JPH10241447A - Reading lamp in seat - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make use in natural posture possible and provide adequate brightness by constituting a reading lamp arranged in an armrest part with a main body with a lamp, a connecting part connected to the main body and capable of freely changing illumination direction of light, and an arm part fixed to the armrest so that the upper end is connected to the connecting part and the lower end is capable of rotating to the using and housing positions. SOLUTION: A reading lamp 50 has a box-shaped main body 51 for mounting a light transmitting plate and a lamp, and an arm part 55 connected to the main body 51 with a connecting part 60. The connecting part 60 is a hollow cylindrical body formed by covering a spiral wire made of spring material capable of holding a shape with an irregular, flexible, thin material, and capable of changing illumination direction by the expansion and contraction in the long direction and twist. A rotating plate welded to the lower part of the arm part 55 capable of adjusting the height by the number of connecting pipes is fixed so as to be capable of rotating to an arm fixing fixture fixed to the bottom of a reading lamp housing recess part having an opening/closing cover 45 capable of sliding in an armrest part 22. The reading lamp 50 is automatically lit out and lit according to housing and drawing up of it.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a reading light for a seat which has a seat on which a passenger sits in a train, an automobile, an airplane, or the like, and irradiates light to the seated person.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a person sitting on a seat 5 provided on a vehicle or the like and reading the book 4 or the like, the hand of the person is brightened and light is irradiated on a document 4a of the book. In general, light is emitted from a spotlight (not shown) attached to the ceiling above the seat 5. The spotlight (not shown) is rotatably supported in a front-back, left-right, and rotatable manner with a fulcrum above the spotlight.

[0003] To turn on the spotlight, the user turns on a power switch provided near the seat or near the spotlight to turn on the spotlight. Then, the spotlight is set in the desired irradiation direction.

[0004] As another method, as shown in FIG. 8, a form in which a reading light 10 is attached to a seat back portion 6 of a front seat is described in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 4-131352.

In Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 4-131352, there is also a reading light 11 mounted in the armrest 8 of the seat 5 as shown in FIG.

[0006]

The spotlight (not shown) installed on the ceiling as described above is installed far away from the document 4a and has a structure for irradiating light spotwise. Therefore, there is a problem that it is difficult to obtain appropriate brightness.

Next, in the reading light 10 attached to the back portion 6 of the seat 5, since the reading light 10 is attached to the seat back portion 6 of the front seat, when the book 4 is viewed, an unnatural posture is likely to be obtained. There was a problem.

Further, in the reading light 11 mounted in the armrest 8, as shown in FIG. 9, an opening / closing lid 14 is provided above the armrest 8 so as to be openable and closable in the width direction.
Therefore, when using the reading light 11, after opening the opening / closing lid 14, rotating the reading light 11 from the reading light storage portion 15 in the direction a, and pulling the reading light 11 out of the armrest portion 8, The arm 16 is erected on the armrest 8. Then, the main body 17 including the lamp 18 is rotated in the horizontal direction b with respect to the arm portion 16. For this reason, there was a problem that the irradiation direction and height of the reading light could not be changed.

Further, when the reading light is used, the opening / closing lid 14 of the armrest is opened toward the user or the passage, so that there is a problem that the opening / closing lid becomes an obstacle. .

[0010] The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a reading lamp for a seat that can be used by a user with appropriate brightness and a natural posture.

[0011]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a reading lamp for a seat according to the present invention, wherein the reading lamp for irradiating light to a hand of a person sitting on the seat comprises an armrest of the seat. In the reading light of the seat provided in the section, the reading light is a main body having a lamp for irradiating light, a connecting part connected to the main body and capable of freely changing the irradiation direction of the light, and an upper end is connected to the connecting part. The lower end is connected to an arm portion rotatably supported by the armrest so as to be rotatable to a use position or a storage position.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a reading lamp for a seat according to the present invention,
The arm portion is capable of extending and contracting in a longitudinal direction.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a seat reading light,
A lower end of the arm portion is pivotally supported by an arm mounting device provided on the armrest so as to be rotatable in the front-rear direction of the seat, and a locking projection is provided on the arm portion facing the arm mounting device, The arm attachment on the rotation track of the locking projection has a locking recess into which the locking projection is fitted and locked.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a reading light for a seat according to the present invention,
When the reading light is in the stowed state, a part of the reading light is installed on the armrest, a switch for turning on or off the lamp of the main body is turned off, and when the reading light is used, the switch is turned on. It is characterized by being turned on.

