JP2010012215A - Easily-assembled bathtub - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a barrier-free easily-assembled bathtub capable of being used in a bathroom at home. <P>SOLUTION: A bathtub frame is rolled to be formed in an approximately cylindrical shape, and a waterproof sheet is set on the inner side of the plate-like bathtub frame which is elected by itself on a floor surface. When the bathtub is filled with hot water or the like, a user can bathe in the bathtub. By using an overlapping part when the bathtub frame is rolled in the cylindrical shape as an entrance, the bathtub is barrier-free. The width of the bathtub can be adjusted by adjusting the length of a belt 1 on the outer surface for holding the bathtub frame in the cylindrical shape. The bathtub frame is composed of a number of plate-like or rod-like hard and slender parts of a length sufficient for the side face of the bathtub. The plate-like or rod-like parts are arranged parallel, and are connected with each other by flexible connection materials. With this structure, the entrance of the bathtub can be easily opened/closed within a narrow bathroom, and at the same time, the bathtub can be compactly stored when not used. The bathtub with this structure can be flexibly applied to a setting place even if slightly projecting posts or the like are present in the setting place. Fine projections and recesses are formed all over the surface of the sheet, so that the sheet is hardly stuck when the sheet is wet and overlapped. A hard disk is attached at the center of the sheet and a sucker with a hook is attached to the disk, so that the sheet can be hung to be easily dried. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention is a simple bathtub, particularly a barrier-free simple bathtub.

  In winter, just taking a caregiver to take a shower does not warm your body, and if you try to put it in a normal bathtub filled with hot water, in some cases, multiple caregivers may hold up the caregiver, It is necessary to install a lift for the bathroom and suspend the person requiring care.

  However, the lifts are expensive and occupy considerable space in the bathrooms of ordinary homes, which is not so large in installation. In some cases, it may be necessary to rebuild the bathroom to install a lift. Moreover, there is a problem of how to dispose of the lift if it is no longer necessary due to the death of the care recipient. Regarding bathroom lifts, there were prior applications such as JP2007-202786, 2005-237578, 2004-33541, 2003-126210, 2003-70869, Hei 11-89907, Hei 11-19162, Hei 10-52469, etc. When these are commercialized, the selling price will exceed 100,000 yen. If you purchase a product for specific welfare equipment covered by nursing care insurance using nursing care insurance, 90% of the cost will be refunded to the user later if it is up to 100,000 yen, but the amount exceeding 100,000 yen will be used in full Burden. All of these inventions seem to place a considerable financial burden on the user even if they use care insurance.

As a simple bathtub for bathing a bather by immersing a care recipient in a bathtub without using a lift, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2007-283133, 2007-269341, 2007-181590, Japanese Patent No. 3976776, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2006-218111, 2005-205124, There are prior applications such as 2005-205033, 2005-40311, 2003-180786, 2003-19179, Hei 10-80456, Hei 9-252984, Hei 9-164092, etc., but all are square-shaped bathtubs. If the water pressure applied evenly to the side of the bathtub is to be supported most efficiently, that is, with minimal force, it will be circular. If you try to make it square, it takes extra strength to hold the square, and as a result, you have to use hard pillars and reinforcements made of special materials such as relatively heavy metals and reinforced plastics. It becomes heavy, and it becomes heavy overall, and it becomes expensive. Even if the weight and cost are not taken into account, in the case of a non-flexible bathtub using hard struts and reinforcing materials, It is too bulky to pass through the bathroom doorway and the corridors leading to it. Even if it is brought into the bathroom, there is not a large washing area that can be installed with enough space. Even if it can barely be installed in the bathroom washroom, if the doorway of the bathroom is not a sliding door but a door type, the doorway of the ordinary home can be used only because the door cannot be opened or closed.
As a circular simple bathtub, there are prior applications such as JP-A-2004-73487, hei 8-191776, etc., but it is not intended for bathing assistance of care recipients and is not barrier free. In that respect, JP-A-8-490 and the like are the same, and are not circular bathtubs.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-253632, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 6-83026, and the like are considered to be bathing assistance for care recipients, etc., but they are troublesome assembly work every time a bath is taken. Must be done. JP-A-2002-291833, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. Hei 6-75288, etc. are not particularly complicated in assembling work, but they are not intended to be placed in a bathtub while sitting on a wheelchair for water around, and the frame of the bathtub is low. It is necessary to put it on the person in need of care and to straddle it, or for the caregiver to pick up the person who needs care and to sit on a chair installed in it, and the risk of leading to a fall accident is not low.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2005-296565 and Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-127511 are not compatible with wheelchairs around water, and work for sitting a bedridden person who needs to be bedridden in a limited space of the present invention installed in a bathroom As such, it is dangerous for both the care recipient and the caregiver. Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-295770 is a simple bathtub that does not require any particularly complicated assembly work and is placed in a bathtub while a care recipient is seated on a water wheelchair. Barrier-free that can adjust the size of the bathtub according to the size of the place of installation, the body shape of the bather himself, and whether or not to use a wheelchair for water, etc. There is no simple bathtub.
In this respect, Japanese Utility Model Sho 50-96047, Sho 50-96048, etc. are also the same, and this is a sauna bath, and it is intended to bathe a care recipient in a bathtub. Not a bathtub.
Furthermore, most of the sheets that make up the simple bathtub in combination with the bathtub frame are either bag-like from the beginning, must be folded according to a fixed crease, or have a chuck attached to them. It is burdensome, easy to tear, dirty, hard to wash, hard to wipe, hard to dry, and difficult to fold after use.
As a result, all of these inventions can be said to fulfill the purpose of “soaking caregivers etc. easily, safely and cheaply by bathing in a bathtub”. Even though bathing care itself is quite heavy labor, it takes time for installation including assembly work before use and removal work including cleaning and drying after use. I do not think that it will be reduced. Even when assembled in use, it takes a lot of space, and if it is necessary to open and close the doorway with barrier-free specifications, there is a bathroom washing place with enough space for everyday use without feeling cramped and inconvenient 2. There are not many ordinary households, so it cannot be used in most houses. In a small Japanese house, it is not easy to find a storage place that will not get in the way until the next use. It does not take into account the needs of care recipients from the beginning. There seems to be a problem in one or more points, such as it seems unlikely to be available at a low price.

