JP3035061U - Furniture system - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [PROBLEMS] To provide a furniture system that enables an elderly person or a physically handicapped person to expand the range of living activities that can be performed by the person himself / herself. SOLUTION: In a furniture system having a plurality of vertically elongated strips 71 sequentially connected in the strip width direction and comprising a shutter 7 that is opened from a front surface to a lateral side surface, the shutter 7
The lower rails 73 are arranged from the floor F to a position higher than the knees from the front side to the lateral side. As a result, the lower rails 73 that guide the strips 7 when the shutter 7 is opened are located higher than the knees, so there is no risk that the lower rails 73 will narrow the operating range of the elderly and the physically handicapped. The range of motion for people with disabilities is expanded.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

[Technical field to which the invention belongs]

 The present invention relates to a furniture system, and more particularly to a furniture system that enables an elderly person or a physically handicapped person to expand the range of living activities that he or she can do.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 In general, the inconvenience of standing and walking with age is considered to be a major factor that reduces the willingness of the elderly to live. In addition, the inconvenience of standing motion and walking motion due to physical disability is considered to be a major factor that reduces the willingness of the disabled to live.

[0003] In a house, handrails have been installed and floor steps have been eliminated in order to expand the range of living activities that elderly people and people with physical disabilities can perform themselves.

However, so far, no example has been found in which the furniture is improved according to the living activities of the elderly and the physically disabled.

[0005]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 In order to expand the range of living activities that the elderly and the physically handicapped can do on their own, conventional methods such as installing handrails or eliminating steps on the floor have led to the use of handrails for elderly people. It is possible for a person with disabilities or a person with a physical disability to approach furniture, such as a kitchen or wardrobe, but since the furniture itself is made for healthy people, it is necessary to expand the range of living activities. There is a big limit.

In particular, in the present age when the number of elderly people living alone is increasing, it is necessary for elderly people who have become physically unable to live far from the bed to be able to cook and change clothes near the bed. Is facing.

For this reason, prior to the present invention, a furniture system in which a kitchen is arranged on one side of the bedside, a chest is arranged on the other side, and a handrail is arranged on the front of the kitchen or the chest is devised. However, in this case, it became unclear whether the atmosphere in the room was a bedroom, a kitchen, or a living room, and it was a confusing feeling, which impaired the comfort of life.

[0008] Therefore, a shutter for opening and closing the front of the bedside kitchen or the closet is provided, and by hiding the kitchen or closet with this shutter, a unified atmosphere as a calm bedroom can be created. became.

As this shutter, it has been found that it is optimal to use a shutter in which a large number of vertically long strips are sequentially connected in the strip width direction and the furniture is opened from the front surface to the lateral side surface.

However, this type of shutter guides the upper and lower ends of each strip with rails, and if the height of the furniture is set according to the range of motion that can be performed by the elderly or physically disabled persons. , It turned out that the lower rail would be located just around the knee, which would rather narrow the range of motion.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a furniture system capable of expanding the range of living motions that can be performed by an elderly person or a physically handicapped person. .

[0012]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 The furniture system according to the present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has a plurality of vertically long strips that are sequentially connected in the width direction and has a shutter that is opened from the front to the side. The system takes the following measures to achieve the above objectives.

That is, the guide surface rail of the shutter is arranged from the floor surface to a position higher than the knees from the front surface to the lateral side surfaces. As a result, when the shutter is opened, the rails that guide the respective strips of the shutter are located higher than the knees, so that there is no fear that these rails will narrow the operating range of the elderly or physically disabled.

In the present invention, particularly when the rail is set higher than the height of the handrail of the wheelchair, it becomes possible to put the wheelchair in the space surrounded by the shutter, which may lead to the elderly and disabled persons. It is possible to further expand the operating range of the person.

[0015]

[Embodiment of the invention]

 A furniture system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

As shown in the plan view of FIG. 2, this furniture system includes a bed setting section 2 into which one end of a bed 1 is inserted, a kitchen unit 3 arranged on the right side thereof, and a kitchen unit 3 arranged on the left side thereof. And a storage section 4.

