CN218186009U - Multi-posture electric sofa iron frame - Google Patents
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The utility model belongs to the technical field of the sofa iron stand, concretely relates to electronic sofa iron stand of many attitudes, this electronic sofa iron stand of many attitudes includes: the two sides of the bottom frame mechanism are respectively provided with an attitude adjusting mechanism; the multi-posture electric sofa iron frame is fixedly arranged in the sofa through the bottom frame mechanism, and the postures of the posture adjusting mechanisms on the two sides of the bottom frame mechanism are changed through the driving mechanism, so that the sofa can be switched among sitting postures, TV postures and lying postures; compare with the sofa iron stand that the shank can only be opened manually to the tradition, this embodiment adopts electronic drive mode, and the user of being convenient for adjusts the gesture of sofa iron stand, can adjust more gestures simultaneously.
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Technical Field
The utility model belongs to the technical field of the sofa iron stand, concretely relates to electronic sofa iron stand of many attitudes.
Background
The sofa is the daily household articles now, and the sofa includes: a cushion part, a backrest part and a leg rest part; the cushion part, the backrest part and the leg rest part of the traditional sofa are all fixed and cannot be adjusted.
Due to individual differences of users, the cushion part, the backrest part and the leg rest part of the sofa cannot be attached to all users, and meanwhile, due to fixed postures of the sofa, the using requirements of the users under different conditions are difficult to meet.
Therefore, a multi-posture electric sofa iron frame needs to be designed, the sofa cushion part, the backrest part and the foot rest part can be adjusted, different postures can be met, and the manual driving adjusting mode is omitted, so that the personalized use and operation of a user are facilitated.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The utility model aims at providing an electronic sofa iron stand of many attitudes to solve the background art in technical problem.
In order to solve the technical problem, the utility model provides an electronic sofa iron stand of many gestures, it includes: the two sides of the bottom frame mechanism are respectively provided with an attitude adjusting mechanism; and the driving mechanism is arranged on the bottom frame mechanism, and the driving end of the driving mechanism is connected with the two posture adjusting mechanisms through the driving rod so as to drive the two posture adjusting mechanisms to synchronously adjust the postures.
In one embodiment, the bottom frame mechanism includes: two bottom frame plates arranged in parallel; the two bottom frame plates are connected through a bottom frame connecting component; the two posture adjusting mechanisms are respectively arranged on the corresponding bottom frame plates; the driving mechanism is arranged on the bottom frame connecting component.
In one embodiment, both of the posture adjustment mechanisms include: the seat frame plate, the leg rest component, the backrest component and the seat frame connecting component are connected with each other; the leg rest assembly and the backrest assembly are respectively hinged at two end parts of the base frame plate, and the backrest assembly is hinged with the base frame plate; the seat frame connecting assembly is hinged on the bottom frame plate, one side of the seat frame connecting assembly is hinged with the seat frame plate, and the other side of the seat frame connecting assembly is hinged with the leg rest assembly; two ends of the driving rod are respectively connected with the corresponding leg rest components; the driving mechanism is suitable for driving the driving rod to move so as to drive the leg rest assembly to extend, and posture adjustment is achieved through matching of the seat frame plate, the backrest assembly and the seat frame connecting assembly.
In one embodiment, the drive mechanism comprises: a driver; wherein the driver is installed on underframe coupling assembling, and its flexible end articulates there is first connecting block, first connecting block and actuating lever fixed connection.
In one embodiment, both of the leg rest assemblies comprise: a first footrest connecting rod, a second footrest connecting rod, a third footrest connecting rod and a footrest connecting rod group; wherein one end of each of the first and second leg rest connecting rods is hinged on the seat frame plate; one end of the third leg rest connecting rod is hinged with the other end of the first leg rest connecting rod, and the middle part of the third leg rest connecting rod is hinged with the middle part of the second leg rest connecting rod; the other ends of the second footrest connecting rod and the third footrest connecting rod are hinged with the footrest connecting rod group; two ends of the driving rod are respectively fixedly connected with the corresponding third leg rest connecting rods; the driver is adapted to drive the third footrest link to move via the drive rod to deploy the footrest linkage.
