JP5010525B2 - Ottoman - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an ottoman, and more particularly to an ottoman having a massage function for a leg portion of a human body.

  As an ottoman with a massage function for the legs, it is equipped with two grooves that can fit the legs on one side, and an airbag that is driven to inflate and contract on the inner walls of these grooves, and is used in the grooves 2. Description of the Related Art It is known that massage is performed on a portion of a leg portion that is positioned in a groove by inflating and contracting an airbag while the leg portion of the person is stored.

  However, this type of ottoman is considerably bulky because there are two grooves on the surface that are deep enough to fit the legs.

Moreover, there is a problem not as a massage use but as a footrest for relaxing the leg.
JP 2004-208880 A

  The present invention was invented in view of the above-described conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an ottoman that can reduce the bulk when the massage is not performed on the legs. It is an object to provide an ottoman that can perform massage on a part and can also relax a leg part.

In order to solve the above problems, an ottoman according to the present invention has a bottom plate, a pair of left and right side plates rising from the bottom plate, and a central wall located between both side plates, and between each side plate and the central wall. In the ottoman provided with a groove for accommodating the leg part of each human body, and a member for massaging the leg part is arranged on the surface surrounding the groove, the side plate is extendable and the height from the bottom plate is variable. And an opening / closing plate that is rotatably connected to the distal end side, and the opening / closing plate that rotates in conjunction with the expansion and contraction of the side plate follows the side plate when the side plate is extended. When the side plate is shrunk and the side plate is shrunk, it covers and closes the openings of the two grooves arranged substantially in parallel to form a substantially flat surface between the side plates . .

By changing the height of the side plate from the bottom plate, that is, by changing the depth of the groove, the bulk can be changed , and when the volume is reduced, the opening of the groove is covered with an opening / closing plate and is almost flat. The surface is formed so that the legs can be relaxed .

  The massaging member is preferably an airbag that is driven to expand and contract. It is possible to obtain a massage member that does not give a problem with respect to the elastic structure of the side plate.

  In the present invention, since the side plate can be expanded and contracted, it has a deep groove that can fit the legs when performing massage, and when the massage is not performed, the side plate is contracted to reduce the bulk. For this reason, the storability is improved and the possibility of getting in the way can be reduced.

Moreover, when the side plate is shrunk, the opening / closing plate covers the opening of the groove to form a substantially flat surface, so that the position of the leg is not restricted by the groove, so that the leg can be relaxed At this time, since the groove is closed by the opening / closing plate to form a simple appearance, the possibility of getting caught in the foot is reduced, and at the same time, the appearance is good for being installed indoors.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described based on the embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings. An ottoman in the illustrated example raises a pair of side plates 3 and 3 from the left and right ends of the bottom plate 2 and raises a central wall 4 from the center in the left and right direction. The side plates 3, 3 are provided with grooves 5, 5 arranged substantially in parallel between the side plates 3, 3 and the central wall 4. The side plates 3, 3 here are fixed guide portions 30 and the three-side outer surfaces of the fixed guide portions 30. And an opening / closing plate 32 is attached to the central wall 4 side.

  The fixed guide portion 30 is fixed to the bottom plate 2, while the slide portion 31 is slidable with respect to the fixed guide portion 30, and one end is connected to the bottom plate 2 or the fixed guide portion 30. The other end of the lazy tong 6 is connected to the slide portion 31. When the lazy tong 6 is expanded and contracted, the slide portion 31 slides with respect to the fixed guide portion 30, and as a result, the side plate 3 expands and contracts. Thus, the height of the side plate 3 from the bottom plate 2 changes.

  The height of the side plate 3 from the bottom plate 2 is substantially the same as the height of the central wall 4 from the bottom plate 2 when the side plate 3 is contracted, and becomes higher than the height of the central wall 4 when the side plate 3 is extended.

  The expansion and contraction of the lazy tongs 6 is a pair of shafts that are paired with the lazy tongs 6 by nuts (not shown) that are respectively screwed into the forward screw portion and the reverse screw portion of the screw shaft 65 that is rotated by a motor (not shown). Provided in the parts 60, 60, the screw shaft 65 is rotated to change the interval between the shaft parts 60, 60.

  The open / close plate 32 is connected to the end portion of the slide portion 31 in the side plate 3 by a shaft 33 so as to be rotatable with respect to the slide portion 31, and one end is connected to the open / close plate 32 by the shaft 34. When the other end of the connected link 35 is rotatably connected to the fixed guide portion 30 and the side plate 3 extends due to the presence of the link 35 and the height from the bottom plate 2 becomes higher, FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, the opening / closing plate 32 follows the surface of the side plate 3 on the central wall 4 side, and when the side plate 3 is contracted, the opening / closing plate 3 is expanded by the link 35, and as shown in FIG. Cover.

