JPH11168983A - Flowerpot - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a flowerpot having characteristics and advantage of a knockdown method, and also favored by a customer because the flowerpot is suitable for preservation, transportation, displaying, etc., and capable of providing a reduced cost. SOLUTION: This flowerpot 1 has a back face board 2, a front face board 3 connected to the back face board 2 at both right and left sides and arranged in the vertical direction, a bottom face board 4 engaged to positions near to the lower ends of the front face board 3 and the back face board 2 and arranged in the horizontal direction, and allows flowering plants to be planted in a space formed above the bottom board 4 and surrounded by the back face board 2 and the front face board 3. The front face board 3 is formed by strip unit substrates successively connected with connecting members so as to be freely bent.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a flower pot, and more particularly, to a flower pot which can be used as a knockdown type wall-mounted type assembled by a consumer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 13 is an exploded perspective view of a conventional planting container, and the drawing and reference numerals in FIG. In FIG. 13, 1 and 2 are two divided bodies, 3 is a fitting portion, 4 is a hook-shaped projection, and 5 is a hole. Each of the divided bodies 1 and 2 is a hollow semi-cylinder, and a circular bottom plate is integrally formed on one of them. Then, when the fitting portions 3 of the divided bodies 1 and 2 are fitted to each other and the hook-shaped projections 4 are connected to the hole body 5, a cylindrical bottomed planting container is formed.

[0003]

As is well known, in the household goods and toy industries of this kind, so-called loose knocks in which a set of parts are sold at a sales destination and assembled by the consumer himself after purchase. There are products that use the down method.
According to such a knockdown product,
Compared to a product that is purchased and used as it is, there is a feature that consumers can enjoy the hobby of assembling a finished product while reading the attached instruction manual and the like. In addition, they are familiar with the assembly structure of the component parts, so that they can respond quickly to measures for failure, and there is the advantage that waste of resources can be prevented by obtaining repair parts according to the failure situation and continuing to use repaired products. .

On the other hand, the conventional planting container shown in FIG. 13 simply connects the two divided bodies 1 and 2 using the hook-shaped projections 4 and the hole bodies 5 as described above. It is configured so that the container can be completed only by itself. Therefore, such a conventional apparatus has a drawback that an effect such as enjoyment of a craft hobby obtained by the knockdown method cannot be practically obtained. Moreover, since the divided bodies 1 and 2 are in the shape of a hollow semi-cylinder, and one of the upper divided bodies 1 is integrally formed with a circular bottom plate protruding, it cannot be simply stacked.
There was a problem that the volume was large and there was an inconvenience in storage and transportation.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the problems of the conventional planting container, and has the above-mentioned features and advantages of the knock-down system, as well as storage, transportation, and display. It is an object of the present invention to realize a flower pot which is suitable for the above-mentioned method and can reduce the cost.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is directed to a back plate, a front plate vertically arranged by joining both left and right ends of the back plate, and a peripheral portion near a lower end of the front plate and the back plate. A bottom plate arranged in a horizontal direction by locking the portion, and in a flower pot formed on the bottom plate and vegetating flowers in a space surrounded by the back plate and the front plate, the front plate is substantially strip-shaped. Are connected to each other by a connecting member to form a flower pot which is formed to be bendable. In addition, a flower pot having a hanging mechanism provided on the back plate is configured. Further, a flower pot in which a back plate, a front plate and a bottom plate are made of wood is formed. Further, the present invention includes an endless side plate which is arranged in a vertical direction by joining both side ends, and a bottom plate which is arranged in a horizontal direction by locking a peripheral portion near a lower end portion of the side plate. In a flower pot formed on the bottom plate and vegetating flowers in the surrounding space of the side plate, a front plate is formed by continuously connecting substantially strip-shaped unit substrates with a connecting member so as to be bent. It was done. Furthermore, a unit formed by combining and decorating the unit substrate with different decorations is formed, and a flower pot in which the units are continuously connected by a connecting member is configured.

