JP7489774B2 - Mounting Structure - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an attachment structure.

Conventionally, various components have been attached to rafters, which are roofing materials that make up roofs and ceilings. Patent Document 1 discloses a structure that includes a U-shaped mounting bracket that clamps and fixes the rafters, a base that is fixed to the U-shaped mounting bracket with screws or the like, and a fixture that is rotatably installed on the base with a rotating shaft such as a split pin, and a hanging material that supports a pole arm at its lower end is inserted into one end of the fixture to suspend the hanging material.

JP 2007-209574 A

In the mounting structure shown in Patent Document 1, it may be difficult for users to install various components (e.g., pole hanging components, lighting equipment, etc.) on the ceiling with their own hands. Furthermore, Patent Document 1 does not disclose a structure that allows the various components to be easily moved or removed. Therefore, there is a need for technology that allows users to install any various components with their own hands (so-called DIY: Do It Yourself) and easily install the above-mentioned various components in a manner that allows them to be moved or removed.

The present invention aims to provide an installation structure that allows users to easily install various components on the ceiling with their own hands so that they can be moved or removed.

The present invention relates to an attachment structure for attaching a workpiece to a ceiling, the attachment structure comprising a plurality of base members that are detachably attached to a rail provided on the ceiling and slidably mounted along the rail, the plurality of base members each having at least two screw holes of different diameters, and the workpiece is screwed to at least one of the base members using a screw member that corresponds to one of the screw holes of the base member.

A diagram showing a garden room in which a single-rod type rod hanger is attached to a rail using the mounting structure of the first embodiment. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which the rod hanging member of FIG. 1 is attached to a rail. FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing the mounting structure of the first embodiment. 10A to 10C are cross-sectional views showing a process in which the base member is attached to the rail. FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a base member of the fixture. 13 is a perspective view showing the structure for attaching and detaching the rod hanging member to the mounting fixture. FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing a state in which a multiple-rod hanging type rod hanging member is attached to a rail using the mounting structure of the second embodiment. FIG. FIG. 11 is an exploded perspective view showing the mounting structure of the second embodiment. FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a cover member of the mounting fixture. 13 is a perspective view showing a state in which a lighting fixture is attached to a rail using the attachment structure according to the third embodiment. FIG. FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing the mounting structure of the lighting fixture to the mounting fixture. 1 is a perspective view showing a state in which various types of hanging hook fittings can be attached to a rail using a base member. FIG.

First Embodiment
FIG. 1 shows a state in which a single-rod type rod hanging member 20 is attached to a garden room G serving as a daylighting room using an attachment structure according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

The garden room G comprises a floor F and a sloping ceiling P made of a translucent ceiling panel P1 made of transparent glass, acrylic panels, or the like. The ceiling P comprises at least a part of the roof of the garden room G. The ceiling P comprises a lattice-shaped support material D, and the ceiling panel P1 is supported by the support material D. A rail R is provided on the underside of the rafters 15 that constitute the support material D that extends in the sloping direction of the ceiling P, along the extension direction of the rafters 15. A sunshade sheet (not shown) is provided on the rail R so that it can be opened and closed along the rail R. The wall surface of the garden room G is configured by providing a waist window W on the waist wall 10.

As shown in FIG. 2, the rod hanging member 20 is removably attached to the rail R via the mounting fixture 30. The mounting fixture 30 is removably attached to the rail R using a pair of base members 40 shown in FIG. 3. The mounting fixture 30 is fixed to the base member 40 using two screws 39 arranged in parallel. In the first embodiment, the combination of the rod hanging member 20 and the mounting fixture 30 constitutes the mounted member 20A according to the present invention. The rod hanging member 20 also constitutes an example of the main body of the present invention. The screws 39 also constitute an example of the screw member of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the pole hanging member 20 has one ring portion 22 through which a pole (not shown) used for drying clothes or the like is passed and hung. The pole hanging member 20 has the ring portion 22 at one end of the rod portion 21, and a spherical hook portion 23 at the other end. The rod portion 21 has a coil spring 21a at the end on the hook portion 23 side. The rod portion 21 is designed so that the coil spring 21a can be bent by elastic deformation.

As shown in FIG. 3, the mounting fixture 30 includes a spacer 31 and a hook 35. The spacer 31 is formed in a substantially rectangular box shape with an opening at the top. The spacer 31 has insertion holes 31a at both longitudinal ends through which the screws 39 are inserted. The width of the spacer 31 is greater than the width of the opening 14 of the rail R described below. The hook 35 has an insertion hole 35a through which the screw 39 is inserted. The hook 35 has a hook portion 36 between the two insertion holes 35a to which the hook portion 23 of the rod hanging member 20 is detachably engaged to suspend the rod hanging member 20.

