JP2011045395A - Hanging tool - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a hanging tool having an exposed/retracted hook which does not damage the appearance of the hanging tool at an opening portion for exposing/retracting the hook when the hook is retracted. <P>SOLUTION: The hanging tool includes a case body 1, fixed to a mounted member such as a wall, and a hook 2 provided at the case body 1 and hanging an article, and includes the exposable/retractable hook 2 held in a case body 1. In the hanging tool, the case body 1 includes the opening portion for exposing/retracting the hook, part of the hook 2 configures a lid portion for closing the opening portion when the hook 2 is retracted into the case body 1, and the surface of the lid portion which is exposed to the outside when the opening portion is closed continues to the surface of the case body 1. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a hanging tool.

It is usual to hang articles such as clothes and bags on hooks attached to walls, furniture sides, and the like.
However, if the hook always projects in the same direction, it is difficult to hang depending on the shape and size of the article. Also, even when not in use, the hooks are installed in the room, not only because they get stuck in the way but also look bad.
For this reason, the proposal like patent document 1 is made.
The article suspending tool shown in Patent Document 1 includes a case having an open bottom surface, a guide cylinder housed in the case along the vertical direction, and a hook that is slidably and rotatably inserted into the guide cylinder. A member, a spring material installed in the case, and an operation shaft that penetrates the case and deforms the spring material against its urging force by a pressing operation, and a hook is attached to a lower end of the hook member. And the hook member slides in and out from the lower surface of the case, and the spring material is capable of holding the hook member in a state where the hook is submerged in the case in a normal state. When the material is deformed, the hook member slides downward in the guide tube.
In this hanging tool, it is possible to project the hook from the case and to direct the hook in a direction in which it can be easily hung by simply pressing the operating shaft. Since the hook can be easily stored in the case simply by pushing it up, the appearance is good and there is no worry of catching objects or skin on the hook.

JP 2007-313226 A

However, as a first problem, the hanging tool has an open lower surface and does not look good, and the presence of such an opening part impairs the design applied to the case. For the purpose of suspending an object, it is attached to a relatively high position on a wall or the like and is looked up from below, so that the opening on the lower surface is more conspicuous than necessary.
In particular, before using a hanging tool attached to a wall or the like, the folding hook is retracted for easy handling, but the presence of the opening is even more conspicuous.
In addition, as a second problem, the presence of the opening has allowed foreign matters such as dust, dust, and insects to enter the case. For example, when a hook is pulled out from a hanging tool that has not been used for a long time, cotton dust accumulated in the case may hang down together with the hook, and the clothes hung on the hook may be soiled.
Further, as a third problem, even if the hook is retracted before being attached to a wall or the like, there is a concern that the fingertip may be damaged at the edge of the opening.
The present invention seeks to solve the above problems.

Accordingly, the invention of claim 1 of the present application includes a case main body fixed to a mounting member such as a wall, and a hook that is provided on the case main body and suspends an object, and the hook is housed in the case main body so as to be able to appear and retract. A hanging tool having the following configuration is provided.
That is, the case main body has an opening for allowing the hook to protrude and retract, and when a part of the hook is in the state where the hook is submerged in the case main body, a lid for closing the opening is configured and the opening is closed. The surface of the lid that appears outside in the state forms a surface that is continuous with the surface of the case body.
The invention of claim 2 of the present application is the invention of claim 1 of the present application, wherein the case body is provided with a fixing means for detachably fixing the case body to the mounting member, and the fixing means is made of a metal attachment. There is provided a hanging tool characterized by having a magnet for fixing a case main body to a member for use.
In the invention of claim 3 of the present application, in the invention of claim 1 or 2 of the present application, the case body includes a locking portion, the hook includes a locked portion, and the locked portion is a lid of the hook to be submerged. When the part reaches the opening of the case body, it is locked to the locking part, and the hook holds the hook at the position where the lid is placed in the opening until the locking is released. To do.
In the invention of claim 4 of the present application, in the invention of claim 3 of the present application, one of the locking portion and the locked portion is provided with two branch portions that are bifurcated and extend in the protruding and retracting direction of the hook, The other one of the locking part and the locked part is provided with an intervention part that is coordinated between the two branch parts at least when the hook is in a sunk state, and at least one of the branch parts is moved by the movement of the hook. An interference part that contacts the intervention part is provided, and at least one of the branch parts is elastically deformed by the contact of the intervention part with the interference part when the hook sinks, and the interval between the two parts is widened to the intervention part. After the interference part is passed, the intervention part returns to the original state from the deformation after passing through the interference part, and the interference part prevents the intervention part that has passed through from returning.

