JP2020131887A - Child seat cover for bicycle - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a child seat cover for a bicycle capable of easily removing from the bicycle and relatively compactly storing while securing a wider space around the head of a child sitting on a child seat.SOLUTION: The child seat cover for a bicycle in one embodiment of this invention is detachably installed to at least one of a bicycle 100 and a child seat 200 in such a mode as covering the seat 200 provided to the bicycle 100 from above. The seat cover comprises a head cover part 10 integrally covering the left, rear and right sides of the seat 200. The head cover part 10 includes a cover seat 11 extending between the left and right sides of the seat 200 along the outer face of the seat 200, and a close loop-like elastically deformable frame member 12 provided on the whole circumference of the edge of the cover seat 11.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to a child seat cover for a bicycle.

Conventionally, there is known a bicycle child seat cover that protects a child sitting on a bicycle child seat on which a relatively young child (for example, an infant) is placed from wind and rain (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

In Patent Documents 1 and 2, a structure that makes it easy to maintain the shape of the main body of the child seat cover for a bicycle is adopted, and a relatively wide space is formed around the head of a child seated on the child seat.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2014-129502 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2015-217835

However, when a wide space is formed around the child's head as in Patent Documents 1 and 2, due to the structure for maintaining the shape and the like, even if it is removed from the bicycle, it can be easily folded, for example. It may not be possible to store it compactly.

Therefore, in view of the above problems, a bicycle child seat that can be easily removed from the bicycle and stored in a relatively compact state while securing a wider space around the head of the child seated on the child seat is provided. The purpose is.

In order to achieve the above object, in one embodiment of the present invention,
A bicycle child seat cover that is detachably attached to at least one of the bicycle and the child seat so as to cover the child seat provided on the bicycle from above.
A head cover portion that integrally covers the left side, the rear side, and the right side of the child seat is provided.
The head cover portion has a cover sheet extending along the outer surface of the child seat between the left side and the right side of the child seat, and a closed loop shape provided over the entire outer edge of the cover sheet. Including elastically deformable frame members,
A child seat cover for the bicycle is provided.

According to the present embodiment, the size of the head cover portion extending between the left side and the right side along the outer surface of the child seat is appropriately adjusted, and the frame member provided on the outer edge thereof has a shape. By holding the bicycle child seat cover, the living space in front of and above the head of the child seated in the child seat can be appropriately secured. Further, since the frame member provided on the outer edge of the head cover portion is elastically deformable, the user can compactly fold the child seat cover for a bicycle while bending or twisting it like a pop-up tent or the like. .. Therefore, the child seat cover for a bicycle can be easily removed from the bicycle and stored in a relatively compact state by the user while ensuring a wider space around the head of the child seated on the child seat.

According to the present embodiment, there is provided a child seat for a bicycle that can be removed from the bicycle and easily stored in a relatively compact state while ensuring a wider space around the head of the child seated on the child seat. can do.

It is a perspective view which shows an example of a child seat cover schematicly. It is a left side view, a rear view, and a plan view which show typically an example of a child seat cover. It is a figure explaining an example of the folding method of a child seat cover.

Hereinafter, modes for carrying out the invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

[Child seat cover configuration]
First, the configuration of the child seat cover 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of a child seat cover 1 according to the present embodiment. Specifically, FIG. 1 (a) is a perspective view of an example of the child seat cover 1 attached to the bicycle 100 as viewed from the front left side, and FIG. 1 (b) is a perspective view of the child seat cover 1 attached to the bicycle 100. Is a perspective view seen from the rear left side. FIG. 2 is a left side view (FIG. 2 (a)), a rear view (FIG. 2 (b)), and a plan view (FIG. 2 (c)) showing an example of the child seat cover 1 according to the present embodiment.

It should be noted that the description regarding the front, rear, left, right, up, and down directions in the present specification is the front, rear, left, right of the bicycle 100 to which the child seat cover 1 is directly or indirectly attached via the child seat 200. Corresponds to the top and bottom (see FIGS. 1 and 2).

