JP7395205B1 - Posture maintenance device - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a posture maintaining tool that can appropriately maintain a picture frame in a predetermined posture. A posture maintaining tool 21 is a flat part for maintaining a picture frame 1 in a posture parallel to a vertical wall surface. The posture maintaining device 21 includes a mounting portion 23 that is removably attached to the groove portion 11 of the picture frame 1. This attachment part 23 is provided with an attitude maintaining part 24 that comes into contact with a vertical wall surface and maintains the picture frame 1 in an attitude parallel to the wall surface. [Selection diagram] Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to a posture maintaining device that can maintain a picture frame in a predetermined posture.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, when displaying paintings, photographs, calligraphy, awards, etc., picture frames (frames) such as drawing frames as exemplified in Non-Patent Document 1 have been widely used. When the picture frame is to be hung on a wall, a string attached to the picture frame is hooked to a hook fixed to a vertical wall surface (mounted part), for example.

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However, when a picture frame is hung on a vertical wall as in the above-described conventional method, the picture frame takes a slightly downwardly inclined position (a slightly bowed state) with respect to the vertical wall.

The present invention has been made in view of these points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a posture maintaining tool that can appropriately maintain a picture frame in a predetermined posture.

The posture maintaining device according to the present invention is a posture maintaining device for maintaining a picture frame having a groove in a predetermined posture with respect to an attached portion, the posture maintaining device including a mounting portion attached to the groove portion and a mounting portion provided on the mounting portion. , and a posture maintaining section that comes into contact with the attached section.

According to the present invention, a picture frame can be appropriately maintained in a predetermined posture.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a posture maintaining tool and a groove of a frame according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows a posture maintenance tool same as the above, (a) is an upper side perspective view, (b) is a lower side perspective view. Figures illustrating the same posture maintaining device as above, (a) is a front view (the rear view appears symmetrical to this), and (b) is a sectional view taken along line AA. It is a figure which shows a posture maintenance tool same as the above, (a) is a left view, (b) is a right view, (c) is a top view, and (d) is a bottom view. It is a figure which shows the installation procedure of a posture maintenance tool same as the above, (a) is a perspective view, (b) is a sectional view. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the installation procedure following FIG. 5, in which (a) is a perspective view and (b) is a sectional view. It is a back view (back view) of the picture frame with a posture maintenance tool with which the same posture maintenance tool as above was attached to the groove part. It is an explanatory view showing a state in which the picture frame is maintained in a posture parallel to a wall surface by the same posture maintaining tool.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 8.

In FIG. 7, reference numeral 1 denotes a picture frame, and this picture frame (frame) 1 is used to display decorative objects (not shown) such as paintings, photographs, calligraphy, or certificates on, for example, an indoor wall. be.

As shown in FIG. 7, the picture frame 1 includes a rectangular ring-shaped frame body 2 made of metal such as aluminum, and a rectangular plate-shaped frame body 2 that is removably fitted inside the frame body 2 and holds a decorative object. A holding body 3, a plurality of back supports 4 that press and support the back side of the holding body 3, and a plurality of string attachment bodies 5 to which strings 7, which are flexible elongated linear members, are attached. We are prepared. Note that the holding body 3 is composed of, for example, a transparent plate, a wooden board, etc., which holds the decorative object between the front and back surfaces.

The frame main body 2 includes frames 10 on four sides, top, bottom, left, and right, each of which has a longitudinal shape, and each frame 10 has a longitudinal groove 11 with a substantially C-shaped cross section that opens toward the back side (in the direction of the back surface). is formed.

In addition, in the grooves 11 at the four corners of the frame main body 2, metal fittings 8, which are connecting members for connecting the frames 10 adjacent to each other, are arranged and fixed with screws 9.

Here, the groove portion 11 of the frame 1 has a groove bottom plate 12 located on the front side of the frame 1, as shown in FIG. Groove side plates 13 are erected at both ends of the groove bottom plate 12 in the lateral direction toward the back side, and a groove top plate 14 is provided protruding from the tip of each groove side plate 13.

A slit-shaped groove opening 15 is formed along the longitudinal direction of the groove part 11 between the two groove top plates 14 which are spaced apart from each other and are opposed to each other. is open toward the back side. Note that the groove portion 11 is constituted by the groove bottom plate 12, the groove side plate 13, the groove top plate 14, the groove opening 15, and the groove inner space 16.

The groove 11 has the frame 1 having the groove 11 in a predetermined posture with respect to a wall surface 20 (a surface to be mounted along the vertical direction) that is a vertical mounting section, that is, for example, a vertical wall surface 20. A posture maintaining tool (flat part) 21 for maintaining a parallel posture that is parallel to the object is removably attached.

