JP2008043354A - Cushion apparatus for lying down - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cushion apparatus for lying down which enables a user to accurately maintain a lying-down attitude stably. <P>SOLUTION: A cushion apparatus for lying down is used when the user makes himself lie down and put on a chest and has a cushion body 6 which is made up of an elastic material 7a and a casing fabric 7b covering the elastic material. The cushion body is formed as to be so tapered as to be thicker toward from one to the other end in a prescribed direction while one side or at least one of other sides is made as a flat surface 9. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a prone cushion device suitable for a case where a user goes to sleep in a prone state facing down or receives massage on the back.

  When going to bed using a mattress device, some users prefer to sleep in a prone state rather than a supine facing up, and massage on the back of the body on the mattress device. When receiving, the user will take a prone posture.

  When the user takes a prone posture on the mattress device, the face is compressed by the upper surface of the mattress device, which may be uncomfortable or difficult to breathe.

Therefore, in order to prevent the face from being pressed when the user takes a prone posture, a prone mat having a configuration shown in Patent Document 1 has been proposed. The prone mat shown in Patent Document 1 includes a head mat member having a face accommodating portion formed of a recess or a through hole, and a chest mat member that supports the chest, and these two mat members are connected in a foldable manner. In the unfolded state, the thickness is tapered, and in the folded state, the thickness of the overlapping portion is almost uniform.
Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 4-80521

  However, as shown in Patent Literature 1, when the face mat member including the concave portion or the through hole is provided in the head mat member, when the user accommodates the face in the face housing portion in order to maintain the prone posture, Sometimes it becomes difficult to breathe and the prone posture cannot be maintained comfortably. In particular, when the face accommodating portion is a recess, the face accommodating portion is closed when the user accommodates the face, and this tendency is significantly higher than that of the case of the through hole.

  Therefore, in Patent Document 1, in order to eliminate difficulty in breathing, a breathing hole communicating with the inside of the face support portion is formed. However, if a breathing hole is formed in the head mat member, the configuration may be complicated, and it may be time-consuming to process, which is not preferable.

  The present invention provides a cushion device for prone that can easily maintain a prone posture without making it difficult for the user to breathe by adopting a simple configuration that supports only the chest of the user. It is in.

This invention is a cushion device for prone used to hit the chest when the user is prone,
Having a cushion body formed by an elastic material and an exterior covering the elastic material,
The cushion body is formed in a tapered shape in which the thickness gradually increases from one end to the other end in a predetermined direction, and at least one of the one side surface or the other side surface is formed as a flat surface. It is in the cushion device for prone.

  The other surface of the cushion body is a central portion in the width direction intersecting with the predetermined direction, and a concave curved surface for the user to place the head is formed at the other end portion in the predetermined direction. It is preferable.

  It is preferable that the cushion body has a cut portion that gradually expands in the width direction intersecting the predetermined direction from one halfway portion to the one end in the predetermined direction.

  It is preferable that two cushion bodies are provided, and one end having a small thickness of these cushion bodies is connected to be able to be bent through the exterior ground.

  It is preferable that an accommodation recess into which a user's chin portion enters is formed at the other end in the predetermined direction where the cushion body is thick.

  According to this invention, since the thickness of the cushion body is only formed in a tapered shape along a predetermined direction, the configuration is simple. And when a user takes a prone posture, the said cushion body is applied to a chest, and a face is protruded from one end with thick thickness. Thereby, since the face is not covered, it is possible to prevent difficulty in breathing.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
1 to 4 show a first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 shows a state in which a user U is lying on the bed apparatus 1. The bed apparatus 1 has a base 2. A mattress 3 is placed on the upper surface of the base 2, and a user U prone on the upper surface of the mattress 3 using the prone cushion device 5.

  The prone cushion device 5 comprises a cushion body 6. As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the cushion body 6 includes an elastic material 7 a and a bag-shaped exterior material 7 b that covers the elastic material 7 a. The elastic material 7a is formed in a taper plate shape whose thickness dimension gradually increases from one end to the other end in a predetermined direction, for example, by a low-resilience urethane foam or the like.

  The cushion member 6, that is, the elastic material 7 a covered with the outer sheath 7 b has a planar shape that gradually expands in the width direction intersecting the predetermined direction from the midway portion in the predetermined direction toward one end having a small thickness. A curvilinear notch 8 is formed. One surface of the cushion body 6 is formed as a flat surface 9, and a cross section in which one end is opened to the cut portion 8 and the other end is opened to the other surface of the cushion body 6 in the central portion in the width direction of the other surface. An arcuate concave curved surface 11 is formed.

  The exterior ground 7b covers the surface of the elastic material 7a along the surface shape thereof, whereby the surface of the cushion body 6 is covered with the cut portion 8, the flat surface 9 and the concave surface in the same manner as the elastic material 7a. A curved surface 11 is formed.

  Fasteners 12 are provided over the entire length of the cushion body 6 in the width direction of the cushion body 6 in the outer covering 7b at a portion covering the flat surface 9 of the elastic member 7a. Accordingly, the elastic member 7 a can be removed from the exterior ground 7 by opening the fastener 12. The fastener 12 is provided so as not to be exposed to the outside.

  When the user U takes a massage on the upper surface of the mattress 3 or takes a prone posture to rest, the cushion body 6 is placed on one end of the upper surface of the mattress 3 in the longitudinal direction as shown in FIG. . In that case, the cushion body 6 is placed with the flat surface 9 facing upward and the surface with the concave curved surface 11 facing downward.