A unit combining a decorative plate and a non-decorative plate is connected by a connecting member, and a bendable front plate is assembled. The front plate connected to bend freely is connected to both end surfaces of the rear plate by screws around a circular portion of a semicircular bottom plate in which a linear portion is fitted to a lower end portion of the rear plate. When the front panel, the rear panel, and the bottom panel are combined, a flower pot having an enclosed space therein is assembled. The assembled flower pot is attached to the entrance, veranda, etc. in a “wall-hanging type” using hanging metal fittings or the like. “Wall mounted”
Inside the surrounding space of the flower pot attached to the, flower plants such as pot plants are vegetated.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Embodiment 1 FIG. 1 is a plan view showing the configuration of the first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view showing the configuration of the first embodiment, FIG. 3 is a bottom view of FIG. 2, FIG. 4 is a side view of FIG. ZZ in FIG.
It is sectional drawing. 1 to 5, reference numeral 1 denotes a flowerpot. 2 is a back plate, 3 is a front plate, and 4 is a semicircular bottom plate. The back plate 2, the front plate 3, and the bottom plate 4 constitute a flowerpot 1.

The independent structure of the back plate 2 is shown in FIG. 6, (a) is a side view of the back plate 2,
(B) is an inside view. Reference numeral 21 denotes a screw hole drilled along the plate surface above and below the left and right end surfaces, and 22 denotes two locking pieces.
The two locking pieces 22 are formed to be long, and are provided in parallel in the vicinity of the lower portion of the back plate 2 at substantially the left and right ends with an interval g. 7 (a) and 7 (b) are development views of the front plate 3, and FIGS. 8 (a), (b) and (c) and FIGS. 9 (a) and 9 (b).
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of a unit substrate u which is a minimum unit of the front plate 3.

Reference numerals 3a and 3b denote a substantially strip-shaped decorative plate and a non-decorative plate constituting the unit substrate u;
Is a decorative portion, 32 is one or two locking pieces, and 33 is an insertion hole into which a screw for coupling is inserted. The decorative plate 3a and the non-decorative plate 3b are coated with, for example, the same color paint on wood, and the substrate unit 30 is formed in the same outer shape. Decoration part 31
Is provided on the protruding portion of the decorative plate 3a above the substrate portion 30, and is decorated in an arrow-feather shape so as to image the smooth growth of cotyledons of flowers and plants. Decorative plate 3a
Are formed short, but the interval g between the two locking pieces 32 is made the same size as described above. Particularly, in the first embodiment, a combination of one decorative plate 3a decorated with a shape and two non-decorative plates 3b without shape decoration on both sides thereof constitutes a unit U that is cyclically continuous.

Reference numeral 5 denotes a U-shaped staple, and reference numeral 6 denotes a connecting wire such as a coated colored iron wire or a steel wire. The staple 5 is provided on the inner surface side of each of the substrate portions 30 of the decorative plate 3a and the non-decorative plate 3b, and the connecting line 6 is inserted into the U-shape to continuously connect the decorative plate 3a and the non-decorative plate 3b. The bottom plate 4 is formed in a substantially semicircular shape as shown in FIG. 10, and has two water holes 40 penetrating in the thickness direction. 41 is a linear portion of the bottom plate 4, and 42 is an arc portion. The thickness of the bottom plate 4 is
It is sized to be inserted into the gap g between the locking pieces 22 and 32 described above. Assuming that the number of the decorative plates 3a and the non-decorative plates 3b is n, the distance between the decorative plate 3a and the non-decorative plate 3b is substantially (πr).
/ N (where r is the radius of the arc portion 42).

FIGS. 11A and 11B are explanatory views showing the structure of the hanging fitting of the first embodiment, wherein FIG. 11A is a front view and FIG. 11B is a side sectional view. Numeral 7 denotes a hanging bracket which is formed in a vertically long rectangle using a thin metal plate. 71 is a keyhole-shaped hanging hole, and 72 is a countersink hole. A screw for wall hanging is inserted into the hanging hole 71 from a large hole, the flowerpot 1 is hung on the wall, a countersunk screw is passed through the countersunk hole 72, and the hanging metal 7 is attached to the back plate 2.

The operation of the assembling example of the first embodiment having the above configuration will be described below. Units U using unit substrate u are set in advance to a combination configuration of one decorative plate 3a and two non-decorative plates 3b, 3b on both sides thereof as illustrated in the first embodiment. And First, FIG.
, In which the non-decorative plates 3b are arranged on both sides of the decorative plate 3a with the decorative plate 3a in between, are continuously arranged in a middle table. The connecting line 6 is stretched in the horizontal direction from one end to the other end of the arranged units U. The staples 5 are struck at two places on each of the board portions 30 by an air tucker or an electric tucker from above the stretched connection lines 6 to fix the connection lines 6 by, for example, bending both ends. In the same manner, the staple 5 is driven into another connecting line 6 stretched downward (or above), and then the connecting line 6 is fixed. When the staples 5 are driven into the upper and lower connecting lines 6, the decorative plate 3a and the non-decorative plate 3b are continuously connected via the connecting lines 6, so that the front plate 3 as shown in FIGS. Are flexibly connected.

