JPH01310606A - Ottoman - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To give confortable feeling to the sitting person of any body form by obtaining a movable part to be independent from a seat and to be supported with being liftable so that a height position can be adjusted. CONSTITUTION:A sitting person (p) of a seat 1 can put legs on an ottoman 2 and obtain an ease attitude. The ottoman 2 is independent from the seat 1 and obtains the constitution of a body different from the seat 1. Accordingly, when the ottoman 2 is not used, this ottoman can be received in the lower direction space of the sear 1 or carried freely to another place. The ottoman 2 has a base part 4, which is placed on a floor through a caster 3, and a movable part 5 which is supported with being liftable to the base part 4 so that the height position can be adjusted. Thus, the sitting person (p) can adjust the height position of the movable part 5 so that the most comfortable attitude with matching to the taste or body form of the person itself or the inclining position of a slidable seatback 6.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an ottoman on which a person seated on a seat rests their feet, and particularly to an ottoman that is independent of the seat.

When sitting on a seat such as a sofa or chair used at home or in the office, or a seat placed in a vehicle, it is possible to take a comfortable posture by placing your feet on the ottoman placed in front of the seat. It has been well known for a long time to do this.

However, since the height of the conventionally known seated man is fixed, it is not possible to adjust the height of the seated man according to the physique or preference of the seated person, and it is difficult to provide a comfortable feeling of comfort to all seated persons. It was insufficient.

1. An object of the present invention is to provide an ottoman which can eliminate the above-mentioned conventional drawbacks and provide a comfortable feeling of comfort to a sitting person of any size.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is an ottoman independent from a seat, which has a movable part that is supported so as to be raised and lowered so that the height position can be adjusted, and the foot is placed on the upper surface of the movable part. Provides an ottoman configured as follows.

Earth 1 Move the movable part up and down to adjust its height.

Disaster Emperor Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

Figure 1 shows the seat 1 and the ottoman 2 placed in front of it.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the seat 1, in which a person p sitting on the seat 1 can put his/her feet on the Ottoman 2 and take a comfortable posture. The Ottoman 2 is independent from the seat 1 and has a separate configuration from the seat 1. Therefore, when the Ottoman 2 is not in use, it can be stored in the space below the seat 1 or freely carried to other locations.

The Ottoman 2 has a base part 4 that is placed on the floor via casters 3, and a base part 4 that can be adjusted in height.
It has a movable part 5 that is mechanically supported relative to the movable part 5. Therefore, the seated person p can adjust the height position of the movable part 5 so that he or she can take the most comfortable posture according to his or her preference, body physique, or the tilting position of the tiltable seat back 6 (second (see figure).

Although the movable part 5 may be configured to be raised and lowered manually, the illustrated example is provided with a drive means that automatically moves the movable part up and down. Hereinafter, specific examples of the driving means and the configuration related thereto will be clearly described.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the base part 4 has a lower box 7 with an open top, and the movable part 5 has an upper box 8 with an open bottom. is fitted into the lower box 7 so as to be vertically movable. Around the upper box 8 there is a pad 9 and a skin 1 around it.
0 is attached, and the seated person can place their feet on the upper surface.

As shown in FIG. 5, a base frame 10 is fixed to the bottom surface of the lower box 7 with screws, and support plates 11.degree. 11a are fixed with screws to two opposing sides of the base frame 10. In addition, in FIG. 5, the pad 9 and the skin 1o provided on the upper box 8 are omitted.

The two support plates 11 mentioned above. A support bracket 13 is attached to the lla via sleeve-shaped spacers 12 and 12a.
, 13a are fixed by screws, respectively, and pivot links 14, 14a are connected to these brackets 13, 13a via pivot pins 15, 15a in the direction of arrow A, as shown clearly in FIG.
, are rotatably supported in the B direction. Each rotation link 1
Gears 16, 16a are formed at the lower ends of the gears 4, 14a along an arc centered on the pivot pin 15.15-a.

