JP2019134894A - Folding type cane and binding tool for folding type cane - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a binding tool for a foldable cane capable of binding separated tubes and stabilizing the posture of the cane in a folded state. SOLUTION: A foldable cane binding tool 50 has a pedestal portion 60 for separating a first tube body 200 and a second tube body 300 in a separated state at a predetermined interval, and a pedestal portion 60 in a separated state. It is provided with a pipe body holding portion 70 composed of a plurality of curved members 71 having an opening 72, which fixedly holds the first pipe body 200 and the second pipe body 300, respectively. [Selection diagram] FIG. 4

Description

  The present invention relates to a folding cane binding tool for binding a foldable cane in a folded state, and a folding cane provided with the folding cane binding tool.

  A foldable cane is used to carry or store a cane used for mountain climbing or elderly people easily.

  As a foldable cane, there is known a wand that can be separated and assembled by incorporating an elastic string having a pulling force into a shaft constituted by a plurality of tubular bodies (Patent Document 1). By making the shaft separable in this way, it is possible to easily store and carry it in a folded state.

Utility Model Registration No. 3149852

  However, the conventional folding cane has a tensile force to return from the folded state to the assembled state by the elastic string, and therefore requires a certain amount of force to maintain the folded state. For this reason, there is a problem that it is difficult for an elderly person such as an elderly person to maintain the folded state, and for example, it is difficult to store the folded cane in a drawstring bag or the like.

  Moreover, in the state where the folded cane is stored in a drawstring bag or the like, there is a problem that the tube bodies in the separated state collide with each other due to vibrations or impacts when carrying them, and the surface of the tube body is damaged. .

  Furthermore, when taking out the folded cane from the accommodated bag, the pipe body which is going to return to the assembled state may hit a hand or the like due to the pulling force of the elastic string.

  The present invention has been made in view of such points, and an object of the present invention is to bind the separated tubes and stabilize the posture of the folded cane.

  In order to achieve the above object, a foldable wand tie according to the present invention is a foldable wand including a first tubular body and a second tubular body that are separable and connectable to each other by an elastic member inserted into the pipe. A pedestal for separating the first tube and the second tube in a separated state at a predetermined interval; and the first tube and the second tube in a separated state A tubular body holding portion made of a plurality of curved members having openings, each of which holds the tubular body fixedly, and the curved members are connected to the pedestal portion with the openings facing outward.

  In addition, the folding cane of the present invention includes a shaft including a first tubular body and a second tubular body that are separable and connectable to each other by an elastic member inserted into the pipe, and a grip provided on an upper portion of the shaft. A binding tool that binds the separated first tube body and the second tube body, and the binding tool connects the first tube body and the second tube body in a separated state to a predetermined state. A pedestal portion for separating at intervals, and a tubular body holding portion made of a plurality of curved members having openings, each of which holds the first tubular body and the second tubular body in a separated state. The member is connected to the outer peripheral end of the pedestal portion with the opening facing outward.

  According to the foldable wand binding tool and the foldable wand of the present invention, it is possible to bind the separated tubes and stabilize the posture of the folded wand.

It is a general view of the assembly state of the folding cane concerning the example of an embodiment of the present invention. It is the whole figure of the state which separated the pipe of the folding cane concerning the example of an embodiment of the present invention. It is a general view of the state which folded the folding cane concerning the example of an embodiment of the present invention. It is a top view of the binding tool concerning the embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view of the binding tool concerning the embodiment of this invention. It is the whole figure of the state which bound the folded cane using the binding tool concerning the embodiment of this invention. It is a top view of the binding tool concerning the embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view of the binding tool concerning the embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view of the binding tool concerning the embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view of the binding tool concerning the embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view of the binding tool concerning the embodiment of this invention.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention (hereinafter referred to as this example) will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. The present invention will be described with reference to the example shown in the drawings. However, this is described as an example, which limits the technical idea of the present invention and its core configuration and operation. is not. In the present specification and drawings, the same reference numerals are used for members having substantially the same elements or functions, and overlapping inventions are appropriately omitted.