On the front side of the kitchen unit 3 and the storage section 4, a vertical handrail 5 is provided at an appropriate interval on the left and right sides, and the handrail 5 on the right or left side of the bed 1 can be easily gripped. In addition, it is possible to stand up from the bed 1 in front of the kitchen unit 3 or the storage unit 4.

As shown in the perspective view of FIG. 1, each of the handrails 5 has an extendable / contractible main body 51, an adjuster leg 52 for fixing the main body 51 to the floor F, a spring 54 for urging the main body 51 downward, and a main body. An upper end portion of 51 is fitted inside so as to be able to advance and retreat within a predetermined range, and a ceiling fixing metal fitting 53 fixed to the ceiling C in a state of pressing the spring 54 downward, a ceiling fixing metal fitting 53, and a spring. A makeup cover 55 that hides 54 is provided.

Then, as shown in the side view of FIG. 3, the lower end of the main body 51 is fixed to the floor F via the adjuster legs 52, and the upper end of the main body 51 is fixed to the ceiling F via the ceiling fixing bracket 53. By fixing it to C, the main body 1 is securely fixed to the building and the handrail 5 is prevented from falling down in the event of an earthquake. Further, by providing the spring 54, even if the distance between the ceiling C and the floor F changes due to an earthquake or the like, the main body 51 is prevented from slipping out of the adjuster leg 52 and the ceiling fixing bracket 53 within a certain range. Safety is ensured.

Further, pole support fittings 33 a, 31 a are projected on the left and right sides of the front surface of the top plate 33 of the kitchen unit 3 and on the lower front surface of the side plate 31, and the hollows are provided at the upper and lower end portions of the main body 51. By inserting the boss 56 into these support fittings 33a, 31a, the front part of the kitchen unit 3 is supported by the handrail 5, and the kitchen unit 3 jumps up from the floor or falls into the room in the event of an earthquake, for example. To prevent

The ceiling fixing bracket 53 includes a flange 53a and a boss 53b into which the upper end of the spring 54 and the main body 51 are inserted. However, when the handrail 5 is provided near the wall, Instead of the fixing metal fitting 53, a cylindrical ceiling fixing metal fitting for the corner is used.

Further, in front of the kitchen unit 3, a lateral movement handrail 6 is provided over the left and right handrails 5 in order to support the body when moving to the left and right when cooking.

Each of the kitchen unit 3 and the storage section 4 has a large number of vertically long strips 71 which are sequentially connected to each other in the strip width direction, and a pair of left and right shutters 7 that are opened from the front to the side. When the kitchen unit 3 and the costume storage section 4 are not used, the shutter 7 closes the front of the kitchen unit 3 and the costume storage section 4 as shown in the front view of FIG. I try to feel the unified atmosphere as a bedroom.

As shown in the perspective view of FIG. 1, the side view of FIG. 4, and the front view of FIG. 5, the kitchen unit 3 includes side plates 31 arranged at appropriate intervals on the left and right, and a rear plate covering the rear surface. 32, a top plate 33, a counter 34, a sink 35 embedded in the counter 34, a range placement shelf 36 provided at an appropriate height from the upper surface of the counter 34 in the left back portion of the counter 34, The counter 34 is provided with a storage shelf 37 which is provided at a position higher than the upper surface of the counter 34 over the entire width of the inner portion of the counter 34.

As shown in FIG. 5, the lower surface of the counter 34 is positioned at the same height as the handrails of a standard wheelchair 8 so that an elderly person or a physically handicapped person can approach the wheelchair 8 while approaching it deeply. I am able to do it.

The front surface of the storage rack 37 is opened and closed by a roll-up type shutter 37 a so that water can flow from the faucet 38 to the sink 35. The shutter 7 incorporated in the kitchen unit 3 includes, in addition to the strip plate 71, an upper rail 72 provided on the lower surface of the top plate 33, a front surface of the counter 34 and the left and right side plates 31 and right and left side plates 31. And a lower rail 73 provided over the outer side surface.

