DE202011109564U1 - Swing seat with integrated damping element - Google Patents

Abstract

Swing seat with a seat part (1) and a plastic cushion (9), the plastic cushion (9) being made of a softer material than the seat part (1), and the seat part (1) forming a seat (2a) and side walls (3, 3h, 3s, 3v), characterized in that the plastic cushion (9) is injection molded at least onto the rear side wall (3h), the material of the plastic cushion (9) being positively connected to the seat part (1), and the seat part ( 1) with its surface (2a) forms the seat.

Description

The present invention relates to a swing seat with a padding.

Upholsterings for swing seats are also necessary due to legal requirements. They are used for the protection of persons, in particular to avoid injuries that may arise from the swinging swing. On the other hand, they serve as upholstery of the seat, so that a comfortable seating feeling arises. In the event that a person, especially a child, falls while swinging from the swing and is hit by the swinging back swing on the head, the cushion should dampen the impact and thus reduce the force acting on the head or another body part of the swing seat forces.

Out DE 20 2010 012 490 U1 For example, a retaining ring for a ring swing is known, which is surrounded by a rubber ring, which has a rubber lip, which is spaced by rubber supports from the ring. Upon impact, the rubber supports deform and absorb some of the kinetic energy, thereby mitigating the impact force.

The DE 9209718 discloses a swing seat with a seat core, which is designed as a molded part in the form of an elongated, flat, with opening facing downward shell made of lightweight, largely dimensionally stable material. The seat core has on its outer side walls mushroom-shaped stiff buttons which serve for releasably securing a seat covering which extends over the entire seat surface and the sides of the seat core and thus is able to dampen a lateral impact of the seat against the body of a person. The seat cover has numerous passage openings corresponding to the buttons.

Out EP 0680370 Also, a seat for a swing is previously known, which has a rigid plate member to carry the weight of a person sitting on the seat. The plate member is entirely comprised of a resilient polymeric material which forms the seating surface and the outer edges of the swing seat. The edges have numerous recesses so that the edges can deform more easily, so that more impact energy is converted into deformation energy.

The DE 7012421 discloses a swing seat having a board of wood, metal or plastic, which is provided on its seat and on its lateral edges uniformly with a sprayed or pressed on in their consistency elastic plastic padding in one piece and without seam, the padding on all four Edge of the board is applied in about the same strength.

Disadvantage of swing seats where the padding and the swing seat reinforcing reinforcing element are connected only by clipping the padding is that the parts of the swing seat are easy to separate from each other, so that the swing seat is not usable, especially in public playgrounds. Unfortunately, children or teenagers tend to take things apart and destroy them. With the padding removed, however, the remaining reinforcing element would pose a great risk of injury.

In the above-described swing seats, in which the padding is sprayed onto the reinforcing element, the padding forms not only the edge protector, but also the seat surface. However, the seat is subject to constant mechanical stress during rocking, especially when the person who is rocking is standing with his shoes on the swing seat and is rocking standing. Since the padding material is usually soft and not very resistant, it leads to a strong and rapid wear of the seat.

Object of the present invention is to provide a swing seat that is sufficiently stable and robust and has sufficient lateral padding to prevent injury.

This object is achieved by a swing seat with the features of claim 1. Advantageous developments of the swing seat according to claim 1 result from the features of the dependent claims.

The swing seat according to the invention is advantageously characterized in that the cushion part is firmly connected to the seat surface part and can not be separated from each other without damaging the swing seat. The seat part is advantageously made of a robust material, so that it easily withstands high loads. With a lightweight honeycomb construction, it can be made very stiff at a low weight. The plastic pad, however, is made of a softer material than the seat part, which makes it particularly good shocks and bounce impact. Advantageously, the plastic cushion extends only on the side of the seat part, so that it is not subjected to stress during rocking.

The seat part is advantageously an injection-molded part and has at least one rear side wall, which may be aligned more or less perpendicular to the Sitzflächenwandung. For example, By means of overmolding the plastic pad can be molded onto the side wall or the seat part. For this purpose, the side wall advantageously has through channels, through which the material of the plastic cushion in the overmolding process penetrates into inner chambers of the seat surface part. This results after curing or cooling of the plastic cushion forming mass a positive connection between the seat portion and the plastic cushion. The chambers can be made small in size. Their size and the cross-sectional area of the passageways must be such that there is a sufficiently stable connection between the seat part and the plastic cushion.

The plastic pad may have a greater thickness in the middle than at its outer ends. The height of the plastic pad may be such that it is smaller than the height of the side wall of the seat portion, on which the plastic pad is molded, so that it extends from the side wall only to the outside.

Of course, it is also possible that additional plastic pad are also formed on the front side wall or even additionally on the side walls of the seat part.

The seat can be shaped by the shape of the seat part so as to give a seat recess. However, it is also possible that the seat is formed by a flat surface.

Hereinafter, a possible embodiment of the swing seat according to the invention will be explained in more detail with reference to drawings.

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1 : Bottom view of the seat part of the swing seat according to the invention;

2 : Perspective view of the seat part according to 1 ;

3 : View of the seat part from behind;

4 : View from below of a swing seat according to the invention with molded plastic cushion;

5 - 5b : different views of the cut plastic cushion;

6 : Side view of the swing seat according to the invention with molded cushion.

