JP2003081273A - Storage basket - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide baskets which can be kept for storage in a condition where one basket is fitting inside of another when there is nothing to be stored therein, can be stacked in a stable condition even when there is an item stored therein, and which are provided with a handle for conveniently carrying the same. SOLUTION: On the main body 1 of a storage basket, a pair of handles 2, 2 are mounted rotatively. The position of the holding part 21 of the handles 2, 2 when they are knocked down outwardly can be moved to the inside or the outside of the opening of the basket for utilizing the handles as a supporting member in placing another storage basket shaped identically thereon.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a storage car having a peripheral side wall that widens toward an upper opening.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A storage car having a peripheral side wall that expands toward an upper opening is compact by stacking the car bodies in a nesting state in multiple stages when there are no articles to be stored. There is an advantage that it can be stored easily.

However, when articles are stacked in a state where they are stored, the stored articles push up the bottom wall of the storage basket placed on top of them, so that stability is lost and the articles themselves may be damaged.

In order to eliminate such inconvenience, as shown in FIG. 12, a pair of substantially U-shaped support members 9 and 9 are rotatably attached to both ends of the side walls 81 and 81 of the storage car body 8 facing each other. A storage basket is available on the market. This can be carried out in the conventional nesting manner by tilting both supporting members 9 and 9 outward so that the lateral rods 91 and 91 of the supporting members 9 are outside the peripheral edge of the opening of the storage car body 8. Moreover, if the supporting members 9, 9 are turned inward and the horizontal rod portions 91, 91 are bridged in parallel between the upper end edges of the front and rear side walls 81, 81, another same-shaped storage basket can be placed thereon. It can be placed. If there are stored items, the latter method can prevent push-up and can stack them stably.

[0005]

However, the storage basket to which the support member is attached has the following new drawbacks due to the introduction of the support member.

First, Since the arm portions 92, 92 of the support member are reversed and the lateral rod portion 91 is thereby moved in and out of the opening, the dimensions of the arm portions 92, 92 must be shortened. Therefore, it is very inconvenient to use the supporting member 9 as a handle when carrying it, and it is difficult to hold the supporting member 9 and it is not possible to collectively grasp both the lateral rod portions 91, 91 with one hand.

Secondly. However, if the handle is attached separately, the cost will increase.

The present invention has been made in view of the actual situation of such a conventional storage basket, and its purpose is to enable stacking storage in a nested state when there is no storage product, and to store the storage product. The purpose is to provide a storage basket that can be stably stacked in multiple layers without damaging it and that is easy to carry at a low cost.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention relates to a storage basket having a peripheral side wall that expands toward an upper opening, and a pair of substantially U-shaped handles are provided at both ends of the support shaft. And rotatably mounted via the corresponding mounting holes, and the mounting holes corresponding to the respective support shafts are composed of a communication groove hole and two fitting holes communicating with each other via the communication groove hole. If the handle is tilted outward when there is a support shaft in one of the fitting holes, the grip of the handle will be positioned on the outer periphery of the opening of the storage basket or outside it, and the support shaft will be placed in the other fitting hole. When the handle is moved to the outside and the handle is tilted outward, the grip of the handle is laid between the upper edges of the opposite side walls to serve as a support member for mounting another storage car. .

Another object of the present invention, which was devised to achieve the object, is to provide a storage basket having a peripheral side wall that expands toward an upper opening, and bend the handle at a substantially right angle from the grip. A pair of handles, each of which has two main arm portions and a sub-arm portion slidably attached to the tip of the main arm portion, is rotatably attached to the main body of the storage basket, When the arm is slid forward and the entire arm is extended and the handle is tilted outward, the grip of the handle is located on the outer edge or outside of the opening of the storage basket, and the sub-arm of the handle is moved backward. When the handle is slid outward and the handle is tilted outward with the entire arm contracted, the grip of the handle is hung between the upper edges of the opposite side walls to serve as a support member for carrying another storage car. It is characterized by

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of a storage car according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In the first embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, reference numeral 1 denotes a storage car main body, and reference numerals 2 and 2 denote a pair of handles rotatably attached to the storage car main body 1.

As shown in FIG. 1, the storage car body 1 is composed of a rectangular bottom wall 11, front and rear side walls 12 and 12 and left and right side walls 13 and 13 which stand upright from the periphery of the bottom wall 11. The whole is shaped like an inverted trapezoid that gradually expands upward.