Each strip 71 is slidably suspended on an upper rail 72, and is slidably supported on a lower rail 73 as follows. That is, as shown in the perspective view of FIG. 6, the strips 71 are connected to each other by a back surface backer 74 made of, for example, a synthetic resin sheet, and the inner surface of each strip 71 has a height corresponding to the lower rail 73. A mounting member 75 made of a soft resin extruded product is adhered to each of the strips, and a piece 76 made of a synthetic resin injection molded product supported by the mounting member 75 is slidably inserted into the lower rail 73, so that each strip is The material 71 is slidably supported by the lower rail 73.

Although the lower rail 73 has a C-shaped cross section here, the lower rail 73 is not limited to this and may have an L-shape or an inverted L-shape. Good.

Further, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, a decorative panel 39 for hiding the opened shutter 7 is provided from the front corner portion of each side plate 31 to the rear plate 32 as needed. Further, as shown in FIG. 5, a drawer 34a is provided on the front surface of the counter 34 as needed.

In this way, by arranging the lower rail 73 of the shutter 7 from the floor surface to a position higher than the knees from the front surface to the lateral side surfaces, it is possible to prevent the elderly person or the physically handicapped person from making steps or rails on the floor. Will be able to approach deeply while sitting on the wheelchair 8.

As shown in the side view of FIG. 7 and the front view of FIG. 8, the storage section 4 has side plates 41 configured similarly to the side plate 31, back plate 32 and top plate 33 of the kitchen unit 3, A back plate 42 and a top plate 43 are provided, and a partition plate 44 located at a height around the thigh from the floor and a hanger pipe 45 mounted between the upper portions of the side plates 31 are provided.

In addition, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7, a drawer 46 arranged above the partition plate 44 and a drawer 47 arranged below the partition plate 44 are provided as needed. Be released.

The heights of the partition plate 44, the hanger pipe 45, and the drawers 46, 47 are not particularly limited, but clothes or clothes worn on the hanger pipe 45 while sitting on the edge of the bed 1 and being held by the handrail 5 may be used. It is preferable that the height is such that small articles put in the drawer 46 and underwear put in the drawer 47 can be put in and taken out.

The drawer 47 on the lower side of the partition plate 44 can be removed to secure a space for the feet, or a wagon that can be separately put in and out of the partition plate 44 is prepared, and a seasonal futon is placed on this wagon. The partition case 44 may be put in and taken out under the partition board 44, or the storage case may be put in and taken out under the partition board 44.

The shutter 7 provided in the storage section 4 includes, in addition to the strip plate 71, an upper rail 72 provided on the lower surface of the top plate 43, front surfaces of the partition plate 44 and the left and right side plates 41, and left and right side plates 41. And a lower rail 73 provided on both the left and right outer surfaces.

The other structure of the shutter 7 is the same as that of the shutter 7 provided in the kitchen unit 3, and therefore detailed description thereof will be omitted to avoid duplication. Further, the storage portion 4 is also provided with a decorative panel 48 for covering the opened shutter 7 from the front corners of the both side plates 41 to the rear plate 42, if necessary.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the bed setting section 2 is provided with an illuminating device 21 and a storage shelf 22 which are positioned higher than the bed 1 at the back side thereof. Only the storage shelves 22 are opened and closed by a roll-up type shutter 23.

[0038]

[Effect of the invention]

 As described above, the present invention has a number of vertically long strips that are sequentially connected in the strip width direction, and the guide rail of the shutter that is opened from the front side to the lateral side is located above the floor above the knees. The rails that guide the shutter belts when the shutter is opened are located higher than the knees when the shutter is opened, so this rail may narrow the range of motion for the elderly and people with disabilities. The effect is that the range of living activities that can be done by the elderly and people with disabilities can be expanded.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a main part of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a front view of one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a side view of a kitchen unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a front view of a kitchen unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a main part of a shutter according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a side view of a storage unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a front view of a storage unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 7 Shutter 71 Belt 73 Lower rail

Claims (1)

[Utility model registration claims] 1. A furniture system comprising a plurality of vertically elongated strips that are sequentially connected in a strip width direction and including a shutter that is opened from a front surface to a lateral side surface. A furniture system characterized by being placed from the front side to the lateral side at a high position.