DE102018127659A1 - Device for protecting and / or supporting a neck - Google Patents

Abstract

In a device for protecting and / or supporting a neck and / or head of a person with a support element (5) which at least partially adapts to the neck and / or head, the support element (5) is provided in a scarf (1).

Description

The invention relates to a device according to the preamble of claim 1.

State of the art

Devices for supporting a neck and / or head are known today in a variety of forms and designs, mostly in the form of inflatable U-shaped neck pillows or neck pillows.

The shape of these neck pillows is such that when inflated they can be placed around the neck of a person like a kind of ruff to support the neck and / or the head. This is to avoid neck complaints and headaches due to tension, especially when sitting.

The DE 297 097 60 U1 describes a neck pillow for maintaining a comfortable posture in the area of the cervical spine, for example during a motor vehicle trip.

The neck pillow, which has an essentially U-shaped outer contour, is provided with an adaptation device, by means of which the neck pillow can be adapted to an individual body shape and lying or sitting position of a user.

The disadvantage of this and all other commercially available neck pillows is their limited function. They are only there to support the neck, but not to protect it from drafts, for example. Especially in airplanes, the problem often arises that the air conditioning system or the ventilation pulls back of the neck and this leads to discomfort and even colds.

task

The object of the present invention is now to eliminate the disadvantage mentioned above and thus to show a neck pillow with more than just one function.

Solution of the task

The features of claim 1 lead to solving this problem.

The temperature of the body is extremely complex. Body temperature control is a good example of a cybernetic regulation process, in which the actual value of the body temperature is measured by sensors, compared with a centrally specified target value and, depending on the deviation, readjusted using actuators. Feedback processes ensure that the “controlled variable body temperature” is kept constant.

The control system lies in the hypothalamus of the brain. The task of the regulation process for keeping the body temperature constant is to make the metabolic processes within the body independent of external temperature fluctuations.

• - Wärmezittern
• - Hautdurchblutung
• - Schwitzen
• - Sträuben der Haare

werden durch das Zentralnervensystem koordiniert eingesetzt, so dass der der vorgegebene Sollwert von 37 Grad Celsius konstant bleibt. Eine Unterkühlung unter 35 Grad ist lebensbedrohlich. Die Temperaturregulation des Körpers beruht auf einer Messung an verschiedenen Stellen im Körper, wobei die Hautdurchblutung, Muskulatur und Schweißdrüsen die Haupteffektoren darstellen. Die Hautdurchblutung wird durch Thermorezeptoren (somatosensoresche C-Fasern) bestimmt.The temperature regulation of the body takes place, depending on requirements, through increased heat production or increased heat dissipation. The main mechanisms for this, namely

• - Heat tremors
• - skin circulation
• - Sweat
• - Resisting the hair

are used in a coordinated manner by the central nervous system so that the specified setpoint of 37 degrees Celsius remains constant. Hypothermia below 35 degrees is life-threatening. The temperature regulation of the body is based on a measurement at various points in the body, the main effects of which are the skin's blood circulation, muscles and sweat glands. The blood flow to the skin is determined by thermal receptors (somatosensory C-fibers).

The blood flow to the skin is restricted by the vasoconstriction triggered by the symathicus. The neurons of the dorsomedial hypothalamic core area are involved in the reaction of the skin's cold stimulus.

Above all, light drafts, such as those that come from jets on airplanes, cars, buses or air conditioning systems in offices and large rooms, have a negative impact on our health, since they are hardly perceived by the body. As a result, the thermoregulators do not respond or react only with a delay.

These reactions are particularly noticeable in the neck region, which has strong and superficial blood circulation.

Humans feel the slight drafts as a cold stimulus, which is intensified by the natural evaporation of sweat on the skin. This cools the muscles, the vessels constrict, the tone of the neck and neck muscles increases and the tension in the neck, with restricted movement at different levels, is increasingly noticeable, mostly in connection with blocks the neck - neck spine, which has a negative effect on the neuronal supply to the body segments.

As a result, secondary problems such as head and neck pain, “hands asleep”, forehead and maxillary sinus symptoms, concentration disorders, blockages of the cervical vertebrae, epicondylitis, TMJ symptoms, earache or vegetative disorders often occur.

