JP2012067507A - Grip bar - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a grip bar capable of being utilized as a laundry pole and excellent in the aspect of good hygiene.SOLUTION: A grip bar 1, to which a shower hook 3 is slidably attached, is installed on a surface of a wall 31 of a bathroom 30 via a suspension member 4 and a support member 5. The shower hook 3 is provided with a rotary mechanism; an extension bar 6 is provided inside the grip bar 1; the suspension member 4 rotatably suspends an upper end 2a of the grip bar 1; and the support member 5 detachably supports a lower end 2b of the grip bar 1. The lower end 2b of the grip bar 1 is detached from the support member 5, and a part of the extension bar 6 is taken out from the inside of the grip bar 1 to cross the inside of the bathroom 30. Thus, the grip bar is turned into a laundry pole 20.

Description

  The present invention relates to a grip bar, and more particularly, to a grip bar installed on a wall surface of a bathroom. The grip bar of the present invention can be used as a laundry basket and has excellent hygiene.

  Various measures have been taken in the bathroom, such as installing handrails and grip bars to prevent users from falling. In addition, it is known to use a bathroom as a drying room by using an air conditioner having a drying function and a clothes rack.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a configuration in which a long bar-shaped member that can be used as a grip bar can be used as a laundry basket by putting it in a horizontal state. With this configuration, it is possible to install a laundry basket whose storage location has become a problem in the bathroom without a sense of incongruity.

JP 2001-123683 A

  However, in the rod-shaped member described in Patent Document 1, the long rod-shaped member is in contact with the bathtub. Therefore, mold may spread from the end of the rod-shaped member in contact with the bathtub to the entire rod-shaped member.

  Moreover, when using the rod-shaped member of patent document 1 as a clothes-drying basket, it is necessary to remove the shower head attached to the rod-shaped member from a rod-shaped member. This is because the shower hook attached to the rod-like member cannot support the shower head by changing the posture from vertical to horizontal.

  Furthermore, when reinforcing a clothes-drying basket (bar-shaped member) with a support bar, such as hanging a heavy object, the shower hook functions as a connection part with the support bar. Therefore, it is necessary to remove the shower head every time the laundry is dried, which takes time. Moreover, the removed shower head is unsanitary because it may cause mold when placed on the floor.

  Then, this invention aims at provision of the grip bar which can be utilized as a clothes-drying basket and was excellent in the sanitation.

  The invention described in claim 1 for solving the above-mentioned problem is that the shower hook is slidably attached, and the shower hook is rotated in the grip bar installed on the wall surface of the bathroom via the suspension member and the support member. Having a mechanism, having an extension bar inside the grip bar, the suspension member suspending the upper end of the grip bar in a rotatable manner, and the support member detachably supporting the lower end of the grip bar, When the lower end of the bar is removed from the support member and a part of the extension bar is taken out from the grip bar and traversed in the bathroom, the grip bar becomes a clothes bar.

  The grip bar installed on the wall of the bathroom is floating from the floor and is excellent in hygiene. However, the grip bar floating from the floor has a short length and does not function as a clothes bar.

  In the grip bar of the present invention, since the extension bar is provided inside the grip bar and a part of the extension bar can be taken out from the inside of the grip bar, a sufficient length as a clothes drying bar can be secured.

  Moreover, the shower hook slidably attached to the grip bar has a rotation mechanism. Therefore, when the grip bar changes from the suspended state to the transverse state, the shower hook can maintain its posture. That is, the grip bar can be changed from the vertical direction to the horizontal direction while the shower head is attached to the shower hook.

  According to the grip bar of the present invention, it can be used as a laundry basket and is excellent in hygiene.

It is a figure which shows the grip bar which concerns on embodiment of this invention, (a) is a front view, (b) is a side view. It is a side view which shows the state which the grip bar of FIG. 1 became a clothes-drying bar. It is a side view which shows the grip bar which concerns on the modification of embodiment of this invention, and shows the state which the grip bars provided in right and left connected, and became a clothes-drying bar.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the grip bar of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In addition, the following description is for facilitating the understanding of the embodiment, and the present invention should not be understood to be limited thereby.

  The grip bar 1 shown in FIG. 1A is attached to a wall 31 in the bathroom 30. The grip bar 1 has a main body 2, a shower hook 3, a suspension member 4, and a support member 5.

  The main body 2 is a long tubular member. The main body 2 incorporates an extension bar 6 as shown in FIG. The extension bar 6 is also a tubular member like the main body 2. The extension bar 6 has a locking stopper 6a for preventing the extension and a tip cover 6b.

