JP2011041743A - Cap for furniture leg - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cap for a furniture leg which is improved so as to have excellent handleability, wherein an easily slidable state is retained when mainly moving the furniture and a nonskid state is retained when mainly not moving the furniture, for stably holding the position and attitude, while preventing occurrence of problems of the weight condition of light weight and durability. <P>SOLUTION: The cap for the furniture leg includes: a bottomed cylindrical cap base body 1 which can be fit onto the end of the leg of the furniture; and a ground contact body 2 which can be detachably fit onto the end side of the cap base body 1 via a hook-and-loop fastener 3. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a cap that is used by being fitted to a lower end portion of a leg of furniture such as a table or a chair, that is, a furniture leg cap.

  There are known caps that are used on the ends of furniture legs such as chair legs and table table legs. The cap is attached to the lower end of the leg so as not to damage the floor or the leg tip by dragging a chair or the like, or to prevent slipping so as not to move easily. As furniture with legs, various things such as a desk such as a study desk and a conference desk, a bed, and the like can be considered.

  As the former conventional example, a “furniture leg cover” disclosed in Patent Document 1 is known. This furniture leg cover is made of an ultra-soft resin such as silicon rubber, and an extrapolated portion (1) that fits on the tip of the leg, and a sliding made of a hard resin such as polyamide provided integrally on the bottom surface of the extrapolated portion. It consists of a bottom (2).

  As the latter conventional example, there is known “non-slip of furniture legs” disclosed in Patent Document 2. This is because the center part of the bottom wall of the bag body (A) made of rubber material protrudes downward and its bottom surface is made into a sliding surface made of a bottom μ material such as fluororesin, and the outer peripheral part of the bottom wall remains rubber material. It is configured as a non-slip surface. For example, in the case of a single chair, since it is light, the sliding surface (4) protruding downward of the bag (A) provided at the lower end of the leg is in contact with the floor, so that it can easily move such as changing the place. And when a human body or the like sits on a chair and becomes heavy, the sliding surface (4) is elastically deformed and the non-slip surface (5) comes into strong contact with the floor, and it cannot easily move and stabilize. It is described that it can perform various functions.

  In the former prior art, it is described that the bottom surface of the leg cover for furniture is made of a hard resin that slides smoothly, and the furniture such as a chair can be moved smoothly, but it does not want to be slid by firmly locking it. It is unsuitable for usage. Therefore, there is inconvenience that usage is limited. In the latter prior art, the bottom structure of the bag body covering the lower end of the leg makes it possible to automatically switch between two functions: a slippery state at light loads and a non-slip state at heavy loads. It has become.

  However, in the latter prior art, there is a problem in durability that the bottom wall is frequently elastically deformed and deformed as the load increases or decreases, and is easily broken early. In addition, it is not suitable when it is desired to prevent slipping with a light load, or when it is desired to move lightly even with a heavy load, and there is also an aspect that limits the use situation. As described above, any of the conventional leg caps for furniture cannot flexibly respond to various requests for making it slippery or difficult to slip depending on the use situation of the furniture and the intention of the user. There was room left.

JP 2007-268244 A JP 2000-079028 A

  The purpose of the present invention is to make it easy to slip in the case of using mainly moving furniture while keeping the weight and weight conditions and durability problems from occurring. In the case of non-moving usage, it is possible to provide a furniture leg cap that can be made non-slip and is improved for ease of use.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, in the furniture leg cap, a bottomed cylindrical cap base 1 that can be fitted to the leg end of furniture, and a support means 3 can be attached to and detached from the front end side of the cap base 1. And a grounding body 2 attached to the head.

  The invention according to claim 2 is the furniture leg cap according to claim 1, wherein the support means 3 straddles the cap base 1 and the grounding body 2 in a state along the bottom surface 4a of the cap base 1. It is a surface fastener to be deployed.

  The invention according to claim 3 is the furniture leg cap according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the cap base 1 and the grounding body 2 fit in a direction intersecting the bottom surface 4a of the cap base 1. It has a fitting part 9.

  The invention according to claim 4 is the furniture leg cap according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the cap base 1 is made of an elastic material, and the legs of furniture in the cap base 1 are inserted. This is characterized in that the opening portion 5B for the purpose is narrowed.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the grounding body is detachably mounted on the cap base, the grounding body will be described in detail in the section of the embodiment. If it is made of a high material, it can be used as a non-slip furniture leg cap, and if it is made of a material having a low friction coefficient such as a hard resin, it can be used as a sliding furniture leg cap. Since the cap base is common and only the grounding body needs to be replaced, the structure is simple, simple and convenient, and the sliding specification and the non-slip specification can be changed regardless of the weight of the furniture. As a result, while avoiding light weight conditions and durability problems, it is possible to make it slippery when it is used mainly to move furniture, and to keep the position and posture stable, so that it does not move mainly In this case, it is possible to provide an improved furniture leg cap which can be brought into a non-slip state and is excellent in usability.

