JPH01291809A - Furniture for resting - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To sway a mobile body so that the upper face of the mobile body gently depicts a convex curve by inclining the upper end of a connecting member swayably supporting the mobile body to a substrate outwardly more than the lower end. CONSTITUTION:A substrate 1 is constituted of a rectangular frame 2 and vertical stretchers 3 and side stretchers 4, a mobile body 7 is arranged on the substrate 1. The upper end 6 of a connecting member 14 made of a wire is connected to the substrate 1, the lower end 13 is connected to the mobile body 7, the mobile body 7 is swayably supported to the substrate 1. The upper end 6 of the connecting member 14 connected to the substrate 1 is inclined by an angle outwardly more than the lower end 13 connected to the mobile body 7. As a result, the mobile body 7 can be swayed so that its upper face depicts a gentle convex curve.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the invention] (Industrial field of application) The present invention relates to resting furniture such as beds, sofas or sofa-beds.

(Prior Art) In general, resting furniture such as the bed, sofa, or sofa-bed is comprised of a base and a portion provided on the base for a user to sit or lie down.

Conventionally, a portion for a user to sit or lie down has been fixedly provided to the base body. As a result, the comfort during use is lower than when that part swings like in a rocking chair, for example.

Therefore, as shown in Utility Model Application No. 61-62726 and Japanese Patent Application No. 61-81735, the applicant proposed a rest area in which the part on which the user sits or lies is swingable relative to the base. I suggested furniture. These prior art techniques have a base body and a movable body, and the movable body is supported by a connecting member such as a wire with respect to the base body. Therefore, the movable body can swing without bending the connecting member.

By the way, in the above-mentioned prior art, the connecting member whose upper end was connected to the base body and whose lower end was connected to the movable body was provided almost vertically. Therefore, the trajectory of the upper surface of the movable body that swings while curving the connecting member, for example in the front-back direction, is such that when swinging forward, the front end rises greatly and the rear end descends; when swinging backward, the locus of swing is This is a movement in which the rear end rises significantly and the front end descends, in other words, a reverse letter-shaped movement.

As a result, the upper surface of the movable body tilts greatly in the vertical direction and does not move smoothly in the front and rear directions. Therefore, if the user is sitting or lying on the movable body, the stability of the movable body may become unstable. was sometimes damaged.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) As described above, in conventional rest furniture, the movable body of the furniture has a large displacement in the vertical direction≠4 movements, so the stability width for the user sitting or lying on the movable body is This may lead to a loss of comfort, thereby reducing comfort.

This invention was made based on the above circumstances, and its purpose is to provide a piece of furniture for rest that allows the movable body to swing in a smooth trajectory without significantly displacing it in the vertical direction. Our goal is to provide the following.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means and Effects for Solving the Problems) In order to solve the above problems, the present invention has a base body and a movable body, the upper end of which is connected to the movable body, and the lower end connected to the movable body. In the resting furniture that is swingably provided by a connecting member connected to a base body, the upper end of the connecting member connected to the base body is inclined more outward than the lower end connected to the movable body. This allows the movable body to swing while tracing a smooth convex curved trajectory without causing its upper surface to be significantly displaced in the vertical direction.

(Example) An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

Figures 1 and 2 show a sofa as a piece of furniture for rest;
This sofa is equipped with a base body 1. This base body 1 includes a rectangular frame 2, a pair of vertical bars 3 erected on both sides of the crushed body 2 in the width direction, and a horizontal bar 4 installed horizontally on the upper end of the vertical bars 3. It consists of Both ends of the horizontal beam 4 are bent portions 5 bent downward at a predetermined angle α.
One end of a cylindrical upper regulating member 6 is fixed to each bent portion 5 by, for example, welding, with its axis perpendicular to the bent portion 5 . Therefore, the axis of the upper regulating member 6 is inclined inwardly in the longitudinal direction of the frame body 2 at a predetermined angle α with respect to the vertical line.

A movable body 7 is arranged above the base 1 . This movable body 7 has a box-like body 8 with an open bottom surface. Partition plates 9 are provided along the front-rear direction at both widthwise ends of the box-shaped body 8, and storage portions 11 are defined on both sides of the box-shaped body 8 by these partitions [9].

Additionally, mounting members 12 are installed at the lower ends of both ends of the pair of partition plates 9 in the front and back directions.