The 1 shows the seat part 1 from underneath. The seat part 1 has an upper wall forming the seat 2a on, at the bottom 2u stiffening walls 5 . 6 are formed, which form a honeycomb structure and the stiffness of the seat part 1 contribute significantly. At its outer edge, the seat surface part 1 side walls 3 . 3h . 3s . 3v on. The rear side wall 3h forms together with stiffening walls 5 ' and 6 ' chambers 4 , which have passageways 8th with the outside of the seat part 1 are in communication. The passageways 8th serve that during the overmolding process, the liquid material of the later plastic pad 9 from the outside into the chambers 4 can get and this and the passageways 8th fills, This creates a solid positive connection between the seat part 1 and the plastic cushion 9 as it is in the 4 and 5 is shown. The chambers 4 are at the bottom 1u of the seat part 1 opened. This allows the seat part 1 advantageously produce by a two-part injection molding tool.

At the rear side wall 3h is a return area 3a formed, the lateral boundary walls 3b which consists of the material of the rear side wall 3h are formed. Through the boundary walls 3b is an additional dimensional stability and a tight fit between the seat part 1 and plastic padding 9 achieved.

As in 4 shown, the plastic cushion extends 9 only to the rear and is not up or down over the seat part 1 out.

Of course it is also possible that to the front side wall 3v and / or on the lateral side walls 3s additional plastic pads 9 be sprayed.

The plastic cushion 9 Can be colored according to the color of the seat part 1 be adjusted. However, it is also possible to produce a contrast in color through a different color.

The 5 to 5b show the excepted plastic pad 9 in different views. The plate-shaped area 9d fill the chambers 4 of the seat part 1 out. They are over the jetties 9c with the actual upholstery area 9b connected. Between the webs are the recesses 9e in which the back wall 3h rests. The bridges 9c in turn fill the passageways 8th of the seat part 1 out. The upholstery area 9b is slightly round in shape, so that it has a smaller thickness D at its outer end regions than in the middle M.

The 6 shows a side view of the swing seat according to the invention with molded cushion 9 ,

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Cited patent literature

• DE 202010012490 U1 [0003]
• DE 9209718 [0004]
• EP 0680370 [0005]
• DE 7012421 [0006]

Claims (12)

Swing seat with a seat part ( 1 ) and a plastic cushion ( 9 ), wherein the plastic cushion ( 9 ) is made of a softer material than the seat part ( 1 ), and the seat part ( 1 ) a seat ( 2a ) and lateral side walls ( 3 . 3h . 3s . 3v ), characterized in that the plastic cushion ( 9 ) at least to the rear side wall ( 3h ) is sprayed, wherein the material of the plastic cushion ( 9 ) in a form-fitting manner with the seat part ( 1 ), and the seat part ( 1 ) with its surface ( 2a ) forms the seat. Rocking seat according to claim 1, characterized in that the plastic cushion ( 9 ) from the side wall ( 3h . 3v ) extends outwardly only. Rocking seat according to one of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that the seat part ( 1 ) also on its front side wall ( 3v ) a molded cushion ( 9 ) having. Rocking seat according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the side wall ( 3h ) at least one through-channel ( 8th ) in at least one in the seat part ( 1 ) arranged chamber ( 4 ), and the material of the plastic cushion ( 9 ) the at least one through-channel ( 8th ) and the at least chamber ( 4 ) of the seat part ( 1 ) at least partially, in particular completely, fills. Rocking seat according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the seat part ( 1 ) is made of plastic and an upper Sitzflächenwandung ( 2a ), which by at the bottom ( 2u ) transversely arranged reinforcing walls ( 5 . 6 ) is reinforced, in particular perpendicular to the Sitzflächenwandung ( 2a ) are arranged, and that the outer reinforcing walls, the side walls ( 3 . 3h . 3s . 3v ) of the seat part ( 1 ) form. Rocking seat according to claim 5, characterized in that one or all chambers ( 4 ) through a side wall ( 3h ) and at least one inner reinforcing wall ( 5 . 6 ) is limited. Rocking seat according to one of claims 5 or 6, characterized in that at least one chamber ( 4 ) to the bottom ( 1u ) of the seat part ( 1 ) is open. Rocking seat according to one of claims 5 to 7, characterized in that the chamber ( 4 ) has a large inner surface at the same time small volume. Rocking seat according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a through-channel ( 8th ) or several through channels ( 8th ) each through a window-like opening in the outer side wall ( 3h ) of the seat part ( 1 ) is formed or are. Rocking seat according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the plastic cushion ( 9 ) in the center (M) of the swing seat has a greater thickness (D) than in its two edge regions ( 9a ). Swing seat according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the seat surface ( 2a ) of the seat part ( 1 ) a plurality of window-like openings ( 20 ), such that on the seat ( 2a ) located liquids through the openings ( 20 ) can flow downwards. Rocking seat according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the side wall ( 3h ) on its outer side ( 3c ) a return area ( 3a ), which by obliquely or vertically arranged boundary walls ( 3b ) is bounded laterally, even through the side wall ( 3h ) are formed, wherein the plastic cushion ( 9 ) only the return area ( 3a ) of the side wall ( 3h ) covered.

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