[0015] In the configuration of the first aspect of the present invention, the reading lamp of the seat is connected to a main body having a lamp for irradiating light with a connecting portion capable of freely changing the irradiating direction of the light, and an upper end thereof is provided. Since the lower end is connected to the connecting portion and the lower end is rotatably supported at the use position or the storage position, the arm portion is attached to the armrest portion. It can be set freely for the irradiated surface.

Further, in the structure of the second aspect, since the arm portion has a structure which can be extended and contracted in the longitudinal direction, the reading lamp can be freely set at a height corresponding to the surface to be irradiated.

Also, in the configuration according to the third aspect, the lower end of the arm portion is pivotally supported by the arm mounting member so as to be rotatable in the front-rear direction of the seat, so that the reading lamp is adapted to the inclination of the backrest of the seat. Can be set freely.

Further, in the configuration according to the fourth aspect, when the reading light is in the housed state, the reading light lamp is turned on, and when the reading light is used, the reading light lamp is turned on. Since the switch for turning on the reading light is provided, it is not necessary to operate the switch when the reading light is put into the use state or the storage state.

[0019]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the entire structure of a reading light of a seat having a reading light installed on an armrest portion. A cushion-shaped cushion portion 21 to be seated, and a pair of armrest portions 2 provided on both sides of the cushion portion 21, respectively.
2, a backrest portion 28 protruding upwardly on the back side and provided in the up-down direction, and a pair of leg portions 29, 2 provided opposite to the lower side of the cushion portion 21 in the front-rear direction.
9. These pair of legs 29, 29
Is for setting the cushion portion 21 at a height at which the cushion portion 21 is separated from the floor surface portion 35 and at which a person can easily sit.

The armrest portion 22 is wide in the width direction and has a rectangular parallelepiped shape in the front-rear direction. The armrest portion 22 includes an upper surface portion 23, a front surface portion 24, a rear surface portion 25, both side surface portions 26, 26, and a bottom surface portion 27. . As shown in FIG. 2, the concave reading light storage recess 36 having the same width is provided on the upper surface 2 of the armrest 22.
3, formed continuously over the rear surface portion 25 and the bottom surface portion 27;

The reading light housing recess 36 has a flat bottom 37 formed along the upper surface 23, the rear surface 25 and the bottom surface 27 of the armrest 22, and the upper surface 23 from both sides of the bottom 37. A side-falling wall surface portion 38 formed substantially opposite to the both sides toward the surface portion 25 and the bottom surface portion 27,
38 and a front falling wall portion 39 formed substantially vertically from the troublesome side of the bottom portion 37 toward the upper surface portion 23.

On the entire upper end of the falling wall portions 38 and 39, there are formed recessed lid slide grooves 40 into which both side ends of the opening / closing lid 45 are slidably fitted in the front-rear direction.

The opening / closing lid 45 that covers the reading light storage recess 36 is
As shown in FIG. 7, V-shaped groove portions 47 made of a deformable synthetic resin such as ABS or PP, and opened upward along the width direction and provided at predetermined intervals, and V-shaped groove portions 4.
7 and a rectangular lid main portion 46 provided between them. Further, below the V-shaped groove portion 47, connecting portions 48 formed in a thin shape are provided, and the lid main portion 46 is curved with the thin connecting portions 48 as fulcrums. In addition, a knob 49 is provided on the front side of the bellows-like opening / closing lid 45.
Are provided to protrude upward.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the entire structure of the reading light. As shown in FIG. 2, the reading light 50 has a lower opening and transmits light through the lower opening. It is roughly divided into a box-shaped main body 51 to which a plate 52 is detachably attached, and an arm portion 55 for adjusting the height of the main body 51. A lamp socket (not shown) is mounted in the main body 51, and a lamp 53 is detachably mounted on the lamp socket.

Further, the tip of the arm 55 and the body 5
1 and 1 are connected by a connecting portion 60 formed of a tubular member having a freely bendable and hollow inside. This connecting part 60
As shown in FIG. 4, is covered with a thin covering portion 61 made of a flexible material such as rubber or synthetic resin.
A wire 62 made of a helical spring material capable of supporting a certain weight and holding a certain shape is integrally attached to the inside of 1.

Since the connecting portion 60 has the above-described structure, it can be extended and contracted in the longitudinal direction and twisted in the longitudinal direction so that it can be held in substantially the same shape. Therefore, the angle of the main body 51 of the reading light 50 can be freely changed by expanding and contracting the connecting portion 60 in the direction a and twisting the direction in the direction b, so that the irradiation direction can be freely changed.

The arm 55 is, as shown in FIG.
For example, the arm part 55 is made of a pipe having a different diameter, for example, and is slidably inserted in a longitudinal direction.