In other words, in the example shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, a plurality of posture maintenance tools 21, for example, four (two on the top side and two on the bottom side) are placed on both left and right sides of the upper and lower grooves 11 of the frame 1. It is removably attached.

As a result, the picture frame 1 that stores and holds the decorative object is maintained in a parallel posture with respect to the vertical wall surface 20, in other words, in a vertical posture (vertical state) along the vertical direction, by the posture maintaining tool 21 (Fig. 8).

As shown in FIG. 8, between the back surface 1a of the picture frame 1 maintained in a parallel posture by the posture maintaining device 21 and the wall surface 20, there is a gap 19 of a certain size that does not allow a finger to enter. ing. Further, the string 7 of the picture frame 1 is hooked on a hook 18 that is a hook receiving portion fixed to the wall surface 20. Note that the picture frame 1 and the posture maintaining device 21 constitute a picture frame 17 with a posture maintaining device.

Here, the specific configuration of the posture maintaining tool 21 will be explained with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4 and the like. For convenience, the directions of the arrows shown in FIG. 2(a) will be described as front-back, left-right, and up-down directions.

The posture maintaining tool 21 is a flat part that is integrally formed of, for example, synthetic resin (or metal or the like), and is used by being detachably attached to the groove 11 of the frame 1.

The posture maintaining device 21 is provided integrally with a mounting portion 23 that is removably attached to the groove portion 11 of the picture frame 1 and on the upper side of this mounting portion 23, and is in contact with the wall surface 20 so that the picture frame does not move against the wall surface 20. 1 in a predetermined parallel posture.

That is, for example, this posture maintaining tool 21 is composed of a mounting portion 23 located on the lower side and a posture maintaining portion 24 located on the upper side. It can be attached to and detached from the groove portion 11 by rotating at a moving angle (for example, 90 degrees) (predetermined rotation operation).

When the attachment part 23 is attached to the groove part 11 of the picture frame 1 based on the rotation operation, the attachment part 23 is moved relative to the groove part 11 by sliding movement along the longitudinal direction of the groove part 11 with respect to the groove part 11. The mounting position can be adjusted (for example, by lightly pressing the attached posture maintenance tool, it can be slid along the groove).

Note that the attachment portion 23 may be firmly attached to the groove portion 11 so that it cannot slide (slide operation) along the groove portion 11 in the attached state. That is, the mounting portion 23 of the posture maintaining tool 21 may be releasably fixed to the groove portion 11. Alternatively, it may be attached using attachment means such as screws.

The attachment portion 23 includes a lower insertion portion 31 that is removably inserted into the groove portion 11, and an upper non-insertion portion 32 that holds the groove top plate (held portion) 14 of the groove portion 11 together with the insertion portion 31. have. Note that when the attachment part 23 is attached to the groove part 11, the insertion part 31 is inserted into the groove part 11 and is positioned inside the groove part 11, but the non-insertion part 32 is not inserted into the groove part 11 and is positioned outside the groove part 11. To position.

The insertion portion 31 has an inverted T-shape (including a substantially inverted T-shape) when viewed from the front, and includes a short column-shaped first insertion portion 36 that protrudes downward from the center side of the lower surface of the non-insertion portion 32. , a second insertion portion 37 which is provided perpendicularly to the lower end of the first insertion portion 36 and is elongated in a direction (left and right) orthogonal to the protruding direction of the first insertion portion 36 and has a substantially round bar shape. have.

The second insertion portion 37 has an upwardly convex arcuate surface 38 on the non-insertion portion 32 side on the upper side, and the apexes at both longitudinal ends of this longitudinally elongated arcuate surface 38 are , a slightly elongated protrusion 39 in the front-rear direction is provided to protrude upward. Furthermore, an arcuate recessed portion 40 is formed in a portion of the arcuate surface 38 adjacent to the non-inserted portion 32 . Note that the upper surface side of the second insertion portion 37 is formed in an arcuate shape with a circular arc surface 38, but the lower surface side of the second insertion portion 37 is formed in a planar shape with a flat surface 35. ing.

Further, the second insertion portion 37 is inserted into the groove space 16 in the groove 11 through the groove opening 15 of the groove 11, whereas the first insertion portion 36 is inserted into the groove opening 15 of the groove 11. Ru. Note that a convex arcuate surface 34 is formed on the lower front and rear surfaces of the first insertion portion 36 , and the apex of the arcuate surface 34 is located outside the second insertion portion 37 .

