Living room

The room design addresses the limitations of existing partition systems by using a movable storage body and independent wall to create spot-like partition spaces, enhancing flexibility and privacy in living spaces.

JP2025043590APending Publication Date: 2025-04-01手塚 明美
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Application Number
JP2023150955
Authority / Receiving Office
JP · JP
Patent Type
Applications
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Filing Date
2023-09-19
Publication Date
2025-04-01

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Technical Problem

Existing partition systems for living spaces either require storage space when not in use or can only create fully divided spaces, lacking the ability to form spot-like partition spaces within the living area.

Method used

A room design featuring a movable storage body that intersects with an independent wall, allowing the storage body to abut against the wall and form a partition wall surrounding three surfaces, enabling easy creation of spot-like partition spaces.

Benefits of technology

This design allows for flexible and easy formation of spot-like partition spaces within the living room, enhancing privacy and space utilization while maintaining a compact and efficient use of space.

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Abstract

To provide a living room in which it is possible to easily form a spot-type partitioned space.SOLUTION: A living room 100 is surrounded by a plurality of walls 20, a floor 10 and a ceiling 30 inside a building 200 and is equipped with a storage unit 50 that can be moved on the floor 10. Between the floor 10 and the ceiling 30, an independent wall 40 independent of each of the walls 20 is arranged. A part of the storage unit 50 is arranged in a crossing state with a part of the independent wall 40, and a partition wall 60 that surrounds three sides by the wall 20, the independent wall 40 and the storage unit 50 can be formed by making a widthwise edge of the storage unit 50 abut on the wall 20.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4
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Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a living room. [Background technology]

[0002] There is a configuration in which a room formed in a building is divided and used by appropriately arranging partition walls in the room. Examples of such a configuration include the configurations disclosed in Patent Document 1 (Utility Model Registration No. 3176670) and Patent Document 2 (JP Patent Publication No. 2020-110722). [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] Utility Model Registration No. 3176670 (claims 2 and 3, paragraph 0010 of the specification, figure 2, etc.) [Patent Document 2] JP 2020-110722 A (Claim 1, paragraphs 0032-0033 of the specification, Figure 6, etc.) Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] The partitions disclosed in Patent Document 1 are only for dividing living spaces, and although they can be made compact when not in use, they require storage space. In contrast, the movable storage system disclosed in Patent Document 2 has the advantage that the partition walls for dividing living spaces also serve as storage space, eliminating the need to store the partition walls. However, this movable storage system can only completely divide the living space, and there is a demand for proposals for rooms that can form spot partition spaces within the living space. [Means for solving the problem]

[0005] The present invention is intended to solve the above problems, and has the following object: To provide a living room in which it is possible to easily form a spot-type partition space.

[0006] As a result of intensive research by the inventors to solve the above problems, the inventors have come up with the following configuration: That is, the present invention is a room surrounded by a plurality of walls, a floor, and a ceiling inside a building, and equipped with a storage unit that is movable on the floor, wherein an independent wall that is independent of each of the walls is arranged between the floor and the ceiling, and a part of the storage unit is arranged in a crossing state with a part of the independent wall, and a widthwise edge of the storage unit is abutted against the wall, thereby making it possible to form a partition wall that surrounds three sides by the walls, the independent wall, and the storage unit.

[0007] This makes it possible to provide a room in which spot partition spaces can be easily formed.

[0008] It is also preferable that the independent wall constitutes a part of a structural member of the building.

[0009] This allows the building's pillars, beams, wall thickness, etc. to be made compact, making it possible to provide a living space that is larger than conventional living spaces.

[0010] It is also preferable that the upper end surface of the storage body is provided with a contact plate that contacts the ceiling and a pressing means that presses the contact plate against the ceiling.

[0011] This allows the storage unit, which forms part of the partition wall, to be securely fixed within the living space.

[0012] Also, it is preferable that the container is accommodated in a recess formed in the wall, and it is more preferable that a soundproofing material is attached to the recess.

[0013] As a result, when the storage unit is not used as part of the partition wall, it can be stored in a recess provided in the wall and used as a built-in storage unit. Also, by attaching soundproofing material to the recess that houses the storage unit, it is possible to reduce the deterioration of soundproofing performance that accompanies a reduction in wall thickness. Effect of the Invention

