CN215456776U - Electric bed - Google Patents

Electric bed Download PDF

Info

Publication number
CN215456776U
CN215456776U CN202121892779.4U CN202121892779U CN215456776U CN 215456776 U CN215456776 U CN 215456776U CN 202121892779 U CN202121892779 U CN 202121892779U CN 215456776 U CN215456776 U CN 215456776U
Authority
CN
China
Prior art keywords
pipe
bed
pipe plug
plug
bolt
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Active
Application number
CN202121892779.4U
Other languages
Chinese (zh)
Inventor
赵军
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Zhejiang Everbright Ind Inc
Original Assignee
Zhejiang Everbright Ind Inc
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Zhejiang Everbright Ind Inc filed Critical Zhejiang Everbright Ind Inc
Priority to CN202121892779.4U priority Critical patent/CN215456776U/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of CN215456776U publication Critical patent/CN215456776U/en
Active legal-status Critical Current
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Links

Images

Landscapes

  • Invalid Beds And Related Equipment (AREA)

Abstract

The utility model discloses a bed, in particular to an electric bed, which comprises a plurality of bed boards which are hinged with each other, and is characterized in that a vibration motor is arranged on the back of one or more bed boards, and the vibration motor is installed on the back of the bed boards in a non-direct contact manner. The utility model solves the technical problem of improving the functionality of the electric bed. The utility model has the function of vibration massage, can avoid the resonance phenomenon of the bed board caused by the work of the vibration motor to the maximum extent when the function of vibration massage is used, and has good integral service performance of the function of vibration massage.

