JP6189118B2 - Roman shade head rail cover - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a head rail cover member for a roman shade.

  A conventional roman shade has a head rail mounted horizontally in the width direction of the window frame via a pair of left and right brackets fixed to the indoor vertical surface or ceiling surface of the upper part of the window frame. Are attached using hook-and-loop fasteners. When the curtain box is not used, the front side of the head rail is covered with a cover material called a front plate so that the head rail is not directly visible from the indoor side. Both ends of the front plate are fixed to the bracket via a slide plate.

  The head rail is generally formed into a U-shaped cross section by extrusion molding of a metal such as aluminum. The head rail includes a guide mechanism that guides the upper ends of a plurality of lifting cords that lift up the fabric of the Roman shade, and a lifting mechanism that raises and lowers the plurality of lifting cords all at once via the guide mechanism. . The lifting mechanism is disposed at one end of the head rail, and an operation cord for moving the lifting cord up and down is suspended from the lifting mechanism.

  Such a head rail is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2008-125726 and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2008-284074. The head rail is formed with a groove extending in the longitudinal direction of the rail on the outer vertical surface, and a surface fastener for attaching a surface fastener / female side sewn or bonded to the cloth ground end of the roman shade. The male side is inserted. A hook for engaging with the bracket is formed on the outer surface of the head rail.

  On the other hand, the applicant of the present application supports the fabric ground end portion of the roman shade in Patent Document 3 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2005-168898) and Patent Document 4 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2010-000232), and the indoor side above the window frame. The cover member arrange | positioned on a wall surface is proposed. As shown in FIG. 9A, the Roman shade fixes the cover member 21 to the indoor side wall surface 20 a at the upper part of the window frame 20 and screws the head rail 22 to the back surface of the cover member 21. And the upper end part of the fabric 23 of a Roman shade is attached to the back surface of the cover member 21 using the hook-and-loop fastener 24. FIG.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 9B, there is a type in which the head rail 22 is attached not directly to the wall surface 20a but via an attachment fitting 31. The mounting bracket 31 includes a wall surface side metal 31 a fixed to the wall surface 20 a by a screw 32 and a cover side metal 31 b fixed to the cover member 21 by another screw 33. The cover member 31 is attached to the wall surface 20a by fitting the engagement convex portion 31c of the wall surface side metal fitting 31a into the engagement groove 31d of the cover side metal fitting 31b in a sliding manner from the lateral direction.

  The Roman shade shown in FIGS. 9A and 9B can be suspended in a form in which the fabric 23 is substantially in close contact with the indoor side wall surface, so that 1) the incident light from the window can be reliably blocked. 2) The room looks wide. 3) It is effective for crime prevention and privacy protection because it cannot be seen from outside the room. 4) Since the inside of the window frame is an adiabatic air layer, an effect of saving energy such as an air conditioner can be obtained.

JP 2008-125726 A JP 2008-284074 A JP 2005-168989 A JP 2010-000232 A

  The mounting method of the head rails of Patent Documents 1 and 2 is basically 1) front mounting to be attached to the indoor vertical surface of the upper part of the window frame, 2) ceiling mounting to be attached to the inner ceiling surface of the upper part of the window frame, and 3) When the curtain box is disposed on the indoor side of the upper part of the window frame, there are three types of ceiling attachments attached to the ceiling surface in the curtain box. In either attachment method, a considerably large gap of several centimeters to 10 centimeters is formed between the window frame or the indoor side wall surface and the fabric of the roman shade.

  On the other hand, the Roman shades of Patent Documents 3 and 4 require a metal fitting 31 or the like for fixing the cover member 21 to the indoor side wall surface 20a at the upper part of the window frame as shown in FIGS. 9 (a) and 9 (b). As the head rail 22 to be attached to the vehicle, it is not possible to use a popular and inexpensive head rail that can be attached by a bracket as described in Patent Documents 1 and 2. Further, in order to make the roman shade already constructed by the mounting method of 1) and 2) using the head rails of Patent Documents 1 and 2 into a wall-contact type as shown in FIGS. It takes.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to make it possible to easily attach a cover member, which is disposed on the indoor side wall surface of the upper portion of the window frame, to support the fabric ground end portion of the roman shade to a conventional head rail.

