KR200320684Y1 - Free movable reading desk - Google Patents

Abstract

Freely movable reading desk device that the user can comfortably use in any position includes a frame; A book support unit coupled to the frame via a shaft member and installed to be rotatable about the frame; Tongs unit for fixing the position of the object placed on the book support unit; Rotating means for rotating the book support unit by a predetermined angle about the frame; And rotating means for rotating the book support unit by a predetermined angle about the shaft member.

The reading stand configured as described above has the advantage that the book supporting unit for placing an object such as a book can be freely moved in any position and direction desired by the user, and thus freely deformed to fit the user's posture.

Description

FREE MOVABLE READING DESK}

The present invention relates to a reading stand, and more particularly, to a freely movable reading stand device that a user can comfortably use in any position.

In general, a reading stand is a device for holding a book in a flat state, and often includes a support for holding a book and a fixing piece for fixing the book in a flat state. These reading stands are also used on a desk.

However, it is often difficult for a patient or a disabled person to sit at a desk for a long time and sometimes have to stay in bed all day. In these cases, patients or people with disabilities often read books or magazines to free up time. However, when reading a book while lying in bed, the hand holding the book is very tired and uncomfortable, so it is hard to read for a long time. impossible.

A reading stand that can be used while lying in bed has been proposed in various forms for such a patient or a disabled person. First, Korean Patent Registration No. 276734 proposes a reading stand for reading a book while the user is lying under the title of "Reading stand". The reading table is equipped with a transparent mounting board at a predetermined height of a bed and a book placed thereon. However, this reading stand is required to assemble the support and the support is essential to install the mounting plate at a predetermined height, the support is placed in the vicinity of the user's head to limit the user's activities much. In addition, the user must read the book placed on it through the transparent placement board. In this case, the reflection of the light on the placement board may increase the fatigue, and it is difficult to access the book placed on the placement board, so it is very inconvenient to turn over the bookcase. The disadvantage is that.

In addition, the Republic of Korea Utility Model Registration No. 249575 discloses a "reading stand" designed to install a pair of transparent support plate to be able to move sideways, to put a book on it. The reading stand is designed to support both sides of the book with a pin on the center and a transparent support plate that can be moved to the left and right. However, this technology has a problem that it is impossible to read a newspaper or a piece of paper other than a book by dividing the reading area by the book holder pin, and it is not suitable for freely moving the book holder in various directions due to its configuration. In addition, the reading table is installed from the bottom to the upper light, the light by the light is reflected by the transparent backing plate can easily make the user's eyes tired, rather it may interfere with the reading.

The present invention was devised to solve the above problems, and can move and rotate the book support unit in any position and direction desired by the user, and can freely fix all kinds of objects including books regardless of size. The purpose is to provide a portable reading table.

The following drawings attached to this specification are illustrative of the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and together with the detailed description of the present invention to serve to further understand the technical spirit of the present invention, the present invention is a matter described in such drawings It should not be construed as limited to.

1 is a perspective view showing a reading table according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is a perspective view showing a book support adjustment portion used for the reading stand of Figure 1;

3 is a rear view showing a frame of the reading table shown in FIG. 1;

4A is a cross-sectional view of the book holder control of FIG. 2 as viewed from above;

Figure 4b is a sectional view seen from the side of the book support adjustment of Figure 2;

Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view showing an example of the height adjustment member used in the reading stand of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a side view illustrating the reading rack of FIG. 1. FIG.

Figure 7 is a perspective view showing a tong unit used in the reading stand of the present invention.

8 is a perspective view showing a state where the reading stand of the present invention is used in the bed.

<Explanation of symbols for important parts of the drawing>

12,212. Support 14. Height adjustment member 20. Frame

22. Vertical part 24. Bend part 30. Supporting part

32. Moving member 34. First stopper 40. Ratchet member

42. Ratchet gear 44. Second stopper 50. Rotating member

52 .. Insertion groove 54. 3rd stopper 60. Book support unit

70. Shaft member 80. Tongs unit 90. Upper support member

100. Lighting 200. Bed

In order to achieve the above object, a freely movable reading table according to the present invention has a frame; A book support unit coupled to the frame via a shaft member and installed to be rotatable about the frame; Tongs unit for fixing the position of the object placed on the book support unit; Rotating means for rotating the book support unit by a predetermined angle about the frame; And rotating means for rotating the book support unit by a predetermined angle about the shaft member.

