JP3109452U - Handle cover - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided is an inexpensive handle cover which can provide design to a handle cover and improve safety in driving a car.
Since a handle cover is formed simply by attaching a light reflecting sheet to an outer surface of a main body that covers a steering wheel of an automobile, the number of parts is small and a complicated attaching operation is not required. Therefore, the parts cost and assembly cost of the handle cover are not increased, and the handle cover can be manufactured at a low cost.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a handle cover, and more particularly to a handle cover that is mounted on a handle of an automobile, for example.

  An example of a conventional handle cover is disclosed in Patent Literature 1 and Patent Literature 2.

  In the handle cover shown in Patent Document 1, a cover cloth and a transparent sheet are superposed in this order on the surface of a handle cover main body, and both ends thereof are integrally sewn with a thread.

Further, the handle cover shown in Patent Document 2 is obtained by attaching a light emitting device to an annular body that covers a handle of an automobile. The light emitting device includes a battery and a plurality of light emitting elements, and is connected to the control circuit unit.
JP-A-8-67256 [B62D 1/06] Utility Model Registration No. 3082746 Gazette [B62D 1/06]

  In the prior art of Patent Document 1, the design of the handle cover is mainly unified with the interior design of the automobile to improve the comfort in the automobile, and there are few uses such as improving safety in driving the automobile.

  On the other hand, the prior art of Patent Document 2 also aims to improve the appearance of the steering wheel by turning on the light emitting element by the light emitting device. The car can be informed of the existence of the car and can drive safely.

  However, since the light emitting device and its control circuit unit are provided on the annular body, not only the cost of parts such as the light emitting device is required, but also the assembly work for attaching them to the annular body is required, and the product cost as a handle cover is required. Will become high.

  Further, since the light emitting device and the like are provided inside the handle cover, the shape of the handle is uneven, and the driver of the automobile may feel uncomfortable about gripping the handle and may affect driving.

  Therefore, a main object of the present invention is to provide an inexpensive handle cover that can provide design to the handle cover and improve safety in driving the automobile.

  The invention of claim 1 is a handle cover including a main body mounted on a handle of an automobile and a light reflecting sheet attached to an outer surface of the main body.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the handle cover is formed by simply attaching the light reflecting sheet to the outer surface of the main body covering the handle of the automobile, the number of parts is small and a complicated mounting operation is not required. Therefore, the parts cost and assembly cost of the handle cover are not increased, and the handle cover can be manufactured at low cost.

  The design of the handle cover is improved by changing the shape, color or mounting position of the light reflecting sheet.

  The shape of the handle cover to which the light reflecting sheet is attached is not uneven, and follows the shape of the handle of the automobile, so that the driver of the automobile can grip the handle cover without a sense of incongruity.

  In addition, when the light reflecting sheet receives light from the headlights of an oncoming vehicle and reflects the light, the driver of the oncoming vehicle and those around the car can receive the light and quickly know the existence of the car. . For this reason, it is possible to safely drive and act in consideration of the existence of each other, and to prevent traffic accidents.

  The invention of claim 2 is the handle cover according to claim 1, wherein the light reflecting sheet is a retroreflective sheet.

  In the invention of claim 2, when the retroreflective sheet receives light from the oncoming vehicle, it reflects the light in the direction of the oncoming vehicle, so that the oncoming vehicle exists far away from the position of the automobile on which the handle cover is mounted. Even if the reflection sheet receives a small amount of light from the oncoming vehicle, the retroreflective sheet can efficiently reflect the light to the oncoming vehicle and has excellent visibility.

  The invention of claim 3 is the handle cover according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the light reflecting sheet is a fluorescent reflecting sheet.

  In the invention of claim 3, the fluorescent reflecting sheet reflects the light emitted from the headlight of the oncoming vehicle with clear light and looks outstanding, thereby showing excellent visibility to the oncoming vehicle driver. To do.

  According to this device, by attaching the light reflecting sheet to the main body of the handle cover, the handle design can be improved, safe operation can be achieved, and the handle cover can be provided at low cost.

  The above object, other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description of embodiments with reference to the drawings.

  A handle cover 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 1 has a light reflecting sheet 14 attached to the outer surface of a main body 12.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the main body 12 is made of a flexible material having a certain amount of frictional force against a vehicle handle such as synthetic rubber, leather, cloth, or plastic. It is shaped like a ring that is formed by wrapping a pipe, and it follows the shape of a car handle. The size of the ring-shaped main body 12 and the thickness of the main body 12 (the diameter of the pipe) are such that the handle of the vehicle to which the handle cover 10 is attached. It is determined appropriately according to the size and thickness. The main body 12 has a cut 16 extending around the inside thereof, and the main body 12 has a C-shaped cross section (pipe cross section).

  The light reflection sheet 14 receives light and reflects it and has flexibility. For example, the light reflection sheet 14 is a fluorescent reflection sheet using a fluorescent material, a retroreflection sheet using retroreflection, or a fluorescent retroreflection using a combination thereof. It is a sheet. It is attached to the surface of the main body 12 by adhesion, sewing, welding or the like. The shape, color, etc. are arbitrary, and in this embodiment, the three light reflecting sheets 14 are provided at an angle α: 120 degrees apart. For example, a red ellipse-shaped sheet is used as one of the three light reflecting sheets 14, and the remaining two light reflecting sheets 14 are, for example, parallel color-coded in three colors of white, red, and white. A quadrilateral sheet is used.

