JP2002282331A - Cup holder for washing eye - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cup holder for washing eyes that supports to stabilize two cups poured with a collyrium and is enabled to wash both eyes at the same time. SOLUTION: This cup holder 1 for washing eyes that poures the collyrium and is made of a pair of the two cups 13 pressed against eyes. The cup holder for washing eyes is characteristic by providing two support parts 3 that freely removably support the two cups 13 and mutually connected with a connecting part 5 that has flexibility and can adjust the relative positions of the both support parts 3.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an eyewash cup holder for supporting a set of two cups to be used by pouring an eyewash onto the eye.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, with the spread of contact lenses, in addition to the conventional method of washing eyes with eye drops,
The method of using eyewash is rapidly spreading. In this method, the cup into which the eyewash has been poured is pressed so that the opening edge of the cup is in close contact with the periphery of the eye, so that the eyewash does not leak from between the cup and the periphery of the eye, and the surface of the eyeball is prevented. By soaking the whole in eyewash, you can wash away dirt from your eyes,
Or have medicinal effects.

[0003]

In the meantime, when washing both eyes by the above-mentioned method, from the viewpoint of hygiene, wash the cup once after washing one eye, and then pour eyewash into the cup again. I have to clean the other eye,
Eye washing work was troublesome.

Therefore, two cups may be prepared, an eyewash may be poured into each cup, and both eyes may be washed while holding the cup between the left and right hands. However, in this case, since each cup must be supported separately, it lacks stability and requires attention to each hand. Also, you will have to handle small cups individually,
There was also a problem that the cup fell and the eyewash was spilled by a slight contact, making it difficult to handle.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the problems of the prior art, and stably supports two cups into which an eyewash has been poured, and simultaneously performs eyewashing of both eyes. It is an object of the present invention to provide an eyewash cup holder that is suitable for:

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an eyewash cup holder for supporting a pair of cups to be used by pouring an eyewash onto the eye and using the eyewash. Two support members capable of detachably supporting the two cups, and connecting the two support members to each other;
The present invention provides an eyewash cup holder including a flexible connecting member that enables relative adjustment of the two support members.

[0007] The connecting member may include a U-shaped portion which is convex toward the front of the face when the cup is supported by the support member and put on the eye.

The connecting member has a first surface located on the opening side of the cup with the cup supported by the support member, and a second surface located in a direction opposite to the opening side. At least one groove may be formed on at least the first surface so as to extend in a direction transverse to a longitudinal direction of the connecting member.

[0009] The support member may be formed in a ring shape.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of an eyewash cup holder according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Figure 1
FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a use state of the eyewash cup holder.

As shown in FIG. 1, this cup holder 1
Is made of a flexible linear low-density polyethylene, and is a plate-like member integrally formed with two support members 3 formed in a ring shape and connecting the two support members 3 to each other. And a connecting member 5. An outward flange 7 is formed at one end of each support member 3, and a mark 9 for positioning the cup is formed on the upper surface of the flange 7. Then, at the time of eye washing, as shown in the figure, a cup 13 for eye washing is fitted from the flange side of the support member 3, and the inner peripheral surface of the support member 3 and the outer peripheral surface of the cup 13 come into close contact with each other. 13 is frictionally fixed. At this time, by matching a mark formed on the cup 13, which will be described later, with the mark 9 of the support member 3, the cup 13 can be arranged with respect to the support member 3 in a direction suitable for eye washing. The position of the mark 9 is arbitrary and may be anywhere on the support member 3 as long as the position of the cup can be determined.

The connecting member 5 has a cup 13 at an intermediate portion thereof.
Is supported by the support member 3 and applied to the eyes, a U-shaped portion 11 is formed in a direction that is convex toward the front of the face, and the U-shaped portion 11 causes the connecting member 5 to be bent, Alternatively, the connecting member 5 can be expanded and contracted in the longitudinal direction. This makes it possible to bring the cups 13 into close contact with each other in accordance with the distance between the eyes of the user and the angle of the periphery of the eyes.

Next, a method of using the cup holder 1 will be described. In order to wash eyes, first, the cups 13 for washing eyes are fitted into the support members 3 of the cup holder 1. At this time, the vertical stripe mark 15 formed on the cup 13 is positioned on the mark 9 of the support member 3 described above. Subsequently, after pouring a predetermined amount of eyewash into each cup 13, while supporting the cup holder 1 with fingers, the connecting member 5 is bent or expanded and contracted to open the opening 13 a of each cup 13.
Close to the eyes. In this state, the eyes are washed while the face is placed on the back so that the eyewash covers the eyes.

As described above, according to the eyewashing cup holder according to the present embodiment, the right and left eyes are brought into close contact with the peripheral portions of the eyes by supporting the cup holder 1 with the opening edges of the cups 13. You can wash your eyes at the same time. At this time, since the cups 13 are connected by the connecting member 5 via the support member 3, the horizontality of the cups 13 can be easily maintained, and the cups 13 are stably brought into close contact with the periphery of the eye. Can be. In addition, since the cups 13 can be arranged in a direction suitable for eye washing by the marks 11 and 15, the cups 13 can be simultaneously and more securely adhered to the peripheral portion of the eye.