[0014] According to the configuration of the present invention, a room can be provided in which spot partition spaces can be easily formed. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0015] [Figure 1] FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view of a living room in the first embodiment. [Diagram 2] FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view of a living room in the first embodiment. [Diagram 3] FIG. 2 is a front view of a storage body in the first embodiment. [Figure 4] FIG. 2 is a plan view showing an example of a layout of partition walls of a living space in the first embodiment. [Diagram 5] FIG. 11 is a schematic plan view of a living room in the second embodiment. [Figure 6] FIG. 11 is a plan view showing an example of a layout of partition walls of a living space in a second embodiment. [Figure 7] FIG. 11 is a plan view showing an example of a layout of partition walls of a living space in a second embodiment. [Figure 8] FIG. 11 is a schematic plan view of a living room in a third embodiment. [Figure 9] FIG. 11 is a plan view showing an example of the layout of partition walls of a living space in a third embodiment. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0016] (First embodiment) In this embodiment, the present invention will be described based on one room 100 formed inside a building 200, as shown in Figures 1 and 2. The room 100 in this embodiment is a rectangular parallelepiped space surrounded by a floor 10, four walls 20, and a ceiling 30. The floor 10, the four walls 20, and the ceiling 30 in this embodiment can have a known configuration, so a detailed description thereof will be omitted here.

[0017] In the living room 100 in this embodiment, an independent wall 40 is erected between the floor 10 and the ceiling 30 and is not connected to any of the four walls 20. The independent wall 40 in this embodiment is erected parallel to the walls 20 in the left-right direction in the figure among the four walls 20. The independent wall 40 in this embodiment is erected simply in a state of being erected between the floor 10 and the ceiling 30, and the wall thickness of the independent wall 40 is formed to be approximately the same thickness as the wall thickness of the four walls 20 to approximately half the wall thickness of the four walls 20. Note that the wall thickness of the independent wall 40 is not limited to this form.

[0018] It is also possible to adopt a configuration in which the independent wall 40 constitutes a part of the structural members of the building 200 by connecting the independent wall 40 to a framework (not shown) of the building 200. By having the independent wall 40 serve as a structural member of the building 200 in this way, the pillars, beams, wall thickness, etc. of the building 200 can be made smaller and thinner, which can contribute to increasing the area of ​​the room 100 and reducing the construction cost of the building 200.

[0019] In the present embodiment, the living room 100 has a recess 22 formed in one of the four walls 20, and a storage unit 50 is disposed in the recess 22. When the storage unit 50 is disposed in the recess 22, it is preferable that the front surface of the storage unit 50 is flush with the wall 20. It is also preferable that a soundproofing material 24 is attached to the recess 22. It is more preferable that the soundproofing material 24 also serves as a base material for the interior material (not shown) on the interior surface of the recess 22, and it is even more preferable that a magnetic plate is included in part of the soundproofing material 24. This allows the inner bottom surface side of the recess 22 to be used as a storage unit using a magnet after the storage unit 50 is pulled out of the recess 22. The recess 22 in this embodiment is disposed at the end of the depth direction of the living room 100 when entering the living room 100 from the door 26, but the position of the recess 22 can be selected at any position.

[0020] As shown in FIG. 3, the storage unit 50 in this embodiment has a panel 52, a lattice body 54 attached to the surface of the panel 52, casters 56 attached to the lower edge of the panel 52, and a stopper 58 attached to the upper edge of the panel 52. The lattice body 54 is attached with a required gap from the front of the panel 52 via a spacer (not shown) arranged on the front of the panel 52. Articles can be stored by hanging hangers or the like on each lattice of the lattice body 54. The lattice body 54 can also be arranged on the back of the panel 52. In addition, since the casters 56 are attached, the storage unit 50 can be pulled out of the recess 22 and moved to any location in the living room 100 for use. In addition, the stopper 58 in this embodiment has an abutment plate 58A that abuts against the ceiling 30 and a pressing means 58B, such as a spring, that presses the abutment plate 58A against the ceiling 30, so that the storage unit 50 moved to any location can be positioned and fixed.

[0021] It is preferable that the caster 56 has a first switching mechanism (not shown) for switching between a locked state and a free state, and the stopper 58 has a second switching mechanism (not shown) for switching between a retracted (storage) state and a protruding state. It is also preferable that a rotation operation lever 59 capable of operating the first switching mechanism and the second switching mechanism collectively is disposed on the front side of the panel 52. This allows anyone to easily switch the operation of the caster 56 and the stopper 58 by simply rotating the rotation operation lever 59 (changing the state shown by the solid line in FIG. 3 to the state shown by the dashed line).

[0022] As shown in FIG. 4, the user arranges the storage body 50 so that a part of the storage body 50 crosses a part of the independent wall 40, and the widthwise edge of the storage body 50 abuts against the wall 20. The user then rotates the rotating lever 59 to lock the caster 56 and extends the stopper 58 to abut the abutment plate 58A against the ceiling 30. This allows the wall 20, the independent wall 40, and the storage body 50 to form a partition wall 60 that surrounds three sides. This partition wall 60 allows a spot-like partition space 110 that is surrounded on three sides in a part of the living room 100. This spot-like partition space 110 is advantageous in that it can be formed in any layout by appropriately adjusting the position of the storage body 50 based on the independent wall 40. By forming such a spot-like partition space 110 in the living room 100, it is advantageous in that a private space or the like can be formed in the living room 100, which was originally a single section.

