CN101674762B

CN101674762B - Infant bath support

Info

Publication number: CN101674762B
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: 2013-05-01
Anticipated expiration: 2028-03-05
Also published as: GB0704816D0; CN101674762A; EP2131710B1; GB2447468A; WO2008110752A2; WO2008110752A3; EP2131710A2; GB2447468B

Abstract

A bath support (10) for a person (40), comprises a support component (14) having a base part (30) adapted to be sat upon by the person when the bath support is located in a bath, and a support part (32, 34) upstanding from the base part and adapted to limit movement of the person seated on the base part. A securing component (12) in the form of non-slip mat (16) surrounds the support component (14) and covers and overlaps its base part (30) so as to contact the bath and adhere thereto by means of suckers on its undersurface. The support parts (32, 34) pass through apertures (42, 44) in the mat (16).

Description

Infant bath support

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of for baby and the child bracing or strutting arrangement when adult's bathtub is taken a shower.This device is that child's's (said child refers to independently to sit up but the child that need to be supported here) father and mother are desired; it is so that father and mother needn't provide this support in person, because in person provide this support usually can allow the back tired because of tension.If there is any discomfort at the father and mother back, then just be starved of the bath support 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 bath bracing or strutting arrangement, and this bracing or strutting arrangement comprise have the seat part, back part, side handrail (side arm, side arm) and the framework of front restriction section, also be included in extend between seat part and the front restriction section 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 gradually grasp.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 firmly underwater consequence.In the situation that not 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 has additionally added matte on the surface relative with filling suctorial surface (suckered surface).But this layout is not baby support.

WO-A-98/05249 discloses a kind of bathtub seat chair apparatus, to prevent its down sliding in bathtub when people's back is supported by an end of bathtub.This device has: thin, flat rear portion basically, 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 support people's whole shank or the part of leg, and there is chamber the front portion in its lower section; The transitional region that tilts 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, in order to 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 baby support.

Summary of the invention

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

According to the present invention, a kind of bath support for the people is provided, comprise: support component, this support component has base portion and support portion, described base portion 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 the movement that is sitting in the people on the base portion from base portion; And fixed part, it is flexible slipmat form, is suitable for around support section and covers and the imbrication base portion, 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 at support component other suckers to be set.In addition, although may be preferred, fixed part complete covering base section or to live base portion around the whole circumference imbrication of its base portion be not indispensable.

In addition, be likely although support component and fixed part are the individual components of bath support, in fact be preferred at present, this is not indispensable.Be necessary that no matter 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 at least the support portion of support component) has certain rigidity, so that it can realize supporting the purpose of the people in the bathtub.Although the bath support of these opposite characteristics can be by limiting type in the literary composition single part provides, preferably, two parts are structures independently.

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 base portion.

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 be used to the second hole that receives 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 base portion of amount imbrication around the whole circumference of base portion.Alternatively, it has the elongated profile corresponding with the typical shape of bath base.Preferably, at least one side of pad (at least around described pad imbrication base portion 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, the part that is positioned on away from its sidepiece of described sucker and when pad is positioned on the described bath base at least above the described bottom of described pad 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 in order to 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 base portion 30 and back-supported section 32, and above-mentioned back-supported section erects from basically flat base portion 30.The back-supported section 32 that erects is arc in plane, and randomly is hollow, and may have the inner support rib between antetheca and rear wall.If back-supported section is by consisting of such as polypropylene or poly plastic material, what then back-supported section may be for hollow, if but back-supported section is made of the low density material such as polyurethane or polystyrene, then back-supported section can be for solid.In fact, back-supported section can comprise the combination of described material.At the center of curvature place of back-supported section 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 back-supported section 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 in bulbous support part 34 and the back-supported section 32, and then the bath support 10 with assembling is positioned in the bathtub.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 back-supported section 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 at pad 16 (certainly non skid matting feature 20 can stop the baby slip), 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 in order to prevent the baby.

However, this bath support 10 should be in the situation that there be father and mother to guard 40 uses by the baby 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 main hazard in the prior-art devices.

Pad 16 elongated shape is so that 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 with the bath support difference of Fig. 1, and bulbous support part 34 ' does not herein have the T shape bar 36 of Fig. 1 (although it can have T shape bar certainly; 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 of back-supported section 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 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 in addition especially statement.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 the feature of any novelty of disclosed feature in this specification (comprising any appended claim, summary and figure), or the Feature Combination of any novelty, 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, has certain rigidity, described support component has base portion and support portion, the people is suitable for being sitting in above the described base portion when described bath support is positioned in the bathtub, and described support portion is holded up and is suitable for limiting the movement that is sitting in the people on the described base portion from described base portion; And fixed part, described fixed part is flexible slipmat form, be suitable for centering on described support portion and covering and imbrication residence and state base portion, contact described bathtub when being positioned in the bathtub with the described bath support of box lunch, and described support component is fixed on appropriate location in the described bathtub.

2. bath support according to claim 1, wherein, described fixed part and described support component are parts independently, and described spacer has so that the hole that described support component extends through.

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 base portion.

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

6. bath support according to claim 5, wherein, described bulbous partly is positioned near the center of curvature that plane is the arc described support portion that is used for the back.

7. bath support according to claim 2, wherein, described support portion also comprises and is suitable for being formed for people's crotch and/or the bulbous part of abdominal support, and wherein, described pad comprises be used to the hole that receives described bulbous part.

8. bath support according to claim 7, wherein, described bulbous part also comprises in order to restriction and is sitting in the T shape bar that the people on the described base portion dumps forward.

9. bath support according to claim 1, wherein, described pad is with the approximate described base portion of amount imbrication around the whole circumference of described base portion.

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

11. bath support according to claim 2, wherein, described spacer has the elongated profile corresponding with the typical shape of bath base, and wherein, the described so that hole that described support component extends through is at the first end place of described pad.

12. bath support according to claim 1, wherein, at least one side that centers at least the described base portion of described pad imbrication of described pad is provided with a plurality of suckers, and 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. bath support according to claim 11, wherein, described pad has non skid matting in 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. bath support according to claim 14, wherein, described spacer has the elongated profile corresponding with the typical shape of bath base, and wherein, described non skid matting also is arranged on the part away from the first end of described pad of described pad.

17. bath support according to claim 1, wherein, sucker is arranged on the described support component further described support component is fixed on the appropriate location in the bathtub.