A coupling screw is inserted into the insertion hole 33 on one side of the connected front plate 3, and is screwed into, for example, a screw hole 21 at the left end of the rear plate 2 to form a front plate 3 and a rear plate 2. Fix the left ends. Next, the bottom plate 4 is perpendicular to the plate surface of the back plate 2, and the linear portion 41 of the bottom plate 4 is fitted into the gap g of the locking piece 22 of the back plate 2. Next, the inner surface near the lower end of the front plate 3 fixed to the left end of the back plate 2 is formed into an arc portion 4 of the bottom plate 4.
The contact point is sequentially moved to the right side along the outer peripheral surface of No. 2. After pressing the front plate 3 to fit the locking pieces 32 to the arc portions 42, the upper and lower insertion holes 33 formed in the right end are formed.
A screw for coupling is inserted into the screw hole 21 and further screwed into the screw hole 21 to fix the right end side of the front plate 3 to the right end surface of the back plate.

As a result, the rear plate 2, the front plate 3, and the bottom plate 4
A semi-cylindrical surrounding space R is formed on the inside of the inside, and a flower pot 1 capable of storing flowers in the space R is assembled. When using the hanging metal fitting 7 shown in FIG. 11 for wall hanging, two wooden screws are inserted into the countersunk holes 72, and the hanging metal fitting 7 is attached to the back plate 2. The flowerpot 1 assembled in this manner is attached to the entrance, the veranda, or the like in a “wall-hung type” using the hanging metal fittings 7. In the flower pot attached to the “wall-hanging type”, flowers or potted flowers are vegetated directly or inside the surrounding space R. The dark portion near the root of the flowers in the surrounding space R is appropriately shielded by the continuous substrate portion 30. On the other hand, the decorative portions 31 protruding with an interval for each unit U disperse the primary colors of petals and leaves in an intermittent space formed between the adjacent decorative portions 31, thereby producing an aesthetic effect. In this way, the entrance and the veranda are colored according to the season by the flowers that bloom in the flowerpot 1.

Incidentally, specific examples of the dimensions of the first embodiment of the present invention are as follows. (Unit: mm) Back plate 2 Height 220 Width 380 Plate thickness 10 Number 1 Front plate 3 Decorative plate Height 275 Width 40 Plate thickness 10 Number 5 Undecorated plate 220 〃 〃 10 Bottom plate 4 Straight part 41 to arc part 42 Apex 180 Plate thickness 5.5 Radius of arc portion 42 160

FIG. 12 is an explanatory view showing the configuration of a modification of the present invention, in which the shape of a bottom plate serving as a reference for deformation is shown.
In FIG. 12, 4 is the same bottom plate as above, and 40 is a water hole. 12A and 12B, the bottom plate 4 is formed in a rectangular shape and an inverted trapezoid shape, respectively. If the bottom plate 4 is configured as shown in FIGS.
And the amount of flowers planted can be increased. In FIG. 12C, a disc-shaped bottom plate 4 is used, and the front plate 3 is connected endlessly around the periphery of the bottom plate 2. In this case, FIGS. 12A and 12B also
As in (c), the front plate 3 can be connected endlessly. If the front plate 3 is connected endlessly in the modification of FIG. 12, the front plate 3 will function as a side plate surrounding the entire periphery of the flowerpot 1. In this way, if the front plate 3 is connected endlessly, the rear plate 2 is omitted, and a normal "floor type" flower pot is formed.

In the first embodiment of the present invention, units U are constituted by one unit substrate u which is a decorative plate decorated in shape and two unit substrates u which are undecorated plates which are not decorated in shape. Although the case has been described by way of example, the present invention may be applied to a decoration other than the shape, such as a pattern, a color, or a combination of these three members, and a decoration other than the protruding portion. Further, the combination of the unit substrates u for constituting the units U... Can be increased or decreased or changed as needed. Also, the case where the decoration portion is decorated with an arrow-shaped decoration has been described. However, the shape may be an abstraction of a flower, a bud, or the like, and the locking piece may be provided on the non-decorative plate side. Further, a connecting line (connecting member) for connecting the decorative plate and the non-decorative plate, a connecting means such as a screw for connecting the front plate to the back plate, or a staple or a hanging bracket (a hanging hole provided on the back plate).
Also, the present invention is not necessarily limited to the material and structure of the embodiment, and the present invention can be applied to storage boxes other than flowerpots in some cases.

