JP2001087156A - Supporting member of bathing device for baby or infant - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a supporting member of a bathing device for a baby or infant which facilitates operation by arranging a lock operation part on the front side of a base rod part and increases the pressing force of the pressure piece of a supporting member. SOLUTION: A supporting member of a bathing device for a baby or infant is provided with a base rod part, a first lock part having a first presser piece disposed on one side of the base rod part to be engaged to a side wall surface on one side of a bathtub, and a second lock part having a second presser piece disposed on the other side of the base rod part in a freely slidable manner to be engaged to a side wall surface on the other side of the bathtub. The second lock part has an operation piece part provided with a screw hole part to be movably inserted in the hollow of the base rod part. A second lock operation part consists of a grasping part for rotation disposed in the extending direction of the base rod part and a rotary shaft part having a screw cut on its outer periphery, and the rotary shaft part is supported by the base rod part and screwed to the operation piece part.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an infant / bathroom support member which is hung over a bathtub and fixedly secured to a bathtub to hold a baby / bath / bath.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When bathing an infant, an infant bath which is a baby bath such as a plastic tub is used. However, this baby bath is bulky,
In unit-type bathrooms, washrooms are occupied,
There was a disadvantage that a space for washing could not be secured. A structure in which a small auxiliary bath is attached in the bathtub instead of the baby bath is also known, but there is a drawback that the space of the bath is narrow and it is difficult to wash the infant. Therefore, if the baby bath which is a baby bath is held on the bathtub, the baby bath is kept at an appropriate height and the space for the washing place is not narrowed. Can be done. However, it is necessary to securely and easily lock the support member for supporting the baby bath.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and a main problem thereof is that a lock operation portion of a baby bath support member is disposed in front of a base rod portion. An object of the present invention is to improve the reliability and safety by making the operation easier and increasing the pressing force of the pressing piece of the support member.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a baby bath which is fixed to a bath tub by a pair and the baby bath is hooked. A supporting member having a base rod portion hung over the top of the bathtub and a first holding piece fixed or slidably provided on one of the base rod portions and hung on one side wall surface of the bathtub; 1
A lock portion, and a second lock portion having a second pressing piece slidably provided on the other of the base rod portions and hooked on the other side wall surface of the bathtub, wherein the second lock portion has a screw hole. And an operating piece part movably fitted in the hollow of the base rod part, and a second lock operating part for sliding the second lock part is arranged in the extending direction of the base rod part. And a rotating shaft portion formed integrally with the gripping portion at right angles to the gripping portion and having a thread engraved on the outer periphery. The second lock operation portion is based on the rotating shaft portion. The rotating shaft is screwed into the screw hole of the operating piece, and the second lock operating part is rotated so that the operating piece is attached to the rotating shaft. And the second lock portion is slid along the base rod portion so as to be locked at a desired position. There.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the base portion is formed of a pipe, and the operating piece is housed in the hollow of the base portion and is opened at the bottom of the base portion so as to be movable by a predetermined stroke. A technical means is provided in which a pair of bearings for bearing a rotary shaft are provided on both base ends of the operating piece insertion groove. Further, in the invention according to claim 3, the bearing portion is formed on the cap closing the opening end of the base rod portion and has a hole into which the rotating shaft can be inserted, and the other end side of the operating piece portion insertion groove. And a receiving portion formed of a groove or a hole formed in the rising piece portion cut and raised in the above. According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the first lock portion is slidably attached to the base rod portion, and the first lock operation portion for locking the first lock portion is disposed above the first lock portion. And a rotating shaft portion formed integrally with the gripping portion at right angles to the gripping portion and having a screw engraved on the outer periphery thereof. The first lock operating portion has the rotating shaft portion. The first lock portion is screwed into a screw hole at the upper portion of the first lock portion so that the tip of the rotary shaft portion can abut against the upper wall of the base rod portion. A technical measure is taken in which the first lock operation portion is rotated and the upper end wall of the rotation shaft portion presses the upper wall of the base rod portion to be locked.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A preferred embodiment of an infant bath supporting member of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 4, the infant bath supporting member 1 is provided with a base rod 2 made of a square pipe, and slidably provided on one of the base rods 2 to form a bathtub 14. A first lock portion 3 having a first holding piece 3b hooked on one side wall surface 14a; and a first lock portion 3 slidably provided on the other side of the base rod portion 2 and hooked on the other side wall surface 14b of the bathtub 14. A second lock portion 10 having a second holding piece 10b.

The base rod 2 is formed of a square pipe with both ends open, and a first cap 2a is fitted on the rear end side.
A second cap 2b is fixed to the front end side with a screw N or the like. Here, the second cap 2b is formed at the center thereof with a boss 9 serving as one bearing for a rotation shaft 12b of a second lock operation portion 12 described later. Next, a corrugated non-slip portion made of an uneven plate is fixed to the upper wall of the base rod portion 2 near the center thereof. This is for engaging with the uneven anti-slip pattern formed on the back surface of the hanging portion of the baby bath 15 made of a baby bath.

