JP3012502U - Drawer and storage furniture using it - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Structure] The drawer body 2A provided on the upper part of the furniture main body 10 is slidably attached to the slide rail 5 provided on the inner surface of the furniture main body 10 with the slide rail 4 provided on the side plate 22 thereof.
When the drawer 2A is pulled out from the furniture body 10, the drawer side slide rail 4 slides on the furniture body side. Pull out from rail 5 and pull out 2A
Is tilted downward with the roller 8 as a fulcrum, and a stopper 12 provided at the rear of the drawer 2A is locked at an appropriate position of the furniture body 10 to hold the drawer 2A in a state of being tilted downward. [Effect] Even when a drawer is set up at a high position, it tilts forward and downward when it is pulled out, so even an elderly person can easily overlook the contents of the drawer, and the drawer is installed at a high position to make the furniture taller. By doing so, it becomes possible to make furniture with high storage efficiency.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a drawer provided in furniture and the like and storage furniture using the drawer. More specifically, the drawer is easy to use even for relatively short persons such as elderly people and has a high storage efficiency. And storage furniture.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 In the case of elderly people, the height is not so high from the beginning, and many of them have their hips bent due to aging, etc., and it is difficult to see the contents of the drawer at a high position. For this reason, in the case of storage furniture intended for the elderly, the drawer cannot be installed at a high position, and the height of the furniture itself cannot be increased, so that storage efficiency deteriorates.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 Therefore, the present invention can be used as a drawer for storage furniture, etc., which is mainly intended for the elderly, and even if it is installed at a high position, the contents can be easily overlooked, and the storage furniture is made taller to allow efficient storage. The purpose is to provide drawers and storage furniture using the drawers.

[0004]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the drawer according to the present invention should be configured to be stored horizontally in the storage furniture, etc., and to be tilted downward when pulled out. Characterize.

As described above, when the drawer is pulled out, the slide rail provided on the side plate of the drawer is slidably attached to the slide rail provided on the inner surface of the storage furniture and the like. A roller that engages with the slide rail on the drawer side is provided at the front of the inner surface of the storage furniture, etc.When the drawer is pulled out from the storage furniture, the slide rail on the drawer side moves from the slide rail on the furniture body side. The drawer is disengaged and tilts forward and downward using the roller as a fulcrum, and a stopper provided at the rear of the drawer locks the furniture in place and keeps the drawer tilted forward and downward. do it. Furthermore, it is preferable to form a notch on the upper rear side of the drawer.

In addition, the storage furniture according to the present invention is tilted to the front lower side when the drawer is pulled out as a drawer located at the upper part of the drawers arranged in a plurality of rows in the storage furniture. The drawer is constructed as described above.

[0007]

[Action]

 According to the drawer and the storage furniture using the same according to the present invention as described above, when the drawer provided at the top of the storage furniture is pulled out, the drawer tilts forward and downward, so that even a short person such as an elderly person can , You can easily overlook the contents of the drawer.

Further, in the case where the upper portion of the upper portion of the rear portion of the drawer is notched, when the drawer is tilted forward and downward, the opening edge of the furniture main body does not become an obstacle and the drawer can be tilted.

[0009]

【Example】

 Hereinafter, a drawer according to the present invention and a storage furniture adopting the drawer will be described in more detail with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of a storage furniture 1 adopting a drawer according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a vertical side view of a drawer storage space 2 portion of the storage furniture 1.

This storage furniture 1 has a plurality of drawers 2A to 2F vertically arranged on the left side in the front view to form a drawer storage space 2, and on the right side, a hinged door is provided. A slide hanger (not shown) is provided in the room to form a storage space 3 for clothes and the like. Moreover, since this storage furniture 1 is mainly intended for elderly people, the corners of the storage furniture 1 may be appropriately post-homed or synthetic resin soft edges may be attached to prevent danger. It is also considered. The drawers 2A to 2C located in the upper part of the drawer storage space 2 are relatively small, the drawers 2D to 2F located in the lower part are relatively large, and the small objects are small in the upper part. Large drawers, and large items can be stored in the large drawer at the bottom. Of these drawers 2A to 2F, the upper two drawers 2A and 2B are configured to tilt forward when the drawers 2A and 2B are pulled out from the main body 10 of the storage furniture 1.

As described above, the structure of the drawers 2A and 2B that tilt forward and downward when pulled out is shown in FIG. 2 and subsequent figures. Since the drawers 2A and 2B have basically the same structure, only the drawer 2A will be described here. This drawer 2A is composed of a front plate 21, left and right side plates 22, 22, a back plate 23, and a bottom plate 24, like a normal drawer, and a pull tab 25 is attached to the front surface of the front plate 21. There is. These members forming the drawer 2A may be made of wood or the like as separate members, or a plurality of members may be integrally formed by bending a metal plate or forming a synthetic resin. On the other hand, the front opening of the drawer storage space 2 of the storage furniture 1 has a large number of drawers 6A to 6F provided at predetermined intervals in the vertical direction according to the size of the drawers 2A ... The drawer 2A is partitioned into a space, and the horizontal slide rails 4 provided on the side surfaces of the side plates 22, 22 of the drawer 2A are slidable on the slide rails 5 provided on the inner surface of the main body 10 of the storage furniture 1. It is attached and stored horizontally in the drawer storage space of the furniture body 10 and is attached so that it can be horizontally pulled out forward from here.