The hook portion 36 is hollow inside. The hook portion 36 has a guide hole 37 that connects the inside and outside of the hook portion 36. The guide hole 37 includes a first end hole 37a through which the hook portion 23 of the rod hanging member 20 cannot be inserted, a second end hole 37b through which the hook portion 23 can be inserted, and a slit 37c that connects the first end hole 37a and the second end hole 37b. The slit 37c has a width that allows only the rod portion 21 of the rod hanging member 20 to be inserted. When the mounting fixture 30 is attached to the rail R, the first end hole 37a is located below the hook portion 36, and the second end hole 37b is located on the side of the hook portion 36.

As shown in Figures 4 and 5, the base member 40 is made of a thin rectangular plate material. A pair of base members 40, i.e., two base members 40, are attached to the rail R in order to attach the rod hanging member 20 to the rail R. The base members 40 are attached to the rail R in a detachable manner and slidable along the rail R.

As shown in FIG. 5, the base member 40 has a first screw hole 41 and a second screw hole 42 with a smaller screw diameter than the first screw hole 41. That is, the base member 40 has two screw holes 41, 42 with different screw diameters. Each screw hole 41, 42 is disposed on the center line L1 (a line passing through the center in the width direction) of the base member 40. Also, each screw hole 41, 42 is disposed on both sides of the longitudinal bisector L2 of the base member 40. The screw 39 corresponds to the second screw hole 42 and screws into the second screw hole 42.

As shown in FIG. 4, the rail R is fixed to the underside of the rafter 15 using screws 19. The rail R has a pair of rail sections 11 on both sides. The above-mentioned sunshade sheet is stretched between two adjacent rails R. The sunshade sheet is set up to open and close along the rail R via a runner (not shown) that is slidably attached to the rail sections 11.

As shown in FIG. 4, the rail R has a groove portion 12 into which the base member 40 is inserted, a pair of left and right engagement portions 13 with which the base member 40 engages and is held from above, and a slit-shaped opening 14 that opens in the vertical direction and is provided between the engagement portions 13. The opening 14 is formed in the center of the width direction of the lower surface of the rail R, along the extension direction of the rail R. The groove portion 12 communicates with the lower part of the rail R via the opening 14. The engagement portions 13 are composed of elongated plate-shaped portions that protrude inwardly facing each other on both sides of the opening 14 and extend in the extension direction of the rail R.

As shown in FIG. 4, the base member 40 is inserted entirely into the groove 12 by inserting one end in the width direction through the opening 14 into the groove 12 with its longitudinal direction roughly parallel to the rail R. From this state, when both ends in the width direction of the base member 40 are placed on the left and right engagement portions 13, respectively, the base member 40 is engaged with and held in place across the left and right engagement portions 13. The base member 40 can slide on the engagement portions 13 and slide along the rail R.

In this way, the two base members 40 are removably attached to the rail R as shown in FIG. 3. In FIG. 3, the second screw holes 42 with a smaller screw diameter are arranged to be located at both ends of the two parallel base members 40. As shown in FIG. 3, the mounting fixture 30 is fixed to the rail R by arranging the spacer 31 and the hook 35 one above the other, and screwing the screws 39 inserted through the respective insertion holes 35a, 31a into the respective second screw holes 42 of the two base members 40.

As mentioned above, the width dimension of the spacer 31 is greater than the width of the opening 14, so the spacer 31 abuts against the undersides of the left and right engagement parts 13. Therefore, the two base members 40 and the spacer 31 of the mounting fixture 30 that is screwed to these base members 40 hold the left and right engagement parts 13 in between. The mounting fixture 30 is fixed to the rail R with the left and right engagement parts 13 held between the two base members 40 and the spacer 31 of the mounting fixture 30.

The hook portion 23 of the rod hanging member 20 is detachably attached to the hook portion 36 of the hook 35, and is supported by the rail R in a hanging state. As shown in FIG. 6, the hook portion 23 and the upper end of the rod portion 21 adjacent to the hook portion 23 are inserted into the hook portion 36 from the outside through the second end hole 37b and the slit 37c of the guide hole 37, respectively. After this, when the rod hanging member 20 is lowered as shown by the downward arrow, the hook portion 23 is fitted into the first end hole 37a. Since the hook portion 23 cannot be inserted through the first end hole 37a, it engages with the hook portion 36, and the rod hanging member 20 is thereby suspended from the mounting fixture 30. Also, the rod hanging member 20 can be moved in the reverse process to the above to remove the hook portion 23 and the rod portion 21 from the hook portion 36 in the direction of the arrow pointing to the side, and the rod hanging member 20 can be removed from the mounting fixture 30.

