CN211324175U - Health care and happiness pillow - Google Patents
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The utility model discloses a health care lucky pillow, which comprises a pillow inner (1), an elastic plate (2), a bearing plate component, a sleeve component, a spring (5), a push rod (6), traditional Chinese medicinal materials (7), a spring leaf (8), a bottom plate (9) and fillers (10), wherein the sleeve component comprises a sleeve (4), a platform (41), a long hole (42) and an inclined plane (43), and the bearing plate component comprises a bearing plate (3), an elastic rod (31) and a clamping block (32); the pillow core (1) is fixedly connected with the middle horizontal part of the spring piece (8) and the bearing plate (3). The health care happiness pillow can automatically adjust the height of the pillow according to different postures of people in sleeping, and the Chinese herbal medicine is arranged in the pillow, thereby meeting the requirements of people on healthy sleeping, and particularly having good effect on relieving the pain of cervical spondylosis patients caused by the discomfort of the pillow in sleeping.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to a pillow, in particular to a health care lucky pillow.
Background
People can not sleep without leaving the pillow, but the height of the pillow should be appropriate. If the pillow is too high during sleeping, the normal physiological bending of the cervical vertebra can be changed, so that muscle fatigue damage and ligament traction strain can be caused, spasm, inflammation and the like can be generated, and symptoms such as neck and shoulder ache, hand numbness, dizziness and the like can appear; if the pillow is too low, the health is not good, and people lying on the back excessively lean backwards, unbalanced blood supply and mouth breathing are easy to open, dry mouth, sore throat and snore are generated, and neck muscles are also excessively stretched and fatigued to cause spasm and pain.
People can not keep the same posture for a long time when sleeping at night, and the sleeping posture is constantly adjusted, sometimes the people lie on the back and sometimes the people lie on the side, which is a common situation. However, the height of the pillow is different between the back lying and the side lying according to the physical characteristics of the person, the height of the pillow is about 5 cm (the height of the pillow after being pressed) when the person lies on the back, the height of the pillow is preferably consistent with the width of one side shoulder of the person after being compressed when the person lies on the side, and the height of the pillow is preferably about 10 cm. The pillow with two high ends and a low middle part is also available in the market, but when people lie on the back, the head is sunk in the pit, the air permeability is poor, the height difference is large, the sleeping posture is inconvenient to adjust, and the requirements of healthy sleeping of people are difficult to meet.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The utility model aims at providing a health care pillow for people, in particular to a health care pillow which is provided for some patients with cervical spondylosis and hypertension and can be shortened when lying on the back and automatically raised when lying on the side, solving the problems in the background technology and meeting the needs of healthy sleep of people.
The utility model aims at realizing through the following technical scheme:
the utility model discloses a health care happiness pillow, as shown in figure 1, comprising a pillow core 1, an elastic plate 2, a supporting plate component, a sleeve component, a spring 5, a push rod 6, Chinese medicinal materials 7, a spring leaf 8, a bottom plate 9 and fillers 10.
4 sleeve assemblies which are vertically and fixedly connected with the bottom plate 9 are distributed on the bottom plate 9 according to the bilateral symmetry positions;
the sleeve component comprises a sleeve 4, a platform 41, a long hole 42 and a bevel 43;
the cylinder cover part at the upper end part of the sleeve 4 is provided with a round-head long hole 42, the top part of the cylinder cover is a planar platform 41, and the inner side surface of the long hole 42 is provided with an inclined surface 43;
the spring 5 is installed inside the sleeve 4, the lower end of the spring 5 is fixed on the bottom plate 9, the upper end of the spring extends out of the long hole 42 at the upper end of the sleeve 4, and the sleeve 4 is distributed on the bottom plate 9 as shown in fig. 2.
The support plate assembly comprises a support plate 3, an elastic rod 31 and a clamping block 32;
the lower part of the plane of the supporting plate 3 is fixed with 4 elastic rods 31, and each elastic rod 31 is connected with the upper end of the spring 5 in the corresponding sleeve 4;
the support plate component is divided into 2 sets, and the support plates 3 are positioned at the upper part and symmetrically distributed at two sides of the bottom plate 9.
