Wall mirror mounting structure

Abstract

To provide a structure for mounting a wall-mounted mirror, which allows the direction of mounting the wall-mounted mirror on a wall surface to be freely set so that the impression of the mirror changes depending on the direction of hanging on the wall. [Solution] The mirror includes a support 5 protruding from the back surface 1b of the wall mirror 1, a hook 25 fixed to the wall surface W, and a wire having ring-shaped parts 17 and 19. The outer peripheral surface of the support 5 is detachably fitted into the ring-shaped part 19 of the wire so as to be movable in the circumferential direction, and the ring-shaped part 17 is engaged with the hook 25, so that the support 5 is hung from the hook 25. Before mounting to the wall surface W, the circumferential position of the annular belt 13 on the support 5 side that abuts on the weight receiving part formed by the lower part of the ring-shaped part 19 can be freely set. Even after abutment, the abutment position of the belt 13 can be shifted in the circumferential direction. Therefore, by adjusting the abutment position while checking the position of the decorative surface 39, the decorative surface 39 can be brought to the desired position each time.

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] This invention relates to a structure for mounting a wall mirror to a wall. [Background technology]

[0002] 2. Description of the Related Art It is common to attach a mirror to a wall surface using a mirror fastener such as that described in Patent Document 1. Such wall mirrors have traditionally been required to have not only a functional but also a decorative aspect, and the frame materials, colors, contours, etc. have been designed in various patterns, but recently, there has been an expectation that they will go further and be actively used as wall decorations. By the way, wall hangings are usually oriented in one direction, and even if they have a special mechanism, they can only be turned upside down or shifted by 90 degrees. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] JP 2002-34746 A Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] However, if the mirror surface has a pattern that does not have a specific motif and is composed of inorganic dots, lines, and surfaces, the direction in which it is hung on the wall is not fixed, and the impression it gives varies depending on the direction it is hung on the wall. Also, in hotels, restaurants, etc., it is possible to install multiple wall mirrors in a large space, and by arranging the mirrors in the same direction or in different directions, it is possible to create an original impression space as a whole.

[0005] The present invention has been made in response to the above-mentioned problems of the conventional art, and has as its object to provide a new and useful mounting structure for a wall-mounted mirror, which allows the mounting direction of the wall-mounted mirror to be freely set. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and is a mounting structure for a wall-mounted mirror, comprising a support consisting of a cylindrical portion protruding from the back of a wall-mounted mirror and a flange portion extending on one end face of the end in the direction in which the cylindrical portion protrudes, a hook fixed to a wall surface, and a string-like body having two ring-shaped portions, wherein the outer peripheral surface of the support is removably and circumferentially movable fitted into one of the ring-shaped portions of the string-like body, and the other ring-shaped portion engages with the hook, thereby hanging the support from the hook via the string-like body and mounting the wall-mounted mirror to the wall surface.

[0007] Preferably, an anti-slip member is fitted in an annular shape onto the outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical portion of the support. Preferably, a flange portion extends from the other end surface of the cylindrical portion of the support body, and the support body is configured in a bobbin shape. Preferably, the back surface of the wall-mounted mirror has a concave shape with the inside being recessed more than the outside, the support body protruding from the concave bottom surface, the flange portion at the tip of the protruding direction being contained within the concave surface, and when hung, the outer surface of the back surface abuts the wall surface. Preferably, the string-like body is composed of a single wire, two loop-shaped portions are formed by crimping, the other loop-shaped portion has two crimp portions, and the hook is composed of a two-pronged hook having a pair of hanging portions, and one crimp portion of the other loop-shaped portion is engaged so as to fit between the pair of hanging portions. Effect of the Invention

