JP2014090859A - Furniture - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide furniture saving a space in an office or the like by effectively disposing a plurality of chairs at one place.SOLUTION: The furniture includes: a desk 2 having a top board 20 and legs 21 at substantially center of the top board 20; and four chairs 3, 3, ... can be stored under the top board 20 and having a same quadrilateral shape being long in one direction in plan view. When the four chairs 3, 3, ... are stored under the desk 2, surfaces having short sides α and surfaces having long sides β are brought into contact, with their flush with each other. The short sides α and the long sides β are joined on a straight line so as to form a substantial square surrounding the legs 21, 21, ... of the desk 2.

Description

  The present invention relates to furniture comprising a desk having a top board and legs and a plurality of chairs.

  Conventionally, a chair having a substantially cubic shape and having a caster at the bottom and movable is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1), and a plurality of such chairs are arranged around a desk in an office or the like. Some work furniture is used by multiple people.

Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2005-46251 (page 4, FIG. 1)

  However, furniture such as that disclosed in Patent Document 1 is often used by moving the chair to various places in the room because of the versatility of the chair. There was a problem of becoming.

  The present invention has been made paying attention to such problems, and an object thereof is to provide furniture that saves space in an office or the like by effectively arranging a plurality of chairs in one place. .

In order to solve the above problems, the furniture of the present invention is:
A furniture comprising: a top plate, a desk having legs at substantially the center of the top plate, and four chairs that can be stored under the top plate and have a rectangular shape in plan view that is a long rectangle on one side,
The chair has a substantially square shape that surrounds the leg of the desk by bringing the short side and the long side into contact with each other at the same time and aligning the short side and the long side on a straight line. It is characterized by becoming.
According to this feature, the four chairs having the same shape in plan view abut the surface having the short side and the surface having the long side flush with each other and store the short side and the long side on a straight line. By combining them, it becomes a substantially square that surrounds the legs of the desk, so that the chair can be effectively put together in one place when not in use, and space saving in the room can be achieved. Moreover, since the shape of the chair at the time of storage becomes a substantially square centering on a desk, it is excellent in aesthetics.

The chair includes casters at four corners thereof, the leg of the desk extends vertically from the approximate center of the top plate toward the floor surface, and includes a grounding leg extending radially in four directions at the lower end. It is characterized by that.
According to this feature, the chair can be smoothly moved by the casters provided at the four corners, and the caster hits the grounding leg of the desk, so that it can be used as a guide for the position of the chair during storage.

The grounding leg of the desk has a size that does not contact the casters respectively disposed at corners of a substantially square in the overall shape when the chair is stored.
According to this feature, the grounding legs of the desk do not interfere with the casters of the chairs arranged at the respective corners of the overall shape when stored, and the overall shape of the chair can be made into an accurate substantially square shape.

The height is designed so that the grounding leg of the desk and the bottom surface of the chair do not contact each other.
According to this feature, since the chair can pass over the grounding leg of the desk, the chair can be moved very easily during use and storage.

It is a perspective view which shows the furniture in an Example. It is a side view which similarly shows furniture. It is a top view which similarly shows furniture. It is a partially expanded view which shows storage of the 1st chair among the storage procedures of a chair. It is a partially expanded view which shows storage of the 2nd chair among the storage procedures of a chair.

  EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION The form for implementing the furniture which concerns on this invention is demonstrated below based on an Example.

  1 is furniture mainly used in an office or the like to which the present invention is applied, and is mainly composed of a desk 2 and chairs 3, 3,. First, the desk 2 will be described. The desk 2 is mainly composed of a top plate 20 (see FIG. 4) having a substantially square shape in plan view and substantially U-shaped legs 21, 21,... That support the top plate 20.

  Although not described in detail here, an opening that penetrates the top plate 20 and its cover 20a are provided in the approximate center of the top plate 20, so that it can be used when passing a power cable or the like of a desk appliance. It has become.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the substantially U-shaped legs 21, 21,... That support the top plate 20 are formed from the hollow base 21a and the arm 210 from the upper end of the base 21a and the lower end. Each arm 210 is fixed to the bottom surface of the top plate 20 by a bolt (not shown). In order to increase the strength of the desk 2, the arm portions 210, 210,... Are preferably fixed to the top plate 20 with their protruding directions directed to the corner portions of the top plate.

