The present invention relates to a cover member of a chair elbow rest and a chair having such a member.
Conventionally, chairs generally used as office furniture are often provided with elbow rests, but these elbow rests are often mounted on a seat side by way of support members.
Accordingly, in chairs of this type, a wide space is formed between the elbow rest and the seat side of the chair, and air communicates through this space, cools the body of the occupant, and reveals the clothes of the occupant, and it was necessary to pay attention to the state of the occupant's clothes.
On the other hand, for the purpose of heat insulation, a lap cover was used, but when such a lap cover is used alone, it is likely to slip down, and a length of the chair lap cover of this type is often shorter than a length from a front end of the seat to a rear end of the seat, and when not in use, the lap cover droops down to touch the floor, and the lap cover is stained.
The present invention is devised to solve the problems of the chair provided with the conventional elbow rest, and it is a primary object thereof to present a cover member of an elbow rest of a chair and a chair having such member, so as to solve the problems derived from the space formed between the elbow rest and the seat.
It is hence a secondary object thereof to present a cover member of a lap portion of a chair and a chair having such member, so as to solve the problems in the case of using the lap cover.
To achieve the primary object, the elbow rest cover member of the chair of the present invention includes a mounting portion to be mounted on the topside of the elbow rest and fastened to the elbow rest of the chair, and a concealing portion for concealing the side portion of the elbow rest.
In this case, the length of the mounting portion comes to be equivalent to the length from the front end of the seat the rear end of the seat.
At the same time, the length of the mounting portion is variable.
To achieve the secondary object, the elbow rest cover member of the chair of the present invention includes a lap cover portion made of a sheet member to wrap a lap portion in a position on the chair, in which the sheet member of the lap cover portion is integrated with the mounting portion or the concealing portion.
To achieve the secondary object, the elbow rest cover member of the present invention has the concealing portion for covering the side portion of the elbow rest and a lap cover member of a sheet material so as to envelop the lap portion on the seat.
To achieve the primary and secondary objects, the chair of the present invention has a cover member of the elbow rest of the chair.
According to the cover member of the present invention, comprising a mounting portion being mounted along the top surface of the elbow rest and being fastened to the elbow rest, and a concealing portion for covering and concealing the side portion of the elbow rest, by a member easily mounted on the elbow rest, the space formed between the elbow rest of the chair and the seat surface is covered, and air communicates through this space, so that the clothes of the occupant are prevented from being seen through, and the problem caused by the space formed between the elbow rest and the seat surface may be solved.
In addition, since the length of the mounting portion comes to be equivalent to the length from the front end of the seat to the rear end of the seat, the problem attributable to the space formed between the elbow rest and the seat surface can be more definitively eliminated.
Besides, since the length of the mounting portion is variable, it is applicable to chairs of various sizes.
According to the cover member of the present invention, it includes a lap cover portion made of a sheet member to wrap the lap portion in a position on the chair, and the sheet member of the lap cover portion is integrated with the mounting portion or the concealing portion, or the concealing portion for covering the side portion of the elbow rest is made of the lap cover member made of a sheet material formed to envelop the lap part in a state on the chair, and therefore the problems when using the lap cover may be solved by preventing the lap cover from slipping down, or the drooping portion down from the lap cover when not in use from contacting the floor or the lap cover from staining.
The chair of the invention therefore is capable of solving the problems derived from the space formed between the elbow rest and the seat surface or the problems when using the lap cover.
Embodiments of the cover member of the elbow rest of the chair of the invention and the chair having such member are described below by reference to the accompanying drawings.
As shown in
In this case, the mounting portion 11 of the cover member 1 is composed of a plastic plate (bar or pipe), a synthetic resin material such as plastic corrugated cardboard, an aluminum plate (bar or pipe) or other metal material, or a rigid plate member (bar or pipe) such as corrugated cardboard or thick paper.
Herein, the required rigidity of the mounting portion 11 of the cover member 1 is formed as shown in
Herein, the mounting portion 11 of the cover member 1 is basically made of a rigid member, or a member of a rubber elastic body having a restoring property.
The cover member 1 is formed as shown in
Accordingly, it is applicable to the chair 3 of various sizes depending on the width of the elbow rest 31.