In one embodiment, both of the seat frame connecting assemblies include: the first seat frame connecting rod, the second seat frame connecting rod and the third seat frame connecting rod are connected with the first seat frame; one end of the first seat frame connecting rod is hinged with the bottom frame plate, and the other end of the first seat frame connecting rod is hinged with the middle part of the first leg rest connecting rod; one end of the second seat frame connecting rod is hinged with the bottom frame plate, the other end of the second seat frame connecting rod is hinged with one end of the third seat frame connecting rod, and the middle part of the second seat frame connecting rod is hinged with the middle part of the first seat frame connecting rod to form a limiting bulge part; the other end of the third seat frame connecting rod is hinged with the seat frame plate.
In one embodiment, the first seat frame connecting rod is provided with a second connecting block, and the second connecting block and the first seat frame connecting rod are integrally formed; the third leg rest connecting rod is provided with a connecting hole; and the second connecting block is connected with the connecting hole through a spring.
In one embodiment, the middle part of the bottom frame plate is provided with a waist-shaped limiting hole; the limiting convex part extends into the waist-shaped limiting hole.
The utility model has the advantages that the bottom frame mechanism of the utility model is fixedly arranged in the sofa, and the driving mechanism changes the postures of the posture adjusting mechanisms at the two sides of the bottom frame mechanism, so that the sofa can be switched among sitting posture, TV posture and lying posture; compared with the traditional sofa iron frame which can only be opened manually, the sofa iron frame adopts an electric driving mode, so that a user can conveniently adjust the posture of the sofa iron frame and can adjust more postures; specifically, the two seat frame plates are used for mounting the seat plate; the two backrest components are used for mounting a backrest plate; the two footrest components are used for mounting footrests; when the driving mechanism is not driven, the leg rest component is in a contraction state (shown in figure 1), and the posture is a sitting posture; in the process of extending the driving mechanism, the leg rest assembly is driven to be unfolded (as shown in fig. 3), and the posture is a TV posture; the driving mechanism extends continuously, and drives the backrest assembly to open (as shown in fig. 4) through linkage with the seat frame connecting assembly and the seat frame plate, wherein the backrest assembly is in a lying posture.
Additional features and advantages of the invention will be set forth in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by the practice of the invention. The objectives and other advantages of the invention will be realized and attained by the structure particularly pointed out in the written description and drawings.
In order to make the aforementioned and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention comprehensible, preferred embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the embodiments or the technical solutions in the prior art will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to these drawings without creative efforts.
Fig. 1 is a schematic view of the sitting posture three-dimensional structure of the multi-posture electric sofa iron frame of the present invention;
fig. 2 is a schematic perspective view of the TV position of the multi-position electric sofa iron frame of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the TV-oriented side view of the multi-position electric sofa iron frame of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a side view of the multi-posture electric sofa iron frame of the present invention in the lying posture;
fig. 5 is a schematic view of the three-dimensional structure of the multi-posture electric sofa iron frame of the present invention in the lying posture.
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the device comprises a bottom frame mechanism 1, a bottom frame plate 11, a bottom frame connecting assembly 12 and a waist-shaped limiting hole 13;
the posture adjusting mechanism 2, the seat frame plate 21, the footrest component 22, the first footrest connecting rod 221, the second footrest connecting rod 222, the third footrest connecting rod 223, the footrest connecting rod group 224, the limiting convex part 244, the second connecting block 245, the spring 246, the backrest component 23, the seat frame connecting component 24, the first seat frame connecting rod 241, the second seat frame connecting rod 242 and the third seat frame connecting rod 243;
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To make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the technical solutions of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, and obviously, the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative efforts all belong to the protection scope of the present invention.
