JP2009247412A - Care chair for shower - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a care chair for shower which permits selection of a structure of a seat part according to the level of care and the body size of a user. <P>SOLUTION: The care chair for shower includes the seat part, a leg part, and a backrest. The care chair for shower has a recess groove penetrating the seat part in the back and forth direction, and an auxiliary seat surface covering the recess groove of the seat part is detachably attached to the chair for shower. The length of the auxiliary seat surface in the longitudinal direction is shorter than the length of the recess groove. A notch for washing the private parts or around the anus is preferably formed either in the front or in the rear of the seat part while the auxiliary seat surface is attached to the seat part. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a care shower chair used when an elderly person or a physically handicapped person cleans a body or takes a shower.

When elderly people or physically handicapped people wash their bodies or take a shower in the bathroom, nursing shower chairs are used. This chair has a higher seating surface than a general bath chair, and the burden on standing and sitting is reduced for elderly people with weak legs. As a conventional care shower chair, a bathing chair (see Patent Document 1) in which a release portion (notch) having a substantially U shape in plan view is provided in front of a seat portion is known. In this chair, the seat does not get in the way when the user's crotch is washed, and the user does not need to sit up, so the burden on the care recipient and the caregiver is reduced. There is also known a nursing bath chair (see Patent Document 2) provided with U-shaped grooves in the front-rear direction of the seat surface. This chair can wash the buttocks from the front and back without raising the waist of the cared person, further reducing the burden on the cared person and the caregiver.
Utility Model Registration No. 3081550 Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 3-94225

  When a U-shaped release portion in plan view is provided in front of the seat, it is convenient for the caregiver to wash the caregiver's crotch from the front, but the caregiver bends forward when washing the area near the anus. It is necessary to sit up. In addition, when the U-shaped groove is provided in the front-rear direction of the seating surface, if the width of the U-shaped groove is increased in order to facilitate washing, the cared person's buttocks are pressed against the upper corner of the U-shaped groove and pain occurs. In the case of a person who remembers or is thin, the buttock may get stuck in the U-shaped groove.

  Thus, the chairs that are easy to use are different depending on the degree of care and the body shape of the person to be used, and when a plurality of people use, it is necessary to provide a plurality of chairs. In addition, the chair may need to be changed as the degree of care progresses. The present invention has been made to solve such problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a care shower chair capable of selecting a seat configuration according to the degree of care and the body shape.

  The above problem is solved by the following means. That is, the invention according to claim 1 is a care shower chair having a seat portion, a leg portion, and a backrest and provided with a concave groove penetrating in the front-rear direction of the seat portion. The present invention provides a shower chair for nursing care, wherein an auxiliary seating surface covering a concave groove is detachably attached.

  As in claim 2, the length of the auxiliary seating surface in the front-rear direction is shorter than the length of the concave groove, and with the auxiliary seating surface attached, either the front part or the rear part of the seating part is near the pubic area or the anus It is preferable to make it the structure which can make the notch for washing.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, it is preferable that the position of the notch of the seat portion can be changed by attaching the auxiliary seat surface with the front-rear direction reversed.

  The invention according to claim 4 is a care shower chair having a seat portion, a leg portion, and a backrest and provided with a recessed groove penetrating in the front-rear direction of the seat portion, the recessed groove in the seat portion. The auxiliary seating surface is attached detachably, the length of the auxiliary seating surface in the front-rear direction is shorter than the length of the recessed groove, and with the auxiliary seating surface attached, both the front part and the rear part of the seat part It is an object of the present invention to provide a care shower chair characterized in that a cutout for washing the vicinity of the anus can be made.

  It is preferable that the depth of the notch of the front part and the rear part of the seat part can be changed by attaching the auxiliary seat surface with the front and rear direction reversed.

  According to the present invention, since the seat portion configuration with and without the through-groove can be easily switched, the user-friendly seat portion configuration can be selected according to the care level and the body shape of the care recipient. .

