Cover body

Abstract

To provide a cover body which can be attached from a side of a column body and improves visibility by suppressing deformation of an end part forming a display surface in a planar shape.SOLUTION: The cover body is formed of a sheet-shaped base material having a front surface serving as a display surface and a back surface, wherein an elongate fixing part for unseparably fixing the back surfaces confronted each other is formed, a vertically long expansion part extending from the fixing part to one side in a width direction and a first sheet part and a second sheet part extending to the other side are formed, hook-and-loop engaging parts composed of hook-and-loop fasteners are respectively formed at end parts in the width direction of the first sheet part and the second sheet part, and the hook-and-loop fasteners constituting the respective hook-and-loop engaging parts are formed to a vertically long shape and are respectively fixed to the back surface sides of the first sheet part and the second sheet part. Deformation is suppressed by the rigidity of the vertically long surface engagement part with which the hook-and-loop fastener is engaged, and excellent visibility of the display surface composed of the front surface of the engagement part can be stably obtained.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 7

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a cover body that is attached to the outer periphery of a pillar that is erected mainly near a road or the like. [Background technology]

[0002] Pillars such as road markers, fence posts, and bollards that are erected near roads and parking lots where vehicles pass have long been used, and various inventions have been proposed for structures that attach covers to the exterior of these items to improve visibility.

[0003] For example, in Patent Document 1, the applicant has proposed an invention for a cover body that can be attached to a flexible elastic pillar that returns to its original state after being deformed by contact with a vehicle or the like, the cover body comprising a cylindrical main body portion in which the pillar portion of the elastic pillar is housed, and an extension portion that protrudes outward from the main body portion, the main body portion having flexibility that can accommodate deformation of the pillar portion, the extension portion having a narrow portion that protrudes outward to a smaller extent, and the narrow portion being formed at the lower end of the extension portion and positioned below the main body portion. Furthermore, Patent Document 2 proposes an invention for a delineator that is attached to a pole across which a wire rope is strung, and that is characterized by having a sheet member that covers the side of the pole, and the sheet member having a notch through which the wire rope is passed and a fixing device mounting portion for mounting a fixing device that fixes the sheet member to the pole. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0004] [Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2020-193495 [Patent Document 2] Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2019-007249 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0005] The cover body shown in Patent Document 1 has a cylindrical main body in which the column portion of the elastic column is housed, and the column portion is housed and attached inside this main body. However, because the main body is attached by covering the top of the column, it was difficult to attach it to a column that has a beam or other large component attached to the top. Furthermore, the delineator shown in Patent Document 2 is configured such that the sheet member is composed of a first sheet member and a second sheet member, and at least one side of the first sheet member and the second sheet member is joined in the left-right direction, and the first and second sheet members are wrapped around the side of the pole body and fastened with a fastener consisting of a cable tie to attach it to the pole. However, there are concerns about the impact on visibility of the delineator in Patent Document 2 due to deformation of the edge of the sheet member outside the fastener.

[0006] The present invention provides a cover body that can be attached to a column from the side and that improves visibility by suppressing deformation of the end portion that forms the display surface into a flat surface. [Means for solving the problem]

[0007] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has the following configuration. In other words, the cover body of the present invention is formed from a flexible sheet-like base material, which has a surface that serves as the display surface and a back surface opposite the surface, and a vertically elongated fixing portion is formed to fix the opposing back surfaces so that they cannot be separated, and a vertically elongated extension portion made of the base material extending from the fixing portion to one side in the width direction, and a first sheet portion and a second sheet portion extending to the other side are formed, and a hook-and-loop portion made of a hook-and-loop fastener is formed at each of the widthwise ends of the first sheet portion and the second sheet portion, and the hook-and-loop fasteners that make up each hook-and-loop fastener are formed in a vertically elongated shape and are fixed to the back side of the first sheet portion and the second sheet portion, respectively.

