JP2000126063A - Chair for bathing - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a chair to be installed in a bathroom, easily installed and detached. SOLUTION: Six suction cup type fixing members 3 and 4 in total are provided at the lower end of a back face support frame body 1 and the back face of a back plate 2. In the case of a wall surface 11 or a floor face 12 not being on the same level, the protruding quantities of the fixing members 3 and 4 are independently adjusted to positively bring the suction cups of the respective fixing members 3 and 4 into close contact with the wall surface 11 or the floor face 12. Fitting work is therefore dispensed with, and a chair can be easily installed in a bathroom only when necessary.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a folding seat-type bathing chair suitable for use by elderly people, the sick, etc. for bathing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When an elderly person or a sick person takes a bath, it is possible to take a shower while keeping a safe and comfortable posture by using a chair fixed to a wall surface of a bathroom. FIG. 6 is an external perspective view of this type of conventional bath chair. This chair is
Two inverted L-shaped support rods 31 each having one end fixed to a plate-shaped mounting base 30, and a seat surface 32 rotatably mounted between the support rods 31 in an angle range of about 90 °. Having. The mounting base 30 is fixed to the wall surface 11 of the bathroom by bolts or the like, and the seating surface 32 is tilted forward until it comes into contact with the stopper 33 as shown in FIG. At times, the amount of protrusion from the wall surface 11 is reduced by bouncing upward.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional chair, even if the seat surface 32 is flipped up, the support bar 31 protrudes from the wall surface 11, so that the space in the bathroom, especially in a general home, is small. Is inevitable to get in the way. Also, the bathroom wall is tiled,
In the case of a so-called unit bath or the like, it is necessary to perform construction work to attach the chair to the bathroom, and the attachment itself is troublesome.

[0004] The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to remove it when it is unnecessary and easily take it out of the bathroom.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a bathing chair having a high degree of freedom in installation even in a bathroom.

[0005]

A bath chair according to the present invention, which has been made to solve the above problems, comprises a back structure,
A seat surface rotatably provided on the rear structure, a suction cup-shaped wall-side fixing member provided to protrude rearward from the rear structure, and provided downward at a lower end of the rear structure. And a suction cup-shaped floor-side fixing member.

[0006]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The position of a bath chair is fixed by sucking a suction cup-shaped wall-side fixing member and a floor-side fixing member onto a wall surface and a floor surface in a bathroom, respectively. Since the surface of the bathroom wall and floor is generally smooth and has good adsorbability, it can be semi-fixed relatively firmly using a suction cup-shaped fixing member. In order to secure the fixing stability, it is preferable to provide a plurality of wall-side fixing members and a plurality of floor-side fixing members. When the chair is installed at a predetermined position in the bathroom in this manner, the seat surface is tilted forward to make it substantially horizontal, and a portion where the user sits is secured.

In order to prevent the wall-side fixing member from coming off the wall surface and the chair from falling forward when the weight of the user is applied to the seat surface, a front leg portion is provided rotatably on the seat surface.
It is preferable to provide a crosspiece rotatably connected between the lower part of the front leg and the rear structure. That is,
In this configuration, when the seat surface is tilted forward, the front leg also hangs down, and the seat surface is stabilized with its lower end portion abutting on the floor.

It is preferable that the suction-wall-side and floor-side fixing members have a single fixing member having a plurality of small suction cups. According to such a configuration, even when the fixing member is attached to a wall or a floor surface having a partly uneven surface such as a tile, some of the plurality of small suction cups are in close contact with the wall surface or the floor surface and sucked securely. You can stick.

[0009] In the bathing chair according to the present invention,
It is preferable that the plurality of wall-side fixing members are configured such that the amount of protrusion can be adjusted independently. According to this, even when there is a step on the wall surface at the suction position of the plurality of wall-side fixing members, all the wall-side fixing members can be made to stick to the wall surface by adjusting the amount of protrusion.

[0010] It is more preferable that the plurality of floor-side fixing members are configured such that the amount of protrusion can be adjusted independently. According to this, even if the floor surface is not the same plane, the amount of protrusion of each floor surface fixing member can be appropriately adjusted so that the seat surface becomes substantially horizontal, and the height of the seat surface can be further improved. Can be changed according to the user.

[0011]

The bathing chair according to the present invention does not require any installation work, and can be brought into the bathroom only when necessary and can be easily installed in the bathroom. Further, if the seat surface is flipped upward, it becomes thin, so that it can be stored without taking up space.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A bathing chair according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a side view showing a state in which a seat surface of a bathing chair of the present embodiment is lowered, and FIG.
FIG. 2 is a front view of the state shown in FIG.
Is shown at the bottom right of FIG. 3 is a side view showing a state in which the seat surface of the bathing chair of this embodiment is raised.

In the bathing chair of this embodiment, two backboards 2 are erected between both upright portions 1a of a back support frame 1 bent in a U-shape, and the back of the backboard 2 is provided. At the side, two suction-type wall-side fixing members 3 are provided, and at the lower ends of both upright portions 1a of the back support frame 1, a suction-type floor-side fixing member 4 is provided downward. . The wall surface side fixing member 3 may be provided on the back support frame 1. The suction type fixing members 3 and 4 are the same, and the detailed structure thereof will be described later.