[0023] Second embodiment The living space 100 in this embodiment is different from the living space 100 in the first embodiment in the planar position of the independent wall 40 and the size of the storage body 50. Configurations in this embodiment that are common to the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals as those used in the first embodiment, and redundant explanations will be omitted here.

[0024] Fig. 5 is a plan view of a room 100 in the second embodiment. As shown in Fig. 5, a decorative panel 70 and two square timbers 72 having the same height as the height from the floor 10 to the ceiling 30 are detachably attached to one side of the front surface in the wall thickness direction of the independent wall 40 in this embodiment with bolts, nuts, screws, etc. In addition, a decorative panel 70 and two square timbers 72 are detachably attached to the rear side of the storage body 50 with bolts, nuts, screws, etc. The decorative panel 70 attached to the independent wall 40 and the decorative panel 70 attached to the storage body 50, the two square timbers 72 attached to the independent wall 40, and the two square timbers 72 attached to the storage body 50 are each formed to have the same dimensions.

[0025] In this embodiment, the sum of the thicknesses of the decorative panel 70 and the square timber 72 is formed to be half the thickness of the independent wall 40. The decorative panel 70 can be formed in multiple layers. In the case of a decorative panel 70 formed in multiple layers, the front side and the back side can be made of different materials. In this embodiment, the decorative panel 70 attached to the independent wall 40 has one surface made of a perforated board and the other surface made of a blackboard. Also, the decorative panel 70 attached to the storage unit 50 has one surface made of a steel plate and the other surface made of a cork board, but this is not limited to this form.

[0026] In this embodiment, the depth dimension H1 of the storage unit 50, the minimum distance H2 from the widthwise end face of the independent wall 40 to the wall 20, and the width dimension of the decorative panel 70 are all equal. In addition, the width dimension W1 of the storage unit 50 and the minimum distance W2 from the surface of the independent wall 40 in the wall thickness direction to the wall 20 are also equal. In this embodiment, the storage unit 50 is disposed with the decorative panel 70 attached to the back side parallel to the wall 20.

[0027] The decorative panel 70 and the square timber 72 are removed from the rear surface of the storage body 50, and the rear surface of the storage body 50 is brought into contact with the wall 20 so that the front end surface of the storage body 50 is flush with the widthwise end edge of the independent wall 40, as shown in FIG. 6. This allows the partition space 110 to be formed, with three lateral surfaces surrounded by the wall 20, the independent wall 40, and the storage body 50. Then, the decorative panel 70 and the square timber 72 removed from the independent wall 40 and the storage body 50 are fixed to the side surface of the storage body 50 by screws while overlapping in the thickness direction, as shown in FIG. 6. This allows the recess formed by the widthwise end surface of the independent wall 40 and the side surface of the storage body 50 to be flush with the surface of the independent wall 40 in the thickness direction by the decorative panel 70 and the square timber 72. At this time, the function of the decorative panel 70 can be changed by appropriately selecting the exposed surface of the decorative panel 70.

[0028] 7, a layout may be adopted in which the end face opposite to the widthwise end face at which the independent wall 40 and the wall 20 are spaced the shortest from each other is flush with the front end face of the storage body 50. This layout also makes it possible to form a partition space 110 surrounded on three sides by the wall 20, the independent wall 40, and the storage body 50. When this layout is adopted, the decorative panel 70 and the square timber 72 of the independent wall 40 may be removed, and then the decorative panel 70 and the square timber 72 may be placed on the decorative panel 70 and the square timber 72 attached to the back surface of the storage body 50 and fixed with bolts, nuts, screws, or the like. In this case, the surface of the decorative panel 70 to be exposed in the partition space 110 may be appropriately selected.

[0029] Third embodiment In this embodiment, the same components as those in the first or second embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals as those in the first or second embodiment, and the description thereof will be omitted. FIG. 8 is a schematic plan view of a room 100 in this embodiment. In this embodiment, a decorative panel 70 and two square members 72 are detachably attached to both sides of the independent wall 40 in the thickness direction by bolts, nuts, screws, or the like. The outer peripheral surfaces of the decorative panel 70 and the square members 72 in this embodiment are attached with at least the same surface material as the surface material of the independent wall 40 by adhesion or the like. This makes it possible to make the presence of the decorative panel 70 and the square members 72 held by the independent wall 40 less noticeable. In addition, even when the partition wall 60 is formed, it is possible to make the presence of the decorative panel 70 and the square members 72 less noticeable. In this embodiment, the decorative panel 70 and the square members 72 are not attached to the storage body 50, so that the back surface of the storage body 50 can be closely attached to the wall 20.