  That is, according to the present invention, in the head rail cover member that is attached to the indoor side of the head rail that can support the cloth ground end portion of the roman shade via the surface fastener, the head rail cover member is formed on the head rail. A head having an engaging member engageable with a groove portion for inserting a surface fastener and an attaching portion attachable with the cloth end, and attached to the head rail by the engaging member. This is a rail cover member.

  The cover member for a head rail according to the present invention simply attaches to the head rail a cover member that allows the fabric of the roman shade to be suspended along the indoor side wall surface using the head rail of the conventional roman shade as it is. be able to.

It is sectional drawing of the cover member for head rails and a head rail which shows 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a room inner side front view of a roman shade using the cover member for head rails of 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view of a head rail, a hook-and-loop fastener, and an engaging member. It is a perspective view similar to FIG. 3A which shows the modification of an engaging member. It is a partially cutaway side view of an engaging member. (A) and (b) are back views of the cover member for head rails of 1st Embodiment. It is a figure of the edge part of the head rail which inserted the surface fastener for retaining of the engaging member. The cover member for head rails of 2nd Embodiment which changed the engaging member is shown, (a) (b) is sectional drawing of the cover member for head rails before and behind attachment, (c) is the cover member for head rails. It is a perspective view. The cover member for head rails of 3rd Embodiment which changed the engaging member is shown, (a) (b) is sectional drawing of the cover member for head rails before and behind attachment, (c) is the cover member for head rails. It is a perspective view. (A) (b) is sectional drawing which shows the upper structure of the conventional roman shade.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a cross section of a head rail 2 that supports the upper end portion of the roman shade 1 and a head rail cover member 21 attached to the interior side of the head rail 2. FIG. 2 is a front view of the roman shade 1 as viewed from the indoor side.

  In the figure, reference numerals 23 and 25 are roman shade 1 fabrics. As will be described later, the indoor fabric 23 is attached to the head rail cover member 21 and the outdoor fabric 25 is attached to the head rail 2 as usual. In addition, the usage method which does not make the Roman shade 1 double like FIG. 1 but uses only the fabric 23 on the indoor side is also possible.

  A lifting mechanism 26 with a stopper function is disposed in the end portion of the head rail 2, and an operation cord 29 is suspended from the lifting mechanism 26 as shown in FIG. Further, a guide mechanism (not shown) for guiding the upper ends of a plurality of lifting cords 27 and 28 for lifting up the fabrics 23 and 25 of the roman shade 1 is disposed at a plurality of longitudinal positions of the head rail 2. A plurality of lifting / lowering cords 27 and 28 can be lifted and lowered all at once through the guide mechanism by raising and lowering the operation cord 29 of the lifting / lowering mechanism 26 by hand. The raising / lowering cord 27 of the fabric 23 on the indoor side and the raising / lowering cord 28 of the fabric 25 on the outdoor side are individually raised or lowered by two operation cords 29 hung separately on the left and right sides, or are combined into one of the left and right operation codes 29. The lifting / lowering cords 27 and 28 can be lifted / lowered simultaneously by one operation cord 29.

  The head rail 2 is attached to the ceiling surface 20b of the window frame 20 via a bracket 4 fixed with screws (not shown). When there is an existing curtain rail on the ceiling surface 20b, the bracket 4 may be attached to the curtain rail. The head rail 2 is made of an extruded material made of metal such as aluminum, and a plurality of types of head rails 2 having different cross-sectional shapes can be obtained on the market. In this embodiment, a head rail 2 having a cross-sectional shape as shown in FIGS. 1, 3A, and 3B (head rail 2 is common) is used.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a head rail cover member 21 is attached to the indoor side of the head rail 2 via an engaging member 3. The head rail cover member 21 prevents the head rail 2 from being directly seen from the indoor side. Conventionally, the interior side of the head rail 2 is covered with a front plate, and both ends of the front plate are attached to the bracket 4 via slide plates. The head rail cover member 21 according to this embodiment can be easily mounted by removing the front plate and the slide plate as long as the head rail 2 of the existing roman shade 1 does not interfere with the window frame 20. It is.