An operating piece 11 is inserted into the bottom surface of the base 2 so as to accommodate an operating piece 11 of a second lock 10 which will be described later in the hollow of the base 2 and to be openable by a predetermined stroke. A groove 6 is formed from the middle position to the front end opening. The base end of the operating piece portion insertion groove 6 is formed by bending a rising piece 7 vertically cut and raised.
A receiving portion 8 formed of a substantially U-shaped groove for bearing the tip of the rotation shaft 12b of the second lock 12 is formed on the upper part of the second lock 12.

Next, the first lock portion 3 has a sliding tubular portion 3a of a rectangular tubular shape that is slidably fitted to the base rod portion 2 and is fixed to the bottom wall surface of the sliding tubular portion 3a. And a first pressing piece 3b in the form of an angle that hangs down at the portion. A hole is formed in the upper wall surface of the sliding cylindrical portion 3a, and the nut 4 is fixed in alignment with the hole to form a screw hole 4a.

The first lock section 3 is locked by a first lock operation section 5. The first lock operation part 5 is formed integrally with a grip part 5a, which is a rotary knob disposed above the first lock part 3 and is orthogonal to the center of the grip part 5a, and has a screw engraved on the outer periphery. And a bolt-shaped rotating shaft portion 5b. The first lock operating portion 5 is configured such that the rotation shaft portion 5b is screwed into the screw hole portion 4a of the first lock portion 3, and the tip of the rotation shaft portion 5b is projected so that It is able to hit the wall.

Therefore, the first lock portion 3 is provided with the sliding cylindrical portion 3a.
Is slid along the base rod 2, and the first pressing piece 3b is displaced to a desired position accordingly. Then, the first lock portion 3 can be locked by rotating the grip portion 5a of the first lock operation portion 5 and projecting the tip of the rotation shaft portion 5b to press the upper wall of the base rod portion 2. Here, the first lock operation section 5 has the gripping section 5a disposed at the upper side, and therefore, the first lock operation section 5 shown in FIG.
Even when the side wall 14a of the bathtub is connected to the wall surface 20 of the bathroom as shown by, the operation can be reliably performed.

In order to release the lock, the rotating shaft 5b is moved backward by reversing the gripping portion 5b in the opposite direction to move the gripping portion 5b away from the upper wall of the base rod 2 so that the sliding cylinder 3b can slide. do it. In the above embodiment, the first holding piece 3b is provided integrally with the sliding cylinder 3a so as to be slidable.
Alternatively, the first pressing piece 3b may be integrally formed and provided at a fixed position.

Next, the second lock portion 10 has a rectangular cylindrical sliding cylindrical portion 10a which is fitted to the base rod portion 2 and is slidable, and a screw hole portion which is fixed inside the sliding cylindrical portion 10a. 11a, 11b
And an angled second holding piece 10b fixed to the bottom wall surface of the sliding cylinder 10a and hanging down at its end. In the illustrated example, the operating piece 11 is formed of an angled plate, and the lower end thereof is fixed to the bottom wall of the sliding cylindrical portion 10a. Screw hole portions 11a and 11b made of a combination are formed.

The second lock portion 10 has a sliding cylindrical portion 10a.
Is externally fitted to the base rod portion 2. The operating piece portion 11 is housed in the hollow of the base rod portion 2 from the operating piece portion insertion groove 6 of the base rod portion 2, and the groove of the operating piece portion insertion groove 6 It can be moved by the length of.

The second lock portion 10 is slid and locked by the second lock operation portion 12. The second lock operation part 12 is composed of a grip part 12a composed of a knob for rotation, and a long bolt-shaped rotary shaft part which is formed integrally at right angles to the center of the grip part 12a and has a screw engraved on the outer periphery. 12b.

The rotary shaft portion 12b has a boss portion 9 of the second cap 2b fixed to the front end of the base rod portion 2;
It is rotatably supported by a receiving portion 8 of a rising piece 7 formed at the base end of the operating piece insertion groove 6 of the base rod 2.
The rotating shaft 12b into which the boss 9 is inserted is connected to the pair of screw holes 11a, 1a of the operating piece 11 of the second lock 10.
After being screwed into 1b and inserted therethrough, the tip is hooked on the receiving portion 8. A stopper 13 made of a cap nut is attached to the tip of the rotating shaft 12b protruding from the receiving portion 8.

Accordingly, in the second lock operation portion 12, the rotary shaft portion 12b passes through the boss portion 9 of the second cap 2b, so that the knob-shaped grip portion 12a is disposed in front of the second cap 2b. By rotating the grip portion 12a, the rotating shaft portion 12b supported by the base rod portion 2 rotates, and the operating piece 11 screwed with the rotating shaft portion 12b is rotated.
At the same time, the sliding cylinder 10a can be slid to the desired position along the base rod 2 and locked.

As described above, since the second lock portion 10 is moved by screwing with the rotary shaft portion 12b of the second lock operation portion 12, the sliding direction and the lock direction are the same, and the second lock portion 10 acts on the lock. The operation can be performed efficiently without wasting power. In the above-described embodiment, the case where the operating piece 11 is provided with a pair of screw holes is illustrated, but the number of screw holes may be one or three or more.

