JP3228249U - Auxiliary legs for flower stand - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an auxiliary leg for a flower stand which is easy to configure and inexpensive. SOLUTION: This is an auxiliary leg 20 attached to a leg 41 of a flower stand 2 for extending the length of the leg, and has an inner diameter so that the leg of the flower stand can be inserted from the ground contact end 410 side. Has a tubular body 21 having a predetermined length larger than the outer diameter of the legs of the flower stand. A through hole 22 is formed in the cylinder so as to cross the cylinder in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction. A plurality of sets of through holes are formed at regular intervals from one end side in the axial direction of the cylinder to the central portion in the axial direction. An arbitrary set of the plurality of sets of through holes is provided with a leg receiving member 23 that is inserted and fixed so as to cross the inner space of the tubular body. [Selection diagram] FIG. 7

Description

The present invention relates to auxiliary legs for stably installing the flower stand on an inclined surface or an installation surface having a step.

This kind of flower stand is used to decorate flowers and offering flowers at the time of opening / opening a store or at a ceremonial occasion.
The place where the flower stand is installed is not limited to a flat surface, and may have to be placed on an inclined surface or a stepped portion, for example. As an example, the storefront of an opened store is generally sloped to prevent rainwater from entering, and is often provided with a step for drainage.

If the flower stand is installed in such a place, there is a risk that the flower tub and the flower cage will tilt and become unstable, as well as being touched or blown by the wind and falling over.
Therefore, conventionally, when the flower stand is installed on an inclined surface or the like, measures such as biting a board or the like under the leg placed on the lower ground to raise the ground contact end of the leg may be taken. However, such a temporary measure is not sufficient depending on the degree of inclination of the inclined surface, and the bitten plate often comes off.

As a prior art for solving such a problem, there is a flower stand disclosed in Patent Document 1, Patent Document 2 or Patent Document 3.
In the flower stands disclosed in Patent Documents 1 and 2, the legs, which are the lower ends of the columns of the flower stand, are attached to the base so that the base can be installed horizontally.
The flower stand disclosed in Patent Document 3 has one of the three columns (feet) constituting the flower stand as a stretchable leg.

JP-A-2018-89197 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2018-171127 Microfilm of Jitsusho 60-192799 (Jitsukai Sho 62-100070)

Even if the flower stand disclosed in Patent Documents 1 and 2 can maintain a stable standing posture of the flower stand, a large base plate called a base is required, and the lower end of the support must be fixed to the base. In addition, four screw pins must be provided on the base to keep the base horizontal. Therefore, there is a problem that the configuration of the entire flower stand becomes complicated and the size becomes large.

In the flower stand disclosed in Patent Document 3, one of the three legs must be a stretchable leg, which makes the structure of the legs complicated and expensive.
An object of the present invention is to solve the problems of the above-mentioned prior art and to provide an auxiliary leg that is easy to configure and inexpensive.

The auxiliary leg for the flower stand according to the present invention is attached to the leg of the flower stand and is an auxiliary leg for extending the length of the leg, and the leg of the flower stand can be inserted from the ground end side. As described above, the cylinder has a predetermined length whose inner diameter is larger than the outer diameter of the legs of the flower stand, and the cylinder has a through hole that crosses the cylinder in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction. The through holes are formed in a plurality of sets at regular intervals from one end side in the axial direction of the tubular body to the central portion in the axial direction, and any of the plurality of sets of through holes are formed. A set of auxiliary legs is provided with a leg receiving member that is inserted and fixed so as to cross the inner space of the cylinder.

Further, in the auxiliary leg for the flower stand according to the present invention, the leg receiving member includes a bolt and a nut, the bolt has a head and a screw shaft, and the length of the screw shaft is one of the screw shafts. With the head abutting through the through hole, the screw shaft has a length that crosses the inner space of the cylinder and the tip of the screw shaft protrudes outward from the other through hole facing the tip of the nut. , The bolt is screwed to the tip of a screw shaft protruding from the other facing through hole to fix the bolt so as not to come out of the through hole, and the leg receiving member including the bolt and the nut is a plurality of sets. It is an auxiliary leg that can be selectively fixed to any one set of through holes.

