JPH1057154A - Furniture with top plate - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make an aged person able to easily recognize the end part of the using area of a top plate main body by providing an area to which the coloring of high contrast to the using area is made on a position surrounding the using area of the top plate. SOLUTION: An edge member 5 is provided with the edge part main body 51 of the almost same thick dimension attached to the end face 41c of the top plate main body 4 and a projected line 52 whose cross section is in a rasp-cut shape projected from the inner surface of the edge member main body 51 to an inner side. The vertical height of the projected line 52 is made to almost correspond to the vertical inner dimension of the recessed groove 41a of the top plate main body 4. Also, at least the edge member main body 51 is divided by respectively turning an outer edge part 51a composed of an upper surface, a side end face and a lower surface excluding a part near a boundary with the top plate main body 4 to gray and an inner edge part 51b composed of the upper surface near the boundary with the top plate main body 4 and an internal thick part to red and it is extruded and molded. Then, the edge member 5 is wound around the top plate main body 4 and a start end and a terminating end are abutted at an appropriate part (preferably a straight part).

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a table, a desk, and other furniture with a top plate, which are used by the elderly and those with reduced vision (hereinafter referred to as the elderly, etc.).

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A top plate used for a table or the like includes a plate which is integrally cut from a chrysanthemum material and a decorative plate which is wound from an upper surface of a top plate body to a side end surface. In these, since the use area and the edge portion of the top plate are integrated in appearance, the entire top plate has a single color. The top plate, which is constructed by attaching a separate edge member to the periphery of the top plate main body, is also of the same color system as the top plate main body use area as the edge member from the viewpoint of uniform design of the entire top plate Is usually used, and again the entire top plate has a single color or a monotone color.

[0003]

However, the conventional furniture with a top plate has a problem that it cannot cope with the coming of an aging society in the future. That is, in the conventional case, since the entire top plate has a single color or a monotone color tone, for example, when the top plate and the floor surface are close to each other in color tone relationship, the top plate is not suitable for elderly people with reduced vision. The periphery may be difficult to recognize. For this reason, even if it is intended to place tableware and other articles on the table, it is easy to cause a disadvantage that the tableware or other articles are missed and dropped on the floor. Such inconvenience is expected to occur frequently in a place where the same color system is coordinated throughout the living space.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a top plate of furniture with a top plate with a visual accent for facilitating recognition of an end portion of a use area. You are going to.

[0005]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS That is, the furniture with a top plate according to the present invention is provided with a high-contrast color scheme at a position surrounding the use region of the top plate in order to be used by the elderly and the like. It is characterized in that a accent region is provided. In such a case, even if the use area of the top plate body and the floor have the same color tone relationship, the presence of the accent area clearly defines the area. For this reason,
It is easy for an elderly person or the like to recognize the end portion of the use area of the top plate main body, and it is possible to solve the inconvenience of misplaced articles.

In order to easily realize such a configuration, it is effective to configure the top plate by attaching an edge member forming an accent region to a periphery of a top plate main body forming a use region. Become. As a specific embodiment, the entire edge member, the top plate body is given a high color contrast, or the edge member, the outer edge portion of the top plate body and the same color system coloration, An inner edge portion provided with a high-contrast color arrangement with respect to the top plate main body, and the inner edge portion is disposed at a position adjacent to the top plate main body.

[0007]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a table used in a nursing home or the like. In this table, brackets 2 are fixed to lower surfaces of four corners of a top plate 1 and pipe-shaped legs 3 are mounted on leg mounting portions taken out of the brackets 2.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the top plate 1 includes a top plate main body 4 and an edge member 5. Top plate body 4
Is a rectangular shape in a plan view, a surface material 42 forming a use area A is adhered to an upper surface of a wooden core material 41, and a back material 43 is adhered to a lower surface of the wooden core material 41. It is exposed on the end face 41c. Then, the groove 41a is formed on the exposed end face.
Is formed around. The color of the surface material 42 is set to gray in this embodiment.

On the other hand, the edge member 5 is made by extruding soft vinyl chloride, and has an edge member main body 51 of substantially the same thickness attached to the end surface 41c of the top plate main body 4; It has a ridge 52 having a cross section that protrudes inward from the inner surface of the main body 51. The vertical length of the ridge 52 is the concave groove 41 a of the top plate body 4.
Approximately corresponds to the upper and lower inner dimensions. In addition, at least the edge member main body 51 has a gray outer edge portion 51a including an upper surface, a side end surface, and a lower surface excluding the vicinity of the boundary with the top plate main body 41, and an upper surface and an inner wall thickness near the boundary with the top plate main body 4. The inner edge portion 51b composed of the portions is extruded by being colored in red.