  As shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, the cross section of the head rail 2 is substantially U-shaped, and the head rail 2 is configured by a ceiling surface 2a, and a front surface 2b and a rear surface 2c that are parallel to each other. Ribs 2 d formed on the ceiling surface 2 a are engaged with the bracket 4. Grooves 7 and 8 are formed in the front surface 2b and the rear surface 2c by a pair of upper and lower L-shaped portions 2e so that a band-shaped surface fastener / male side 24a can be inserted. The groove portion 7 of the front surface 2b is formed using the rising portion of the rib 2d. The groove 8 on the rear surface 2c is formed at a position slightly lower than the groove 7 on the front surface 2b.

  Instead of the surface fastener / male side 24a, the engaging member 3 of the head rail cover member 21 can be inserted into the groove portion 7 of the front surface 2b. The engaging member 3 has a square piece shape, and is fixed to the head rail cover member 21 by a screw 10. The engaging member 3 includes a thin plate-like sliding portion 3 a that is slidably inserted into the groove portion 7, and a slightly thick connecting portion 3 b that is located outside the groove portion 7. A screw insertion hole 11 is formed from the center of the inner surface of the sliding portion 3a to the outer surface of the connecting portion 3b. The screw insertion hole 11 has a large-diameter portion 11a having a seat surface of the head of the screw 10 and a small-diameter portion 11b through which the screw portion passes.

  As long as the engaging member 3 has a certain degree of strength and can be engaged with the groove portion 7, its shape, structure, and material are arbitrary. Although FIG. 3A shows the square engaging member 3, it may be a circular engaging member 3 'as shown in FIG. 3B. When circular, the engagement member 3 ′ can be rotated in the groove 7. Therefore, when the engaging member 3 ′ of the head rail cover member 21 is inserted into the groove portion 7 of the head rail 2, even when the head rail cover member 21 is at an arbitrary angle with respect to the head rail 2. Since insertion becomes possible, insertion work becomes easy.

  The male side 24a of the hook-and-loop fastener 24 is fixed to the back surface of the head rail cover member 21 with an adhesive or the like, as shown in FIGS. When the head rail cover member 21 is attached to the head rail 2 of the existing roman shade 1, the surface fastener / male side 24 a that has become unnecessary after being extracted from the groove 7 of the head rail 2 is removed from the back surface of the head rail cover member 21. It may be fixed and reused.

  The surface fastener / male side 24a extends substantially over the entire length of the head rail cover member 21 at the lower position of the engagement members 3, 3 ′. The surface fastener / female side 24b sewn on the upper end of the indoor fabric 23 can be attached.

  The head rail 2 and the head rail cover member 21 of the roman shade 1 are configured as described above. When the head rail 2 is attached to the bracket 4 of the window frame 20, the head rail cover member 21 to which the engaging members 3 and 3 ′ are attached is attached to the head rail 2 in advance as shown in FIGS. In this mounting method, the head rail cover member 21 and the head rail 2 are held in a straight line, and one engaging member 3, 3 ′ close to the head rail 2 is moved from the end of the groove portion 7 at one end of the head rail 2 to the groove portion 7. Insert inside.

  After engaging the two engaging members 3 in the groove portion 7, as shown in FIG. 6, the surface fastener / male side 24 a cut short for preventing the engaging member 3 from coming off is inserted into both ends of the groove portion 7. Further, instead of the hook-and-loop fastener / male side 24a, an appropriate cap member may be attached to both ends of the head rail 2.

  The head rail 2 to which the head rail cover member 21 is attached in this way is attached to the bracket 4 by the same method as in the prior art. And the surface fastener female side 24b of the upper end part of the fabric 23 is attached to the surface fastener male side 24a of the back surface of the cover member 21 for head rails. Finally, the lifting / lowering cord 27 suspended from the head rail 2 is inserted into the cord threading ring 30 on the back surface of the fabric 23. When the roman shade 1 is doubled, the surface fastener / female side 24b at the upper end of the outdoor fabric 25 is attached to the surface fastener / male side 24a inserted into the groove 8 on the opposite side of the head rail 2.

  Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the engaging members 3, 3 ′ do not necessarily need to be slidable along the groove portion 7. The engaging members 3, 3 ′ may be directly engaged with the predetermined position in the longitudinal direction of the groove portion 7 from the vertical direction. Examples of such engaging members will be described with reference to the following second and third embodiments.