[0008] According to the wall-mounted mirror mounting structure of the present invention, the mounting direction of the wall-mounted mirror on the wall surface can be freely set. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0009] [Figure 1] 1 is a perspective view of a support that constitutes a wall mirror mounting structure according to an embodiment of the present invention; [Diagram 2] FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the support of FIG. 1. [Diagram 3] FIG. 2 is a plan view of a wire constituting the mounting structure for a wall-mounted mirror according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 4] 4 is an explanatory diagram of an engaged state of the wire and the hook in FIG. 3. FIG. [Diagram 5] 1 is an explanatory diagram of a method for attaching a wall mirror according to an embodiment of the present invention; [Figure 6] 6 is a front view, a side view, and a front view of the wall-mounted mirror in a transparent state, showing the installation state of the wall-mounted mirror in FIG. 5. [Figure 7] 7A to 7C are diagrams showing the wall mirror of FIG. 6 in three different mounting orientations. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0010] The mounting structure for a wall-mounted mirror according to an embodiment of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings. As shown in Figs. 5, 6 and 7, the wall mirror 1 is configured in the shape of a flat circular plate, and its surface 1a is a mirror surface. 1 and 2 show the bobbin-shaped support 5 that is fixed to the back surface 1b of the wall-mounted mirror 1. The support 5 is made of wood and is composed of a straight cylindrical section 7 and flanges 9, 11 that extend annularly evenly in the circumferential direction on both axial end faces of the cylindrical section 7. A synthetic rubber belt 13 serving as an anti-slip member is attached in a circular shape and fitted onto the outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical portion 7. Even if the thickness of the belt 13 is increased, the support 5 remains in a bobbin shape.

[0011] A coaxial, annular protrusion 3 is provided on the back surface 1b of the wall-mounted mirror 1. The cross section of this protrusion 3 perpendicular to the circumferential direction is the same square everywhere, and the top surface 3a of the protrusion 3 is flat. In other words, the protrusion 3 forms a peripheral wall, and a concave shape is formed on the back surface 1b, with the inside being recessed more than the outside. A support 5 protrudes coaxially from the center of the concave bottom surface 1c, and one flange portion 9 of the support 5 is in contact with the concave bottom surface 1c. The height position of the peripheral wall formed by the projections 3 is higher than the height position of the other flange portion 11 of the support body 5, and the entire support body 5 is contained within the peripheral wall.

[0012] In Fig. 3, reference numeral 15 denotes a single wire. This wire 15 is bent into an "8" shape to form two annular ring-shaped portions 17 and 19. These two ring-shaped portions 17 and 19 are connected in the vertical direction by the wire 15 crossing, and the crossing portion is crimped and fixed by a crimping metal fitting 21. The upper ring-shaped portion 17 is closed by crossing both ends of the wire 15, and the crossing portion is crimped and fixed by a crimping metal fitting 23. The upper ring-shaped portion 17 is smaller than the lower ring-shaped portion 19, and the crimping metal fittings 21 and 23 are aligned vertically and are each located at the center in the left-right direction.

[0013] The wire 15 is somewhat stiff so that the two looped portions 17, 19 have a certain degree of shape retention. The hole diameter of the lower ring-shaped portion 19 is set to be larger than the outer diameter of the columnar portion 7 of the support 5. The thickness of the wire 15 is set so that it does not extend beyond the flange portions 9, 11. The provision of flange 11 prevents wire 15 from falling off. Furthermore, if support 5 is constructed separately from wall-mounted mirror 1 and fixed to wall-mounted mirror 1, there is a possibility that wire 15 may get caught in the boundary between them, but the provision of flange 9 prevents such a case from happening.

[0014] In Fig. 4, reference numeral 25 denotes a hook. This hook 25 is formed three-dimensionally by punching and bending a single metal plate, and three rectangular flaps are connected to the edge of the upper half of a disk-shaped base 27 as connecting pieces 29, 29, 29. Of these connecting pieces 29, 29, 29, connecting piece 29 is located in the center in the left-right direction, and two connecting pieces 29, 29 are located symmetrically in the left-right direction with the same distance between them. The two connecting pieces 29, 29 located on the outer sides in the left-right direction are closer to the center and do not face each other in the radial direction.

[0015] Each of the connecting pieces 29, 29, 29 is folded back so as to overlap the base 27, with the boundary with the base 27 as a folding portion, and further, the tip side is folded back in a mountain fold direction with respect to the base 27, approximately parallel to the folding portion, as viewed from Figure 4. Therefore, a space is formed between the connecting piece 29 and the base 27. A pin insertion hole 31 is formed in the connecting piece 29, and a pin insertion hole (not shown) is also formed on the base 27 side directly opposite this pin insertion hole 31. Also, a screw insertion hole A is formed in the center of the base 27.

