JP7029826B2 - Movable umbrella stand - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a movable umbrella stand. More specifically, the present invention relates to a sliding umbrella stand and a double-door umbrella stand.

Places where many umbrella stands are installed include places where people gather, such as schools, public halls, and halls. When many people gather on bad weather or at an event, an umbrella stand that can store a lot of umbrellas is necessary, but it is not necessary on days when the weather is good or when there are no events.
Therefore, it is preferable to be able to flexibly deal with the number of umbrellas according to the weather and the gathering of people.

From this point of view, conventional foldable umbrella stands and sliding hanging umbrellas that can be stored in a compact form when the umbrella stand is not needed and can be returned to the normal usage form when necessary. Umbrella stands (Patent Document 1) and the like have been developed.
For example, the sliding type hanging umbrella stand is a type of umbrella stand in which an umbrella is hung on a shaft, and the shaft can be slid according to the number of umbrellas to be accommodated and can be expanded and contracted in the lateral direction.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 10-108778

However, although the size of the conventional umbrella stand can be changed according to the situation of the installation location, the size of the umbrella stand can be flexibly accommodated and the umbrella cannot be held firmly.

As a result of diligent studies to solve the above problems, the present inventors have come up with a structure in which the umbrella holding frame slides vertically and / or horizontally, or an umbrella holding frame having a Kannon opening structure. Has been completed.
Here, the "umbrella holding frame" is described above so that the umbrella can be securely stored in, for example, a space formed by combining a plurality of rods vertically and horizontally (hereinafter, may be referred to as an "umbrella insertion opening"). A frame that fixes the rod.

The present invention comprises a plurality of umbrella holding frames having an umbrella insertion opening and support legs for supporting the umbrella holding frame, and the plurality of umbrella holding frames overlap each other when stored and are flush or substantially flush when deployed. Provides an umbrella stand, characterized by being configured to be in a state.
It is preferable that the umbrella holding frame is slidable in the vertical direction and / or the horizontal direction.
Further, the umbrella holding frame may be stored in a nested manner.
Further, the umbrella holding frame may be expandable in a double-door shape. The umbrella holding frame may have a structure in which a nested structure and a double door structure are combined.
It is preferable that the umbrella holding frame is provided with a stopper for holding the umbrella holding frame at an arbitrary position. The stopper may be on the support leg.
Further, a saucer holding frame and / or a saucer may be installed below the support legs.
The number of saucer holding frames and / or saucers may be plurality, and in this case, they are configured to be overlapped at the time of storage and are in a flush or substantially flush state at the time of deployment.
It is preferable that the saucer holding frame and / or the saucer is slidable in the vertical direction and / or the horizontal direction.
The saucer holding frame and / or the saucer may be stored in a nested manner.
The saucer holding frame and / or the saucer may be expandable in a double-door pattern. The saucer holding frame and / or the saucer may have a structure in which a nested structure and a double door structure are combined.
Further, it is preferable that the saucer holding frame and / or the saucer is provided with a stopper for holding the saucer holding frame and / or the saucer at an arbitrary position. The stopper may be on the support leg.
Furthermore, it is preferable that the support legs are provided with moving parts.

According to the present invention, by making the umbrella holding frame movable, the umbrella holding frame can be expanded to increase the number of umbrellas that can be accommodated when the number of umbrellas is large, and the umbrella holding frame can be stored when the number of umbrellas is small. Therefore, the number of can be accommodated can be reduced. When the need for an umbrella stand is low, an umbrella holding frame or the like can be stored so as not to take up space.

It is a top view of the umbrella stand which shows the extended state of the umbrella stand of this invention. It is a drawing substitute photograph which shows the state which extended the umbrella stand of this invention. It is a side view which shows the state which extended the umbrella stand of this invention. It is a drawing substitute photograph which shows the structure of the stopper of the umbrella stand of this invention. It is a drawing substitute photograph which shows the structure of the stopper of the umbrella stand of this invention. It is a side view which shows the state which the umbrella stand of this invention is stored. It is a drawing substitute photograph when the umbrella stand of this invention is stored halfway. It is a front view which shows the state which the umbrella stand of this invention is stored. It is a drawing substitute photograph when the umbrella stand of this invention is stored. It is a top view which shows the state which provided the saucer in the umbrella stand of this invention. It is a drawing substitute photograph when the umbrella stand of this invention is stored. It is a drawing substitute photograph when the umbrella stand of this invention is extended halfway. It is a drawing substitute photograph which shows the state which extended the umbrella stand of this invention. It is a drawing substitute photograph which shows the state which the umbrella stand of this invention is stored. It is a drawing substitute photograph which shows the state which the umbrella stand of this invention is opened. It is a drawing substitute photograph which shows the saucer provided for the umbrella stand of this invention.