  FIGS. 7A to 7C show a second embodiment, and the engaging member 5 used in the second embodiment is formed of sheet metal, and includes an upper engaging portion 5a and a lower engaging portion 5b. And the substrate portion 5c. A screw insertion hole 11 is formed in the center of the substrate portion 5c. The upper engaging portion 5a and the lower engaging portion 5b have moderate elasticity in the vertical direction as shown by the broken line in FIG. 7B, and either one of the engaging portions 5a (5b) is used as the groove portion 7 of the head rail 2. The other engaging portion 5b (5a) is engaged with the opposite L-shaped portion 2e while the engaging portion 5a (5b) is bent in the vertical direction.

  FIGS. 8A to 8C show a third embodiment. The engaging member 6 used in the third embodiment is also formed of sheet metal, and a pair of left and right upper engaging portions 6a and The left and right pair of lower engaging portions 6b and the substrate portion 6c are configured. The upper engaging portion 6 a can be engaged with a rib 2 d formed on the upper side of the head rail 2. Further, the lower engaging portion can be engaged with the lower L-shaped portion 2e.

  The engaging member 6 is attached to the head rail 2 by engaging the upper engaging portion 6a with the rib 2d with the cover member 21 tilted in the front-rear direction as shown in FIG. The lower engagement portion 6b is engaged with the L-shaped portion 2e by pushing the lower portion of the window 21 toward the window. The engagement members 5 and 6 in FIGS. 7 and 8 do not need to be inserted from the end of the head rail 2, so that the cover member can be used even when the head rail 2 is attached to the window frame 20 via the bracket 4. 21 can be easily attached.

  By using the head rail cover member 21 as described above, the fabric 23 of the roman shade 1 can be suspended along the indoor side wall surface. There can be almost no gap between the fabric 23 and the wall surface, or the fabric 23 can be slightly lifted from the wall surface and attached according to the user's preference.

  When there is almost no gap between the fabric 23 and the wall surface, 1) the incident light from the window can be reliably blocked, as in the roman shades of Patent Documents 3 and 4. 2) The room looks wide. 3) It is effective for crime prevention and privacy protection because it cannot be seen from outside the room. 4) Since the inside of the window frame is an adiabatic air layer, an effect of saving energy such as an air conditioner can be obtained. Further, since the head rail cover member 21 does not need to be fixed to the window frame 20 or the indoor side wall surface above the window frame with screws, it is convenient when it is not desired to make a screw hole in the window frame 20 or the indoor side wall surface.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, A various deformation | transformation is possible. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the indoor fabric 23 of the roman shade 1 is attached to the back surface of the head rail cover member 21 via the surface fastener 24. However, the method of attaching the fabric is not limited to the surface fastener, and any attachment is possible. Better. Further, at least two engaging members 3, 3 ', 5, and 6 may be provided in the longitudinal direction of the head rail cover member 21, but three or more may be attached when the Roman shade 1 is wide.

1: Roman shade 2: Head rail 3, 3 ', 5, 6: Engagement member 4: Bracket 10, 32, 33: Screw 11: Screw insertion hole 20: Window frame 21: Head rail cover member 22: Head rail 23: Indoor fabric 24: Hook fastener 25: Outdoor fabric 26: Lifting mechanism 27: Lifting cord 29: Operation cord 30: Ring 31: Mounting bracket

Claims (6)

  In the head rail cover member that is attached to the indoor side of the head rail capable of supporting the fabric ground end portion of the roman shade via the surface fastener, the head rail cover member inserts the surface fastener formed in the head rail. A cover member for a head rail, comprising: an engaging member that can be engaged with a groove portion for attaching to the head rail; and an attaching portion to which the fabric end portion can be attached.   The head rail cover member according to claim 1, wherein the engaging member can be slidably inserted from an end of the groove portion of the head rail.   The head rail cover member according to claim 1, wherein the engagement member has a circular shape that is rotatable in a groove portion of the head rail.   The said engaging member has at least 1 engaging part which can be engaged with the groove part of the said head rail from an up-down direction, It was made to attach to a head rail from the near side of the said head rail. 1. A head rail cover member.   The head according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein an attachment portion to which the cloth ground end portion can be attached is disposed at a lower position of the engagement member on the back surface of the head rail cover member. Rail cover member.   The head rail cover member according to claim 5, wherein the attachment portion to which the fabric ground end portion can be attached has a hook-and-loop fastener.

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