The mounting structure of the first embodiment provides the following advantageous effects. The mounting structure of the first embodiment includes a plurality of base members 40 that are detachably attached to a rail R that supports a sunshade sheet provided on the ceiling P and that are slidably mounted along the rail R when mounting the mounting member 20A to the ceiling P, and each of the base members 40 has at least two screw holes 41, 42 with different diameters, and the mounting member 20A is screwed to at least one of the base members 40 using a screw 39 that corresponds to one of the screw holes 41, 42 of the base member 40.

In the first embodiment, the user can easily attach the mounting member 20A, which is one of various members, to the ceiling P with his or her own hands so that it can be moved and removed. In this embodiment, the base member 40 is provided with screw holes 41 and 42 corresponding to the mounting member 20A, including multiple types of pole hanging members 20 that are screwed with screws of different diameters, so that the multiple types of mounting members 20A can be attached to the rail R that supports the sunshade sheet. In other words, if the mounting member 20A is a type that is attached with a screw corresponding to the second screw hole 42 with a smaller screw diameter, the mounting member 20A can be attached to the rail R using the second screw hole 42 of the base member 40. Also, even if the interval between the two insertion holes 35a of the hook 35 of the mounting member 20A is different, the interval between the two base members 40 can be adjusted to match the interval between the screw holes 41 (42) to the two insertion holes 35a. This makes it possible to accommodate a wide range of intervals between the insertion holes 35a of the mounting member 20A.

In the first embodiment, the rail R has an engagement portion 13 with which the base member 40 engages and is held on the rail R, and the base member 40 and the spacer 31 of the attached member 20A, which is screwed to the base member 40, hold the engagement portion 13 between them, and the attached member 20A is fixed to the rail R.

This allows the mounting member 20A to be securely fixed to the rail R with high fixing strength at any position in the extension direction of the rail R.

In the first embodiment, the attached member 20A has a mounting fixture 30 that has insertion holes 31a, 35a through which the screws 39 are inserted and that clamps the engagement portion 13 together with the base member 40, and a rod hanging member 20 that serves as a main body that is attached to the mounting fixture 30. This allows the rod hanging member 20 to be attached to any position on the rail R.

In the first embodiment, the rail R has an opening 14, and a pair of engagement portions 13 are provided on both sides of the opening 14, and the base member 40 inserted into the opening 14 engages with the pair of engagement portions 13 on the rail R side while straddling them. This allows the base member 40 to be detachably and slidably attached to the rail R with a simple structure. In addition, the base member 40 can be easily attached to the rail R.

In the first embodiment, the main body attached to the mounting fixture 30 is a single-rod-type rod hanging member 20 on which a rod can be hung. This makes it easy to attach the rod hanging member 20 to the rail R.

In the first embodiment, the ceiling P is the ceiling that constitutes the garden room G. This allows the pole hanging member 20 that constitutes the mounting member 20A to be easily attached to the garden room G.

Next, we will explain the second to fourth embodiments of the present invention. In the explanation of these embodiments, the same components as those in the above embodiment are given the same reference numerals, and the explanation of those components will be omitted.

Second Embodiment
FIG. 7 shows a state where a multiple-rod hanging member 50 is attached to the rail R using the attachment structure according to the second embodiment. The rod hanging member 50 has a rack section 54 on which four rods (not shown) used for drying clothes or the like can be hung. The rack section 54 has four holes 54a through which the rods are passed. The rod hanging member 50 has a movable arm section 51 that expands and contracts in the vertical direction. The movable arm section 51 has a configuration in which a movable cylinder section 53 is inserted into a fixed cylinder section 52 so as to be able to move forward and backward and to be positionable at a plurality of predetermined positions. This makes it possible to change the height position of the rack section 54. The rod hanging member 50 has an attachment section 56 at the upper end of the fixed cylinder section 52, and this attachment section 56 is detachably attached to a base member 65 constituting a mounting fixture 60A shown in FIG. 8.

