JP6850008B2 - Shift knob cover - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a shift knob cover that is detachably attached to a shift knob of a vehicle.

Conventionally, for example, the shift knob cover described in Non-Patent Document 1 below is known.

This conventional shift knob cover is constructed by applying red stitching to black natural leather (genuine leather), and when attaching this to the shift knob of a vehicle, use the attached needle and string (sewing thread). Tighten like knitting shoelaces.

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However, for example, for a person who is not accustomed to sewing with a needle, the mounting work for sewing the conventional shift knob cover is not easy, and the mounting work may take time.

The present invention has been made in view of such a point, and an object of the present invention is to provide a shift knob cover that can be easily attached to a shift knob of a vehicle.

Shift Knob cover according to the present invention is a shift knob cover attached removably to the shift knob of the vehicle, and the cover body of the bag shape covering the shift knob, provided on the front side of the cover body, the cover body to the shift knob The cover body is provided with a vertically longitudinal slide fastener for attachment, and the cover body is located on the upper side of the cover body on the front side of the cover body, and an operator who is a driver of the vehicle can use the shift knob. It has a finger rest portion to which a finger is put on when gripping and operating the .

Further, the shift knob cover according to the present invention is a shift knob cover that is detachably attached to a shift knob of a vehicle, and is provided with a bag-shaped cover main body that covers the shift knob and a front side of the cover main body, and the cover main body is the said. It is provided with a vertically longitudinal slide fastener for attaching to the shift knob, and the cover body has a lower surface opening that forms a circular shape when the slide fastener is closed, and an upper surface opening on the front side of the cover body. It is located on the notched vertical notch and the upper part of the front side of the cover body on the upper side of the slide fastener, and the operator who is the driver of the vehicle grips and operates the shift knob. The slide fastener has a finger rest portion to which a finger is put on, and the slide fastener is opposed to each other by vertically longitudinal left and right tapes attached to a portion of the cover body facing the notch portion. An element fixed to each of the opposing edges, a slider that engages the two elements with each other by moving downward, and a slider that separates the two elements from each other by moving upward, and a slider attached to the lower end of each tape. It has a lower stop that regulates the downward movement of the slider.

According to the present invention, it can be easily attached to the shift knob of a vehicle.

It is a perspective view of the shift knob cover which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is the front view of the shift knob cover of the same as above. The same is the front view of the shift knob cover when the slide fastener is open. It is explanatory drawing of the opening diameter of the lower surface opening of the shift knob cover of the same as above. (A) to (c) are the operation explanatory views of the shift knob cover of the same as above.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

In FIGS. 1 to 3, reference numeral 1 denotes a shift knob cover, and the shift knob cover 1 is detachably attached to a shift knob 2 of an automobile, which is a vehicle, by retrofitting.

The shift knob 2 is a handle attached to the tip (upper end) of a round bar-shaped shift lever 3 connected to the transmission of an automobile, and is formed in a shape that is easy for the operator to grasp, that is, for example, a substantially inverted conical shape. Has been done.

The shift knob cover (cover for the vehicle shift knob) 1 is provided on a bag-shaped cover body 6 that is detachably attached to the shift knob 2 to cover the shift knob 2 and a portion excluding the upper end side portion on the front side of the cover body 6. A slide fastener (wire fastener) 7 that can be opened and closed in a longitudinal direction in the vertical direction for detachably attaching the cover body 6 to the shift knob 2 is provided.

The cover body 6 has a bag shape (substantially adhered to the entire outer surface of the grip portion 2a) corresponding to the shape of the grip portion 2a of the shift knob 2 by using a flexible sheet-like material (for example, leather such as natural leather or synthetic leather). It is formed in the shape of a bag.

The cover body 6 has a circular (including substantially circular) lower surface opening 11, a vertically longitudinal rectangular notch 12 cut upward from the lower surface opening 11, and the notch. It has a vertically longitudinal and rectangular finger pad 13 located on the upper side of 12, and the finger pad 13 is formed in a rectangular shape having the same width as the notch 12 and shorter than the notch 12. ing.

Further, the cover body 6 includes a peripheral side cover portion 15 that covers a portion of the peripheral side surface of the grip portion 2a of the shift knob 2 other than the portion covered by the finger rest portions 13 arranged vertically and the slide fastener (fastener portion), and the shift knob. It has an upper surface cover portion 16 that covers the upper surface of the grip portion 2a of 2.

That is, the peripheral side surface of the grip portion 2a of the shift knob 2 is entirely covered by the peripheral side surface cover portion 15 and the finger contact portion 13 of the cover body 6, and the slide fastener 7 in the closed state, and the grip portion 2a of the shift knob 2 is covered. The entire upper surface of the cover is covered by the upper surface cover portion 16 of the cover body 6.

