JP6418721B2 - Artificial plant and artificial plant installation system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to artificial plants such as artificial flowers and artificial houseplants.

  In recent years, wall greening has been performed in various spaces such as office buildings, commercial facilities, and stores. Wall greening is expanding its applications, such as securing greening areas and wall displays designed with plants.

  In order to grow plants, it is necessary to satisfy light, water, and temperature, and it is necessary to satisfy water supply, drainage, power source, building structure strength, etc. as facilities. There were also problems with hygiene, and it was often difficult to grow plants on the wall while maintaining live plants. In addition, installation of a system for growing plants and a frame for fixing the plant sometimes required extensive construction work.

  In order to solve such problems, artificial flowers may be used for wall greening. The installation method is to cut and insert the stem portion of the artificial flower into a base made of a foam material such as foamed polystyrene attached to the wall surface, and fix it using an adhesive or the like. However, since it is difficult to re-insert the stem once it has been inserted because the adhesive is inserted into the artificial flower, it was difficult for those skilled in the art, such as a flower designer.

  In addition, when replacement of artificial flowers is necessary, such as maintenance of the wall surface greened by artificial flowers or redesign, it was necessary to replace the base foam material. Furthermore, once used artificial flowers are difficult to reuse because they are cut appropriately when inserted into the base.

  Conventionally, a flower with a magnet in which a magnet is attached to a preserved flower or a dried flower has been proposed as a plant that can be attached to a wall surface by a method other than insertion into a base (see Patent Document 1).

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  After attaching the magnet-attached flower described in Patent Document 1 to a wall surface, it has been difficult to change the arrangement and arrangement of the plants by deforming the stems, that is, to arrange them.

  An object of the present invention is to propose an artificial plant and an artificial plant installation system capable of simply arranging and maintaining.

One embodiment of the present invention, which has been made to solve the above-described problem, has a bendable shaft member, is connected to a main body portion shaped like a plant, and one end of the shaft member, and is substantially flat. An artificial plant characterized by comprising: a base having a mounting plane formed in close contact with the mounting object having a shape, the base having a fixing means for detachably fixing the mounting plane and the mounting object. is there.

  Since the artificial plant configured in this way can be detachably fixed to the attachment object by the fixing means, it is not necessary to insert and fix the stem to the base such as foam material, and correction and change of the arrangement of the artificial plant, Removal for maintenance can be easily performed. Further, since the shaft member is configured to be bendable, the degree of freedom in design can be further increased by bending the shaft member.

  That is, the artificial plant of the present invention is very easy to attach and detach to the attachment object, and even if it is fixed to the attachment object, the arrangement of the plant can be easily realized by bending the shaft member. Maintenance and arrangement can be performed easily.

It should be noted that all of the attachment objects do not need to have a substantially planar shape, and at least a portion where the attachment plane is in close contact may be a substantially planar shape.
As the shaft member described above, for example, a metal wire can be used, but the present invention is not limited to this, and various configurations that can be bent can be employed. The shaft member may be used as a core material for plant stems, branches, trunks, and grasses.

  As the fixing means described above, for example, a magnet can be used. In that case, a material attracted by the magnet, such as a steel plate, can be used as the attachment object. Moreover, an artificial plant can be installed in various places as long as a magnet can be attached.

  When using a magnet as a fixing means, you may form a mounting plane wider than the area | region which opposes the attachment target object in a magnet. In the artificial plant configured as described above, the base is removed from the mounting target with a small force by using the principle of scissors by applying a force so that one end of the mounting plane is separated from the mounting target by grasping the base. And ease of removal can be improved. This is more advantageous when the magnetic force of the magnet is larger.

Moreover, since the contact area of a base and an attachment target object becomes large, it becomes possible to attach an artificial plant stably.
The fixing means is not limited to a magnet, and for example, a hook-and-loop fastener, an adhesive fixing sheet, or the like can be used.

  By the way, since the artificial plant of the present invention can bend the shaft member with the base attached to the attachment object, the shaft member is firmly attached to the base so that the shaft member does not fall off from the base during the bending operation. It is desirable to be connected. In the flower with a magnet of Patent Document 1 described above, the magnet and the flower portion are directly joined, and the joining surface tends to be small, and it is difficult to obtain sufficient joining strength.