At this time, the book support unit is installed to be movable along the frame, it is possible to further include a first stopper for fixing the book support unit to the frame.

Preferably, two or more insertion holes are formed in the frame, and the first stopper is selectively inserted into the insertion hole to fix the book support unit to the frame.

On the other hand, the rotation means, the ratchet member coupled to the book support unit is installed to be rotatable around the frame, the ratchet gear is formed on at least a portion; and the ratchet gear of the ratchet member to selectively engage the book support unit It may include a second stopper for fixing at a predetermined angle around the frame.

In addition, the rotating means, the rotating member is coupled to the shaft member of the book support unit to rotate together around the shaft member, a plurality of insertion grooves formed on the outer peripheral surface; And a third stopper selectively inserted into the insertion groove of the rotating member to fix the book support unit at a predetermined angle about the shaft member.

At this time, it is coupled to both ends of the frame further includes a support for supporting the frame, the frame may be installed to the height adjustable to the support.

Alternatively, the end of the frame may be coupled to the height of the support formed in the bed.

In addition, both sides of the lower side of the book support unit is provided with a forceps unit for fixing the object placed on the book support unit, respectively, the force unit is preferably adjustable to each other.

At this time, the upper support portion is installed on the upper portion of the book support unit, the upper support portion is also preferably movable in the vertical direction.

In addition, a book support jaw is formed at the lower end of the book support unit to prevent an object placed on the book support unit from flowing down, and a protruding support portion for stably restraining the object protrudes upward at an outer end of the book support jaw. Can be formed.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Prior to this, the terms or words used in this specification and claims should not be construed as being limited to their usual or dictionary meanings, and the inventors will properly describe the concept of terms in order to best explain their own design. Based on the principle that it can be defined, it should be interpreted as meaning and concept corresponding to the technical idea of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments described in the specification and the drawings shown in the drawings are only the most preferred embodiment of the present invention and do not represent all of the technical ideas of the present invention, various modifications that can be replaced at the time of the present application It should be understood that there may be equivalents and variations.

1 is a view showing the configuration of a reading table according to the present invention. Referring to the drawings, the reading stand 10 of the present invention is composed of a support stand 12, the frame 20, the book support adjusting unit 30 and the book support unit 60.

The support 12 is for supporting the reading stand of the present invention, and is composed of a horizontal portion in close contact with the installation surface and a vertical portion extending upward from an intermediate position of the horizontal portion. Holes are formed in the vertical portion of the support 12 in the longitudinal direction to insert both ends of the frame 20.

The frame 20 is composed of vertical portions 22 spaced apart from each other and curved portions 24 connecting the vertical portions 22 to each other, and the vertical portions 22 are inserted into the support 12 described above. At this time, the frame 20 is installed to enable the adjustment of the insertion depth in the vertical portion of the support (12). That is, the vertical portion 22 of the frame 20 is inserted into the vertical portion of the support 12 to the desired depth, and then fixed with the height adjusting member 14 installed in the frame 20, thereby the frame 20 ) Height can be adjusted. The height adjusting member 14 may be fixed by pressing the frame 20 by a screw method, and other methods may be used.

5 shows an example of the height adjusting member 14 used in the present invention. The height adjusting member 14 shown in Figure 5 is coupled in a screw manner around the frame 20, it is possible to move up and down ?? by rotation. In addition, the lower end of the frame 20 is inserted into the insertion member 16 in the form of a pipe, a separate fastening member 18 is interposed between the height adjusting member 14 and the insertion member 16. The tightening member 18 has an inclined portion 18a whose inner circumferential surface is at least partially in close contact with the frame 20 and becomes narrower toward the top. This inclined portion 18a is also engaged with the height adjusting member 14 to be tightened and released by the vertical movement of the height adjusting member 14. That is, when the height adjusting member 14 is rotated to move upward, the tightening member 18 is loosened and the frame 20 is freely movable, and the height adjusting member 14 is adjusted while the height of the frame 20 is adjusted. Rotate to move down) fastening member 18 is to fasten the frame 20 by tightening firmly.

