JP2009183533A - Connection method of chair - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a connection method of chairs which is capable of mitigating close and uncomfortable feeling of persons sitting on the left/right adjacent to each other, securing a space for placing small baggages such as handbags, improving the usability by facilitating the take-in/out of articles and eliminating any possibility of damage when an article falls from an article storage shelf. <P>SOLUTION: At least two chairs each of which includes pairs of left/right front legs 3 and 3 and rear legs 4 and 4 for supporting a seat part 2, and is formed by connecting lower parts of the left/right front legs 3 and rear legs 4 by crosspieces 5 facing in the cross direction respectively, are disposed adjacently in the left/right direction, and the adjoining crosspieces 5 and 5 of the left/right chairs 1 and 1 are connected by an article mount shelf 6. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a chair connection method used in, for example, a wedding hall, a party hall, a conference room, an art museum, a museum, or the like.

Some conventional chairs are provided with an article storage shelf below a seat supported by a pair of left and right front and rear legs. A small piece of baggage is placed on the article storage shelf temporarily. (See Patent Documents 1 and 2).
Moreover, what connected two chairs adjacent in the left-right direction is also well-known (refer patent document 3).

However, the chairs described in Patent Documents 1 and 2 are both articles such as handbags and file boxes that are long in the left-right direction and up-down direction and short in the front-rear direction, or long in the front-rear direction and up-down direction. Not only can an article having a specific shape, such as an article having a short left-right direction, be stood up, but it is also cumbersome to put in and out of the article, which is inconvenient.
Further, when the position of the article storage shelf is higher than the chair installation surface such as the floor surface, if the article is broken, there is a concern that the article is easily damaged when it falls from the article storage shelf.

Further, in the above-mentioned Patent Document 3, the space between the neighbors seated in the connected left and right chairs is narrow and not only feels cramped, but there is no place for small baggage, which is inconvenient. There was a problem that.
Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 7-20898 Utility Model Registration No. 3043368 JP 2007-289552 A

  In view of the above-mentioned present situation, the present invention can relieve the feeling of cramping between neighbors seated on the left and right, secure a place for small items such as handbags, and easily carry in and out articles. It is an object of the present invention to provide a chair connection method that can improve the usability and can eliminate the risk of damage when an article falls from an article storage shelf.

  As described in the respective claims in the column “Claims”, the above-described problems are solved by the invention having the following configuration.

(1) A chair that includes a pair of left and right front legs and rear legs on which a seat is supported, and that connects the lower portions of the left and right front legs and rear legs with horizontal rails facing in the front-rear direction, at least in the left-right direction. Two units are arranged adjacent to each other, and the adjacent horizontal rails of these left and right chairs are connected by an article placement shelf.

(2) In the above item (1), the side rails adjacent to the left and right chairs are placed on the article placement shelf so that an article storage space having a long front-rear direction and a vertical direction and a short left-right direction is formed. Connect with mounting shelf.

(3) In the above-mentioned item (1) or (2), the latching portion that is detachably latched on the horizontal rails adjacent to the left and right chairs on the left and right upper ends extending in the front-rear direction of the article placement shelf. Is provided.

(4) In any one of the above items (1) to (3), the lower end of the article placement shelf can be grounded on a chair installation surface such as a floor surface.

(5) In the above item (4), by bending the front and rear end portions of the article placement shelf downward, respectively, the lower end of the bent portion can be grounded on a chair installation surface such as a floor surface. To do.

According to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.
According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the horizontal rails of the chairs adjacent to the left and right are connected by the article placement shelf, the left and right chairs are separated according to the left and right widths of the article placement shelf. This makes it possible to relieve the feeling of cramping between neighbors seated on the left and right, and to secure a place for small items such as handbags.
In addition, since the front-rear direction between the left and right chairs is open, articles can be easily put in and out from the front-rear direction, and usability can be improved.
Furthermore, since the article placement shelf is connected between the horizontal rails at the lower part of the left and right front legs and rear legs, the distance between the article placement shelf and the chair installation surface such as the floor is close, and the article It is possible to eliminate the risk of damage when the item falls from the article storage shelf.

  According to the invention described in claim 2, the horizontal rails adjacent to the left and right chairs are placed on the article placement shelf so that an article storage space having a long front-rear direction and a vertical direction and a short left-right direction is formed. Since they are connected with a shelf, articles having a specific shape such as a handbag or a file box can be easily accommodated in an upright state.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the hooking portions that are detachably hooked on the horizontal rails adjacent to the left and right chairs are provided, the article mounting shelf can be easily attached to the horizontal rails.

  According to the invention of claim 4, since the lower end of the article placement shelf can be grounded on a chair installation surface such as a floor surface, the article placement shelf does not swing, Stabilization can be achieved, and the load on the horizontal rail can be reduced.