In each of the first to fourth aspects of the present invention, a part of the hook constitutes a lid that closes the opening, and when the hook is immersed in the case body, the opening is closed by the lid. can do. The surface of the lid portion that appears outside when the opening is closed forms a surface that is continuous with the surface of the case body, and is designed integrally with the case body as a part of the surface of the case body. be able to.
Therefore, the opening improves the decorativeness of the case body and prevents the case body from being damaged by the opening. Furthermore, by closing the opening, it is possible to prevent foreign matters such as dust, dust, and insects from entering the opening at least during use of the hanging tool. Moreover, there is no fear that the fingertip may be damaged at the edge of the opening by closing the opening.
In particular, the hanger according to the invention of claim 2 of the present application can be detachably attached to a metal attachment member by employing a magnet as the fixing means.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
1A is a perspective view mainly showing a front side in a state where a hook of a hanging tool according to an embodiment of the present invention is exposed, and FIG. 1B is a perspective view showing a state in which the hook is stored. It is. 2A is a perspective view mainly showing the back side of FIG. 1B, and FIG. 2B is a perspective view in which the fixing means is removed from the hanging tool in the state shown in FIG. 2A. 3A is a perspective view in which the hook is housed in the hanging tool in the state shown in FIG. 2B, and FIG. 3B is a state in which the hook is removed from the main body case in the state shown in FIG. It is a disassembled perspective view shown.
In each figure, for convenience of explanation, U indicates the upper side, S indicates the lower side, L indicates the left side, R indicates the right side, F indicates the front side, and B indicates the rear side.
This hanging tool includes a case main body 1, a hook 2, and a fixing means 3.
Hereinafter, the configuration of each unit will be described in detail.

As shown in FIGS. 1 (A), (B) and 2 (A), the case main body 1 has a short cylindrical shape, with the axial direction as the front-rear direction, the front portion 11 covering the front side end portion, and the top, bottom, left and right. The rear side end portion is open, and the hanging member is attached to an attachment member such as a wall, so that the rear side is closed by the attachment member. The case body 1 can be formed of any material such as plastic, metal, wood, ceramic, etc. However, it is particularly preferable to form the case body 1 using plastic for mass production.
An opening 13 is provided at a portion facing the lower side of the side surface portion 12 of the case body 1.
The case main body 1 accommodates the hook 2 and the fixing means 3 therein.
Inside the case body 1, the back surface of the front portion 11 has an intervention portion 14 formed as a protrusion protruding from the back surface as a locking portion, and is formed in a raised state from the back surface, and the hook 2 is raised and lowered. Guide portions 15 and 15 for guiding are provided. The intervention section 14 and the guide section 15 will be described in detail in the description of the operation of the hook 2 later.

The fixing means 3 is fixed in the case body 1 and faces the rear side of the case body 1. Specifically, the fixing means 3 includes a disk-shaped magnet 31, a metal case 32 that covers one end surface (rear end) of the magnet 31 exposed, and the magnet together with the metal case 32. And a fixture 33 to be fixed inside. As the attachment 33, a known one such as a screw or a pin can be adopted.
In this embodiment, the fixture 33 is a screw that penetrates the magnet 31 and the metal case 32. The fixing means 3 is disposed on the guide portions 15 and 15 and the intervention portion 14 (rear end), and the tip of the mounting fixture 33 penetrating the magnet 31 and the metal case 32 is screwed into the intervention portion 14 and fixed. The means 3 is fixed. The guide portions 15, 15 are provided with projecting portions 16, 16 projecting rearward along the fixing means 3 as positioning means for the mounting position of the fixing means 3. Thus, the surface exposed from the metal case of the magnet 31 of the fixing means 3 faces the rear from the rear end of the case main body 1, and the case main body with respect to a metal attachment member such as a door, a locker, or a bookcase. 1 can be detachably fixed.