A seat support frame 5 bent in a rectangular shape is mounted between the upright portions 1a of the back support frame 1 so as to be rotatable about an axis A. A flat seating surface 6 is fixed to the upper surface of 5. A cylinder 7 that can slide up and down is loosely fitted below both upright portions 1a of the back support frame 1, and a leg bar 8 can rotate around the axis B on the cylinder 7. Attached to. An axis D and an axis C are provided on the side of the seat support frame 5 and the side of the leg bar 8, respectively.
A front leg 9 is attached so as to be rotatable around the center, and a rubber leg cover 10 is fitted into the lower end of the front leg 9. The back support frame 1, the seat support frame 5, the leg bar 8 and the front leg 9 are all made of a corrosion-resistant metal pipe such as stainless steel or a hard resin pipe. The back plate 2 and the seat surface 6 are plates made of a corrosion-resistant metal such as stainless steel or a hard resin, and a rubber cover is attached to the surface (the contact surface of the user). Of course, other materials may be used to form the bathing chair.

FIG. 4 is a side view (a) of a suction-type fixing member used as the wall-side fixing member 3 and the floor-side fixing member 4.
It is an adsorption | suction surface top view (b) and bb line sectional drawing (c). This suction type fixing member has a shaft portion 20 having a thread formed around it.
And a relatively hard core 21 fixed to the tip of the shaft 20
And a flat disk-shaped case 2 having a cavity formed therein
2 and a large number of small suction cups 23 provided on a circular flat surface of the case 22.

The screw thread formed on the shaft portion 20 is screwed into a screw hole formed in the lower end of the back plate 2 and the back support frame 1, and the suction type fixing member is attached to them. It has the function of adjusting the amount of protrusion according to the screw-in depth. The core 21 is made of a corrosion-resistant metal such as stainless steel or a hard resin, the case 22 is made of a soft resin having high elasticity, and the suction cup 23 is made of a soft resin or rubber. When this suction-type fixing member is pressed against the wall surface or the floor surface, the outer peripheral side of the case 22 is appropriately bent by receiving the stress from the wall surface or the floor surface, and the elastic force causes each sucker body 23 to be securely pressed against the wall surface or the floor surface. In close contact. Even if the wall surface has a certain degree of unevenness, some of the suction cups 23 that exist in large numbers stick to the wall surface or the floor surface, so that high adsorbability can be secured.

When the bathing chair of this embodiment is taken out of the bathroom and stored, the seating surface 6 is flipped upward as shown in FIG. To store. At this time, the leg bar 8 also fits between the upright portions 1a, and the front leg portion 9 is almost in close contact with the upright portions 1a of the back support frame 1. It becomes almost flat. Therefore, it can be stored in a narrow gap.

When installing this chair in a bathroom, first, in order to adjust the height of the seating surface 6 according to the user,
The protrusion amount of the floor-side fixing member 4 (that is, the screwing depth of the shaft portion 20) is appropriately adjusted. If there is a step on the floor 12 on which the floor-side fixing members 4 are placed at the position where the chair is attached, the step is absorbed by changing the amount of protrusion of the floor-side fixing members 4. After the height is adjusted, the wall-side fixing member 3 is moved to the wall surface 1 of the bathroom.
Press on 1 and suck. If the wall surface 11 is not flush and, for example, there is a level difference in the horizontal direction at the contact position of each wall surface fixing member 3, the protrusion amount of each wall surface fixing member 3 is adjusted similarly to the floor surface fixing member 4, Suction cup 2 of each wall side fixing member 3
3 is adjusted so as to be pressed against the wall surface 11 with an appropriate strength.

After the chair is semi-fixed at an appropriate position in the bathroom as described above, the seat surface 6 is turned forward as shown in FIG.
Then, the front leg 9 hangs down, and the cylindrical body 7 also slides downward accordingly, and the rotation of the seating surface 6 stops at a position where the tip of the leg cover 10 at the lower end of the front leg 9 contacts the floor surface 12. .
Since the seating surface 6 is securely supported by the front leg portion 9 and the front leg portion 9 is reinforced by the leg bar 8, the position of the seating surface 6 is kept almost horizontally and stably, so that the user can sit with confidence. it can.

FIG. 5 is an external perspective view of a bathing chair according to another embodiment of the present invention. In this bathing chair, the seating surface 6 is not a flat plate, but has a U-shape in which the center is open and the front side is interrupted like a toilet seat of a Western-style toilet. Since such a seat 6 holds the buttocks of the user from the surroundings, the user sits down on the seat 6 deeply. Therefore, there is no possibility that the user falls down to the back side, and thus the back plate provided in the previous example is omitted.

The above embodiment is merely an example, and it is apparent that changes and modifications can be made within the spirit of the present invention.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a bathing chair according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the bathing chair of the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing a state in which the seat surface of the bathing chair of the present embodiment is raised.

4A is a side view, FIG. 4B is a plan view of a suction surface, and FIG.

FIG. 5 is an external perspective view of a bathing chair according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an external perspective view of a conventional bathing chair.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Back support frame (back structure) 1a ... Upright part 2 ... Back plate (back structure) 3 ... Suction-type fixing member (wall-side fixing member) 4 ... Suction-type fixing member (floor-side fixing member) 5 ... Seat surface support frame 6 ... Seat surface 7 ... Cylinder 8 ... Leg part bar 9 ... Fore leg part 10 ... Leg cover 11 ... Wall surface 12 ... Floor surface 20 ... Shaft part 21 ... Core part 22 ... Case 23 ... Suction body

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A rear structure, a seat surface rotatably provided on the rear structure, a suction-wall-shaped wall-side fixing member provided to protrude rearward from the rear structure, and the rear surface A suction chair comprising: a suction cup-shaped floor-side fixing member provided downward at a lower end of the structure.