The non-inserted portion 32 is formed into a short column shape with a diameter larger than the short column-shaped first insertion portion 36 of the insertion portion 31 . The non-insertion portion 32 has concave portions 43 and 44, which are convex toward the outside and have a rectangular shape when viewed from the front, on both left and right sides, and concave portions 43 and 44 that are concave toward the inside and have a rectangular shape when viewed from the front. It has on both sides.

The left circular arc surface 41 includes, for example, an upper first circular arc surface 41a and a lower second circular arc surface 41b having a smaller radius of curvature than the first circular arc surface 41a. When viewed from the bottom, the first circular arc surface 41a on the upper left side and the circular arc surface 42 on the right side are located on a virtual circle K1 centered on the center point P, but the second circular arc surface 41b on the lower left side is located at the same center. It is located on an imaginary circle K2 centered on point P and having a smaller radius than the imaginary circle K1 (see FIG. 4(d)).

Further, the non-inserted portion 32 has a flat contact surface 45 on the lower surface that contacts the upper surface of the groove top plate 14 of the groove portion 11, and this contact surface 45 is spaced apart and opposed to the arcuate surface 38 and the protrusion 39 of the inserted portion 31. are doing. Then, at least both protrusions 39 of the insertion part 31 come into contact with the lower surface of the groove top plate 14 of the groove part 11, and as a result, the groove top plate 14 of the groove part 11 is held between the insertion part 31 and the non-insertion part 32. Ru. Note that not only the protrusion 39 but also the protrusion 39 and a part of the upper side of the arcuate surface 38 may contact (abut) the lower surface of the groove top plate 14 of the groove part 11.

The posture maintaining part 24 includes a protrusion 51 that protrudes obliquely from the upper surface of the non-insertion part 32 of the attachment part 23 toward the upper left (toward the inside of the picture frame), and a horizontal protrusion at the upper end of the protrusion 51. It has a substantially plate-shaped contact portion 52 that is provided in the wall surface 20 and abuts (contacts) the wall surface 20 in a planar manner.

The protruding portion 51 has inclined surfaces 53 and 54 on both left and right sides that are inclined toward the inner side of the frame 1 at a predetermined angle of inclination α with respect to the vertical direction, and is concave toward the inner side when viewed from the front. It has rectangular concave portions 56 and 57 on both the front and rear sides. Note that, although the inclination angle α is preferably 30 degrees, for example, it is not limited to this, and may be, for example, more than 30 degrees or less than 30 degrees.

The abutting portion 52 has an inclined surface 60 on the right side that is continuous with the inclined surface 54 of the protruding portion 51 and has the same inclination angle α, and a recessed portion 61 that is recessed inward and has a rectangular shape when viewed from the front. , 62 on both the front and rear sides. The length L1 of the contact portion 52 in the front-rear direction is larger than the length L2 of the protrusion 51 in the front-rear direction. Therefore, the slope 60 of the contact portion 52 and the slope The inclined surface portion 65 made up of 54 has a T-shape (including a substantially T-shape). In addition, the length L1, which is the width of the contact portion 52, is determined by a user such as an operator who rotates the posture maintenance device 21 holding it with two fingers (for example, the thumb and index finger of the right or left hand). The dimensions are set to make it easy to hold.

Further, the contact portion 52 has a planar contact surface 66 on the upper side (upper surface) that contacts the wall surface 20 in a planar manner, and this contact surface 66 is continuous with the upper end portion of the inclined surface 60. Furthermore, this abutting portion 52 has a protruding portion 67 that protrudes to the left side of the protruding portion 51, and when the attaching portion 23 is attached to the groove portion 11, the protruding portion 67 is attached to the frame 1 than the groove portion 11. It is located on the inner side of the holder 3 and faces the holder 3 at a distance (see FIG. 6).

Next, the operation of the above-mentioned posture maintaining device 21 will be explained.

First, the procedure for attaching the posture maintaining tool 21 to the picture frame 1 will be explained with reference to FIGS. 5, 6, and the like.

The user moves the entire posture maintaining tool 21 toward the groove 11 of the picture frame 1 while holding the contact portion 52 of the posture maintaining section 24 of the posture maintaining tool 21 with his or her fingertips. As shown in FIG. 5, the insertion portion 31 of the attachment portion 23 is inserted into the groove portion 11. At this time, the contact surface 45 of the non-inserted portion 32 of the attachment portion 23 is placed on the upper surface of the groove top plate 14 of the groove portion 11, and the attachment portion 23 is placed in the groove portion 11.

Next, while holding the contact portion 52 of the posture maintaining portion 24 of the posture maintaining device 21 with the fingertips, the user places the entire posture maintaining device 21 against the groove portion 11 of the frame 1. By rotating it 90 degrees inward, the insertion part 31 of the attachment part 23 is attached to the groove part 11 as shown in FIG.