First, the umbrella stand according to the present invention includes an umbrella holding frame having an umbrella insertion opening and support legs for supporting the umbrella holding frame.
The umbrella insertion opening is a portion where an umbrella can be inserted and kept upright. The shape of the umbrella insertion opening can be various shapes such as a polygon such as a quadrangle and a circle when viewed from above, and is not particularly limited.
When the umbrella insertion opening is, for example, a square, it can be formed by crossing a vertical rod and a horizontal rod, or by crossing plates. When the umbrella insertion opening is, for example, a circle, it can be formed by penetrating a resin plate or the like in a circular shape to a size that allows the umbrella to be inserted.

The umbrella holding frame is a frame for holding a rod, a metal plate, a resin plate, or the like used for forming an umbrella insertion opening. The shape of the umbrella holding frame is not particularly limited, and various shapes such as a rectangle, a square, a triangular polygon, a circle, and the like can be taken depending on the design of the umbrella stand, and the shape is not particularly limited.

The umbrella stand of the present invention has a plurality of umbrella holding frames and can be stacked one above the other.
When a plurality of umbrella holding frames are completely stacked, the umbrella stand is the size of one umbrella holding frame, and the number of umbrella insertion openings is the same as that of one umbrella holding frame.
If the two umbrella holding frames are not overlapped and the two umbrella holding frames are connected to each other, the umbrella stand will be the size of two umbrella holding frames, and the number of umbrella insertion openings will be doubled.
Alternatively, if the two umbrella holding frames are overlapped by half, the size of the umbrella stand is one and a half. For example, if the lower umbrella insertion opening overlaps the upper umbrella insertion opening by half, one umbrella insertion opening can be divided into two, and one umbrella insertion opening can be divided into two. The area around is smaller, but the number of umbrella insertion openings can be increased.

For example, if the umbrella holding frame is square, the support legs are preferably provided so as to support the four corners. The length of the support legs is not particularly limited, but may be changed for each umbrella holding frame, or may be the same for all of the plurality of umbrella holding frames.

The umbrella stand of the present invention can be applied with a method in which the length of the support legs is changed for each umbrella holding frame so that tables having the same shape but different sizes can be stored in order, so-called nesting table.
In this case, a plurality of umbrella stands having the same shape but different sizes can be used as one umbrella stand by sliding them in a nested manner and storing all of them in the largest umbrella stand. Alternatively, the nested umbrella stand can be slid to extend and completely removed, separated, and used as an umbrella stand one by one. It can also be used in a nearly flush state with a slight step without removing it completely.

In addition, in this specification, a nesting means a thing which can store a plurality of things having the same shape or a similar shape in order.

In addition, three umbrella holding frames are installed on a set of support legs at different heights such as high, medium, and low, and each umbrella holding frame can be slid and put in and out like a desk drawer. May be good.
A structure that prevents injuries caused by the umbrella stand of the present invention can be made by taking measures such as leaving a gap of several centimeters so as not to pinch fingers when sliding the umbrella holding frame and increasing the thickness of the frame. preferable. The same applies to the nested umbrella stand and the double-door umbrella stand.

A stopper may be provided on the umbrella holding frame so that the umbrella holding frame stops at an arbitrary position when the umbrella holding frame is slid. The type of stopper is not particularly limited. For example, a hole is made in the upper umbrella holding frame, and the lower umbrella holding frame is provided with a spherical stopper that moves slightly up and down. If you slide the umbrella holding frame and the spherical stopper enters the hole, it will not slide once, but if you push the spherical stopper down, the spherical stopper will come off from the hole and you will be able to slide further.
As another stopper, the umbrella holding frame is notched by making a dent, or the corner or support of the umbrella holding frame so that the umbrella holding frames do not come off when the umbrella holding frame is slid from the nested shape. Umbrella holding frames may be caught on the legs.

Alternatively, the umbrella holding frames are maintained so that the overlapping umbrella holding frames can be completely extended to the same height to remove the overlap, and the umbrella holding frames can be kept flush with each other at the same height. The device may be attached.

Further, the support legs may be slid up and down to provide a stopper as described above so that the height of the umbrella stand can be changed. It can be used as an umbrella stand suitable for storing children's umbrellas and folding umbrellas.

The shape of the support legs is not particularly limited as long as it holds the umbrella holding frame horizontally, does not interfere with the nesting of the umbrella holding frame, and can be slid and expanded as described above. , Columnar, plate-shaped, etc.

