JP7509468B1 - Flower display stand - Google Patents

Abstract

[Problem] With regard to conventional flower arrangement stands, the aesthetic appearance (appearance) often depends on the skill of the worker, and particularly when a large number of bouquets or types of flowers are used, there is a problem in that it is necessary to rely on experienced workers, resulting in a large labor-intensive burden.
[Solution] Therefore, the present invention provides a flower display stand 100 having a container body 50 with an opening 51 and a lid part 30 to be placed on the opening 51 of the container body 50, in which the lid part 30 is formed from a base plate having a plurality of holes connecting the inside and outside of the container body 50, and a plurality of tubular parts 10, 20 fixed to each of these holes in a state where the plurality of holes penetrate from the outside to the inside of the container body 50.
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Description

Application of Article 30, Paragraph 2 of the Patent Act: Carried out at funerals and other events multiple times in Toyama Prefecture between October 4, 2022 and August 14, 2023.

Application of Article 30, Paragraph 2 of the Patent Act: Carried out multiple times between November 5, 2022 and August 14, 2023 at funerals etc. at Hisuino Hall, 102-1 Oyasho, Asahi-machi, Shimoniikawa-gun, Toyama Prefecture. Also, carried out multiple times between October 4, 2022 and August 12, 2023 at funerals etc. in Asahi-machi, Shimoniikawa-gun, Toyama Prefecture, Nyuzen-machi, Shimoniikawa-gun, Toyama Prefecture, and Unazuki-machi, Shimoniikawa-gun, Toyama Prefecture.

This relates to a display stand for fresh flowers that is mainly used for ceremonial occasions.

Conventionally, display stands for bouquets are installed at various event venues, including those for ceremonial occasions. Such flower display stands provide a beautiful view to visitors to the venue by fixing many bouquets in various positions and directions, and also play a role in supplying moisture to many bouquets for a long period of time, particularly in the case of fresh flowers.
For example, Patent Documents 1 and 2 disclose a flower display stand on which a bouquet can be arranged so that it looks beautiful in all directions. Patent Documents 3 and 4 disclose a flower display stand on which flowers can be arranged so that they look beautiful in a fixed position in the front-rear direction. In particular, in the case of a display stand for fresh flowers, it is common and widespread to insert flowers into a foam called an oasis that has absorbed water and then display the flowers (see the description of Figure 2 in Patent Document 1, Figure 2 in Patent Document 2, and Figure 3 in Patent Document 3).

Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 58-91979 JP 2004-350739 A JP 2007-325678 A JP 2001-238775 A

However, when using water-absorbing foam as described in Patent Documents 1 and 2, holes remain in the water-absorbing foam after use, making it difficult to reuse, and it is often necessary to discard it (it can be reused only once or twice at most). In addition, when discarding it, the absorbed water must be squeezed out by hand before disposal, which is inconvenient as it is hard work to squeeze out the water. In addition, before using the water-absorbing foam, it is inconvenient that the water-absorbing foam needs to be soaked in water for a long time to soak in water sufficiently. Furthermore, a flower display stand using water-absorbing foam maintains its beauty by fixing many bouquets in various positions, but the beauty (appearance) of the flower display stand often depends on the aesthetic sense (skill) of the worker. In particular, when a large number of bouquets or types of flowers are used on the flower display stand, the work of decorating the flower display stand must be done by a skilled worker, which is a heavy burden.

In addition, when decorating a flower display stand using multiple flower branches, the position (arrangement) of the bouquet must be checked each time according to the length of the flower branches in order to arrange the overall appearance of the flower display stand, which increases the time required for decoration. In addition, the flower display stands described in Patent Documents 3 and 4 do not use water-absorbent foam, but are of the type in which the flowers are arranged upright and in parallel, and are relatively large, so they are not very versatile as general flower displays and their uses are limited.

The present invention is intended to solve the problems that existed with conventional flower display stands, and aims to create a flower display stand that can ensure the appearance of bouquets in a short time and in a uniform manner, regardless of the length of the multiple bouquets used, and regardless of the skill of the worker.

The fresh flower display stand of the present invention has a container body with an opening and a lid part to be placed on the opening of the container body, in which a plurality of holes connecting the inside and outside of the container body are provided in a base material forming the lid part, and a plurality of tubular parts are fixed to each hole by integral molding, welding or adhesive so that the plurality of holes pass through from the outside to the inside of the container body, and the plurality of tubular parts are formed from a first group of tubular parts fixed in a substantially vertical direction to the base material and a second group of tubular parts fixed in an inclined state to the base material, and the first group of tubular parts has two or more tubular parts whose lengths protruding from the inside of the container body to the outside differ from each other from the front side to the back side.