Further, a pair of mounting holes 3, 3, ... Is formed in the front and rear on the upper left and right of each of the front and rear side walls 12, 12, and a semicircular notch for fitting the handle is formed on the left and right sides of the lower ends of the side walls. 4 and 4 are provided respectively. Further, from the outer upper portions of the left and right side walls 13 and 13, the grip portion 21 of the handle 2 is provided.
Shelf members 5 and 5 for mounting the carriage are horizontally projected.

The handle 2 is substantially U-shaped and is composed of a grip portion 21 and arm portions 22 and 22 extending from both ends of the grip portion 21 at substantially right angles, and the tips of the arm portions 22 and 22 are formed. Further, support shafts 6, 6 project inward from the inside of the part. The support shafts 6, 6 are formed by cutting out the side surfaces of a main short cylinder to form two smooth surfaces 61, 62 facing each other. The smooth surfaces 61 and 62 are provided with a predetermined angle with respect to the arm portion 22, and this angle is arbitrary, but when the position of the grip portion 21 is slightly above the upper edges of the side walls 12 and 13, the horizontal surface is horizontal. It is preferable if

The support shafts 6, 6 are rotatably fitted in mounting holes 3, 3 formed in the front and rear side walls 12, 12, respectively.

More specifically, the mounting hole 3 has two equal-diameter fitting holes 31 and 32 located inward and outward in the horizontal direction when viewed from the front, and a communicating groove hole 3 communicating the two equal-diameter fitting holes 31 and 32.
3, the diameters of the fitting holes 31 and 32 are substantially equal to the diameter of the short cylinder which is the main body of the support shaft 6, and the vertical width of the communication groove hole 33 is formed on the side surface of the support shaft 6. The thickness is substantially equal to the thickness between the two smooth surfaces 61 and 62. Therefore, the support shaft 6 can freely move back and forth in the communication slot 33 only when the two smooth surfaces 61 and 62 are in the horizontal state.
Normally, the support shaft 6 is located at either of the fitting holes 61 and 62.

The method of using the storage car and the movement of each part at that time will be described in detail below.

When there is no article to be stored and it is desired to store the car bodies together by stacking them. At this time,
First, the support shaft 6 is attached to the outer fitting hole 3 of the fitting holes 31 and 32.
Fit it on the side of 2, and then tilt the handle 2 toward the outside. Then, the grip 21 that has blocked the opening of the storage basket main body 1 rides on the shelf member 5 as shown in FIG. 2, and the conventional nesting type stacking can be performed.

Next, when there is an article to be stored in the storage car main body 1 and it is desired to stack another same-shaped storage car on top of it. At this time, if the position of the handle support shaft 6 is in the state described in the previous stage, first, the grip portion 21 of the handle 2 is
Grasp and lift a little and adjust so that the smooth surfaces 61 and 62 of the support shaft 6 become horizontal.

In the horizontal state, the support shaft 6 can freely come and go through the communication hole 31. Then, when the grip portion 21 is pushed inward, the support shaft 6 moves toward the fitting hole 31. Finally, when the hand holding the grip portion 21 is released, as shown by the solid line in FIG.
It can be used as a support member for placing another storage basket of the same shape on the upper edge of the same.

In this stacking, as shown in FIG. 4, the stability is further enhanced by fitting the handle grip portion 21 of the lower storage car into the notches 4 provided at the lower edges of the front and rear side walls of the upper storage car.

When the left and right handles 2 and 2 are raised inward when the support shaft 6 is in the fitting hole 31, the grip portions 21 and 21 become chevron-shaped in the center as shown by the phantom line in FIG. You will be able to butt together and grab them together with one hand. Therefore, it is easy to carry.

Although the grip portions 21 and 21 are abutted at the center and can be gripped by one hand only when the support shaft 6 is present in the inner fitting hole 32, it is of course limited to this. However, by changing the position of the mounting hole 3 or the length of the arm portion 22, the grip portions 21, 21 project in a chevron shape at the center when the support shaft 6 is fitted in the outer fitting hole 32. It can also be combined.

Further, here, when the support shaft 6 is fitted in the outer fitting hole 32 and the handle 2 is tilted outward, the grip portion 2
Although it is assumed that 1 goes out of the storage car main body 1 and rides on the shelf member 5, it does not matter if it rides on the upper edge of the left and right side walls 13, 13.