Further, since both cups 13 are stably supported by the cup holder as a set of two cups, it is possible to prevent the eyewash from spilling due to the cup falling down due to slight contact or the like. Moreover, since the two cups 13 are held in a set of two instead of being separated, it is possible to prevent the cups 13 from being lost during storage.

Further, the connecting member 5 is made of the above-mentioned flexible polyethylene and has a U-shaped portion 11.
Is formed, it is possible to easily perform relative positioning of the two cups 13 by bending, expanding, contracting, or twisting the connecting member 5, whereby the position of the user's eyes,
The cup 13 can be securely adhered to the peripheral part of the eye according to the shape of the peripheral part of the eye. The connecting member 5 is desirably made of a polyolefin-based polyethylene or polypropylene having excellent chemical resistance and low-temperature stability, in addition to the above-described linear low-density polyethylene.

In the above embodiment, the U-shaped portion 11 is formed on the connecting member 5 to adjust the distance between the two supporting members 3. However, the connecting member may be configured as follows. For example, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, one surface 5 a of the connecting member 5,
That is, the surface 5a on the opening 13a side of the supported cup 13
A first groove portion 17 formed of a plurality of grooves orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the connecting member 5 is formed on the other surface 5b of the connecting member 5, and a pair of grooves is formed at positions sandwiching both ends of the series of first groove portions 17 on the other surface 5b. The second groove 19 is formed. Thus, for example, when the support members 3 are brought closer to each other, the connecting member 5 is deformed so as to close the voids of the first and second groove portions 17 and 19. As a result, the portion provided with the first groove portion 17 is deformed into a curved shape (the imaginary line in FIG. 2) by the plurality of grooves, and the portion provided with the second groove portion 19 is formed between the curved portion and the portions on both sides thereof. Bend at the boundary. Therefore, the connecting member 5 can be easily bent with a simple configuration that does not have a curved shape in advance, which is advantageous in terms of cost.

Here, the number, position, and depth of the grooves may be appropriately determined according to the material of the connecting member and the degree of bending. In addition, even if only one of the first and second grooves 17 and 19 is provided, there is an effect that bending is facilitated. Further, if the connecting member 5 is made of a flexible material which is easy to handle, it is not always necessary to provide the U-shaped portion 11 and the grooves 17 and 19.

In the above embodiment, the cup 13 is fitted to the support member 3 and the cup 13 is fixed by frictional contact. However, in order to more reliably support the cup 13, the following fixation to the cup holder 1 is required. A mechanism may be provided. That is, as shown in FIG. 4, the protrusion 13 b is formed at the lower portion of the outer peripheral surface of the cup 13, and the groove 21 engageable with the protrusion 13 b is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the support member 3. With this configuration, when the cup 13 is fitted into the support member 3, the projection 13 b and the groove 21 are engaged, so that the cup 13 can be securely fixed to the support member 3.
Can be performed more stably without slipping on the support member 3. However, the fixing mechanism is not limited to the above-described one. For example, a groove may be formed on the cup side and a protrusion may be formed on the support member side. Various structures can be employed that can be fixed to the device.

[0020]

As described above, according to the eyewash cup holder of the present invention, the two cups can be integrally held by the supporting member connected by the connecting member, so that the horizontality of both cups can be easily maintained. , And the cup can be stuck to the periphery of the eye in a stable state.

Also, since the connecting member is configured so that the relative position of each supporting member can be adjusted, the cup can be securely connected to the peripheral portion of the eye in accordance with the position of the user's eye and the shape of the face. Can be adhered to.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of use of an eyewash cup holder according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing another example of the eyewash cup holder according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing another example of the eyewash cup holder according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing another example of a support member of the eyewash cup holder according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Cup holder for eyewashing 3 ... Support member 5 ... Connecting member 11 ... U-shaped part 13 ... Cup 17, 19 ... Groove part

Claims (4)

[Claims] An eyewash cup holder for supporting a pair of cups to be used by pouring an eyewash onto the eye and using the cups, wherein two support members capable of detachably supporting the two cups are provided. An eyewash cup holder, comprising: a connecting member having flexibility, which connects the two support members to each other and enables relative position adjustment of the two support members. 2. The connector according to claim 1, wherein the connecting member includes a U-shaped portion that is convex toward the front of the face when the cup is supported by the support member and applied to an eye. Item 7. An eyewash cup holder according to Item 1. 3. The first connection member is located on an opening side of the cup when the cup is supported by the support member.
And a second surface located in a direction opposite to the opening side, and at least the first surface is formed with at least one groove extending in a direction transverse to a longitudinal direction of the connecting member. The eyewash cup holder according to claim 1, characterized in that: 4. The eyewash cup holder according to claim 1, wherein the support member is formed in a ring shape.