As shown in FIG. 8, the mounting fixture 60A is fixed to two base members 40 using two screws 69 arranged in parallel. In the second embodiment, the combination of the hanging member 50 and the mounting fixture 60A constitutes the mounting member 50A according to the present invention. The hanging member 50 constitutes an example of the main body of the present invention. The screws 69 constitute an example of the screw member of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 8, the mounting fixture 60A includes two cover members 60 and a base member 65. The cover member 60 is mainly made of a thin rectangular plate material having approximately the same dimensions as the base member 40, and is fitted snugly over the base member 40. The cover member 60 has a first insertion hole 61 and a second insertion hole 62 having a smaller diameter than the first insertion hole 61. These insertion holes 61, 62 are located at positions corresponding to the first screw hole 41 and the second screw hole 42 of the base member 40, respectively. The screw 69 corresponds to the first screw hole 41 of the base member 40 and screws into the first screw hole 41. The screw 69 is inserted into the first insertion hole 61 of the cover member 60.

As shown in Figures 8 and 9, the cover member 60 has plate-shaped positioning portions 63 that protrude to one side at both ends in the longitudinal direction. The base member 40 is adapted to fit between the two positioning portions 63. Each positioning portion 63 abuts against both ends of the base member 40 so as to sandwich the base member 40. The positioning portions 63 also fit into the opening 14 of the rail R and abut against the edges of the two engagement portions 13 on both sides of the opening 14.

As shown in FIG. 8, the base member 65 has a function of allowing the mounting portion 56 to be detachably attached by combining with the mounting portion 56 of the rod hanging member 50. The base member 65 has an insertion hole 68 through which a screw 69 is inserted.

In the second embodiment, the two base members 40 are arranged so that the first screw hole 41 with the larger screw diameter is located at both ends of the two parallel base members 40. The mounting fixture 60A positions the two cover members 60 under each base member 40 so that the first insertion hole 61 corresponds to the first screw hole 41. At this time, each positioning portion 63 is fitted into the opening 14 of the rail R, and the left and right engagement portions 13 of the rail R are sandwiched between the base member 40 and the cover member 60. A pedestal member 65 is placed under each cover member 60, and the screws 69 inserted into each insertion hole 68, 61 are screwed into each first screw hole 41 of the two base members 40, and the mounting fixture 60A is fixed to the rail R.

The two base members 40 and the cover member 60 of the mounting fixture 60A, which is screwed to these base members 40, clamp the left and right engagement parts 13 of the rail R. The mounting fixture 60A is fixed to the rail R with the two base members 40 and each cover member 60 of the mounting fixture 60A clamping the left and right engagement parts 13. The positioning part 63 of the mounting fixture 60A abuts the base members 40 and fits into the opening 14 of the rail R, so that the relative position with respect to the rail R (the position in the extension direction and the position in the width direction of the rail R) is determined.

The mounting part 56 of the rod hanging member 50 is removably attached to the base member 65 of the mounting fixture 60A, and is supported by the rail R in a hanging state.

According to the second embodiment, similar to the first embodiment, it is possible to attach multiple types of attachment members 50A that are fastened with screws having different screw diameters to the rail R of the ceiling P of the garden room G.

Furthermore, in the second embodiment, the cover member 60 constituting the mounting fixture 60A has a positioning portion 63 that abuts against the engaging portion 13 of the rail R and the base member 40 to determine its relative position with respect to the rail R. This makes it difficult for the position of the mounting member 50A, including the pole hanging member 50, to shift relative to the rail R (the position in the extension direction and width direction of the rail R).

In the second embodiment, the main body attached to the mounting fixture 60A is a rod hanging member 50 of a multiple-rod hanging type on which rods can be hung. This makes it easy to attach the rod hanging member 50 to the rail R.

Third Embodiment
Fig. 10 shows a state in which a lighting fixture (down spotlight) 70 is attached to the rail R using the attachment structure according to the third embodiment. As shown in Fig. 11, the lighting fixture 70 includes a fixture body 71 with an integral connection portion 72. The lighting fixture 70 has the connection portion 72 attached to two base members 40 via attachment fixtures 73. In the third embodiment, the combination of the lighting fixture 70 and the attachment fixtures 73 constitutes an attached member 70A according to the present invention. Furthermore, the lighting fixture 70 constitutes an example of a main body portion of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 11, the lighting device 70 is electrically conductive when the connection cable 75 is connected to the power cable 74 and the connection part 72 is attached to the mounting fixture 73. The connection part 72 and the mounting fixture 73 have the function of being detachably engaged with each other with a single touch. The mounting fixture 73 has two screws 79 arranged in parallel inserted therethrough, and is fastened to the two base members 40 using these screws 79. The screws 79 correspond to the first screw holes 41 of the base members 40 and screw into the first screw holes 41. The screws 79 constitute an example of a screw member of the present invention.