The lower end part of the elastic rod 31 is provided with a fixture block 32, the upper surface of the fixture block 32 is an inclined surface, the lower surface is a plane, the fixture block 32 can be ensured not to be clamped by the sleeve when the sleeve moves upwards in the sleeve, and the lower surface of the fixture block 32 can be clamped on the platform 41 at the top of the sleeve 4 in the downward movement process of the elastic rod 31;
the middle horizontal part of the spring piece 8 is positioned above the middle part of the bottom plate 9, the horizontal part is positioned above the middle part, two wings are concave arc surfaces, clamping grooves 81 are arranged on the two wings and are clamped on the upper parts of the clamping blocks 32 at the lower part of the elastic rod 31;
the middle horizontal part of the spring piece 8 and the 2 symmetrically arranged support plates 3 are positioned on the same plane, the elastic plate 2 is arranged on the upper part of the horizontal plane, and the elastic plate 2 is fixedly connected with the middle horizontal part of the spring piece 8 and the support plates 3.
The traditional Chinese medicinal materials 7 are Chinese herbal medicines placed on the health pillow bottom plate 9, comprise Chinese angelica, common clubmoss herb, pseudo-ginseng, red sage root and other Chinese herbal medicines, have the functions of promoting blood circulation to remove blood stasis, clearing heat and promoting diuresis, and relaxing tendons and activating collaterals, and have a certain relieving effect on cervical spondylosis.
The filler 10 is a filler material placed in the lower space of the support plate 3, and is required to have a small deformation resistance, such as a down fiber material that is air-permeable and fluffy.
The working process of the health care happiness pillow is as follows:
when the sleeping posture of people needs to be adjusted, namely the sleeping posture is changed from the supine position to the side lying sleeping posture, the rotating process takes the shoulder as a fulcrum to rotate the body and drive the head to rotate, because the shoulder of people is wider, the head of people slides slightly over the pillow when turning and turns to deviate from the position of the middle part of the pillow, therefore, when the head of people deviates from the middle part of the pillow core 1, the spring piece 8 recovers the original shape, the pressure borne by the spring 5 is also reduced instantly, under the action of the restoring force of the spring 5, the elastic rod 31 is pushed to move upwards, after the elastic rod 31 moves upwards for a certain height, the fixture block 32 is lifted to the upper part of the platform 41, and under the action of the restoring force of the elastic rod 31, the fixture block 32 is driven to be clamped on the platform 41, at the moment, the head of people is rotated to the upper part of the supporting plate component, the pressure is higher, the elastic rod is not enough, namely, when people turn from the supine position to the side lying position, the whole pillow is lifted for a certain distance.
The pillow is characterized in that the pillow core is arranged in the middle of the pillow body, and the pillow core is arranged in the middle of the pillow body.
If the pillow is not high enough, the height of the pillow can be controlled conveniently, and the pillow can be lifted when the user feels that the pillow is not high enough and moves the head or turns the head when the user lies on the side.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model discloses a health care happiness pillow, the posture difference when can be according to people's sleep, the height of automatically regulated pillow to set up the Chinese herbal medicine material in the pillow, satisfy people to the demand of healthy sleep, especially to the misery that brings because the discomfort of pillow when alleviating cervical spondylopathy patient sleep, have good effect.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a health care Ruyi pillow of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the health care Ruyi pillow along a symmetrical cross section.
Fig. 3 is a schematic view showing the distribution of the sleeve positions on the bottom plate of the health-care Ruyi pillow of the present invention.
Fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of the sleeve of the health care Ruyi pillow of the present invention.
Fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of a spring leaf of the health care Ruyi pillow of the present invention.
Fig. 6 is a top view of the position distribution of the support plate and the spring leaf of the health care Ruyi pillow of the present invention.
Fig. 7 is a schematic structural view of the health care Ruyi pillow of the present invention after being deformed by pressure in the middle.
In the figure: 1. pillow core, 2, elastic plate, 3, support plate, 31, elastic rod, 32, fixture block, 4, sleeve, 41, platform, 42, slot hole, 43, inclined plane, 5, spring, 6, push rod, 7, traditional Chinese medicine, 8, spring leaf, 81, clamping groove, 9, bottom plate, 10 and filler.
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The preferred embodiment of the health care pillow of the utility model is shown in figure 1.