As shown in FIG. 3B, the hook 2 suspends an object, is formed separately from the case body 1, and protrudes from the inside of the case body 1 toward the opening through the opening 13. The hook 2 includes a lid portion that closes the opening portion 13 when submerged and a sub-lid portion that closes the opening portion 13 when pulled out.
This will be specifically described. The hook 2 includes a hook portion 21 that protrudes and protrudes from the case body 1 and a slide portion 23 that is provided on the base end (upper end) side of the hook portion 21 and slides in the case body 1 as the hook portion 21 protrudes and protrudes. . The hook portion 21 is formed integrally with the slide portion 22. The hook 2 is preferably made of plastic that can be elastically deformed.
As shown in FIG. 3 (B), the hook portion 21 includes a base piece 23 extending rearward from the lower end of the slide portion 22, a trunk piece 24 extending downward from the tip (rear end) of the base piece 23, and a trunk piece. It is comprised by the pocket 25 extended ahead from the front-end | tip (lower end) of 24, and the front-end | tip piece 26 extended upwards from the front-end | tip (front end) of the pocket 25.
As shown in FIGS. 1 (B) and 3 (A), the pocket 25 of the hook portion 21 constitutes the lid portion, and as shown in FIGS. 1 (A) and 2, the base piece 23 is the sub lid portion. Configure.
The lid, that is, the surface of the pocket 25 that appears outside when the opening 13 is closed forms a surface that is continuous with the surface of the case body 1. In this embodiment, the bottom surface of the pocket portion 25 forms a surface continuous with the side surface portion 12 of the case body 1. In front view, it is preferable to form the lower surface of the pocket portion 25 in an arc shape having the same radius as the surface of the side surface portion 12 of the case body 1 forming the outer peripheral surface of the cylinder, but it is not necessary to draw such an arc strictly. Alternatively, it is possible to form a straight line and the left and right end positions coincide with the left and right edges of the opening 13.
The bottom surface of the base piece 23 is the same as the pocket piece 25.
In addition, a concave portion is formed on the back side of the body piece 24 as a finger hook portion 27 when the hook is pulled out.

The slide part 22 is a flat plate-like body, and is arranged so that it can slide up and down along the back surface of the front part 11 of the case body 1 according to the appearance of the hook part 21. The above-described guide portions 15 and 15 are arranged on both the left and right sides of the slide portion 22 and extend along the direction in which the hook protrudes and slides, that is, the slide direction, and guide the slide of the slide portion 22.
At the time of manufacture, after the slide part 22 is arranged between the guide parts 15 and 15, the slide part 22 is held between the guide parts 15 and 15 by attaching the fixing means 3.
The slide portion 22 includes two branch portions 28 and 28 that are divided into two branches and extend upward or downward, that is, upward. The said branch parts 28 and 28 comprise a to-be-latched part.
The interval between the branch portions 28 and 28 is smaller than the left and right widths of the intervention unit 14 described above. However, interfering portions 29 and 29 for narrowing the interval between the branch portions 28 and 28 are provided on the opposing surfaces of the branch portions 28 and 28, respectively. The width between the interference parts 29 and 2 is smaller than the left and right widths of the intervention part 14.
When the slide portion 22 slides upward in accordance with the movement of the hook 2 (the movement of the hook from the state shown in FIGS. 1A and 2 to the state shown in FIGS. 1B and 3A). The intervention part 14 provided in the main body case 1 intervenes between both the branch parts 28 and 28 and presses the interference parts 29 and 29, whereby the both branch parts 28 and 28 are elastically deformed to interfere. The distance between the branch portions 28, 28 provided with the portions 29, 29 is expanded to exceed the interference portions 29, 29. When the intervention unit 14 passes between the interference units 29 and 29, both the branch units 28 and 28 return to the state before the deformation, and the intervention unit 14 cannot return backward due to the interference units 29 and 29. In this way, the locked portion is locked to the locking portion. In this locked state, as shown in FIGS. 1 (B) and 3 (A), the lid, that is, the pocket 25 is located at a position where the opening 13 is closed.
When the opening 13 is closed by the lid, as shown in FIG. 3A, the upper inner surface of the side surface portion 11 of the case body 1 serves as a contact portion, and the tips (upper ends) of the branch portions 28 and 28. It is preferable to abut against 28a, 28a and to prevent the hook from sinking any further.

