The present disclosure relates to the field of baby crib technologies, and in particular, to a support leg and a baby crib.
In order to make a baby crib abut against a big bed for adults or facilitate storage, support legs of the baby crib are generally configured to automatically eject under thrust of elastic elements. However, the support legs generally switch from a retracted state to an extended state at an excessively high speed, which easily produces impact noise or hits on a user's body, thereby having certain potential safety hazards and leading to poor user experience.
Based on the above, there is a need to provide a support leg and a baby crib which have a function of slowing down an extension speed of the support leg, thereby preventing impact noise or hit on a user.
In a first aspect of the present disclosure, a support leg is provided. The support leg includes: a main body portion; an extendable portion slidably connected to the main body portion and having an extended state and a retracted state relative to the main body portion; an extension mechanism arranged between the main body portion and the extendable portion and configured to realize extension and retraction of the extendable portion; and a buffer mechanism configured to slow down an extension speed at which the extendable portion is switched from the retracted state to the extended state.
The extendable portion of the support leg realizes extension and retraction relative to the main body portion through the extension mechanism, and when the extendable portion is switched from the retracted state to the extended state, the buffer mechanism can slow down the extension speed of the extendable portion, thereby preventing impact noise, also preventing hit on a user's body, increasing a safety coefficient, and improving user experience.
In an embodiment, the main body portion includes a hollow sleeving housing, the extendable portion is partially located inside the sleeving housing and movable relative to the sleeving housing. The buffer mechanism includes a sliding plug fastened to an end of the extendable portion located inside the sleeving housing, the sliding plug is in airtight fit with the main body portion to form an air accommodation chamber with a variable volume, the sliding plug is provided with a vent, and the air accommodation chamber is communicated with outside atmosphere only through the vent.
In an embodiment, the main body portion includes a fixed member and a first guide member that are arranged inside the sleeving housing, the fixed member is fastened to the sleeving housing, and an end of the first guide member is connected to the fixed member and arranged along an extension direction of the extendable portion. The sliding plug has a first accommodating groove arranged along the extension direction of the extendable portion, the first guide member is partially accommodated in the first accommodating groove, the first guide member is in airtight fit with a wall of the first accommodating groove to form the air accommodation chamber, and the vent is arranged at a base of the first accommodating groove.
In an embodiment, an airtight flange is arranged around an end of the first guide member away from the fixed member, and the airtight flange is in airtight fit with the wall of the first accommodating groove to form the air accommodation chamber.
In an embodiment, the vent has an adjustable size.
In an embodiment, the main body portion further includes a fixed member arranged inside the sleeving housing, the fixed member is fastened to the sleeving housing, and the extension mechanism includes a reset member. Two ends of the reset member abut against the fixed member and the sliding plug respectively.
In an embodiment, the main body portion is further provided with a second guide member arranged along an extension direction of the extendable portion, an end of the second guide member is connected to the fixed member, and the reset member is arranged outside the second guide member.
In an embodiment, the sliding plug has a second accommodating groove arranged along the extension direction of the extendable portion, the second guide member is partially accommodated in the second accommodating groove, and two ends of the reset member abut against the fixed member and a base of the second accommodating groove respectively.
In an embodiment, the support leg further includes a locking mechanism configured to limit the extendable portion to the extended state.
In an embodiment, the locking mechanism includes a first mating member arranged on the sliding plug and a second mating member arranged on the fixed member, the first mating member and the second mating member are in sliding fit, one of the first mating member and the second mating member is provided with a resistance portion, and the other of the first mating member and the second mating member is adapted to overcome resistance of the resistance portion to implement switching of the extendable portion from the extended state to the retracted state.
In an embodiment, the first mating member is a slider having a guide slot, the second mating member is a guide post in sliding fit with the guide slot, and the resistance portion is arranged on the slider.
In an embodiment, the guide post is adapted to squeeze the resistance portion to elastically deform so that the extendable portion is switched to the retracted state, when the extendable portion is in the extended state and a force is applied to the extendable portion.
In an embodiment, the slider has a sliding main body and an elastic sheet, the sliding main body and the elastic sheet enclose and form the guide slot, an end of the elastic sheet is connected to the sliding main body, another end of the elastic sheet is spaced apart from the sliding main body to form a gap, and an end of the elastic sheet close to the gap is provided with the resistance portion.
In an embodiment, the resistance portion is a blocking bulge arranged on the elastic sheet and extending towards the guide slot.
In an embodiment, two sides of the main body portion are each provided with the extendable portion, and the extension mechanism and the buffer mechanism are arranged between the main body portion and each of the extendable portions located on the two sides of the main body portion respectively.
In an embodiment, the sliding plug of each of the buffer mechanisms located on the two sides of the main body portion respectively is in airtight fit with the main body portion to form the air accommodation chamber with the variable volume, each of the sliding plugs located on the two sides of the main body portion respectively is provided with the vent, and the air accommodation chamber is communicated with the outside atmosphere only through the vent.
In a second aspect of the present disclosure, a baby crib is provided. The baby crib includes a bed body, at least one column, and at least one support leg described above. Two ends of the column are connected to the bottom of the bed body and the top of the support leg respectively.
portion being in a full extended state relative to the main body portion.
In order to make the objectives, technical solutions, and advantages of the present disclosure clearer, the present disclosure is described in further detail below with reference to the drawings and specific implementations. It should be understood that the specific implementations described here are intended only to interpret the present disclosure, and not to limit the protection scope of the present disclosure.