The drawer side slide rail 4 and the furniture main body side slide rail 5 are each formed in a substantially U-shaped cross section. Of the upper and lower horizontal sides 4a and 4b, the rear portion of the lower horizontal side 4b of the slide rail 4 on the side of the drawer 2A is cut out to form an opening 4d, and protrudes rearward from the upper horizontal side 4a. A roller 7 that rolls on the furniture main body side slide rail 5 is provided at the rear end of the vertical side 4c. On the other hand, in the furniture main body side slide rail 5, of the upper and lower horizontal sides 5a and 5b, the front part of the upper horizontal side 5a is cut out to form an open part 5d, and the front side of the lower horizontal side 5a. A roller 8 which is rotatably engaged with the slide rail 4 on the drawer side is provided at the front end of the protruding vertical side 5c. The slide rails 4 and 5 are fixed to the side surfaces of the side plates 22 of the drawer 2A and the inner surface of the furniture main body 10 so that their opening surfaces face each other. 7 is located between the upper and lower horizontal sides 5a and 5b of the appliance body side slide rail 5, and the roller 8 at the front end of the furniture body side slide rail 5 is located between the upper and lower horizontal sides 4a and 4b of the drawer side slide rail 4. And slide the drawer side slide rail 4 on the furniture body side so that the upper and lower horizontal sides 4a and 4b of the drawer side slide rail 4 are located below the upper and lower horizontal sides 5a and 5b of the furniture body side slide rail 5, respectively. By attaching the drawer 2A to the rail 5, the drawer 2A can be horizontally stored in the furniture main body 10 and can be slid horizontally and forwardly from the drawer 2A. To have.

Further, in the illustrated example, the rear portion of the drawer 2A is formed with a notch on the upper side to form a curved portion 11, and the rear end portion of the drawer 2A is projected upward. A stopper 12 is attached. On the lower surface of the horizontal rail 6A located above the drawer 2A, there is provided a roller ball caster 13 that abuts against the upper surface of the side plate 22 of the drawer 2A and guides it, and is located below the drawer 2A. The upper surface of the horizontal rail 6B is an inclined surface 14 that is inclined downward in the front direction.

In the drawer 2A according to the present invention configured as described above, when the drawer 2A is housed in the main body 10 of the housing furniture 1, the drawer side slide rail 4 becomes the furniture main body side slide rail 5. The drawer side roller 7 is inserted and placed on the horizontal piece 5b of the furniture main body side slide rail 5, and the furniture main body side roller 8 abuts on the lower surface of the horizontal plane 4a of the drawer side slide rail 4 and the drawer 2A. Are horizontally supported in the furniture body 10 of the storage furniture 1. Then, when the drawer 2A is pulled forward from the furniture main body 10 from this state, the drawer side roller 7 and the furniture main body side roller 8 roll out along the furniture main body side slide rail 5 and the drawer side slide rail 4, respectively, and are drawn out. The side slide rail 4 is extended forward from the furniture main body side slide rail 5, and the drawer 2A is kept horizontal until the rear end of the drawer side slide rail 4 reaches the front end of the furniture main body side slide rail 5. It is pulled out from the furniture body 10 as it is. Then, the drawer 2A is pulled forward from the furniture main body 10 until the rear end of the drawer side slide rail 4 is located at the front end of the furniture main body side slide rail 5, and the drawer side slide is pulled out like the drawer 2B shown in FIG. The rear end of the upper horizontal piece 4a of the rail 4 reaches the front end open portion 5d of the upper horizontal piece 5a of the furniture main body side slide rail 5, and the front end of the lower horizontal piece 5b of the furniture main body side slide rail 5 is the pull-out side. When reaching the rear end open portion 4d of the lower horizontal piece 4b of the slide rail 4, the drawer 2A is placed on the furniture main body side roller 8 with the lower surface of the upper horizontal piece 4a of the drawer side slide rail 4 being locked to the furniture main body side roller 8. 8 is tilted downward as a fulcrum, and a stopper piece 12 provided at the rear end of the drawer 2A abuts against the cross rail 6A, and the drawer 2A is held in a state tilted forward.When this drawer 2A tilts forward and downward about the furniture main body side roller 8 as a fulcrum, the drawer side slide rail 4 located rearward of the furniture main body side roller 8 and the drawer side roller 7 provided thereon are repelled upward. However, since the opening 5d is formed at the front of the upper horizontal piece 5a of the furniture main body side slide rail 5, the drawer side roller 7 is not disturbed by the upper horizontal piece 5a of the furniture main body side slide rail 5. You can bounce up and tilt the drawer 2A downwards. Further, the roller ball caster 13 provided on the lower surface of the horizontal rail 6A rolls along the upper surface of the side plate 22 of the drawer 2A when the drawer 2A is tilted, so that the drawer 2A can be tilted smoothly. The curved portion 11 formed in the upper rear portion of the drawer 2A and the inclined surface 14 provided on the upper surface of the horizontal rail 6B located below the drawer 2A increase the tilting range of the drawer 2A, and the front inclined surface 14 moves downward. It contacts the lower surface of the drawer 2A that is tilted to the front and holds the drawer 2A in a front-down shape.