Description

Electric bed
Technical Field
The utility model relates to a bed, in particular to an electric bed.
Background
With the improvement of living standard of people, the electric bed is widely applied. The electric bed comprises a plurality of bed boards which are hinged with each other, a motor arranged on the bed frame pushes a certain bed board to rise or fall through a hinged driving rod, and the bed boards on the head, the hip or the feet are respectively lifted or lowered to meet the requirement of changing the posture of a human body lying in bed. For example, an electric bed disclosed in chinese utility model patent document No. 201320865600.5. For example, a new electric folding bed disclosed in chinese utility model patent document No. 201720593297.6.
At present, the prior electric bed still has the following technical defects:
1) the existing electric bed can only realize the angle adjustment of the bed board so as to meet the requirement of changing the posture of a human body lying in bed, and has single functionalization;
2) the bed board angle electric regulating mechanism of the existing electric bed has a complex structure and poor regulation stability.
Disclosure of Invention
The present invention is directed to provide an electric bed capable of vibration massage to overcome the above-mentioned disadvantages of the prior art.
In order to achieve the purpose, the electric bed comprises a plurality of bed boards which are hinged with each other, wherein the back surfaces of one or more bed boards are provided with vibration motors, the vibration motors are installed on the back parts of the bed boards in a non-direct contact mode, and the resonance phenomenon of the bed boards caused by the direct contact of the vibration motors and the bed boards is avoided in the vibration massage process.
Preferably, the specific mounting structure of the vibration motor is: one or polylith be equipped with the waist hole on the bed board, be equipped with the flexible mounting support that corresponds aforementioned waist hole one by one at the back of one or polylith bed board, flexible mounting support is including being unilateral open-ended rectangle casing form, and the opening that a pair of long limit corresponds all forms the first portion of arc breach on following, along the opening edge distribution of first portion, and increase the second portion of opening edge width to and the third portion that the second portion that corresponds from four angular position of first portion outwards extends, the third portion of flexible mounting support is fixed to on the peripheral bed board of waist hole, and the waist is arranged in to vibrating motor, and erect on a pair of arc breach of the first portion of flexible mounting support, and fixed mutually with the bottom of first portion.
Preferably, the bed plate angle electric adjusting mechanism of the electric bed of the present invention includes: the push rod motor is provided with a hinged part and deviates from the push rod part of the push rod motor, and the hinged part is hinged with a hinged seat preset on the bed frame cross bar; the side of the rotating rod is provided with a pair of supporting arms which are distributed at two end parts, each supporting arm directly and outwards extends from the side surface of the rotating rod, the outer end of each supporting arm is hinged with a roller, and the two end parts of the rotating rod are hinged to the side edge of the bed frame; and, a pendulum bar; one end of the swing rod is hinged to the outer end of the push rod part on the push rod motor, the other end of the swing rod is fixed to the rotating rod, the push rod part of the push rod motor drives the rotating rod to rotate through the swing rod, and the support arms are linked to rotate around the rotating rod to adjust the angle of the corresponding bed board.
Further, the concrete mounting structure of above-mentioned pendulum rod, push rod motor and dwang three is:
the pendulum rod is the sheet metal component, and it includes: the two first bodies are symmetrically distributed, one side of each first body is provided with a lug part, and the other side of each first body is provided with a through hole; and, a second body; the pair of first bodies and the second body are in an integrated right-angle bending structure, and the second body is positioned between the pair of first bodies;
wherein, the push rod portion of a push rod motor extends to between the lug part of a pair of first bodies to it is articulated mutually with the pivot of push rod portion to run through lug part in proper order through one, and the dwang then runs through the through-hole on a pair of first bodies in proper order, and is fixed mutually with first body.
The whole bed board angle electric adjusting mechanism in the optimized technical scheme only comprises three large pieces, namely a push rod motor, a swing rod and a rotating shaft, and the three large pieces are simple in connection relation. In addition, a push rod motor serving as a power source in the mechanism directly drives the rotating rod to rotate through the oscillating rod, so that the pair of supporting arms rotate around the rotating rod to rotate so as to fold the bed body.
Preferably, the bed leg of the electric bed of the present invention comprises: the pipe plug comprises a first bolt, a first pipe plug, a first pipe, a columnar nut, a second pipe plug, a second bolt, a third pipe plug, a second pipe and a fourth pipe plug, wherein the first pipe plug is formed by plastic coating with the first bolt; the first pipe plug and the second pipe plug are respectively sleeved into pipe orifices at two ends of the first pipe in an interference fit manner; the third pipe plug and the fourth pipe plug are respectively sleeved into pipe orifices at two ends of the second pipe in an interference fit manner; wherein, first bolt screw in bedstead, second bolt screw in column nut, and first stopcock, first pipe, second stopcock, third stopcock, second pipe and fourth stopcock all keep the concentricity. Furthermore, the first pipe plug, the second pipe plug, the third pipe plug and the fourth pipe plug are preferably made of PP materials, and the first pipe and the second pipe are preferably made of ABS materials.
