JP2734993B2 - Living room storage furniture - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to the treatment of a sick person or a disabled person or a physically handicapped person (hereinafter referred to as a physically handicapped person) in a hospital, a home for the elderly, or a general family. The present invention relates to a storage furniture for a living room which is placed in a living room, stores daily necessities such as clothes, tea utensils, tableware, books, etc. in an organized state, and takes it out when necessary.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, no storage furniture of this kind has been considered especially for the physically handicapped, and general furniture such as a chest of drawers, a tea chest and a bookcase is used as it is.

[0003]

Conventionally, since ordinary storage furniture is used for a living room of a physically handicapped person in this way, even if a person tries to store or retrieve an object by approaching from the front in a wheelchair, The tip of the footrest of the wheelchair hits the front of the storage furniture and hinders the approaching operation. For this reason, it is often the case that it is difficult to reach the storage position or the storage item, and storage or removal is difficult. When approaching from the direction parallel to the storage furniture so that the footrest of the wheelchair does not hit, it becomes possible to approach the storage position or storage items, but because the body is in the horizontal position, it is easy to perform storage or removal operation, When the space is narrow, there is a problem that it is impossible to approach from this direction.

[0004] Further, if the bed is placed close to the front of the storage furniture, it is not possible to access the storage furniture in a wheelchair. Therefore, the bed is often placed close to the side of the storage furniture. However, in this case, the physically obstructed person on the bed feels oppressed due to the obstruction of the front view by the storage furniture, and the side plate of the storage furniture is obstructed even though the bed is placed close to the storage furniture. There is also a problem that it is difficult to use the storage furniture when the disabled person is lying on the bed.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above problems.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention employs the following means to achieve the above object. That is, the living room storage furniture according to the first aspect of the present invention is configured to store and take out storage items from the front, and has a footrest insertion space portion into which a footrest of a wheelchair can be inserted at a lower front portion thereof. It is characterized by having done.

[0007] In order to improve the usability when placed on the side of the bed, the front is opened at a position at a height that can be reached from above the bed. In addition to providing the opening storage section, it is preferable to form a cutout that is continuous with the front opening storage section in the side plate on which the bed is placed.

In order to further improve the convenience when the device is placed on the side of the bed, it is preferable to provide a handrail on the side of the notch of the front opening storage portion as in the third aspect of the present invention.

[0009]

According to the present invention, a space for inserting a footrest of a wheelchair is formed in a lower part of the front of the storage furniture, so that when the wheelchair approaches the storage furniture from the front from the front, the footrest of the wheelchair is inserted into the space for insertion of the footrest. Once inside, wheelchair users can get close enough to the storage furniture. Therefore, storing things,
The operation of taking out can be easily performed.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, while the bed user is lying on the bed, or with the upper body upright on the bed, the user reaches out to reach the front opening storage section from the notch. You can put things in and out freely. In addition, even when the bed user is lying on the bed or the like, the presence of the cutout portion and the front opening storage portion whose front surface is open widens the field of view, so that the feeling of oppression due to the storage furniture is reduced.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, a handrail is provided on the notch side of the front opening storage portion having an open front surface, so that a physically handicapped person can raise his / her upper body from a state of lying on the bed or from the bed. By grasping the handrail when descending, it is possible to prevent the body from swaying, and also to support the unstable body when reaching to an upper hard-to-reach area.

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings showing the embodiments. FIG. 1 is a front view showing a configuration of a living room storage furniture (hereinafter, referred to as a product of the present invention) according to the present invention, and FIG.
Is also a side view of the side on which the bed of the present invention is placed, FIG. 3 is a side sectional view of the same side with the side plate on which the bed of the present invention is placed is removed, and FIG. 4 is a wheelchair approaching the present invention from the front. FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the positional relationship between the present invention and the bed.

The living room storage furniture 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention is a rectangular parallelepiped with its upper, lower, left and right back surfaces surrounded by a plate member in the same manner as general Western wardrobes, Japanese wardrobes, tea wardrobes, bookcases, etc., except for the parts improved by the present invention. A door or a drawer is provided on the front surface to store and remove stored items from the front. In this embodiment, a clothes is hanger with a door on the front.
A clothes storage unit 3 for storing in a state of being hung on the front, a storage shelf unit 5 having a double door on the front side and having a storage shelf inside, and a drawer storage unit 7 for storing in a drawer drawn to the front side. The room furniture 1 is configured by adding a footrest insertion space portion 17, a front opening storage portion 9, a notch portion 13, and a handrail 15, which are portions improved by the present invention to the configuration.

