JPS595568Y2 - panel - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to panels, particularly panels for constructing equipment such as chairs.

Generally, equipment such as chairs and beds consists of a support surface part for directly supporting the human body and a structural material part for supporting this support surface part itself, and the support surface part is elastic or flexible. It is desirable to have

For this reason, in the past, a spring or the like was provided in the structural material part to elastically support the supporting surface part, or the supporting surface part itself was made of a cushioning material, etc., but in either case, it was complicated. Since it requires a unique structure, it requires a large number of manufacturing steps, resulting in high costs.

The present invention eliminates the above-mentioned drawbacks, has an extremely simple structure, has an elastic surface portion, and a relatively rigid structural material portion, and is a panel that can be used to construct equipment such as chairs at an extremely low cost. It provides:

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

In the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, for example, two parallel side edge elements IA made of strip steel plates along the same plane,
A rectangular frame-shaped supporting frame 1 consisting of an IB and two parallel edge elements 1C and ID is made of, for example, hard styrene-butadiene rubber with a hardness of 85 degrees, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3. The supporting frame material 1 is embedded in the panel body 2 so as to be located along the entire outer periphery of the panel body 2.

The panel of the present invention having the above structure can be easily manufactured by supporting the support frame 1 in a mold, filling the mold with a rubber material, and heating and curing it to integrate. can.

Further, the illustrated support frame 1 can be made by welding the respective ends of side edge elements IA, 1B and edge elements IC, ID cut from a total of four strip-shaped steel plates.

In FIG. 3, reference numeral 3 denotes a hole into which a support rod for supporting the support frame 1 is inserted while the panel body 2 is being formed.

The dimensions of each part in a specific example of the panel of the present invention are that the total length L1 of the supporting frame material 1 is 1.5 m, the total width D1 is 70 crn,
The width D2 of the element constituting this is 6.5 cm, and the thickness T is 6.5 cm.
mm, panel body 2 of the part that closes the central opening of support frame material 1
The thickness dl of the panel body 2 is approximately 6 mm, and the thickness d2 of the panel body 2 at the portion covering the surface of the supporting frame material 1 is 2 mm.

Further, in the present invention, the rubber material forming the panel body 2 is not limited to styrene-butadiene rubber, and various other materials can be used, and the hardness thereof can also be freely selected.

Since the panel of the present invention has the above-mentioned configuration, the outer peripheral edge part is rigid because the supporting frame material 1 is embedded, but
Since the inside is made of only plate-shaped rubber, it has elastic flexibility.

When the band-shaped steel plate of the supporting frame material 1 is bent by a strong force and wetted, the panel body 1 will also be deformed accordingly.

Therefore, for example, the side edge elements IA, IB of the support frame 1 can be bent to one side and the other side to construct a chair, a bed, etc.

FIG. 4 shows a chair 4 formed by a panel of the present invention, which has side edge elements IA, IB of the support frame 1,
For example, positions P1 . P2. In P3, the whole was deformed by curving it to the other side, to the - side, and to the other side.

In this chair 4, both side edge elements IA of the support frame material 1,
Both end portions of 1B constitute the legs of the chair, and its central portion acts as a structural member for holding the seat portion 4A and back portion 4B, and both end edge elements IC and ID interconnect both side edge elements IA and IB. It acts as a beam and forms part of the leg.

Since the seat portion 4A and the back portion 4B are made only of the plate-like rubber of the panel body 2, they have elastic flexibility or flexibility, and therefore are comfortable to sit on.

FIG. 5 similarly shows a bed 5 constructed by bending the side edge elements 1A, IB of the support frame 1, which has high mechanical strength and is comfortable to sleep on.

As described above, according to the panel of the present invention, the elements of the supporting frame material 1 can be freely bent and curved to construct a device in a desired form.

Moreover, the panel of the present invention can be made extremely easily without using complicated molds, etc., and its cost is extremely low.

In addition, in the present invention, since the supporting frame member 1 is relatively rigid, other members can be easily and firmly attached to it, or the device made of the panel of the present invention can be attached to other structures. It is also easy to support.

In these cases, the holes 3 formed in the supporting frame material 1 can be used.

Appropriate accessories for devices constructed from panels of the present invention,
For example, it is free to provide a thin cushioning material or the like on the seat of the chair 4 as shown in FIG.

The support frame 1 in the present invention is preferably annular with an opening in the center and positioned along the entire outer periphery of the panel body 2, but it can also be shaped, for example, in a planar H-shape. The shape of is also arbitrary.

As described above, the panel of the present invention has an extremely simple structure, has an elastically flexible surface portion and a rigid structural material portion, and can be bent as desired to create chairs of various shapes. It is possible to easily construct equipment such as a bed, and furthermore, there are great benefits such as extremely low cost.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of the supporting frame material of the panel of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a partially cutaway perspective view of the panel of the present invention, Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view of the outer peripheral portion, and Figs. 4 and 5 are FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a chair and a bed, each constructed using panels of the present invention. 1... Support frame material, 2... Panel body, 3... Hole, 4
...Chair, 5...Bed.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A panel characterized in that it consists of a panel body made of flexible elastic rubber and a bendable metal support frame embedded so as to extend annularly along the outer periphery of the panel body.