As shown in fig. 1, the present embodiment provides a multi-position electric sofa iron frame, which includes: the two sides of the bottom frame mechanism 1 are respectively provided with an attitude adjusting mechanism 2; and the driving mechanism 3 is arranged on the bottom frame mechanism 1, and the driving end of the driving mechanism is connected with the two posture adjusting mechanisms 2 through the driving rod 31 so as to drive the two posture adjusting mechanisms 2 to synchronously adjust the postures.
In the embodiment, specifically, the bottom frame mechanism 1 is fixedly installed in the sofa, and the driving mechanism 3 changes the postures of the posture adjusting mechanisms 2 at the two sides of the bottom frame mechanism 1, so that the sofa can be switched among a sitting posture, a TV posture and a lying posture; compared with the traditional sofa iron frame which can only be manually opened, the sofa iron frame is driven by an electric motor, so that a user can conveniently adjust the posture of the sofa iron frame and can adjust more postures.
As shown in fig. 2, in the present embodiment, the bottom frame mechanism 1 includes: two bottom frame plates 11 arranged in parallel; wherein, the two bottom frame plates 11 are connected through a bottom frame connecting component 12; the two posture adjusting mechanisms 2 are respectively arranged on the corresponding bottom frame plates 11; the driving mechanism 3 is arranged on the base frame connecting component 12.
In this embodiment, specifically, the two bottom frame plates 11 are disposed in the sofa, the two bottom frame plates 11 are connected by the bottom frame connecting component 12, and the bottom frame connecting component 12 is at least one bottom frame connecting rod to support the two bottom frame plates 11.
As shown in fig. 1, 2, 3, and 4, in the present embodiment, both of the posture adjustment mechanisms 2 include: a seat frame plate 21, a leg rest component 22, a backrest component 23 and a seat frame connecting component 24; wherein the footrest assembly 22 and the backrest assembly 23 are respectively hinged at two ends of the seat frame plate 21, and the backrest assembly 23 is hinged with the bottom frame plate 11; the seat frame connecting assembly 24 is hinged on the bottom frame plate 11, one side of the seat frame connecting assembly is hinged with the seat frame plate 21, and the other side of the seat frame connecting assembly is hinged with the leg rest assembly 22; two ends of the driving rod 31 are respectively connected with the corresponding leg rest assemblies 22; the driving mechanism 3 is suitable for driving the driving rod 31 to move so as to drive the leg rest assembly 22 to extend, and the posture adjustment is realized through the matching of the seat frame plate 21, the backrest assembly 23 and the seat frame connecting assembly 24.
In the present embodiment, specifically, the two seat frame plates 21 are used for mounting the seat plates; the two backrest components 23 are used for mounting backrest plates; the two footrest assemblies 22 are used for mounting footrests; when the driving mechanism 3 is not driven, the leg rest assembly 22 is in a contraction state (shown in fig. 1), and the posture is a sitting posture; in the process of extending the driving mechanism 3, the leg rest assembly 22 is driven to be unfolded (as shown in fig. 3), and the posture is a TV posture; the driving mechanism 3 continues to extend, and the backrest assembly 23 is driven to open (as shown in fig. 4) through the linkage with the seat frame connecting assembly 24 and the seat frame plate 21, and the posture is a lying posture.
As shown in fig. 2, in the present embodiment, the drive mechanism 3 includes: a driver 32; the driver 32 is installed on the base frame connecting assembly 12, and the telescopic end 33 thereof is hinged with a first connecting block 34, and the first connecting block 34 is fixedly connected with the driving rod 31.
In the present embodiment, the driver 32 may be, but not limited to, a push rod motor and a horizontal push motor.
As shown in fig. 2 and 3, in the present embodiment, the leg rest assemblies 22 each include: a first leg rest link 221, a second leg rest link 222, a third leg rest link 223, and a leg rest linkage 224; wherein one end of each of the first leg rest link 221 and the second leg rest link 222 is hinged to the seat frame plate 21; one end of the third leg rest connecting rod 223 is hinged with the other end of the first leg rest connecting rod 221, and the middle part of the third leg rest connecting rod 223 is hinged with the middle part of the second leg rest connecting rod 222; the other ends of the second footrest link 222 and the third footrest link 223 are hinged with the footrest linkage 224; two ends of the driving rod 31 are respectively fixedly connected with the corresponding third leg rest connecting rods 223; the driver 32 is adapted to drive the third footrest link 223 via the drive rod 31 to move to deploy the footrest linkage 224.