  The shower hook 3 includes a slide portion 3a, a support portion 3b, and a bearing 3c (rotation mechanism).

  The slide part 3a is a cylindrical member. The slide portion 3a is attached so as to be slidable in the vertical direction of the main body 2 in FIGS. 1 (a) and 1 (b).

  The support portion 3 b is a hook itself for supporting the shower head 10. The support portion 3b is rotatably attached to the slide portion 3a via a bearing 3c (rotation mechanism). The bearing 3c may be a universal shaft joint or the like.

  That is, the shower head 10 is slidably attached to the main body 2 via the shower hook 3. That is, the shower hook 3 and the main body 2 function as a so-called slide bar.

  The suspension member 4 is a connection member for hanging the main body 2 so as to be rotatable. As the suspension member 4, for example, clevis is preferably used. An upper end 2 a of the main body 2 is attached to the suspension member 4 via a pin 7. The suspension member 4 is fixed to the wall 31 of the bathroom 30.

  The support member 5 is a connection member for supporting the main body 2. The support member 5 has a coupling 5a. A lower end 2b of the main body 2 is attached to the support member 5 via a coupling 5a. When the coupling 5 a is turned and loosened, the lower end 2 b can be removed from the support member 5. The support member 5 is fixed to the wall 31 of the bathroom 30.

  In the grip bar 1 shown in FIG. 1 (b), the lower end 2 b of the main body 2 is removed from the support member 5, and a part of the extension bar 6 is taken out from the lower end 2 b of the main body 2. If the main body 2 or the like is rotated with the suspension member 4 as a fulcrum in this state so that the grip bar 1 is horizontal, the grip bar 1 changes to the posture shown in FIG.

  FIG. 2 shows a state where the grip bar 1 crosses the bathroom 30. The front end cover 6 b of the extension bar 6 is supported by a receptacle 8 provided on the wall 32 of the bathroom 30. That is, the clothes bar 20 is constituted by the main body 2 and the extension bar 6.

  In this state, the shower head 10 is along the vertical direction. That is, the shower head 10 holds the posture of FIGS. 1A and 1B before the grip bar 1 is changed to the clothes bar 20. This is because the shower hook 3 has a bearing 3c.

  Instead of the receptacle 8, a recess or the like may be provided in the wall 32 and used. Alternatively, the extension bar 6 may be pressed against the wall 32 without using the receptacle 8 or the depression, and the clothes-drying bar 20 may be held horizontally by the pressing force.

  FIG. 3 shows a clothes drying bar 50 according to a modification of the embodiment of the present invention. The clothes drying bar 50 is obtained by connecting the extension bars 6 of the grip bars 40 provided on the walls 31 and 32 of the bathroom 30 with a coupling 51. The grip bar 40 can be made shorter than the grip bar 1 by providing the grip bars 1 on both the left and right sides like the clothes drying bar 50. Therefore, handling of the grip bar 40 becomes easy, and the deformation to the clothes bar 50 can be performed smoothly. In addition, in the grip bar 40, about the same structural member as the grip bar 1, it represented with the same code | symbol.

  As for the above-described clothes drying bars 20 and 50, the example in which the suspension member 4 and the support member 5 are fixed to the wall 31 or 32 of the bathroom 30 is shown, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the suspension member 4 and the support member 5 may be moved up and down by a lifting device (not shown). By allowing the suspension member 4 and the support member 5 to move up and down, the heights of the clothes-drying bars 20 and 50 can be freely adjusted. Furthermore, the height of the grip bars 1 and 40 can be freely adjusted by the same configuration. A lifting device (not shown) can be controlled by a control device (not shown) and a wall switch.

1,40 Grip bar 2a Upper end 2b Lower end 3 Shower hook 4 Suspension member 5 Support member 6 Extension bar 20, 50 Drying bar 30 Bathroom 31, 32 Wall

Claims (1)

  The shower hook is slidably attached, and in the grip bar installed on the wall surface of the bathroom via the suspension member and the support member, the shower hook has a rotation mechanism, and has an extension bar inside the grip bar, The suspension member suspends the upper end of the grip bar so as to be rotatable, and the support member removably supports the lower end of the grip bar. The lower end of the grip bar is detached from the support member, and the extension bar is extended from the inside of the grip bar. A grip bar that becomes a clothes bar when a part is taken out and traversed in the bathroom.

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