CN101969802A

CN101969802A - Device for protection

Info

Publication number: CN101969802A
Application number: CN200880117944XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 卡林纳·琼森
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2007-09-28
Filing date: 2008-09-26
Publication date: 2011-02-09
Also published as: SE0702179L; EP2194803A1; EP2194803A4; WO2009041907A1; SE532597C2

Abstract

The invention relates to a device (1) for hipprotection pants (2) comprising protections (3) extending along an area intended to cover and protect the user's hips. The protection (3) is formed of materials having flexible standing walls (8, 9) in the form of frame works. The protection may comprise one or more than one layer (6, 7) of standing walls (8, 9), and the interior layer (6, 7) is open in the direction outward (10) from the interior (11) of the pants. The walls (8, 9) of the layers (6, 7) may be open and accordingly the different layers (6, 7) may be ventilated laterally (12) and/or straight out as seen from the interior space (10) of the pants, and different hardness as regards compression in the direction perpendicular as seen in relation to the surface extension of the protection may be present for different protection layers (6, 7). A softer protection layer (6) is suitably arranged facing inward toward (13) and situated closest to the interior space (11) of the pants, and the material of the pants (2) is air permeable.

Description

Protector

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of device that is applicable to the pants of protection hip, it comprises the protector that extends in order to a panel region of covering and protection user's hip and neck of femur along expection.

Background technology

Hip Fracture (fracture of neck of femur just) is serious health problem among the especially old women in old crowd.Because our life-span prolongs, therefore being expected at following this problem also can increase.The pants of protection hip are owing to the power that can absorb or disperse under the situation that people fall from the hip frangible section, and therefore the pants of use protection hip are a kind of methods that reduces this Hip Fracture and fractured leg danger.This is the mode that a kind of easy minimizing is subjected to unnecessary injury.

For safety, should day and night wear the pants of protection hip.Therefore, pants are comfortable to be vital, and they just can not cause user's other problem like this, and above-mentioned pants should be enough comfortable so that make the user want to use above-mentioned pants really.

The pants of the protection hip that can buy in the market have two types:

Towards the edge of protector (it is the type of ice hockey protector) and the hard housing type of dispersion force;

(or collision)/power of will impacting absorbs the soft protector type in the material.

The pants that have hard protector when the user lies in a side can go wrong.The protector edge can push the user who abuts against common fragility and cause uncomfortable this moment.This in addition can produce the pressure that is difficult to handle and increase severely.

Pants with soft protector and commercially available protection hip are made by gas impermeable material.And they are made by heat-barrier material.Can produce serious consequence like this, this also is the problem that some manufacturers pay close attention to.For example referring to Www.posey.com/posey store/filesCan read their warning at last.

Wherein they especially point out should to change pants with the cleaning protection hip so that prevent to injure skin after each incontinence event.Should constantly check accurately in addition skin.If for example owing to leak in the hole on the plastics that closely holding, the protector that is contained in so in the anti-hydrospace of sealing can be full of water.The result can make mould grow and make the bacteria breed that other is disagreeable.

In addition, skin is long-term moist can make the bacteria breed that have fungi, therefore can produce serious skin problem, and can make like this and can not continue to use above-mentioned protector again.Do not wear protector and mean the danger of Hip Fracture.Therefore will between two bad things, select.

The TYTEX of manufacturer that applies for a patent the hip protector of WO2006/069582A1 has used a kind of material that is not encapsulated in the plastics.This material also be fine and close impervious, from but capable of washing and do not absorb water.In these cases, use fabric under protector, described fabric be it is said nice and cool and moisture transmission should be walked.But bearing is placed so that correctly locate because protector must closely abut against health, and therefore when the user of protector fell, described fabric did not almost have help to the user.And, use these pants in the short time after, the skin under the protector will very fast humidity.

Summary of the invention

Therefore main purpose of the present invention is mainly to solve the problems referred to above by simple and efficient mechanism of action, thereby can obtain effective and safe Protective shorts, above-mentioned Protective shorts uses comfortable and prevents skin problem, and above-mentioned Protective shorts is to be health reliably and also, and can attract the user to wear.

Realize described purpose by means of device according to the present invention, essential characteristic of the present invention is that protector is formed by at least one material layer with the compliance upstanding wall that is the frame structure form, above-mentioned at least one material layer near the pants positioned internal is being open from the outward direction of pants inside towards the pants outside, and the pants material is a breathable.