As described above, when the drawer 2A (2B) according to the present invention is pulled out from the furniture main body 10 of the storage furniture 1 to the front, the furniture is kept in a horizontal state like a normal drawer. Although it is pulled out to the front of the main body 10, when the drawer 2A is pulled out almost completely, it leans forward and downwards, so even if it is a drawer set at a high position or a short person such as an elderly person. The drawer 2A can be seen over the contents and is convenient to use. Moreover, the drawer can be installed at a high position of the storage furniture 1, the height of the storage furniture 1 can be increased, and it can be used as storage furniture for the elderly. Therefore, the storage efficiency can be improved.

Further, as the drawer 2A, a curved portion 11 having a notched upper portion of the rear portion thereof or the like is provided, or the upper surface of the horizontal rail 6B located below is formed as an inclined surface 14, whereby the drawer 2A The tilting range can be made large, and the inclined surface 14 abuts the lower surface of the drawer 2A tilted forward and supports the drawer 2A in this state. Furthermore, when the drawer 2A is pulled out from the main body 10 of the house by providing a roller ball caster 13 or the like for guiding the upper surface of the side plate 22 of the drawer 2A on the lower surface of the horizontal rail 6A located above the drawer 2A. Not only that, the operation of re-storing the drawer 2A in the furniture main body 10 can be performed more smoothly, and even an elderly person can easily take in and out the drawer.

In the present invention, the drawer side slide rail 4 and the furniture body side slide rail 5 which are attached to the furniture body 10 such as the storage furniture 1 so that the drawer 2A can be pulled out have the same structures as those of the above-described embodiment. It is needless to say that the design is not limited to one, and any design change can be made as long as the drawer 2A can be slid out from the main body 10 of the house and can be tilted forward.

[0018]

[Effect of device]

 As described above, according to the drawer according to the present invention and the storage furniture using the drawer, even when the drawer is installed at a high position, when the drawer is pulled out, it tilts forward and downward. Even a low person can easily look over the contents of the drawer. Therefore, even in the case of furniture for the elderly, it is possible to install the drawer at a high position and raise the height of the furniture to improve the storage efficiency.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of storage furniture.

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional side view of a drawer storage space in the storage furniture.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged vertical side view of the drawer storage space showing the drawer according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a simplified perspective view of a main part showing a mounting structure of a drawer and a furniture main body.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing how the drawer is pulled out from the furniture body.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 storage furniture, 2 drawer storage space, 2A ~ 2F drawer, 3 storage space, 4 drawer side slide rail,
5 Furniture main body side slide rails, 6A to 6B horizontal rails, 7
Drawer side roller, 8 Furniture body side roller, 10 Furniture body, 11 Curved part, 12 Stop piece, 13
Roller ball caster, 14 inclined surface, 21 drawer front plate, 22 drawer side plate, 23 drawer back plate, 24
Drawer bottom plate.

Claims (5)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A drawer characterized in that it is horizontally stored inside a storage furniture or the like, and when it is pulled out, the drawer is tilted forward and downward. 2. A slide rail provided on a side plate of a drawer is slidably attached to a slide rail provided on an inner surface of storage furniture or the like, and a slide rail provided on the front side of the inner surface of the storage furniture or the like is engaged with the slide rail on the drawer side. When the drawer is pulled out from the storage furniture or the like, the drawer side slide rail is disengaged from the furniture main body side slide rail and the drawer tilts forward and downward around the roller as a fulcrum, and at the rear of the drawer. 2. The drawer according to claim 1, wherein the hit stop provided is configured to be locked at a proper position of the furniture main body to hold the drawer in a state in which the drawer is tilted forward and downward. 3. The drawer according to claim 1, wherein the upper rear portion of the drawer is notched. 4. A storage furniture in which a large number of drawers are vertically arranged in a horizontal manner, and the drawer located above the drawer is tilted forward and downward when pulled out. 5. The storage furniture according to claim 4, wherein the drawer described in claim 2 or 3 is used as the drawer.