  Further, the grounding legs 211, 211,... Are provided with a plurality of rubber feet 60, 60,.

  Next, the chair 3 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3. The chair 3 mainly includes a rectangular parallelepiped base portion 30 and a cushion portion 31 fixed to the upper surface of the base portion 30 with a bolt or the like, which will be described later. The casters 50, 50,... Respectively provided at the four corners of the lower plate 30b of the base 30 are smoothly movable.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the base 30 has a substantially U-shaped partition member 30c provided between the upper plate 30a and the lower plate 30b, and the opposite of the partition member 30c in the longitudinal direction. The support plate 30d disposed on the side is sandwiched and fixed respectively. The space partitioned by the partition member 30c can be used as the storage portion A that stores, for example, a bag, and the space between the partition member 30c and the support plate 30d can be used as the storage portion B.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the chair 3 is arranged in the center of the side of the desk 2 when in use and can be used on the desk 2 (see FIG. 1), and a plurality of chairs 3, 3,. By bringing all of them close to each other with the leg of the top plate as the center, the shape in plan view becomes the shape of the desk 2, that is, a square. Furthermore, the sum of the dimensions of the short side α and the long side β of the chair 3 is designed to be slightly shorter than the dimension γ of one side of the top plate 20 of the desk 2, and the chair 3 protrudes from the top plate 20 when stored. There is nothing.

  When the chair 3 is stored, the grounding legs 211, 211,... Of the desk 2 are designed so as not to contact the casters 50, 50, 50, 50 respectively disposed at the corners of the overall shape when the chair 3 is stored. Thus, the grounding legs 211, 211,... Of the desk 2 do not interfere with the storage of the chair 3.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the lower plate 30 b of the chair 3 is positioned above the caster 50 of the classic chair 3, and the lower plate 30 b is placed on the desk 2 when the chair 3 is stored. It is designed to be positioned higher than the height dimension of the grounding leg 211.

  Next, an efficient storing procedure of the chair 3 will be described with reference to FIGS. Here, a case where the chair 3A is selected as the chair to be stored first will be described as an example. First, as shown in FIG. 4A, the user moves the first chair 3A to the grounding leg 211A side, pushes the chair 3 further to the leg 21 side, and between the casters 50A and 50B. It moves so that 211A may enter.

  Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 4B, the chair 3A is moved to the grounding leg 211B side, the caster 50A is brought into contact with the grounding leg 211B, and this contact is used as an installation position and a guideline. . Thus, the installation position of the first chair 3 serving as a reference at the time of storage can be roughly determined, and the arrangement of the chair 3 stored later can be simplified.

  Then, after the user roughly sets the installation position of the first chair 3A in this way, the surface having the long side dimension β of the first chair 3A and the second chair 3A as shown in FIG. The surface having the short side dimension α of the chair 3B is brought close to the surface having the short side dimension α of the first chair 3A and the surface having the long side dimension β of the second chair 3B. The chair 3B is moved until being flush with each other to complete the placement of the second chair 3B. Further, by arranging the third and fourth chairs in the same manner as the second chair 3B described above, the chairs 3, 3,.

  The chairs A and B are configured so that the upper plate 30a and the lower plate 30b are close to each other. For example, the partition member 30c and the support plate 30d are disposed outside the edge portions of the upper plate 30a and the lower plate 30b. You may design so that it may protrude and the partition material 30c and the support plate 30d may be contact | abutted.

  Furthermore, the case where the chair 3A is selected as the chair to be stored first has been described as an example. However, the chair to be stored at the beginning may be selected, or may not be a mode of storing one by one. It may be arranged after roughly arranging the chairs 3, 3,. Needless to say, the arrangement of the chairs is not limited to the direction shown so far, and may be housed in the opposite direction around the desk legs 21, 21,...

