JP2008126725A - Bed height adjustment device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bed height adjustment device capable of easily ascending and descending a bed in a vehicle cabin. <P>SOLUTION: In the height adjustment device provided with an engagement part 33 engageable with a bed mounting strut 2 at a desired position, a slidable height adjustment slider 3 is provided on a bed body 11. The adjustment device is constituted of an operation part 51 capable of releasing the engagement of the engagement part 33 and the bed mounting strut 2; an operation handle 52 installed at a lower part at a front side in the vehicle cabin of the bed body 11; an operation means 53 capable of operating the operation part 51 by connecting the operation part 51 and the operation handle 52 and operating the operation handle 52. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a height adjustment lock releasing mechanism that allows a height adjustment by releasing a lock of an elevating device that raises and lowers a bed in a bed space installed in a camper or the like.

A camper or the like, which is a car that has a bed space and can sleep, is provided with a bed. And in cars such as campers, the space in the car is limited, and the driver's seat is indispensable, and the space next to the driver's seat must be open for side and rear confirmations. Is often provided behind the driver's seat and at the end of the interior space.
In such a bed space, a plurality of beds are densely provided in order to maximize the number of people who can sleep in a space-saving manner.

  In addition, in order to make it possible to use an automobile for purposes other than camping, or to remove or fold a bed in the bed space so that the bed space can be used for other purposes, the bed itself can be removed or moved up and down. There is something.

For example, as shown in FIG. 11, when beds 101 and 102 installed in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle 100 are arranged side by side in the vehicle width direction at the rearmost part of the vehicle interior, most of the interior space of the vehicle is bed when the bed is fixedly installed. It will be occupied by space.
Therefore, the bed mounting column 104 is provided perpendicular to the side of the bed space in the vehicle width direction, and the beds 101 and 102 are pivotally mounted to the bed mounting column 104 and the beds 101 and 102 are attached to the bed mounting column 104. The bed space can be used effectively by installing it so that it can be raised and lowered.

  For raising and lowering the beds 101 and 102, locking means 106 that can lock the bed main body 105 to the column 104 is provided on the beds 101 and 102, and the beds 101 and 102 are fixed to the bed mounting column 104. When the beds 101 and 102 are moved, the locking means 106 is unlocked, and after the beds 101 and 102 are moved, the beds 101 and 102 are pivotally supported by the locking means 106 on the bed mounting column 104. To do.

  As described above, the beds 101 and 102 can be moved up and down, and the beds 101 and 102 are raised and fixed to the ceiling of the vehicle body, so that the bed space at the rear of the vehicle can be effectively used. In addition, the space under the beds 101 and 102 when the beds 101 and 102 are installed can be made various spaces by raising and lowering the beds 101 and 102. The height can be adjusted to secure a space suitable for the load.

  However, the operation of the locking means 106 that locks the bed mounting column 104 and the beds 101 and 102 must be performed in the vicinity of the column, but the beds 101 and 102 are installed in a small interior space. For this reason, in order to reach and operate near the bed mounting column 104, the user has to bend and extend his / her hand, resulting in poor operability.

  Therefore, in view of the above problems, the present invention provides a bed height adjusting device that can easily lift and lower a vehicle bed that can be lifted and lowered.

  In order to make it easier to operate the lever for unlocking the locking means that locks the in-car bed and the bed mounting column,

A height adjustment slider that is slidable in a vertical direction on a bed mounting column fixedly installed in the vehicle interior in the vertical direction and has a locking portion that can be locked at the desired position with the column is fixed to the slider. A height adjusting device used for a vehicle bed installed on a bed main body that forms a sleeping surface by locking the slider and a bed mounting support, and is installed so that the height can be adjusted.
An operation unit provided on the height adjustment slider and capable of releasing the engagement between the locking part of the slider and the bed mounting column, an operation handle installed at the lower front side of the vehicle interior of the bed body, the operation part and the operation A bed height adjusting device comprising: operating means capable of operating the operation portion by connecting the handle and operating the operation handle;

I will provide a. Therefore, in the present invention, when the operation handle of the bed height adjusting device is operated in order to position the sleeping surface of the vehicle bed at the desired height of the bed mounting column, the operation connects the operation handle and the operation unit. This is transmitted to the operation unit by the actuating means, and the operation unit releases the engagement between the height adjusting slider and the bed mounting column.
Therefore, the height of the vehicle bed is adjusted by sliding the height adjustment slider, the operation handle is released at the desired height position, and the locking part provided on the height adjustment slider is attached to the bed again. The height of the sleeping surface of the vehicle bed is changed by locking with the support post.