Here, when the shift knob cover 1 is attached to the shift knob 2 (when the cover is attached), the finger rest portion 13 of the cover body 6 is operated by the operator (automobile driver) holding the shift knob 2. This is the part on which the ventral surface of the operator's finger (index finger) is applied (see FIG. 5C). In other words, the finger rest portion 13 is a finger rest portion on which the operator puts the index finger when gripping and operating the shift knob 2.

Then, as shown in FIG. 2, the vertical length dimension L1 of the finger rest portion 13 located on the upper side of the closed slide fastener 7 is the vertical length of the closed slide fastener 7 located on the lower side. It is at least half or more of the dimension L2, that is, for example, 50% or more and 60% or less. In this illustrated example, L1 is 25 mm and L2 is 45 mm.

Therefore, when the operator grips and operates the shift knob 2, the ventral surface of the index finger is not applied to the slide fastener 7, but to the finger contact portion 13 located at the upper front side of the shift knob cover 1. , The shift knob 2 can be gripped and operated.

The width dimension of the slide fastener 7 in the closed state is the same as the width dimension of the finger rest portion 13 (including substantially the same), and is about the same as the width of the index finger. Further, the closed slide fastener 7 is arranged at the center of the shift knob cover 1 in the left-right direction when viewed from the front.

The slide fastener 7 is for allowing the cover body 6 to be attached to and detached from the shift knob 2, and is provided in a portion of the cover body 6 facing the notch 12.

The slide fastener 7 includes left and right tapes 21 made of cloth vertically elongated and attached to the portion of the cover body 6 facing the notch 12 (periphery of the notch 12) by sewing, and each of the tapes 21. The element (engagement tooth) 22 which is an engaging part fixed to each of the tip portions (opposing edge portions facing each other) along the longitudinal direction of the above, and both the left and right elements 22 by moving downward in the closing direction C. It has a slider 23 that meshes with each other and separates the left and right elements 22 from each other by moving upward in the opening direction O. A bottom stop 24 is attached to the lower end of each tape 21 to prevent the slider 23 from jumping downward.

Then, the slide fastener 7 is in a substantially inverted V-shaped open state (a state in which a part of the notch 12 is opened) by moving the slider 23 in the opening direction O, and is closed by moving the slider 23 in the closing direction C. It becomes a state (a state in which the notch 12 is closed).

Here, in the open state of the slide fastener 7, the shift knob 2 can be inserted into the cover body 6, but in the closed state of the slide fastener 7, the inserted shift knob 2 cannot be pulled out from the cover body 6 (cannot be inserted). It is possible), and the mounting state of the cover body 6 with respect to the shift knob 2 is maintained.

That is, as shown by the solid line in FIG. 4, in the closed state of the slide fastener 7, the opening diameter A of the lower surface opening 11 of the cover body 6 is smaller than the outer diameter B of the shift knob 2, so that the shift knob 2 has the lower surface opening 11. The cover main body 6 is attached to the shift knob 2, that is, the cover main body 6 keeps the grip portion 2a of the shift knob 2 covered (covered state).

On the other hand, as shown by the alternate long and short dash line in FIG. 4, in the open state of the slide fastener 7, the peripheral side cover portion 15 of the cover body 6 is bent outward after the slider 23 is moved in the closing direction C. Since the lower surface opening 11 can be expanded so as to be larger than the outer diameter B of the shift knob 2 and have a substantially U shape, the shift knob 2 can be inserted and removed from the inside of the cover body 6.

Next, the operation of the shift knob cover 1 and the like will be described with reference to FIG.

When attaching the shift knob cover 1 to the grip portion 2a of the shift knob 2 of an automobile, first, by moving the slider 23 in the opening direction O, the slide fastener 7 is opened and the notch 12 of the cover body 6 is opened. Open it.

Next, as shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B, by moving the shift knob cover 1 in which the slide fastener 7 is open toward the shift knob 2, the upper surface of the grip portion 2a of the shift knob 2 is on the upper surface. The grip portion 2a of the shift knob 2 is inserted into the cover body 6 until it comes into contact with the cover portion 16.

After that, as shown in FIG. 5C, when the slide fastener 7 is closed by moving the slider 23 in the closing direction C and the notch 12 of the cover body 6 is closed by the slide fastener 7, the cover body 6 is closed. Is attached to the grip portion 2a of the shift knob 2 in a substantially close contact state to cover the grip portion 2a.

That is, the cover body 6 is fixedly attached to the grip portion 2a of the shift knob 2 by changing the slide fastener 7 from the open state to the closed state based on the movement of the slider 23.

In this way, by opening and closing the slide fastener 7, the shift knob cover 1 is attached to the grip portion 2a of the shift knob 2, and as a result, the entire grip portion 2a of the shift knob 2 is covered by the shift knob cover 1.