[0008] The cover body of the present invention is formed from a flexible sheet-like base material, the surface of which is used as the display surface, and a vertically long fixed portion is formed to fix the opposing back surfaces so that they cannot be separated, and a vertically long extension portion made of the base material is formed to extend from this fixed portion to one side in the width direction, so that viewers such as vehicle drivers can see the display surface made of the surface of this vertically long extension portion, thereby improving visibility. In addition, a first sheet portion and a second sheet portion are formed extending to the other side in the width direction, and a surface engaging portion made of a hook-and-loop fastener is formed at each of the widthwise ends of the first sheet portion and the second sheet portion.Therefore, by placing a pillar body between the first sheet portion and the second sheet portion and engaging the surface engaging portions made of each hook-and-loop fastener, the cover body can be attached from the side of the pillar body. Furthermore, the hook-and-loop fasteners that make up each of the surface-engaging portions are formed into a vertically elongated shape and fixed to the back side of the first sheet portion and the second sheet portion, respectively. Therefore, deformation is suppressed by the rigidity of the vertically elongated surface-engaging portions to which the hook-and-loop fasteners are engaged, and good visibility of the display surface consisting of the surface of the engaging portion can be stably obtained.

[0009] Furthermore, if the surface engaging portion formed on the first sheet portion and the surface engaging portion formed on the second sheet portion are arranged with the same widthwise distance from the fixed portion that forms the base of the extension portion, when the surface engaging portions are engaged and the cover body is attached to the pillar body, the engaging portions of the extension portion and each surface engaging portion will be positioned on both sides of the center of the pillar body, which improves design and visibility and is preferable.

[0010] Furthermore, if a magnetically attached portion is formed between the fixing portion and the surface engaging portion on the back surface of the first sheet portion and the second sheet portion, the magnetically attached portion can be magnetically attached to the outer surface of the pillar when the pillar is made of steel or the like, which makes the attachment of the cover body to the pillar more secure, and is therefore preferable. [Effects of the Invention]

[0011] The cover body of the present invention can be attached from the side of the pillar body, and the engaging portion of the vertically elongated surface engaging portion is formed flat, and the rigidity of the surface engaging portion suppresses deformation of the engaging portion, improving the visibility of the display surface on the surface side of the engaging portion. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0012] [Figure 1] 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of a cover body according to the present invention. [Figure 2] 2 is a front view showing a state in which the first sheet portion and the second sheet portion of the cover body of FIG. 1 are opened. FIG. [Figure 3] FIG. 3 is a rear view of FIG. 2. [Figure 4] FIG. 4 is a plan view of FIG. 3. [Figure 5] FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of the vicinity of the expanded portion in FIG. [Figure 6] 2 is a front view showing a state in which the cover body of FIG. 1 is attached to a column body. [Figure 7] 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 6. [Figure 8] 8 is a diagram showing a state in which string-like members made of binding bands are attached to the through-holes of the cover body of FIG. 7. FIG. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0013] DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the drawings, 1 is a cover body. The cover body 1 is formed from a flexible sheet-like base material 2 and has a generally rectangular outer shape with a narrow portion 22 at the bottom end. Narrow portion 22 has, at both edges of the lower part of the cover body 1, inclined portions 22a that become narrower as they extend downward, and lower end portions 22b that extend downward from the bottom ends of inclined portions 22a and have a uniform width.

[0014] The cover body 1 is formed by stacking two of the base materials 2. Specifically, the base materials 2A and 2B, which are formed to have approximately the same outer shape, are stacked together with their respective front surfaces facing outward and their respective back surfaces facing each other. The surfaces of the substrates 2A and 2B are used as display surfaces, and are formed so as to provide good visibility to viewers such as vehicle drivers. Specifically, each display surface has a retroreflective property for reflecting irradiated light back toward the light source, and further has a pattern M formed thereon that is a different color from the other parts. The cover body 1 shown in Fig. 1 has two band-shaped patterns M arranged vertically with a gap between them, each pattern M extending across the entire width.