  When the handle cover 10 is attached to the handle of an automobile, the cut 16 inside the main body 12 is widened, and the handle cover 10 is put on the handle from there. At this time, the red ellipsoidal light reflecting sheet 14 is placed at the top of the handle.

  When you start driving dark in the evening or when you enter a tunnel while driving a car, you may forget to turn on the headlights of the car. In such a case, the surroundings of the automobile and oncoming vehicles are difficult to see the automobile, which may lead to a traffic accident. However, as shown in FIG. 4, if the handle cover 10 with the light reflecting sheet 14 attached thereto is attached to the handle of the automobile 18, the light reflecting sheet 14 emits light from the headlight of an oncoming vehicle existing in front of the automobile 18. The light is reflected to the oncoming vehicle. As a result, the light reflecting sheet 14 is conspicuous, so that the driver of the oncoming vehicle can recognize the presence of the automobile 18 at an early stage and can perform a safe driving taking the automobile 18 into consideration.

  At this time, even if the position of the oncoming vehicle is far from the position of the automobile on which the handle cover 10 is mounted and the amount of light reaching the automobile 18 from the oncoming vehicle is small, the light reflecting sheet 14 reflects the light efficiently and is visually recognized. Excellent in properties.

  In particular, if a retroreflective sheet is used for the light reflecting sheet 14, the light reflecting sheet 14 returns light in the light incident direction, so the light reflecting sheet 14 reflects light from the headlight of the oncoming vehicle to the oncoming vehicle. The presence of the car 18 can be informed.

The light reflecting sheet 14 does not totally reflect light like a mirror or the like, and does not emit light itself like a light emitting element, so the driver of the oncoming vehicle is dazzled by the reflected light. The vehicle cannot be opened, and safe driving is possible. Further, since the light reflecting sheet 14 reflects light received from an oncoming vehicle or the like to the front of the automobile 18, the reflected light does not enter the eyes of the driver of the automobile 18 and the driver of the automobile 18 is disturbed. In addition, the light reflecting sheet 14 not only reflects the light emitted from the front of the automobile 18 but also the light emitted from the side of the automobile 18. Reflect similarly. For this reason, what exists in the circumference | surroundings of the motor vehicle 18 can visually recognize the light reflection sheet 14, and can drive and act paying attention to the motor vehicle 18.

  Furthermore, the light reflection sheet 14 gives the reflected light to the driver of the oncoming vehicle when receiving light from the headlights of the oncoming vehicle, so it is effective when necessary and uses extra energy. do not do.

  In this way, the light reflecting sheet 14 can be attached to the main body 12 of the handle cover 10 by a simple method such as adhesion or welding, and the light reflecting sheet 14 is mass-produced and supplied to the market. Since a retroreflective sheet or the like can be used, the handle cover 10 is excellent in productivity.

  Since the shape of the handle cover 10 to which the light reflecting sheet 14 is attached is not uneven and follows the shape of the handle of the automobile 18, the driver of the automobile 18 can grip the handle on which the handle cover 10 is mounted without a sense of incongruity.

  For example, three light reflecting sheets 14 are attached to the main body 12 with an angle α of 120 degrees apart, but as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the two light reflecting sheets 20 are angle β: 180 degrees. It can also attach to the outer peripheral surface of the main body 12 at intervals. In this case, for example, the light reflecting sheet 20 is imitated by an arrow and colored blue.

  Moreover, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, for example, a belt-like light reflecting sheet 22 can be attached over the entire circumference of the cover of the main body 12. In this case, the light of the oncoming vehicle is reflected by the light reflecting sheet 22 wherever the light of the handle cover 10 strikes, so that the visibility of the automobile 18 is further improved.

  Thus, the design of the handle cover 10 can be improved by changing the mounting positions and shapes of the light reflecting sheets 14, 20, and 22.

  Furthermore, the specific numerical values of the angles and dimensions mentioned above are merely examples, and can be appropriately changed as necessary.

It is a perspective view which shows the handle | steering-wheel cover of one Example of this device. It is a front view which shows the handle | steering-wheel cover of FIG. It is a side view which shows the handle | steering-wheel cover of FIG. It is a side view which shows the state which attached the steering wheel cover to the steering wheel of a motor vehicle. It is a front view which shows the handle | steering-wheel cover of another Example of this invention. FIG. 6 is a side view showing the handle cover of FIG. 5. It is a front view which shows the handle | steering-wheel cover of another Example of this invention. FIG. 8 is a side view showing the handle cover of FIG. 7.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Handle cover 12 ... Main body 14, 20, 22 ... Light reflection sheet 18 ... Automobile

Claims (3)

A handle cover comprising: a main body attached to a handle of an automobile; and a light reflecting sheet attached to an outer surface of the main body.   The handle cover according to claim 1, wherein the light reflecting sheet is a retroreflective sheet.   The handle cover according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the light reflecting sheet is a fluorescent reflecting sheet.

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