In the preferred technical scheme, the bed legs and the bed body are fixed by bolt fasteners, the bed legs can be detached, and the bed legs are easy to keep vertical during installation.
Furthermore, the bottom surface of the fourth pipe plug is provided with an anti-slip pad so as to ensure the friction coefficient when the bed legs are contacted with the bottom surface and improve the position stability of the automatic bed.
Compared with the prior art, the automatic bed has the following advantages that:
1. the utility model has the function of vibration massage, can avoid the resonance phenomenon of the bed board caused by the work of the vibration motor to the maximum extent when the function of vibration massage is used, and has good integral service performance of the function of vibration massage.
2. The utility model has simple structure, the whole bed board angle electric adjusting mechanism only comprises three large parts of a push rod motor, a swing rod and a rotating shaft, and the three large parts are simple in connection relation with each other.
3. The bed plate angle electric adjusting mechanism has good adjusting stability, a push rod motor serving as a power source in the bed plate angle electric adjusting mechanism directly drives the rotating rod to rotate through the oscillating rod, and then the pair of supporting arms rotate around the rotating rod to fold the bed body.
4. The bed leg is easy to assemble and has good structural reasonability.
Drawings
Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of an electric bed;
fig. 2 is a sectional view of an electric bed;
FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 2 at A;
fig. 4 is a front structural diagram of a bed body (excluding a bed surface and a soft bag);
FIG. 5 is a schematic structural view of a flexible mounting bracket;
FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of the structure of an electric adjustment mechanism for a bed plate;
fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of the back structure of a bed (excluding the bed surface and the soft bag);
FIG. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a swing link;
FIG. 9 is an exploded view of a foot;
fig. 10 is a schematic view of a fourth plug.
In the figure: the bed comprises a bed body 1, a bed surface 1-1, a soft bag 1-2, a bed board 1-3, a head and back bed board 1-3-1, a hip bed board 1-3-2, a hip bed board two 1-3-3, a thigh bed board 1-3-4, a shank bed board 1-3-5, a waist hole 1-3-6, a bed frame 1-4, a cross bar 1-4-1, a bed foot 2, a first bolt 2-1, a first pipe plug 2-2, a first pipe 2-3, a columnar nut 2-4, a second pipe plug 2-5, a second bolt 2-6, a third pipe plug 2-7, a second pipe 2-8, a fourth pipe plug 2-9, a vibration motor 3, a flexible mounting bracket 4, a first part 4-1, an opening edge 4-1-1, a first pipe plug 2-7, a second pipe plug 2-9, a vibration motor 4, a flexible mounting bracket 4, a first part 4-1, and an opening edge 4-1, 4-1-2 parts of arc-shaped notches, 4-2 parts of second parts, 4-3 parts of third parts, 5 parts of push rod motors, 5-1 parts of hinge parts, 5-2 parts of push rods, 6 parts of hinge seats, 7 parts of rotating rods, 8 parts of supporting arms, 9 parts of rollers, 10 parts of swing rods, 10-1 parts of first bodies, 10-1-1 parts of lug parts, 10-1-2 parts of through holes, 10-2 parts of second bodies, 11 parts of shaft pins and 12 parts of anti-skid pads.
Detailed Description
The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments that can be derived from the embodiments of the present invention by a person of ordinary skill in the art are intended to fall within the scope of the present invention.
As shown in fig. 1 to 9, as an embodiment of the present invention, the electric bed provided in this embodiment includes a bed body 1 and bed legs 2, wherein the bed body 1 mainly includes a bed surface 1-1 made of cloth, a soft bag 1-2 made of sponge, a wooden bed plate 1-3, a bed frame 1-4 made of metal, and an angle electric adjusting mechanism 1-3 of the bed plate. The bed boards 1-3 comprise a head part bed board 1-3-1, a back part bed board 1-3-2, a hip part bed board 1-3-3, a hip part bed board two 1-3-3, a thigh part bed board 1-3-4 and a shank part bed board 1-3-5 which are sequentially distributed from the bed head to the bed tail.
The bed boards 1-3 are hinged with each other, a pair of vibration motors 3 are respectively arranged on the back surfaces of the bed boards 1-3-1 at the head and back and the bed boards 1-3-5 at the crus, the vibration motors 3 are installed on the back of the bed boards 1-3 in a non-direct contact manner, and the resonance phenomenon of the bed boards 1-3 caused by the direct contact of the vibration motors 3 and the bed boards 1-3 is avoided in the vibration massage process.
