JP7202863B2 - weights for clothesline - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a weight for a clothesline, and more particularly to a weight used to prevent a clothesline placed on a veranda or balcony from falling or being blown away by strong winds. be.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is a clothes-drying device in which a pair of left and right vertical pillars are erected on a floor, and a clothes-drying pole is stretched between the vertical pillars to dry laundry (Patent Document 1). In such a clothes-drying device, a clothes-drying stand is used for erecting the pair of left and right vertical pillars. Regarding this clothes-drying stand, there is a concrete-made one described in Patent Document 1, and in recent years, there is also a clothes-drying stand that has a hollow inside and is used by pouring sand or water into the hollow part of the clothes-drying stand molded from a resin material. There is (Patent Document 2).

A pair of left and right legs are provided so that they can be freely opened and closed by crossing two rod-shaped bodies in an X shape when viewed from the side. There is a clothesline that is handed over (Patent Document 3).
These clothes drying tools are very useful because they can be easily installed in suitable places such as verandas and balconies as needed.

JP-A-08-164297 JP-A-2001-162096 JP 2016-137183 A

In recent years, however, many apartment buildings have been built in urban areas, and as apartment buildings have become larger and taller, so-called "building breeze" has been blowing strongly. In recent years, abnormal weather has sometimes caused unexpectedly sudden storms.
In such a case, the above-mentioned conventional clothes-drying device may fall over or be blown away by a strong wind or storm.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is intended to overcome the above problems, and provides a weight for a clothesline to prevent the clothesline from overturning or being blown away even when an unexpected sudden strong wind or storm blows. intended to provide

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has the following configuration. That is, the weight for the clothes drying device according to the present invention is a weight for the clothes drying device, and the weight stone main body is provided with an insertion hole for inserting a vertical support or a leg portion of the clothes drying device, and the insertion hole is a weight for the clothes drying device. A through hole is formed through the weight body in a substantially vertical direction, and the vertical support section supports the vertical support and holds it in a substantially vertical direction, and supports the leg installed at a predetermined angle. a leg supporting portion for holding the weight at the predetermined angle; support legs are provided at four corners of the bottom portion of the weight body so as to protrude downward; is formed in a cross shape, and the weight for the clothes-drying device is placed on a vertical support fixing base for erecting the vertical support in a state in which the vertical support is inserted into the insertion hole. The leg supports are provided adjacent to the upper and lower sides of the vertical column support, and the upper leg support is formed as a tapered hole that expands upward. The lower leg supporting portion is formed as a tapered hole whose diameter increases downward .

According to the weight for the clothes drying tool according to the present invention, the weight stone body is provided with an insertion hole through which the vertical strut or leg of the clothes drying tool is inserted, and the insertion hole penetrates the weight stone body in a substantially vertical direction. A vertical column support portion which is formed as a hole and supports the vertical column and holds it in a substantially vertical direction, and a leg portion support portion which supports the leg portion installed at a predetermined angle and holds it at the predetermined angle. , it can be used for the clothes drying device described in the above-mentioned Patent Document 1 and the clothes drying device described in Patent Document 2, and the vertical support or leg is supported to support the weight. It does its job, so the clothesline is less likely to tip over or be blown away in strong winds or storms.

In addition, in the clothes-drying device according to the present invention, if the insertion hole is provided at a substantially center position of the weight body in plan view, the clothes-drying device can be overturned or blown away in any horizontal direction of 360°. can be prevented.

Furthermore, it is preferable to provide the leg support section adjacent to the upper side and/or the lower side of the vertical support section because the leg support section and the vertical support section can be integrally formed.

In addition, if the leg support portion is provided so that the insertion hole expands in at least one direction upward from the upper end of the vertical column support portion, it can be used in various forms with a simple configuration. It can be used as a weight for a clothesline.

According to the weight for the clothes drying tool according to the present invention, the weight stone body is provided with an insertion hole through which the vertical strut or leg of the clothes drying tool is inserted, and the insertion hole penetrates the weight stone body in a substantially vertical direction. A vertical column support portion which is formed as a hole and supports the vertical column and holds it in a substantially vertical direction, and a leg portion support portion which supports the leg portion installed at a predetermined angle and holds it at the predetermined angle. , it can be used as weights for various types and forms of clothes drying tools, and the clothes drying tools can be prevented from overturning or being blown away by strong or stormy winds.