Further, the auxiliary leg for the flower stand according to the present invention is attached to the leg of the flower stand and is an auxiliary leg for extending the length of the leg, and the leg of the flower stand is attached to the ground end side. The cylinder has a predetermined length whose inner diameter is larger than the outer diameter of the legs of the flower stand so that it can be inserted, and the cylinder has a through hole that crosses the cylinder in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction. Is formed, the through hole includes at least one set of elongated holes extending along the axial direction of the cylinder, and a leg receiving member inserted into the through hole and crossing the inner space of the cylinder is formed. It is an auxiliary leg provided.

Further, the auxiliary leg for the flower stand according to the present invention is an auxiliary leg provided with a grounding cap at the end of the tubular body on the side to be grounded to the installation surface during use.
Further, in the auxiliary leg for the flower stand according to the present invention, the flower stand has four struts, and the ground side of each struts is a leg portion that is opened outward from the middle part of the struts. The tubular body having the predetermined length is an auxiliary leg having a length substantially the same as the length of the leg portion.

By using the auxiliary leg according to the present invention, the existing flower stand can be installed in a stable standing posture at the installation site.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a celebration flower 1 called a stand flower. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an example of the flower stand 2. FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a problem when the flower stand 2 is installed on an inclined surface 11 or an installation surface 13 having a step. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing an auxiliary leg 20 according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a vertical sectional view of the auxiliary leg 20. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a modified example of the grounding cap 24. FIG. 7 is a partially enlarged view of a state in which the flower stand 2 is erected by using the auxiliary legs 20. 8A and 8B are views showing the configuration of the auxiliary leg 30 according to another embodiment of the present invention, in which FIG. 8A is a perspective view and FIG. 8B is a vertical sectional view. FIG. 9 is a vertical sectional view of the auxiliary leg 35 according to still another embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a celebration flower 1 which is a so-called stand flower. The congratulatory flower 1 is delivered, for example, when the store is opened, and is installed at the storefront of the store. The festive flower 1 includes a flower stand 2 and a variety of flowers 3 held on the flower stand 2, for example, and displayed on a vase.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an example of the flower stand 2. The flower stand 2 includes four columns 4a, 4b, 4c, and 4d. The upper and lower portions of the columns 4a and 4c are connected by the upper connecting arm 5 and the lower connecting arm 6, respectively, to form a first pair of columns connected in parallel with a predetermined width. Further, the upper and lower portions of the columns 4b and 4d are also connected by the upper connecting arm 7 and the lower connecting arm 8, respectively, to form a second support column pair connected in parallel with a predetermined width.

The central portions of the upper connecting arms 5 and 7 are vertically stacked, and the central portions of the lower connecting arms 6 and 8 are vertically stacked and connected by pins 9 and 10, respectively. Therefore, in the first strut pair (struts 4a, 4c) and the second strut pair (struts 4b, 4d), the four columns 4a to 4d stand at substantially equal intervals as shown in FIG. It can be in use.

Then, in the used state, the flower stand 2 can hold the vase 15 on the upper connecting arms 5 and 7. Further, a vase (not shown) can be placed and held on the lower connecting arms 6 and 8.
Further, in the flower stand 2, the support columns 4a and the support columns 4b overlap each other, and the support columns 4c and the support columns 4d overlap each other when not in use, that is, when storing or transporting the flowers 3 displayed on the vase. The structure may be such that one pair of struts and a pair of second struts can be folded.

Legs 41a, 41b, 41c, 41d are formed on the grounding side (lower side) of each of the columns 4a, 4b, 4c, and 4d of the flower stand 2.
In the following, since each support column and its legs have the same configuration, they will be described generically except for reference numerals a to d. The leg 41 is bent outward from a slightly lower portion at a position where the lower connecting arm 6 or 8 is attached, more specifically, in the middle of the support column 4, and is obliquely linearly outward. The legs are open. By forming the leg portion 41 having the legs opened outward on the support column 4, the area of the ground contact surface surrounded by the four support columns 4 of the flower stand 2 can be widened, and the stance can be stabilized.