  According to the invention described in claim 5, by bending the front and rear end portions of the article placement shelf downward, respectively, the lower end of the bent portion can be grounded on a chair installation surface such as a floor surface. Therefore, the same effect as that of the fourth aspect can be obtained.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
1 is a perspective view showing a method of connecting chairs according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of an article placement shelf, FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line III-III in FIG. FIG. 2 is a front view of FIG. 1.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the chair 1 includes a seat 2, a pair of left and right front legs 3, 3, and rear legs 4, 4 that support the front and rear of the seat 2, and the left and right front legs 3, 3, and rear. It is comprised by the crosspieces 5 and 5 which face the front-back direction which each connects the lower part with the legs 4 and 4.

  The chair 1 is arranged across a plurality (two in the illustrated embodiment) adjacent to each other in the left-right direction, and an article placement shelf 6 is arranged between the left and right chairs 1, 1. It is installed.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the article mounting shelf 6 is entirely formed of wires, and has a plurality of receiving members 7 that are bent upward in a substantially U-shape and arranged side by side in the front-rear direction. The upper end is fixed to a pair of left and right frames 8, 8 extending in the front-rear direction by welding, thereby forming a vertically long saucer in the front-rear direction.

In addition, hook-shaped hooking portions 9 and 9 that are bent outward in the left-right direction are provided at the left and right upper ends of the receiving members 7 that are positioned at both ends in the front-rear direction, respectively.
These hooking portions 9 are hooked on the front and rear of the opposite side bars 5, 5 between the left and right chairs 1, 1, and the adjacent side bars 5, 5 in the left and right chairs 1, 1 are connected to each other. The left and right chairs 1 and 1 are connected by connecting with the article placement shelf 6.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the article placement shelf 6 is disposed on the lower part of the front leg 3 and the rear leg 4 between the left and right chairs 1, 1, so Located close to the height.
As a result, on the article placement shelf 6 between the left and right chairs 1, as shown by imaginary lines in FIGS. A space S is formed.

That is, since the horizontal rails 5 and 5 of the chairs 1 and 1 adjacent to the left and right are connected with the article placement shelf 6, the width between the left and right chairs 1 and 1 is set to the left and right width of the article placement shelf 6. Accordingly, it is possible to relieve the feeling of cramping between neighbors seated on the left and right, and to secure a place for small items such as handbags.
In addition, since the front-rear direction between the left and right chairs 1, 1 is open, the articles can be easily put in and out from the front-rear direction, and the usability can be improved.
Further, since the article placement shelf 6 is connected between the horizontal rails 5 and 5 at the lower portions of the left and right front legs 3 and rear legs 4, the article placement shelf 6 and the chair installation surface F such as the floor surface are connected to each other. The distance between them is close, and it is possible to eliminate the fear of damage when the article falls from the article storage shelf 6.

The receiving members 7 and 7 at both front and rear ends of the article placement shelf 6 are further bent downward to form bent portions 10 and 10, and lower ends 10 a of these bent portions 10. However, it can be grounded on a chair installation surface F such as a floor surface.
Therefore, the article placement shelf 6 disposed between the left and right chairs 1 and 1 does not swing, the article placement shelf 6 can be stabilized, and the load weight of the articles can be reduced. It is possible to reduce the burden on the adjacent horizontal bars 5 and 1.

Further, the front legs 3 and the rear legs 4 are provided so as to be inclined so that the space between the left and right front legs 3 and 3 and the rear legs 4 and 4 are expanded from the upper side to the lower side.
Therefore, when not in use, the article mounting shelf 6 can be removed and the plurality of chairs 1 can be stacked.

It is a perspective view which shows the connection system of the chair in one Embodiment of this invention. It is an expansion perspective view of an article mounting shelf. It is sectional drawing in the III-III line of FIG. It is a front view of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Chair 2 Seat part 3 Front leg 4 Rear leg 5 Horizontal rail 6 Article mounting shelf 7 Receiving member 8 Frame 9 Hanging part 10 Bending part 10a Lower end F Floor surface (chair installation surface)
S Goods storage space

Claims (5)

  A pair of left and right front legs and rear legs on which a seat is supported, and at least two chairs adjacent to each other in the left-right direction are connected to the lower portions of the left and right front legs and rear legs by horizontal rails facing in the front-rear direction. The connecting method of the chairs, characterized in that the adjacent horizontal rails of the left and right chairs are connected to each other with an article placement shelf.   The adjacent horizontal rails of the left and right chairs are connected with the article placement shelf so that an article storage space having a long front-rear direction and a vertical direction and a short left-right direction is formed on the article placement shelf. Chair connection method.   The chair connection method according to claim 1, wherein a latching portion that is detachably latched on a horizontal rail adjacent to the left and right chairs is provided at both left and right upper ends extending in the front-rear direction of the article placement shelf.   The chair connection system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a lower end of the article mounting shelf can be grounded on a chair installation surface such as a floor surface.   The chair connecting method according to claim 4, wherein the front and rear ends of the article mounting shelf are bent downward, respectively, so that the lower end of the bent portion can be grounded on a chair installation surface such as a floor surface. .

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