FIG. 1 is an overall view of the folding cane of the present example.
As shown in FIG. 1, the foldable cane 1 of this example includes a shaft 10 and a grip 20 attached to the upper end portion of the shaft 10. Here, the shaft 10 is composed of a plurality of tubular bodies made of an aluminum material, a carbon material or the like, and a T-shaped grip 20 is attached to the upper end portion of the shaft 10. The user grasps the grip 20 with his hand and walks while striking the ground with the tip of the shaft 10.

FIG. 2 is an overall view showing a state where the shaft 10 of the folding cane 1 of the present example is separated.
As shown in FIG. 2, the shaft 10 of the folding cane 1 of this example is composed of four tubular bodies 100, 200, 300, 400 that can be assembled and separated from each other.
In this example, the shaft 10 is composed of four tubular bodies, but it may be composed of three or fewer tubular bodies, or may be composed of five or more tubular bodies.

  The tubular bodies 100, 200, 300, and 400 are all formed in a hollow shape, and a rubber string 40 that is an elastic member having a tensile force is inserted into the tubular bodies 100, 200, 300, and 400. As described above, since the tubular bodies 100, 200, 300, and 400 are connected by the single rubber cord 40, it is necessary to manage them individually even when the tubular bodies 100, 200, 300, and 400 are all separated. There is no. In addition, you may use the spring etc. which have tensile force instead of the rubber string 40 as an elastic member.

  A grip 20 that can be gripped by the user is provided at the upper end of the tubular body 100 located at the uppermost end. Moreover, the ground support part 30 which consists of a stone thrust which supports the ground is provided in the lower end part of the tubular body 400 located in the lowest end.

  Here, the connecting structure will be described with the tube body 200 referred to as a first tube body and the tube body 300 referred to as a second tube body. However, the first tube body and the second tube body do not necessarily indicate only the tube body 200 and the tube body 300 but are arranged so as to be adjacent to each other among the tube bodies 100, 200, 300, and 400 constituting the shaft 10. It refers to two tubes that are connected to each other. Each tube has a similar connection structure.

As shown in the drawing, a first connecting member 210 is provided at one end of the first tubular body 200, and the end of the second tubular body 300 on the side adjacent to the first tubular body 200 is provided. The second connecting member 310 is coupled. According to this example, the 1st connection member 210 and the 2nd connection member 310 couple | bond together, and the 1st tube body 200 and the 2nd tube body 300 connect.

  Specifically, insertion holes corresponding to the inclined portion 311 and the small diameter portion 312 of the second connecting member 310 are formed inside the first connecting member 210, and the inclined portion 311 and the small diameter portion 312 are inserted. The first tube body 200 and the second tube body 300 are connected to each other by being fastened to the hole.

FIG. 3 is an overall view of the folding cane 1 of the present example showing a state where the tubular body is separated and folded.
As shown in FIG. 3, the folding cane 1 is folded in a state in which the coupling members of each tubular body are released and adjacent tubular bodies are adjacent to each other. The user can store and carry the cane 1 in such a folded state. Moreover, when storing and carrying, you may store in a drawstring bag.

FIG. 4 is a top view of a binding tool 50 for binding the separated tubes of the folded cane 1.
As illustrated in FIG. 4, the binding tool 50 includes a pedestal portion 60 and a tube body holding portion 70.
The pedestal portion 60 is a flat plate-like member for holding, for example, the first tube body 200 and the second tube body 300 in a separated state at a predetermined interval. An insertion hole 61 for inserting a connecting shaft to be described later is provided. The insertion hole 61 may not be provided.

  The tube body holding portion 70 for fixing and holding the tube body is composed of a plurality of bending members 71 including fixing claws 73 having openings 72. The number of the bending members 71 is provided according to the number of separable tubes of the folding cane 1. In this example, since the foldable cane 1 has four separable tubes, the number of the bending members 71 is also four.