1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a weight for a clothesline according to the present invention; FIG. It is a six-sided view of the weight for the clothes drying tool shown in FIG. 1, (a) is a plan view, (b) is a left side view, (c) is a front view, (d) is a right side view, and (e) ) is a bottom view. 3A is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA, (b) a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB, and (c) a cross-sectional view taken along the line CC in FIG. 2. FIG. FIG. 2 is a usage state diagram in which the weights for the clothes drying tool shown in FIG. 1 are placed on the clothes drying stand of the clothes drying tool. 1. It is a usage state figure which used the weight for the clothes drying implement shown in FIG. 1 for the clothes drying implement of another form. (a) An explanatory view (sectional view) of a state in which the vertical support of the clothesline is inserted in the state of use of the weight for the clothesline shown in FIG. 4, and (b) the weight for the clothesline shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is an explanatory view (cross-sectional view) of a state in which the vertical support of the clothesline is inserted in the used state; 1. It is a use state figure which shows the state which used the weight for the clothes drying implement shown in FIG. 1 for the clothes drying implement of another form.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Next, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the drawings.

1 to 3 show an embodiment of a weight for a clothesline according to the present invention. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a weight 1 for a clothesline according to this embodiment, and FIG. The figure is shown.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the weight 1 for drying clothes according to the present embodiment is formed with an insertion hole 3 penetrating vertically through the weight 2 at substantially the center of the weight 2 . be. The weight 1 in this embodiment has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped weight body 2 with rounded corners, and has a handle 4 protruding from one side wall thereof. Support legs 21 are provided at the four corners of the bottom surface of the weight body 2 so as to protrude downward.

The weight 1 is molded from a resin material, and as shown in FIG. 3, the inside of the weight 2 is hollow (hollow portion 25), and a cap 5 is detachably provided on the upper surface. As a result, when carrying the weight 1, it can be very lightly carried by holding the handle 4, and when using it as a weight, the cap 5 is removed and sand and water are injected into the cavity inside the weight 2. can be used to increase weight. The shapes of the weight body 2, the handle 4, and the support leg 21 are not limited to those of the present embodiment.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the insertion hole 3 is formed at a substantially central position of the weight body 2 as described above. As shown in FIG. 3, the insertion hole 3 is a through hole that penetrates the weight body 2 in the vertical direction, and a vertical column support portion 31 is formed as a vertically extending cylindrical hole in the middle position in the height direction. A leg support portion 32 is formed as a tapered hole adjacent to the upper side of the vertical column support portion 31 and expanding in diameter in the longitudinal direction of the weight body 2 as it goes upward. Furthermore, a leg support portion 33 is formed as a tapered hole that is adjacent to the lower side of the vertical support portion 31 and whose diameter increases in the longitudinal direction of the weight body 2 as it goes downward. The clothes-drying weight 1 according to the present embodiment having the structure described above is used as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, and will be described below.

FIG. 5 is a view showing one usage state of the weight for the clothesline according to the present invention. The clothes-drying device 6 shown here has a clothes-drying stand 61 formed by erecting the lower end of a vertical post 611 having a horizontally extending arm portion 611a at its upper end by means of a vertical post-fixing base 622. It is a figure which shows the state used as a weight for the clothes-drying tool 7 which uses a pair of right-and-left, and arrange|positions at predetermined intervals, and spans a clothes-drying pole between right-and-left arm parts 611a and 611a.

As shown in this state of use, the weight 1 is placed on a vertical support fixing base 612, and can be used by inserting the vertical support 611 of the clothes drying device 6 into the insertion hole 3 thereof. As a result, the weight 1 including the weight of the sand and water injected into the hollow portion 25 presses the vertical support fixing base 612 from above and acts as a weight. In addition, as shown in FIG. 6(a), the vertical column support portion 31 as a cylindrical hole extending vertically in the middle position in the height direction of the insertion hole 3 is shaped along the vertical column 611. Since the vertical pillar 611 is restrained from swinging in the horizontal direction, it is possible to suitably prevent the clothes drying rack 61 from falling even when a strong wind or a storm blows.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a state of use as weights for another form of clothes drying device 7. As shown in FIG. The clothes drying device 7 shown here is provided with a pair of left and right legs 71 in which two legs 711 made of rod-shaped bodies are cross-jointed in an X-shape with a shaft 72 as an axis so as to be freely opened and closed. A clothes drying horizontal rail 73 is spanned between the upper ends of the legs 71 , and the weight 1 is used as a weight for pressing the lower ends of the legs 711 .