These gears 16, 16a are driven by a drive motor 17 fixed to the support brackets 13, 13a, as also shown in FIG.
, 17a are meshed with output gears 18.18a. Further, each support bracket 13, 13a has a lower guide rail 19, 19a extending substantially horizontally, and the aforementioned pivot pin 15,
15a, it is fixed immovably. In addition, the tip of the lower guide rail 19.19a is attached to support plates ll and ll.
It is also fixed at a.

On the other hand, a pair of reinforcing rails 20, 20a are fixed to the upper inner surface of the upper box 8, and a pair of supporting rails 21, 21a are fixed to these.

As shown in FIG. 8, upper guide rails 22, 22a extending substantially parallel to lower guide rails 19, 19a are integrally fixed to each support rail 21, 21a.

As shown in FIG. 8, sliding pieces 23 and 23a are attached to the upper ends of the aforementioned rotation links 14 and 14a, respectively, and are slidably fitted to the upper guide rails 22 and 22a.

In addition, a pin 24 is provided in the intermediate region of each rotation link 14, 14a.
, 24a, and sliding pieces 26, 26 attached to the upper and lower ends thereof.
a; 27.27a are slidably fitted into the upper guide rails 22, 22a and the lower guide rails 19, 19a, respectively. In addition, the sliding pieces 23, 23a, 26° 26a, 2
Guide rollers may be used instead of 7 and 27a.

Each element shown in FIG. 6 constitutes one configuration example of a drive means for raising and lowering the movable part 5.

FIG. 3 shows the state when the movable part 5 is lowered to the lowest position. In this state, when the switch SW shown in FIG. 1 is turned on and the motors 17 and 17a are operated, the output gear 1
8, 18a rotate in the clockwise direction in FIG.
rotates in the direction of arrow A around the pivot pin 15.degree. 15a. Therefore, the sliding piece 23.23a at the upper end of each pivot link 14.14a slides in the direction of arrow C with respect to the upper guide rails 22, 22a. Therefore each pivot link 14.14
Sliding piece 27 of each operating link 25, 25a pivotally connected to a
, 27a respectively slide in the direction of the arrow with respect to the lower guide rail 19, 19a. Therefore, the upper guide rails 22, 22a, the support rails 21, 21a, and the upper box 8 rise. In this way, the movable part 5 can be moved upward as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4.

To lower the movable part 5, the motors 17 and 17a may be operated in the opposite direction by operating the switch SW described above, and each element may be operated in the opposite direction to that described above. In this way, the movable part 5 can be freely raised and lowered by simply operating the switch SW, and the height of the movable part 5 can be adjusted to a position where the seated person can take the most comfortable posture. Further, since the driving means for raising and lowering the movable part 5 and the various elements related thereto are housed in the internal space of the upper and lower boxes 7.8, the appearance of the ottoman is not impaired.

In addition, in order to prevent the upper and lower boxes 7 and 8 from rattling each other when the movable part 5 is raised and lowered, a bearing 30 is rotatably supported on the lower box 7, and its surface is aligned with the inner surface of the upper side 8. It is rolling and touching.

Furthermore, since the Ottoman 2 according to the present invention is independent from the seat 1, the Ottoman 2 can be used as it is, for example, as a vanity chair or other stool. It can be adjusted to a convenient height.

Disadvantageous Effects of Invention According to the ottoman according to the present invention, since it has a movable part that moves up and down, its height can be adjusted according to the physique and preference of each sitting person.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the seat and the Ottoman, Figure 2 is a perspective view of the Ottoman when the movable part is raised, Figure 3 is a sectional view when the movable part is lowered to the lowest position, and Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view when the movable part is lifted, FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the Ottoman, FIG. 6 is an enlarged perspective view of a part of FIG. 5, and FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 8 is a sectional view taken along the line ■--■ in FIG. 6. 1... Seat 2... Ottoman 5... Movable part Fig. 2 Fig. 3 Fig. 4 Fig. 1 Fig. 8

Claims (1)

[Claims] An ottoman that is independent from a seat, has a movable part that is supported so as to be raised and lowered so that the height position can be adjusted, and is configured so that the feet can be placed on the upper surface of the movable part.