Next, a second embodiment shown in FIG. 5 will be described. In this case, the support shaft 260 has a large amount of elastic movement in the radial direction by making a cross-shaped cut 270 in the axial direction of the main short cylinder. The mounting holes 230 corresponding thereto are provided with two fitting holes 231, 232 which are distributed horizontally inward and outward, and the two fitting holes 23.
The first and second communication holes 233 communicate with each other. The vertical width of the communication groove hole 233 and the fitting holes 231 and 23.
2 is the same as both hole diameters, but instead of the communication groove hole 2
Stoppers 233a at the entrances of the fitting holes at the upper and lower edges of 33,
.. are provided so that the support shaft 260 does not easily move from the inside of the fitting holes 231, 232 to the communication groove hole 233.

That is, in this embodiment, it is not necessary to adjust the angle of the support shaft 260 for moving the handle 220,
If the handle 220 is pushed slightly inward or pulled outward, the support shaft 260 elastically deforms to pass over the stopper 233a and move between the fitting holes 231 and 232 through the communication groove 233. It is like this.

In the third embodiment shown in FIG. 6, a mounting hole 330 is provided.
The fitting holes 331 and 332 constituting the above are arranged vertically, and the communication groove hole 333 also extends in the vertical direction accordingly.

With this, when the support shaft 360 is located in the upper fitting hole 332, the grip portion 322 of the handle can be placed on the shelf member 5 to stack the other storage baskets of the same shape in a nesting manner. When the support shaft 360 is present in the fitting hole 331, the grip portion 321 of the handle is located on the front and rear side walls 12, 1.
It can be used as a support member for being placed on the upper edge of 2 and carrying another same-shaped storage car.

As described above, the positional relationship between the two fitting holes 331 and 332 is not limited to the horizontal direction inside and outside, but may be the vertical direction or the diagonal direction. In short, the support shaft 3
60 is movable between the two fitting holes 331 and 332, and when either one of the fitting holes has the support shaft 360, the grip portion is placed on the peripheral edge of the opening or outside thereof. When the support shaft 360 moves to the other fitting hole, the grip 321 may be bridged between the upper edges of the side walls so that another storage basket of the same shape can be placed.

In the fourth embodiment shown in FIG. 7, the support shaft 460 is used.
The mounting positions of the mounting holes 430 are opposite to those in the first embodiment. That is, the support shaft 460 is the storage basket body 1
Of the mounting hole 430 is provided on the outside of the side wall of the base plate, and the mounting hole 430 is formed on the side of the handle.

The support shaft 460 will be described in detail.
Is a two smooth surface 46 facing the side surface of the main short cylinder.
1 and 462 are formed, and the handle arm 4
It is rotatably fitted in a mounting hole 430 formed in the hole 22.

The mounting hole 430 has two equal-diameter fitting holes 43 located in parallel with each other along the lengthwise direction at the tip of the arm 422.
1, 432 and these two fitting holes 431, 432 having the same diameter
And a communication groove hole 433 that communicates with each other. The hole diameters of the fitting holes 431 and 432 are substantially equal to the diameter of the short cylinder serving as the main body of the support shaft 460, and the vertical width of the communication groove hole 433 is the same. The thickness is approximately equal to the thickness between the two smooth surfaces 461 and 462 formed on the side surface of the cylinder.

Therefore, in this fourth embodiment, the support shaft 4
When it is desired to move 60, the angle of the arm portion 422 is first matched with the angles of the two smooth surfaces 61 and 62, and then the handle 420 is moved.
Is performed by pulling or pushing along the length direction of the arm portion 422.

Further, in the fifth embodiment shown in FIG. 8, the disposition positions of the support shaft 560 and the mounting hole 530 are in the opposite relationship to the second embodiment. That is, the support shaft 560 is provided so as to project on the side of the storage car main body 1, and a cross-shaped cut 570 is inserted in the axial direction of the main short cylinder to increase the amount of elastic movement in the radial direction. A corresponding mounting hole 530 is formed on the side of the arm portion 522 of the handle, and two fitting holes 531 and 532 are distributed along the length direction of the arm portion 522. The communication groove hole 533, which communicates the two fitting holes 531 and 532, has a vertical width of the communication groove hole 533 and the fitting hole 531.
The diameters of both holes of 532 are the same, and instead, stoppers 533 are provided at the entrances of the fitting holes at both upper and lower edges of the communication groove hole 533.
a, 533a ... By providing a supporting shaft 560
Does not easily move from inside the fitting holes 531 and 532 to the communication groove hole 533.

In the fifth embodiment, like the second embodiment, it is not necessary to adjust the angle of the handle 520 for moving the support shaft 560, and the handle 520 is simply pushed strongly toward the tip side of the arm 522. Or just pull it in the opposite direction.

As described above, the positional relationship between the support shaft and the mounting hole may be set reversely, which is no problem.