The second group of cylindrical parts may be arranged to surround the first group of cylindrical parts. In one embodiment, at least one of the cylindrical parts has a portion extending from the substrate toward the inside of the container body that is 10% or more of the total length of the cylindrical part. In another embodiment, the cylindrical parts are provided with regularly colored marks, and preferably, the marks of the cylindrical parts are colored according to the positions of the cylindrical parts in the front-rear direction. In another embodiment, a fixing member having a convex portion is installed in the container body, and a fixed cylindrical portion (one end side of the cylindrical part in the first group of cylindrical parts) is provided on the lower surface side of the substrate, and the fixing member can be inserted into the convex portion.

Alternatively, when the cover part is viewed as a single product as a decorative member for fresh flowers, it can be explained as the following means: A decorative member for fresh flowers comprising a plurality of tubular parts into which fresh flowers can be inserted, and a base plate onto which the plurality of tubular parts are fixed in a penetrating state by integral molding, welding or bonding, some of the plurality of tubular parts are fixed to the base plate so as to be inclined both in one direction on the plane of the base plate and in a direction perpendicular to the one direction, and the plurality of tubular parts are formed of a first group of tubular parts fixed in a substantially vertical direction to the base plate and a second group of tubular parts fixed in a tilted state to the base plate, and the first group of tubular parts has two or more tubular parts whose lengths protruding in a substantially vertical direction to the base plate differ from each other from the front side to the back side. In another embodiment, some of the multiple tubular parts have a portion extending in one direction perpendicular to the plane of the substrate that is longer than the portion extending in the other direction perpendicular to the plane of the substrate, and some other tubular parts have a portion extending in one direction perpendicular to the plane of the substrate that is shorter than the portion extending in the other direction perpendicular to the plane of the substrate.

The flower display stand of the present invention has the effect of ensuring the appearance of the bouquet in a short time and uniformly, regardless of the length of the multiple fresh flowers used, and regardless of the skill of the worker, by presetting the position for inserting the flower branches into the display stand according to the length of the branches to be displayed. Furthermore, by giving the multiple bouquets fixed to the flower display stand width (left and right), depth (front and back), and height (up and down), it also has the effect of allowing for more three-dimensional decoration.

1 is a front view of a flower display stand 100 according to one embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a front view of the cover part 30 and the fixing member 70 that constitute the same flower display stand 100. FIG. This is a plan view of the cover part 30 and the fixing member 70 that make up the same flower display stand 100. 4 is a diagram for explaining the arrangement of holes 37 in a substrate 35. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a state in which the lid part 30 is attached to the fixing member 70. FIG. 13 is a right side view of the state in which the cover part 30 is attached to the fixing member 70. FIG. 1 is a front view showing one embodiment of a flower display stand according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the flower display stand of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a front view of a flower display stand 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the flower display stand 100 of the present invention is mainly composed of a container body 50 capable of storing water (or liquid containing nutrients) therein and a lid part 30 to be placed on the opening 51 of the container body 50 (note that only the upper part of the lid part 30 is shown in FIG. 1, and the lower part is inside the container body 50). The lid part 30 includes cylindrical parts 10 and 20 (details will be described later). Furthermore, a fixing member 70 is installed inside the container body 50 as shown in FIG. 1, and serves to fix the lid part 30 to the opening 51 of the container body 50. Note that the lid part 30 shown in FIG. 1 is an embodiment molded from a transparent resin, but it may be molded from a non-transparent resin.