Referring back to FIG. 1, the book support adjusting unit 30 is installed in the frame 20 to be slidable. In the embodiment of the present invention, the book support adjusting unit 30 enables three directions of the book support unit 60. First, the book support unit 60 is moved along the frame 20, and around the frame 20. It rotates and rotates with respect to the shaft member 70 connecting the book support unit 60 and the frame 20. The detailed configuration of the book support adjuster 30 to perform this function is shown in Figures 2, 4a and 4b. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the book rest adjustment part 30, FIG. 4A is a sectional view of the book rest adjustment part 30 seen from above, and FIG. 4B is a sectional view of the book rest adjustment part 30 viewed from the side.

2, 4a and 4b, the book support adjuster 30 is provided with a moving member 32 which is installed to be slidably moved to the frame 20 first. The moving member 32 has a hole formed therein, and the frame 20 is inserted through the hole. In addition, the moving member 32 is provided with a first stopper 34 for controlling the movement of the moving member 32. As shown in FIG. 4A, the first stopper 34 is installed to face the frame 20 from the outside of the movable member 32 and applies an elastic pressing force toward the frame 20 by the spring 36. . In addition, the first stopper 34 has a protrusion 38 toward the frame 20, which is inserted into an insertion hole 26 (see FIG. 3) formed in the frame 20. Between the spring 36 and the projection 38 is also formed a spring jaw 36a for stably supporting the spring 36. When the first stopper 34 has no external force, the protrusion 38 is inserted into the insertion hole 26 by the elastic force of the spring 36 to fix the movable member 32. When pulled out by overcoming the elastic force of), the protrusion 38 exits from the insertion hole 26 and makes the movable member 32 movable.

At least two insertion holes 26 are formed on the outer circumferential surface of the frame 20, and preferably, one insertion center 26 is formed at each of the center and both sides thereof. Therefore, when the movable member 32 is located at the center of the frame 20 and the protrusion 38 is inserted into the insertion hole 26a of the center, the book support unit 60 is vertically erected so that the user can lie down straightly. The reading stand can be used while sitting, while the support member 60 is positioned when the movable member 32 is positioned at both sides of the frame 20 so that the protrusions 38 are inserted into the insertion holes 26b at both sides. The user is allowed to lie down horizontally so that the user can use the reading stand while lying down or leaning sideways. In addition, in the present embodiment, it has been described that three insertion holes 26 are formed in the frame 20, but it is also possible to form more insertion holes.

The book support adjusting portion 30 also includes a ratchet member 40 which can be rotated about the frame 20. The ratchet member 40 is installed on the movable member 32 to move together with the movable member 32, even though the movable member 32 is fixed to the frame 20 by the first stopper 34. 20) Can be rotated around. That is, the ratchet member 40 is installed so as to rotate freely about the frame 20 without being separated from the moving member 32. In addition, the ratchet member 40 is coupled to the shaft member 70 is connected to the book holding unit 60, when the ratchet member 40 is rotated, the shaft member 70 and the book holding unit 60 connected to the frame together It will rotate around (20).

The ratchet member 40 is fixed by the second stopper 44. To this end, ratchet gears 42 are formed in at least a portion of the ratchet member 40. The ratchet gear 42 is formed to form an approximately semicircle around the frame 20, and the second stopper 44 fixes the ratchet member 50 by engaging the ratchet gear 42.

The second stopper 44 is installed to penetrate the moving member 32 to reach the ratchet gear 42 from the outside, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4B. At this time, the second stopper 44 has a latch 48 having a pointed end toward the center of the ratchet gear 42, and the latch 48 is always directed toward the ratchet gear 42 by a spring 46. Provide elastic pressing force. Therefore, when no external force is applied, the latch 48 of the second stopper 44 is engaged with the ratchet gear 42 by the spring 46 to fix the ratchet member 40, and the user fixes the second stopper 44. When pulled, the latch 48 is released from the ratchet gear 42 so that the ratchet member 40 is rotatable about the frame 20. Therefore, the user pulls and rotates the second stopper 44 according to the state of sitting or lying down, selects the direction of the latch 48, adjusts the book support unit 60 to a desired angle, and then the second stopper 44 By letting the latch 48 engage the ratchet gear 42, it can be stopped at a desired angle. 6 illustrates a state in which the book support unit 60 is adjusted at various angles about the frame 20.