[0016] The lower edge of the base 27 is cut out at the center in the left-right direction toward the top to form a U-shaped notch 33 . Tongue-shaped flaps are connected as hanging portions 35, 35, symmetrically arranged on either side of the notch 33. The hanging portions 35, 35 are folded back so as to overlap the base 27. The folding direction is the same as that of the connecting piece 29. However, the folded portion is not at the boundary with the base 27, but at the hanging portion 35 near the base 27, and the semicircular arc-shaped tip of the hanging portion 35 is folded so as to face upward. When viewed from the front-to-rear direction, the folded portion has a curved U-shape at the bottom. The left and right hanging portions 35, 35 are folded back so as to be symmetrical in the left-to-right direction.

[0017] Thus, the hook 25 is configured as a two-pronged hook having a pair of hanging portions 35, 35. The front surface of the folded-back side of the hanging portion 35 etc. and the rear surface opposite thereto are overlapped with the wall surface W, and pins 32, 32, 32 are inserted into the pin insertion holes 31, 31, 31 from the front surface side and further hammered into the wall surface W, so that the hook 25 is fixed with its up-down orientation aligned with the wall surface W. Since the pin 32 is driven obliquely into the wall surface W, the hook 25 stably rests on the plaster board that constitutes the wall surface W. Therefore, the hook 25 can be attached even if there is no base for the plaster board. In cases where the plasterboard has a base or where it is difficult to drive the pin 32, installation can be performed by driving a screw B into the screw insertion hole A in the center of the base 27. Figure 6 shows the case where the screw B and the pins 32, 32, 32 are used in combination.

[0018] Next, a method for attaching the wall mirror 1 to the wall surface W using the support 5, wire 15, and hook 25 will be described. 5, of the loop-shaped portions 17 and 19 of the wire 15, the loop-shaped portion 19 is fitted into the outer peripheral surface of the annular belt 13 that is fitted onto the cylindrical portion 7 of the support 5. The entire circumferential length of the loop-shaped portion 19 is longer than the entire circumferential length of the annular belt 13, and is loosely fitted. In this state, the loop-shaped portion 17 is engaged with the hook 25 fixed to the wall surface W in the positional relationship shown in FIG. That is, the crimping metal fitting 23 is engaged so as to be fitted between the pair of hanging portions 35, 35 of the hook 25.

[0019] Engaged in this manner, the wall-mounted mirror 1 is attached to the wall surface W, as shown in Fig. 6. Note that in Fig. 6, the flange portion 9 side of the support body 5 is not shown. The support 5 is suspended from the hook 25 via a wire 15, and the wire 15 is pulled downward by its own weight, so that the upper loop-shaped portion 17 is in an inverted drop shape that widens on the side of the pair of hanging portions 35, 35. Also, the lower ring-shaped portion 19 widens on the annular belt 13 side of the support 5 to form a regular drop shape, and does not abut in the entire circumferential direction. That is, the lower ring-shaped portion 19 is detachably fitted into the annular belt 13, and is structured so as to be movable in the circumferential direction relative to the belt 13. That is, it is possible to shift the position of the outer circumferential surface of the support 5 that abuts against the weight receiving portion of the ring-shaped portion 19.

[0020] On the other hand, the crimping metal fitting 23 of the upper ring-shaped portion 17 is adjusted to fit between the pair of hanging portions 35, 35. This adjustment makes it difficult for the ring-shaped portion 17 to rotate relative to the hook 25, and the ring-shaped portion 19 also becomes difficult to rotate. Furthermore, the belt 13 having an anti-slip function on the support 5 side comes into contact with the weight receiving portion of the ring-shaped portion 19. Furthermore, a protrusion 3 is provided on the back surface 1b side of the wall-mounted mirror 1, and the annular upper surface 3a of the protrusion 3 protrudes further than the support body 5, so that the upper surface 3a abuts against the wall surface W, and the support body 5 and the mounting structure portion of the hook 25 via the wire 15 are hidden. Therefore, when the wall-mounted mirror 1 is attached to a wall W, the wire 15 is prevented from rotating on its own even if a hand or an object accidentally hits the wall-mounted mirror 1.