  According to claim 2, since it is possible to easily switch between a seat configuration with a through-groove and a seat configuration with a notch, a user-friendly seat configuration is selected according to the care level and body shape of the care recipient. can do.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, it is possible to easily switch between a seat configuration with a through-groove, a seat configuration with a notch in the front, and a seat configuration with a notch in the rear.

  Furthermore, according to the fourth aspect, it is possible to easily switch between a seat portion configuration having a through-groove and a seat portion configuration having notches in the front and rear portions.

  According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to easily switch between the seat portion configuration having the through-groove and the seat portion configuration having notches in the front and rear portions, and the depth of the front and rear notches can be adjusted.

  The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the shower chair for care of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a front view of FIG. The care shower chair 1 includes a metal pipe as a framework, a seat portion 2, a backrest 4 fixed to the backrest column 3, and a flip-up armrest 6 pivotally supported by an armrest pipe 5. , Leg 7.

  The seat portion 2 includes a blow-molded hollow plastic seat plate 21 and a pair of foam EVA seat plate pads 22 mounted thereon. By forming the seat plate 21 into a hollow shape, there is heat retention and it is easy to handle because of its light weight. By constituting the seat board pad 22 with a foam, it is excellent in heat insulation, does not make the user feel cold, is light and easy to handle.

  The backrest 4 includes a blow-molded hollow plastic backrest plate 41 and a foamed EVA backrest pad 42 mounted in front thereof, and is fixed to the backrest column 3 with screws. In the upper part of the backrest plate 41, there is provided a long hole 43 that becomes a grip portion when the shower chair 1 is carried or moved. The backrest column 3 is formed by bending a metal pipe, the lower part thereof is bent horizontally, and is fixed to the legs 7 with screws.

  The armrest 6 is pivotally supported at the root end by the armrest pipe 5 and is rotatable up and down. The armrest pipe 5 is formed by bending a metal pipe, and is fixed to the backrest column 3 with screws on the upper side and the lower side. Since the armrest 6 is a flip-up type, if you move the armrest 6 upward, it will not get in the way when you transfer or wash your body. You can sit comfortably.

  The leg 7 is made of two metal pipes bent into a gate shape and fixed in a cross shape at the center, and the lower part can be expanded and contracted by a double-pipe slide system. The height of the part 2 can be adjusted.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the seat portion 2 has a concave groove 23 penetrating in the center front-rear direction. The cross section of the concave groove 23 is substantially semicircular, and is large enough for a caregiver to enter. Concave fittings (not shown) extending in the front-rear direction are formed on the back sides of the left and right sides of the seat plate 21 so that the care recipient can easily grasp them. The seat plate 21 is firmly fixed on the legs 7 with screws.

  The seat plate pad 22 is attached by fitting a protrusion (not shown) provided on the back side into a locking hole (not shown) provided on the seat plate 21. Since the seat pad 22 can be easily attached and detached, it is convenient when washing the shower chair 1. A locking hole 24 is provided in the bottom portion of the center of the concave groove 23 in the front-rear direction (see FIGS. 6 and 7), and the auxiliary seating surface 8 can be detachably attached.

  FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the auxiliary seating surface 8. The auxiliary seat surface 8 comprises a blow molded hollow plastic auxiliary seat surface main body 81 and a foam EVA auxiliary seat surface pad 82 mounted thereon. The auxiliary seating surface pad 82 is detachably attached to the auxiliary seating surface main body 81 through projections and locking holes, like the seat plate pad 22. The auxiliary seating surface 8 has a flat upper surface and a shape that is long in the front and rear direction, and has a substantially semicircular cross section. A locking projection 83 is provided on the lower front side of the auxiliary seating surface 8. When attaching to the concave groove 23, the projection 83 is inserted into the locking hole 24 of the concave groove.

  When using the shower chair 1 for nursing care according to the present invention, the armrest 6 on the side to be transferred is first lifted up and seated on the seat 2, and the armrest 6 that has been raised is returned to the horizontal state and placed on the elbow, so that the posture is easy. Have your caregiver wash your body while keeping it. The assistant inserts a hand or a shower head from the front into the groove 23 provided in the seat 2 to wash the pubic area, and inserts a hand or a shower head from the back to wash the vicinity of the anus. Depending on the user, it is of course possible to wash it by yourself.

