CN101674762A

CN101674762A - Infant bath support

Info

Publication number: CN101674762A
Application number: CN200880013297.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 路易莎·斯托拉德
Original assignee: Mothercare UK Ltd
Current assignee: Mothercare UK Ltd
Priority date: 2007-03-13
Filing date: 2008-03-05
Publication date: 2010-03-17
Anticipated expiration: 2028-03-05
Also published as: CN101674762B; WO2008110752A2; GB0704816D0; EP2131710B1; GB2447468A; GB2447468B; WO2008110752A3; EP2131710A2

Abstract

The invention provides the bath support (10) of a kind of people of being used for (40), comprise: support component (14), it has be suitable for the pedestal part (30) of people above being sitting in and the support portion (32,34) of moving of holding up and being suitable for limiting the people who is sitting on the pedestal part from pedestal part when bath support is positioned in the bathtub.The fixed part (12) of slipmat (16) form centers on support component (14) and covering and imbrication and lives its pedestal part (30), so that contact bathtub and adhere to bathtub by means of the sucker on its lower surface.The hole (42,44) in the pad (16) is passed in support portion (32,34).

Description

Infant bath support

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of baby of being used for and the child bracing or strutting arrangement when adult's bathtub is taken a shower.This device is that child's's (said here child is meant the child that can independently sit up but need be supported) father and mother are desired, and it makes father and mother that this support needn't be provided in person, because provide this support can allow the back tired because of tension usually in person.If there is any discomfort at the father and mother back, then just be starved of the bath support that is used for its baby.In any case for most of user, this device is helping them very useful on to child's shower.

Background technology

US-A-5158460 and US-A-5687433 all disclose a kind of typical baby's bath support, and this bracing or strutting arrangement comprise have the seat part, back part, side handrail (side arm, side arm) and the framework of preceding restriction portion, also be included in extend between seat part and the preceding restriction portion ride part (crotch piece).Thereby sucker dangles (depend from) from the base of seat is fixed to bath base.By the look of it, it is very firm that these layouts seem, and thisly firmly be based on the hypothesis that sucker keeps adhering to securely bath base.But bathtub occurs with multiple different shape and size, thereby and sometimes sucker can not keep connecting securely and lose grasp gradually.A reason to this is the shape that sucker is unsuitable for bathtub.Like this, child has the possibility of tumbling in framework, and this can cause unfortunate child to be kept underwater consequence firmly.Under the situation that does not have monitoring, this can cause tragic outcome.

As everyone knows, bath mat comprises that a side has a plurality of suckers and opposite side has the rubber of non skid matting or the material of rubber like.US-A-4047259 discloses layout similarly, but with the surface that sucker is housed (suckered surface) facing surfaces on additionally added matte.But this layout is not a baby support.

WO-A-98/05249 discloses a kind of bathtub seat chair apparatus, with prevent when people's back is supported by an end of bathtub its in bathtub to lower slider.This device has: thin basically, flat rear portion, and when this device was supported on the basal surface of bathtub, the people was sitting in this above rear portion; The front portion of projection, its thickness that has be substantially greater than the thickness at rear portion, and be applicable to the whole shank that supports the people or the part of leg, and there is chamber the front portion in its lower section; The transitional region of Qing Xieing gradually, it is between rear portion and the front portion; And a plurality of suckers (suctioncup), it is attached to the front portion and places in the described chamber, so that liftedly this device is fixed in the basal surface of bathtub, so that when the people is sitting on this device, prevent that this device from sliding with respect to basal surface.But it is not a baby support.

Summary of the invention

The bath support that the purpose of this invention is to provide a kind of baby of being used for, this bracing or strutting arrangement is more firm aspect being connected of bathtub at it.

According to the present invention, a kind of people's of being used for bath support is provided, comprise: support component, this support component has pedestal part and support portion, described pedestal part is suitable for allowing when bath support is positioned in the bathtub above the people is sitting in, and described support portion is holded up and is suitable for limiting moving of the people that is sitting on the pedestal part from pedestal part; And fixed part, it is a flexible anti skidding form, is suitable for around support section and covers and the imbrication pedestal part, contacts bathtub when being positioned in the bathtub with convenient bath support, and support component is fixed in the appropriate location in the bathtub.

Certainly, extra selection is that other suckers are set on support component.In addition, though may be preferred, fixed part complete covering base portion or to live pedestal part around the whole circumference imbrication of its pedestal part be not indispensable.

In addition, be likely though support component and fixed part are the individual components of bath support, in fact be preferred at present, this is not indispensable.No matter necessary is the concrete profile of bathtub (but the kind that will remember normal bathtub should get rid of have excessively folding shape) how, fixed part must be flexible, so that it can be deformed into the shape of bathtub (this fixed part is placed on wherein), and support component (or the support portion of support component) at least has certain rigid, so that it can realize supporting the purpose of the people in the bathtub.Though these opposite characteristics can provide by the bath support that limits the single part of type in the literary composition, preferably, two parts are independent structures.