  According to the invention of claim 2, since the supporting means is a hook-and-loop fastener in a state along the bottom surface of the cap base body, it can be constructed with a simple structure and at a low cost, and has a strong proof stress in the shearing direction. On the other hand, there is an advantage that it is hard to come off.

  According to the invention of claim 3, the concave-convex fitting portion has an auxiliary function of a support means for detachably connecting the cap base and the grounding body, and makes the grounding body difficult to come off from the cap base. The clean appearance also contributes to improving the appearance.

  According to invention of Claim 4, since the inner space part of the cap base | substrate has expanded, it can respond flexibly to the magnitude | size of the thickness of a leg, and the clamping force of the leg | foot of furniture in an opening part is possible. It has come to increase. Accordingly, an excellent furniture leg cap capable of exhibiting a strong holding force while adapting to a wide range of leg sizes has been realized.

Front view of furniture leg cap (Example 1) Plan view of FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. AA line sectional view of FIG. 2 showing the internal structure Top-down perspective view with the grounding body removed from the cap base Sectional view of the grounding body removed from the cap base Perspective view showing an example of using a leg cap for furniture Sectional drawing of the grounding body by Example 2

  Embodiments of a leg cap for furniture according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

[Example 1]
The furniture leg cap (hereinafter simply referred to as “leg cap”) C according to the first embodiment is a bottomed cylindrical shape that can be fitted to the leg ends of furniture as shown in FIGS. And a cap base body 1 made of rubber (an example of an elastic material), and a hard synthetic resin grounding body 2 detachably attached to the lower end side (front end side) of the cap base body 1 via the support means 3, It is comprised by the circular thing by planar view which has the axial center P. FIG.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 6, the cap base 1 includes a bottom wall 4 on which furniture bases can be placed, an upper cylindrical side peripheral wall 5 that rises upward following the outer periphery of the bottom wall 4, and It is formed in a substantially rotating body having a boss cylinder wall 6 protruding downward from the bottom wall 4. The side peripheral wall 5 has an upper constricted cylindrical lower cylindrical part 5A, and an inner cylinder whose outer peripheral surface and both outer peripheral surfaces are formed in a saw-toothed jagged surface and whose diameter is reduced following the upper end of the lower cylindrical part 5A. Part (an example of an opening part) 5B. Since the upper cylindrical portion 5B has a jagged surface, it can be easily extended to a large diameter when inserting a thick leg of furniture, and can be firmly elastically clamped in conformity with a round, square or distorted cross-sectional shape of the leg. .

  The bottom wall 4 has a lower first bottom surface 4A having a star shape (see FIG. 3) in a plan view in which a square plane is formed by being shifted by 45 degrees around the axis P, and the first bottom surface 4A is disposed on the inner side. Are formed in a stepped wall having an upper second bottom surface 4B having a circular outer periphery inside the lower end of the side peripheral wall 5. The bottom wall 4a of the bottom wall 4 is integrally provided with a pile-shaped fastener portion 3A that is a component of the surface fastener 3 described later.

  The grounding body 2 is a substantially bottomed cylindrical member comprising a cover side wall 7 that can be fitted onto the boss cylindrical wall 6 and a grounding wall 8 having a convex curved bottom surface 8a. An annular placement surface 8b lowered one step and a top surface 8c for receiving the ring bottom surface 6a of the boss cylinder wall 6 are provided. The mounting surface 8b is integrally equipped with a hook-shaped fastener portion 3B which is a component of the surface fastener 3 described later. The bottom surface 8a may be a curved surface or a flat surface with a smaller curvature.

  The support means 3 includes a pile-shaped fastener portion 3A that is integrated with the bottom surface 4a of the cap base 1 by thermal fusion or the like, and a hook-shaped fastener portion 3B that is integrated with the mounting surface 8b of the grounding body 2 by adhesion or the like. It is an area fastener. That is, the support means 3 is a surface fastener that is disposed across the cap base 1 and the grounding body 2 in a state along the bottom surface 4 a of the cap base 1. When the cover side wall 7 is fitted onto the boss tube wall 6 and the grounding body 2 is fitted and mounted on the cap base 1 until the top surface 8c contacts the ring bottom surface 6a, the hook-shaped fastener portion 3B and the pile-shaped fastener portion 3A are formed. It is set so as to be pressed and to function as the surface fastener 3.

