JP2001123311A - Shock-absorbing pad and clothing attached with the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the subject pad capable of preventing a wearer from shock or bone fracture when he/she falls, and to provide a piece of clothing attached therewith. SOLUTION: This pad is composed of a first construction part unitedly formed by padding an unbreakable and flexible sheet along its broad area and made of an elastic synthetic resin in a form of plate, and a second constructive part unitedly layered on the broad area side of the one side of the first construction part and made of a synthetic resin which is softer than that of the first construction part and has a low resilience, wherein the pad is freely put in or taken out from a holding pocket set inside of the piece of clothing, is insertible in a layered state so as to protect the body and can be maintained after taken off from the holding pocket when not used.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a shock-absorbing pad which can be attached to an appropriate part of clothing such as underwear so as to prevent a shock or a fracture at the time of falling, and to an improvement in clothing equipped with the pad.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been known a garment provided with protective equipment at each part of the garment for the purpose of preventing the occurrence of an impact or a scratch on a body. However, those in which protective equipment is directly attached to each part of the above-mentioned clothes are good for sports but are not suitable for ordinary clothes such as underwear. On the other hand, in the elderly, the legs and feet are weakened and the bones are brittle, and the number of femoral neck fractures due to falls and the like is increasing. Therefore, various inventions have been proposed as a structure for attaching a protective device for protecting a fracture to an appropriate portion which is easily affected by an impact. This kind of protective equipment is not only elastic, but also required to have the strength to withstand impact and the flexibility to absorb the shock and transmit it to the body. Cannot satisfy both conditions. Also, in the clothing equipped with this protective equipment, it is difficult to remove the protective equipment from the clothing with the structure in which the protective equipment is sewn together,
The clothes cannot be washed easily, and when replacing the clothes, it is necessary to replace the clothes together with the protective equipment, which has a disadvantage of increasing the cost.

[0003]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made as a result of intensive development research in view of the above circumstances, and the first problem is that it is strong against external impacts, It provides a gentle shock absorbing pad. A second object of the present invention is to provide a garment in which a pocket for accommodating the shock absorbing pad is provided in the garment so that the shock absorbing pad can easily enter and exit.

[0004]

In order to achieve the first object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a resilient sheet which is hardly torn and has flexibility is embedded along a wide surface and integrally formed. First made of a plate-shaped synthetic resin having
And a second component, which is integrally laminated on one wide surface side of the first component and is made of a synthetic resin having softer and lower resilience than the first component. Taking technical measures. Further, in the invention of claim 2, technical means is taken that the first component is made of a foamed polyurethane elastomer and the second component is made of a flexible low-rebound polyurethane foam. According to the third aspect of the present invention, the shock absorbing pad has a substantially elliptical shape.
A technical measure is taken in which the entire surface is formed into a substantially spherical shape so that the end faces inward, with the surface of the component facing outward and the surface of the second component facing inside. Furthermore,
According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, a technical means is provided in which a through hole for ventilation is formed in the thickness direction of the shock absorbing pad. Next, in order to achieve the second object, in the invention according to claim 5, a pocket is formed integrally with the garment, and a shock absorbing pad is attached to the pocket so as to be freely accessible. Take steps. Further, in the invention of claim 6, a technical measure is taken that the garment is made of underwear such as pants, and a pocket whose upper part is opened is formed inside the garment.

[0005]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of a shock absorbing pad of the present invention and clothing equipped with the same will be described below with reference to the drawings. In this embodiment, the shock absorbing pad 1
Is made of a polyurethane resin, and as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a first component portion 2 having a surface facing the outer surface 1 a,
It has a two-layer structure with the second component 5 whose surface is on the body contact side, that is, the inner surface 1b side.

The shock absorbing pad 1 has a substantially elliptical shape and is formed into a substantially spherical shape so that its end is directed inward to protect the thigh. In the illustrated example, the upper width X1 is set wider than the lower width X2 (see FIG. 2A). The shape of the shock-absorbing pad 1 is not limited to the above embodiment, but may be set to an arbitrary shape, such as a shape corresponding to the body part to be protected, the shape following the shape of the part. Can.