[0015] The base materials 2A, 2B are fixed by a fixing portion 27 provided at one end in the width direction. The fixing portion 27 is a sewn portion that sews the base materials 2A, 2B together, and is sewn so as to extend from the upper end to the lower end of each base material 2A, 2B. Specifically, the fixing portion 27 is formed so as to extend from the upper end of the base materials 2A, 2B to the inclined portion 22a of the narrow width portion 22. An elongated extension portion 28 made of the base materials 2A and 2B is formed so as to extend outward from the fixed portion 27 on one side in the width direction. Furthermore, circular through holes 29 that penetrate the base materials 2A and 2B are formed at the other end in the width direction opposite the fixing portion 27. The through holes 29 are formed in pairs spaced apart in the vertical direction, and two sets of four through holes 29 are formed spaced apart in the vertical direction.

[0016] In the cover body 1, on the other widthwise side of the fixing portion 27, the base material 2A forms a first sheet portion 21A, and the base material 2B forms a second sheet portion 21B, and the first sheet portion 21A and the second sheet portion 21B are formed so as to be able to be separated from each other. FIG. 2 is a front view showing the cover body 1 of FIG. 1 with the first sheet portion 21A and the second sheet portion 21B opened. As shown in Figure 2, the second sheet portion 21B made of the base material 2B has approximately the same outer shape as the first sheet portion 21A made of the base material 2A, and forms a narrow portion 22 at its lower end having an inclined portion 22a and a lower end portion 22b. Furthermore, on the display surface on the front side of the base material 2B, two strip-shaped patterns M are formed at an interval in the vertical direction, similar to the display surface of the base material 2A.

[0017] 3 is a rear view of FIG. 2, FIG. 4 is a plan view of FIG. 3, and FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of the vicinity of the extension portion 28 of FIG. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the base material 2A and the base material 2B are sewn together and fixed at a fixing portion 27 made of a sewn portion, and a vertically elongated extension portion 28 extends outward from the fixing portion 27. Also, on the side opposite to the expansion portion 28, a first sheet portion 21A made of the base material 2A and a second sheet portion 21B made of the base material 2B are provided so as to be open and spaced apart as shown in FIGS.

[0018] As shown in FIG. 3, surface engagement portions 23a and 23b are formed on the rear surfaces of first sheet portion 21A and second sheet portion 21B at the end opposite to fixing portion 27, respectively. The surface engaging portions 23a, 23b are formed of hook-and-loop fasteners, one of which is an engaging member having many hook-shaped engaging portions all over, and the other is an engaging receiving member having many loop-shaped engaging receiving portions all over, so that they can engage with each other. Each of the surface engaging portions 23a, 23b is formed by attaching a sheet-like member constituting the hook-and-loop fastener to the back surface of the first sheet portion 21A and the second sheet portion 21B with strong double-sided tape.

[0019] The surface engaging portions 23a, 23b are formed in a vertically elongated shape, and two of them are arranged with a gap between them in the vertical direction. The surface engaging portions 23a and 23b are arranged with the same distance from the fixing portion 27 in the width direction. Each surface engaging portion 23a, 23b is arranged at the same position in the width direction as each of the through holes 29, and each surface engaging portion 23a, 23b is arranged between each of the through holes 29, which are formed in pairs with a gap between them in the vertical direction.

[0020] A magnetically attached portion 24 made of a flexible sheet-like magnet is formed on the rear surface of each of the first sheet portion 21A and the second sheet portion 21B. The magnetically attached portions 24 are formed in a vertically elongated rectangular shape extending from near the upper end to near the lower end of each substrate 2A, 2B, and are formed with a widthwise spacing between them, two on each of the first sheet portion 21A and the second sheet portion 21B, for a total of four.