The present invention relates to a kind of like this pants of protecting hip: it has the soft shock-absorbing protector that is suitable for protecting hip.Described protector is not by making the heat insulation material of skin, and the open cell structure allows the transpiration or the sweat (transpiration) of skin to dissipate by ventilation.

The protector (thereby forming open cell) that constitutes by the material that uses by the compliance upstanding wall can obtain ventilation effect and shock-absorbing effect.Above-mentioned material naturally and understandably is antibiotic.Above-mentioned wall can be configured to honeycomb shape or other shape.

Have the two-layer or multilayer of different hardness by use, protector all is suitable for for lighter and heavier people.Present protector does not have this exclusive feature.Be (the most soft) of compliance near the layer of human body.Layer away from human body is hard more more.Protector can be ellipse, circle or other peripheral shape.

Description of drawings

Present invention is described with the form of several preferred embodiment examples with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Fig. 1 illustrates the example of Protective shorts;

Fig. 2 illustrates the side view of the Protective shorts according to the present invention;

Fig. 3 illustrates the perspective view of anti-protection pad;

Fig. 4 illustrates the different instances of anti-protection pad;

Fig. 5 illustrates the cross section of anti-protection pad; And

Fig. 6 is the zoomed-in view of the section portion of anti-protection pad.

The specific embodiment

The device 1 that is applicable to protection hip pants 2 comprises protector 3; protector 3 is arranged to be used to cover and protect a panel region 4 of the user's who uses above-mentioned protection hip pants 2 hip 5 and frangible neck of femur thereof and extend along expection; this protector 3 comprises the soft vibration

absorptive material layer

6,7 that one deck is independent; the perhaps comparatively hard vibration

absorptive material layer

6,7 of one deck; or the combination of soft vibration

absorptive material layer

6,7 and comparatively hard vibration

absorptive material layer

6,7, above-mentioned

material layer

6,7 is made of gas permeable material.More properly, protector 3 comprises the feature of following part:

* protector is formed by at least one

material layer

6,7 with the compliance upstanding wall 8,9 that is the frame structure form;

* above-mentioned at least one material layer 7 of locating near pants inside 11 is open at the outward direction 10 of inside 11 towards the outside 50 of pants 2 from pants 2; And

* the material that is in corresponding protector 3 location at least of pants 2 is breathables.

In these cases, can be with the layer of some that has 3 to 30mm, preferably have 3 to 15mm thickness T as overcoat 6,7, and described

overcoat

6,7 has cellular cross section or other hollow structure.

Preferably, described

overcoat

6,7 is by flexible thermoplastic material, other eco-friendly or be beneficial to environment and wholesome material constitute, and protector 3 has circular all lateral edges 14 so that avoid damage of health build-up of pressure or other damage.

Can a kind of plastic tab 15 be attached between the

different layers

6,7 by gummed or by the formed welding of fusing; And cross described thin slice and can arrange plurality of opening 16, thereby make described layer become straight-through open architecture.When on direction 10 and 13, seeing above-mentioned layer as described in unit 17 are straight-through fully open architectures; But like that, periphery edge fuses each other shown in the example as shown in fig. 5.

Because most of described open walls 9 have in 12 extensions of the horizontal direction from a unit 17 to adjacent cells 17, also along the horizontal outwards through

hole

18,19 of freedom of entry air, so described

layer

6,7 ventilation on horizontal 12 is provided.

Can use protector with different peripheral shapes.The design of suggestion is: use the location that stops directly over user 19 the femur (bigger rotor or trochanter (trochanter)) of pants 2 of protection hip in expection, protector 3 has the cavity 20 that possesses suitable shape at least on its inside flip portion.

As shown in Figure 4, protector 3 also can have the cavity 20 that is suitable for around the proximal femur part, and cavity 20 whole whole thickness by protector extension and extension protector, and it is whole annular or partially enclosed shape.

Be contained in protector 3 in the pants 2 or because protector 3 itself naturally and understandably has two protection positions on each bar pants 2; Protector on each side A, B is arranged to work in hollow spatial accommodation 21 in that the pants respective side A, the B that face femur (than greater trochanter or trochanter) of pants are last.Described pants 2 are formed by textile material, and above-mentioned textile material is comfortable when wearing near human body, the preferably cotton or other similar material of above-mentioned textile material; Synthetic fibers preferably also.The material the 51, the 52nd of pants 2, breathable.

