JP2008061713A - Protection hood and wheelchair with protection hood - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a protection hood for wheelchairs and a wheelchair with the protection hood capable of protecting a user from rain, wind and snow, sunshine and the like simply, favorably protecting the user from a falling object from an upper part and providing an assistant pushing the wheelchair with a superior front visual field. <P>SOLUTION: This protection hood is provided with an impact-resistant top plate 21 and supports 22a, 22b, 22c and 22d; the supports are erected from a wheelchair body 10, and the top plate is attached to the upper parts of the supports. The top plate is preferably provided with a transparent part allowing a person pushing the wheelchair to confirm the front of the wheelchair. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a protective hood that can easily protect a passenger using a wheelchair from rain, wind and snow, sunlight, and the like, and has high protection against falling objects.

Wheelchairs are widely used by illnesses, disabilities and the elderly.
However, conventional wheelchairs are open above the seating surface and cannot protect users from rain, wind, snow, sunlight, etc., and when evacuating during disasters such as earthquakes, fallen objects from the top are There was a high risk of hitting the user (passenger).
Therefore, in welfare facilities and hospitals, when evacuating in the event of a disaster, a person who has difficulty walking can be placed on the wheelchair, and in addition to the assistant pushing the wheelchair later, there is another way to prevent the passenger from falling. An assistant is needed and two people are currently evacuating and guiding.
With this, evacuation could not be performed quickly, which was a big problem.

Until now, JP-A-2004-321535 has been known as a protective cover for protecting a wheelchair user from rain, wind, snow, cold, sunlight, exhaust gas and the like.
However, the protective cover disclosed above is inferior in mountability to a wheelchair, has no impact resistance, and has a problem that it is not used at all for falling objects.

JP 2004-321535 A

  The present invention provides a protective hood and a protective hood for a wheelchair that can be easily protected from rain, wind and snow, sunlight, etc., have high user protection against falling objects from above, and have excellent forward visibility for an assistant pushing the wheelchair. The purpose is to provide an attached wheelchair.

The technical gist of the present invention includes a protective hood for a wheelchair comprising an impact-resistant top plate and a column, the column is erected from a wheelchair body, and a top plate is attached to an upper part of the column. It is in the point.
Accordingly, the user can be protected easily from rain, wind and snow, sunlight, and the like, and since the impact-resistant top plate is used, the user can be protected against falling objects from above.
Here, the impact-resistant top plate refers to a member having toughness and strength to such an extent that it is not broken or broken by a fallen object from the top during a disaster such as an earthquake.
Therefore, the top plate may be a metal plate such as an iron plate or an aluminum plate, or may be a tough cloth, but is preferably a resin plate such as polycarbonate that is lightweight, transparent and excellent in impact resistance.

If the top plate is a transparent resin plate, an assistant pushing the wheelchair from behind can confirm the front of the wheelchair from the top.
Therefore, if the top plate is opaque like a metal plate, it is preferable to have a transparent portion so that the assistant can easily confirm the front.

  Moreover, if the support | pillar has a detachable side member, a user's protection with respect to light rain and a strong sunlight improves by attaching a side member to a support | pillar as a cover.

The protective hood may be provided integrally with the wheelchair body, but it is preferable that the support column has attachment means that is detachable from the wheelchair body.
Most of the wheelchairs are foldable so that they do not take up a lot of space when not in use and are more preferably attached to these existing wheelchairs.
Various methods are conceivable as means for attaching and fixing such a protective hood.
For example, suspend the pillars from the four corners of the top board, connect the front and rear pillars with the lower frame, and use the armrests of the wheelchair to wrap the lower frame of the pillars and this armrest with Velcro (registered trademark) There is a method in which the rear support column is closely attached to the back frame of the wheelchair with a bracket or the like.
Moreover, the method of fixing by a user's weight by standing upright from the seat surface part laid on the seat surface of a wheelchair may be sufficient.
Furthermore, a pipe-shaped connecting portion may be provided on the wheelchair body so that it can be inserted and fixed.
In addition, if the rear side support | pillar of a protective hood and the backrest part of a wheelchair are attached with a seatbelt, it can also serve as a user's seatbelt.

In the present invention, the protective hood is provided on the wheelchair body so as to be integrated or detachable above the seat surface of the wheelchair user, so that the user can be protected easily from rain, wind and snow, sunlight and the like.
Moreover, in the case of evacuation at the time of a disaster etc., a wheelchair can be evacuated by one assistant, protecting a user (passenger) from a fallen object.
When the user is an elderly person or a severely disabled person, it is often difficult to avoid falling objects by his / her own intention, and in such a situation, the effect of being able to guide evacuation by one assistant is great.

  When a removable attachment means is provided on the protective hood, the wheelchair can be used or folded without the protective hood, and the protective hood can be easily attached to the wheelchair body when necessary. Especially when evacuating, you can not only guide and attach a protective hood, but also you can remove the protective hood after arriving at the evacuation site and attach it to the next wheelchair, so it is necessary to prepare a protective hood for all wheelchairs Disappear.