Two base members 40 and a mounting fixture 73 that is screwed to these base members 40 clamp the left and right engagement parts 13 of the rail R. The mounting fixture 73 is fixed to the rail R in a state in which the two base members 40 and the mounting fixture 73 clamp the left and right engagement parts 13. The lighting fixture 70 is supported on the rail R with the connection part 72 removably attached to the mounting fixture 73.

According to the third embodiment, similar to the first and second embodiments, the mounting member 70A including multiple types of lighting fixtures 70 that are fastened with screws having different screw diameters can be attached to the rail R of the ceiling P of the garden room G.

In the third embodiment, the main body attached to the mounting fixture 73 is the lighting fixture 70. This makes it easy to attach the lighting fixture 70 to the rail R.

Figure 12 shows that various types of hanging hook fittings 81, 82, 83 with male threads can be attached to the rail R via the base member 40 using the cover member 60 used in the second embodiment. The hanging hook fitting 81 is a type with a closed ring-shaped hook portion, and the hanging hook fitting 82 is a type with an open ring-shaped hook portion. The hanging hook fitting 83 is a spring hook with a stopper 83a.

Each of the hanging hook fittings 81-83 is fastened to the two base members 40 by screwing the male threads into one of the screw holes 41, 42, and is supported by the rail R. A plant, for example, planted in a flowerpot, is hung from each of the hanging hook fittings 81-83 via a string or the like.

Although each embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the mounting structure according to the present invention includes a base member 40 common to each embodiment, and can mount the mounting members 20A, 50A, and 70A to the rail R in correspondence with the mounting members 20A, 50A, and 70A of the first to third embodiments, respectively.

The present invention is not limited to the shapes, combinations, etc. of the above embodiments, and can be modified as appropriate.

For example, although it is described that a pair of base members 40 are attached to the rail R, three or more base members 40 may be attached to the rail R. In addition, the shape of the base members 40 and the mounting structure of the base members 40 to the rail R are not limited to the above embodiment and may be any form as long as they include the present invention.

The main body that is attached to the rail R is not limited to pole hangers and lighting fixtures, but may also be used to attach various other devices and equipment used in the garden room G.

In each of the above embodiments, a garden room G is given as an example of a daylighting room, but other than garden rooms, sunrooms can also be used as daylighting rooms, and in such cases, the base member 40 is applied to rails such as rails that support a sunshade sheet installed on the ceiling of the sunroom.

13 Engagement portion 14 Opening 20 Rod hanging member (main body)
20A, 50A, 70A: Mounting member 30, 60A, 73: Mounting fixture 31a, 35a, 61, 68: Through hole 39, 69, 79: Screw (thread member)
40 Base member 41, 42 Screw hole 63 Positioning portion 70 Lighting fixture (main body)
P Ceiling R Rail

Claims (10)

A mounting structure for mounting a mounting member to a ceiling, comprising:
a plurality of base members detachably attached to a rail provided on the ceiling and slidably attached along the rail;
Each of the plurality of base members has at least two screw holes having different diameters;
The mounting member is screwed to at least one of the base members using a screw member that corresponds to one of the screw holes of the base member,
the rail has a groove into which the base member is inserted, and an opening that opens to a side to which the mounted member is attached, connecting the groove with the outside, and that extends in the extending direction of the rail, and a pair of engagement portions are provided on both sides of the opening;
the base member is insertable into the groove from the opening, and the base member inserted into the groove engages with the pair of engagement portions in a state of straddling the pair of engagement portions;
An attachment structure in which one attached member is attached to each of two or more of the base members among the plurality of base members . the rail has an engagement portion with which the base member is engaged and held by the rail;
2. The mounting structure according to claim 1, wherein the mounted member is fixed to the rail in a state in which the base member and the mounted member, which is screwed to the base member, sandwich the engaging portion. The attached member is
a mounting fixture having an insertion hole through which the screw member is inserted and configured to sandwich the engaging portion together with the base member;
3. The mounting structure according to claim 2, further comprising a body portion attached to said mounting fixture. The mounting structure according to claim 3, wherein the mounting fixture has a positioning portion that abuts against the rail and the base member to determine a relative position with respect to the rail. The mounting structure according to claim 3, wherein the main body is a rod-hanging member on which a rod can be hung. The mounting structure according to claim 3, wherein the main body is a lighting fixture. The mounting structure according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the ceiling is a ceiling that constitutes a daylighting room. The mounting structure according to claim 7, wherein the daylighting room is one of a sunroom and a garden room. The mounting structure according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the rail supports a sunshade sheet so that it can be opened and closed. A daylighting chamber equipped with the mounting structure according to any one of claims 1 to 9.

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