JPH06311920A - Bench unit - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To constitute a bench unit so that vegetation for enhancing a beautiful sight can be installed simply together with a resting bench in a resting place, etc., of an event meeting place, and the cost can be reduced. CONSTITUTION:The bench unit 1 is constituted so that an opening 1105 is provided in the upper part and a lawn 13 is contained in the inside of a flat housing 11 opened in the upper part side and allowed to face the opening 1105, the upper face part of the housing 11 is constituted of this lawn 13, and also, a seating plate 15 is provided in the upper peripheral edge 1139 of the housing 11, and the lawn 13 and the seating plate 15 are formed integrally.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bench unit suitable for use at an event site or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When an event such as an exhibition is held at a multipurpose hall, a banquet hall of a hotel, an event hall such as an outdoor plaza, various event booths are provided in the hall and visitors are also allowed to rest. Places are provided. Generally, a resting bench such as a folding simple chair or a stationary portable chair is installed at a resting place. In such rest areas,
By arranging trees and potted plants around the rest bench to create a park bench feel, you can enhance the aesthetics of the rest area, and visitors can simply sit and rest. You can get peace as well.

[0003]

However, when a rest bench and a plant are installed in a rest area, the plant must be installed separately from the rest bench, which is troublesome. This causes troubles that are troublesome and costly. The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to easily install a plant for enhancing aesthetics along with a bench for rest at a rest place or the like of an event venue, and to reduce cost. The purpose is to provide a bench unit capable of

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a flat casing having an open upper portion, and a plant which is housed in the casing and constitutes an upper surface portion of the casing. And a stool provided along the upper peripheral edge of the housing.

Further, according to the present invention, the stool is formed in the shape of a baby bun and is arranged above the plant.
Further, according to the present invention, a water supply mechanism for supplying water to the plant is provided in the housing. In addition, according to the present invention, a connecting mechanism for interconnecting the bench unit is provided.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a plan view of a bench unit according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. A bench unit of the present embodiment, which is denoted by the overall reference numeral 1 in FIG. 1, is a housing 11 formed in a square shape in a plane and having a predetermined height, a lawn 13 housed inside the housing 11,
And a seating plate 15 and the like arranged on the upper peripheral edge of the housing 11.

As shown in FIG. 2, which is a vertical cross-sectional view of the bench unit 1, the housing 11 includes an upper stage portion 1101 and an upper stage portion 11
The lower step portion 1103 is slightly smaller than 01. An opening 1105 is provided in the upper portion of the upper step portion 1101 and is opened upward, and a net 1107 separates the upper step portion 1101 and the lower step portion 1103. Inside the upper part 1101, gravel 1109 such as crushed stone, which is larger than the mesh of the net 1107, is laid.
A soil 1111 such as black soil is laid on the top of the sheet 9. On the other hand, water 1113 is stored inside the lower step portion 1103, and when the water is applied from the upper step portion 1101 to the lower step portion 1103,
Water injection pipe 1115 and water suction piece 1117 such as non-woven fabric
And are provided. Furthermore, the bottom part 1 of the lower part 1103
Free casters 1121 are attached to the four corners of 119, respectively.

The water injection pipe 1115 is for feeding water 1113 into the lower part 1103, and its upper end 1
123 is exposed on the upper surface of the upper step 1101 as shown in FIG. The water sucking piece 1117 uses the capillarity to draw the water 1113 inside the lower part 1103 into the upper part 110.
The first lower end 1127 is immersed in the water 1113 and the upper end 1129 is buried in the gravel 1109. In this embodiment, the lower part 1103 of the casing 11 and the water injection pipe 11
A water replenishing mechanism is constituted by 15 and the water sucking piece 1117.

Further, the bottom portion 11 of the upper step portion 1101 which is formed in four directions around the lower step portion 1103 due to a step with the lower step portion 1103.
31 is an enlarged bottom view of the main part of the upper part 1101 shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, a connecting pin 1133 and a connecting piece 1135 used when connecting the two bench units 1 are provided respectively. The connecting pin 1133 has an upper step 11
01 is projectingly provided on one side in the longitudinal direction of the bottom portion 1131, and the connecting piece 1137 is rotatably attached to the other side in the longitudinal direction of the bottom portion 1131.
Connecting pin 1133 of the bench unit 1 on the other side to be connected
A recessed portion 1137 that is locked to is formed. In this embodiment, the connecting mechanism is configured by the connecting pin 1133 and the connecting piece 1135.