The book support adjusting portion 30 also includes a rotating member 50 that is rotatable relative to the shaft member 70. The rotating member 50 is installed on the ratchet member 40 and moves together when the ratchet member 40 moves. However, the rotating member 50 can be rotated based on the shaft member 70 even when the ratchet member 40 is fixed. To this end, the shaft member 70 is fixed through the center of the rotating member 50, and when the rotating member 50 is rotated, the shaft member 70 and the book support unit 60 connected thereto are rotated together.

The rotating member 50 is fixed by the third stopper 54 attached to the ratchet member 40. The third stopper 54 is installed adjacent to the outer circumferential surface of the rotating member 50, and provides a continuous pressing force toward the rotating member 50 by the spring 56. In addition, the third stopper 54 includes a protrusion 58 facing the rotating member 50 and is selectively inserted into the insertion groove 52 formed on the outer circumferential surface of the rotating member 50 by the elastic force of the spring 56. do. The plurality of insertion grooves 52 are formed at a uniform interval over the entire outer circumferential surface of the rotating member 50. At this time, the interval between the plurality of insertion grooves 52 corresponds to the angle at which the book support unit 60 rotates about the shaft member 70, preferably each insertion groove 52 has an angle of 15 ° Arranged to achieve. In addition, a spring jaw 56a for stably supporting the spring 56 may be formed between the spring 56 and the protrusion 58. Accordingly, when there is no external force, the protrusion 58 of the third stopper 54 is inserted into one of the plurality of insertion grooves 52 formed on the outer circumferential surface of the rotating member 50 to fix the rotating member 50. When the third stopper 54 is pulled out, the protruding portion 58 comes out of the insertion groove 52 so that the rotating member 50 can freely rotate with respect to the shaft member 70. Accordingly, the user can rotate the book support unit 60 about the shaft member 70 to face the desired direction.

Referring back to Figure 1, the book holding unit 60 is connected to the ratchet member 40 of the book holding adjuster 30, more specifically the book holding adjuster 30 through the shaft member 70 as described above. Such a support unit 60 is made of a substantially rectangular, of course, can be manufactured in other shapes as well. The book support unit 60 has a book support jaw 62 is formed at the bottom, the book support jaw 62 serves to prevent the object, such as books placed on the book support unit 60 to flow down.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the book support jaw 62 is formed to be substantially perpendicular to the book support unit 60 to prevent the book placed on the book support unit 60 to flow down. In addition, the book support jaw 62 has an extension portion 64 formed at the center thereof, and at the outer end of the extension portion 64, a protrusion support portion 66 substantially parallel to the surface of the book support unit 60 is formed. Can be. The extension portion 64 and the protruding support portion 66 serve to restrain the book placed on the book support unit 60 in a more stable position, and in particular, even when the book support unit 60 is tilted upside down. The lower end of the book placed on the surface of 60) can be supported to prevent the book from falling down.

On both sides of the lower part of the book support unit 60, the forceps unit 80 for fixing an object such as a book placed on the book support unit 60 is installed. The forceps unit 80 is preferably adjustable to each other according to the size of the object, this configuration will be described with reference to Figure 7 showing the forceps unit 80 in detail.

As illustrated in FIG. 7, the tong unit 80 is divided into two parts. The pressurizing portion including the support 81 is movable to be moved along the guide member 86 fixed to the book support unit 60. do.

In detail, the support 81 has a protrusion 82 protruding laterally at a lower portion thereof, and a similar protrusion is formed at an upper portion of the protrusion 82 to have a long groove having a predetermined depth therebetween. The pressing unit 84 is installed above the support 81. At this time, the upper surface of the support 81 is a pair of extension portion 81a which is directed upward, and the lower surface of the pressing portion 84 is formed with a pair of extension portion 84a facing downward, Extension portions 81a and 84a are rotatably coupled by pins 83. In addition, the pin 83 is provided with an elastic member 83a for pushing the support 81 and the pressing portion 84 in opposite directions, and the pressing portion 84 is pin 83 by the elastic member 83a. Rotation around the center to provide a continuous pressing force in the direction of pressing the surface of the book holding unit (60).