The arm portion 55 includes a connecting pipe a56,
Consisting of a connecting pipe b57 and a connecting pipe c58,
The height can be adjusted. Further, when it is desired to increase the height of the reading light itself, the number of these connecting pipes may be increased or decreased. Also, the connecting pipe constituting the arm portion may be made by drawing using synthetic resin, or may be using aluminum pipe, holding the main body of the reading light and using a hollow pipe. I just need.

The upper end of the connecting pipe c58 of the arm is connected to the upper end of a connecting pipe 60, and the lower side of the connecting pipe a56 at the lower end of the arm is connected to the lower part of FIG.
As shown in the figure, the plate-shaped rotating plate 65 is connected to the connecting pipe a5.
6 and welding 78 are fixed by welding. Above the rotation plate 65, a dowel-shaped locking projection 66 is formed to project outward, and a circular support hole 67a is formed below.

The arm mounting member 70 on which the rotating plate 65 is supported is a fan-shaped plate-shaped arm mounting portion 71, and a mounting piece 7 bent at a right angle from below the arm mounting portion 71.
5, a circular support hole 67b is formed in the arm attachment portion 71, and the arm mounting portion 71 is on a rotational path 72 drawn around the support hole 67b.
The locking concave portion 73 into which the locking convex portion 66 provided on the
A plurality are formed at arbitrary angles. The locking recess 73 is provided so that the rotation angle A of the arm portion 55 rotates in a range of about 100 degrees to about 150 degrees. The locking recess 73 is formed of a round hole or a round recess into which the locking projection 66 is fitted and locked.

The arm mounting member 70 and the rotating plate 65 are connected to a supporting hole 67b of the arm mounting member and a supporting hole 67 of the rotating plate.
a and is rotatably supported by a support shaft 80 provided with retaining portions 81 at both ends. The support hole 67a
And the support hole 67b have the same diameter.

As shown in FIG. 2, the arm mounting member 70 is fixed to the bottom portion 37 of the reading light storage recess 36 by a method not shown, and the arm mounting member 70 inside the arm portion 55 and the armrest portion 22 is provided. The main body 51, which is rotatably supported by a single support shaft 80 and has a built-in arm portion 55 and a lamp 53, rotates about the support shaft 80 as a fulcrum and freely adjusts the angle of the arm portion 55. I can do it.

The dowel-shaped locking projection 66 formed at an appropriate position from the support shaft 80 of the arm portion 55 is provided on a rotating orbit centered on the support shaft 80 that supports the arm mounting member 70. Since the arm portion 55 can be locked into the arm mounting member 70 at an arbitrary angle by being fitted and locked in the locking concave portion 73, the angle of the main body 51 including the lamp 53 can be arbitrarily set.

As shown in FIG. 2, when the reading light 50 is stored in the reading light storage recess 36, a flat plate-like switch pressing piece 59 formed on a part of the arm portion 55 is attached to the bottom of the reading light storage recess 36. A push button switch 85 is arranged at a position where the button 86 protruding from the button 37 is pressed. When the button 86 is in the convex state, the reading light is in the OFF state, and when the button 86 is in the concave state, the reading light is in the ON state.

Therefore, the reading light 50 is inserted into the reading light storage recess 36.
The reading lamp is turned off in a state where the reading lamp is stored in the inside, that is, in a state where the button 86 of the push button switch is pressed. When the reading light is pulled up from the inside of the reading light storage recess 36, the button 86 of the push button switch is not pressed, and the reading light is turned on. Therefore, when the reading light 50 is put out of the reading light housing recess 36 and set to the use state, the reading light is automatically set to the lighting state, so that there is no need to operate the button.

Reading light storage recess 36 for storing reading light 50
A bellows-like opening / closing lid 45 is slidably opened and closed along a lid slide groove 40 provided on an upper edge portion of the reading light storage recess 36 of the armrest 22 at the upper end of the reading light 50, and the reading light 50 is inserted into the reading light storage recess 36. When storing, the opening / closing lid 45 is attached to the armrest 22.
Slides over the rear surface portion 25 and the bottom surface portion 27.
Then, the arm portion 55 of the reading light 50 is stored in the upper reading light storage recess 36, and the main body 51 of the reading light 50 is stored in the rear reading light storage recess 36 while bending the connecting portion 60. By storing the main body 51 in the reading light storage recess 36 at the rear, the depth of the armrest 22 can be reduced.

