JP6479365B2 - Cover member for chair arm and chair provided with the member - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a covering member of an armrest of a chair and a chair provided with the member.

In the past, some chairs that have been widely used for office work are equipped with an armrest, but this armrest is generally attached via a support member raised from the seat surface side .
For this reason, in this type of chair, a large space is formed between the chair's arm and the seating surface, and air is circulated through this space, so that the body cools down and the clothes of the sitting person can be seen Therefore, there is a problem that it is necessary to pay attention to the condition of the clothes.

  On the other hand, knee-rests are used for heat retention, but there is a problem that when the knee-rests are used alone, there is a problem that the knee-rests are easily slipped, and the armrest of this type of chair has a length of There is a problem that the hanging part of the knee rest contacts the floor surface when it is not in use, and the knee rest becomes dirty, because there are many things that are considerably shorter than the length from the front end to the rear end.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the problems of the chair provided with the above-mentioned conventional armrest, the present invention is a cover member of the chair's armrest which solves the problem caused by the space formed between the armrest and the seat surface. And it is a first object to provide a chair provided with the member.

  The second object of the present invention is to provide a cover member for an armrest of a chair and a chair provided with the member, which solves the problem when using a knee-rest.

In order to achieve the first object described above, the cover member of the chair's armrest of the present invention is hooked to the office chair's armrest whose length is shorter than the length from the front end to the rear end of the seat. A cover member of a chair comprising a plate-like member disposed along the upper surface of the arm, and having a length corresponding to the length from the front end to the rear end of the seat of the chair; A portion extended from the lower part bends from the horizontal position downward and is bent at the location of the foldable line according to the width of the armrest to be attached among the plurality of easy folds formed in the mount and the rigid part that does not deform And a blindfold covering the side of the formed armrest.

  Also, the length of the mounting portion can be made variable.

  In addition, in order to achieve the above second object, a covering member of an armrest of a chair of the present invention includes a knee rest using a sheet material which can wrap a knee while sitting on a chair, It is characterized in that the sheet material of the knee rest portion is integrated with the mounting portion or the blind portion.

  In addition, in order to achieve the above second object, a cover member of an armrest of a chair according to the present invention is a seat which allows a blindfold covering the side of the armrest to wrap around a knee while sitting on the chair. It is characterized in that it comprises a knee rest member using a material.

  Further, in order to achieve the first and second objects, the chair of the present invention is characterized by comprising a cover member of the armrest of the chair.

  According to the covering member of the chair's arm of the present invention, the mounting portion disposed along the upper surface of the armrest by being latched to the chair's armrest, and the blindfold covering the side of the armrest To cover the space formed between the chair's arm and the seat surface by means of a member that can be easily attached to the chair's arm, and air is circulated through this space or the clothes of the person sitting Can be prevented, and the problem resulting from the space formed between the armrest and the seat can be eliminated.

  In addition, by having a length corresponding to the length from the front end to the rear end of the seat portion of the chair, the problem caused by the space formed between the armrest and the seat surface can be eliminated more reliably. be able to.

  In addition, by making the length of the mounting portion variable, it is possible to cope with chairs of various sizes.

  Further, according to the covering member of the armrest of the chair of the present invention, there is provided a knee rest using a sheet material which can wrap the knee while sitting on the chair, and the seat material of the knee rest is attached The seat cover may be integrated with the seat or the blind cover, or the seat cover covering the side of the armrest may be made of a knee support member using a sheet material capable of wrapping the knee while sitting on a chair. By doing this, it is possible to prevent a problem in using the knee rest by preventing the knee rest from sliding down or the hanging part of the knee rest coming into contact with the floor surface when not in use and the knee rest becoming dirty. .

  Moreover, according to the chair of the present invention, it is possible to solve the problems caused by the space formed between the armrest and the seating surface and the problems in using the kneerest.