[0021] 6 is a front view showing the state in which the cover body 1 of FIG. 1 is attached to the column body P, and FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. The column P shown in Figures 6 and 7 is formed of a round steel pipe, and in Figure 7, the inner part of the column P is simply drawn. The cover body 1 shown in Figures 6 and 7 has a pillar P placed between a first sheet portion 21A and a second sheet portion 21B that are spaced apart, and is attached to the outer periphery of the pillar P by engaging the respective surface engaging portions 23a, 23b. Moreover, the magnetically attached portions 24 provided on the rear surfaces of the first sheet portion 21A and the second sheet portion 21B are magnetically attached to the outer peripheral surface of the columnar body P.

[0022] 7, the extension portion 28 formed in a vertically elongated shape has a surface that serves as a display surface that is more planar than the portions of the base materials 2A and 2B that are arranged along the outer peripheral surface of the pillar P, and is arranged so as to protrude outward from the pillar P. By providing the display surface in a planar shape and arranging it so as to protrude outward in this manner, visibility is improved when an observer such as a vehicle driver visually views the cover body 1.

[0023] 7, the oblong portion where the surface engaging portions 23a, 23b are engaged has a flat surface on the surface side that serves as the display surface, and is disposed so as to protrude outward from the pillar body P. By providing the display surface in a flat surface and arranging it so as to protrude in this manner, visibility is improved when an observer such as a vehicle driver visually views the cover body 1. Furthermore, by attaching the members constituting the hook-and-loop fastener to the areas where the vertically elongated surface engaging portions 23a, 23b are provided, the rigidity is improved compared to other areas of the first sheet portion 21A and the second sheet portion 21B except for the areas where the magnetically attached portion 24 is formed. That is, in the areas where the surface engaging portions 23a, 23b engage, the display surface on the obverse side, which is provided in a vertically elongated and planar shape, is made less likely to deform, its visibility is less likely to decrease, and its eye-catching nature is maintained. In addition, in Figure 7, some of the surface engagement portions 23a, 23b are not engaged and are separated, but the entire surface engagement portions 23a, 23b can be engaged, and the display surface on the front side can be made flat over the entire engaged portion.

[0024] 7, in the cover body 1, the magnetically attached portions 24 provided on the back side of the base materials 2A and 2B are magnetically attached to the outer peripheral surface of the pillar P, so that movement in the vertical and circumferential directions relative to the pillar P is restricted. Therefore, the position and orientation of the vertically elongated extension portion 28 arranged to protrude outward, and the portions where the surface engaging portions 23a and 23b similarly protruding outward are formed, are less likely to move relative to the pillar P, and visibility thereof is stabilized.

[0025] The surface engaging portions 23a and 23b are arranged with the same widthwise distance from the fixing portion 27 located at the base of the extending portion 28. Therefore, when the surface engaging portions 23a, 23b are engaged and attached to the column P, the extending portion 28, which forms a planar display surface, and the engaging portions of the surface engaging portions 23a, 23b, which similarly form a planar display surface on the obverse side, are arranged on both sides of the column P with the center of the column P in between. By arranging the extending portion 28 and the engaging portions in this manner, the design and visibility of the cover body 1 are improved. The extending portion 23 and the engaging portions of the cover body 1 can be arranged as described above simply by engaging the surface engaging portions 23, 23b.

[0026] 6 and 7 is attached to the pillar P by the engagement of the surface engaging portions 23a, 23b made of hook-and-loop fasteners and the magnetic attachment of each magnetic attachment portion 29, so it can be easily removed from the pillar P by releasing the engagement of the surface engaging portions 23a, 23b. In other words, the cover body 1 can be attached to the pillar P with ease.

