JP2003072288A - Board and its usage - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a desired board capable of dealing with various work styles, in a board like a whiteboard conventionally used at an office or the like. SOLUTION: This board is freely portable and equipped with a face plate-like writable writing face part 1 and a shape retaining part 3 arranged in the face direction of the writing face part 1. In addition, the shape retaining part 3 comprises a front face and a back face 4 and 5 arranged opposite to each other by making their face directions almost coincide with each other and a plurality of wall parts 6 arranged apart from each other in the thickness direction between the front face and back face 4 and 5.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a board suitable for use in offices and the like and a method of using the board.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a writable board used at a meeting or the like in an office, there is a board called a white board. This type of white board uses a writable enameled board body that supports the left and right sides with a pair of legs, or an enameled board body that is installed upright on the wall of the panel. Etc. are common.

When a meeting or the like is performed using the whiteboard, there are usually people who write on the board body and give explanations, and people other than this explanation are around the desk. The user will be seated on the board and listen to the comment while watching the writing on the board body.

[0004]

As described above, in the conventional whiteboard, for example, the role of a person who writes a comment on the board main body during a meeting and a person who listens to the commentary while watching the writing on the board main body is clear. All the participants in the conference can write while using the whiteboard while sitting and exchange opinions, or place the whiteboard in various positions according to the usage pattern and use it. It was difficult to do.

By the way, recently, in offices, the number of atypical tasks performed by individuals and groups is increasing, and furniture capable of coping with various work styles is desired. Therefore, it is the actual situation that even the whiteboard is desired to be able to cope well with various usage patterns.

In view of the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a board which can cope well with various modes of use and at the same time maintain shape retention and predetermined strength to improve usability. To aim.

[0007]

That is, a board of the present invention comprises a writable face plate-shaped writing surface portion and a shape retaining portion arranged along the surface direction of the writing surface portion, and is freely portable. It is a possible board, the shape-retaining portion, a plurality of surface portions that are arranged to face each other substantially in line with each other,
It is characterized by comprising a plurality of wall portions arranged between these surface portions along the thickness direction or spaced apart from each other so as to form a predetermined angle with respect to the surface portions.

With such a structure, the board can be freely carried, so that according to various work styles, for example, everyone who is attending the conference with the board on the desk can write. It is possible to take various modes of use such as carrying out or using the board holder while standing up on a desk at a predetermined angle. In particular, when it is used by placing it on a horizontal surface, the directionality of the board can be freely changed according to the positions of the person who writes on the board and the person who sees the board, which improves the usability. Moreover,
Since it has a shape-retaining portion having a plurality of wall portions that form a predetermined angle along the thickness direction or with respect to the surface portion as described above, it is possible to reduce the thickness and weight so that it can be freely carried. While maintaining the shape retention and predetermined strength while using,
It is possible to provide a board that is difficult to deform even when an external force acts in the thickness direction.

In order to have uniform strength over substantially the entire surface of the writing surface, it is desirable that the wall portions are arranged at substantially equal intervals over the entire surface of the writing surface portion.

A preferred method of using the board according to claim 1 is to use the board on a horizontal surface of furniture such as a desk or table, or to use it on a horizontal surface of furniture such as a desk or table. Examples thereof include a method of using the board by holding it on a board holder that can be placed on the board and can hold the board at a predetermined angle, and a method of attaching the board to an upright surface such as a panel.

[0011]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

This board B is used in offices,
It is generally called a whiteboard or the like that allows writing with a writing instrument such as a water-based pen.

The specific structure of the board B will be described in detail below.

The board B comprises a writable face plate-shaped writing surface portion 1 and a shape-retaining portion 3 arranged along the surface direction of the writing surface portion 1, and is freely portable.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the writing surface portion 1 is formed of a thin aluminum plate. It should be noted that the writing surface portion 1 has a protective sheet 2 at a position covering substantially the entire surface on the surface 1a side for preventing scratches or the like on the surface 1a when writing with a writing instrument. . The protective sheet 2 is made of a highly permeable material such as a transparent sheet, and has a fluorine treatment.

The shape-retaining portion 3 includes front and back surface portions 4 and 5 which are surface portions arranged to face each other with their surface directions substantially aligned with each other, and these front and back surface portions 4,
5 and a plurality of wall portions 6 arranged in a spaced-apart state substantially along the thickness direction.