The specific mounting structure of the vibration motor 3 is as follows: the head and back bed boards 1-3-1 and the shank bed boards 1-3-5 are respectively provided with a waist hole 1-3-6 corresponding to the vibration motor 3 one by one, the back surfaces of the head and back bed boards 1-3-1 and the shank bed boards 1-3-5 are respectively provided with a flexible mounting bracket 4 corresponding to the waist holes 1-3-6 one by one, the flexible mounting bracket 4 comprises a rectangular shell with an opening at one side, a first part 4-1 of an arc-shaped gap 4-1-2 is formed on an opening edge 4-1-1 corresponding to a pair of long edges, the opening edge 4-1 of the first part 4-1 is distributed along the 4-1-1, a second part 4-2 of the opening edge 4-1-1 width is increased, and a third part 4-3 extending outwards from the second part 4-2 corresponding to the four corners of the first part 4-1, the third part 4-3 of the flexible mounting bracket 4 is fixed on the bed board 1-3 at the periphery of the waist hole 1-3-6, the vibration motor 3 is arranged in the waist hole 1-3-6, is erected on a pair of arc-shaped gaps 4-1-2 of the first part 4-1 of the flexible mounting bracket 4 and is fixed with the bottom of the first part 4-1.
The structure of the electric bed comprises a bed board 1-3 electric adjusting mechanism for adjusting the angle of a head bed board and a back bed board 1-3-1 and a bed board 1-3 electric adjusting mechanism for adjusting the angle of an included angle between a thigh bed board 1-3-4 and a shank bed board 1-3-5. The electric adjusting mechanism for the bed board 1-3 comprises: the push rod motor 5 is provided with a hinged part 5-1, and the hinged part 5-1 is hinged with a hinged seat 6 which is preset on a cross bar 1-4-1 of the bedstead 1-4, and deviates from a push rod part 5-2 of the push rod motor 5; a rotating rod 7, a pair of supporting arms 8 are arranged at the side of the rotating rod 7 and distributed at the two end parts, each supporting arm 8 extends outwards from the side surface of the rotating rod 7, a roller 9 is hinged at the outer end, and the two end parts of the rotating rod 7 are hinged to the side edges of the bed frame 1-4; and, a pendulum bar 10; one end part of the swing rod 10 is hinged with the outer end of a push rod part 5-2 on the push rod motor 5, the other end part of the swing rod is fixed with the rotating rod 7, the push rod part 5-2 of the push rod motor 5 drives the rotating rod 7 to rotate through the swing rod 10, and the swing rod and the rotating rod 7 are linked with a pair of supporting arms 8 to rotate so as to adjust the corresponding angle of the bed plate 1-3.
The concrete installation structures of the swing rod 10, the push rod motor 5 and the rotating rod 7 are as follows:
the pendulum rod 10 is a sheet metal part, and it includes: the two first bodies 10-1 are symmetrically distributed, one side of each first body 10-1 is provided with a lug part 10-1-1, and the other side of each first body is provided with a through hole 10-1-2; and, a second body 10-2; wherein, the pair of first bodies 10-1 and one second body 10-2 are in an integrated right-angle bending structure, and one second body 10-2 is positioned between the pair of first bodies 10-1;
wherein, a push rod part 5-2 of a push rod motor 5 extends to between the lug parts 10-1-1 of the pair of first bodies 10-1 and is hinged with a shaft pin 11 of the push rod part 5-2 through the lug parts 10-1-1 in sequence, and a rotating rod 7 sequentially penetrates through a through hole 10-1-2 on the pair of first bodies 10-1 and is fixed with the first body 10-1.
The electric adjusting mechanism for the angle of the bed plate 1-3 only comprises three large parts, namely a push rod motor 5, a swing rod 10 and a rotating shaft, and the three large parts are simple in connection relation with each other. In addition, the push rod motor 5 serving as a power source in the mechanism directly drives the rotating rod 7 to rotate through the oscillating rod 10, so that the pair of supporting arms 8 rotate around the rotating rod 7 to adjust the angle of the bed plate 1-3.
The structure of the electric bed of the embodiment has six bed legs 2 which are uniformly distributed along the circumference of the bed frame 1-4, and the bed legs 2 comprise: the pipe plug comprises a first bolt 2-1, a first pipe 2-3 plug 2-2 formed by plastic coating of the first bolt 2-1, a first pipe 2-3, a columnar nut 2-4, a second pipe 2-8 plug 2-5 formed by plastic coating of the columnar nut 2-4, a second bolt 2-6, a third pipe plug 2-7 formed by plastic coating of the second bolt 2-6, a second pipe 2-8 and a fourth pipe plug 2-9; the plug 2-2 of the first pipe 2-3 and the plug 2-5 of the second pipe 2-8 are respectively sleeved into pipe orifices at two ends of the first pipe 2-3 and are in interference fit; the third pipe plug 2-7 and the fourth pipe plug 2-9 are respectively sleeved into pipe orifices at two ends of the second pipe 2-8 and are in interference fit; wherein, the first bolt 2-1 is screwed into the bedstead 1-4, the second bolt 2-6 is screwed into the columnar nut 2-4, and the first pipe 2-3 is plugged by 2-2, the first pipe 2-3, the second pipe 2-8 is plugged by 2-5, the third pipe plug 2-7, the second pipe 2-8 and the fourth pipe plug 2-9 are all kept in a concentric shape. In the above-mentioned first pipe 2-3 stopper 2-2, second pipe 2-8 stopper 2-5, third pipe stopper 2-7 and fourth pipe stopper 2-9 all adopt PP material, and first pipe 2-3 and second pipe 2-8 adopt ABS material.
The bed legs 2 and the bed body 1 are fixed by adopting bolt fasteners, the bed legs 2 can be detached, and the bed legs 2 are easy to keep verticality when being installed.
In order to ensure the friction coefficient when the bed legs 2 contact the bottom surface and improve the position stability of the automatic bed, as another embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 10, the bottom surface of the fourth pipe plug 2-9 in this embodiment is provided with a rubber mat 12.
The present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned preferred embodiments, and any other products in various forms can be obtained by anyone in the light of the present invention, but any changes in the shape or structure thereof, which have the same or similar technical solutions as those of the present application, should fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (7)