As shown in FIG. 2, the lawn 13 (corresponding to a plant) is planted on the upper part of the soil 1111 and faces the opening 1105 of the upper step portion 1101, and the upper peripheral edge 11 of the upper step portion 1101.
It is trimmed to a height that is the same as or slightly lower than 39, and constitutes the upper surface portion of the upper step portion 1101. The lawn 13
As for, it is desirable to use a kind of grass whose growth is relatively slow. As shown in FIG. 1, the stool plate 15 is formed in a cage shape, and is arranged along the upper peripheral edge 1139 of the housing 11, as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 4, which is an enlarged vertical cross-sectional view of the relevant part, the stool 15 is arranged above the lawn 13.

In the bench unit 1 of this embodiment configured as described above, the water 11 is supplied from the upper end 1123 of the water injection pipe 1115 exposed at the corner of the upper surface 1121 of the upper step portion 1101.
By pouring water 13, the water 1113 is poured into the water injection pipe 111.
It is sent to the inside of the lower stage portion 1103 via 5 and stored. Water 1113 stored in the lower part 1103
Is sucked up into the gravel 1109 or the soil 1111 inside the upper step 1101 through the water sucking piece 1117 by the capillary phenomenon, and the water 1113 soaked into the soil 1111 is ingested by the lawn 13, and the lawn 13 is always grown well. Maintained in a state. It is desirable that the water 1113 be replenished regularly.

When installing the bench unit 1 of this embodiment, the housing 11 is pushed to push the free casters 112.
1 is rolled and carried to a desired installation place such as a rest place 5 (FIG. 2) of the event site and fixed by, for example, operating a stopper (not shown) provided on the free caster 1121. This completes the installation work. Once the installation work is complete, visitors 3 to rest area 5 (Figure 2)
As shown in FIG. 2, the visitor 3 can rest his body by sitting on the stool 15 and see the lawn 13 exposed in the opening 1105 of the upper step 1101. You will feel as if you are on the bench in the park, and you can get peace.

Further, the lawn 13 has the opening 1 of the upper step 1101.
Since it is exposed at 105, the green of the lawn 13 can be seen by other visitors in the vicinity of the rest area 5, which enhances the appearance of the rest area 5. The bench unit 1 may be used as a single unit as described above, or may be used by connecting the bench units 1 to each other using the connecting pin 1133 and the connecting piece 1135 as shown in FIG. If you connect many bench units 1 as shown in 6,
A rest area 5 can be defined in the area surrounded by the bench units 1.

In this embodiment, the upper stage portion 11 of the casing 11 is
The structure in which the gravel 1109 and the soil 1111 are laid inside 01 and the lawn 13 is planted on the soil 1111 has been described.
11, or potted plants or hydroponics plants may be housed inside the upper stage 1101 of the housing 11. Further, in the present embodiment, the water replenishing mechanism is configured by the lower part 1103 of the housing 11, the water injection pipe 1115, and the water suction piece 1117. For example, the water 111 inside the lower part 1103 is used.
The water replenishing mechanism may be configured by a combination of a pump that sucks up 3 and a perforated pipe that is connected to the pump and guided into the gravel 1109. You may sprinkle water on the lawn 13.

In addition, in the present embodiment, the lower step portion 1103 of the housing 11 is formed to be slightly smaller than the upper step portion 1101 and the stool 15 is formed in a cage shape. The size relationship between the lower step portion 1103 and the lower step portion 1103 and the shape of the stool 15 are not limited to those shown in this embodiment. For example, as shown in FIG. 7 which is a vertical cross-sectional view of a main portion of a bench unit according to another embodiment of the present invention, an upper stage portion 1101 of a casing 11A of a bench unit 1A.
The A and the lower step portion 1103A may be formed to have the same size, or the stool 15A may have a simple plate shape.