[0021] As shown in Figure 6, the circular surface 1a of the wall mirror 1 is composed of a mirror surface 37 and a decorative surface 39 that is colored black and has a fine, three-dimensional pattern with projections and recesses. The decorative surface 39 spreads out in a crescent shape from a part of the arcuate edge of the surface 1a, and the position of the decorative surface 39 on the surface 1a varies depending on the orientation of the surface 1a relative to the wall W.

[0022] Before mounting on the wall surface W, the support 5 is first fitted into the ring-shaped portion 19 on the lower side of the wire 15, but since the ring-shaped portion 19 is the same in the circumferential direction, the circumferential position of the annular belt 13 on the support 5 side that abuts against the weight receiving portion formed by the lower part of the ring-shaped portion 19 can be freely set. Even after abutment, the support 5 side can slide in the circumferential direction relative to the ring-shaped portion 19, so the abutment position of the belt 13 can be finely adjusted by shifting it in the circumferential direction. Therefore, by adjusting the contact position while checking the position of the decorative surface 39, the decorative surface 39 can be brought to a desired position each time.

[0023] On the other hand, after releasing the hand, the entire weight of the wall mirror 1 is applied to the hook 25 via the wire 15, and the crimping metal fitting 23 of the wire 15 is fitted between a pair of hanging parts 35, 35 of the hook 25, so that the wall mirror 1 is difficult to rotate and the decorative surface 39 can be stably maintained in a predetermined position.

[0024] Therefore, as shown in Figs. 7(a), (b) and (c), the position of the decorative surface 39 can be changed in various ways while the mounting position of the wall mirror 1 itself on the wall surface W remains the same. Furthermore, since the wall mirror 1 can be attached to and detached from the wall surface W simply by engaging and releasing the wire 15 with the hook 25, the position of the decorative surface 39 can be easily changed as described above.

[0025] The wall mirror 1 is constructed as described above, and even if there is only one type, the impression can be easily changed by changing the direction in which it is hung on the wall, that is, by changing the position of the decorative surface 39. Therefore, it can be used not only for its practical purpose as a mirror, but also as a wall decoration.

[0026] Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above, the specific configuration is not limited to this embodiment, and the invention also includes design changes within the scope of the present invention without departing from the gist of the invention. For example, the wall mirror has a circular shape, but is not limited thereto. [Explanation of symbols]

[0027] 1... Wall mirror 1a... Surface 1b…back side 1c…concave bottom side 3...Protrusion 3a...Top surface 5...Support body 7...Cylindrical part 9, 11: Flange portion 13: Belt 15...Wire 17, 19...Ring-shaped portion 21, 23… Crimping metal fittings 25… Hook 27...Base 29...Connecting piece 31...Pin insertion hole 32...Pin A...Screw insertion hole B...Screw 33…Notch 35…Hanging part 37...Mirror surface 39...Decorative surface W…Wall

Claims

1. A support body including a cylindrical portion protruding from the rear surface of the wall-mounted mirror and a flange portion extending from one end surface of the cylindrical portion in the protruding direction; A hook fixed to the wall, A string-like body having two loop-like portions, A mounting structure for a wall-mounted mirror, characterized in that the outer surface of the support is removably and circumferentially movably fitted into one ring-shaped portion of the string-like body, and the other ring-shaped portion is engaged with the hook, thereby hanging the support from the hook via the string-like body and mounting the wall-mounted mirror to the wall surface.

2. The wall-mounted mirror mounting structure according to claim 1, A mounting structure characterized in that an anti-slip member is fitted in an annular shape onto the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion of the support.

3. The wall-mounted mirror mounting structure according to claim 2, A mounting structure characterized in that a flange portion extends from the other end surface of the cylindrical portion of the support body, and the support body is configured in a bobbin shape.

4. The wall-mounted mirror mounting structure according to claim 3, This mounting structure is characterized in that the back surface of the wall-mounted mirror has a concave shape with the inside being recessed more than the outside, the support body protrudes from the concave bottom surface, the flange portion on the tip side of the protruding direction is contained within the concave surface, and when the mirror is hung, the outer surface of the back surface abuts against the wall surface.

5. The wall-mounted mirror mounting structure according to claim 4, The string-like body is made of one wire, and two loop-like parts are formed by crimping, and the other loop-like part has two crimped parts, The hook is a two-pronged hook having a pair of hanging portions, and one crimped portion of the other ring-shaped portion is engaged so as to fit between the pair of hanging portions.

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