An embodiment of the cover member of the chair arm and the chair provided with the member according to the present invention is shown, (a) is a perspective view of the chair applying the cover member of the chair arm, (b) is the cover member of the chair arm (C) is a plan view showing the unfolded state of the cover member of the chair's armrest, (d) is a perspective view of the chair to which the chair's armrest cover member is applied, (E) is a top view which shows the developed state of a knee rest part. The example of the cover member of the chair's armrest and the chair provided with this member is shown, (a) is a top view of the chair which applied the cover member of the chair's armrest, (b1) is the same front view, (b2) is. (C1) is a front view of the modified embodiment, and (c2) is a chair attached to the chair with a covered member of the chair of the same modification. A front view showing the state, a perspective view of a chair to which the cover member of the chair arm is applied, (d1) is a plan view of an alternative embodiment of the cover member of the chair arm, (d2) is a modification of the cover member of the chair arm FIG. 6E is a side cross-sectional view of the chair arm with the cover member of the chair arm applied. It is a front sectional view of the chair's armrest part which shows the covering member of the armrest of the chair, and various embodiments of the chair provided with this member, and applies the covering member of the chair's armrest. It is a front sectional view of the chair which applied the covering member of the chair's armrest to various embodiments of the covering member of the chair's armrest, and a chair provided with the member. The covering member of the armrest of the same chair and various embodiments of the chair provided with the member are shown, and (a) is a side sectional view (without the height adjusting member) of the armrest part of the chair to which the covering member of the chair's armrest is applied. (B) is a side cross-sectional view (with a height adjustment member) of a chair arm portion to which a chair arm cover member is applied. It is a front sectional view of the chair which applied the covering member of the chair's armrest to various embodiments of the covering member of the chair's armrest, and a chair provided with the member. It is a perspective view of the chair which applied the covering member of the chair's armrest to the various embodiment of the covering member of the chair's armrest, and a chair provided with this member.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of a cover member for an armrest of a chair of the present invention and a chair provided with the member will be described based on the drawings.

1 to 4 show an embodiment of the cover member of the chair arm according to the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 1 (b), the cover member 1 of the chair's armrest is mounted on the upper surface of the armrest 31 by being held on the armrest 31 of the chair 3, and the side of the armrest 31 A blindfold portion 12 covering the portion is provided.

In this case, the mounting portion 11 of the cover member 1 is made of synthetic resin such as plastic plate (bar or pipe), plastic cardboard, metal such as aluminum plate (bar or pipe), or cardboard such as cardboard And a plate-like (rod-like or pipe-like) member having rigidity.
Here, as shown in FIG. 2 (e), the rigidity required of the mounting portion 11 of the covering member 1 is such that, in the state where the covering member 1 is mounted on the armrest 31 of the chair 3, the front and rear of the armrest 31 of the mounting portion 11 When the elbow is placed on the extended portion, the strength is such that the mounting portion 11 is not bent and deformed.
The mounting portion 11 of the covering member 1 is basically made of a rigid member, but may be made of a member made of a resilient rubber elastic body.

As shown in FIG. 1 (c), the cover member 1 has a plurality of foldable lines 11a formed in the mounting portion 11, and is folded and mounted at the foldable line 11a according to the width of the armrest 31 to be mounted. It is like that.
Thereby, it can respond to the chair 3 of various sizes from which the width dimension of the armrest 31 differs.

  Of the covering member 1, at least the mounting portion 11 is formed to have a length L11 (usually about 400 to 450 mm) corresponding to the length L3 from the front end to the rear end of the seat 32 of the chair 3. Is preferred.

Then, at least the mounting portion 11 of the covering member 1 can be made to have a variable length L11.
As a mechanism for making the length L11 of the mounting portion 11 variable, for example, as shown in FIG. 2 (d1), the length L11 can be adjusted by sliding, or as shown in FIG. 2 (d2) The folded member can be deployed to allow adjustment of the length L11.
Thereby, the chairs 3 of various sizes can be accommodated.