[0019]

According to the present invention, there are provided a rear plate, a front plate which is vertically arranged by connecting both side ends to the left and right sides of the rear plate, and a peripheral portion which is locked near a lower end of the front plate and the rear plate. And a bottom plate arranged in the horizontal direction, and in a flower pot formed on the bottom plate and vegetating flowers in the surrounding space between the back plate and the front plate, the front plate is replaced with a substantially strip-shaped unit substrate. A flower pot was formed by being continuously connected by a connecting member and formed to be bendable. In addition, a flower pot having a hanging mechanism provided on the back plate was configured. Further, a flower pot in which the back plate, the front plate and the bottom plate were made of wood was constructed. Further, the present invention includes an endless side plate which is arranged in a vertical direction by joining both side ends, and a bottom plate which is arranged in a horizontal direction by locking a peripheral portion near a lower end portion of the side plate. In a flower pot formed on the bottom plate and vegetating flowers in the surrounding space of the side plate, a front plate is formed by continuously connecting substantially strip-shaped unit substrates with a connecting member so as to be bent. did. Further, a unit was formed by combining and decorating the unit substrates with different decorations, and a flowerpot in which the units were continuously connected by a connecting member was formed.

As a result, the front plate and the side plate are formed so as to be bent by continuously connecting the unit substrates with the connecting members, so that the front plate and the side plate can be optionally adjusted in accordance with the change in the shape of the bottom plate. Can be combined. Therefore,
It is possible to assemble a desired flower pot by selectively combining an arbitrary unit substrate and a bottom plate provided with different decorations, and to provide a flower pot that is popular with customers. In addition, all the components such as the front panel are almost flat and can be stacked thinly.The storage and transportation are easy and cheap in a small box, and the compact and cost-effective flowerpot is realized by adopting the knockdown method. realizable. Also,
According to the second aspect, it is possible to provide a flower pot that can be selected from a “floor type” and a “wall type”. Furthermore, according to the third aspect, incineration is possible, and disposal of used flowerpots becomes extremely easy.

Thus, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a flower pot that has the characteristics and advantages of the knock-down system, is suitable for storage, transportation, display, and the like, and can be reduced in cost. it can.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a configuration of a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing the configuration of the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a bottom view of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a side view of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line ZZ in FIG. 2;

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a configuration of a back plate according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a development view illustrating a configuration of a front plate according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a configuration of a decorative plate according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a configuration of a non-decorative plate according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a configuration of a bottom plate according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a configuration of a hanging bracket according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of a modification of the first embodiment.

FIG. 13 is an exploded perspective view of a conventional planting container.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Flower pot 2 Back plate 3 Front plate (side plate) 3a Decorative plate 3b Undecorated plate 4 Bottom plate 5 Staple 6 Connecting line (connecting member) 7 Hanging fitting (suspending mechanism) 21 Screw hole 22 Locking piece 30 Board part 31 Decoration Part 32 locking piece 33 insertion hole 40 water hole 41 linear part 42 arc part 71 hanging hole 72 countersunk hole g interval n number r radius R space w width u unit board U unit

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A back plate, a front plate which is vertically arranged by joining both side ends to the left and right sides of the back plate, and a peripheral portion is locked near a lower end portion of the front plate and the back plate. A bottom plate arranged horizontally on the bottom plate, and formed on the bottom plate to vegetate flowers in a space surrounded by the back plate and the front plate. Are continuously connected by a connecting member to form a bendable. 2. The flowerpot according to claim 1, wherein a hanging mechanism is provided on the back plate. 3. A flowerpot according to claim 1, wherein said back plate, front plate and bottom plate are made of wood. 4. An endless side plate which is connected to both ends and is vertically arranged, and a bottom plate which is arranged horizontally near a lower end portion of the side plate by locking a peripheral portion thereof. A flowerpot formed on the bottom plate and vegetating flowers in the surrounding space of the side plate, wherein the front plate is formed to be bendable by continuously connecting substantially rectangular unit substrates with a connecting member. A flowerpot, characterized in that: 5. The flowerpot according to claim 4, wherein different units are provided on the unit substrate to form a combined unit, and the units are continuously connected by the connecting member.