In the present embodiment, specifically, the first footrest link 221, the second footrest link 222, and the third footrest link 223 are mutually engaged, and in the process of driving the two third footrest links 223 by the driving rod 31, the footrest mounted on the two footrest link group 224 is opened, that is, the sitting posture is adjusted to the TV posture; after the TV posture is adjusted, the driver 32 continues to drive the driving rod 31 to move, the seat frame plate 21 is pulled to move through the first leg rest connecting rod 221 and the second leg rest connecting rod 222, and the backrest assembly 23 is opened through the cooperation of the seat frame connecting assembly 24, that is, the TV posture is adjusted to be the lying posture.
As shown in fig. 4, in the present embodiment, the seat frame connecting assemblies 24 each include: first, second, and third seat frame connection rods 241, 242, and 243; one end of the first seat frame connecting rod 241 is hinged to the bottom frame plate 11, and the other end is hinged to the middle of the first leg rest connecting rod 221; one end of the second seat frame connecting rod 242 is hinged to the bottom frame plate 11, the other end is hinged to one end of the third seat frame connecting rod 243, and the middle part is hinged to the middle part of the first seat frame connecting rod 241 to form a limiting convex part 244; the other end of the third seat frame connecting rod 243 is hinged to the seat frame plate 21.
In the present embodiment, specifically, in the process of adjusting from the TV posture to the lying posture, the movement of the seat frame plate 21 drives the first seat frame connecting rod 241, the second seat frame connecting rod 242, and the third seat frame connecting rod 243 to move, so that the backrest module 23 is opened, and the adjustment of the lying posture is completed.
As shown in fig. 5, in the present embodiment, the first seat frame connecting rod 241 is provided with a second connecting block 245, and the second connecting block 245 is integrally formed with the first seat frame connecting rod 241; a connecting hole 225 is formed in the third leg rest connecting rod 223; the second connecting block 245 is connected to the connecting hole 225 by a spring 246.
As shown in fig. 5, in the present embodiment, a waist-shaped limiting hole 13 is formed in the middle of the bottom frame plate 11; the limiting boss 244 extends into the waist-shaped limiting hole 13.
In the present embodiment, the waist-shaped stopper hole 13 functions to guide the movement of the stopper projection 244.
To sum up, the bottom frame mechanism 1 of the utility model is fixedly installed in the sofa, and the driving mechanism 3 changes the postures of the posture adjusting mechanisms 2 at the two sides of the bottom frame mechanism 1, so that the sofa can be switched among sitting posture, TV posture and lying posture; compared with the traditional sofa iron frame which can only be opened manually, the sofa iron frame adopts an electric driving mode, so that a user can conveniently adjust the posture of the sofa iron frame and can adjust more postures; specifically, the two seat frame plates 21 are used for mounting the seat plates; the two backrest components 23 are used for mounting backrest plates; the two footrest assemblies 22 are used for mounting footrests; when the driving mechanism 3 is not driven, the leg rest assembly 22 is in a contracted state (as shown in fig. 1), and the posture is a sitting posture; in the process of extending the driving mechanism 3, the leg rest assembly 22 is driven to be unfolded (as shown in fig. 3), and the posture is a TV posture; the driving mechanism 3 continues to extend, and the backrest assembly 23 is driven to open (as shown in fig. 4) through the linkage with the seat frame connecting assembly 24 and the seat frame plate 21, and the posture is a lying posture.
The components selected for use in the present application (components not illustrated for specific structures) are all common standard components or components known to those skilled in the art, and the structure and principle thereof can be known to those skilled in the art through technical manuals or through routine experimentation.
In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, unless explicitly stated or limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.
In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplification of description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and "third" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.