  Therefore, according to the present invention, the operation handle of the bed height adjusting device is installed on the lower surface on the front side of the vehicle cabin of the vehicle bed body, and when adjusting the height of the vehicle bed, other vehicles The operation handle can be easily operated even if the peripheral side of the bed and the inner wall of the vehicle are adjacent to each other.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a plan view sectional view showing the embodiment of the present invention by cutting out the upper part of the vehicle, FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a set of beds, and FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional explanatory view showing a height adjusting slider, FIG. 4 is a side explanatory view of FIG. 2, FIG. 5 is a front explanatory view of FIG. 2, and FIG. 6 is a side explanatory view showing a height adjusting slider. 7 is a front explanatory view of FIG. 6, FIG. 8 is a perspective explanatory view from below of the bed body, FIG. 9 is an explanatory view of the operation handle, and FIG. 10 is an explanatory view of the operation portion. .

Reference numeral 1 denotes a vehicle bed. The vehicle bed 1 is provided adjacent to a rear hatch of a so-called one-box car room. The vehicle bed 1 includes two bed bodies 11 that are long in the vehicle front-rear direction and are opposed to the vehicle left-right direction.
The bed main body 11 is attached to a bed mounting support 2 that is erected and fixed inside the left and right side walls A of the vehicle via a height adjusting slider 3.
As shown in FIG. 3, the bed mounting support 2 includes an angle main body 21 formed of a rod-shaped body having a U-shaped cross section, a reinforcing angle 22 formed of a rectangular shape in cross section that is firmly fixed in the angle main body 21, and a reinforcement It comprises an angle and a guide rail 23 having a U-shaped cross-sectional view that is firmly fixed.
The angle body 21 is sized to include the reinforcement angle 22 and the guide rail 23, and the reinforcement angle 22 is fixed to the side surface facing the U-shaped opening surface, and the reinforcement angle 22 is reinforced from the reinforcement angle 22 to the U-shaped opening side. The guide rail 23 is fixed so as to be fixed to the angle 22. A locking hole 24 is formed in the side surface where the reinforcing angle 22 and the guide rail 23 are fixed. A plurality of the locking holes 24 are formed in the longitudinal direction of the bed mounting support 2 and can be locked with a locking portion provided in the height adjusting slider 3. Further, a molding 25 made of a soft rubber material or the like is attached to the U-shaped opening surface of the angle main body 21 from both sides so as to close the opening surface, and the opening surface is gently closed.

As shown in FIG. 3, the guide rail 23 forms a rail portion 26 that can guide the roller, inside the pair of opposing side surfaces. The rail portion 26 guides the height adjusting slider 3.
The bed mounting support 2 configured as described above supports the bed body 11 in a set of two as shown in FIG. 2, FIG. 4, FIG.

As shown in FIG. 3 or FIG. 6, the height adjusting slider 3 includes a slider main body 31 in which two elongated plate-like bodies are opposed to each other with a gap, and several sides of the slider main body 31 at both sides of the slider main body 31. A plurality of sets of rollers 32 are provided so as to protrude in the direction. As shown in FIG. 3, the roller 32 is guided by the rail portion 26 in the rail portion 26 of the bed mounting column 2 and can slide the height adjusting slider 3.
Further, a locking portion 33 is provided in the center of the slider main body 31 of the height adjusting slider 3. The locking portion 33 includes a locking portion main body 34 that is slidably installed in the short direction of the slider main body 31, and a substantially central portion that is pivotally supported by the slider main body 31 so that the locking portion 34 can slide. And an operating arm portion 35.