  As described above, the furniture 1 of the present invention has a plurality of chairs 3, 3,... Facing a surface having a short side dimension α and a surface having a long side dimension β when the desk 2 is stored below. .., And the short side and the long side are aligned with each other to form a substantially square surrounding the legs 211, 211,... Of the desk 2, so that the chairs 3, 3,. It is possible to effectively put together in one place around the periphery, and it is possible to achieve indoor space saving. Moreover, since the shape of the chairs 3, 3,.

  In addition, since the height is designed so that the grounding leg 211 of the desk 2 and the bottom surface of the chair 3 do not contact each other, the chair 3 can pass over the grounding leg 211 of the desk. The chair 3 can be moved very easily during storage.

  Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described with reference to the drawings, the specific configuration is not limited to these embodiments, and modifications and additions within the scope of the present invention are included in the present invention. It is.

  For example, in the above-described embodiment, the user brings the chair 3 close to the base 21a of the leg 21 while guiding the caster 50 to the side surface of the grounding leg 211, and serves as a guide for the installation position of the chair 3 during storage. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, a guide pole is provided on the bottom surface of the corner of the chair 3 at a height that does not interfere with the caster 50 and the guide pole is brought into contact with the ground leg 211 to install the chair 3. You may make it serve as a standard of a position.

  When the chair 3 is completely stored, that is, when the overall shape of the chairs 3, 3,... Becomes substantially square, the longitudinal surfaces of the four chairs 3, 3,. .. May be designed so as to abut against the base portions 21a, 21a,... Respectively, according to this, for example, when the chair 3A is moved to the ground leg 211B side as shown in FIG. Since the chair 3 is positioned at a predetermined position with the longitudinal surface in contact with the base 21a of the table leg 21, the installation position of the chair 3 during storage can be determined, and the chairs 3, 3,. Can be completed reliably and easily.

  Further, the overall shape of the chair 3 at the time of storage may be the same as or slightly larger than the size of the top plate 20 of the desk 2.

  In addition, the legs 21 of the desk 2 are designed such that a plurality of legs 21, 21,... Are separated by a predetermined distance so as to be positioned at the four corners of the hollow portion of the overall shape of the chair 3 when stored. However, the distance between the legs 21, 21,... Is not limited as long as it can be placed in the hollow portion of the overall shape of the chair 3 during storage. In addition, the legs 21 can be designed in a wide variety of shapes. For example, the bases 21a, 21a,... May be formed into a single bowl having a substantially rectangular shape in cross section.

  In the above embodiment, the chairs 3, 3,... Are all described in the same shape, but the chairs 3, 3,. It doesn't matter.

  Further, the caster 50 may not necessarily be provided at the bottom of the chair 3, and a bowl-shaped foot having a height that does not contact the grounding leg 211 of the leg 21 with the bottom surface of the chair 3 may be used instead.

  Moreover, the shape of the top plate in the desk 2 may be a perfect circle or a regular polygon, and the shape of the chair at the time of storage is not limited to a square, and may be a regular circle or a regular polygon.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Furniture 2 Desk 3 Chair 20 Top plate 20a Cover 21 Leg 21a Base part 30 Base part 30a Upper board 30b Lower board 30c Partition material 30d Support plate 31 Cushion part 50 Caster 60 Rubber foot 210 Arm part 211 Grounding leg A, B Storage part

Claims (4)

A furniture comprising: a top plate, a desk having legs at substantially the center of the top plate, and four chairs that can be stored under the top plate and have a rectangular shape in plan view that is a long rectangle on one side,
The chair has a substantially square shape that surrounds the leg of the desk by bringing the short side and the long side into contact with each other at the same time and aligning the short side and the long side on a straight line. Furniture characterized by becoming.   The chair includes casters at four corners thereof, the leg of the desk extends vertically from the approximate center of the top plate toward the floor surface, and includes a grounding leg extending radially in four directions at the lower end. The furniture according to claim 1.   The furniture according to claim 2, wherein the grounding leg of the desk has a size that does not contact the casters respectively disposed at corners of a substantially square shape in the overall shape when the chair is stored.   The furniture according to any one of claims 2 and 3, wherein the height is designed so that the grounding leg of the desk does not contact the bottom surface of the chair.

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