That is, the first component 2 is made of a plate-like foamed polyurethane elastomer having elasticity, and is integrally formed by embedding the sheet 3 on one surface along the wide surface of the first component 2. In addition, an antimicrobial agent is added to the above raw material at the time of the raw material. This first component 2
The shock-absorbing pad 1 serves as a base for the shape of the shock-absorbing pad 1. The end portion is formed so as to become gradually thinner, and is curved inwardly so as to be generally spherical in shape.

Next, the sheet 3 is made of nylon 60
%, And 40% cotton. When the first component 2 is formed, the first component 2 is held in a stretched state along a wide surface of the first component 2 in a mold (not shown). The raw material liquid is injected and molded integrally by a conventional method. This sheet may be made of a material such as cloth, leather, synthetic paper or the like, irrespective of woven fabric or non-woven fabric, as long as it is resistant to tearing and has flexibility.

As a result, as shown in FIG. 1, the sheet 3 is fixed in a state of being embedded along the wide surface inside the formed first component 2. Here, in FIG. 1, the seat 3 is located at a position slightly eccentric from the center in the first component portion 2, but may be located at the center or any one thereof.
Further, even if a part of the sheet 3 is exposed on the surface, the proportion of the part may be within a range in which the second component 5 can be integrally welded to the first component 2.

As a result, the sheet 3 becomes the core of the first component 2, so that the sheet 3 is less likely to be torn even when a breaking force is applied to the first component 2. In the present embodiment, the end of the sheet 3 is
It extends to the outside of the formed first component 2.

Next, the second component 5 has a softer softness than the first component 2 and is made of a soft low-resilience polyurethane foam having low resilience. Also, an antimicrobial agent is added to the above materials at the time of raw material. And
The first component 2 formed as described above is integrally formed along one wide surface side.

In this embodiment, EGR (trade name manufactured and sold by INOAC CORPORATION) is used as a memory foam (slow recovery foam) in the case of this embodiment.

The second component 5 is laminated and integrally formed on the curved surface side recessed inside the first component 2.
In the illustrated example, the edge of the shock absorbing pad 1 is smoothly chamfered so that the end of the second component 5 covers the sheet 3 protruding from the first component 2 before and after.

As shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of through holes 7 are formed in the shock absorbing pad 1 thus formed in the thickness direction to prevent stuffiness (vent).

As described above, the shock absorbing pad 1 has the outer surface 1a.
Elasticity of the first component 2 on the inner side and the second component 5 on the inner surface 1b side
By combining the soft and low resilience functions of the above, it is possible to prevent the shock when the wearer falls over from being directly transmitted to the body.

Next, FIG. 3 shows an embodiment in which the shock absorbing pad 1 is applied to pants as an example of clothes to be worn.
Shown below. The pants 10 are made of fibers of 90% cotton and 10% spandex (composed of a polyurethane-based elastic yarn containing 80% or more of segmented polyeletan), but other known materials and known shapes can be used. A pair of left and right storage pockets 11 are provided above the locations to be protected by, for example, both sides corresponding to the thighs in the illustrated example.

The storage pocket 11 has an illustrated configuration in which an elliptical cloth 13 larger than the outer periphery of the shock absorbing pad 1 is sewn to an upper halfway position so that the upper part is opened on the inner surface of the pants 10. The shock absorbing pad 1 is inserted through the opening 12 into and out of the storage pocket 11 so as to be freely accessible. Here, reference numeral 15 denotes the suture line, and FIG.
(A) shows a schematic partial cross section of the storage pocket 11 of the embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 5 (b), the storage pocket 11 has a lid 1 above the opening 12 of the storage pocket 11.
4 may be provided to cover the opening 12 of the storage pocket 11 in which the shock absorbing pad 1 is stored.