  Therefore, in the artificial plant of the present invention, an insertion hole is formed in the base, and the shaft member is fixed to the insertion hole in a state where one end of the shaft member is inserted into the insertion hole. You may comprise as follows.

  If it is the artificial plant comprised in this way, since connection with a base part and a main-body part will become strong, when a shaft member is bent, it can suppress that a shaft member remove | deviates from a base part. The shaft member can be easily removed from the insertion hole by fixing it with an adhesive while it is inserted into the insertion hole, coating it with resin, or welding the base to the main body by heating. It is better not to.

  In addition, the insertion hole mentioned above may be provided with two or more by the base. In that case, not only the main body part imitating the same plant but also the main body part imitating a different plant can be inserted into each insertion hole. In addition, in the structure which joins a magnet and a flower part directly like the flower with a magnet of the said patent document 1, it was difficult to fix a some flower part firmly.

The base may be configured such that the portion where the insertion hole is formed can change the angle with respect to the portion where the mounting plane is formed.
The artificial plant configured as described above can be arranged by changing the angle of the portion where the insertion hole is formed, and the degree of freedom of the arrangement can be increased.

  The base may be configured to have a plurality of fixing means. With this configuration, the position of the fixing means and the fixing strength can be freely adjusted. In this case, the base may be formed in a substantially flat plate shape. Many base parts can be connected to the base part configured in this way.

In addition, the substantially flat plate shape mentioned here may be a shape having a spread in the plane direction as a whole as a whole, and may be formed by combining columns and plates in a lattice shape, for example.
Another aspect of the present invention, the artificial plants described above, an artificial plant mounting system characterized in that it comprises a substantially planar attachment object that is detachably attached to the artificial plants by the fixing means is there.

  The artificial plant installation system configured as described above can appropriately install the artificial plant according to claims 1 to 7.

It is a figure which shows an artificial plant installation system. FIG. 2A is a diagram illustrating an artificial plant, and FIG. 2B is a schematic diagram illustrating a state in which the artificial plant is disassembled. FIG. 3A is a plan view of the base, and FIG. 3B is a bottom view of the base. It is a figure which shows the modification of a base. It is a figure which shows the modification of a base. It is a figure explaining the angle change of the artificial plant using the base of a modification. It is a figure which shows the modification of a base, FIG. 7 (A) is a top view, FIG.7 (B) is a front view, FIG.7 (C) is a side view, FIG.7 (D) is a bottom face FIG. 7E is a cross-sectional view taken along line BB in FIG. It is a figure explaining the angle change of the artificial plant using the base of a modification.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
[Example]
(1) Whole structure The artificial plant installation system of a present Example is shown in FIG. The artificial plant installation system includes an artificial plant 1 and a planar steel plate 5 provided on a wall surface 3 to which the artificial plant 1 is attached. The artificial plant 1 is fixed to the steel plate 5 by its base 13. The steel plate 5 is an example of an attachment object in the present invention. The up and down directions used in the following description are merely for convenience of explanation, and do not limit the directions in use.

  An overall view of the artificial plant 1 is shown in FIG. An exploded view of the artificial plant 1 is shown in FIG. The artificial plant 1 includes a plurality of main body portions 11 and one base portion 13. FIG. 3A shows a plan view of the base portion 13, and FIG. 3B shows a bottom view of the base portion 13.

  As shown in FIG. 2 (B), the main body 11 has a shape imitating a plant. A wire 17 is accommodated inside the stem portion 11 a of the main body 11. The wire 17 is an example of the shaft member in the present invention. Since the wire 17 can be bent, the stem portion 11a can be freely deformed. The surface of the stem portion 11a and the leaf portion 11b are made of synthetic resin.

  The base 13 shown in FIG. 2B is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. The base 13 has a resin portion 13 a and a magnet 15. A plurality of insertion holes 19 having openings at the upper ends are formed above the base portion 13. A planar lower surface 21 is formed at the lower end of the base 13. It arrange | positions so that the magnet 15 may be exposed to a part of lower surface 21, and the lower surface 21 is comprised by the lower end surface of the resin part 13a and the lower end surface of the magnet 15. FIG. This lower surface 21 is an example of a mounting plane in the present invention.