The outline of the dimensions of the flower stand 2 may be such that the length (height) of the support column 4 (including the leg portion 4) is about 60 to 110 cm, and the length of the leg portion 41 is about 20 to 25 cm.
FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a problem when the flower stand 2 is installed on an installation surface 13 (13U, 13D) having an inclined surface 11 or a step 12.
When the flower stand 2 is installed on the inclined surface 11, when the flower stand 2 is to stand vertically, the ground contact end 410 of the legs 41 (for example, 41c, 41d) arranged on the lower side of the inclined surface comes into contact with the inclined surface 11. Instead, for example, a gap of ΔH is generated.

Similarly, when the flower stand 2 is installed so as to be perpendicular to the installation surface 13 having the step 12, the ground contact end 410 of the legs 41 (for example, 41c, 41d) arranged on the low installation surface 13D is the ground contact surface 13D. A gap of, for example, ΔH is generated without contacting.
In the past, the above gap ΔH was sometimes filled by emergency measures such as biting a folded cardboard or a piece of board between the inclined surface 11 or the installation surface 13D and the grounding end 410 of the leg 41. It was completely insufficient for the stand 2 to stand stably.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing an auxiliary leg 20 for a flower stand according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a vertical sectional view of the auxiliary leg 20 along the line VV of FIG.
With reference to FIGS. 4 and 5, the auxiliary leg 20 has a tubular body 21. The tubular body 21 is a pipe-shaped tubular body made of a hard material, and the material thereof may be any material such as metal, synthetic resin, and wood. It may also be a natural cylinder made of bamboo.

In the present embodiment, the cylindrical body 21 is formed with a vinyl chloride resin, as an example, the inner diameter phi _i is 20 mm, the outer diameter phi ₀ is 25 mm, the length L is used is 250mm pipe.
As shown in FIG. 5, the tubular body 21 has an inner diameter φ _i that allows the leg portion 41 of the flower stand 2 to be inserted from the ground contact end 410 side, has no large gap in the radial direction at the time of insertion, and is less likely to rattle. Just do it.

The tubular body 21 is formed with a through hole 22 extending in the radial direction so as to cross the center of the tubular body 21 in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction. The through hole 22 is formed in the first small hole 221 formed at a predetermined angle position of the peripheral wall and the peripheral wall at an angle position 180 ° away from the predetermined angle position when the tubular body 21 is viewed in the transverse direction. A through hole is formed in which two small holes 221 and 222 are combined with the second small hole 222. In the present embodiment, a plurality (sets) of through holes 22 are formed from one end 211 side of the tubular body 21 in the axial direction of the tubular body 21 at regular intervals, for example, six. ing. The through hole 22 is formed between one end 211 side of the tubular body 21 and the central portion in the axial direction of the tubular body 21. In the present embodiment, the through hole 22 is not formed between the axially central portion of the tubular body 21 and the other end 212 of the tubular body 21, but the one end 211 to the other end 212 of the tubular body 21 is shown. Up to this point, through holes 22 may be formed over the entire axial direction of the tubular body 21.

The auxiliary leg 20 has a leg receiving member 23 that is inserted and fixed to an arbitrary set of through holes 22 of a plurality of (sets) of the tubular body 21. The leg receiving member 23 may include, for example, a wing head bolt 231 and a wing nut 232. When using the auxiliary leg 20, the leg receiving member 23 is fixed by selecting an appropriate through hole 22 depending on the condition of the installation surface on which the flower stand 2 is installed. When the leg receiving member 23 includes the wing head bolt 231 and the wing nut 232, the leg receiving member 23 can be fixed to an appropriate through hole 22 by hand without using a tool such as a screwdriver.

The leg receiving member 23 may be composed of various bolts and nuts. In short, when the auxiliary leg 20 is used, any of a plurality (set) of through holes 22 formed in the tubular body 21 may be formed. Anything that can be inserted into a set and fixed.
The auxiliary leg 20 according to the present embodiment further has a grounding cap 24. The grounding cap 24 is a non-slip member fitted to one end 211 of the tubular body 21. The grounding cap 24 is made of rubber, soft resin, or the like, and is a member for more stably installing the auxiliary leg 20.