Of the cover member 1, at least the mounting portion 11 is preferably formed in a length L11 (usually about 400 to 450 mm) corresponding to the length L3 from the front end of the seat part 32 to the rear end of the seat part 32 of the chair 3.
Of the cover member 1, at least the mounting portion 11 can be formed so as to be various in its length L11.
The mechanism for varying the length L11 of the mounting portion 11 is, for example as shown in
In this manner, it is possible to correspond to chairs 3 of various sizes.
The top side of the elbow rest 31 of the chair 3 is usually horizontal as shown in
The concealing portion 12 of the cover member 1 may be formed either integrally by using a same material as the mounting portion 11, or as shown in modified embodiments in
Consequently, as shown in
In this embodiment, therefore, as shown in
In any case, by using any arbitrary affixing member or affixing means such as a surface fastener, braiding member, hook, button, magnet, or adhesive, mutually opposing portions 12 (mutual mounting portions 11) and/or concealing portions 12 (mounting portions 11) and the chair 3 are fixed, so that the cover member 1 may be affixed to the elbow rest 31 of the chair 3.
The cover member 1 of the elbow rest of the chair may be either provided with the lap cover portion 2 explained below, or may be used alone.
Therefore, in order that the cover member 1 may be used also in an exposed state, it is preferred to compose the cover member by using a fashionable member suited to the application of the chair or the place of installation.
Accordingly, by a member easily inserted in the elbow rest 31 of the chair 3, the space formed between the elbow rest 31 of the chair 3 and the seat is covered, and for example, prevents the clothes of the occupant from being seen, and it is possible to solve problems derived from the space formed between the elbow rest 31 and the seat, such as cooling of the body due to passage of air or exposure of the clothes of the occupant or necessity of consideration of the state of the clothes.
Moreover, the cover member 1 of the elbow rest of the chair is provided with a lap cover portion 2 made of a sheet material so as to wrap the lap area in a state on the chair, as shown in
Thereby, it is possible to prevent slipping of the lap cover portion 2, contacting of the drooping portion of the lap cover portion 2 with the floor while not in use so as to contaminate the lap cover portion 2, or other problems caused when using the lap cover.
The sheet material for composing the lap cover portion 2 may be preferably selected from thick woven cloth, knit cloth, blanket, nonwoven cloth, or other humidity retaining cloth, plastic sheet, foamed plastic sheet, or other synthetic rubber resin.
The sheet material for composing the lap cover portion 2 is set in a rectangular shape measuring about 900 to 1000 mm×1500 to 1700 mm as shown in
In the seat portion 22 of the sheet material for composing the lap cover portion 2, a cushioning member (padded seat) may be assembled, or without forming the seat portion 22 in the lap cover portion 2, it may be divided into right and left sections to be formed separately.
Herein, the sheet material of the lap cover portion 2 is used as means for integrating with the mounting portion 11 or the concealing portion 12 of the cover member 1, and in this embodiment, as shown in
As the means for integrating the sheet material of the lap cover portion 2 with the mounting portion 11 or the concealing portion 12 of the cover member 1, aside from this example, as shown in
Further, as shown in
In this case, as shown in
The sheet material for composing the lap cover member 2A may be preferably made from, same as the lap cover portion 2, thick woven cloth, knit cloth, blanket, nonwoven cloth, or other humidity retaining cloth, plastic sheet, foamed plastic sheet, or other synthetic rubber resin.
Alternatively, as shown in
The cover member 1 of the elbow rest of the chair is, as shown in
As a result, by covering the space formed between the back rest 33 of the chair 3 and the seat, passing of the air or disclosure of the clothes of the occupant through this space can be prevented, and it is possible to solve problems derived from the space formed between the back rest 33 and the seat, such as problems of cooling of the body due to passing of air, or necessity of consideration of the state of the clothes due to disclosure of the clothes of the occupant.
Herein, the cover member of the chair of the invention and the chair comprising such member are specifically described by referring to plural embodiments, but the invention is not limited to these illustrated embodiments alone, but may be realized by properly combining the structures disclosed in the embodiments or by varying the structures appropriately within a range not departing from the true spirit thereof.
The cover member of the invention and the chair comprising such member are capable of solving the problems due to the space formed between the elbow rest and the seat and problems occurring when using such lap rest, and hence can be used with/as chairs in various applications such as office use or chairs of various applications.
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