Preferably, described fixed part is by making such as the elastomeric polymer of polyvinyl chloride (PVC).Preferably, described support component is by making such as polypropylene or poly hard plastics.

Preferably, described spacer is porose, and described support portion extends through this hole.Preferably, the plane of described support portion is arc, and is suitable for supporting at least the back that is sitting in the people on the pedestal part.

Preferably, described support portion also comprises the bulbous part of the crotch's support member that is suitable for being formed for the people.Preferably, described bulbous partly is positioned near the center of curvature of described arc back support.Preferably, described pad comprises second hole that is used to receive described bulbous part.Described bulbous part can further comprise T shape bar, and this T shape bar is suitable for stoping supported people to plough under in the water for bathing towards last head.

Preferably, describedly be lined with elastic force and for flexible.Preferably, it is with the approximate described pedestal part of amount imbrication around the whole circumference of pedestal part.Alternatively, it has and the corresponding elongated profile of the typical shape of bath base.Preferably, at least one side of pad (at least around described pad imbrication pedestal part part) is provided with a plurality of suckers, can be attached to the bathtub surface by these sucker pads.Preferably, described sucker is Unitarily molded on described pad.Preferably, described pad is positioned on away from its sidepiece of described sucker and when pad is positioned on the described bath base at least on the part above the described bottom and has non skid matting.Described non skid matting can provide by the irregular portion of filling up in the surface.

Description of drawings

Hereinafter further describe embodiments of the invention with reference to accompanying drawing, in the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 a is the perspective view of bath support according to the present invention when being in the state that assembles; Fig. 1 b is that the baby sits the view identical with Fig. 1 a thereon; Fig. 1 c is the perspective view of the fixed part of bath support; And Fig. 1 d is the perspective view of support component; And

Fig. 2 a to Fig. 2 d is the similar view of alternative embodiment.

The specific embodiment

Among Fig. 1, bath support 10 comprises fixed part 12 and support component 14.Fixed part 12 sees it is longilineal in plane, slightly somewhat rectangular so that conform to the typical shape size of bathtub (not shown).Fixed part 12 is the pad 16 of the elastomeric material (such as polyvinyl chloride (PVC)) of rubber or rubber like, has non skid matting on the surface 18 thereon.Even under water, rubber or similar material also have been more anti-skidding.But, can on surface 18, can form extra generation friction member (such as kick 20).Pad 16 is provided with a plurality of small suckers at its lower surface (not shown), so that when on the bottom that pad is pressed against typical bathtub, some or a plurality of sucker are adsorbed on the bathtub in known manner, thereby will fill up 16 appropriate locations that are fixed in the bathtub.

Support component 14 comprises the molded item with pedestal part 30 and support portion, back 32, and erect from flat basically pedestal part 30 support portion, above-mentioned back.The support portion, back 32 of erectting is arc in plane, and randomly is hollow, and may have the inner support rib between antetheca and rear wall.If the support portion, back is by constituting such as polypropylene or poly plastic material, what then the support portion, back may be for hollow, if but the support portion, back is made of the low density material such as polyurethane or polystyrene, then the support portion, back can be for solid.In fact, the support portion, back can comprise the combination of described material.At the center of curvature place of support portion, back 32 or near its center of curvature, be provided with bulbiform front supporting member 34.This bulbiform support member has top T shape bar 36, and this T shape bar can be the independent moulded parts that is connected to front supporting member 34.

Pad 16 is provided with two holes 42,44, and hole 42 conforms to the plane with support portion, back 32 for arc, and hole 44 is identical with the planar cross-sectional (plan section) of bulbous support part 34.During use, pad 16 is placed on bulbous support part 34 and the support portion, back 32, and the bath support 10 with assembling is positioned in the bathtub then.Sucker on the downside of pad 16 and outside the circumference of base 30 can adhere on the bathtub, so fixed part 12 is positioned at support component 14 in the bathtub securely.

There is shown baby 40 be sitting on the bath support 10 and be in support portion, back 32 and bulbous support part 34 between.Should note, baby's leg 46 is in each side of bulbous support 34, thereby, if baby 40 rests on the support portion 32 backward and his buttocks of (or she) can slide on pad 16 (non skid matting feature 20 can stop the baby slip) certainly, then bulbous support part 34 prevents that the baby is further to front slide.T shape bar 36 supports as baby's preabdomen, is poured in the water towards last head so that prevent the baby.

However, this bath support 10 should not used by baby 40 under the situation that does not have father and mother to guard yet.But pad 16 has prevented the bracing or strutting arrangement slip really, and for only by the fixing prior-art devices of one or two sucker, bracing or strutting arrangement slides, and this is a main hazard in the prior-art devices.

Pad 16 elongated shape makes can being seated comfortably on the anterior 16a of extension of pad 16 in the bathtub than sister elder brother or friend's (not shown) of child 40.Certainly, anti-skidding projection 20 can spread all on the whole surface of pad 16 or only limit on regional 16a, 16b that child will sit down.