As shown in FIG. 5, the grounding cap 24 according to the present embodiment is a thick contact between the annular tubular portion 241 fitted to one end 211 of the tubular body 21 and the tip of the annular tubular portion 241. It has a bottom 242.
Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the grounding cap 24 may have a fitting portion 243 that is internally fitted into one end 211 of the tubular body 21 and a bottom contact portion 244 that is integrally provided at the tip of the fitting portion 243. Good.

In the auxiliary leg 20 according to the present invention, the grounding cap 24 fitted to one end 211 of the tubular body 21 may be removed from one end 211 of the tubular body 21 and fitted to the other end 212 of the tubular body 21. In that case, one end 211 of the tubular body 21 can be used as the grounding end, and conversely, the other end 212 of the tubular body 22 can be used as the grounding end.
Further, the auxiliary leg 20 according to the present invention may be configured not to have a grounding cap 24, and one end 211 or the other end 212 of the tubular body 21 may be directly grounded.

In the auxiliary leg 20, the leg portion 41 of the support column 4 is inserted from the other end 212 side of the tubular body 21, and one end 211 is used as the grounding end, or the leg portion 41 of the support column 4 is inserted from the one end 211 side of the tubular body 21. Depending on whether the other end 212 is used as the grounding end, the options for the extension length of the leg 41 of the support column 4 increase.
FIG. 7 is an illustration showing a state in which the flower stand 2 is installed on the installation surface 13 (13U, 13D) having the step 12 and the step 12 is absorbed by the auxiliary leg 20 to stand the flower stand 2. It is a partially enlarged view.

In the tubular body 21, a through hole 22 capable of best absorbing the step 12 of the installation surface 13 is selected, and the leg receiving member 23 is fixed to the selected through hole 22. Then, in the case of the end portion on the side opposite to the end portion to be grounded (for example, the end portion where one end 211 of the tubular body 21 is grounded) with respect to the tubular body 21 in which the leg receiving member 23 is fixed to the specific through hole 22. Inserts the leg portions 41 (41c, 41d) of the flower stand 2 installed on the low installation surface 13D from the other end 212) of the tubular body 21 from the grounding end 410 side, and inserts the grounding end 410 into the foot receiving member 23. Hit against. As a result, the length of the legs 41 (41c, 41d) of the flower stand 2 installed on the low installation surface 13D is extended by the auxiliary legs 20. As a result, the flower stand 2 was arranged on the leg portions 41 (41a, 41b) arranged on the relatively high installation surface 13U and the relatively low installation surface 13D, and the leg length was extended by the auxiliary leg 20. The legs 41 (41c, 41d) maintain a substantially vertical state and provide a stable standing state.

One end 211 (or the other end 212) of the tubular body 21 of the auxiliary leg 20 may be cut in a direction orthogonal to the length direction (central axis direction) of the tubular body 21, and is installed as shown in FIG. It is cut in an oblique direction (more specifically, an oblique angle equal to the angle at which the legs are opened outward of the leg 41) with respect to the length direction (central axis direction) so as to expand the contact portion with the surface 13D. You may be.
8A and 8B are views showing the configuration of the auxiliary leg 30 according to another embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 8A is a perspective view of the auxiliary leg 30, and FIG. 8B is a line BB of FIG. 8A. It is a vertical cross-sectional view along.

The feature of the auxiliary leg 30 shown in FIG. 8 is that the through hole 32 formed in the tubular body 21 is an elongated hole extending in the axial direction of the tubular body 21, but the through hole 32 is the tubular body 21. A first elongated hole 321 drilled at a predetermined angle position on the peripheral wall and a second elongated hole 322 drilled on the peripheral wall at an angle position 180 ° away from the predetermined angular position. Includes. The through hole 32 may be, for example, an elongated hole that extends linearly from one end 211 of the tubular body 21 to the center of the tubular body 21 in the axial direction, starting from a position that is within a certain length axial direction. By making the through hole 32 formed in the tubular body 21 such an elongated hole, the fixing position of, for example, a bolt or nut as a leg receiving member 23 that is inserted and fixed through the through hole 32 is set in the axial direction of the tubular body 21. Can be adjusted freely. Thereby, the length of the leg portion 41 of the flower stand 2 extending from the auxiliary leg 30 can be freely adjusted.