  When the through-groove 23 of the seat 2 of the care shower chair 1 is unnecessary, the auxiliary seat surface 8 is attached as shown in FIG. Since the length of the auxiliary seating surface 8 is shorter than the length before and after the seat portion 2, the front portion of the through groove 23 is not filled, and a notch 9 for washing the shadow portion is formed in the front portion of the seat portion 2. A part of the bottom of the through groove 23 is visible below the notch 9. The shape of the notch 9 is not limited to a planar viewing angle shape as shown in the figure, but it is only necessary to wash the shadow such as a U-shape or a semicircular shape. In a state where the auxiliary seating surface 8 is attached to the through-groove 23, the upper surface of the auxiliary seating surface pad 82 and the upper surface of the seating plate pad 22 are substantially flush with each other. Since the rear part and the center part of the through-groove 23 are filled, there is no danger that the lean part of the care receiver who is thin will fit into the through-groove 23. In addition, the corner of the upper part of the groove 23 hits the sacrum or the like so that no pain or discomfort is felt.

  The auxiliary seating surface 8 can be attached only by inserting the latching protrusion 83 at the bottom of the auxiliary seating surface 8 into the latching hole 24 at the bottom of the concave groove 23, and there is no need for screwing or the like. Since the auxiliary seating surface 8 can be easily attached and detached, it is convenient when washing the care shower chair 1. The auxiliary seating surface 8 is firmly supported by the concave groove 23 having a substantially semicircular cross section, does not rattle or detach, and is not displaced by the locking projection 83.

  Further, depending on the condition of the cared person, it may be more convenient to have the notch space 9 at the rear of the seat 2. In that case, as shown in FIG. 5, if the auxiliary seating surface 8 is mounted in the through-groove 23 with the front-rear direction reversed to that in FIG. Will be easier to wash.

  6 is a plan view of the seat portion 2 (lower side is front), FIG. 7 is a central longitudinal sectional view of the seat portion 2 (left side is front), and (a) is a state where the auxiliary seat surface 8 is not mounted, (b). Is a state where the auxiliary seating surface 8 is mounted rearward, and (c) is a state where the auxiliary seating surface 8 is mounted rearward. The length of the auxiliary seating surface 8 is shorter than the length of the through-groove 23, the position of the locking hole 24 of the seating part 2 is substantially the center in the front-rear direction of the seating part 2, and the locking projection 83 is the front and back of the auxiliary seating surface. Since the position is shifted from the center of the direction, the position of the notch 9 can be changed by mounting the auxiliary seating surface in the front-rear direction. In this embodiment, depending on the selection of the mounting of the auxiliary seating surface 8, there are a seat configuration with a through groove 23, a seat configuration with a notch 9 at the front, and a seat configuration with a notch 9 at the rear. Selection is possible, and the switching operation is only easy because the locking protrusion 83 is inserted and removed.

  FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the care shower chair, and shows a state in which the auxiliary seat surface 8 is mounted. In this embodiment, only the length of the auxiliary seating surface 8 is different from that of the previous embodiment, and other configurations are the same as those of the previous embodiment. The length of the auxiliary seating surface 8 in FIG. 8 in the front-rear direction is shorter than that of the previous embodiment, and only the central portion of the concave groove 23 is filled with the auxiliary seating surface 8 attached to the concave groove 23, and the seat 2 Cutouts 9 are formed in both the front and rear portions. In this case, since the central portion of the concave groove 23 is filled, there is no risk of the buttock getting stuck in the concave groove 23, and it is easy to wash the pubic area from the front side and the vicinity of the anus from the rear side.