In other words, when the user rotates the posture maintaining device 21 by 90 degrees so that the distal end side of the abutting portion 52 of the posture maintaining section 24 faces inward of the frame 1, the groove top plate 14 of the groove section 11 of the frame 1 rotates. It is held between the insertion part 31 and the non-insertion part 32, and by this holding, the attachment part 23 of the posture maintenance tool 21 is attached to the groove top plate 14 of the groove part 11.

In the attached state of the posture maintaining tool 21, the attachment part 23 is arranged so that the inverted T-shaped insertion part 31 does not come out of the groove part 11, and the attachment part 23 is attached to the groove top plate 14 of the groove part 11 along the longitudinal direction. Because the user can slide the attachment part 23 and adjust the position, for example, the user can move the attachment part 23 to the stop position where the arcuate surface 34 of the first insertion part 36 of the insertion part 31 comes into contact with the end of the metal fitting 8 and stops. Adjust the position by sliding it along the groove top plate 14.

The state shown in FIG. 7 is a state in which a plurality of posture maintaining devices 21, for example, four posture maintaining devices 21 are installed in predetermined positions on both the left and right sides of the grooves 11 on the upper and lower sides of the picture frame 1 using such an installation procedure. By attaching a picture frame 17 with a posture maintaining device as shown to a vertical wall surface 20 and hanging it on the wall, it is possible to appropriately display the decorative object held by the holder 3 of the picture frame 1 on the wall surface 20.

That is, as shown in FIG. 8, a hook 18 is fixed to the vertical wall surface 20, and the string 7 of the picture frame 1 is hooked to the hook 18, and the posture maintaining device protrudes from four places on the back surface 1a of the picture frame 1. The abutting surface 66 of the posture maintaining section 4 of 21 is brought into planar contact with the wall surface 20.

Then, the picture frame 1 storing and holding the decorative object is maintained in a posture parallel to the vertical wall surface 20 (vertical posture) by the posture maintaining tools 21. In addition, when removing the posture maintenance tool 21 from the groove part 11 of the picture frame 1, the above-described installation procedure may be reversed.

According to such an attitude maintaining tool 21, the attachment part 23 is removably attached to the groove part 11 of the picture frame 1, and the attitude maintaining part 24 is provided in this attachment part 23 and comes into contact with the vertical wall surface 20. Therefore, the picture frame 1 can be properly maintained in a predetermined parallel posture with respect to the vertical wall surface 20 along the vertical direction, and therefore the picture frame 1 can be kept in a bowed state (downward tilted posture). It is possible to prevent such problems and to appropriately display decorative objects such as pictures and photographs.

That is, for example, when hanging the picture frame 1 on a wall, by using the posture maintaining tool 21, a gap 19 of a certain size can be created between the back surface 1a of the picture frame 1 maintained in a parallel posture and the wall surface 20, and the frame 1 can be hung on a wall. In addition, the wall surface 20 can be protected, and the position of the frame 1 can be prevented from shifting (shifting due to tilting to the left or right, etc.).

Moreover, since the attachment part 23 can be attached to and detached from the groove part 11 of the picture frame 1 only by rotating the groove part 11, the attachment part 23 can be easily attached to and detached from the groove part 11 of the picture frame 1.

Furthermore, the attachment part 23 has an insertion part 31 that is removably inserted into the groove part 11 of the picture frame 1, and this insertion part 31 is composed of an inverted T-shaped part consisting of a first insertion part 36 and a second insertion part 37. Because of the shape, not only can the insertion part 31 be easily inserted into the groove part 11, but also the insertion part 31 and the non-insertion part 32 can be inserted into the groove part 11 simply by rotating the groove part 11 (for example, by turning 90 degrees). The double-groove top plate 14 can be appropriately held.

Further, since the second insertion portion 37 of the insertion portion 31 has a circular arc surface 38 that is convex toward the non-insertion portion 32 side, the second insertion portion 37 is rotated at the corner of the groove top plate 14 when rotating relative to the groove portion 11. The second insertion portion 37 can be rotated smoothly without being caught by the second insertion portion 37, and therefore the rotation operation of the posture maintaining tool 21 is easy.

Furthermore, since both the mounting portion 23 and the posture maintaining portion 24 have concave portions 43, 44, 56, 57, 61, and 62 on both sides that are concave toward the inside, the mounting portion 23 and the posture maintaining portion 24 are different from each other, for example, compared to a structure having no concave portions. Not only can material costs be reduced, but problems such as expansion and distortion can be prevented during manufacturing.

