JP3446589B2 - Wheelchair-mounted device - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a wheelchair-mounted device, and more particularly, to a wheelchair-mounted device that is installed in a passenger compartment of a passenger car and can easily load and unload a wheelchair.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art With the advent of an aging society, a vehicle equipped with a wheelchair-mounting device for easily mounting a wheelchair inside the vehicle has been recently installed in the vehicle. However, many conventional wheelchair-mounted devices are intended for hatchback vehicles that can secure a large rear opening as shown in FIG. In the wheelchair-mounted device shown in FIG. 9, a pillar 101 is erected so as to be pivotable on a luggage compartment floor of a vehicle, and an arm 10 extending laterally is provided at a tip of the pillar 101.
2 is provided, and the electric winding reel is internally provided at the tip of the arm 102. A belt 103 that extends from the electric take-up reel by rotating the column 101 in the vehicle exterior direction
The wheelchair is hoisted by the hoisting hook 104 at the lower end, and then the pillar 101 is swung in the inward direction of the vehicle to hang it.

[0003]

However, the conventional wheelchair-mounted device described above can be installed in a hatchback vehicle or the like having a sufficient ceiling height, but cannot be installed in a trunk room of a sedan type passenger car or the like having a low lid height. Conventionally, the roof and the rear seats have been modified to secure a space for installing a wheelchair, which requires a large modification, resulting in a large scale and a high cost.

The present invention solves such a problem by providing a wheelchair-mounted device that can be easily installed in a trunk room with a low lid height such as a sedan type passenger car to easily load and unload a wheelchair. The purpose is to provide.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, in the first aspect of the present invention, the inside of the trunk room (R) of a passenger car is used.
The lower end is pivotally attached so that it can rotate in the front-rear direction and can rotate forward.
In the trunk room (R) in a sideways state
It stands up by being stored and rotating backwards
Support column (2) and a support provided at the tip of the support column (2).
Lifting and hanging the wheelchair (W) to the pillar (2)
With a lifting mechanism capable of lifting, the pillar (2) stands up and the vehicle
Strut the support (2) sideways from the state where the chair (W) is suspended.
The wheelchair (W) can be moved to the trunk room
It is designed to be pulled into (R).

In the first aspect of the present invention, the pillars accommodated in the trunk room in a state of being laid sideways are rotatably erected and the lifting mechanism is used to load or unload the wheelchair.
Therefore, it is possible to easily load a wheelchair and the like and easily install the wheelchair in the trunk room.

If the pillar (2) is bent along the outer peripheral edge of the luggage compartment, a sufficient luggage loading space can be secured even when the pillar is stored in the luggage compartment in a state of being laid down sideways.

Further, driving means (3) for tilting the column (2) over and standing up can be provided.

A trolley (5) provided with a roller body (54) is provided on the lower surface of the front edge, a wheelchair (W) is placed on the trolley, and the trolley (5) is lifted or lowered instead of the wheelchair (W). If it is set, it becomes easier to pull in or pull out from the trunk room (R).

In the second aspect of the present invention, the trunk room of the passenger car
The lower end can be rotated in the front-rear direction at a position separated from the front-rear in (R)
Noh is pivotally mounted and can be tilted by rotating it forward
It is stored in the trunk room (R) and rotated backward
A pair of link arms (7, 8) that stand upright,
So that both link arms (7, 8) are parallel to each other
Connected to the upper ends of both link arms (7, 8) in a substantially horizontal position.
When both link arms (7, 8) are tilted,
Moved to and stored in the trunk room (R),
Support that moves backward when the Quarms (7, 8) are raised
The arm (9) and the rear end of the support arm (9).
And lift the wheelchair (W) to the support arm (9)
And a lifting mechanism that can be hung, both links
The arm (7, 8) stands up and the wheelchair (W) is lifted.
Tilt both link arms (7, 8)
As a result, the wheelchair (W) is pulled into the trunk room (R).
It is designed so that it can be put in.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the parallel link accommodated in the trunk room in a tilted state is pivotally erected and the lifting mechanism loads or unloads the wheelchair. Therefore, it is possible to easily load a wheelchair and the like and easily install the wheelchair in the trunk room.

In this case, it is possible to provide a drive means (3) for tilting the link arms (7, 8) sideways and standing them up.

The reference numerals in parentheses indicate the correspondence with the concrete means described in the embodiments described later.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS (First Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a side perspective view of a rear trunk room of a sedan type passenger vehicle. In the figure, an elongated base 1 extending in the front-rear direction is fixedly provided on a floor F of a trunk room R in a transom room R having an opened lid L, and a lower end of a column 2 is rotatable at a rear end of the base 1. Is pivoted on. As shown in FIG. 2, an upper half of the column 2 is bent into an L shape, and a head 21 having a built-in electric winding reel as a lifting mechanism is provided at the tip thereof. A belt 22 hangs from the lower surface of the head 21, and a hanging hook 23 is provided at the tip thereof. A push button switch 24 for rotating the electric take-up reel forward and backward is provided on the upper surface of the head 21.