Next, a front view of the lid part 30 and the fixing member 70 constituting the flower display stand 100 according to one embodiment of the present invention are shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, respectively. For ease of viewing and explanation, FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 show an embodiment in which the lid part 30 is molded from a non-transparent resin. In this specification, the left-right direction as seen in FIG. 2 is called the "width direction" or "left-right direction", the direction from the tubular part 22 to the tubular part 15 as seen in FIG. 3 is called the "depth direction" or "front-rear direction", the side of the tubular part 22 is called the "front", the side of the tubular part 15 is called the "rear", and the direction perpendicular to both the left-right direction and the front-rear direction is called the vertical direction. In this lid part 30, a plurality of holes 37 that communicate the inside and outside of the container body 50 when the lid part 30 is installed in the opening 51 of the container body 50 are formed along the thickness direction of the substrate 35. (See FIG. 4 described later). In addition, a plurality of cylindrical parts 10 (11-16), 20 (21-29) are installed in the plurality of holes 37 in a state penetrating from the outside to the inside of the container body 50. The plurality of cylindrical parts 10, 20 forming the lid part 30, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, are provided with a first cylindrical part group 10 (11-16) fixed in a substantially vertical direction to the hole 37 of the substrate 35 forming the lid part 30, and a second cylindrical part group 20 (21-29) fixed in a state inclined in the left-right direction and/or the front-back direction to the hole 37 of the substrate 35. Note that "substantially vertical" means a vertical direction including an error caused by unintended circumstances such as manufacturing error, and should be interpreted as a range of at most about 3 degrees or less from the generally vertical direction. Here, an explanatory diagram for explaining the arrangement of the hole 37 of the substrate 35 is shown in Fig. 4 (a diagram created for convenience while ignoring the thickness of the cylindrical parts, etc.). As shown in FIG. 4, a plurality of holes 37 are provided in the inner region of the substrate 35, and a plurality of notches 41, 42, 45, 46, and 48 are provided around the periphery of the substrate 35.
The first cylindrical part group 10 (11-16) is disposed in the center of the substrate 35, and the second cylindrical part group 20 (21-29) is disposed in a more peripheral portion than the center. The second cylindrical part group 20 (21-29) is disposed so as to surround the periphery of the first cylindrical part group 10 (11-16) as shown in Fig. 3. That is, by disposing the second cylindrical part group 20 (21-29) so as to surround the periphery of the first cylindrical part group 10 (11-16), the position for inserting the branches into the display stand can be preset according to the length of the branches to be displayed, and the appearance of the bouquet can be ensured in a short time and uniformly regardless of the length of the multiple fresh flowers used and regardless of the skill of the worker. Note that "surrounding the first group of tubular parts" does not mean that all of the tubular parts 10 extending in a substantially vertical direction are completely surrounded all around, but rather means that at least one or more tubular parts (any of 11 to 16) are arranged to be surrounded from at least three directions, the front, right side, and left side. In other words, in the drawing of Fig. 3, the three tubular parts 11, 12, and 13 are surrounded from three directions, the front, right side, and left side. In addition, even if the tubular parts 28 and 29 in Fig. 3 are changed to tubular parts extending in a substantially vertical direction, the tubular part 11 is surrounded from three directions, the front, right side, and left side, and therefore the state of "surrounding the first group of tubular parts" is satisfied.

And, in at least one of the multiple tubular parts 10 (11-16), 20 (21-29), the portion extending further inside the container body 50 than the substrate 35 is 10% or more of the total length of the tubular part. Preferably, the length is 30% or more, and more preferably, 50% or more. In particular, in the front row of tubular parts 21-23 in the depth direction, the portion extending further inside the container body 50 than the substrate 35 is longer than the portion extending outside. Due to these characteristics, when the flowers are inserted into the tubular parts, the stems of the flowers are firmly held inside the container body 50, so that the inclination of the flowers does not deviate significantly from the originally intended direction, and the flower arrangement as originally intended can be reproduced. In addition, the cylindrical parts (e.g., cylindrical parts 14-16, etc.) arranged on the rear side have a portion extending from the base plate 35 toward the outside of the container body 50 longer than the portion extending toward the inside, so the stems of the flowers are firmly held outside the container body 50, and similarly the inclination of the flowers does not deviate significantly from the originally expected direction. In particular, for the first cylindrical part group 10 (11-16), two or more cylindrical parts 11-16 different from each other can be arranged with the length of the parts protruding from the inside of the container body 50 toward the outside from the front side to the back side as shown in FIG. 2. That is, by arranging the first cylindrical part group 10 (11-16) fixed in an upright state and the second cylindrical part group 20 (21-29) fixed in an inclined state in the above-mentioned form, the bouquets fixed to the flower display stand can be given width (left and right direction), depth (front and back direction), and height (up and down direction), and can be decorated in a more three-dimensional manner. In addition, the present invention does not limit the number, placement positions, front-to-back (depth) inclination angle, and left-to-right (width) inclination angle of the tubular parts 10 and 20 to those in the embodiment shown in Figure 2. These parameters should be changed to appropriate ones depending on the purpose and needs, such as various ceremonies and home use.