As shown in FIG. 1, the power supply line 91 of the reading light 50 attached to the armrest 22 of the seat 20 is connected to a lamp socket (not shown) mounted in the main body 51 and connected to the lamp socket. It is disposed inside the armrest portion 22 through the inside of the section 60, the inside of the arm section 55 and the push button switch 85, and is connected to a power supply 90 embedded in the floor surface 35.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described.

[0040] In the configuration of the first aspect, the reading lamp of the seat is connected to a main body having a lamp for irradiating light with a connecting portion capable of freely changing the irradiating direction of the light, and has an upper end having the upper end. Since the lower end is connected to the connecting portion and the lower end is rotatably supported at the use position or the storage position, the arm portion is attached to the armrest portion. It can be set freely for the irradiated surface.

Further, in the structure of the second aspect, since the arm portion has a structure which can be extended and contracted in the longitudinal direction, the reading light can be freely set at a height corresponding to the surface to be irradiated.

Further, in the configuration according to the third aspect, the lower end of the arm portion is pivotally supported by the arm attachment so as to be rotatable in the front-rear direction of the seat. Can be set freely.

According to the first, second and third aspects of the present invention,
It has become possible to provide a user with a reading light for a seat that can be used with appropriate brightness and a natural posture.

Further, in the configuration according to the fourth aspect, when the reading light is in the housed state, the reading light lamp is turned on, and when the reading light is used, the reading light lamp is turned on. Since the switch for turning on the reading light is provided, it is not necessary to operate the switch when the reading light is put into the use state or the storage state.

Since the opening / closing lid for covering the reading light storage recess is made to be a sliding type, it can be easily used and when the reading light is stored.

Although the above embodiment has been described with reference to seats installed on vehicles arranged in front, rear, left and right, the present invention is applied to a reading light attached to an armrest of a seat having a built-in massager in a backrest. You may.

[0047]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to freely set the light of the reading lamp on the seat with respect to the surface to be irradiated such as a document.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the reading lamp can be freely set at a height corresponding to the surface to be irradiated.

According to the third aspect of the present invention,
The position of the reading light can be set freely according to the inclination of the backrest of the seat.

According to the first, second, and third aspects of the present invention, it is possible to provide a reading lamp for a seat that can be used with appropriate brightness and a natural posture for the user.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, when the reading light is put into the use state or the storage state, the trouble of operating the switch is not required.

The reading light of the seat according to the present invention allows the user sitting on the seat to adjust the height and angle according to his / her preference so that the irradiation at hand can be satisfactorily obtained. It is easy and can automatically turn off the reading light.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a state in which a reading light is attached to an armrest of a seat according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a detailed perspective view showing a state in which a reading light arm is attached to the reading light storage space of the seat in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an exemplary perspective view showing the entire configuration of the reading light according to the embodiment;

FIG. 4 is an exemplary sectional view showing a connecting portion of the reading light according to the embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a front view showing an arm portion and an arm attachment of the reading light according to the embodiment. (B) is a side view.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing an armrest of the reading light and an opening / closing lid slidably attached to the armrest in the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing an opening / closing lid slidably attached to the armrest in the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a structure for mounting a first reading light according to another related art on a seat.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing a structure for attaching a second reading light according to another related art to a seat.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 20 ... Seat, 22 ... Armrest part, 50 ... Reading light, 51 ... Main body, 53 ... Lamp, 55 ... Arm part, 60 ... Connection part, 66 ... Locking convex part, 70 ... Arm mounting part, 73 ... Locking concave part , 85 ... push button switch (switch).

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A reading lamp for a seat, wherein a reading lamp for irradiating light to a person sitting on the seat is provided on an armrest of the seat, wherein the reading lamp has a main body having a lamp for irradiating the light; A connecting portion connected to the arm portion, the upper end of which is connected to the connecting portion and the lower end of which is rotatably supported by the armrest portion so as to be rotatable to a use position or a storage position. A reading light for a seat, comprising: 2. A reading light for a seat according to claim 1, wherein said arm portion is made extendable and contractible in a longitudinal direction. 3. A lower end of said arm portion is pivotally supported by an arm attachment provided on said armrest so as to be rotatable in the front-rear direction of said seat, and is engaged with said arm portion facing said arm attachment. 3. The seat reading apparatus according to claim 2, wherein a projection is provided, and the arm attachment on the rotation track of the projection is provided with a locking recess into which the locking projection is fitted. light. 4. When the reading light is in the stowed state, a part of the reading light is set on the armrest and a switch for turning on or off the lamp of the main body is turned off, and the reading light is used. 4. The reading lamp for a seat according to claim 1, wherein the switch is turned on when the switch is turned on.