The first lock portion 3 and the second lock portion 10 are turned upside down and the first or second holding piece 3b, 1
The position of 0b can be changed and used. FIGS. 3 and 6 show a case where the front and rear positions of the second pressing piece 10b of the second lock portion 10 are changed to outside. This allows
Since the initial position of the second holding piece 10b is outside, the bathtub 1
4 can be applied when the width is wide.

The infant bath supporting member 1 is
As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, a pair of support members 1, 1 are laid over a bathtub 14, and a first holding piece 3 b of the first lock portion 3 and a second holding piece 10 b of the second lock portion 10 are provided. To the first lock operation section 5 and the second lock operation section 12 respectively.
And fix the support members 1, 1 to the side wall surface 14a of the bathtub 14.
And 14b, which are restrained and fixed, and the baby bath 15 as a baby bath is placed thereon and latched for use. In the present invention, the base rod portion may be formed of a pipe only at a position where at least the operating piece insertion groove is formed, and may be made of a solid material. Conversely, the operating piece insertion groove may be open over the entire bottom portion of the base rod. In this case, the bearings may be provided on both ends of the cap. In addition, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and it goes without saying that various design changes can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.

[0021]

According to the present invention, the rotating grip of the second lock operation portion of the second lock portion of the infant bath support member is disposed in front of the base rod portion to facilitate operability. ,
Since the pressing force of the second pressing piece of the second lock portion can be increased, reliability and safety can be improved, which is extremely useful. In addition, since the baby bath can be mounted on the bath tub, the baby bath is maintained at an appropriate height, and the space for the washing place is not narrowed. Can be suitably performed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of an infant bath supporting member.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view when assembling the infant bath supporting member.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a case where an initial position of a second pressing piece of a second lock portion of the infant bath supporting member is changed to the outside.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view showing a state of attachment to a bathtub.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a state in which the infant bath support member is attached to a bathtub.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a state in which the infant bath is hung on the infant bath support member of FIG. 3;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Infant bath support member 2 Base rod part 2a 1st cap 2b 2nd cap 2c Non-slip part 3 1st lock part 3a Sliding cylinder part 3b 1st holding piece 4 Nut 4a Screw hole part 5 1st lock operation part 5a gripping part 5b rotating shaft part 6 working piece part insertion groove 7 rising piece part 8 receiving part (one bearing part) 9 boss part (the other bearing part) 10 second lock part 10a sliding cylinder part 10b second pressing piece DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Actuation piece part 11a Screw hole part 11b Screw hole part 12 Second lock operation part 12a Gripping part 12b Rotation shaft part 13 Stopper 14 Bathtub 14a One side wall surface of bathtub (wall surface side of bathroom) 14b The other side wall surface of bathtub ( (Washing side of bathroom) 15 Infant bath

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An infant bath support member, which is fixed to a bath tub by being paired over and fixed to the bath tub, and hangs on the infant bath, comprises: A first lock portion having a first pressing piece fixed to or slidably mounted on one of the base members and hooked on one side wall surface of the bathtub; and a tub slidably provided on the other of the base rod portions. A second lock portion having a second pressing piece hooked on the other side wall surface of the base member, wherein the second lock portion is provided with a screw hole portion and is movably inserted in the hollow of the base rod portion. A second lock operating portion for sliding the second lock portion is formed integrally with a grip portion for rotation arranged in a direction in which the base rod portion extends, orthogonally to the grip portion. The second lock operating portion has a rotary shaft portion inserted into a base rod portion. The rotating shaft is screwed into the screw hole of the operating piece, and the second lock operating part is rotated to screw the operating piece along the rotating shaft. An infant / bathroom support member characterized in that it can be moved back and forth and the second lock portion can be slid along the base rod portion to lock it at a desired position. 2. A base member comprising a pipe, and an operating piece insertion groove for accommodating the operating piece in the hollow of the base rod and opening movably by a predetermined stroke is formed at the bottom of the base rod. The infant bath support member according to claim 1, wherein a pair of bearing portions for bearing a rotary shaft are provided on both base ends of the operating piece portion insertion groove. 3. A boss portion formed on a cap for closing an open end of a base rod portion and having a hole through which a rotating shaft can be inserted, and a bearing portion is cut and raised on the other end side of the operating piece portion insertion groove. The support member for an infant bath according to claim 2, further comprising a receiving portion formed of a groove or a hole formed in the rising piece portion. 4. A first lock part is slidably attached to a base rod part, and a first lock operating part for locking the first lock part is provided for rotation provided above the first lock part. And a rotary shaft portion formed integrally with the grip portion at right angles to the grip portion and having a screw engraved on the outer periphery thereof. The first lock operating portion is such that the rotary shaft portion is a first lock portion. The top end of the rotating shaft portion can be engaged with the upper wall of the base rod portion by being screwed into a screw hole on the upper portion of the first lock portion. The infant bath supporting member according to claim 1, wherein the portion is rotated and the upper wall of the base rod portion is pressed by the tip of the rotating shaft portion to be locked.