  The bending member 71 is connected to the outer peripheral end portion of the pedestal portion 60 at equal intervals with the opening 72 facing outward, and the tubular body inserted from the opening 72 is fixedly held by the fixing claw 73.

  The tying member 50 of this example is manufactured by integrating the pedestal portion 60 and the tube body holding portion 70 by injection molding using polyacetal. However, in addition to the polyacetal, a general plastic material having spring properties is used. be able to.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the binding tool 50 of this example.
As shown in FIG. 5, a holding plane 74 that comes into contact with the peripheral surface of the tube body is formed inside the fixed claw 73, and the outer peripheral surface of the tube body that is inserted from the opening 72 contacts the holding plane 74. In this state, the tubular body is fixedly held by the bending member 71.

FIG. 6 is an overall view of a state in which the folded cane 1 is bound using the binding tool 50 of this example.
As shown in FIG. 6, the posture of the folded cane 1 can be stabilized by fixing and holding the tubular body separated by the binding tool 50. Thereby, the operation | work which accommodates the folded cane 1 in a drawstring bag etc. can be performed easily. Moreover, when taking out the folded cane from a storage bag, it can prevent that a pipe | tube collides with a hand etc.

  In addition, the pedestal portion 60 can hold the separated adjacent tubes separated by a predetermined distance, so that the tubes collide with each other due to vibration or impact when the folding cane 1 is carried, and the tubes It can prevent the body surface from being damaged.

FIG. 7 is a top view of the binding tools 51 and 52 according to another embodiment.
FIG. 7A shows a tying member 51 used when the number of tubes that can be separated from the folding cane 1 is three, and the number of bending members 71 is three.
FIG. 7B shows a tying member 52 used when the number of tubes that can be separated from the folding cane 1 is five, and the number of bending members 71 is five.

  In the binding tool of this example, the number of bending members 71 is determined according to the number of tubes that can be separated of the folding cane, but if the number of bending members is larger than the number of tubes that can be separated, Separated tubes can be bundled.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a tying member 53 according to another embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 8A, the binding tool 53 of this example is configured such that one of the four bending members 71 is rotatable. The bending member 710 is rotated by the rotating unit 75 so as to approach the pedestal unit 60. The rotating portion 75 is configured by pivotally supporting a separately formed bending member 710 on the pedestal portion 60 with a pin 78.

  As shown in FIG. 8B, when the folding cane 1 is in the assembled state, the other three bending members 71 are moved by rotating the rotating portion 75 while the bending member 710 is fixed to the shaft 10. It can be folded so as to be parallel to the shaft 10. Thereby, when using the folding cane 1, the binding tool 53 can be kept out of the way.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a tying member 55 according to another embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 9, the binding tool 55 of this example is a so-called long version in which the holding plane 74 of the fixing claw 73 extends along the axial direction of the shaft 10. Thus, by increasing the area of the holding plane 74, the holding force of the tubular body by the fixing claw 73 can be increased. According to the tying member 55 of this example, the tube body in a separated state can be reliably bound, and the posture of the folded cane 1 can be stabilized.

FIG. 10 is an overall perspective view of a two-connecting bundle 80 configured by connecting two binding tools 50.
As shown in FIG. 10, a two-connecting bundle 80 is configured by connecting two binding tools 50 using a rod-shaped connecting shaft 77. That is, one end of the connecting shaft 77 is inserted and fixed in the insertion hole 61 of the pedestal portion 60 of one binding tool 50, and the insertion hole 61 of the other binding tool 50 is fitted to the other end of the connecting shaft 77. The two-connection bundle 80 is configured.