  The upper surface of the armrest 31 of the chair 3 is normally horizontal as shown in FIG. 5 (a), but if it is not horizontal as shown in FIG. 5 (b), the cover 31 The height adjustment member 11 b is disposed between the mounting portion 11 and the armrest 31 as necessary so that the mounting portion 11 can be stably mounted in a horizontal state.

  Further, the blind portion 12 of the covering member 1 is integrally formed using the same material as the mounting portion 11, and, as shown in FIGS. 6 (a) and 6 (b), woven fabric, knitted fabric, Relatively flexible members such as blankets, non-woven fabric cloths, plastic sheets, foamed plastic sheets and other synthetic resin materials can be used, and in any case, surface fasteners, string members, hooks, An optional fixing member such as a button, a magnet, an adhesive or the like and fixing means 4 are integrally fixed to the mounting portion 11 (in the present embodiment, the mounting portion 11 is covered).

  And as shown in FIG.1 (c), while covering the side part of the armrest 31 from both sides inside and outside by the blindfold part 12 of the cover member 1, when integrally forming using the same material as the mounting part 11 The expanded width L12 of the cover member 1 is the width of the armrest 31 plus two times the height in the height direction from the armrest 31 to the seat 32 of the chair 3 (usually 450 to 500 mm Set to.).

Thus, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 1, 2 (b 1) and 2 (b 2), 3 (a) and 4 (a), the blindfold portion 12 of the covering member 1 is an armrest 31. As shown in FIGS. 2 (c1) and (c2), the side of the armrest 31 is covered from the inside only or from the outside as shown in FIGS. 2 (c1) and (c2). (Not shown).
And in any case, using any fixing member such as a surface fastener, a string member, a hook, a button, a magnet, an adhesive, or the fixing means 4, the facing blind portions 12 (mounting portion 11) and / or blindfolds The cover member 1 is mounted on the armrest 31 of the chair 3 by fixing the portion 12 (mounting portion 11) and the chair 3.

The cover member 1 of the chair arm can be used alone, in addition to the case of providing the knee rest 2 described below.
For this reason, it is preferable to comprise the covering member 1 by the highly designable member suitable for the use of a chair, and an installation place so that it can be used also in the exposed state.
Thus, a member which can be easily attached to the armrest 31 of the chair 3 covers a space formed between the armrest 31 of the chair 3 and the seat surface, and air flows or sits through this space. To prevent the appearance of human clothes, and to look at the problem of coldness of the body due to the circulation of air due to the space formed between the armrest 31 and the seat surface and the appearance of the clothes of the sitting person It is possible to solve the problem that it is necessary to pay attention to the state.

Furthermore, as shown in FIGS. 1 (d) and 1 (e), the covering member 1 of the chair's armrest is provided with a knee rest 2 using a sheet material that can wrap around the knee while sitting on the chair. The sheet material of the knee hooking portion 2 is used as the mounting portion 11 or the blinding portion 12 of the cover member 1 and an optional fixing member such as a surface fastener, a string member, a hook, a button, a magnet, an adhesive or the fixing means 4 Can be integrated.
This prevents the knee support 2 from sliding down and prevents the knee support 2 from becoming dirty when the hanging portion of the knee support 2 contacts the floor surface when not in use, thereby solving the problem when using the knee support. Can.

As the sheet material constituting the knee rest portion 2, a thick woven fabric, a knitted fabric, a blanket, a non-woven fabric or the like made of a heat-maintaining fabric, a plastic sheet, a foamed plastic sheet or the like synthetic resin is preferably used. be able to.
As shown in FIG. 1 (e), the sheet material constituting the knee rest portion 2 is set to a rectangular shape of about 900 to 1000 mm × 1500 to 1700 mm.
In addition, a member having a cushioning property (a cushion) may be incorporated in the seat portion 22 of the sheet material constituting the knee support portion 2 or the seat portion 22 may not be provided in the knee support portion 2 and divided into left and right. it can.

