Patent Application
20060242924
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an anchor encased in a box-shaped frame embedded in a structure of a house such as an apartment, a detached house, or a townhouse. More particularly, the present invention relates to an anchor encased in a box-shaped frame embedded in a structure of a house, the anchor being embedded in the structure of a house when a ceiling is constructed from concrete slab, and being used for easily hanging a hammock, a table, or a variety of kinds of exercise equipment from a ceiling, for providing an agreeable living space to people.
2. Background of the Related Art
Generally, many living spaces such as apartments, detached houses, and townhouses have a variety of kinds of facilities for convenience, such as a swing for kids or exercise equipment, therein.
Of the facilities for convenience, a swing or some exercise equipment is generally used in a state of being hung using a doorframe, or using walls disposed only a small distance apart from each other. On the other hand, a small sandbag or some exercise equipment is installed to be hung from a ceiling using anchor bolts. It is known that hammocks, chairs, tables and exercise equipment generally occupy some areas in a living space.
The swing or exercise equipment installed using a doorframe acts as an obstacle when people enter or exit a room through the door frame to which the swing or exercise equipment is installed. Further, since a fixing bar for hanging a swing is generally installed in a doorframe, people must enter or exit the room while bending down their necks or bodies. Accordingly, it is very inconvenient.
In the case of hanging a sandbag or exercise equipment from a ceiling using anchor bolts, separate anchor fixing work is needed. In particular, in order to fix anchors to a ceiling, special tools and a specialized worker such as a carpenter are needed. Further, when fixing an anchor, neighbors or residents in a house may have unpleasant feelings because the fixing operation is very noisy. Still further, a ceiling can be damaged when an anchor is fixed to the ceiling.
Accordingly, the present invention has been made keeping in mind the above problems occurring in the related art, and an object of the present invention is to provide an anchor encased in a box-shaped frame embedded in a structure of a building, in which the anchor is installed when concrete slab is used to construct a ceiling, so that a user can easily and conveniently use the anchor for the purpose of hanging, fixing or installing a variety of facilities for convenience, such as a swing for kids, a small sandbag, a variety of exercise equipment, a table with no legs, a chair with no legs, a hammock, a rope or a horizontal iron bar. That is, the facilities can be installed easily and in a simple manner to be hung in a living space, and can be conveniently used by users.
It is another object of the present invention to provide an anchor encased in a box-shaped frame embedded in a ceiling of a building, in which the anchor increases the usability of space and reduces dead space in a living space.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide an anchor encased in a box-shaped frame embedded in a framework for hanging easily and in a simple manner a variety of exercise equipment, instruments or other products from a ceiling without needing complicated work, without using special tools and without causing damage to the ceiling, and for conveniently using the products hung from the ceiling. Accordingly, people are not bored in a living space equipped with such facilities hanging from the anchors in the ceiling because the facilities arouse people's interest.
It is a still further object of the present invention to provide an anchor embedded in a framework for a house, in which the anchor can remain hidden because it can be covered with a cover, thereby giving a neat appearance when a user does not want use it.
It is yet a further object of the present invention to provide an anchor encased in a box-shaped frame embedded in a framework, that can be reasonably and effectively used for hanging and installing a variety of facilities to be hung from a ceiling.
In order to accomplish the above objects, the present invention provides an anchor encased in a box-shaped frame embedded in a framework of a house, for hanging a variety of objects, comprising: a box-shaped frame having an open lower end, the frame being embedded in a ceiling slab; an anchor bolt fixed in the box-shaped frame and having a hook at a first end, for hanging objects; a plurality of fixing flanges attached to an outer surface of the box-shaped frame, for securely fixing the box-shaped frame to the ceiling slab, the fixing flanges being present in multiple rows; and a cover detachably attached to the lower end of the box-shaped frame.
The above and other objects, features and other advantages of the present invention will be more clearly understood from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
Advantages and features of the present invention and methods of accomplishing the same may be understood more readily with reference to the following detailed description of preferred embodiments and the accompanying drawings. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as being limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete and will fully convey the concept of the invention to those skilled in the art, and the present invention is only to be defined by the appended claims. Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout the specification.
Now, embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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An anchor bolt 13 having a hook 12 at a first end is disposed in the box-shaped frame 10. The open lower end of the box-shaped frame 10 is closed by a cover 14 which is detachable from the box-shaped frame 10.
The anchor bolt 13 can be installed in the box-shaped frame 10 in a manner such that it is fixed to the upper end of the box-shaped frame 10 using a fixing nut 15.
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Alternatively, the cover 14 can be attached to the box-shaped frame 10 such that an edge part of the cover 14 is fixed to a portion of the lower end of the box-shaped frame 10 in a hinged manner, and the opposite edge part of the cover 14 is fixed to the recess 18 by the tension part 19. In this instance, the cover 14 can be pivotably opened and closed on a hinge shaft. Reference characters 2 and 3 which are not described above are a rope and an installation object, respectively.
The operation of the anchor encased in a box-shaped frame embedded in the structure of a house will be described below in more detail.