Also, as shown in FIG. 3, a plurality of protrusions 71, 72 may be provided on the fixing member 70, and a plurality of fixed tubular parts (tubular parts formed by extending one end side of the tubular parts 11, 15 in the first tubular part group 10) 75, 76 may be installed on the underside of the substrate 35 in a state where they are inserted into the protrusions 71, 72. FIG. 5 shows a perspective view of the state in which the lid part 30 is attached to the fixing member 70, and FIG. 6 shows a view from the right side. The lid part 30 shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 shows an embodiment in which the lid part 30 is molded from a transparent resin. By making the lid part 30 transparent, the tubular parts 10, 20 are difficult to see when the flower decoration is completed with flowers inserted, so that the appearance of the whole flower decoration is not impaired. However, transparency is not necessarily a required condition of the present invention. FIG. 7 shows an embodiment (front view) of a flower decoration stand when the fixing member 70 is used. As shown in FIG. 7, each of the cylindrical parts 10 (11-16), 20 (21-29) is inserted with a bouquet of two to five suitable flower branches wrapped in a transparent wrap film. Inserting a bouquet wrapped in a transparent wrap film in this way has the advantage of making it look attractive and allowing participants to easily take the bouquet home after a ceremony or the like in which the flower decoration is used. Of course, a bouquet not wrapped in a transparent wrap film or a single flower may be inserted. If a fixing member 70 is installed inside the container body, the whole flower display stand can be stabilized even when many bouquets are inserted separately into the first cylindrical part group and the second cylindrical part group as shown in FIG. 7. In addition, the fixing member 70 has a hollow rod-shaped rear part of the central cylindrical part 15 in the last row and a fixing screw on the side, so that a signboard such as the name of the flower decoration provider or an advertisement can be inserted and fixed. Additionally, the lid part 30 may be fixed to the container body 50 by other means without using the fixing member 70.

In addition, by providing different colored marks 80 on the surfaces of the first cylindrical part group 10 (11-16) and the second cylindrical part group 20 (21-29), as shown by the numbering 80 in Figure 2, the worker can easily and quickly insert multiple bouquets of different lengths into the appropriate cylindrical parts. In Figure 2, for convenience, the marking 80 is provided only on the cylindrical part 28, but in reality, the marks 80 are provided on all cylindrical parts 10 (11-16) and 20 (21-29) in a regular color-coded manner. The marks 80 on the cylindrical parts are color-coded according to their positions in the front-to-rear direction of the cylindrical parts. That is, the tubular parts 21, 22, 23 in the front row in the depth direction are marked with a white mark 80, the tubular parts 11, 24, 25 in the center of the second row are marked with a green mark 80, the tubular parts 12, 13 in the center of the third row are marked with a red mark 80, the tubular parts 14, 15, 16, 28, 29 in the rear row are marked with a blue mark 80, and the tubular parts 26, 27 located on the outer periphery at the approximate center position in the depth direction (between the second and third rows) are marked with a yellow mark. In this way, the lengths of the flower branches to be inserted for each color are determined in advance. For example, white is 40 cm, green is 45 cm, yellow is 50 cm, red is 55 cm, and blue is 60 cm. By deciding things in this way and documenting them in a manual as work procedures, the worker who arranges the flowers only needs to cut the flowers to a predetermined length for each color of marker 80 and insert them into the tubular part that corresponds to that marker 80. It is also possible to determine the type of flower for each color. If the inclination angles of all the tubular parts 10, 20 and the lengths of the flower branches to be inserted are set in advance to the most desirable state by an expert, even workers without skilled techniques can reproduce the flower decorations of an expert.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 3, by providing multiple notches (notches 41 and 42 at the front of the base plate 35 of the lid part 30, notches 45 and 46 at the side of the base plate, and notch 48 at the rear of the base plate), the lid part 30 can be easily attached and detached from the opening of the container body by inserting fingers into these notches and gripping them. At the same time, water or nutrient solution can be quickly injected directly into the inside of the container body through these notches.

The lid part 30 may be manufactured in advance by attaching the tubular parts 10 and 20 to the hole 37 of the lid part 30 by welding or gluing, or the entire lid part 30 including the substrate 35 and the tubular parts 10 and 20 may be integrally molded by resin injection molding or the like. When the lid part 30 is integrally resin-injected to be molded, the substrate 35 and the tubular parts 10 and 20 may be molded in two colors using different resins. Alternatively, the substrate 35 may be made of metal and the tubular parts 10 and 20 may be made of transparent resin.