As shown in this state of use, the weight 1 can be used by inserting the lower ends of the legs 711 of the clothes drying device 7 into the insertion holes 3 thereof. As described above, the insertion hole 3 of the weight 1 in the present embodiment is a through hole that vertically penetrates the weight body 2, and a vertical column support portion that is a cylindrical hole that extends vertically at the middle position in the height direction. 31 is formed, and a leg support portion 32 is formed as a tapered hole adjacent to the upper side of the vertical support portion 31 and increasing in diameter in the longitudinal direction of the weight stone body 2 as it goes upward, and supports the vertical support portion. A leg supporting portion 33 is formed as a tapered hole adjacent to the lower side of the portion 31 and expanding in diameter in the longitudinal direction of the weight stone body 2 as it goes downward.

As shown in FIG. 6(b), the leg support portions 32 and 33 are tapered at an angle along the inclination of the leg portion 711 of the clothes drying device 7, thereby allowing the leg portion 711 to move. can be restricted to suppress swinging in strong winds, and the clothes drying device 7 can be prevented from overturning or being blown away by the wind. The form of the leg support parts 32 and 33 is not limited to the form shown in the drawings, and may be produced in a form and shape corresponding to the shape and inclination of the leg part of the clothes drying device to be used. For example, a plurality of ribs may be formed on the tapered portion, or unevenness may be provided, so that the swinging motion of the leg portion 711 can be more preferably suppressed. Incidentally, according to the state of use shown in FIG. 5, the weights 2 are installed on all four legs 711, but the weights 2 are not limited to this, and may be used on one to four legs 711 arbitrarily.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the state of use of another clothes drying device 8. As shown in FIG. The clothes-drying device 8 shown here forms a clothes-drying stand 81 with a plurality of pipe materials and joint members, and a pair of the clothes-drying stands are arranged on the left and right with a predetermined interval, and a clothes-drying pole is placed between the left and right clothes-drying stands 81, 81. It is a clothesline that is used by handing it over. The state of use shown here indicates a state in which the weight 2 is placed on the pipe member 815 forming the base of the clothes drying rack 81 . As shown in FIGS. 2(b) to 2(e) and FIG. 3, the bottom surface of the weight body 2 in the weight 1 of the present embodiment has a cross-shaped groove 26 formed by recessing the bottom surface in a semi-cylindrical shape. If the weight 1 is placed on the pipe material 815 so as to fit into the groove 26, the weight 1 can be prevented from rattling. The shape of the groove portion 26 is not limited to the shape shown here, and can be changed according to the shape of the pipe material 815. The same applies to the formation position of the groove portion 26. FIG.

Although the clothes drying device according to the present invention has been described above based on the embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments. Various modifications conceived by those skilled in the art are included in the scope of the present invention without departing from the gist of the present invention.

According to the present invention, the weight body is provided with an insertion hole for inserting the vertical support or the leg of the clothesline, and the insertion hole is a through hole that penetrates the weight body in a substantially vertical direction. It is provided with a vertical column support part that supports the vertical column and holds it in a substantially vertical direction, and a leg part support part that supports the leg part installed at a predetermined angle and holds it at the predetermined angle. Therefore, it is possible to provide weights for clothes drying tools that can be used as weights for clothes drying tools of various types and forms, and prevent the clothes drying tools from overturning or being blown away by strong winds or storm winds.

1 Weight for clothesline 2 Weight stone body 21 Supporting leg 3 Insertion hole 31 Vertical column support 32 Leg support 33 Leg support 4 Handle 5 Cap 6 Clothesline 61 Vertical column 7 Clothesline 71 Leg 8 Clothesline

Claims (1)

A weight for a clothesline,
The weight body is provided with an insertion hole for inserting the vertical support or leg of the clothesline,
The insertion hole is a through hole that penetrates the weight body in a substantially vertical direction, and
A vertical support section that supports the vertical support and holds it in a substantially vertical direction, and a leg support that supports the leg installed at a predetermined angle and holds it at the predetermined angle,
At the four corners of the bottom surface of the weight body, supporting legs are provided so as to protrude downward, and between the supporting legs, a cross-shaped groove is formed by recessing the bottom surface ,
The weight for the clothes drying device can be placed on a vertical support fixing base for erecting the vertical support in a state where the vertical support is inserted through the insertion hole,
The leg support is provided adjacent to the upper and lower sides of the vertical support,
The upper leg support portion is formed as a tapered hole whose diameter expands upward, and the lower leg support portion is formed as a tapered hole whose diameter expands downward. ing
A weight for a clothesline, characterized by:

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