The locking portion main body 34 has three hook-shaped locking projections 36 at the end on the bed mounting column 2 side, and the projections correspond to the interval between the locking holes 24 drilled in the bed mounting column 2. It is equivalent. Accordingly, the locking protrusion 36 of the locking portion main body 34 enters and locks the locking hole 24 when the locking portion main body 34 slides toward the bed mounting column 2 side. Further, a groove 37 is formed in a substantially central lateral portion of the locking portion main body 34, and the operating end 38 of the operating arm portion 35 is inserted into the groove 37.
The other end of the operating arm 35 is positioned on the opposite side of the slider main body 31 from the bed mounting column 2 and forms an operating pressing surface 39 at the tip. And the latching | locking part main body 34 is slid to the opposite direction to the support | pillar 2 for bed attachment by pressing the action | operation press surface 39. FIG.
The locking portion main body 34 of the locking portion 33 configured as described above is urged so as to be always in a position where it enters the locking hole 24, and the urging is performed by the locking portion main body 34 or the operating arm portion. 35 or both of them are always energized by a coil spring or the like.
Then, on the side of the height adjusting slider 3 opposite to the bed mounting support 2, as shown in FIG. 3 or FIG. 6, a mounting plate 3 a is formed so as to form a T shape together with the slider body 31.

The bed main body 11 is fixed to the height adjusting slider 3 and is composed of a frame body having a sleeping surface in the horizontal direction when the height adjusting slider 3 is attached to the bed attaching column 2. A light mat or the like is laid on the bed surface of the bed body 11 to make it possible to sleep.
The bed main body 11 is supported by a pair of bed mounting posts 2, and the pair of bed mounting posts 2 is provided on each of the left and right sides along the vehicle side surface, and is attached to each pair of bed mounting posts 2. The bed body 11 is provided so as to be adjacent in the vehicle left-right direction. And it becomes possible to have a wide sleeping surface in a vehicle by installing between each bed main body 11 so that it may have only a slight clearance.

Further, in order to prevent the bed main body 11 from being bent at the side of the bed main body 11 on the bed mounting column 2 side and to prevent an accident such as a sleeping person having an arm or the like caught in a gap with the vehicle side surface A. The frame body 12 is erected.
As shown in FIG. 8, the bed main body 11 and the height adjusting slider 3 are reinforced on the lower surface side of the bed main body 11 by a triangular reinforcing frame plate 4, and support the load by the sleeping person to attach the bed. The load is released to the support column 2.
Further, the reinforcing frame plate 4 is rotatable in the left-right direction around the height adjusting slider 3 so that when the bed main body 11 is stored, it is positioned below the frame body 12 of the bed main body 11. , The side of the bed main body 11 opposite to the bed mounting support 2 is rotated downward so that the bed main body 11 can be folded and stored vertically to the bed mounting support 2 side. However, in this embodiment, as for the folding mechanism of the bed main body 11, it is sufficient that the bed main body 11 is rotatably attached, and the reinforcing frame plate 4 is also pivotable with the height adjusting slider 3. It is only necessary to be supported, and it is only necessary to be able to be locked with the bed main body 11 by a hook or the like when it is positioned at the lower part of the bed main body 11, and thus will not be described in detail.

An operating means 5 is provided as means for easily sliding the vehicle bed configured as described above in the vertical direction by the height adjusting slider 3.
The operating means 5 operates the operating arm 35 so as to slide the locking portion main body 34 of the locking portion 33 provided on the height adjustment slider 3 to release the locking with the bed mounting column 2. An operation unit 51 that presses the surface 39, an operation handle 52 that is installed at the lower front side of the vehicle interior of the bed body 11, and a wire that connects the operation unit 51 and the operation handle 52 to transmit the operation of the operation handle 52 to the operation unit 51. And operating means 53 consisting of

As shown in FIG. 1, the operation handle 52 is provided on the lower surface of the bed main body 11 on the side opposite to the bed mounting column 2 and on the vehicle front side. This position is not easily touched during bed making or the like, and when the bed main body 11 is slid up and down, there is a relatively wide space on the side of the bed main body 11 and the operation handle. This is a position where the hand can easily reach 52. The peripheral portion of the bed main body 11 other than the front side of the vehicle is a position where the hatch on the rear side of the vehicle or the adjacent bed main body 11 is located and the operation handle 52 cannot be easily operated. It becomes effective to install.
As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the operation handle 52 includes a base 52 a that is fixed to the bed body 11 and a handle 52 b that is pivotably locked to the base 52 a, and one end of the operating means 53 formed of a wire is a handle. It is fixed to 52b. When the handle 52b is rotated, the operating means 53 is pulled toward the handle 52b.