When the hook portion 21 is pulled out, the hook portion 21 may be pulled out by placing a finger on the above-described finger hook portion 27 in the hanging tool before being attached to the wall. At this time, the slide part 22 moves to the opening side, the interference parts 29 and 29 are pressed again by the intervention part 14, the interval between the branch parts 28 and 28 is expanded, and the intervention part 14 It is possible to go back between the sections 29 and 29. And when the intervention parts 14 and 14 return the interference parts 29 and 29 back, the locking of a locking part and a to-be-latched part is cancelled | released, and the hook part 21 protrudes below from the case main body 1. FIG.
When the hook portion 21 is completely pulled out, as shown in FIGS. 1A and 2, the base body piece 23, which is a sub lid portion, is not exposed below the position where the opening portion 13 is closed. It is preferable that the lower inner side of the one side surface portion 11 serves as a sub-abutting portion and abuts against the lower end 22a of the slide portion 22 to restrict the hook from further protruding downward.

In the above, the locking part on the case body 1 side is the intervention part 14, and the locked part on the hook 2 side is the branch parts 28, 28, but the locking part, that is, the case body 1 side is provided with a branch part, The present invention can be implemented even when the engaged portion, that is, the hook 2 side includes the intervention portion 14.
In the above description, the main body case 1 is circular when viewed from the front. However, the main body case 1 may be oval, oval, or a combination of a circle and a straight line. In addition, as the shape of the main body case 1 when viewed from the front, a triangle, a quadrangle, a polygon more than a pentagon, or other shapes can be adopted.
In addition to the magnet, the fixing means 3 can also be implemented as having a scissors that can pierce the wall.

  4A and 4B, the opening 13 may extend not only to the side surface 12 of the case body 1 but also to the front surface 11, and in this case, a part of the hook 2 (the tip) The portion 26) may be provided so as to cover the portion of the opening 13 on the case body 1 front portion 11 side.

(A) is a perspective view which mainly shows the front side of the state which exposed the hook of the hanging tool which concerns on one embodiment of this invention, (B) is a perspective view which shows the state which accommodated the hook. (A) is the perspective view which mainly shows the back side of FIG. 1 (B), (B) is the perspective view which removed the fixing means from the hanging tool of the state shown to (A). (A) is the perspective view which accommodated the hook in the hanging tool of the state shown to FIG. 2 (B), (B) is an exploded perspective view which shows the state which removed the hook from the main body case of the state shown to (A). (A) is a perspective view of other embodiment, (B) is a perspective view of further another embodiment.

1 Case body 2 Hook 3 Fixing means

Claims (4)

In a hanging tool comprising a case main body fixed to a mounting member such as a wall, and a hook that is provided on the case main body and suspends an object, and the hook is housed in the case main body so that the hook can freely move in and out.
The case body has an opening to make the hook appear and disappear,
When a part of the hook is in a state in which the hook is submerged in the case main body, a lid portion that closes the opening is configured,
The hanging tool characterized in that the surface of the lid portion that appears to the outside in a state where the opening portion is closed forms a surface that is continuous with the surface of the case body. The case body is provided with fixing means for detachably fixing the case body to the mounting member,
2. The suspension device according to claim 1, wherein the fixing means includes a magnet for fixing the case main body to the metal mounting member. The case body has a locking part, the hook has a locked part,
The locked portion is to be locked to the locking portion when the lid portion of the hook to be submerged reaches the opening of the case body, and the lid portion is held until the locking is released by the locking. The hanging tool according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the hook is held at a position to be arranged in the opening. One of the locking part and the locked part is provided with two branch parts that are divided into two and extend in the direction in which the hook protrudes and the other of the locking part and the locked part is at least hooked. It has an intervention part that coordinates between both branches when in a state,
At least one of the branch portions includes an interference portion that comes into contact with the intervention portion by the movement of the hook.
When the hook sinks, the intervention part comes into contact with the interference part, so that at least one of the branch parts is elastically deformed, widens the interval between the two parts and allows the intervention part to pass through the interference part. 4. The hanging tool according to claim 3, wherein after passing through the interference part, the interference part returns to the original state from the deformation and prevents the intervention part that has passed through from returning.

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