The child seat cover 1 (an example of a child seat cover for a bicycle) is attached to at least one of the bicycle 100 and the child seat 200 in a manner of covering the child seat 200 provided at the front portion of the bicycle 100. That is, the child seat cover 1 may be attached to the bicycle 100 to which the child seat 200 is attached, may be attached to the child seat 200, or may be attached in such a manner that a fixed point is provided on both the bicycle 100 and the child seat 200. You may.

The child seat cover 1 includes a head cover portion 10, a side cover portion 20, an upper front cover portion 30, a front skirt portion 40, and a rear skirt portion 50.

The head cover portion 10 integrally covers the left side, the rear side, and the right side of the portion of the child seat 200 corresponding to the occupant's head. The head cover portion 10 includes a cover sheet 11, a frame member 12, a back surface reinforcing member 13, a mounting portion 14, a vent 15, and a vent cover 16.

The cover sheet 11 extends along the outer surface of the backrest portion of the child seat 200 between the left side and the right side of the child seat 200. The cover sheet 11 may be made of, for example, a waterproof or water-repellent fiber fabric such as cotton or nylon (hereinafter, simply "fiber fabric"). The front ends of the cover sheet 11 on the left side and the right side have a curved shape, and a frame member 12 is provided on the outer edge thereof. As a result, the shape retention of the head cover portion 10 can be improved. Therefore, the space around the head of the child sitting on the child seat 200 can be appropriately secured. Further, the position of the front end edge and the position of the upper end edge of the cover sheet 11 are appropriately set, that is, the front-rear length and the vertical height of the cover sheet 11 are appropriately set, so that the child seat cover 1 is a child seat. Sufficient space can be secured in front of and above the head of the child sitting in the 200, and the feeling of oppression felt by the child can be alleviated (suppressed).

The frame member 12 is, for example, an elastically deformable (in other words, flexible) metal or resin wire rod. The frame member 12 may be held, for example, in a manner of being enclosed in a bag portion formed by weaving the outer edge of the cover sheet 11 inside. As a result, the frame member 12 can improve the degree of freedom in the shape of the head cover portion 10 due to elastic deformation while ensuring the shape retention (that is, independence) of the head cover portion 10. Therefore, for example, the user can compactly fold the entire child seat cover 1 including the head cover portion 10 while bending or twisting like a pop-up tent or the like.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2A, the head cover portion 10 whose constituent elements are the cover sheet 11 and the frame member 12 and the like is in a direction along the inclination of the backrest portion of the child seat 200 in a side view (hereinafter, simply referred to as simple). It extends in an obliquely upward direction (hereinafter, simply "vertical direction") L2 substantially perpendicular to L1. At this time, the head cover portion 10 is set so that the tip position P in the vertical direction L2 is above the center of the upper and lower end portions along the inclination direction L1 in the side view (arrow A in the drawing). reference). As a result, the child seat cover 1 can secure a relatively wide space in the front-rear direction at a height position corresponding to the height of the line of sight of the child sitting on the child seat 200. This is because the human eye is relatively high on the head. Further, since the tip position P can be set relatively high, the area of the lower part of the front end of the head cover portion 10 (cover sheet 11) can be reduced in the side view. Therefore, since the upper end position of the side cover portion 20 (upper cover sheet 21) described later can be set to a higher position, the child seated on the child seat 200 can see through the transparent portion (upper cover sheet 21) of the side cover portion 20. It becomes easier to secure the child's feeling of pressure, and the feeling of oppression of the child can be further alleviated (suppressed).

The back reinforcing member 13 (an example of the reinforcing member) connects between the upper end edge and the lower end edge of the cover sheet 11 at a portion of the cover sheet 11 that covers the rear part of the child seat 200 (specifically, the backrest of the child seat 200). It is provided in such a manner. The back surface reinforcing member 13 is composed of a member that is relatively harder than the cover sheet 11 (for example, a nylon member that is thicker than the cover sheet). As a result, the shape retention of the head cover portion 10 can be further improved. Further, the back surface reinforcing member 13 has a bendable portion 13a that can be bent. As a result, the child seat cover 1 can achieve both the shape retention of the head cover portion 10 and the structure in which the head cover portion 10 can be easily folded.