When removing the shift knob cover 1 from the grip portion 2a of the shift knob 2, the slide fastener 7 may be opened and then the shift knob cover 1 may be lifted upward.

Further, according to such a shift knob cover 1, since it is not necessary to perform complicated work of sewing with a needle when attaching to the shift knob 2, anyone can easily and appropriately attach the shift knob cover 1 to the shift knob 2. it can.

Further, since the cover body 6 has a finger rest portion 13 having a desired size to which the operator touches the shift knob 2 when gripping and operating the shift knob 2 on the upper side of the slide fastener 7 (upper side of the notch portion 12), the cover main body 6 is operated. By touching the ventral surface of the index finger to the finger rest portion 13, the person can grip and operate the shift knob 2 without touching the slide fastener 7.

Further, the shift knob 2 can be inserted into the cover body 6 when the slide fastener 7 is open, but the inserted shift knob 2 cannot be pulled out from the cover body 6 when the slide fastener 7 is closed. The attached state of the cover body 6 can be properly maintained, and the cover body 6 can be prevented from being inadvertently detached from the shift knob 2.

In the slide fastener 7, for example, as shown by the alternate long and short dash line in FIG. 2, the string member 31 may be connected to the slider 23 in order to facilitate the movement operation of the slider 23. Further, for example, although not shown, a rectangular plate-shaped puller may be rotatably attached to the slider 23 instead of the string member 31.

The material of the cover body 6 is not limited to leather such as natural leather and synthetic leather. For example, in addition to cloth such as woven fabric, knitting, non-woven fabric, and felt, soft elastically deformable rubber, synthetic resin, and the like are used. But it may be.

Further, the cover body 6 is not limited to, for example, a black-based leather with red stitches, and can be designed according to the design inside the vehicle.

1 Shift knob cover 2 Shift knob 6 Cover body 7 Slide fastener
11 Bottom opening
12 Notch
13 Finger pad
21 tape
22 elements
23 slider
24 Bottom stop L1 Vertical length dimension of finger pad L2 Vertical length dimension of slide fastener

Claims (4)

A shift knob cover that can be attached to and detached from the shift knob of a vehicle.
A bag-shaped cover body that covers the shift knob and
Provided on the front side of the cover body, the cover body is provided with a vertically longitudinal slide fastener for attaching the cover body to the shift knob.
The cover body
Bottom opening and
On the front side of the cover body, a vertically longitudinal and rectangular notch notched upward from the lower surface opening,
It is located on the upper side of the slide fastener and on the front side of the cover body, and is rectangular in the vertical direction in which the operator who is the driver of the vehicle touches the ventral surface of the finger when grasping and operating the shift knob. have a finger contact portion of shape,
The slide fastener is provided on a portion of the cover body facing the notch.
The shift knob cover is characterized in that the finger rest portion is formed in a rectangular shape having the same width as the notch portion and having a length dimension in the vertical direction shorter than that of the notch portion. A shift knob cover that can be attached to and detached from the shift knob of a vehicle.
A bag-shaped cover body that covers the shift knob and
Provided on the front side of the cover body, the cover body is provided with a vertically longitudinal slide fastener for attaching the cover body to the shift knob.
The cover body
A circular lower surface opening when the slide fastener is closed,
On the front side of the cover body, a vertically longitudinal and rectangular notch notched upward from the lower surface opening,
It is located on the upper side of the slide fastener and on the front side of the cover body, and is rectangular in the vertical direction in which the operator who is the driver of the vehicle touches the ventral surface of the finger when grasping and operating the shift knob. It has a shaped finger pad and
The slide fastener is
Vertically longitudinal left and right tapes attached to the portion of the cover body facing the notch, and
Elements fixed to opposite edges of the tapes facing each other, and
A slider that engages the two elements with each other by moving downward and separates the elements from each other by moving upward.
Wherein attached to the lower end portion of each tape, possess a lower stopper for restricting the downward movement of the slider,
The shift knob cover is characterized in that the finger rest portion is formed in a rectangular shape having the same width as the notch portion and having a length dimension in the vertical direction shorter than that of the notch portion. The opening diameter of the lower surface opening of the cover body when the slide fastener is closed is smaller than the outer diameter of the shift knob of the vehicle.
When the slide fastener is closed, the attached state of the cover body to the shift knob is maintained .
When the slide fastener is in the open state, the grip portion of the shift knob is inserted into the cover body in a state where the slider is restricted from moving upward by contact with the lower end portion of the finger rest portion and the notch portion is open. shift knob cover according to claim 2, wherein the that. The shift knob cover according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , wherein the vertical length dimension of the finger rest portion of the cover body is at least half or more of the vertical length dimension of the slide fastener.

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