  FIG. 9 shows a state in which the auxiliary seating surface 8 is attached with the front-rear direction reversed from FIG. In FIG. 9, the notch 9 is formed in the front part and the rear part of the seat part 2 like FIG. 8, but the depth of each notch 9 is different from FIG. 10 is a plan view of the seat portion 2 (lower side is front), FIG. 11 is a central longitudinal sectional view of the seat portion 2 (left side is front), and (a) is a state where the auxiliary seat surface 8 is not mounted, (b). Is a state where the auxiliary seating surface 8 is mounted rearward, and (c) shows a state where the auxiliary seating surface 8 is mounted rearward. The position of the locking hole 24 of the seat portion 2 is substantially the center in the front-rear direction of the seat portion 2, and the locking projection 83 is located at a position shifted from the center of the auxiliary seat surface in the front-rear direction. The depths of the front and rear cutouts 9 can be changed by reversing the front and rear direction of 8 and attaching them.

  In FIG. 11 (b), the depth of the front notch 9 is A, and the depth of the rear notch 9 is B. In FIG. 11 (c), the depth of the front notch 9 is a, and the rear notch 9 When the depth b of the notch 9 is set, A> a and B <b are satisfied by attaching the auxiliary seating surface 8 in the front-rear direction. In this embodiment, depending on the selection of the auxiliary seat surface 8, the seat portion configuration having the through groove 23 and the seat portion configuration having the notches 9 on the front and rear sides can be selected. By reversing and attaching, the depth of the notches 9 before and after the seat portion 2 can be changed, and the switching operation is extremely easy.

  In the embodiment of the present invention, the armrest 6 is a flip-up type, but a fixed armrest may be used, and the armrest need not be provided. Further, the seat pad 22 and the auxiliary seat pad 82 may be omitted. Furthermore, the shape of the auxiliary seat surface 8 is not limited to the embodiment, and may be flat like a groove cover, and the mounting method is not limited to the embodiment.

The perspective view which shows one Embodiment of the shower chair for care by this invention Front view of FIG. The perspective view of the auxiliary seat surface which shows one Embodiment of the shower chair for care by this invention The perspective view which shows the state which mounted | wore the auxiliary seat surface of the shower chair for care in FIG. The perspective view which shows the state which reversed the front-back direction of the auxiliary seat surface of FIG. The top view of the seat which shows one Embodiment of the shower chair for care by this invention 6 is a longitudinal sectional view of FIG. The perspective view which shows other embodiment of the shower chair for care by this invention The perspective view which shows the state which reversed the front-back direction of the auxiliary seat surface of FIG. The top view of the seat which shows other embodiment of the shower chair for care by this invention 10 is a longitudinal sectional view of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Shower chair for nursing care 2 Seat part 23 Through-groove 3 Backrest support 4 Backrest 5 Armrest pipe 6 Armrest 7 Leg 8 Auxiliary seat surface 9 Notch

Claims (5)

  This is a nursing shower chair that has a seat, legs, and backrest, and is provided with a recessed groove that penetrates in the front-rear direction of the seat, and the auxiliary seating surface that covers the recessed groove of the seat is removable. A nursing shower chair, characterized in that it can be attached to.   The length of the auxiliary seating surface in the front-rear direction is shorter than the length of the groove, and with the auxiliary seating surface attached, either the front part or the rear part of the seating part has a notch for washing the genital area or the vicinity of the anus. The care shower chair according to claim 1, wherein the shower chair can be used.   The shower chair for care according to claim 2, wherein the position of the notch in the seat portion can be changed by attaching the auxiliary seat surface with the front-rear direction reversed.   A care shower chair having a seat, a leg, and a backrest and provided with a recessed groove penetrating in the front-rear direction of the seat, the auxiliary seating surface covering the recessed groove of the seat is removable The length of the auxiliary seating surface in the front-rear direction is shorter than the length of the groove, and with the auxiliary seating surface attached, notches for washing the genital area and anus area on both the front and rear of the seat A shower chair for nursing, characterized in that it can be used.   5. The shower chair for care according to claim 4, wherein the depth of the notch in the front portion and the rear portion of the seat portion can be changed by attaching the auxiliary seat surface with the front-rear direction reversed.

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