In the above embodiment, the lid part 30 is one of the components of the fresh flower display stand 100, and its characteristics are described in terms of its relative positional relationship with the container body 50, but even when viewed as a single fresh flower display member 30, the lid part 30 has sufficient characteristics to be sold and distributed as a product. In other words, the fresh flower display member 30 is composed of a plurality of tubular parts 10, 20 into which fresh flowers can be inserted, and a base plate 35 to which the plurality of tubular parts 10, 20 are fixed, and some of the plurality of tubular parts (for example, tubular parts such as 21-23, 26, and 27 in the embodiment of FIG. 2) are fixed to the base plate so as to be inclined in both directions (for example, the front-rear direction) and the direction perpendicular to the one direction (for example, the left-right direction) on the plane of the base plate, rather than being perpendicular to both directions. Furthermore, some of the multiple tubular parts 10, 20 (for example, tubular parts such as tubular parts numbered 21 to 23 in the embodiment of Figure 2) have a length of a portion extending in one direction perpendicular to the plane of the substrate 35 (for example, the downward direction in Figure 2, toward the inside of the container) that is longer than the length of a portion extending in the other direction perpendicular to the plane of the substrate (for example, the upward direction in Figure 2, toward the outside of the container), and some other tubular parts (for example, tubular parts numbered 14 to 16 in the embodiment of Figure 2) have a length of a portion extending in one direction perpendicular to the plane of the substrate that is shorter than the length of a portion extending in the other direction perpendicular to the plane of the substrate. Needless to say, when comparing the lengths of the portions of the tubular parts 10 and 20 as explained above in this specification, the comparison is made by comparing the lengths along a specific line segment (a line segment parallel to the height direction of the cylinder) on the outer periphery of the roughly cylindrical tubular part.

As described above, with the fresh flower display stand 100 of the present invention, the cover part 30 can be washed with water after use and reused, which drastically reduces the amount of waste compared to conventional water-absorbent foam materials. In addition, even if the person arranging the flowers is not necessarily an expert, they can reproduce a flower decoration that is equivalent to that of an expert. Even if an expert is performing the work, the work time can be significantly reduced. Furthermore, by changing the number and inclination angle of the cylindrical parts 10, 20 of the cover part 30, it is possible to create flower decorations that meet a wide variety of uses and needs, such as various ceremonies and home use, and this has a wide variety of benefits.

10, 11 to 16: First cylindrical part group 20, 21 to 29: Second cylindrical part group 30: Lid part (decorative member for fresh flowers)
35 Base plate 37 Hole 41, 42 Base plate front notch 45, 46 Base plate side notch 48 Base plate rear notch 50 Container body 51 Container body opening 70 Fixing member 71, 72 Fixing member protrusion 75, 76 Fixing tube 80 Mark 100 Flower display stand

Claims (8)

A flower display stand having a container body having an opening and a lid part to be placed on the opening of the container body,
the lid part includes a base plate having a plurality of holes that communicate with the inside and outside of the container body, and a plurality of cylindrical parts that penetrate from the outside to the inside of the container body and are fixed to the plurality of holes by integral molding, welding, or adhesion ,
the plurality of tubular parts are formed of a first tubular part group fixed in a substantially vertical direction to the substrate, and a second tubular part group fixed in an inclined state to the substrate,
The first group of tubular parts is characterized in that it has two or more tubular parts whose lengths protruding from the inside of the container body to the outside differ from each other from the front side to the back side. The flower display stand according to claim 1, characterized in that the second group of cylindrical parts is arranged to surround the periphery of the first group of cylindrical parts. The flower display stand according to claim 1, characterized in that at least one of the cylindrical parts has a portion extending further inside the container body than the base plate that is 10% or more of the total length of the cylindrical part. A flower display stand according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the tubular part is provided with regularly-spaced color-coded markings. The flower display stand according to claim 4, characterized in that the markings on the cylindrical part are color-coded according to the position of the cylindrical part in the front-to-rear direction. Furthermore, a fixing member having a protrusion is installed inside the container body, and a fixing tube portion provided on the lower side of the base plate of the lid part is inserted into the protrusion. A flower display stand as described in any one of claims 1 to 3. A decorative member for fresh flowers, comprising a plurality of tubular parts into which fresh flowers can be inserted, and a base plate into which the plurality of tubular parts are fixed by integral molding, welding or bonding, in a state in which the tubular parts penetrate , and some of the tubular parts are fixed to the base plate so as to be inclined in both one direction on the plane of the base plate and in a direction perpendicular to the one direction,
Furthermore, the plurality of tubular parts are formed of a first group of tubular parts fixed in a substantially vertical direction to the substrate, and a second group of tubular parts fixed in an inclined state to the substrate,
The first group of tubular parts is a decorative member for fresh flowers, characterized in that it has two or more tubular parts whose lengths protruding in a direction approximately vertical to the base plate differ from each other from the front side to the back side. A decorative member for fresh flowers as described in claim 7, characterized in that in some of the multiple tubular parts, the length of the portion extending in one direction perpendicular to the plane of the substrate is longer than the length of the portion extending in the other direction perpendicular to the plane of the substrate, and in some other tubular parts, the length of the portion extending in one direction perpendicular to the plane of the substrate is shorter than the length of the portion extending in the other direction perpendicular to the plane of the substrate.