And closing plate 32 is pivotally rotated expansion and contraction of the side plate 3, appear grooves 5 when a high side plate 3, the groove 5 when the lower side plate 3 substantially between closed and both side plates 3,3 at opening and closing plate 32 A flat surface is formed.

  Here, massage airbags 7 are respectively disposed on the surface of the opening / closing plate 32 and the left and right side surfaces of the central wall 4. The airbag 7 that is inflated and contracted by air supply and exhaust by an air pump and an air supply / exhaust valve (not shown) is for massage, and the human body in a state in which the opening of the groove 5 is opened by extending the side plate 3. If the airbag 7 is placed in the groove 5 and the airbag 7 is inflated and contracted in this state, the airbag 7 massages by compressing or releasing the portion located in the groove 5 in the leg.

  When the side plate 3 is contracted, the groove 5 is closed by the opening / closing plate 32 as described above, and the surface on which the airbag 7 of the opening / closing plate 7 is disposed forms a substantially flat surface on the surface of the ottoman. Therefore, the leg of the human body can be placed on the surface of the ottoman without being restricted by the groove 5. At this time, since the side plate 3 is contracted and the height from the bottom plate 2 is also low, the height of the ottoman when no massage is performed can be suppressed.

  FIG. 4 shows a state in which the ottoman 1 is disposed on the front side of the seat 80 of the chair 8 so as to be pivotable up and down, and hangs downward from the front end of the seat 80 shown in the figure. It shows what can be switched between a state (not shown) positioned substantially horizontally in front.

  As shown in FIG. 4 (a), if the side plate 3 is shrunk and the height is lowered, the side plate 3 can sit on the chair 8 or stand up from the chair 8 without getting in the way. If the seat 80 is rotated until it is almost horizontal, the user sitting on the chair 8 can place his / her foot on the substantially flat surface of the ottoman, and the position of the foot is regulated by the groove 5. You can get a lot of state.

  Further, when the side plate 3 is extended, the groove 5 that has been covered by the opening / closing plate 32 until then appears as shown in FIG. 4 (b), and a leg portion is inserted into the groove 5 and the air located on the inner wall of the groove 5. The bag 7 can be inflated and contracted to obtain a massage for the legs.

  In FIG. 4, the opening / closing plate 32 and the airbag 7 disposed on the surface thereof, the central wall 7 and the airbags 7 and 7 on the both side surfaces, the side plate 3 and the bottom plate 2 are covered with a cloth cover 15. .

  Although the thing provided with the airbag 7 which expands and contracts as a member for massage was shown, it is not restricted to this airbag 7, It can massage with respect to the leg part of the human body stored in the groove | channel 5. I just need it.

  However, in the above-described embodiment that does not include the opening / closing plate 32, a member for massage is disposed on the side plate 3, and at this time, it is difficult to limit the expansion and contraction of the side plate 7. In this respect, the airbag 7 is suitable.

  Further, here, the side plate 3 is made to be extendable and the opening and closing plate 3 switches between the position at which the groove 5 is opened and the position at which the groove 5 is closed as the side plate 3 is extended. The opening / closing plate 32 may not be interlocked, and further, the opening / closing plate 32 may not be provided.

It is a perspective view of an example of an embodiment of the invention. It is a perspective view of the state which closed the groove | channel same as the above. It is a perspective view of the state which opened the groove | channel same as the above. (a) (b) is a perspective view which shows the thing connected with the chair, respectively.

Explanation of symbols

1 Ottoman 2 Bottom plate 3 Side plate 4 Center wall 5 Groove 7 Air bag 32 Opening and closing plate

Claims (2)

A bottom plate, a pair of left and right side plates rising from the bottom plate, and a central wall located between both side plates, each having a groove for receiving a leg portion of the human body between each side plate and the central wall, In an ottoman that has placed a member for massaging the leg on the surface surrounding the groove,
Each of the side plates is extendable and variable in height from the bottom plate , and includes an opening and closing plate that is pivotably connected to the tip side.
The opening and closing plate that rotates in conjunction with the expansion and contraction of the side plate opens the openings of the both grooves by following the side plate when the side plate is extended, and the both grooves that are arranged substantially in parallel when the side plate is contracted. An ottoman that covers and closes the opening to form a substantially flat surface between both side plates .   The ottoman according to claim 1, wherein the massage member is an airbag that is inflated and contracted.

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