Further, as shown in FIG. 7, a stay 1141
The stool 15A is attached to the housing 11 by using the and bolts 1143.
It may be configured such that it is attached to the upper peripheral edge 1139 of A, so that the stool 15A can be attached and detached as needed as shown in FIG. 8, and if so configured, the bench unit 1A is connected to another bench unit 1A. In doing so, it is possible to remove the stool 15A that does not require the connecting portion.

The unit bench 1A of this embodiment shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 can be used in combination with the tree unit 7 shown in FIG. 9 and the stage unit 9 shown in FIG. The tree unit 7 includes a housing 71 formed in the same shape as the housing 11A of the bench unit 1A of FIG. 7, and the soil 7101 in which the trees 73 are planted is stored inside the housing 71. A free caster 7105 is provided on the bottom portion 7103 of the housing 71. Further, the stage unit 9 includes a casing 91 having the same shape as the casing 11 of the bench unit 1A and the casing 71 of the tree unit 7, and although not shown in FIG. ,
Free casters are provided like the bench unit 1A and the tree unit 7.

When the bench unit 1A is used in combination with the tree unit 7 and the stage unit 9, as shown in FIG. 10, the bench 15A of the bench unit 1A is partially removed and the bench 15A is removed. Tree unit 7 and stage unit 9 in the unit 1A part
To connect. This makes it possible to build an event booth that integrates the rest area 5.

As described above, according to the bench units 1 and 1A of the above-described embodiment, the lawn 1 is provided inside the flat casing 11 having the opening 1105 provided at the upper portion and opened to the upper side.
3, the lawn 13 constitutes the upper surface of the casing 11, and the stool 15 is provided on the upper peripheral edge 1139 of the casing 11, so that the turf 13 and the stool 15 can be accommodated. Since the and are integrated, the plant 13 for enhancing the aesthetics of the rest area 5 can be easily installed together with the rest bench, and the cost around the rest area 5 can be reduced.

The bench unit of the present invention can be used not only indoors or outdoors at various event venues, but also in a lobby of a building, a waiting room at a station, a park, etc. where various benches for resting are installed. Needless to say, it can be used in places such as, for example, if it is installed in the lobby of a building or the waiting room of a station, etc., it can enhance the aesthetics of those places. This is advantageous in preventing damage to

[0021]

As described above, according to the present invention, a flat casing having an open upper portion, a plant housed in the casing and constituting an upper surface portion of the casing, and the casing Since it has a stool board arranged along the upper edge, plants for enhancing aesthetics can be easily installed together with a bench for rest at a rest place of the event venue, etc., and cost can be reduced. You can

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a bench unit according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the bench unit shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged bottom view of an essential part of an upper stage portion of the bench unit housing shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged vertical cross-sectional view of an essential part of an upper stage portion of the bench unit housing shown in FIG.

5 is an explanatory view showing a state where the bench units shown in FIG. 1 are connected to each other.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a case where a plurality of bench units shown in FIG. 1 are connected and used.

FIG. 7 is a longitudinal sectional view of a main part of a bench unit according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a plan view showing a state where a stool of the bench unit shown in FIG. 7 is partially removed.

9 is a front view showing a tree unit that can be used in combination with the unit bench shown in FIG. 7. FIG.

10 is a plan view showing a case where the unit bench shown in FIG. 7 is used in combination with the tree unit etc. shown in FIG. 9.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1,1A Bench unit 11 Housing 1103 Housing lower part (water supply mechanism) 1105 Opening 1115 Water injection pipe (water supply mechanism) 1117 Water suction piece (water supply mechanism) 1133 Connection pin (connection mechanism) 1135 Connection piece (connection mechanism) ) 1139 Upper peripheral edge of casing 13 Plant 15 Stool

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A flat casing having an open upper portion, a plant which is housed in the casing and constitutes an upper surface portion of the casing, and a seating plate arranged along an upper peripheral edge of the casing. And a bench unit comprising: 2. The bench unit according to claim 1, wherein the stool is formed in a cage shape and is arranged above the plant. 3. The bench unit according to claim 1, wherein the casing is provided with a water supply mechanism for supplying water to the plants. 4. The bench unit according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the bench unit is provided with a coupling mechanism for mutual coupling.