Then with reference to Fig. 2, bath support 10 ' is that with the bath support difference of Fig. 1 bulbous support part 34 ' does not herein have the T shape bar 36 of Fig. 1 (although it certainly has T shape bar; As the device of Fig. 1 can be preferably not).In addition, in the present embodiment, pad 16 ' the area of plane has been dwindled greatly, its only imbrication live base 30, as long as the good adhesion of the sucker (not shown) on the sufficient to guarantee pad 16 ' downside.In other respects, this bath support is identical with the bath support of Fig. 1, and wherein identical the and surface characteristics 20 in support portion, back 32 provides similar non skid matting for pad 16 '.

In the whole description and claim of this specification (specification), the distortion of word " comprise comprises " and " contain comprises " and these words, for example " comprising has comprised " and " comprises has comprised ", the meaning was " including but not limited to ", and was not intended to (and not can) and gets rid of other parts, additives, parts, integral body or step.

In the whole description and claim of this specification, odd number comprises plural implication, unless the other requirement of context.Especially, using the indefinite article place, specification is being interpreted as has considered plural number and odd number, unless the other requirement of context.

Should be understood that any other aspect, embodiment or example that the feature described in conjunction with concrete aspect of the present invention, embodiment or example, integral body, characteristic, compound, chemical composition part or cohort go for describing in the literary composition, unless contradiction therewith.

Reader's notice attracted to the documents and information of submitting to simultaneously with the application's specification or submit to prior to this specification, these documents and informations are inspected by the public all openly with this specification, and the full content of these documents and informations is hereby expressly incorporated by reference.

Disclosed in this manual all features (comprising any appended claim, summary and figure), and/or the institute of disclosed any method or process can be combined with any combination in steps, except that the combination that at least some such features and/or step are repelled mutually.

Disclosed in this manual each feature (comprising any appended claim, summary and figure) can be identical by playing, be equal to or the replaceable feature of similar purpose is changed, unless statement especially in addition.Therefore, unless clearly state, disclosed each feature only is a series of similar being equal to or an example of similar features.

The present invention is not limited to the details of any previous embodiment.The present invention extends to any novel characteristics of disclosed feature in this specification (comprising any appended claim, summary and figure), or any novel characteristics combination, or extend to the step of any novelty of the step of disclosed any method or process or the combination of the step of any novelty.

Claims

1. bath support that is used for the people, comprise: support component, described support component has pedestal part and support portion, the people is suitable for being sitting in above the described pedestal part when described bath support is positioned in the bathtub, and described support portion is holded up and is suitable for limiting moving of the people that is sitting on the described base portion from described pedestal part; And fixed part, described fixed part is a flexible anti skidding form, be suitable for centering on described support portion and covering and imbrication residence and state pedestal part, contact described bathtub when being positioned in the bathtub, and described support component is fixed on appropriate location in the described bathtub with the described bath support of box lunch.

2. bath support according to claim 1, wherein, described fixed part and described support component are parts independently, and described spacer is porose, described support component extends through described hole.

3. bath support according to claim 1, wherein, described fixed part and described support component are Unitarily molded.

4. according to claim 1,2 or 3 described bath supports, wherein, the plane of described support portion is arc, and is suitable for supporting at least the back that is sitting in the people on the described pedestal part.

5. bath support according to claim 4, wherein, described support portion also comprises and is suitable for being formed for people's the crotch and/or the bulbous part of abdominal support.

6. bath support according to claim 5, wherein, described napiform root partly is positioned near the center of curvature of support portion, described arc back.

7. according to each described bath support in claim 2 and claim 5 or 6, wherein, described pad comprises second hole that is used to receive described bulbous part.

8. according to claim 5,6 or 7 described bath supports, wherein, described bulbous part also comprises in order to restriction and is sitting in the T shape bar that the people on the described pedestal part dumps forward.

9. according to the described bath support of each aforementioned claim, wherein, described pad is with the approximate described pedestal part of amount imbrication around the whole circumference of described pedestal part.

10. according to each described bath support in the claim 1 to 8, wherein, described spacer has and the corresponding elongated profile of the typical shape of bath base.

11. the described bath support of claim 11 when quoting claim 2, wherein, described hole is at an end place of described pad.

12. according to the described bath support of each aforementioned claim, wherein, at least one side that centers on the described pedestal part of described pad imbrication at least of described pad is provided with a plurality of suckers, described pad can adhere to the bathtub surface by means of described sucker.

13. bath support according to claim 12, wherein, described sucker is Unitarily molded on described pad.

14. according to the described bath support of each aforementioned claim, wherein, described pad has non skid matting on the part above pad is positioned at described bottom when being positioned on the described bath base at least.

15. bath support according to claim 14, wherein, described non skid matting provides by the irregular portion in the surface of described pad.

16. claim 14 or 15 described bath supports when quoting claim 11, wherein, described non skid matting also is arranged on the part away from an end of described pad of described pad.

17. according to the described bath support of each aforementioned claim, wherein, sucker is arranged on the described support component further described support component is fixed on the appropriate location in the bathtub.

18. a bath support is basically as described with reference to accompanying drawing in the literary composition.