For example, FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a folding method of the child seat cover 1.

As shown in FIG. 3, when the child seat cover 1 is removed from the bicycle 100 (child seat 200), the user bends the rear portion of the head cover portion 10 with reference to the bent portion 13a. As a result, the user makes the distance between the upper end edge and the lower end edge of the cover sheet 11, that is, the portion of the frame member 12 at the upper end edge and the portion of the frame member 12 at the lower end edge relatively close. Can be done. Therefore, the user can compactly fold the head cover portion 10 while bending or twisting around a portion where the closed loop-shaped frame members 12 are relatively close to each other.

Then, the user appropriately adjusts the highly flexible side cover portion 20, the upper front cover portion 30, the front skirt portion 40, and the rear skirt portion 50 other than the head cover portion 10 to the folded head cover portion 10. Fold.

As described above, the child seat cover 1 can easily realize a structure that can be folded into a relatively compact state by the action of the frame member 12 and the bent portion 13a of the head cover portion 10.

In addition, two or more bent portions 13a may be provided.

Returning to FIGS. 1 and 2, the mounting portion 14 is used to mount the child seat cover 1 on the child seat 200, specifically, the back surface of the child seat 200 (that is, the back side of the backrest). The mounting portion 14 is, for example, a female fastener provided at the upper and lower central portions of the back surface reinforcing member 13 over the entire outer edge of a vertically long oval hole. In this case, the attached portion on the child seat 200 side has a convex portion that can be inserted into the hole of the female fastener, and the convex portion is a male twist fastening that can rotate about the insertion direction as a central axis. It may be an ingredient.

The child seat cover 1 may have another mounting portion (hereinafter, "front mounting portion") on the front side of the mounting portion 14 in addition to the mounting portion 14. The front mounting portion may be, for example, a belt portion extending from the inner surface of the head cover portion 10 or the side cover portion 20, and a side release type or front release type male buckle provided at the tip thereof. In this case, the child seat cover 1 is fixed to the child seat 200 by fixing the male buckle to a female buckle of the same type, which is attached in advance to a portion of the child seat 200 to be gripped by a child, for example. ..

The vent 15 is provided at the upper end edge of the cover sheet 11 at a portion of the cover sheet 11 that covers the rear of the child seat 200 (specifically, the backrest of the child seat 200), and is provided inside and outside the child seat cover 1 of the cover sheet 11. It is used to replace air with and from. The vent 15 may be simply opened, or may be covered with a mesh cloth in order to prevent foreign substances such as rain and insects from entering the inside of the child seat cover 1.

The vent cover 16 is provided so as to cover the rear of the vent 15. This makes it difficult for foreign matter such as rain and insects to enter from the vent 15. Further, only the upper end portion of the vent cover 16 is fixed to the cover sheet 11. As a result, a gap through which air flows is likely to occur between the lower end portion or the left and right end portions of the vent cover 16 and the cover sheet 11. Therefore, the vent cover 16 can prevent foreign matter from entering the inside of the child seat cover from the vent 15 while ensuring the function of exchanging air between the inside and the outside of the child seat cover 1 by the vent 15. it can.

The side cover portion 20 covers the left and right sides of the child seat 200 in a manner adjacent to the lower side of the head cover portion 10. The side cover portion 20 includes an upper cover sheet 21 and a lower cover sheet 22.

The upper cover sheet 21 may be made of, for example, a transparent polyurethane resin or PVC (PolyVinyl Chloride). As a result, a child sitting on the child seat 200 covered with the child seat cover 1 can visually recognize the outside of the child seat cover 1 (the left side and the right side of the bicycle 100) through the left and right side cover portions 20. Therefore, the child seat cover 1 can suppress (alleviate) the feeling of oppression on the child.

The lower cover sheet 22 may be made of, for example, a fiber fabric that has been waterproofed or water repellent.