An electric cylinder 3 is provided along the base 1, and the base end of the cylinder body 31 is rotatably attached to the front end portion (the right end portion in FIG. 2) of the base 1 while the cylinder body is provided. The tip of the rod 32 protruding from 31 is the above-mentioned pillar 2.
Is connected to the middle side surface near the lower end of the. When the rod 32 of the electric cylinder 3 is contracted and retracted in this state, the support column 2 is laid sideways forward as shown by the arrow in FIG. 3 to be stored along the floor corner of the trunk room R, and the trunk lid L can be closed. . Since the pillar 2 is L-shaped, it is accommodated along the floor corner of the trunk R, so that a sufficient space for loading other luggage on the floor F is secured when the wheelchair is not loaded.

On the floor F of the trunk room R, a U-shaped locking piece 41 facing rearward is provided at the center of the front end portion thereof, while at the rear end portion of the floor F, sliding rollers 42 are respectively provided at the left and right positions. A fixing belt 43 is provided at the central position.

In FIG. 1, the wheelchair is folded and placed on the carriage 5 and pulled up into the trunk room R. FIG. 4 shows the appearance of the carriage 5. The dolly 5 is a substantially rectangular sled shape made of a pipe material, and the left and right sides 511, 512 of the frame pipe 51 located on the outer periphery are connected by two front and rear cross pipes 52, 53. Moving rollers 54 are provided on the lower surfaces of both ends of the front side 513 (the other side in the figure) of the frame pipe 51, while the rear side (front side in the figure) 514 of the frame pipe 51 is bent upward. The base ends of the cloth belts 55 and 56 are wound around and fixed to the left and right sides 511 and 512 of the frame pipe 51 at substantially central positions, and the buckle 5 is attached to the respective tips of the cloth belts 55 and 56.
61 and a tongue plate 55 which is detachably connected to the 61.
1 are provided respectively. Further, in the center of the rear side of the frame pipe 51, a cloth belt 57 having a ring 571 at its tip is provided.
The base end of is fixed by winding.

When loading the wheelchair W into the trunk room R, after placing the folded wheelchair W on the carriage 5,
The buckle 561 and the tongue plate 551 are connected to hold the wheelchair W from the left and right. Then, a ring 571 at the tip of the cloth belt 57 is passed between the left and right cloth belts 55, 56 and the wheelchair which are connected to each other, and this ring 571 is hung on the hanging hook 23 of the electric winding reel as shown in FIG. Wind up 22. In this process, the front side 513 of the carriage 5
Is placed on the rear edge of the trunk room R and pulled up while being rotated to a horizontal posture, and then the rod 32 of the electric cylinder 3 is rotated by a switch (not shown) provided on the inner wall of the trunk room R or the like.
Is contracted to tilt the column 2 forward. As a result, the carriage 5 moves to and is loaded on the floor F of the trunk room R as shown in FIG. 5, and the head 21 at the tip of the support column 2 is tilted on the wheelchair W (position a in FIG. 5). Thereby, the trunk lid L (FIG. 1) can be closed. The position b in FIG. 5 shows the sideways position of the column 2 when the wheelchair W is not loaded.

FIG. 6 shows the carriage 5 positioned on the floor F of the trunk room R. In the process of horizontally moving the trolley 5 pulled up by the electric take-up reel onto the floor F, the trolley 5 moves forward as shown by a chain line in FIG. To the right) of the floor F, and its front side 513 approaches the locking piece 41 at the front end of the floor F. After this, dolly 5
When the bent portions of the left and right frame frames 511 and 512 are slid on the sliding roller 42 and the entire carriage 5 is pushed diagonally forward as shown by the arrow in FIG. 6, the front side 513 of the carriage 5 causes the locking piece 41 to move.
And is positioned between the sliding roller 42 and the sliding roller 42. After that, the fixing belt 43 (FIG. 3) is wound around the rear cross pipe 53 (FIG. 4) of the truck, and the buckle 431 at the tip of the belt 43 is formed on a part of the rear cross pipe 53. (Not shown). As a result, lifting of the dolly 5 is prevented, and the carriage 5 is reliably positioned and fixed on the floor F of the luggage compartment R.

When the wheelchair W is taken out from the trunk room R, the fixing belt 43 is removed, the rod 32 of the electric cylinder 3 is extended and the pillar 2 is rotatably erected, and then the carriage 5 is made substantially horizontal. Pull out from.
Then, the belt 22 of the electric winding reel is unwound with the front side 513 of the carriage 5 positioned at the rear edge of the trunk room R, and the carriage 5 is lowered onto the road as shown in FIG.

(Second Embodiment) In FIG. 7, a base 6 is provided in a rear trunk room R of a sedan type passenger vehicle, and lower ends of link arms 7 and 8 are rotatably coupled to front and rear positions thereof. . These link arms 7 and 8 stand up parallel to each other, and a support arm 9 in a horizontal posture is provided at the upper end thereof.
Are combined. Details of this are shown in FIG.