The footrest insertion space portion 17 is provided at the lower front portion of the living room storage furniture 1 with the footrest 23 of the wheelchair 21.
(See FIG. 4) is a space formed so that a person who does not need to use the wheelchair 21 lives therein, and an underbox with casters provided to effectively use this space. (Not shown) to be stored and inserted into this space. The front opening storage section 9 is open at the side plate side (see FIG. 5) where the bed 31 of the living room storage furniture 1 is placed, and at a position at a height that can be reached while lying on the bed 31. A notch 13 is formed in the side plate 11 on the bed side (see FIG. 2), and a handrail 15 is provided at a position close to the notch 13 on the upper and lower opening end faces of the front opening storage portion 9. ing. The cutout portion 13 is formed so as to be continuous with the front opening storage portion 9, and is provided from the front edge of the side plate 11 to the vicinity of the center. Lower edge 13a of notch 13
Is aligned with the bottom surface 9a of the front opening storage section 9 so that a hand can be inserted into and out of the front opening storage section 9 from the bed 31 side as well. In addition,
A horizontally long storage furniture 41 is arranged on the storage furniture 1 for the living room. The horizontally long storage furniture 41 is for storing clothes and other storage items that are not frequently taken in and out, and has a width slightly larger than the sum of the width of the living room storage furniture 1 and the width of the bed 31. It has dimensions. One half of the horizontally long storage furniture 41 is arranged on the living room storage furniture 1, and the other half is positioned above the bed 31. One side of the horizontally long storage furniture 41 is covered by an upper extension of the side plate 42 of the living room storage furniture 1, and the other side is closed and supported by the upper end of the side plate 43 disposed on the side of the bed 31 opposite to the storage furniture. Have been.

With the above configuration, when the user approaches the storage furniture 1 from the front with the wheelchair 21, the footrest 23 of the wheelchair 21
Enters the footrest insertion space 17 at the lower front of the living room storage furniture 1. Therefore, even a user of the wheelchair 21 can sufficiently approach the living room storage furniture 1, and storage and removal of stored items can be easily performed. Therefore,
As in the case of conventional general storage furniture, the footrest 23
The problem that it is difficult for the front end to hit the living room storage furniture 1 and make it difficult to approach sufficiently is solved.

When the user of the bed 31 reaches his hand while lying on the bed 31, the user can freely remove and return the stored items in the front opening storage portion 9 from the cutout portion 13. Therefore, even when the bed 31 is placed close to the room storage furniture 1 as in the case of the conventional general storage furniture, the bed side plate 11 is in the way and the bed storage side furniture 11 is lying on the bed. The problem of not being able to use is solved. Moreover,
If the lower edge 13a of the notch 13 is made to coincide with the bottom surface 9a of the front opening storage portion 9 as in this embodiment, when taking out stored articles from the front opening storage portion 9, etc. It is possible to effectively prevent a hand or a stored item from being caught on the edge 13a. In addition, the user of the bed 31 has the bed 3
Even in the state of lying, the oblique front can be seen through the cutout portion 13 and the front opening storage portions 9, 9, so that the conventional feeling of oppression due to the living room storage furniture 1 is reduced.
In particular, as in this embodiment, the notch 13 is
If it is formed to about half of the depth dimension of
It is possible to give a sufficient feeling of release without significantly impairing the strength of the.

Furthermore, since the handrail 15 is provided in the notch 13 of the front opening storage section 9, the user of the bed 31 can
It is possible to use the handrail 15 to secure safety when getting up on the board, getting on and off the bed 31, etc., and also when reaching to an upper hard-to-reach area. Supports an unstable body.

The shape and structure of the living room storage furniture are not limited to those shown in the drawings, but may be, for example, those having a narrower width or other functional elements such as bookshelves. Is also good.

In addition, without departing from the spirit of the present invention,
Various modifications are possible.

[0020]

As described above, in the living room storage furniture according to the present invention, a space portion is provided at the lower front portion so that a footrest of a wheelchair can be inserted. It is possible to store and take out stored items.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, it is possible to insert a hand from the cutout portion into the front storage portion on the bed side of the storage furniture while lying on the bed or in a state where only the upper body is raised on the bed. It becomes possible. Therefore, it is possible to freely store and remove the stored items from and into the front opening storage portion without having to get off the bed. In addition, even when the bed user is lying on the bed,
Since the oblique front can be seen through the cutout portion and the front opening storage portion, the feeling of oppression due to the storage furniture is reduced.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the handrail can be conveniently used when the physically handicapped raises his / her upper body from lying on the bed or gets on / off the bed. Becomes Therefore, it is possible to effectively reduce the danger of falling or falling. Such handrails also support an unstable body when reaching to an upper hard-to-reach area.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a configuration of a product of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of a side on which a bed of the present invention is placed.

FIG. 3 is a side sectional view showing a state where a side plate on a side where a bed of the present invention is placed is removed.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a state in which the present invention is approached from the front in a wheelchair.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a positional relationship between the product and a bed.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Storage furniture for living rooms 9 Front opening storage part 11 Bed side plate 13 Notch part 15 Handrail 17 Footrest insertion space part 21 Wheelchair 23 Footrest 31 Bed

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A living room storage furniture configured to store and take out stored items from the front, wherein a footrest insertion space portion into which a footrest of a wheelchair can be inserted is formed in a lower part of a front surface thereof. Storage furniture. 2. A front opening storage portion having an open front surface is provided at a position accessible from above the bed, and a cutout portion is formed in a side plate on which the bed is placed, which is continuous with the front opening storage portion. The storage furniture for a living room according to claim 1, characterized in that: 3. The living room storage furniture according to claim 2,
A storage furniture for a living room, wherein a handrail is provided on a notch side of a front opening storage part.