The upper front cover portion 30 is provided so as to cover the upper side and the front side of the child seat 200. As shown in FIG. 2A, the upper front cover portion 30 is attached to the head cover portion 10 and the side cover portion 20 so as to follow the shapes of the head cover portion 10 and the side cover portion 20 in a side view. Be done. The upper front cover portion 30 includes an upper cover sheet 31 and a lower cover sheet 32.

For example, most of the upper cover sheet 31 (specifically, a portion other than the outer edge) may be made of transparent PVC. As a result, a child sitting on the child seat 200 covered with the child seat cover 1 can visually recognize the outside of the child seat cover 1 (above and in front of the bicycle 100) through the upper front cover portion 30. Therefore, the child seat cover 1 can suppress a feeling of oppression on the child.

The lower cover sheet 32 may be made of, for example, a fiber fabric that has been waterproofed or water repellent.

The portion of the upper front cover portion 30 that covers the upper part of the child seat 200 is attached (fixed) to the upper end portion of the head cover portion 10, that is, the upper end edge of the cover sheet 11. Further, the upper front cover portion 30 is attached to and detached from the side cover portion 20 and the line fastener 33 on the left and right sides of the portion covering the front of the child seat 200 (that is, the portion inclined downward in the front as shown in FIG. 2A). Can be installed. As a result, the upper front cover portion 30 can realize a structure that can be opened and closed up and down with the upper end portion as a fulcrum. Therefore, the user can easily put the child on the child seat 200 with the child seat cover 1 attached to the bicycle 100 by opening the portion of the upper front cover portion 30 that covers the front of the child seat 200.

Further, the upper front cover portion 30 may have a mode in which it does not have a mounting structure (for example, a wire fastener) between the upper front cover portion 30 and the front skirt portion 40. As a result, air can easily flow through the gap between the upper front cover portion 30 and the front skirt portion 40, and the exchange of air between the inside and the outside of the child seat cover 1 can be promoted. Further, the upper front cover portion 30 has a lower end (that is, the lower end of the lower cover sheet 32) located below the upper end of the front skirt 40, and is covered in front of the front skirt 40. You can. As a result, the child seat cover 1 realizes a function of arousing rainwater, insects, etc. between the inside and the outside of the child seat cover 1 through the front and rear gaps between the upper front cover portion 30 and the front skirt portion 40. It is possible to suppress the invasion of foreign matter.

The upper front cover portion 30 covers the upper surface of the child seat 200 (that is, is attached to the upper end edge of the head cover portion 10 (cover sheet 11)) and the front of the child seat 200 (that is, the side surface). It may be divided into a front cover portion (attached to the cover portion 20).

The front skirt portion 40 is provided so as to cover the foot portion of the child seated on the child seat 200 from the front and the side. As a result, it is possible to prevent the feet of the child sitting on the child seat 200 from getting wet with rainwater or the like. Specifically, the front skirt portion 40 may be attached to the lower ends of the left and right side cover portions 20. Further, as described above, the front skirt portion 40 may have a mode in which it does not have a mounting structure (for example, a wire fastener) with the upper front cover portion 30. As a result, air can easily flow through the gap between the upper front cover portion 30 and the front skirt portion 40, which are covered in front of the front skirt portion 40, and the air can be exchanged between the inside and the outside of the child seat cover 1. Can be promoted.

The rear skirt portion 50 is provided so as to cover the foot portion of the child seated on the child seat 200 from the rear and side. As a result, it is possible to prevent the feet of the child sitting on the child seat 200 from getting wet with rainwater or the like. Further, since it is separated into the front skirt portion 40 and the rear skirt portion 50, the interference between the handle of the bicycle 100 and the portion of the child seat cover 1 that covers the foot portion of the child seating on the child seat 200 from the rear and sides. Can be suppressed.

[Action]
Next, the operation of the child seat cover 1 according to the present embodiment will be described.

In the present embodiment, the child seat cover 1 includes a head cover portion 10 that integrally covers the left side, the rear side, and the right side side of the child seat 200. The head cover portion 10 is provided along the outer surface of the child seat 200 with the cover sheet 11 extending between the left side and the right side of the child seat 200 and the entire circumference of the outer edge of the cover sheet 11. It includes a closed loop-shaped elastically deformable frame member 12.