[0030] The width dimension of the decorative panel 70 in this embodiment is formed to be the same as the width dimension of the independent wall 40. The width dimension W1 of the storage body 50 in this embodiment is formed to be the same as the shortest distance W2 between the end face of the independent wall 40 in the wall thickness direction and the wall 20. In addition, the shortest distance H2 between the end face in the width direction of the independent wall 40 and the wall 20 is formed to be the same as the width dimension of the decorative panel 70 (the width dimension of the independent wall 40). As shown in FIG. 9, the storage body 50 is disposed between the shortest distance W2 between the end face in the wall thickness direction of the independent wall 40 and the wall 20, and the independent wall 40 can be extended by the two decorative panels 70 and four square members 72 removed from the independent wall 40. In other words, a partition space 110 is formed whose three lateral sides are surrounded by the wall 20, a part of the independent wall 40 (the decorative panel 70 and square members 72 that constituted it), and the storage body 50. Since screw inserts (not shown) are arranged in the height direction in the panel 70 and the beams 72, even if the beams 72 are arranged directly adjacent to each other as shown in Figure 9, they can be fixed to each other from the outer surface of the panel 70 using bolts, nuts, screws, etc.

[0031] In the above embodiment, one room 100 formed inside the building 200 is exemplified, but the present invention is not limited to this form. The present invention is also applicable to a form having a plurality of rooms 100 inside the building 200, as typified by an apartment building. The present invention is particularly suitable for use in the room 100 in a one-room rental building 200. In the case of the room 100 in the one-room rental building 200, a kitchen, a toilet, a bath, etc. can be arranged in part of the room 100 as necessary. In addition, in the above embodiment, the room 100 formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape is exemplified, but the specific shape of the room 100 is not particularly limited, and any three-dimensional shape can be adopted.

[0032] In the first embodiment, all surfaces in the thickness direction of the independent wall 40 are assumed to be simple wall surfaces, but it is also possible to adopt a configuration in which a lattice for wall storage (not shown) is provided on the surface in the thickness direction of the independent wall 40. It is also possible to adopt a configuration in which a shelf board (not shown) is attached to the surface in the thickness direction of the independent wall 40. Furthermore, a commercial power outlet can be provided on the wall surface of the independent wall 40.

[0033] In the first embodiment, the panel 52 is attached to the grid 54, but the storage unit 50 is not limited to the above embodiment. A so-called storage shelf may also be used. In the above embodiment, the upper edge of the storage unit 50 is provided with a stopper 58 for the ceiling 30, but the stopper 58 may be omitted. When a storage unit 50 without the stopper 58 is used, the upper edge of the panel 52 does not need to abut against the ceiling 30.

[0034] In addition, in each of the above embodiments, the partitioned space 110 is surrounded on three sides by the wall 20 and independent wall 40 of the living room 100 and the storage body 50, but the partitioned space 110 according to the present invention does not necessarily have to be surrounded on three sides by the wall 20 and independent wall 40 of the living room 100 and the storage body 50. In cases where the widthwise edge of the storage body 50 does not abut against the wall 20, a form in which a curtain-like partition formed of a tension rod and a privacy sheet or the like is disposed between the widthwise edge of the storage body 50 and the wall 20 can also be adopted.

[0035] In addition to the modified examples described above, it is also possible to adopt a form in which the modified examples described in the embodiment are appropriately combined. [Explanation of symbols]

[0036] 10:Floor 20: wall, 22: recess, 24: soundproofing material, 26: door 30: Ceiling 40: Independent wall 50: Storage body, 52: Panel, 54: Lattice body, 56: Caster, 58: Stopper, 58A: contact plate, 58B: pressing means, 59: rotating operation lever 60: Partition wall 70: Decorative panel, 72: Square timber 100: Living room, 110: Partitioned space 200: Building

Claims

1. A room in a building, surrounded by a plurality of walls, a floor and a ceiling, and equipped with a storage unit movable on the floor, An independent wall is provided between the floor and the ceiling, the independent wall being independent of each of the walls; A room characterized in that a part of the storage unit is arranged in a cross state with a part of the independent wall, and the widthwise edge of the storage unit is abutted against the wall, thereby forming a partition wall that surrounds three sides using the wall, the independent wall, and the storage unit.

2. 2. The room according to claim 1, wherein the independent wall constitutes a part of a structural member of the building.

3. 3. The room according to claim 1, wherein an upper end surface of the storage body is provided with a contact plate that contacts the ceiling and a pressing means that presses the contact plate against the ceiling.

4. 3. The room according to claim 1, wherein the storage body is accommodated in a recess formed in the wall.

5. 5. The room according to claim 4, wherein said recess is fitted with a soundproofing material.

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