherein the engaging portions are provided on two adjacent sides of the back plate. The edge of the back plate is engaged with the opening step portion of the main body frame, the stored item is disposed on the upper surface thereof, and the upper surface is pressed by the pressure control member, whereby the back plate is fixed to the main body frame. The frame fixture according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the frame fixture is provided. 5. The mounting plate according to claim 1, wherein the mounting plate includes a pin hole for pinning, and the pin hole is formed in an oblique direction with respect to the wall surface. The frame fixture according to the crab.

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