  Then, the user U puts the chest on the flat surface 9 and prone by projecting the face forward from the other end in the predetermined direction where the cushion body 6 is thick. Accordingly, the user U holds the chest at a predetermined height depending on the thickness of the cushion body 6, so that the head is bent downward and the frontal portion is pressed against the upper surface of the mattress 3. Thereby, the user U can easily maintain the prone posture in a stable state.

  When the user U takes a prone posture in this way, the user U's face protrudes from the other end of the cushion body 6 and is not covered by the cushion body 6, so that the user U is open and closed. Not only can you feel it, but you can also breathe easily. Moreover, since the cushion body 6 has a simple plate-like structure with a tapered thickness, it can be manufactured at low cost and easily.

  Further, the cushion body 6 is formed with a cut portion 8 opened at one end thereof. Therefore, since the abdomen of the prone user U is positioned corresponding to the cut portion 8, the abdomen is not compressed by the cushion body 6. Therefore, the user U can easily maintain the prone posture also by this.

  When the user U takes a supine posture, the prone cushion device 5 is placed with the surface of the cushion body 6 on which the concave curved surface 11 is formed facing upward. When the user U lies on the prone cushion device 5, the occipital region is supported by the concave curved surface 11, so that the user can maintain the laid posture comfortably and stably.

  FIG. 5 is a modification of the cushion body showing the second embodiment of the present invention. In the cushion body 6A of this embodiment, a concave curved housing recess 14 is formed over the entire length in the thickness direction at the other end of the thick predetermined direction.

  In this case, the cut portion 8 and the concave curved surface 11 are not formed in the cushion body 6A, but may be formed as in the first embodiment.

  According to the cushion body 6A having such a configuration, when the user U takes a prone posture, the face protrudes forward from the end face of the cushion body 6A and the jaw portion is accommodated in the accommodation recess 14. Thereby, the user U can maintain the prone posture without projecting both shoulders forward from the end face of the cushion body 6A. That is, since the user U can prone while the shoulders are supported by the cushion body 6A, the prone posture can be maintained easily and stably.

  6 to 8 are modifications of the cushion body showing the third embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the prone cushion device 5 is constructed by connecting a pair of cushion bodies 6B so that they can be folded. That is, the pair of cushion bodies 6B are connected so that one end with a small thickness can be bent by the belt-like cloth 16 having a predetermined width dimension via the exterior ground 7b. The pair of cushion bodies 6B are not formed with the cut portion 8 or the concave curved surface 11 as in the cushion body 6 of the first embodiment, but may be formed.

  If the pair of cushion bodies 6B are folded and overlapped at the portion of the belt-like cloth 16, the total thickness can be double the thickness of one cushion body 6B, and between the pair of cushion bodies 6B, As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, if an adjustment cushion body 17 formed in a tapered plate shape having the same thickness as the cushion body 6B is interposed, the total thickness is made three times that of one cushion body 6B. Can do.

  Thereby, when the user U takes a prone posture, the thickness of the cushion body 6B can be set to be twice or three times that of the one cushion body 6B depending on the physique and the preference of the user U. it can.

  That is, according to the cushion body 6B of the third embodiment, the height for supporting the chest of the user U can be adjusted according to the physique of the user U and the preference during use. Convenient.

  The adjustment cushion body 17 shown in the third embodiment may be used in combination with the cushion body 6 shown in the first embodiment. If it does so, the whole thickness can be utilized by making it about twice as large as one cushion body 6B.

In the above embodiment, the case where the cushion body is used by being placed on the upper surface of the mattress has been described. However, only the cushion body may be used alone.
In addition, the use of low-resilience urethane foam as an elastic material for the cushion was taken as an example. A form may be used. By doing so, the cushion body has a soft feel during use, and can have a structure having rigidity capable of maintaining the shape as a whole.

Explanatory drawing which shows the state in which the user which shows 1st Embodiment of this invention was prone on the mattress. The perspective view which shows the flat surface of a cushion body. The perspective view which shows the surface in which the concave curved surface of the cushion body was formed. The perspective view which turned up the surface in which the concave curved surface was formed in the elastic material used for the said cushion body. The perspective view of the cushion body which shows 2nd Embodiment of this invention. The perspective view which shows a pair of connected cushion body which shows 3rd Embodiment of this invention. The side view which shows the state which folded a pair of cushion body shown in FIG. The perspective view which shows the state which provides an auxiliary | assistant cushion body between these cushion bodies, when folding a pair of cushion bodies.

Explanation of symbols

  6, 6A, 6B ... cushion body, 7a ... elastic material, 7b ... exterior, 8 ... notch, 9 ... flat surface, 11 ... concave curved surface, 14 ... accommodating recess.

Claims (5)

A prone cushion device that is applied to the chest when the user is prone,
Having a cushion body formed by an elastic material and an exterior covering the elastic material,
The cushion body is formed in a tapered shape in which the thickness gradually increases from one end to the other end in a predetermined direction, and at least one of the one side surface or the other side surface is formed as a flat surface. A cushion device for prone.   The other surface of the cushion body is a central portion in the width direction intersecting with the predetermined direction, and a concave curved surface for the user to place the head is formed at the other end portion in the predetermined direction. The prone cushion device according to claim 1.   2. The prone cushion device according to claim 1, wherein the cushion body is formed with a notch portion that gradually expands in a width direction intersecting the predetermined direction from a midway portion in the predetermined direction toward one end.   2. The prone cushion device according to claim 1, wherein the cushion device has two cushion bodies, and one end of each of the cushion bodies is foldably connected via the exterior.   2. The prone cushion device according to claim 1, wherein an accommodation recess into which a portion of the user's chin enters is formed at the other end in the predetermined direction in which the cushion body is thick.

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