  According to the two-connecting bundle 80 of this example, the separated tube bodies can be bundled at two locations, so that the posture of the folded cane 1 can be more reliably stabilized.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view of a tying member 56 according to another embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 11, the pedestal portion 60 of the binding tool 56 of this example is formed in a cylindrical shape, and four curved members 171 to 174 are continuously provided on the outer peripheral surface of the pedestal portion 60. At this time, the adjacent curved members connected to the pedestal portion 60 are arranged so that the heights thereof are different from each other in the axial direction of the pedestal portion 60. Specifically, the bending member 171 is provided at the lowermost part of the pedestal portion 60, and the bending member 172 adjacent to the bending member 171 is provided at a position slightly above the bending member 171. A bending member 173 adjacent to the bending member 172 is provided at a position slightly above the bending member 172. Further, a bending member 174 adjacent to the bending member 173 is provided on the uppermost portion of the pedestal 60 that is slightly above the bending member 173.

  As described above, in the binding device 56 of this example, the height of the curved members adjacent to the pedestal portion 60 is slightly changed so as to be arranged in a spiral shape, thereby making it easy to distinguish each curved member. it can. Thereby, when the separated tube body is bound by the binding tool 56, it is possible to prevent a mistake in the order of the tube body fixed and held by the bending member. For example, after fixing the tubular body 100 to the bending member 171, the tubular body 200 adjacent to the tubular body 100 can be easily fixed to the bending member 172 adjacent to the bending member 171. Similarly, it is possible to easily hold the tubular body 300 adjacent to the tubular body 200 to the bending member 173 adjacent to the bending member 172 and the tubular body 400 adjacent to the tubular body 300 to the bending member 174 adjacent to the bending member 173. .

  That is, if the tube body 100 is fixedly held on the bending member 173 after fixing the tube body 100 to the bending member 171 in the wrong order, the tube bodies are connected by one rubber cord 40. From the relationship, the tubular body 300 is fixedly held by the bending member 174, and the tubular body 400 cannot be fixedly held by the bending member. By using the binding tool 56 of this example, such a situation can be prevented.

  Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, it is needless to say that the present invention is not limited to these embodiments, and various other embodiments can be adopted. For example, the shape of the pedestal portion 60 of the binding tool is not limited to the shape of the example described above, and may be any shape as long as the tubular body fixedly held by the bending member 71 can be separated at a predetermined interval.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Folding cane, 10 ... Shaft, 20 ... Grip, 30 ... Ground support part, 40 ... Rubber string, 50, 51, 53, 55, 56 ... Bundling tool, 60: Pedestal part, 61: Insertion hole, 70: Tube holding part, 71, 710 ... Curved member, 72 ... Opening, 73 ... Fixed claw, 74 ... Holding Plane, 77 ... connecting shaft, 80 ... double tie, 100, 200, 300, 400 ... tube, 210 ... first connecting member, 310 ... second connecting member 311 ... Inclined part, 312 ... Small diameter part

Claims (5)

A foldable wand binding tool used for a foldable wand including a first tube body and a second tube body that are separable and connectable to each other by an elastic member inserted into the tube,
The foldable wand binding tool is:
A pedestal portion for separating the first tube body and the second tube body in a separated state at a predetermined interval;
A tubular body holding portion made of a plurality of curved members having openings, each of which holds the first tubular body and the second tubular body in a separated state.
The folding member is a foldable cane tying member that is connected to the pedestal portion with the opening facing outward. The folding cane binding tool according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of bending members is rotatable so as to approach the pedestal portion. The foldable wand binding tool according to claim 2, wherein the pedestal portion is formed with an insertion hole into which a connecting shaft for connecting another foldable wand binding tool is inserted. The shape of the pedestal is cylindrical.
The folding cane binding tool according to claim 1, wherein heights of connecting positions of the plurality of bending members to the pedestal portion are different in an axial direction of the pedestal portion. A shaft including a first tubular body and a second tubular body that are separable and connectable to each other by an elastic member inserted into the pipe;
A grip provided on top of the shaft;
A foldable wand comprising a binding tool for binding the separated first tube body and second tube body,
The binding tool is:
A pedestal portion for separating the first tube body and the second tube body in a separated state at a predetermined interval;
A tubular body holding portion made of a plurality of curved members having openings, each of which holds the first tubular body and the second tubular body in a separated state.
The folding member is connected to the pedestal portion in a state where the opening faces outward.

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