An embodiment of a wheelchair protective hood according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view in which the protective hood 20 is attached and fixed to the wheelchair body 10, and FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view.
In this specification, the wheelchair body 10 refers to a wheelchair part without a protective hood attached to the wheelchair or when the protective hood is integrally fixed to the vehicle body frame as shown in FIG. The portion excluding the top plate 21 and the columns 22a, 22b, 22c, and 22d.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the protective hood 20 has four support columns 22a, 22b, 22c, and 22d. In this embodiment, the four support columns are connected by upper frames 23a, 23b, 23c, and 23d. The top plate 21 made of a transparent resin plate made of polycarbonate is fixed to the upper frame frame using a connecting member such as a rivet or a screw.
The top plate protects the user from rain, wind, snow, sunlight, falling objects, etc., and is not limited to polycarbonate resin as long as it has impact resistance to withstand falling objects. If it is transparent or has at least a transparent part, it prevents the assistant from blocking the line of sight with the top plate when the assistant pushes the wheelchair with the handle portion 12 of the wheelchair later. The lower part of the wheelchair in front (the user's feet) can be confirmed and wheelchair operability is excellent.
As for the struts, the front strut 22a and the rear strut 22d are connected by the lower frame 24a at the lower end, and similarly, the front strut 22b and the rear strut 22c are connected by the lower frame 24b at the lower end.
The material of the frames constituting the support is not particularly limited as long as it has strength to withstand falling objects, but a light alloy such as aluminum may be light.
The shape may be not only a square pipe but also a round pipe or a bar material.

As shown in FIG. 2, one end of Velcro (registered trademark) is fixed in front of the lower frames 24a and 24b of the protective hood 20, and the lower frames on both sides are respectively attached to the armrests on both sides as shown in FIG. And is fixed so as to be wound with Velcro (registered trademark) 27a, 27b.
Brackets 25a and 25b are attached to the rear supports 22c and 22d from the outer side to the rear, the protective hood 20 is placed on the armrests 15 and 15 of the wheelchair, and the back frame 16 and 16 on both sides are attached to both brackets 25a and 25b. Attach the wheelchair to the wheelchair.
With such a mounting and fixing structure, even in a foldable wheelchair, the vehicle width is widened in use, the lower frames 24a and 24b are placed on the armrests 15 and 15 and wound with Velcro (registered trademark) 27a and 27b. The protective hood 20 can be easily attached to the body of the wheelchair and can be easily removed because it can be fixed to the backrest.

When the seat member 28 is provided between the rear support columns 22c and 22d, when the user sits on the seat 11 as shown in FIG. Fixing stability is improved.
In addition, when the user runs the wheelchair by himself, the user rotates the operation wheel 14 with both hands and rotates the wheel 13, but when the assistant pushes the wheelchair later, the front strut 22a, The user can feel secure because it can hold 22b.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a seat belt 30 may be attached so that the rear support columns 22 c and 22 d and the backrest frames 16 and 16 are wound, and the seat belt can be expanded and contracted by a length adjuster 31. Yes.
The seat belt may also serve as a wheelchair seat belt.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a cover member 40 may be detachably attached to the protective hood 20 so as to be side members 41a and 41b by a pair of attachment portions 29 and 42, and the side portions of the protective hood are also closed. When the member is attached, it becomes a small rain shield and a wind shield, and the cover member can be used for sun protection, so that the protection of the user is improved.

FIG. 4 shows another embodiment, and the support members 22a, 22b, 22c, 22d may be made longer than the embodiment of FIG. 1 by the height of the armrest, and the seat member 50 may be attached to the lower end.
If it does in this way, it can also fix using a user's weight only by mounting the seat surface member 50 on the seat sheet 11 of a wheelchair.

  In the embodiment shown in FIG. 5, a wheelchair with a protective hood in which the protective hood is integrally provided in advance may be used in an example in which the protective hood is directly attached to the frame of the wheelchair body.

The state which attached the protective hood to the wheelchair is shown. The state before attaching a protective hood to a wheelchair is shown. The example which attaches a side member to a protective hood is shown. The example of the protective hood mounted in a seat sheet is shown. An example in which a protective hood is integrally provided on a wheelchair frame is shown.

Explanation of symbols

10 Wheelchair body 20 Protective hood 21 Top plates 22a, 22b, 22c, 22d

Claims (5)

Equipped with impact-resistant top plate and support,
A protective hood for a wheelchair, characterized in that the prop is erected from the wheelchair body and a top plate is attached to the upper portion of the prop.   The wheelchair protective hood according to claim 1, wherein the top plate has a transparent portion that allows a person pushing the wheelchair to confirm the front of the wheelchair.   The protective hood for a wheelchair according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the support has a detachable side member.   The protective hood for a wheelchair according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the support has attachment means that is detachable from the wheelchair body.   A wheelchair with a protective hood, wherein the wheelchair protective hood according to any one of claims 1 to 3 is provided integrally with the wheelchair body, or is detachably attached thereto.

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