FIG. 9 is a vertical sectional view of the auxiliary leg 35 according to still another embodiment of the present invention. The auxiliary leg 35 has through holes 33 and 34 formed in the tubular body 21. The elongated holes (through holes) formed in the tubular body 21 may form a plurality of sets of through holes 33 and through holes 34 by changing the angular positions formed in the circumferential direction. In this case, the lengths of the through holes 33 and 34 do not become too long in the axial direction of the tubular body 21, which is advantageous in maintaining the strength of the tubular body 21.

Further, the through holes 33 and 34 may be configured to mount the leg receiving member 230 formed of a U-shaped metal plate instead of the leg receiving member 23 of the bolt and nut. As the U-shaped leg receiving member 230, a plurality of leg receiving members 230 having different widths W may be prepared, or a plurality of leg receiving members 230 may be stacked and mounted in the through holes 33 and 34. It may be something that can be done.
The auxiliary leg according to the present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above, and various changes can be made within the scope of the utility model registration claims.

For example, the tubular body has been described as a cylindrical shape in the above-described embodiment, but may have a square tubular shape or a polygonal tubular shape. Further, the color of the cylinder may be white or black that matches the color of the support columns 4 (legs 41) of the flower stand 2.

1 Celebration flower 2 Flower stand 3 Flowers 4, 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d Prop 5, 7 Upper connecting arm 6, 8 Lower connecting arm 9, 10 Pin 11 Inclined surface 12 Step 13, 13U, 13D Installation surface 20, 30 Auxiliary Leg 21 Cylinder 22, 32, 33, 34 Through hole 23, 230 Leg receiving member 24 Grounding cap 41, 41a, 41b, 41c, 41d Leg 211 One end 212 One other end 221 First small hole 222 Second small hole 231 Wingnut bolt 232 Wingnut 241 Ring tube part 242, 244 Bottom contact part 243 Fitting part 321 First long hole 322 Second long hole 410 Grounding end

Claims (5)

It is an auxiliary leg that is attached to the leg of the flower stand and extends the length of the leg.
It has a cylinder with a predetermined length whose inner diameter is larger than the outer diameter of the legs of the flower stand so that the legs of the flower stand can be inserted from the ground end side.
The tubular body is formed with a through hole that crosses the tubular body in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction.
A plurality of sets of the through holes are formed at regular intervals from one end side in the axial direction of the tubular body to the central portion in the axial direction.
An auxiliary leg for a flower stand, which is provided with a leg receiving member that is inserted and fixed to any one set of the plurality of sets of through holes so as to cross the inner space of the tubular body. The leg support member includes bolts and nuts.
The bolt has a head and a screw shaft, and the length of the screw shaft is such that the screw shaft is inserted into one through hole and the head is in contact with the through hole, and the screw shaft has an inner space of the cylinder. The length is set so that the tip protrudes outward from the other through hole that faces each other.
The nut is screwed into the tip of a screw shaft protruding from the other through hole facing the other, and fixes the bolt so that it does not come out of the through hole.
The auxiliary leg for a flower stand according to claim 1, wherein the leg receiving member including the bolt and the nut can be selectively fixed to any one set of the plurality of sets of through holes. It is an auxiliary leg that is attached to the leg of the flower stand and extends the length of the leg.
It has a cylinder with a predetermined length whose inner diameter is larger than the outer diameter of the legs of the flower stand so that the legs of the flower stand can be inserted from the ground end side.
The tubular body is formed with a through hole that crosses the tubular body in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction.
The through hole includes at least one set of elongated holes extending along the axial direction of the cylinder.
An auxiliary leg for a flower stand provided with a leg receiving member that is inserted into the through hole and crosses the inner space of the tubular body. The auxiliary leg for a flower stand according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the tubular body is provided with a grounding cap at an end on the side that is grounded to the installation surface during use. The flower stand has four stanchions, and the grounding side of each stanchion is a leg portion whose legs are opened outward from the middle part of the stanchion.
The auxiliary leg for a flower stand according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the tubular body having a predetermined length has a length substantially the same as the length of the leg portion.

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