As shown in FIG. 5 (c), the upper portion of the cloth 13 inside the storage pocket 11 is extended to form an extended piece portion 13a, and the storage portion in which the shock absorbing pad 1 is stored is formed. The pocket 11 may be folded back to the opening 12 so as to cover the upper part of the shock absorbing pad 1 to make it difficult for the pocket 11 to come out. Although not shown, a detachable means such as a snap button, a fastener, or a Velcro may be provided to close the opening 12 of the storage pocket.

With such a configuration, the shock absorbing pad 1 can be taken out of the storage pocket 11 and removed, so that only the pants can be washed, and only the pants can be replaced or newly purchased. it can. Also, if a plurality of types of shock absorbing pads, for example, having different strengths of the first component and different flexibility of the second component are prepared, different types of impact absorbing pads can be used depending on the application. You can also.

As described above, when mounted on the pants, the mounting position of the storage pocket 11 of the present invention is mounted so as to cover a portion centered on the neck of the femur. The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment as long as it is provided corresponding to the part to be protected. Pants are shown as an example of underwear, and may be provided on a shirt. In addition, it is not limited to underwear, but may be worn in short.

The shock-absorbing pad comprises a first component and a second component.
A combination of an elastomer or synthetic rubber having elasticity and rigidity and a synthetic resin foam having softness and low resilience may be used as long as it has a two-layer structure of constituent parts. In addition, it goes without saying that various design changes can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.

[0023]

According to the present invention, the shock absorbing pad has a two-layer structure of a first component having elasticity and rigidity, and a second component having flexibility and lower resilience than the first component. Therefore, when an external impact is applied due to a fall of the wearer or the like, the first component receives the impact and protects the shock, and the second component buffers the impact force and transmits it to the wearer's body. Therefore, it is possible to protect the body without increasing the thickness of the shock absorbing pad, and it is also possible to cushion and reduce the impact force. Further, since the sheet is inserted into the core in the first component, there is no defect such as brittle peeling while having rigidity. Since the shock absorbing pad can freely enter and exit a storage pocket provided inside clothing such as pants, the clothing and the shock absorbing pad can be separately maintained when not in use, which is extremely useful.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of an embodiment of a shock absorbing pad.

FIG. 2 (a) is a front view of the shock absorbing pad of FIG. 1,
(B) is the same top view.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing pants as an example of clothing to which a shock absorbing pad is attached.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the same.

5A and 5B are partially enlarged views schematically showing a storage pocket in which a shock absorbing pad is stored, wherein FIG. 5A is a cross-sectional view of a main part of the storage pocket of the present embodiment, and FIG. FIG. 7C is an enlarged sectional view of a main part of a different embodiment in which an upper portion of an inner cloth is extended to form a lid.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Shock absorbing pad 1a Outer surface 1b Inner surface 2 First component 3 Sheet 5 Second component 7 Through hole 10 Pants as an example of clothing 11 Storage pocket 12 Opening 13 Fabric 13a Extension piece 14 Cover piece 15 Sewing line

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A first component made of an elastic plate-like synthetic resin integrally formed by embedding a flexible sheet that is resistant to tearing along a wide surface on one surface, and the first component.
An impact-absorbing pad comprising a second component part, which is integrally laminated on one wide surface side of the component part and is made of a synthetic resin having flexibility and low resilience than the first component part. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first component is made of a foamed polyurethane elastomer, and the second component is made of a flexible low-resilience polyurethane foam.
The shock-absorbing pad according to 1. 3. The shock-absorbing pad has a substantially elliptical shape, and has a substantially spherical shape as a whole, with the surface of the first component part being outside and the surface of the second component part being inside, with the end part facing inward. 3. The device according to claim 1, wherein the device is curved.
The shock-absorbing pad according to 1. 4. The shock-absorbing pad according to claim 1, wherein a through-hole for ventilation is formed in the shock-absorbing pad in a thickness direction thereof. 5. The shock-absorbing pad according to claim 1, wherein a pocket is formed integrally with the garment, and the shock-absorbing pad is attached to the pocket so as to be freely inserted and removed. Clothing worn. 6. The garment equipped with the shock absorbing pad according to claim 5, wherein the garment is made of underwear such as pants, and a pocket whose upper part is opened is formed inside the garment.