  Here, as a means for integrating the sheet material of the knee support portion 2 with the mounting portion 11 or the blind portion 12 of the cover member 1, in the present embodiment, FIG. 1 (e), FIG. 3 (a) and FIG. As shown in a), the bag-like portion 21 into which the blindfold portion 12 of the cover member 1 is inserted is formed in the knee rest portion 2 so that the knee rest portion 2 is held by the blindfold portion 12. The free end side of the knee support 2 is made free at the upper end (position shown by the arrow in FIG. 3 (a)) (Similarly, in the other figures of FIG. The position where it becomes free is shown by the arrow, where the position where the free end side of the knee support 2 is free is set lower than the middle of the blind part 12 inside the cover member 1 from the viewpoint of heat retention. preferable.).

  In addition, as a means to integrate the sheet | seat material of the knee support part 2 with the mounting part 11 of the cover member 1, or the blindfold part 12, as shown to FIG.3 (b)-(i) besides this, The blind portion 12 can be shared with the sheet material that constitutes the knee rest 2 (partially, the sheet material has a double structure).

Moreover, as shown to FIG.4 (b)-(e), 2 A of knee rest members prepared separately can also be used.
In this case, as shown in FIGS. 4 (c) to 4 (e), a sheet material is used which can cover the knee while sitting on a chair with the blindfold 12 covering the side of the armrest 31. It can also be configured from the knee support member 2A.
Here, as the sheet material constituting the knee support member 2A, as in the knee support portion 2, a thick woven fabric, a knitted fabric, a blanket, a non-woven fabric, or other heat retention fabric, a plastic sheet, a foamed plastic sheet, etc. Resin-made things etc. can be used suitably.
Further, as shown in FIGS. 4 (b) to 4 (d), a cushioning member (seat cushion) may be incorporated into the seat portion 22 of the sheet material constituting the knee support member 2A, or as shown in FIG. 4 (e). As shown, the knee hooking member 2A may be divided into right and left parts without providing the seat part 22.

Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 7A, the cover member 1 of the chair's armrest forms an extending portion 13 in which the blind portion 12 of the cover member 1 is extended to the position of the backrest 33 of the chair 3, As shown in 7 (b), in addition to that, it is possible to form an extension 14 that extends to the position of the seat 32 of the chair 3.
Thereby, the space formed between the backrest 33 and the seat surface of the chair 3 is covered to prevent the air from flowing or the clothes of the sitting person from being seen through this space, and the backrest 33 Eliminate the problem of coldness of the body due to air circulation and the need to be aware of the condition of the clothes due to the appearance of the clothes of the sitting person due to the space formed between the seat and the seat be able to.

  As mentioned above, although the cover member of the armrest of the chair of this invention and the chair provided with this member were demonstrated based on several Examples, this invention is not limited to the structure described in the said Example, Each is each The configuration can be changed as appropriate without departing from the scope of the present invention, for example, by appropriately combining the configurations described in the embodiments.

  The covering member of the armrest of the chair of the present invention and the chair provided with the member can solve the problems caused by the space formed between the armrest and the seating surface and the problems when using the kneerest. Since it exists, it can be used for the use of various chairs including the use of the chair generally used for office work.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cover member 11 mounting part 12 blindfold part 2 knee support part 2A knee support member 3 chair 31 armrest 4 fixing member or fixing means

Claims (3)

The chair's elbow consisting of a plate-like member disposed along the upper surface of the armrest by being hooked to the armrest of an office chair which is formed shorter than the length from the front end to the rear end of the seat A covering member having a length corresponding to the length from the front end to the rear end of the seat of the chair, and having a rigidity such that a portion extended from the armrest does not deform downward from the horizontal position and deform And a blind cover portion covering a side portion of the armrest formed by bending at a portion of the foldable line corresponding to the width of the armrest to be attached among the plurality of easy folding lines formed in the mounting portion. Cover member of chair's armrest. It has a knee rest using a sheet material that can wrap the knee while sitting on a chair, and the seat material of the knee rest is integrated with the mounting part or the blindfold. chair armrest cover member according to claim 1. Claim 1 or chair, characterized in that it comprises an armrest cover member of the chair according to 2.