In addition, the posture maintaining section 24 is arranged such that when the user grips and holds the abutting section 52 of the posture maintaining section 24 with two fingers from both sides, the pads of the fingers come into contact with both side portions of the abutting section 52, i.e. Since the contact portion 52 has concave portions 61 and 62 recessed inwardly at both ends in the transverse direction (finger contact portions), when the contact portion 52 is pinched with the fingers, a part of the belly surface of the finger is removed. Since the parts enter the recessed parts 61 and 62, they are less likely to slip compared to, for example, a configuration with a flat side surface without recessed parts. Therefore, even if the parts are relatively small, the user can easily move the posture maintaining part 24 with his fingers. It is easy to pick up and hold, and the rotation operation of the posture maintenance tool 21 can be performed easily and appropriately.

Further, since the posture maintaining portion 24 is formed with a T-shaped inclined surface portion 65 consisting of the inclined surface 60 of the contact portion 52 and the inclined surface 54 of the protruding portion 51, the design is not only good. Therefore, the posture maintaining tool 21 is difficult to see from the outside of the frame 1 when it is attached to the groove 11, so that the object can be displayed more appropriately.

Furthermore, since the non-inserted portion 32 of the attachment portion 23 is formed with arcuate surfaces 41 and 42 that are convex toward the outside, the non-inserted portion 32 is connected to other parts when the posture maintaining device 21 is rotated. The posture maintaining device 21 can be rotated more easily and appropriately without being caught on members or the like.

Further, since the contact portion 52 of the posture maintaining portion 24 has a planar contact surface 66 that contacts the wall surface 20 in a planar manner, the wall surface 20 can be appropriately protected, and the position of the frame 1 can be Misalignment can also be effectively prevented.

In the above embodiment, a case has been described in which four posture maintenance devices (for example, accessories) are attached to one picture frame (two on the top side and two on the bottom side), but the number is not limited to four. For example, for a relatively small forehead, three may be sufficient, and the number may be selected as appropriate depending on the size of the forehead.

Furthermore, although a case has been described in which the posture maintaining device is attached to both the grooves on the upper and lower sides of the picture frame, it may be attached only to the grooves on the lower side of the picture frame, for example.

Furthermore, although we have explained the case where the picture frame is maintained in a predetermined posture using a posture maintenance device in a parallel posture parallel to a vertical wall surface (the part to which the picture frame is attached), the present invention is not limited to the parallel posture. , other postures (for example, upwardly tilted posture, etc.) may be used, and the attached portion is not limited to a vertical wall surface.

The posture maintaining part of the posture maintaining device includes a slanted protrusion that protrudes diagonally upward from the top surface of the mounting part toward the inside of the frame, and a horizontal abutment provided at the upper end of this protrusion. For example, it may include a protrusion that protrudes upward from the top surface of the mounting part, and a stand that is erected at the inner end of the protrusion (the inner end of the frame). It may have a raised portion and a horizontal contact portion provided at the upper end of the raised portion.

1 Picture frame 11 Groove 20 Wall surface as the attached part 21 Posture maintaining tool 23 Mounting part 24 Posture maintaining part 31 Insertion part 32 Non-insertion part 36 First insertion part 37 Second insertion part 38 Arc surface 61, 62 Concave part 66 Abutment surface

Claims (6)

A picture frame including an annular picture frame body having a longitudinal groove ;
and a posture maintaining tool for maintaining the picture frame in a predetermined posture with respect to the attached part ,
The posture maintaining device is
an attachment part that is attached to the groove part so as to be slidable along the longitudinal direction of the groove part ;
A picture frame with a posture maintaining device, comprising: a posture maintaining portion provided on the mounting portion and abutting on the attached portion. The picture frame with a posture maintaining device according to claim 1, wherein the attachment portion is attachable to and detachable from the groove by rotation relative to the groove. The mounting part is
an insertion section inserted into the groove;
a non-insertion part that holds the groove part together with the insertion part;
The picture frame with a posture maintaining device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the insertion portion has an inverted T shape. The insertion section is
a first insertion portion protruding from the non-insertion portion;
and a second insertion portion that is elongated in a direction perpendicular to the protruding direction of the first insertion portion,
The picture frame with a posture maintaining device according to claim 3 , wherein the second insertion portion has a circular arc surface that is convex toward the non-insertion portion side. The picture frame with an attitude maintaining tool according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the attitude maintaining part has a planar contact surface that comes into contact with the attached part. Used in the picture frame with a posture maintaining device according to claim 1 or 2.
A posture maintenance device characterized by :

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