  The lower end portion of the wire 17 (the lower end portion of the stem portion 11a) can be inserted into the insertion hole 19, and the wire 17 is fixed to the insertion hole 19 with the lower end portion of the wire 17 being inserted into the insertion hole 19. Is done. In this way, the wire 17 and the base portion 13 are connected. The wire 17 and the base 13 are fixed by injecting an adhesive into the insertion hole 19.

  As shown in FIG. 1, when the base portion 13 is attached to the steel plate 5, the lower surface 21 is in close contact with the steel plate 5, and the lower surface 21 and the steel plate 5 can be detached by the magnet 15 pulling the steel plate 5. Fixed.

  As shown in FIGS. 2B and 3B, the magnet 15 is covered with a resin portion 13a on the periphery (side periphery) other than its lower end surface. That is, the lower surface 21 is formed wider than the region of the magnet 15 that faces the steel plate 5.

(2) Action / Effect Since the artificial plant 1 used in the artificial plant installation system of the present embodiment can be detachably fixed to the steel plate 5 by the magnet 15, the modification, change, and maintenance of the arrangement of the artificial plant 1 are possible. Removal can be easily performed.

Further, since the stem portion 11a is configured to be bendable, the degree of freedom in design can be further increased by bending the stem portion 11a.
The base 13 is in close contact with the steel plate 5 at the lower surface 21, and the lower surface 21 is formed wider than the magnet 15. Therefore, when removing the artificial plant 1 from the steel plate 5, the base 13 is grasped and a force is applied so that one end of the lower surface 21 is separated from the steel plate 5. Can do. This is more advantageous when the magnetic force of the magnet 15 is larger.

  Thus, in the artificial plant installation system of the present embodiment, the artificial plant 1 is very easy to attach to and detach from the steel plate 5, and the arrangement of the plant can be easily changed by bending the stem portion 11a in the attached state. Therefore, maintenance and arrangement can be easily performed.

  Moreover, since the artificial plant 1 of the present embodiment has the wire 17 inserted and fixed in the insertion hole 19, the base 13 and the main body 11 are firmly fixed, so that the base 13 can be bent even if the stem portion 11a is bent. It can suppress that it removes from.

[Modification]
Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and it goes without saying that various forms can be taken as long as they belong to the technical scope of the present invention.

  For example, in the above-described embodiment, the configuration using the magnet as the fixing means is illustrated, but a hook-and-loop fastener, an adhesive fixing sheet (a sheet-like resin member having adhesiveness and elasticity), and the like may be used. As an attachment object to which the base is attached, one that can be attached and detached by the employed fixing means can be used. For example, when the fixing means is a magnet, it is not limited to a steel plate as in the above-described embodiment, and various types to which a magnet can be attached can be used.

Further, although the configuration in which the magnet 15 is in direct contact with the steel plate 5 is illustrated, the surface of the magnet 15 may be covered with resin or the like so that the magnet 15 does not directly contact the steel plate 5.
Moreover, although the magnet 15 illustrated the structure where the circumference | surroundings other than the lower end surface were covered with the resin part 13a, the structure where the surroundings of the magnet 15 are not covered with the resin part 13a, in other words, from the steel plate 5 The magnet 15 may be configured to form a part of the outer edge of the lower surface 21 when viewed.

Moreover, although the structure which inserts the same main-body part 11 in the insertion hole 19 of the base 13 was illustrated, the structure which inserts the main body part of a several different shape may be sufficient.
Moreover, although the structure which fixes the main-body part 11 to the insertion hole 19 was illustrated with the adhesive agent, fixation was implement | achieved by coating the resin 17 or welding the wire 17 and the base 13 by heating. Also good.

  Moreover, although the insertion hole 19 illustrated the structure integrally molded by the base 13, it is comprised so that it can be decomposed | disassembled into two or more components like the base 41 shown to FIG. 4 (A), (B). May be. The base 41 includes a first member 43 and a second member 45. The first member 43 is provided with a magnet 15 to form a lower surface 21, and the second member 45 has a plurality of insertion holes 19.

  A groove portion 47 is formed in the first member 43, a column portion 49 is formed in the second member 45, and the first member 43 and the second member 45 are assembled by inserting the column portion 49 into the groove portion 47. . The second member 45 may be configured to be replaceable with a different shape. For example, the second member 45 may be replaced with a member having a different number of insertion holes 19 such as a second member 45a shown in FIG. The column portion 49 inserted into the groove portion 47 may be fixed with an adhesive or a screw.