The utility model discloses a health care happiness pillow, the front, the back, the left and the right of the whole are symmetrical structures, 4 sleeves 4 which are vertically and fixedly connected with the bottom plate 9 are distributed on each side of the left and the right symmetrical positions on the bottom plate 9, and springs 5 are arranged in the sleeves 4; the cylinder cover part at the upper end part of the sleeve 4 is provided with a round-head long hole 42, the top part of the cylinder cover is a plane platform 41, and the inner side surface of the long hole 42 is made into an inclined surface 43; the lower end of the spring 5 is fixed to the base plate 9 and the upper end extends out of an elongated hole 42 in the upper end of the sleeve 4.
The lower part of the plane of the supporting plate 3 is fixed with 4 elastic rods 31, and each elastic rod 31 is connected with the upper end of the spring 5 in the corresponding sleeve 4; the bearing plate assembly is divided into 2 sets, and the bearing plates 3 are positioned at the upper part and are symmetrically distributed at two sides of the bottom plate 9.
The lower end part of the elastic rod 31 is provided with a fixture block 32, the upper surface of the fixture block 32 is an inclined surface, the lower surface is a plane, the fixture block 32 can be ensured not to be clamped by the sleeve when moving upwards in the sleeve, and the lower surface of the fixture block 32 can be clamped on the platform 41 at the top of the sleeve 4 when the elastic rod 31 moves downwards;
the middle horizontal part of the spring piece 8 is positioned above the middle part of the bottom plate 9, the horizontal part is positioned above the middle part, two wings are concave arc surfaces, clamping grooves 81 are arranged on the two wings, and the clamping grooves are clamped on the upper parts of clamping blocks 32 at the lower part of the elastic rod 31;
the middle horizontal part of the spring piece 8 and the 2 symmetrically arranged support plates 3 are positioned on the same plane, the elastic plate 2 is arranged on the upper part of the horizontal plane, and the elastic plate 2 is fixedly connected with the middle horizontal part of the spring piece 8 and the support plates 3.
When people sleep at night, most people sleep on back, and the head is positioned in the middle of the pillow at the beginning, so that the middle part of the pillow core 1 is bent and deformed under pressure, and the pressure on the spring piece 8 is the maximum at the moment. If the fixture block 32 on the elastic rod 31 is originally clamped at the top of the platform 41 on the sleeve 4, the arc surfaces of the two wings extend outwards along with the downward movement of the spring piece 8, the lower end of the elastic rod 31 is pushed outwards by the clamping groove 81, so that the fixture block 32 is separated from the platform 41, the spring 5 is not enough to support the pressure of the head of a person on the pillow inner 1, the pillow inner 1 and the elastic plate 2 press the supporting plate component to move downwards for a certain distance integrally to overcome the elasticity of the spring 5, and the overall height of the pillow becomes short, so that the short pillow meets the requirement of people lying on the back.
When the pillow core 1 and the bearing plate component move downwards integrally, the head of a person can not feel vibration due to the buffering effect of the spring 5 and the filler 10, and the filler 10 is made of air-permeable fluffy down feather fiber materials, so that the deformation resistance is small, and the downward movement of the whole pillow core 1 and the bearing plate component can not be influenced.
When the sleeping posture of people needs to be adjusted, namely the sleeping posture is changed from the supine position to the side lying sleeping posture, the rotating process takes the shoulder as a fulcrum to rotate the body and drive the head to rotate, because the shoulder of people is wider, the head of people slides slightly over the pillow when turning and turns to deviate from the position of the middle part of the pillow, therefore, when the head of people deviates from the middle part of the pillow core 1, the spring piece 8 recovers the original shape, the pressure borne by the spring 5 is also reduced instantly, under the action of the restoring force of the spring 5, the elastic rod 31 is pushed to move upwards, after the elastic rod 31 moves upwards for a certain height, the fixture block 32 is lifted to the upper part of the platform 41, and under the action of the restoring force of the elastic rod 31, the fixture block 32 is driven to be clamped on the platform 41, at the moment, the head of people is rotated to the upper part of the supporting plate component, the pressure is higher, the elastic rod is not enough, namely, when people turn from the supine position to the side lying position, the whole pillow is lifted for a certain distance.
The pillow is characterized in that the pillow core is arranged in the middle of the pillow body, and the pillow core is arranged in the middle of the pillow body.
If the pillow is not high enough, the height of the pillow can be controlled conveniently, and the pillow can be lifted when the user feels that the pillow is not high enough and moves the head or turns the head when the user lies on the side.