The front and back surfaces 4 and 5 are thin plates made of a synthetic resin material such as polypropylene.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the wall portion 6 is formed by a peripheral wall 81 of a convex portion 8 projecting from a thin plate-shaped intermediate surface portion 7 interposed between the front and back surface portions 4 and 5. Convex part 8
Are made of synthetic resin such as polypropylene integrally formed with the intermediate surface portion 7, and are provided at equal pitches in the depth direction and the width direction. The convex portion 8 has a truncated cone shape with a hollow inside, and is composed of a top wall 82 and a peripheral wall 81. With the top wall 82 in close contact with the surface portion 4, an appropriate means is provided. In addition, the intermediate surface portion 7 is attached to the back surface portion 5 by appropriate means. Further, the convex portions 8 are arranged at substantially equal intervals from the intermediate surface portion 7 along the depth direction and the width direction so that the wall portions 6 are arranged at substantially equal intervals over substantially the entire surface of the writing surface portion 1. There is.

The writing surface portion 1, the surface portion 4 and the intermediate surface portion 7 are plate members having substantially the same width and depth dimensions. On the other hand, the back surface part 5 has these surface parts 1, 4, 7
The width dimension and the depth dimension are set to be slightly larger than those, and the edge portions are bent and formed so as to cover substantially the entire peripheral edge portions of the surface portions 1, 4, and 7.

With such a structure, the board B
However, since it can be freely carried, it is possible to take a usage mode according to various work styles. As a method of using this board B, for example, as shown in FIG. 4, a plurality of people can use it by placing it on a tabletop surface t1 which is a horizontal plane of a desk T which is furniture, as shown in FIG. The method of using the board B by holding it on the board holder A can be used. The board holder A can be placed on the top surface t1 of the furniture T, which is a horizontal surface, and can hold the board B at a predetermined angle.
In particular, when using by placing it on the top surface t1 of the desk T,
Since the direction of the board B can be freely changed according to the positions of the person who writes on the board B and the viewer, the usability is improved. Furthermore, as another usage method, there is a usage method in which the board B is attached to a standing surface C such as a panel as shown in FIG. 6 and used.

Moreover, since the board B has the shape-retaining portion 3 having a three-dimensional hollow structure having the wall portion 6 as described above, it can be made thin and lightweight so that it can be freely carried. While maintaining the shape retention and predetermined strength while using,
It is difficult to be deformed even when external force acts in the thickness direction.

Since the wall portions 6 are arranged at substantially equal intervals over substantially the entire surface of the writing surface portion 1, it is possible to impart uniform strength over substantially the entire surface of the writing surface portion 1.

It goes without saying that the structure of the present invention is not limited to that described above. For example, the method of using the board is not limited to the above. Other configurations can be variously modified without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

[0024]

The present invention is carried out with the above-described structure and has the following effects.

That is, according to the present invention, since the writable writing surface portion and the shape retaining portion arranged along the surface direction of the writing surface portion are freely portable, various work styles can be obtained. According to the above, various usage modes can be adopted. Furthermore, since the shape-retaining portion includes surface portions that are arranged to face each other, and a plurality of wall portions that are arranged between the surface portions along the thickness direction or at a predetermined angle with respect to the surface portions so as to be separated from each other. In addition, it is possible to secure shape retention and a predetermined strength while achieving a thin shape and a light weight so that it can be freely carried.

If the walls are arranged at substantially equal intervals over substantially the entire surface of the writing surface, it is possible to provide uniform strength over the entire surface of the writing surface.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the same side.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view showing the main part.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing the same method of use.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing another usage method.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing another usage of the same.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Writing surface 3 ... Shape retention part 4 ... Surface part (surface part) 5 ... Face (back) 6 ... Wall B ... Board T ... desk t1 ... Top plate surface A ... Board holder C ... Standing surface

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A writable face plate-shaped writable surface portion,
A freely portable board comprising a shape-retaining portion arranged along the surface direction of the writing surface portion, wherein the shape-retaining portion is provided with a plurality of surface portions which are arranged to face each other in substantially the same direction. A board comprising: a plurality of wall portions arranged between these surface portions along the thickness direction or spaced apart from each other at a predetermined angle with respect to the surface portions. 2. The board according to claim 1, wherein the wall portions are arranged at substantially equal intervals over substantially the entire surface of the writing surface portion. 3. A method of using a board using the board according to claim 1, wherein the board is used by placing it on a horizontal surface of furniture such as a desk or a table. 4. A method of using a board using the board according to claim 1, wherein the board is a board holder that can be placed on a horizontal surface of furniture such as a desk or a table and that can hold the board at a predetermined angle. A method of using a board, which is characterized in that it is used while being held. 5. A method of using the board according to claim 1, wherein the board is attached to an upright surface such as a panel for use.