1. An electric bed comprises a plurality of bed boards which are hinged with each other, and is characterized in that a vibration motor is arranged on the back of one or more bed boards, and the vibration motor is installed on the back of the bed boards in a non-direct contact manner; the specific mounting structure of the vibration motor is as follows:
one or polylith be equipped with the waist hole on the bed board, be equipped with the flexible mounting support that corresponds aforementioned waist hole one by one at the back of one or polylith bed board, flexible mounting support is including being unilateral open-ended rectangle casing form, and the opening that a pair of long limit corresponds all forms the first portion of arc breach on following, along the opening edge distribution of first portion, and increase the second portion of opening edge width to and the third portion that the second portion that corresponds from four angular position of first portion outwards extends, the third portion of flexible mounting support is fixed to on the peripheral bed board of waist hole, and the waist is arranged in to vibrating motor, and erect on a pair of arc breach of the first portion of flexible mounting support, and fixed mutually with the bottom of first portion.
2. The electric bed as claimed in claim 1, wherein the electric bed board angle adjusting mechanism comprises:
the push rod motor is provided with a hinged part and deviates from the push rod part of the push rod motor, and the hinged part is hinged with a hinged seat preset on the bed frame cross bar;
the side of the rotating rod is provided with a pair of supporting arms which are distributed at two end parts, each supporting arm directly and outwards extends from the side surface of the rotating rod, the outer end of each supporting arm is hinged with a roller, and the two end parts of the rotating rod are hinged to the side edge of the bed frame;
and, a pendulum bar;
one end of the swing rod is hinged to the outer end of the push rod part on the push rod motor, the other end of the swing rod is fixed to the rotating rod, the push rod part of the push rod motor drives the rotating rod to rotate through the swing rod, and the support arms are linked to rotate around the rotating rod to adjust the angle of the corresponding bed board.
3. The electric bed as claimed in claim 2, wherein the specific installation structure of the swing link, the push rod motor and the rotating rod is as follows:
the pendulum rod is the sheet metal component, and it includes:
the two first bodies are symmetrically distributed, one side of each first body is provided with a lug part, and the other side of each first body is provided with a through hole;
and, a second body;
the pair of first bodies and the second body are in an integrated right-angle bending structure, and the second body is positioned between the pair of first bodies;
wherein, the push rod portion of a push rod motor extends to between the lug part of a pair of first bodies to it is articulated mutually with the pivot of push rod portion to run through lug part in proper order through one, and the dwang then runs through the through-hole on a pair of first bodies in proper order, and is fixed mutually with first body.
4. The electric bed as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bed legs of the electric bed comprise:
the pipe plug comprises a first bolt, a first pipe plug, a first pipe, a columnar nut, a second pipe plug, a second bolt, a third pipe plug, a second pipe and a fourth pipe plug, wherein the first pipe plug is formed by plastic coating with the first bolt;
the first pipe plug and the second pipe plug are respectively sleeved into pipe orifices at two ends of the first pipe in an interference fit manner; the third pipe plug and the fourth pipe plug are respectively sleeved into pipe orifices at two ends of the second pipe in an interference fit manner;
wherein, first bolt screw in bedstead, second bolt screw in column nut, and first stopcock, first pipe, second stopcock, third stopcock, second pipe and fourth stopcock all keep the concentricity.
5. The electric bed as claimed in claim 2, wherein the bed legs of the electric bed comprise:
the pipe plug comprises a first bolt, a first pipe plug, a first pipe, a columnar nut, a second pipe plug, a second bolt, a third pipe plug, a second pipe and a fourth pipe plug, wherein the first pipe plug is formed by plastic coating with the first bolt;
the first pipe plug and the second pipe plug are respectively sleeved into pipe orifices at two ends of the first pipe in an interference fit manner; the third pipe plug and the fourth pipe plug are respectively sleeved into pipe orifices at two ends of the second pipe in an interference fit manner;
wherein, first bolt screw in bedstead, second bolt screw in column nut, and first stopcock, first pipe, second stopcock, third stopcock, second pipe and fourth stopcock all keep the concentricity.
6. The electric bed as claimed in claim 3, wherein the bed legs of the electric bed comprise:
the pipe plug comprises a first bolt, a first pipe plug, a first pipe, a columnar nut, a second pipe plug, a second bolt, a third pipe plug, a second pipe and a fourth pipe plug, wherein the first pipe plug is formed by plastic coating with the first bolt;
the first pipe plug and the second pipe plug are respectively sleeved into pipe orifices at two ends of the first pipe in an interference fit manner; the third pipe plug and the fourth pipe plug are respectively sleeved into pipe orifices at two ends of the second pipe in an interference fit manner;
wherein, first bolt screw in bedstead, second bolt screw in column nut, and first stopcock, first pipe, second stopcock, third stopcock, second pipe and fourth stopcock all keep the concentricity.
7. The electric bed as claimed in claim 6, wherein the fourth plug is provided with a non-slip pad on a bottom surface thereof.
CN202121892779.4U 2021-08-13 2021-08-13 Electric bed Active CN215456776U (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
CN202121892779.4U CN215456776U (en) 2021-08-13 2021-08-13 Electric bed