Further, moving parts such as casters and rollers may be attached to the support legs so that the umbrella stand can be easily moved. The moving parts need not be attached to all support legs. For example, when the umbrella stand is extended so that the two umbrella holding frames are lined up side by side, moving parts are attached only to the support legs of the left umbrella holding frame, and the moving parts are attached to the supporting legs of the right umbrella holding frame. If you don't attach any parts, you can tilt the entire umbrella stand slightly to the left and use the moving parts on the left to move the umbrella stand.

Below the support legs, a saucer that can receive the tip of the umbrella may be installed. It is preferable to provide a saucer holding portion on the support leg so that the saucer can be installed.
Similar to the above-mentioned umbrella holding frame, the saucer holding portion is installed on the support legs so that the height of each saucer holding frame is different, so that the saucer holding portion and the saucer can be stacked and stored in a nested manner. Further, the structure may be such that it can be expanded in a double-door style. Further, a stopper may be provided so that the saucer holding portion and / or the saucer can be held at an arbitrary position.

It should be noted that, in order to allow the umbrella holding frame and / or the saucer holding portion to slide smoothly, between the upper umbrella holding frame and the lower umbrella holding frame and / or between the upper saucer holding portion and the lower saucer holding portion. For example, a roller, a caster, or the like may be provided.

As another form, an umbrella stand as shown in FIGS. 14 to 16 can also be manufactured.
That is, it is an umbrella stand in which a right umbrella holding frame and a left umbrella holding frame that can be opened and closed in a double-door manner are mounted on an umbrella holding frame having an umbrella insertion opening.

Specifically, the second umbrella holding frame and the third umbrella holding frame smaller than the first umbrella holding frame overlap on the first umbrella holding frame, and the first umbrella holding frame and the second umbrella holding frame are overlapped. One side where the umbrella holding frames overlap and one side where the first umbrella holding frame and the third umbrella holding frame overlap are connected by, for example, a hinge, and the second and third umbrella holding frames are opened in Kannon. A structure is conceivable in which the first umbrella holding frame and the second and third umbrella holding frames are maintained at the same height.

Before opening the Kannon, the first umbrella holding frame overlaps with the second and third umbrella holding frames, so the number of umbrella insertion openings is the number of umbrella insertion openings of the first umbrella holding frame. Although it is the same as the number (Fig. 14), after opening the Kannon, the number of umbrella insertion openings of the first umbrella holding frame is added to the number of umbrella insertion openings of the second and third umbrella holding frames. Can accommodate many umbrellas (Fig. 15).

The second and third umbrella holding frames opened in double doors may be provided with a support rod or the like that connects and supports the support legs and the second and third umbrella holding frames so that the height can be maintained. The support rod may be provided with a locking function so that it does not shift or come off from the umbrella holding frame and / or the support leg.

Further, the umbrella stand may be provided with a saucer and a saucer holding portion. As an example, a saucer corresponding to the first umbrella holding frame is installed in the saucer holding portion, and a saucer corresponding to the second umbrella holding frame and a saucer corresponding to the third umbrella holding frame are placed on the saucer. (Fig. 14).

After opening the umbrella stand, place the saucer corresponding to the second umbrella holding frame under the second umbrella holding frame, and place the saucer corresponding to the third umbrella holding frame under the third umbrella holding frame. Can be done (Fig. 16).

(Embodiment 1)
Hereinafter, an example of the umbrella stand of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a state in which two umbrella holding frames are provided and the umbrella holding frames are slid in the extending direction as viewed from above. A plurality of vertical rods 24 and horizontal rods 25 intersect at right angles to form a square umbrella insertion opening 22. The vertical rod 24 and the horizontal rod 25 are connected to and supported by the umbrella holding frame 21. Columnar support legs 31 are installed at the four corners of each umbrella holding frame.
FIG. 2 shows a photograph of the prototype of the umbrella stand when it is extended.

FIG. 3 shows a front view of the umbrella stand of FIG. The two umbrella holding frames 21 have different heights on the right and left, and are configured to slide and nest. The saucer holding frame 41 is similarly configured. The two support legs in the center of FIG. 3 are the support legs that support the umbrella holding frame 21 on the left side on the right side and the support legs that support the umbrella holding frame 21 on the right side on the left side. These support legs act as stoppers to prevent the umbrella holding frames from coming off each other when the nested umbrella holding frames are extended.
Examples of the structure in which the support legs serve as a stopper are shown in FIGS. 4 (top view) and 5 (bottom view).

FIG. 6 shows the state of the side surface when the umbrella holding frame of the umbrella stand of FIG. 1 is nested. Each of the two umbrella holding frames 21, the saucer holding frame 41, and the saucer portion 42 are configured to overlap each other.
FIG. 7 shows a state in which the prototype of the umbrella stand is nested halfway.