Guide member 86 is fixed to the back of the book support unit 60, preferably the book support unit 60. The guide member 86 has a slide groove 87 formed therein in the longitudinal direction, and the slide groove 87 is inserted into the slide groove 87 so as to slide.

At this time, the support 81 is installed so that the elastic body 85 capable of elastic deformation in the long groove formed on the upper side of the protrusion 82 protrudes by a predetermined length, the upper surface of the slide groove 87 of the guide member 86 in the inner surface A plurality of guide grooves 88 are formed. The elastic body 85 protrudes outward to form a substantially semi-circular or arc-shaped shape, and is elastically movable to the inside of the support 81 by an external pressing force. In addition, the guide grooves 88 formed in the guide member 86 are formed to have a plurality of roughly wavy at regular intervals, such that the protrusions 82 of the support 81 are in the slide groove 87 of the guide member 86. The elastic body 85 is sequentially caught in each guide groove 88 when sliding at. Thus, the support 81 and the pressing portion 84 can be moved along the guide member 86 to a desired position, where the elastic body 85 is selectively caught in one of the plurality of guide grooves 88. This makes it possible to keep the position stable.

At this time, the forceps unit 80 is preferably made of a transparent material so as not to cover the content printed on the object while pressing the object such as a book placed on the book support unit 60. In this case, the tong unit 80 may be made of all the parts transparent, but may be made of only the pressing portion 84 in direct contact with the object placed on the book support unit 60 transparent.

The shape and structure of the tong unit 80 can be applied to both tong units installed on both sides of the book holding unit 60, whereby it is easy and simple to adjust the gap between the tong unit 80. In addition, the reading stand according to the present invention can stably fix objects having various sizes.

On the other hand, the reading stand of the present invention can be used even when the user is lying down, the book support unit 60 may be facing the installation surface of the object such as a book facing downward. At this time, when the weight of the object is heavy, the object is inclined to the upper end downward by the load of its own, thereby causing the case falling from the holding unit 60. In order to prevent this, in the present invention, an upper support portion 90 (see FIG. 1) may be additionally installed on the upper portion of the book support unit 60.

The upper support portion 90 is installed on the upper portion of the book support unit 60 and is movable in the vertical direction in the drawing, that is, in a direction parallel to the shaft member 70. The upper support unit 90 supports the upper end of the object placed on the book support unit 60.

In more detail, the upper support portion 90 includes a guide member 96 fixedly formed on the upper end of the book support unit 60, and the guide member 96 includes a guide groove 88 of the tong unit 80 (see FIG. 7). A guide groove 98 similar to) is formed continuously in the vertical direction. The guide member 96 is further provided with a supporting member 92 to intermittently slide in the vertical direction along the guide groove 98. The movement of the support member 92 at a constant pitch along the guide groove 98 is almost similar to the technique applied to the tong unit 80, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted. In addition, the lower end of the support member 92 is formed with a wide pressing portion 94 for supporting the upper end of the object, the pressing portion 94 is bent to form a predetermined angle with the book support unit 60 to support the support member 92 ) Is lowered and is configured to naturally support and support the object placed on the book support unit 60. Therefore, the upper support unit 90 can be stably supported so that the object placed on the book support unit 60 with the protruding support 66 formed at the lower end of the book support unit 60 does not leave the correct position. In particular, since the upper support portion 90 is movable in the vertical direction, stable support is possible regardless of the size of the object.

Referring back to FIG. 1, the reading lamp 100 of the present invention may be further connected. The lighting lamp 100 is preferably coupled to the book support adjusting unit 30 to move together with the book support adjusting unit 30, more preferably is installed to extend from the shaft member (70). In addition, the connecting portion 102 connecting the lamp 100 and the book support control unit 30 is preferably bent and made of a flexible and plastic deformation material that can be bent and maintain the bent, and thus the lamp ( 100 can be modified to any position desired by the user.