The other end of the operating means 53 made of a wire is fixed to the operation unit 51. The operation portion 51 is installed and fixed so as to be positioned on the operating arm portion 35 of the locking portion 33 provided on the height adjusting slider 3. A rod-shaped operation lever 51a is provided so as to be able to press the operation pressing surface 39 of the operation arm 35, and the lever is fixed to the operation unit base 51b. The operation portion base 51 b is provided with a rotation center 51 c at substantially the center, and the rotation center 51 c is pivotally supported by the reinforcing frame plate 4. The above-mentioned operation lever 51a is provided at the tip of the operation portion base 51b that is pivotally supported by the reinforcing frame plate 4, and the operation portion base 51b has a triangular apex with the operation lever 51a and the rotation center 51c interposed therebetween. The other end of the operating means 53 made of a wire and the spring body 54 are attached to each position. The operation portion base 51b is in the reference position when the operation handle 52 is not pulled, and the spring body 54 made of a spring coil is operated between the operation portion base 51b and the reinforcing frame plate 4 so as to maintain this reference position. The base 51b is urged, and the operating lever 51a provided on the operating base 51b has its tip positioned on the operating pressure surface 39 of the operating arm 35.
Further, in this embodiment, the operation unit 51 is provided on each of the pair of bed mounting columns 2 that fix the bed body 11 so as to be operated simultaneously by one operation handle 52.

Then, by pulling the handle 52b of the operation handle 52, the wire as the operating means 53 is pulled, and the operation portion 51 is rotated against the urging force of the spring body 54.
At this time, the operation pressing surface 39 where the tip of the operation lever 51a of the operation unit 51 is located is pressed along with the rotation.
Then, the operating arm portion 35 pressed by the operating pressing surface 39 swings and moves the operating end 38, so that the locking portion main body 34 in which the operating end 38 is inserted moves along with the swinging of the operating arm portion 35. It will slide to the side which cancels | releases latching with the latching hole 24 of the support | pillar 2 for bed attachment. When the locking between the locking hole 24 and the locking portion 33 is released, the height adjusting slider 3 is slidable in the vertical direction along the bed mounting column 2, so that the handle 52b remains pulled. The bed main body 11 is moved and adjusted so as to have a desired height, and the handle 52b is released at a desired position. Then, the handle 52b returns to the initial position due to the biasing force of the spring body 54 of the operation portion 51, and the locking portion 33 and the locking hole 24 are locked again, and the height adjusting slider 3 and the bed mounting column are locked. 2 is fixed in a locked state.

  The present invention can be used in a one-box car, a camper, or the like having a bed installed in a vehicle.

Plan view sectional explanatory drawing which expressed the Example of this invention and notched the vehicle upper part Plane explanatory drawing showing one set of beds Cross-sectional explanatory view showing bed mounting column and height adjustment slider Side view of FIG. Front explanatory view of FIG. Side view showing the slider for height adjustment Front explanatory view of FIG. Perspective view from below of the bed body Illustration of the operation handle Illustration of the operation unit Explanatory drawing showing a conventional example

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Vehicle bed 11 Bed main body 2 Bed mounting column 21 Angle main body 22 Reinforcement angle 23 Guide rail 24 Locking hole 25 Mall 26 Rail part 3 Height adjustment slider 3a Mounting plate 31 Slider main body 32 Roller 33 Locking part 34 Locking Part main body 35 actuating arm part 36 locking projection 37 groove 38 actuating end 39 actuating pressing surface 4 reinforcing frame plate 5 operating means 51 operating part 51a operating lever 51b operating part base 52 operating handle 52a base 52b handle 53 operating means 54 spring body

Claims (1)

A height adjustment slider that is slidable in a vertical direction on a bed mounting column fixedly installed in the vehicle interior in the vertical direction and has a locking portion that can be locked at the desired position with the column is fixed to the slider. A height adjusting device used for a vehicle bed installed on a bed main body that forms a sleeping surface by locking the slider and a bed mounting support, and is installed so that the height can be adjusted.
An operation unit provided on the height adjustment slider and capable of releasing the engagement between the locking part of the slider and the bed mounting column, an operation handle installed at the lower front side of the vehicle interior of the bed body, the operation part and the operation A bed height adjusting device comprising: an operating means that is operable to connect the handle and operate the operation handle by operating the operation handle.

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