In FIG. 8, the base 6 is made of an L-shaped angle member, and the rear side link arm 7 is composed of parallel link plates 71 and 72 positioned on the left and right with the standing wall 61 of the base 6 interposed therebetween. The upper and lower ends of the link plates 71 and 72 are connected by pins 91 and 73, and the link plates 71 and 72 are rotatably connected to the base standing wall 61. Also, the pin 91
The link plates 71, 7 protruding from both side surfaces of the support arm 9.
It is rotatably connected to 2. The front link arm 8 is composed of a screw rod provided with a turnbuckle 81 in the middle,
The lower end of the screw rod is rotatably connected to the base standing wall 61, and a U-shaped receiving metal fitting 82 is provided at the upper end thereof and is rotatably pin-connected to the front end of the support arm 9.

The rear half of the support arm 9 rises upward, and the head 9 having an electric winding reel built in at the tip thereof.
Two are provided. Belt 9 from the bottom surface of head 92
3 hangs down, and a hanging hook 94 is provided at the tip thereof. A push button switch 95 for rotating the electric take-up reel forward and backward is provided on the upper surface of the head 92. When the turnbuckle 81 is rotated, the substantial length of the front side link arm 8 changes, which allows the posture of the support arm 9 to be changed and adjusted.

The electric cylinder 3 is provided along the standing wall 61 of the base 6, and the base end of the cylinder body 31 is rotatably attached to the front end portion (right end portion in FIG. 8) of the base standing wall 61. On the other hand, the tip of the rod 32 protruding from the cylinder body 31 is connected to the side surface of the link plate 72. Therefore, when the rod 32 of the electric cylinder 3 is contracted and retracted from the extended state shown in FIG. 8, the front and rear link arms 7 and 8 forming the parallel link fall forward as shown by the chain line in FIG. Tilt into the trunk room R at the lower front.

When the wheelchair W is loaded into the trunk room R, the rod 32 of the electric cylinder 3 is extended and advanced by a switch (not shown) provided on the inner wall of the trunk room R, etc. Link arm 7,
8 is made upright, and the head 92 at the tip of the support arm 9 is projected rearward of the vehicle. In this state, the suspension hook 94 of the electric take-up reel is lowered, hooked on the folded wheelchair W, and pulled up. FIG. 7 shows a state in which the wheelchair W is pulled up. After that, when the rod 32 of the electric cylinder 3 is contracted and retracted to tilt the link arms 7 and 8 forward into the trunk room R as shown by the arrow in FIG. 7, the wheelchair W suspended by the hanging hooks 94 is moved to the trunk room R. Floor F
Moved up. When the link arms 7 and 8 are tilted forward, the trunk lid L can be closed.

[0026]

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY As described above, the wheelchair-mounted device of the present invention can be easily installed in a trunk room with a low lid height such as a sedan type passenger car and can easily load and unload the wheelchair. .

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side perspective view of a rear trunk room of a sedan-type passenger vehicle provided with a wheelchair-mounted device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an overall perspective view of a wheelchair-mounted device.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a rear trunk room of a sedan-type passenger vehicle provided with a wheelchair-mounted device.

FIG. 4 is an overall perspective view of a carriage.

FIG. 5 is a schematic perspective view of a rear trunk room of a sedan type passenger vehicle showing the operation of the wheelchair-mounted device.

FIG. 6 is a schematic side view of the cart pulled into the trunk room.

FIG. 7 is a side perspective view of a rear trunk room of a sedan-type passenger vehicle provided with a wheelchair-mounted device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an overall perspective view of a wheelchair-mounted device.

FIG. 9 is a rear perspective view of a hatchback vehicle provided with a conventional wheelchair-mounted device.

[Explanation of symbols]

2 ... Struts, 3 ... Electric cylinders, 5 ... Trucks, 54 ... Moving rollers, 7, 8 ... Link arms, 9 ... Support arms, R ... Trunk room, W ... Wheelchairs.

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Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A lower end of the passenger car trunk is located at the front and rear.
Is pivotally attached so that it can rotate in the direction
When it is stored in the trunk room in a state of lying down
The pillar that stands up by turning it backwards,
It is provided at the tip of the pillar and suspends the wheelchair against the pillar.
A lifting mechanism capable of lifting and hanging,
From the state where the pillar stands up and the wheelchair is suspended,
The wheelchair can be lifted by placing the column on the sideways.
A wheelchair-mounted device characterized by being able to be drawn into the rank room . 2. The front and rear of the passenger compartment of the passenger car
The lower end is pivotally attached in the forward and backward directions at the
In the trunk room in a tilted state by rotating
A pair that is stored in the
Link arm and both link arms are not parallel to each other.
So that they are connected to the upper ends of both link arms in a substantially horizontal position.
When both link arms are tilted,
Moved to and stored in the trunk room,
Support arm that moves backward when the link arm is erected
And provided at the rear end of the support arm,
A wheelchair can be hoisted and hoisted.
And a mechanism in which both link arms stand upright
Tilt the both link arms from the suspended state.
The wheelchair is placed in the trunk room
A wheelchair-mounted device characterized by being able to be drawn into.