Figure 8 illustrates a state in which the reading stand of the present invention is installed in a separate external device that the user can sit or lie down, such as a bed. In the present embodiment, the frame 20 of the reading stand is directly coupled to the support 212 installed in the head 210 of the bed 200. At this time, unlike the previous embodiment, the frame 20 is coupled to only one vertical portion to the support 212, the other vertical portion is disposed close to the center of the bed 200. In addition, a book support adjusting unit 30 is disposed in the vertical portion of the frame 20 toward the center of the bed 200, and the book supporting unit 60 is installed in the book support adjusting unit 30. Thus, the book support unit 60 is disposed at a position to which the gaze of the user lying on the bed is roughly directed. Of course, in the present embodiment, the book support unit 60 can be moved in various directions by the book support adjustment unit 30 as in the previous embodiment, and each part implementing the same is also substantially the same as the previous embodiment. .

As such, when the reading stand of the present invention is installed in the bed 200, the reading stand functions as a part of the bed 200, and no extra effort is required to install the reading stand on the external device. In this case, the frame 20 of the reading stand is preferably installed to adjust the insertion depth to the support 212 installed in the bed 200, and also preferably detachable with the support 212.

In addition, the present embodiment has been described with an example that the reading stand of the present invention is used in combination with the bed, but is not limited to this, the reading stand of the present invention can sit or lie down, such as a desk, chair, sofa, parasol, etc. The same may be used in the same equipment, or equipment installed nearby when sitting or lying down, all of which are to be understood as belonging to the scope of the present invention.

As described above, although the present invention has been described by way of limited embodiments and drawings, the present invention is not limited thereto and is intended by those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. Various modifications and variations can be made within the equivalent scope of the utility model registration claims to be described.

The reading stand according to the present invention configured as described above has an advantage that the book support unit for placing an object such as a book can be freely moved in any position and direction desired by the user, and thus free deformation can be made according to the user's posture.

In addition, since the object of the present invention is directly exposed to the user, it solves the problem that the light is reflected by the lighting as in the prior art, there is an advantage that can be stably supported and fixed even if the books of various sizes.

Claims (10)

frame; A book support unit coupled to the frame via a shaft member and installed to be rotatable about the frame; Tongs unit for fixing the position of the object placed on the book support unit; Rotating means for rotating the book support unit by a predetermined angle about the frame; And And a rotating means for rotating the book support unit by a predetermined angle about the shaft member. The method of claim 1, The book support unit is installed to be movable along the frame, And a first stopper for fixing the book support unit to the frame. The method of claim 2, Two or more insertion holes are formed in the frame, And the first stopper is selectively inserted into the insertion hole to fix the book support unit to the frame. The rotating means according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein A ratchet member coupled to the book support unit and installed to be rotatable with respect to the frame and having a ratchet gear formed at least in part; And And a second stopper for selectively engaging the ratchet gear of the ratchet member to fix the book support unit at a predetermined angle about the frame. The method of claim 4, wherein the rotating means, A rotating member coupled to the shaft member of the book support unit to rotate together around the shaft member and having a plurality of insertion grooves formed on an outer circumferential surface thereof; And And a third stopper selectively inserted into the insertion groove of the rotating member to fix the book support unit at a predetermined angle about the shaft member. The method of claim 5, It is further coupled to both ends of the frame for supporting the frame, The frame is a freely movable reading table, characterized in that the height adjustment is installed on the support. The method of claim 5, The end of the frame is a freely movable reading table, characterized in that coupled to the height adjustable to the support formed on the bed. The method of claim 5, And two tongs for fixing an object placed on the book holding unit on both lower sides of the book holding unit, and the tong units are freely movable. The method of claim 8, An upper support part is installed on an upper portion of the book support unit, and the upper support part is freely moveable, characterized in that it is movable in a vertical direction. The method of claim 9, At the bottom of the book support unit, a book support jaw is formed to prevent an object placed on the book support unit from flowing down. And a protruding support portion protruding upward from the outer end of the book support jaw to stably restrain the object.