Already acquired viruses have better conditions due to drafts if they sit on a slightly cooled throat mucosa. This lowers its temperature through air that hits the neck. There is inflammation of the throat and throat mucosa with increased secretion of mucus, associated with cough and, in the worst case, to enlargement of the forehead and jaw and fever.

In the preferred exemplary embodiment, the support element has the function of a neck pillow. The advantage that this is provided in a scarf is that a scarf can simply be put around the neck and no extra neck pillow has to be carried.

A scarf can also be wrapped around a person's neck several times, thus warming the neck or neck and protecting it from drafts.

At least one cavity that can be inflated is made in the scarf or in the support element. The volume can be changed as desired and thus the comfort of the neck pillow can be adapted to the needs of the person.

However, several cavities would also be conceivable, for example to provide not only one but two people sitting next to each other with a neck pillow.

For the sake of simplicity, the cavity can be inflated with your own breathing air via an inflator. This means that the neck pillow in the scarf is not only always and everywhere, but can also be used quickly. The inflator can be folded up after inflation so that it is not visible.

The support element can be incorporated into the scarf so that it is not visible from the outside. Thus, the scarf can also be easily worn as a fashion accessory.

However, it can also be put on the scarf. Several embodiments are conceivable here.

Figure list

• 1 eine perspektivische Ansicht einer erfindungsgemässen Vorrichtung in einer Gebrauchslage;
• 2 eine perspektivische Ansicht gemäss 1 in einer weiteren Gebrauchslage.

Further advantages, features and details of the invention result from the following description of preferred exemplary embodiments and from the drawing; this shows in

• 1 a perspective view of an inventive device in a position of use;
• 2nd a perspective view according to 1 in a further position of use.

According to 1 is a device 1 to see, which is designed in the preferred embodiment as a scarf and has a normal commercial sound length. As materials for the scarf 1 For example, wool, cotton or synthetic fabrics can be used.

In the middle of the scarf 1 is a support element 5 with a cavity 2nd incorporated, which can be filled with air. In 1 is the cavity 2nd shown in a first, uninflated state, here forming a middle piece of the scarf. The support element 5 but can also be elongated axially or axially parallel in a continuous scarf 1 incorporated or the scarf 1 put on.

There is also an inflator 3rd on the support element 5 attached, which however cannot be seen in the uninflated state and therefore in 1 is only indicated by dashed lines.

The scarf 1 still has ends 4.1 and 4.2 which when using the scarf 1 for example, can be placed around a person's neck.

In 2nd the scarf according to the invention 1 shown in a further position of use. Here is the inflator 3rd turned upwards so that it can be reached from the mouth of a person. About the inflator 3rd becomes the cavity 2nd filled with air, for example breathing air, of a person and forms a U-shaped bead which can be used as a neck pillow for a person.

• Das bevorzugte Ausfühungsbeispiel des Schals 1 wird wie jeder andere handelsübliche Schal um den Hals einer Person gelegt.

The operation of the present invention is as follows:

• The preferred embodiment of the scarf 1 is placed around a person's neck like any other commercially available scarf.

In order to support the head or neck of a person, for example on a bus or plane, the cavity must be 2nd in the support element 5 via the inflator 3rd be inflated. The person has to sit down and put her head in the U-shaped bead that the cavity 2nd trains.

The ends 4.1 and 4.2 of the scarf 1 can now also be placed around the neck, for example to protect against drafts from an air conditioning system.

When the pillow or neck pillow is no longer needed, the air can escape from the cavity 2nd be drained and the scarf 1 will be used as such again.

Reference list

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scarf

2nd

cavity

3rd

Inflator

4th

end up

5

Support element

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Patent literature cited

• DE 29709760 U1 [0004]

Claims (8)

Device for protecting and / or supporting a person's neck and / or head with a support element (5) which at least partially adapts to the neck and / or head, the support element (5) being provided in a scarf (1), characterized in that a textile cover is available, with a heat transmitter integrated. Device after Claim 1 , characterized in that the support element (5) has at least one cavity (2), the volume of which can be changed. Device after Claim 1 and 2nd , characterized in that the at least one cavity (2) is inflatable. Device according to one of the Claims 1 to 3rd , characterized in that the cavity (2) is inflatable via an inflator (3). Device according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the support element (5) is incorporated into the scarf (1). Device according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the support element (5) is placed on the scarf (1). Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the heat transmitter is an additional heat module that can be installed or a current-flowable copper mesh. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that an additional stabilizing band is included.

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