It should be noted that when one element is referred to as “fastened to” another element, it may be directly disposed on the another element or an intermediate element may exist. When one element is considered to be “connected to” another element, it may be directly connected to the another element or an intermediate element may co-exist. The terms “vertical”, “horizontal”, “left”, “right” and similar expressions used herein are for illustrative purposes only, and do not represent unique implementations.
Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present disclosure belongs. The terms used in the specification of the present disclosure are intended only to describe specific implementations and are not intended to limit the present disclosure. The term “and/or” used herein includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.
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Further, the vent 314b has an adjustable size. For example, a movable blocking plate (not shown) may cover the vent 341b, and the size of the vent 314b is adjusted by adjusting a range of blocking of the vent 314b by the blocking plate. Certainly, the size of the vent 314b may also be adjusted in other manners.
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Certainly, the configuration of the buffer mechanism is not limited thereto, which may also be in other forms.
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Certainly, in other embodiments, the first guide member 313 and the second guide member 314 may be in a same configuration, and the first accommodating portion 341 and the second accommodating portion 342 may be in a same configuration. That is, a side of the fixed member 312 is provided with only one guide member, and the sliding plug 340 is required to be provided with only one accommodating portion. In this way, the configuration of the support leg 300 may be simplified, thereby reducing manufacturing difficulty.
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When the extendable portion 320 extends outwards, the slider 331 moves relative to the fixed member 312 to cause the guide post 332 slides relative to the guide slot 331c until the guide post 332 abuts against the blocking bulge 331e. In this case, the guide post 332 presses against the blocking bulge 331e under elastic force of the reset member 360 to cause the blocking bulge 331e to deform, and then the guide post 332 enters a left end of the guide slot 331c and is blocked at the left end of the guide slot 331c by the blocking bulge 331e with recovered deformation, so that the extendable portion 320 is locked in the extended state, as shown in
Based on the above, specific operating principles of the support leg 300 and the baby crib are described as follows.
When the baby crib is required to be spliced with the big bed or the extendable portion 320 is required to retract relative to the main body portion 310 in other cases, certain external force is required to be applied to the extendable portion(s) 320 located on one side (or two sides) of the main body portion 310 to enable the guide post 332 to overcome the resistance of the blocking bulge 331e and unlock the extendable portion(s) 320. The extendable portion(s) 320 located on the one side (or the two sides) of the main body portion 310 retracts/retract into the main body portion 310 under abutment of other objects to cause the reset member 360 to elastically deform, as shown in
When the baby crib is not required to be spliced with the big bed and is moved away from the big bed or the extendable portion 320 is required to extend relative to the main body portion 310 in other cases, the extendable portion(s) 320 located on the one side (or the two sides) of the main body portion 310 releases/release the abutment against the big bed, and the extendable portion(s) 320 moves/move towards a direction away from the fixed member 312 under the elastic force of the reset member 360 and also drives/drive the corresponding sliding plug(s) 340 to move in a same direction, so that the volume(s) of the air accommodation chamber(s) 350 becomes/become larger. The air pressure in the air accommodation chamber(s) 350 is less than the external atmospheric pressure, that is, negative pressure is generated in the air accommodation chamber(s) 350, which forms resistance to the extension of the extendable portion(s) 320 located on the one side (or the two sides) of the main body portion 310. Therefore, the extension speed of the extendable portion(s) 320 located on the one side (or the two sides) of the main body portion 310 is slowed down. In this process, the external air may gradually enter the air accommodation chambers 350 via the vents 341b in the sliding plugs 340 on the two sides of the main body portion 310, so as to gradually reduce the negative pressure in the air accommodation chambers 350. Therefore, the extendable portion(s) 320 located on the one side (or the two sides) of the main body portion 310 may gradually realize full extension at a relatively uniform speed under a dynamic balanced air pressure environment of the air accommodation chamber(s) 350. In this way, impact noise or hit on the user due to an excessively high extension speed of the extendable portion(s) 320 can be prevented. The guide post 332 presses against the blocking bulge 331e under the elastic force of the reset member 360 to cause the blocking bulge 331 e to deform, and then the guide post 332 enters the left end of the guide slot 331c and is blocked at the left end of the guide slot 331c by the blocking bulge 331e with recovered deformation, so that the extendable portion(s) 320 is/are locked in the extended state, as shown in
The support leg 300 and the baby crib have at least the following technical effects.
The extendable portion 320 of the support leg 300 realizes extension and retraction relative to the main body portion 310 through the extension mechanism, and when the extendable portion 320 is switched from the retracted state to the extended state, the buffer mechanism can slow down the extension speed of the extendable portion 320, thereby preventing impact noise, also preventing hit on a user's body, increasing a safety coefficient, and improving user experience.
The technical features in the above embodiments may be randomly combined. For concise description, not all possible combinations of the technical features in the above embodiments are described. However, all the combinations of the technical features are to be considered as falling within the scope described in this specification provided that they do not conflict with each other.
The above embodiments only describe several implementations of the present disclosure, and their description is specific and detailed, but cannot therefore be understood as a limitation on the patent scope of the invention. It should be noted that those of ordinary skill in the art may further make variations and improvements without departing from the conception of the present disclosure, and these all fall within the protection scope of the present disclosure. Therefore, the patent protection scope of the present disclosure should be subject to the appended claims.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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202210010219.4 | Jan 2022 | CN | national |
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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PCT/EP2023/050189 | 1/5/2023 | WO |