  The cap base 1 is for forcibly inserting and locking furniture, for example, a lower end portion of a leg 11 of a chair (not shown) as shown in FIG. The leg 11 shown in FIG. 7 has a square shape such as a square, and is fitted into the bottom side wall 4b. The leg bottom 11a is in contact with the first bottom surface 4A. Accordingly, the upper cylindrical portion 5B is elastically expanded from the original round shape to a square shape in which the circle is inscribed so that the leg 11 can be firmly clamped and held firmly. In the case of a leg having a diameter larger than that of the first bottom surface 4A, the upper cylindrical portion 5B is further elastically expanded and firmly clamped, and the leg bottom can be placed on the second bottom surface 4B and stably held. is there.

  Now, the leg cap C to be attached to the lower leg of the furniture is firmly attached and held by the elastic fitting of the narrowed upper cylindrical part 5B, and the lower part is made of a hard synthetic resin having a low friction coefficient. Since the grounding body 2 is equipped, the sliding is good, and even if the chair is dragged, the floor is hardly damaged and the chair can be dragged and moved easily. Since the surface fastener 3 has a strong resistance to peeling in the shearing direction, even if a strong force is applied to pull the cap base 1 and the grounding body 2 apart from each other by dragging or the like, the grounding It is unlikely that the body 2 is detached from the cap base 1.

  Then, by the cover side wall 7 and the boss cylinder wall 6, the concave / convex fitting portion 9 in which the cap base 1 and the grounding body 2 are fitted in the direction intersecting the bottom surface 4 a of the cap base 1 (orthogonal in the first embodiment). Have. The concave / convex fitting portion 9 has an auxiliary function of the support means 3 for detachably connecting the cap base 1 and the grounding body 2, making it difficult for the grounding body 2 to be detached from the cap base 1 and clean. It also contributes to improving the appearance as an appearance.

  Since the grounding body 2 can be attached to and detached from the cap base body 1, the grounding body 2 is replaced with a grounding body 2 that is formed of a material having a high coefficient of friction such as rubber and that is integrally equipped with the hook-shaped fastener portion 3B. Thus, it is possible to switch from a slip-capable leg cap to a non-slip-cap leg cap. In this case, since the cap base is the same and only the grounding body 2 can be replaced, the structure is simple, simple and convenient, and the sliding and anti-slip specifications are independent of the weight of furniture such as chairs. It is good that it can be changed.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 2 and the like, the upper cylindrical portion 5B has a jagged surface on both the outer surface 12 and the inner surface 13, and a convex jagged surface 12a that protrudes on the outer side of the outer surface 12 and a concave surface that is recessed on the outer side of the inner surface 13. 13a is located on the same radiation with respect to the axis P. As a result, the upper cylindrical portion 5B is a kind of a folded fold-like wall. In addition to the elongation due to the material being rubber, the structure is easily extended, and the leg 11 in a considerable range can be obtained. It can be inserted corresponding to the diameter and can be firmly elastically clamped.

[Example 2]
As shown in FIG. 8, the grounding body 2 may be of a sliding specification in which a felt f is integrally provided on the bottom surface of the grounding wall 8. For example, a configuration may be considered in which the mounting surface 10 having a step is formed by denting the central portion of the flat bottom surface 8a, and the felt f is integrally provided on the mounting surface 10. That is, it is the leg cap C which has the grounding body 2 with felt.

[Another Example]
The support means 3 may be configured to be screwed, for example, such that the cover side wall 7 and the boss cylinder wall 6 are screwed together. Moreover, the leg cap C which does not have the uneven | corrugated fitting part 9 and is provided only with the support means 3 may be sufficient. The hook-and-loop fastener 3 may have a structure in which the hook-shaped fastener portion 3B is fixed to the cap base 1 and the pile-shaped fastener portion 3A is fixed to the grounding body 2.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cap base body 2 Grounding body 3 Support means, hook-and-loop fastener 4a Bottom surface of cap base body 5B Opening 9 Uneven fitting part

Claims (4)

  A leg cap for furniture comprising a bottomed cylindrical cap base that can be fitted to the leg tip of furniture, and a grounding body that is detachably attached to the tip side of the cap base via a supporting means.   The furniture leg cap according to claim 1, wherein the support means is a hook-and-loop fastener provided across the cap base and the grounding body in a state along the bottom surface of the cap base.   The furniture leg cap according to claim 1, wherein the cap base and the grounding body have an uneven fitting portion that fits in a direction intersecting a bottom surface of the cap base.   The furniture leg cap according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the cap base is made of an elastic material, and an opening for inserting a leg of furniture in the cap base is narrowed.

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