Next, a sixth embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 is a cross-sectional view showing the entire storage basket, FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of the arm shown in FIG. 9, and FIG. It is a figure.

As shown in FIGS. 9 and 11, the handle 620 includes a grip portion 621 and main arm portions 622 and 622 which are bent and extend at substantially right angles from both ends of the grip portion 621.
It is configured with sub-arm portions 623 and 623 slidably attached to the main arm portions 622 and 622.

Further, as shown in FIG. 10, the main arm portion 622 is provided with a groove 622a extending in the lengthwise direction at the center of the inside thereof, and the concave groove 622a is formed on the outer side of the base end portion of the sub arm portion 623. The protrusion 623b is slidably fitted. Further, the support shafts 660,
660 are respectively projected, and front and rear side walls 1
, 12 are rotatably fitted in mounting holes 630, 630.

In the sixth embodiment, when the handle 620 is pushed inward, the sub arm 622 slides backward and the arm as a whole is compressed. When the handle 620 is tilted outward in this state, as shown in FIG. 11, the grip portion 621 is bridged over the upper edges of the front and rear side walls 12, 12, and is a support member for mounting another same-shaped storage basket. Can be used as When the arm portion 623 is pulled outward, the sub arm portion 623 slides forward, and the arm portion as a whole extends. In this state, if the handle 620 is tilted to the outside, it can be placed on the shelf member 5 and can be nested. Also, if both the sub-arms 623 and 623 of both handles are slid forward and the entire arms are extended and raised toward the inside, both grips 6
21 and 621 abut in a chevron shape at the center and can be easily carried by grasping with one hand.

[0042]

As described above, the present invention has the following effects.

When there are no articles to be stored, compact storage by nesting is possible, and when there are articles to be stored, the handle can be used as a support member and another same-shaped storage basket can be placed thereon. Therefore, stable stacking can be performed without damaging the stored items.

Further, when the handle is raised inward, the grips are attached to each other in a mountain shape at the center, so that both hands can be grasped together by one hand, and it is easy to carry.

Since the handle is used as a support member instead of providing a new member, it can be manufactured at low cost.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view showing a first embodiment of a storage car according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a state where the support shaft of the storage car of FIG. 1 is fitted in an outer fitting hole.

FIG. 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a state where the support shaft of the storage car of FIG. 1 is fitted into an inner fitting hole.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing a state where another same-shaped storage car is stacked on the storage car shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of the storage car according to the present invention with a main part cut away.

FIG. 6 is a vertical sectional view showing a third embodiment of the storage car according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a storage basket according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention with a main part cut away.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a fifth embodiment of a storage car according to the present invention, with a main part cut away.

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view showing a sixth embodiment of the storage car according to the present invention.

10 is a cross-sectional view of the arm portion of the storage car shown in FIG. 9 taken along the line AA.

11 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a state where the arm portion of the storage car shown in FIG. 9 is contracted and tilted outward.

FIG. 12 is an overall perspective view showing a storage car having a conventional support member.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Storage basket main body 2, 220, 320, 420, 520, 620 ... Handles 3, 230, 330, 430, 530, 630 ... Handle mounting hole 4 ... ..... notch 5 ... shelf member 6, 260, 360, 460, 560, 660 ... support shaft

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A storage car having a configuration in which a peripheral side wall expands toward an upper opening, and the storage car main body is provided with both ends of a pair of substantially U-shaped handles through a support shaft and corresponding mounting holes. Rotatably attached to each of the support shafts, and each mounting hole corresponding to each of the support shafts is composed of a communication groove hole and two fitting holes communicating with each other through the communication groove hole. When the handle is tilted outward, the grip of the handle is positioned on or around the peripheral edge of the storage basket opening, and when the support shaft is moved to the other fitting hole, the handle is tilted outward. And a handle portion of the handle is laid between the upper edges of the opposite side walls to serve as a support member for mounting another storage car. 2. A storage basket having a peripheral side wall that widens toward an upper opening, and a grip portion and two main arm portions that extend from both ends of the grip portion at substantially right angles and the main arm portions. A pair of handles composed of a sub-arm that is slidably attached to the tip of the part, and is rotatably attached to the storage car body,
When the auxiliary arm of the handle is slid forward and the entire arm is extended and the handle is tilted outward, the grip of the handle is positioned on the outer periphery or outside of the opening of the storage basket, and the auxiliary arm of the handle. When the handle is tilted outward with the entire arm part contracted by sliding the part rearward, the grip part of the handle is bridged between the upper edges of the opposite side walls to support another storage basket. A storage basket characterized by serving as a member.