The pillow core 1 is made of slow-rebound memory cotton, can be automatically shaped according to the curve and pressure points of a human body, relieves the body pressure, relieves the fatigue and achieves a natural and comfortable non-pressure state.
The Chinese medicinal materials 7 are Chinese medicinal herbs arranged on the health pillow bottom plate 9, comprise Chinese medicinal herbs such as angelica sinensis, common clubmoss herb, pseudo-ginseng, salvia miltiorrhiza and the like, have the functions of promoting blood circulation to remove blood stasis, clearing heat and promoting diuresis, and relaxing tendons and activating collaterals, and have a certain relieving effect on cervical spondylosis.
Compared with the prior art, the health care pleasant pillow of the utility model can automatically adjust the height of the pillow according to different sleeping postures of people, and the overall height of the pillow is changed, so that the uncomfortable feeling of the head part framed in the concave pit can not be generated, and the adjustment of the sleeping posture of people is not influenced; the Chinese herbal medicine is arranged in the pillow, so that the requirement of people on healthy sleep is met, and the pillow has a good effect on relieving pain caused by discomfort of a cervical spondylosis patient in sleep.
The above description is only for the preferred embodiment of the present invention, but the protection scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any changes or substitutions that can be easily conceived by those skilled in the art within the technical scope of the present invention are all covered by the protection scope of the present invention.
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1. A health care Ruyi pillow is characterized by comprising a pillow inner (1), an elastic plate (2), a supporting plate component, a sleeve component, a spring (5), a push rod (6), traditional Chinese medicines (7), a spring piece (8), a bottom plate (9) and fillers (10);
4 sleeve assemblies which are vertically and fixedly connected with the bottom plate (9) are distributed on the bottom plate (9) according to the bilateral symmetry positions; the sleeve component comprises a sleeve (4), a platform (41), a long hole (42) and an inclined surface (43), the upper end part of the sleeve (4) is provided with the long hole (42) with a round head, the top of the sleeve is provided with the planar platform (41), and the inner side surface of the long hole (42) is made into the inclined surface (43);
the spring (5) is arranged in the sleeve (4), the lower end of the spring (5) is fixed on the bottom plate (9), and the upper end of the spring extends out of a long hole (42) at the upper end part of the sleeve (4);
the support plate assembly comprises a support plate (3), elastic rods (31) and clamping blocks (32), wherein 4 elastic rods (31) are fixed at the lower part of the plane of the support plate (3), the clamping block (32) is arranged at the lower end part of each elastic rod (31), and the lower ends of the elastic rods are connected with the upper ends of the springs (5) in the corresponding sleeves (4);
the supporting plate components are divided into 2 sets, the supporting plates (3) are positioned at the upper part and are symmetrically distributed at two sides of the bottom plate (9);
the middle horizontal part of the spring piece (8) is positioned above the middle part of the bottom plate (9), the horizontal part is arranged above the middle part, two wings are concave arc surfaces, and clamping grooves (81) are arranged on the two wings and clamped at the upper parts of the clamping blocks (32);
the middle horizontal part of the spring piece (8) and the 2 symmetrically arranged support plates (3) are positioned on the same plane, the elastic plate (2) is arranged on the upper part of the horizontal plane, and the elastic plate (2) is fixedly connected with the middle horizontal part of the spring piece (8) and the support plates (3).
2. A health care happiness pillow as claimed in claim 1, wherein the upper surface of said block (32) is a slope and the lower surface is a plane, which can ensure that the block (32) is not blocked by the sleeve when moving upwards in the sleeve, and the lower surface of the block (32) can be blocked on the platform (41) at the top of the sleeve (4) when the elastic rod (31) moves downwards.
3. A health care happiness pillow as claimed in claim 1, wherein said pillow core (1) is made of slow rebound memory cotton material, which can be automatically shaped according to the body curve and pressure point.
4. A health care Ruyi pillow as claimed in claim 1, wherein the Chinese herbal medicine (7) is a Chinese herbal medicine placed on the health care pillow base plate (9) and comprises angelica sinensis, lycopodium clavatum, pseudo-ginseng and salvia miltiorrhiza.
5. A health care happiness pillow as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that said filler (10) is a filler material placed in the lower space of the support plate (3) requiring a low deformation resistance.
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