[0027] When the cover body 1 is attached to the pillar P by engaging the surface engaging portions 23a, 23b, the positions of the through holes 29 formed in the base materials 2A, 2B are aligned. Therefore, by inserting string-like members 3 such as cable ties into the through holes 29 and then fixing them in a loop shape, the cover body 1 attached to the pillar P can be made unremovable at least from the side. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a state in which string-like members 3 made of binding bands are attached to the through-holes 29 of the cover body 1 of FIG. When the cover body 1 is to be attached to and detached from the pillar body P within a short period of time, it is attached only by engaging the surface engagement portions 23a, 23b and magnetically attaching each magnetic portion 24, and when it is to be maintained attached to the pillar body P for a long period of time, it is further provided with an additional string-like member that is inserted into each through-hole and fixed in a ring shape.

[0028] Furthermore, since the through holes 29 are formed at the same positions in the width direction as the surface engaging portions 23 a, 23 b, when the surface engaging portions 23 a, 23 b are engaged, the distance between the through holes 29 formed in the first sheet portion 21A and the through holes 29 formed in the second sheet portion 21B is small and approximately equal to the thickness of the surface engaging portions 23 a, 23 b. Since the through holes 29 are arranged closely to each other in this manner, the task of attaching the string-like member 3 can be easily performed.

[0029] The cover body 1 according to the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications are possible without departing from the gist of the present invention. For example, two surface engaging portions 23a, 23b of the cover body 1 are formed in the vertical direction on either side of the through hole 29, but this is not limiting, and the surface engaging portions 23a, 23b may be formed in a vertically elongated shape with a larger vertical size by not forming a through hole 29 or by arranging the surface engaging portions 23a, 23b in a position in the width direction different from the through hole 29. Furthermore, the surface engaging portions 23a, 23b may be formed in a vertically elongated shape with a larger vertical size, and the through hole 29 may be formed to pass through the surface engaging portions 23a, 23b.

[0030] Furthermore, the cover body 1 is formed by stacking two separately formed base materials 2A, 2B and fixing them with a fixing portion 27, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a single base material 2 may be folded so that the back surfaces face each other, and the area around the bend may be sewn to form the fixing portion 27 and the extension portion 28, with the first sheet portion 21A and the second sheet portion 21B extending from the fixing portion 27 to the other side in the width direction. However, forming the cover body 1 by stacking two base materials 2A, 2B, as in the cover body 1 shown in Figures 1 to 5, is preferable because the surface of the extension portion 28 protruding from the fixing portion 27 is made flatter, improving visibility to the viewer.

[0031] Furthermore, although the cover body 1 forms each pattern M on the display surface in the shape of a band extending in the width direction, this is not limited to this and the pattern may be formed in other shapes, symbols such as arrows, letters or numbers, or other shapes. [Explanation of symbols]

[0032] 1 Cover body 2 Base material 21A First seat section 21B Second seat section 22 Narrow part 23 Surface engagement part 24 Magnetized part 27 Fixed part 28 Extension 3. String-like member M pattern P column

Claims

1. It is formed from a flexible sheet-like base material, the substrate has a surface to be used as a display surface and a back surface opposite to the surface, a vertically long fixed portion is formed by fixing the opposing back surfaces together so that they cannot be separated from each other, and a vertically long extension portion made of the base material extends from the fixed portion to one side in the width direction, and a first sheet portion and a second sheet portion extend to the other side; A cover body characterized in that a hook-and-loop fastener is formed at each of the widthwise ends of the first sheet portion and the second sheet portion, and the hook-and-loop fasteners constituting each hook-and-loop fastener are formed in a vertically elongated shape and fixed to the back side of the first sheet portion and the second sheet portion, respectively.

2. 2. The cover body according to claim 1, wherein the surface engaging portion formed on the first sheet portion and the surface engaging portion formed on the second sheet portion are disposed at equal widthwise intervals from the fixing portion constituting the base of the extension portion.

3. 3. The cover body according to claim 1, wherein a magnetically attached portion is formed on the rear surface of each of the first and second sheet portions between the fixing portion and the surface engaging portion.

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