FIG. 8 shows the front view when the umbrella holding frame of the umbrella stand of FIG. 1 is nested and shortened. Each of the two umbrella holding frames 21, the saucer holding frame 41, and the saucer portion 42 are configured to overlap each other, and when extended, the support leg 31 of the right umbrella holding frame and the supporting leg 31 of the left umbrella holding frame 31. What used to be is configured to line up when nested.
FIG. 9 shows a photograph of a prototype umbrella stand stored in a nest.

FIG. 10 shows a state in which the umbrella holding frame of the umbrella stand of FIG. 1 is nested and the saucer portion is installed as viewed from above. The vertical rod 24 and the horizontal rod 25 of the umbrella holding frame on the right side and the umbrella holding frame on the left side overlap when extended, the number of umbrella insertion openings 22 is reduced, and the number of umbrellas that can be accommodated is reduced. .. The saucer portion 42 has a tray shape, and the number of trays to be installed can be increased or decreased so as to adapt to the size of the umbrella stand.

(Embodiment 2)
The basic structure of the umbrella stand is the same as that of the first embodiment, but the extension of the nested umbrella stand is stopped halfway so that the upper umbrella insertion opening and the lower umbrella insertion opening are half overlapped. Is shown.

FIG. 11 shows a state when the umbrella stand is stored in a nest. At this time, there are six umbrella insertion openings.
When the umbrella holding frame is slid so that a part of the umbrella holding frame is overlapped, for example, as shown in FIG. 12, the area of the overlapping portion of the umbrella holding frame becomes smaller per the umbrella insertion opening. , The number of umbrella insertion openings increases.
FIG. 13 shows a case where the umbrella stand is completely extended.

(Embodiment 3)
An example of an umbrella stand with double doors is shown.
FIG. 14 shows a state in which the second umbrella holding frame is overlapped on the left half of the first umbrella holding frame, and the third umbrella holding frame is overlapped on the right half of the first umbrella holding frame. At this time, there are 16 umbrella insertion openings.

FIG. 15 shows a state in which the second, first, and third umbrella holding frames are horizontal with the double doors open. There are a total of 32 umbrella insertion openings in the umbrella stand.
For the umbrella stand, for example, a saucer may be arranged as shown in FIG. 16, and when the umbrella stand is stored, the saucer can be stacked and stored as shown in FIG. 14, and the umbrella stand is opened. When, the stacked saucers can be removed and placed under the second and third umbrella holding frames as shown in FIGS. 15 and 16.

1 Umbrella stand 21 Umbrella holding frame 22 Umbrella insertion opening 24 Vertical rod 25 Horizontal rod 31 Support leg 41 Reservoir holding frame 42 Reservoir

Claims (4)

It is a movable umbrella stand that is configured so that one umbrella stand and the other umbrella stand are combined and the other umbrella stand slides with respect to the one umbrella stand to be in the deployed state or the stowed state. ,
Each of the one umbrella stand and the other umbrella stand has a rectangular umbrella holding frame provided with a plurality of umbrella insertion openings, and four support legs provided at the four corners of the umbrella holding frame. Prepare,
In the plan view of the movable umbrella stand in the deployed state, of the four support legs provided by the one umbrella stand, the two support legs located in the upper center and the lower center of the movable umbrella stand. And, of the four support legs provided by the other umbrella stand, the two support legs located at the upper center and the lower center of the movable umbrella stand are in contact with each other to exert a stopper function.
In the plan view of the movable umbrella stand in the stored state , the umbrella insertion opening of the one umbrella stand and the umbrella insertion opening of the other umbrella stand all overlap vertically and the one of the above. A movable umbrella stand in which the four support legs of the umbrella stand and the four support legs of the other umbrella stand are in contact with each other . The movable umbrella stand according to claim 1, wherein a saucer facing each of the umbrella insertion openings is installed below each of the umbrella holding frames. The movable umbrella stand according to claim 2 , wherein the saucers are vertically overlapped with each other in the stored state. Each of the umbrella holding frame of the one umbrella stand and the umbrella holding frame of the other umbrella stand is provided with a plurality of rods.
Each of the umbrella insertion opening of the one umbrella stand and the umbrella insertion opening of the other umbrella stand is formed by the plurality of rods.
One of claims 1 to 3, wherein the plurality of rods of the one umbrella stand and the plurality of rods of the other umbrella stand all overlap each other in a plan view of the movable umbrella stand in the stored state. Movable umbrella stand described in item 1.

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