The anchor with a box-shaped frame according to the present invention is installed to be embedded in the ceiling of a house, when using a concrete slab to construct a ceiling of a house. That is, if the concrete slab is cured in the state in which the box-shaped frame 10 is embedded in the concrete slab, the box-shaped frame 10 is securely fixed to a ceiling and embedded in the ceiling slab 1.
In this instance, since the plurality of fixing flanges 11 protruding from the outer surface of the box-shaped frame 10 are provided, the bonding force between the ceiling slab 1 and the box-shaped frame 10 is enhanced. Accordingly, objects hung from the ceiling using the anchor according to the present invention do not fall down even if the objects are heavy, such as exercise equipment or furniture such as a table.
Further, when the anchor bolt 13 having a hook 12 at the first end thereof is fixed in the box-shaped frame 10, since the anchor bolt 13 is fixed using a fixing nut 15 disposed on the upper surface of the box-shaped frame 10 in a threaded manner, the anchor bolt 13 has strong bonding force to the box-shaped frame 10.
Still further, since the cover 14 attached to the opened lower end of the box-shaped frame 10 using tension parts 19 is elastic, the cover 14 can be attached and detached easily or in a simple manner from the box-shaped frame 10.
The cover 14 is attached to the lower end of the box-shaped frame 10 in order to close the opening of the box-shaped frame 10 when the anchor bolt 13 is not used. Accordingly, the ceiling having the anchor according to the present invention embedded therein can maintain a neat appearance.
If a user wants to install a variety of facilities to be hung from the ceiling using the anchor bolt 13, the cover 14 is detached from the box-shaped frame 10, and the facilities can be hung using the anchor bolt 13 and the hook 12.
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Further, since the supports 17 are provided on the inner surface of the lower end part of the framework in a protruding manner in order to prevent the movable plate 16 from being separated or removed from the box-shaped frame 10, the movement of the movable plate 16 is limited by the supports 17 when the movable plate 16 moves downward.
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Accordingly, when the cover 14 is removed from the box-shaped frame 10, the rotatable pipe 21, the anchor bolt 13 and the hook 12 are pivoted downward, so that they can be exposed outside the box-shaped frame 10. On the other hand, if a user wants to attach the cover 14 to the lower end of the box-shaped frame 10, the anchor bolt 13 is pivoted upward, so that the anchor bolt 13 is received in the box-shaped frame 10, and the cover is then attached to the box-shaped frame 10.
The threaded shaft 20 can be fixed to the box-shaped frame 10 through a welding method, or through a coupling method using a bolt and a nut.
According to the present invention, the cover 14 can have a variety of designs so that the anchor can be more effectively used. That is, the cover 14 can be elastically coupled to the box-shaped frame 10 using the elastic force of the elastic tension parts 19 provided to opposite edges of the cover 14, but also can be coupled to the box-shaped frame 10 in a hinged manner along one edge, in which the opposite edge portion of the cover 14 is provided with the elastic tension part 19 to be coupled to the box-shaped frame 10 by the elastic force, so that the cover 14 is not completely detached from the box-shaped frame 10 when the cover 14 is opened. That is, in the case that the cover 14 is coupled to the framework in the hinged manner, the cover 14 is prevented from being separated from the framework by the hinged edge when the cover 14 is opened. Accordingly, the anchor bolt 13 can be used in the state in which the cover 14 is detached or not detached from the box-shaped frame 10.
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The facilities 3 can be a swing for kids, a hammock, a chair with no legs, a table with no legs, and so on. That is, the facilities 3 can be objects that must be hung to be used. Examples of such facilities 3 include exercise equipment including a small sandbag, a single crossing rope, and an iron bar.
The anchor encased in a box-shaped frame can be installed in many places including a living room, a family room, a bathroom and so on when building a house, so that a user can easily install facilities to be hung using the anchor and can effectively use the anchor. Anchors having a variety of sizes are preferably installed when building a house. The number of anchors installed in a house may vary according to user's desires. By effectively using the anchors according to the present invention, a living space can be reasonably and effectively used.
As described above, the anchor according to the present invention has many advantages as follows:
First, it is possible to easily install, fix and use facilities for convenience in a living space, since toys such as a swing for kids, exercise equipment such as a small sandbag, a hammock, a chair with no legs, a single rope and a horizontal iron bar, or furniture, such as a table with no legs, can be easily installed in a hanging manner.
Second, the anchor enhances the usability of space, and reduces the amount of dead space in a living space.
Third, the anchor can arouse the interest of people because objects hang from a ceiling.
Fourth, the anchor allows a variety of objects, instruments and facilities to be hung easily in a simple manner from a ceiling without causing damage to the ceiling and without needing any complicated installation work.
Fifth, the anchor is useful and effective because it is not exposed outside the structure of a house, thereby giving a neat appearance when it is not used, thanks to the cover.
While the present invention has been shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those having ordinary skill in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the following claims. Therefore, it is to be understood that the above-described embodiments have been provided only in a descriptive sense and are not to be construed as placing any limitation on the scope of the invention.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20-2005-0010659 | Apr 2005 | KR | national |
