JP2005105564A - Handrail - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a handrail by which one can walk safely and easily even in a dangerous place having a stair or a step, capable of informing a visually handicapped person or a blind person of the beginning or a short place ahead thereof and a short place ahead of a landing, the end of the landing and capable of informing the short position and the end of the landing so that these positions are understood by users's hands in advance through sensitive projections or the like of handrails in the end or the short position of the stair or the landing. <P>SOLUTION: In a handrail 1 provided along at least one side of a stair, an inclined way, a slope, or an inclined stair way, a sensitive projection 2 informing them in the fore and after positions corresponding to each head difference point of the stair is attached afterward to existing handrails. regardless of existing or future marks can be provided, hence, they can cope with any handrails immediately. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a handrail adapted to a visually handicapped person or a blind person in stairs, ramps, slopes, ramp stairs and handrails provided along walls.

When a visually handicapped person or a blind person goes up and down the stairs, the start and end of the stairs may be stumbled or stepped on, causing a fall or fall accident. . Therefore, there is a technique in which an end sign part and a position display by braille are provided at the end part of the handrail (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Therefore, Braille blocks for visually impaired and blind people are attached to the floor and road.
However, this is not perfect, and there are many places that are not affixed to each step of the stairs, and if you go down the stairs, you may not know the end step, and you may trip or step on your vacancies.
Also, the end sign part is formed by bending the end of the handrail, and it is not known unless it is at the bottom of the stairs, and the bottom is not known in advance, and this is also the case when going down the stairs. There is a problem that is bad.

Therefore, the present invention is characterized in that tactile sensations for informing the visually handicapped or blind person of the presence of the paragraph difference of the staircase are provided at locations corresponding to the paragraph difference of the handrail staircase.
In addition, a tactile sensation for informing the visually handicapped or blind person of the presence of the paragraph difference in the stairs is provided at a desired paragraph difference on the handrail stairs or at a position corresponding to the vicinity of the paragraph difference.

According to the present invention described in detail above, a tactile sensation is provided for each staircase of a handrail or at a desired location, for example, the location corresponding to the upper and lower last steps or the previous step, informing the presence of a paragraph difference in that step. By this, blind people and people with visual impairments can know in advance that the stairs start and end and that they are approaching the landing by going up and down the stairs while sliding their hands on the handrail. Or stepping on empty legs.
In addition, there is an effect that an unexpected accident such as a fall or a fall accident from a staircase caused by an unclear stage difference between steps can be prevented.
In addition, since it can be provided regardless of whether it is existing or new, it has the effect of being able to cope with any handrail immediately.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
1 and 2 are explanatory views of a state in which a handrail is provided. In FIG. 1, 1 is a handrail. Reference numeral 2 denotes a tactile sensation attached to the handrail 1 and is attached to a corresponding portion of each step of the stairs.
Moreover, the following place may be sufficient instead of every step for every step.
It is the lowermost step of the staircase and / or the step before them, and the corresponding portion of the lowermost step of the landing and / or the step before them.
Furthermore, it is an arbitrary location as required.
As an example of the attachment state, as shown in FIG. 1, a tactile sensation 2 is formed so as to protrude from the belt-like body 3, and the belt-like body 3 is attached around a predetermined portion of the handrail 1.
The fixed state may be adhesion, or the end may be fixed with screws or scissors.
The tactile protrusion 2 may be one for the belt-like body 3 but may be any shape such as two or more plural shapes or one continuous annular protrusion.
Further, the protruding position of the tactile sensation 2 with respect to the handrail 1 may be anywhere on the lower side, the side surface, and the upper surface of the handrail 1, and the handrail 1 usually moves while rubbing the handrail 1 by hand. It should be located in a place that can be easily rubbed by the palm of a blind person.
The drawings are shown on the lower side for the sake of explanation. The attachment position is not limited.
The tactile sensation 2 is not limited to the shape shown in the figure as described above, but may be any shape, and if the shape and size are changed depending on the mounting step, it is possible to determine which step is the step. Good.
For example, it is possible to change the shape and size to indicate that it is one stage before the last stage, and to make it known that it is the stage, so that it is possible to know the last stage in advance and further improve safety. be able to.
Further, the tactile protrusion 2 may be changed in shape or size, for example, at the position corresponding to the last stage or the stage just before the last stage. You can know that it is the next stage.
The same applies to the last stage at the landing and one stage before the last stage.
In the above configuration, the belt-like body 3 may be in a plate state 4 having an arbitrary shape as shown in FIG. 3, the plate-like body 4 may be bonded to a handrail, and the end portion is fixed by screws or scissors. May be.
Also, as shown in FIG. 4, a structure may be adopted in which a hook or screw 5 is directly attached to the tactile protrusion 2 and is fitted into a hole or screw hole provided in the handrail 1 or a screw hole is provided. You may attach by screwing in the screw hole provided in the handrail 1 with the screw | thread.
In short, any structure may be used as long as the tactile protrusion 2 is attached to the handrail 1, and the shape of the tactile protrusion 2 may be any shape as described above. Will not occur.
Next, in the case of a new handrail, in addition to attaching the tactile protrusion 1 having the above structure, it is also possible to directly form the tactile protrusion 2 on the handrail 1, and the tactile protrusion 2 is exactly the same as the tactile uneven portion. Further, a groove may be formed around the handrail 1 or a continuous annular ridge may be formed in the same manner as described above.
In addition, a groove is formed around the handrail 1, a wave-shaped curved unevenness is directly formed on the handrail, and the number of tactile projections and uneven wave-shaped shapes is one or more. By creating a marker-like tactile sensation before and after the paragraph difference point, visually impaired people and blind people can know the step drop point of the stairs more in advance, so that they will not step out of the stairs, and fall accidents and fall accidents will occur Can be prevented.
Furthermore, regardless of existing or new installations, desired contents may be displayed in braille directly or adjacent to the tactile protrusion 1.
Although the above description has been given for handrails of stairs, the same applies to handrails provided on ramps (roads, sidewalks), slopes, ramp staircases, and along walls, and all handrails of the present invention. Enter into the concept of handrails.