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
CN202121892779.4U CN215456776U (en) 2021-08-13 2021-08-13 Electric bed

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
CN215456776U true CN215456776U (en) 2022-01-11

Family

ID=79759269

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
CN202121892779.4U Active CN215456776U (en) 2021-08-13 2021-08-13 Electric bed

Country Status (1)

Country Link
CN (1) CN215456776U (en)

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US7395560B2 (en) Apparatus and method for reciprocating a person
CN208388242U (en) A kind of function sofa of Dual-motors Driving
US20210007502A1 (en) Folding integrated bed
CN215456776U (en) Electric bed
JP2001112582A (en) Bed
CN210989269U (en) Folding bedstead
CN208892989U (en) It is a kind of multifunction nursing bed
CN213820604U (en) Electric rocking device of sofa rocking chair
US11564496B1 (en) Interlockingly extending driving mechanism for electric sofa
CN211067559U (en) Integral lifting type medical bed convenient for getting on and off bed
CN205831517U (en) The occupation disease treatment seat special improved
CN211356645U (en) Foldable foot massage chair for old people
CN2305185Y (en) Foldable massage bed and chair
CN210696827U (en) Novel folding beddo
CN112167864A (en) Electric rocking device of sofa rocking chair
US3050051A (en) Massage apparatus
CN110680644A (en) Old man lifts auxiliary device of leg going to bed
CN213188837U (en) At home health preserving chair
CN217852029U (en) Folding sports deck chair
CN219578600U (en) Head of a bed of adjustable headrest angle
CN209733005U (en) Hidden multifunctional folding plate frame
CN219920696U (en) Electric bed with top waist structure
CN211984642U (en) Multifunctional rocking chair
CN211326571U (en) Household leisure massage chair for back massage
CN219845724U (en) Row chair iron stand

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
GR01 Patent grant
GR01 Patent grant