In light of the foregoing, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art from this disclosure that various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. The technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the content of the specification, and must be determined according to the scope of the claims.
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1. The utility model provides an electronic sofa iron stand of multi-attitude which characterized in that includes:
the two sides of the bottom frame mechanism are respectively provided with an attitude adjusting mechanism; and
and the driving mechanism is arranged on the bottom frame mechanism, and the driving end of the driving mechanism is connected with the two posture adjusting mechanisms through the driving rod so as to drive the two posture adjusting mechanisms to synchronously adjust the postures.
2. The multi-position electric sofa iron stand according to claim 1,
the bottom frame mechanism includes: two bottom frame plates arranged in parallel; wherein
The two bottom frame plates are connected through a bottom frame connecting component;
the two posture adjusting mechanisms are respectively arranged on the corresponding bottom frame plates;
the driving mechanism is arranged on the bottom frame connecting assembly.
3. The multi-position electric sofa iron stand of claim 2,
two posture adjustment mechanism all includes: the seat frame plate, the leg rest component, the backrest component and the seat frame connecting component are arranged on the seat frame; wherein
The leg rest assembly and the backrest assembly are respectively hinged at two end parts of the base frame plate, and the backrest assembly is hinged with the base frame plate;
the seat frame connecting assembly is hinged on the bottom frame plate, one side of the seat frame connecting assembly is hinged with the seat frame plate, and the other side of the seat frame connecting assembly is hinged with the leg rest assembly;
two ends of the driving rod are respectively connected with the corresponding leg rest components;
the driving mechanism is suitable for driving the driving rod to move so as to drive the leg rest assembly to extend, and posture adjustment is achieved through matching of the seat frame plate, the backrest assembly and the seat frame connecting assembly.
4. The multi-position electric sofa iron stand according to claim 3,
the drive mechanism includes: a driver; wherein
The driver is installed on underframe coupling assembling, and its flexible end articulates there is first connecting block, first connecting block and actuating lever fixed connection.
5. The multi-position electric sofa iron stand according to claim 4,
both the bracket subassembly includes: a first footrest connecting rod, a second footrest connecting rod, a third footrest connecting rod and a footrest connecting rod group; wherein
One end of each of the first footrest connecting rod and the second footrest connecting rod is hinged to the seat frame plate;
one end of the third leg rest connecting rod is hinged with the other end of the first leg rest connecting rod, and the middle part of the third leg rest connecting rod is hinged with the middle part of the second leg rest connecting rod;
the other ends of the second footrest connecting rod and the third footrest connecting rod are hinged with the footrest connecting rod group;
two ends of the driving rod are respectively fixedly connected with the corresponding third leg rest connecting rods;
the driver is adapted to drive the third footrest link via the drive rod to move to deploy the footrest linkage.
6. The multi-position electric sofa iron stand according to claim 5,
two seat frame coupling assembling all includes: the first seat frame connecting rod, the second seat frame connecting rod and the third seat frame connecting rod are connected with the first seat frame; wherein
One end of the first seat frame connecting rod is hinged with the bottom frame plate, and the other end of the first seat frame connecting rod is hinged with the middle part of the first leg rest connecting rod;
one end of the second seat frame connecting rod is hinged with the bottom frame plate, the other end of the second seat frame connecting rod is hinged with one end of the third seat frame connecting rod, and the middle part of the second seat frame connecting rod is hinged with the middle part of the first seat frame connecting rod to form a limiting bulge part;
the other end of the third seat frame connecting rod is hinged with the seat frame plate.
7. The multi-position electric sofa iron stand according to claim 6,
the first seat frame connecting rod is provided with a second connecting block, and the second connecting block and the first seat frame connecting rod are integrally formed;
the third leg rest connecting rod is provided with a connecting hole;
and the second connecting block is connected with the connecting hole through a spring, and applies unlocking pre-tightening force of the mechanism.
8. The multi-position electric sofa iron stand according to claim 7,
the middle part of the bottom frame plate is provided with a waist-shaped limiting hole;
the limiting convex part extends into the waist-shaped limiting hole.
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