Explanatory drawing which shows the attachment state of a tactile projection Enlarged explanatory diagram showing the tactile protrusions attached Explanatory drawing of other examples of tactile protrusions Explanatory drawing of other examples of tactile protrusions Explanatory drawing of another shape example of the uneven tactile protrusion on the new handrail

Explanation of symbols

1: Handrail 2: Tactile protrusion 3: Strip-like body 4: Plate-like body 5: Concave and convex annular tactile protrusion

Claims (11)

In handrails provided along at least one side of stairs, ramps, slopes, and ramp stairs, tactile protrusions can be provided at locations corresponding to each head point of the stairs from the front and back positions. Characteristic handrail.   A handrail provided along at least one side of a staircase, slope, slope, or staircase staircase, provided with a tactile protrusion that informs the presence of the step at a location corresponding to a desired step of the staircase . 3. A handrail according to claim 2, wherein a tactile sensation is provided at a position corresponding to the upper and lower final steps to notify the presence of the step.   3. The handrail according to claim 2, wherein a tactile sensation is provided at a location corresponding to a stage before the last upper and lower stages to notify the presence of the stage. 3. The handrail according to claim 2, wherein a tactile protrusion is provided at a location corresponding to the upper and lower last steps of the landing to notify the presence of the steps. 3. The handrail according to claim 2, wherein a tactile sensation is provided at a position corresponding to the stage before the last stage of the upper and lower landings to notify the presence of the stage.   The handrail according to claim 1 or 2, wherein an arbitrary tactile protrusion is changed to another tactile protrusion.   The handrail according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the tactile protrusion is formed in a belt-like body, and the belt-like body is attached to be wound around the handrail.   The handrail according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a tactile protrusion is formed on a plate-like body, and the plate-like body is attached to the handrail.   The handrail according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the tactile protrusion is directly formed on the handrail.   In claim 1, claim 2, claim 3, claim 4, claim 7, claim 7 or claim 10, the unevenness is directly formed on the handrail in a ring shape, and the tactile protrusion shaped body or the uneven wave shape A handrail characterized in that one or more of the shape bodies are formed.

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