For each attachment, a cylindrical lower regulating member 13 is attached to both ends of the member 12 protruding into the accommodation portion 11, and the axis thereof is directed outward in the front-rear direction of the frame 1 with respect to the vertical line, similar to the upper regulating member 6. The upper regulating member 6 is tilted at an angle α, and one end is fixed by welding so that the axis coincides with the upper regulating member 6.

Both ends of a wire 14 serving as a connecting member are inserted through each pair of corresponding upper regulating member 6 and lower regulating member 13 coaxially with each regulating member 6.13. The upper end of the wire 14 is fixed to the bent portion 5 of the horizontal beam 4, and the lower end is fixed to the mounting member 12. That is, a total of four wires 14 provided at both widthwise ends of the base body 1 in the front-rear direction have their upper ends inclined outward in the front-rear direction than their lower ends at an angle α, and these four wires 14 A movable body 7 is swingably supported on the base 1.

A seat cushion body 15 is provided on the upper surface of the box-like body 8 constituting the movable body 7, and a backrest 16 is provided on the rear end side of the upper surface.
is erected, and this backrest 16 has a back cushion body 17.
covered by.

According to the sofa configured in this way, if a user (not shown) sits on the seat cushion body 15 and leans against the back cushion body 17 and applies a force in the front and back direction to the movable body 7, the movable body 7 will swing back and forth while bending the wire 14.

A wire 14 that swingably supports the movable body 7 on the base 1
In the front-rear direction of the base body 1, the upper end is inclined outwardly at an angle α than the lower end. Therefore, when the movable body 7 swings forward, the lower end of the wire 14 at the front end swings in the upward direction as shown by arrow a in FIG. Similarly, it swings in the upward direction.

Here, since the lower end of the wire 14 on the rear end side whose lower end is inclined toward the front of the base body 1 has a larger displacement in the upward direction than the lower end of the wire 14 on the front end side, the upper surface of the movable body 7 is The wires 14 swing in a convexly curved arc with a trajectory opposite to that of the lower ends of the pair of wires 14, that is, slightly lower than the front end or the rear end.

Further, when the movable body 7 swings backward, it swings in a convex curved trajectory in which the rear end side slightly descends and the front end side rises, contrary to when it swings forward.

Therefore, the upper surface of the movable body 7 swings back and forth while drawing a convex curved trajectory, that is, it swings in substantially the same state as a rocking chair.

In other words, the upper surface of the movable body 7 does not displace significantly in the vertical direction and swings back and forth in a smooth convex curved trajectory, so the user seated on the movable body 7 can rest comfortably. be able to.

In addition, since the movable body 7 is not in contact with the floor like a rocking chair, the frictional resistance during rocking is small, which makes it difficult to generate noise or vibration.

Therefore, the movable body 7 swings quietly and smoothly. Furthermore, since there is less frictional resistance during swinging, the movable body 7 swings with less damping. In other words, once an external force is applied to the movable body 7, it will swing for a long time.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, and for example, the wire, which is a connecting member that swingably supports the movable body, has an upper end that is located further outward than a lower end not only in the front-rear direction of the base body but also in the width direction. If the movable body is tilted so as to be positioned, when the movable body is swung not only in the front-rear direction but also in the width direction, it can be swung so as to draw the same trajectory as in the front-rear direction.

Further, by increasing or decreasing the inclination angle of the wire, the curvature of the convex surface drawn by the upper surface of the movable body can be changed.

Further, the furniture for resting is not limited to a sofa, and may of course be a bed, a sofa-bed, or the like.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, the present invention provides a connection member in which a movable body is swingably connected to a base body, such that the upper end connected to the base body is located outwardly from the lower end connected to the movable body. The user can enjoy a comfortable swing because the front end and rear end do not move significantly in the vertical direction.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a partially sectional side view of a sofa, and FIG. 2 is a front view of the same. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Base body, 7... Movable body, 14... Wire (connection member).

Claims (1)

[Claims] A resting furniture that has a base body and a movable body, and the movable body is swingably provided by a connecting member whose upper end is connected to the movable body and whose lower end is connected to the base body, wherein the connecting member is
A piece of furniture for resting, characterized in that an upper end connected to the base body is inclined more outward than a lower end connected to the movable body.