Sack or in addition the suitable space that holds protector 21 have the sealed open that is used for described protector 3 inserted and described protector 3 is taken out, and described space 21 can be oval, circular or tetragonal.Sack 21 can have sealable capping 23 suitably, for example comprises

Band or seal in other mode.

Therefore install 1 and comprise one deck 7 at least, and this layer of arranging near the inside 11 of pants 2 ventilate, thereby obtain required effect.In these cases, can only ventilate to pants 2 outsides 50, and/or laterally outwards ventilate in the freedom of entry air 50 then by the through

hole

18,19 from a unit 17 to the wall of another unit 17 by the inside 11 of open walls 8,9 from pants 2.In these cases, described internal layer 7 is open in inside 11 direction outwardly from pants 2.In these cases, can arrange the vibration absorption closed layer of whole sealing in described inner ventilation layer 7 outside.

The feature of device 1 also is, as required, just especially according to user's weight and size, can will put into corresponding pants at the loose independent layer that has identical or different performance aspect damping and/or the venting capability.

By foregoing description and accompanying drawing should be clear and definite function of the present invention and characteristic, but the present invention be not limited to certainly above-mentioned and in the accompanying drawings shown in embodiment.Under the situation that does not break away from protection domain of the present invention (being limited by claims), be feasible particularly at the aspect of performance of different parts or by the remodeling that utilizes equivalent technologies to carry out such as it.It will of course be appreciated that and utilize air can moisture be transferred to the outside of pants from user's health through ventilating.

Claims

1. be applicable to the device (1) of the pants (2) of protection hip; it comprises along expection and is used to cover and protects the zone of user's hip and neck of femur and the protector (3) that extends; it is characterized in that: protector (3) is by having the compliance upstanding wall (8 that is the frame structure form; 9) at least one material layer (6; 7) form; at least the layer (7) of locating near pants inside (11) is being open from pants inside (11) towards outward direction (10) of pants (2) outside (50); and the material (51,52) of pants (2) is a breathable.

2. device according to claim 1 is characterized in that, protector (3) is by having forming more than one deck (6,7) of upstanding wall (8,9), and all described layers are open in inside (11) direction (10) outwardly from pants.

3. according to the described device of arbitrary aforementioned claim, it is characterized in that, as seeing, laterally ventilating on (12) near the wall (8,9) in the described at least layer (7) of the location, inside (11) of pants from the inner space (11) of pants.

4. according to the described device of arbitrary aforementioned claim, it is characterized in that, different overcoats (6,7) have when when the extensional surface of protector is seen about take place in the direction that becomes vertical relation with the extensional surface of protector compression aspect different hardness, and comparatively soft overcoat (6) inwardly is arranged to towards (13) and near the location, inner space (11) of pants.

5. according to the described device of arbitrary aforementioned claim, it is characterized in that having 3 to 30mm, preferably have the layer (6,7) of 3 to 15mm thickness (T) as overcoat (6,7).

6. according to the described device of arbitrary aforementioned claim, it is characterized in that described overcoat (6,7) has cellular cross section or other hollow shape.

7. according to the described device of arbitrary aforementioned claim, it is characterized in that protector (3) is made of plastic material, and all lateral edges (14) of protector (3) are circular.

8. according to the described device of arbitrary aforementioned claim, it is characterized in that, most of described open walls (9) have from a unit (17) to adjacent cells (17) and the through hole (18,19) that extends and lead to outside (50) from protector (3) at all lateral edges (14) of protector (3).

9. according to the described device of arbitrary aforementioned claim, it is characterized in that, the location of protector (3) directly over expection ends at femur (bigger rotor) has the cavity (20) that is positioned at least on one of described layer, but preferably, protector (3) has the whole cavity (20) that extends through protector (3).

10. according to the described device of arbitrary aforementioned claim, it is characterized in that, protector (3) is arranged to be contained in and is positioned at pants (2) respective side (A, B) in the space on (21), and these pants (2) are formed by textile material, textile material is cotton etc. preferably, and the space (21) that holds protector has the opening (22) that is applicable to described protector (3), and described space (21) are oval, circular or tetragonal.