  The second members 45 and 45a are formed so that the opening of the insertion hole 19 is directed not only upward but also obliquely or laterally. With this configuration, the main body 11 is directed in various directions. Can be arranged. In addition, also in the base 13 shown in the embodiment, the direction of the opening of the insertion hole 19 (direction of the insertion hole 19) is formed so as to be inclined or laterally like the second members 45 and 45a. Also good.

  Moreover, when dividing the base into the first member and the second member as described above, the second member in which the insertion hole 19 is formed has an angle with respect to the first member in which the lower surface 21 (mounting plane) is formed. It may be configured to be changeable.

  Specific examples are shown in FIGS. The base 61 includes a first member 63 and a second member 65. The first member 63 is provided with the magnet 15 to form the lower surface 21, and the second member 65 has a plurality of insertion holes 19. Further, the first member 63 and the second member 65 are connected to each other by a connecting member 69 having a spherical body 67 at both ends. Both the first member 63 and the second member 65 are fitted with a spherical body 67 and can be rotationally displaced about the spherical body 67.

  Therefore, the second member 65 can be inclined with respect to the first member 63 as shown in FIG. As a result, like the artificial plant 1b shown in FIG. 6, the entire main body can be tilted by tilting the second member from the same state as the artificial plant 1a.

  Moreover, as shown to FIG. 7 (A)-(E), the base 81 may be comprised by the substantially flat plate shape. The base 81 includes a rectangular cylindrical side surface 83 formed on the outer edge and a column 85 (an upper column 85a and a lower column 85b provided in two layers at the upper and lower ends inside the side 83. ). Each column portion 85 is formed in a lattice shape.

  Insertion holes 87 are formed at the intersections of the columns constituting the column portion 85a and at the connection points between the column portions 85a and the side surface portions 83, and the main body portion 11 is inserted in the same manner as the insertion hole 19 in the above embodiment. It can be fixed with. A plurality of magnets 89 are arranged. The magnet 89 and the lower column portion 85b form an attachment plane that is in close contact with the attachment object.

  The base portion 81 is generally formed in a substantially flat plate shape by the side surface portion 83 and the column portion 85, but is not limited to the above configuration, and may be, for example, a flat plate shape without a gap. The planar shape is not limited to a rectangle, and can be a circle or various shapes according to the installation location.

  As shown in FIG. 8A, an artificial plant 91 using such a base 81 has a plurality of body parts 11 connected on a plane. By attaching this artificial plant 91 to a wall surface 93 on which a steel plate, a steel sheet or the like is disposed as shown in FIG. 8B, a large number of main body portions can be installed at one time.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1,1a, 1b ... Artificial plant, 3 ... Wall surface, 5 ... Steel board, 11 ... Main-body part, 13 ... Base part, 15 ... Magnet, 17 ... Wire, 19 ... Insertion hole, 21 ... Bottom surface, 41 ... Base part, 43 ... 1st member, 45 ... 2nd member, 45a ... 2nd member, 47 ... Groove part, 49 ... Column part, 61 ... Base part, 63 ... 1st member, 65 ... 2nd member, 67 ... Spherical body, 69 ... Connection 81, base, 83, side surface, 85, pillar, 87, insertion hole, 89, magnet, 91, artificial plant, 93, wall surface

Claims (3)

A main body portion having a bendable shaft member and imitating a plant;
Are continuously connected to one end of the shaft member, the outer circumference in close contact with the attachment object generally planar shape is formed circular mounting plane, leaving enough width in the plane parallel to the directing said mounting is Ri a smaller from the attachment plane and, with the contour of the side surface portion in the cross section, and a formed base on so that such a curved shape so as to be recessed inwardly,
The base has a circular magnet for removably fixing the attachment plane and the attachment object,
A plurality of insertion holes are formed in a portion of the base that is opposite to the mounting plane and has a smaller width in the direction parallel to the mounting plane than the mounting plane. The artificial plant, wherein the shaft member is fixed to the insertion hole in a non-detachable manner with one end inserted into the plurality of insertion holes. The artificial plant according to claim 1, wherein the mounting plane is formed wider than a region of the magnet facing the mounting target. The artificial plant according to claim 1 or 2,
An artificial plant installation system comprising: an attachment object having a substantially planar shape configured to be detachable from the artificial plant by the magnet.