Then, the edge member 5 is cut into an appropriate length, and the ridge 52 is pushed into the concave groove 41a of the top plate body 4 while the inner surface 51c of the edge member body 51 is cut into the end surface of the top plate body 41. While being attached to 41c, the edge member 5 is wound around the top plate main body 4, and the start end and the end end are abutted at an appropriate portion (preferably, a straight portion). In the table of the present embodiment thus configured, gray, which is the color of the surface material 42, appears in the use area A of the top plate 1, and the color of the inner edge portion 51b of the edge member 5 is provided at a position surrounding the use area A. A certain red appears in a circular shape and the accent area B of the present invention
Is formed, and gray, which is the color of the outer edge portion 51a of the edge member 5, appears at a position surrounding the outside, and the use area A of the top plate main body 4 has a color relationship very similar to the floor F. The peripheral portion of the top plate main body 4 is clearly defined with respect to the floor F via the above-described accent area B. For this reason, even if this table is used for the elderly, it is possible for the elderly and the like to clearly recognize the boundary between the use area A of the top plate main body 4 and the floor F, and the inconvenience of misplacement of articles and the like is avoided. Effective avoidance can be achieved. In particular, by limiting the accent area B to the minimum necessary margin as in the present embodiment, the inconvenience of occupying a wide area around the table with poisonous red can be avoided, and the original appearance of the table can be improved. The coordinating element of the living space can be minimized. In addition, since the accent region B is formed by utilizing the edge member 5 well, this can be useful in that no special parts or manufacturing steps are required.

The specific configuration of each section is not limited to the illustrated embodiment. For example, although the accent area B in the above-described embodiment is formed in a circular shape in a circle, it may be formed in an intermittent broken line shape.
In the above-described embodiment, the accent region B is formed in a line between the top plate main body 4 and the edge member 5. Absent. Further, the color contrast between the use area A and the accent area B of the top plate body 4 can be implemented in various combinations other than gray and red. For example, in the above-mentioned embodiment, various achromatic or pale colors other than gray can be used for the use area A of the top plate main body 4, and other than red, blue, green, yellow, purple, etc. can be used for the accent area B. Relatively strong chromatic color can be adopted. Further, chromatic colors having complementary colors can be adopted. The point is that various deformations are possible within a range in which the contour of the tabletop can be clearly recognized even by a person whose visual acuity is deteriorated like an elderly person due to contrast.

[0012]

The present invention is embodied in the form described above and has the following effects. That is, the furniture with a top plate of the present invention is provided with an accent area in which a high-contrast color is applied to the use area, at a position surrounding the use area of the top board, for use by the elderly and the like. It was done. For this reason, by utilizing the contrast, even a person who has reduced visual acuity can clearly recognize the outline of the top plate main body and clearly determine the boundary with the floor, which causes problems when using the table, It is possible to effectively reduce the visual burden in daily life. In particular, when the top plate is composed of the top plate main body and the edge member, the above-described accent area can be easily and effectively formed by applying a required coloration to the edge member.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partially enlarged plan view of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line III-III in FIG. 2;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Top plate 4 ... Top plate main body 5 ... Edge member 51a ... Outer edge 51b ... Inner edge A ... Usage area B ... Accent area

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (71) Applicant 596121736 12340 Bass Lake Road, Chardon, Ohio 44024, U.S.A. A. (72) Inventor Shuichiro Tabata 6-1-1, Oimazato-Minami, Higashi-Nari-ku, Osaka City Inside (72) Inventor Mamoru Tanaka 6-1-1, Oimazato-Minami, Higashi-Nari-ku, Osaka-shi In-house (72) Inventor Robert Glenn Harr United States 44024 Ohio, Chardon, Bass Lake Road, No. 12340

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A furniture with a top plate provided for use by elderly people, etc., wherein an accent area is provided at a position surrounding a use area of the top board, in which a color scheme having a high contrast with respect to the use area is provided. Furniture with a top plate. 2. The furniture with a top plate according to claim 1, wherein the top plate has an edge member forming an accent region attached to a periphery of a top plate main body forming a use region. . 3. The furniture with a top plate according to claim 2, wherein the entire edge member is colored with a high contrast to the top plate body. 4. An edge member comprising an outer edge portion provided with the same color system as the top plate main body and an inner edge portion provided with a high-contrast coloration with respect to the top plate main body. The furniture with a top plate according to claim 2, wherein the furniture is provided at a position adjacent to the main body.