As a result, the size of the head cover portion 10 extending between the left side and the right side along the outer surface of the child seat 200 is appropriately adjusted, and the frame member 12 provided on the outer edge of the head cover portion 12 retains its shape. By doing so, the child seat cover 1 can appropriately secure a living space in front of and above the head of the child sitting on the child seat 200. Further, since the frame member 12 provided on the outer edge of the head cover portion 10 is elastically deformable, the user can compactly fold the child seat cover 1 while bending or twisting it like a pop-up tent or the like. it can. Therefore, the child seat cover 1 can be easily removed from the bicycle and stored in a relatively compact state by the user while ensuring a wider space around the head of the child seated in the child seat 200.

Further, in the present embodiment, the portion of the cover sheet 11 that covers the rear of the child seat 200 may be provided with a relatively hard back surface reinforcing member 13 that connects between the upper end edge and the lower end edge of the cover sheet 11. The back surface reinforcing member 13 includes at least one bent portion 13a that can be bent between the upper end edge and the lower end edge of the cover sheet 11.

As a result, the child seat cover 1 facilitates the child seat cover 1 (head cover portion 10) by the action of the bent portion 13a while further improving the shape retention of the head cover portion 10 by the action of the back surface reinforcing member 13. It is possible to realize a structure that can be folded into.

Although the embodiments for carrying out the present invention have been described in detail above, the present invention is not limited to such specific embodiments, and various aspects are within the scope of the gist of the present invention described in the claims. Can be transformed / changed.

For example, in the above-described embodiment, the child seat 200 is of a type (so-called built-in type) in which the handle of the bicycle 100 is straddled in the front-rear direction, but is naturally attached to the rear of the handle of the bicycle 100. It may be a type (so-called retrofit type). In this case, the front skirt portion 40 and the rear skirt portion 50 of the child seat cover 1 may have an integral structure. This is because the handle of the bicycle 100 does not exist between the front skirt portion 40 and the rear skirt portion 50.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the child seat cover 1 is attached so as to cover the child seat 200 provided at the front portion of the bicycle 100, but may be attached so as to cover the child seat provided at the rear portion of the bicycle 100. In this case, since the child seat provided at the rear of the bicycle 100 is older than the child seat 200 provided at the front of the bicycle 100, the vertical dimension thereof may be set relatively large.

1 Child seat cover (child seat cover for bicycles)
10 Head cover 11 Cover sheet 12 Frame member 13 Back reinforcement member (reinforcement member)
13a Bent part 20 Side cover part 30 Upper front cover part 40 Front skirt part 50 Rear skirt part 100 Bicycle 200 Child seat

In order to achieve the above object, in one embodiment of the present invention,
A bicycle child seat cover that is detachably attached to at least one of the bicycle and the child seat so as to cover the child seat provided on the bicycle from above.
A head cover portion that integrally covers the left side, the rear side, and the right side of the child seat is provided.
It said head cover includes a cover sheet which extends in a curved shape over until the right way through the rear from the left side of the child seat along the outer surface of the child seat, the whole circumference of the outer edge of the cover sheet Including a closed-loop elastically deformable frame member provided over
A child seat cover for the bicycle is provided.

Claims (2)

A bicycle child seat cover that is detachably attached to at least one of the bicycle and the child seat so as to cover the child seat provided on the bicycle from above.
A head cover portion that integrally covers the left side, the rear side, and the right side of the child seat is provided.
The head cover portion has a cover sheet extending along the outer surface of the child seat between the left side and the right side of the child seat, and a closed loop shape provided over the entire outer edge of the cover sheet. Including elastically deformable frame members,
Child seat cover for bicycles. A relatively hard reinforcing member for connecting between the upper end edge and the lower end edge of the cover sheet is provided on the portion of the cover sheet that covers the rear of the child seat.
The reinforcing member includes at least one bendable portion between the upper end edge and the lower end edge of the cover sheet.
The child seat cover for a bicycle according to claim 1.

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