Nursing care insurance is available There are visiting bathing services (about 1250 yen once in Matsusaka City) and day services (about 1000 to 1500 yen once in Matsusaka City), but over 10 yen each time, even though it is 10% burden (Spain bathing service comes with two car drivers and two caregivers and measures blood pressure etc., so labor costs are high and it seems to be more expensive than day service. unknown.)
In addition, even if it is a family member, even a qualified helper, there are people who are naked in front of others and do not like to wash and wash their bodies. The care recipient is not necessarily an elderly person. There must be a woman in her teens and 20s who suddenly became a care recipient in the event of an accident or illness. The mother who has such a daughter thinks about the feelings of her daughter who is undressed by others and washed by others. Few people feel no resistance. If possible, I would like to bathe at home without letting others see.

JP 2007-202786 A JP 2005-237578 A JP 2004-33541 A JP 2003-126210 A JP 2003-70869 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-89907 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-19162 JP-A-10-52469 JP 2007-283133 A JP 2007-269341 A JP 2007-181590 A Japanese Patent No. 3976776 JP 2006-218111 A JP 2005-205124 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2005-205003 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2005-40311 JP 2003-180786 A JP 2003-19179 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-80456 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-252984 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-164092 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2004-73487 JP-A-8-191776 JP-A-8-490 JP 2002-253632 A Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 6-83026 JP 2002-291833 A Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 6-75288 JP 2005-296565 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-127511 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-295770 Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 50-96047 Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 50-96048

  The problem to be solved is that, for care recipients, the edge of the bathtub that needs to be straddled becomes an obstacle, and it is not possible to bathe in a bathtub in a bathroom at home, etc. easily, safely and inexpensively. is there.

  The present invention provides a bathtub with an entrance that can be easily installed in a bathroom washing place of a general household, so that a care recipient or the like does not need to straddle the edge of the bathtub, walks or crawls, or The most important feature is that you can sit in a commercially available water wheelchair or the like, and you can easily and safely enter the bathtub and bathe in hot water.

  With the present invention, even if a bathroom lift and a plurality of caregivers are not required, the caregivers need to bathe in hot water easily, safely and inexpensively at a bathroom washing place in a general household. I can do it.

  By using the present invention, even if you are sitting on a chair or the like and bathing in hot water only from the waist to the bottom, even if the lower body is recommended for health, even the lower body is almost hot. If you are soaked in the blood, warmed blood in the lower body will go around the whole body and wash your body much warmer than just showering.

  It is not uncommon for caregivers who are bedridden and using diapers to excrete in the bathtub while taking a bath, and if they can only take a bath once a week, Other householders who enter may honestly hate to enter after that person, but it is rude to caregivers to bathe in hot water at the end, and eventually refill the hot water separately for the care recipient If this is the case, depending on the size of the bathtub, water bills and utility costs will be considerably high. If the simple bathtub of the present invention is used, water can be saved and economical.

  According to the present invention, the bathtub is adjusted to a size that is perfect for the user, so it is possible to save hot water, and the consciousness fades due to a sudden drop in blood pressure associated with vasodilation. The risk of drowning in the bathtub caused by sinking into the tub is also reduced. It is even safer when sitting on a wheelchair for water use.

  The structure of the present invention is simple and easy to understand, and does not require complicated operations that must be assembled while looking at the “instruction manual” in use.

  Since the present invention uses almost no special parts or heavy materials, it can be manufactured at a relatively low cost, is relatively light overall, and is easy for a user to purchase and handle. When not in use, it can be rolled up and stored compactly, and the storage location is not so much trouble.

  By combining the waterproof sheet and the bathtub frame, the sheet can stop water leakage, but the water pressure on the side is supported by the outer bathtub frame, so even if the sheet does not have special strength, it can cope with water pressure of bathing level. In fact, I tried using the thinnest transparent sheet on a table sold at a home center and used it. Even if there are some holes, it can be easily repaired by pasting a wide vinyl tape on the market from both sides. In fact, this is only used for about 20-30 minutes to bathe, so it doesn't have to prevent water leaking all the time, like making a pond. Even if it is damaged beyond repair because it has been burned by the heat of a stove or the like, it is only necessary to replace the sheet, and there is no need to replace the tub frame.

  In addition, the bathtub frame is formed into a substantially cylindrical shape by winding it into a plate shape so that the water pressure applied equally to the side surface of the bathtub is received in a substantially circular shape. As a result, it can handle water pressure most efficiently, that is, with minimal force, and does not require hard struts or reinforcements made of special materials such as relatively heavy metals or reinforced plastics. And by making the overlapping part when the bathtub frame is rolled into a cylindrical shape as an entrance, it becomes barrier-free without having to straddle the edge of the bathtub when entering and leaving the bathtub, and further by increasing or decreasing the ratio of overlapping parts The size of the bathtub can be adjusted.

  In addition, the bathtub frame is hard enough to withstand the water pressure of a hot water that can be taken by one person, and a large number of strips or bars that are long enough to fit the height of the inner side of the bathtub are arranged in parallel. Connected with a flexible connecting material between them (using shutters and shutter-type bath lids, types that can be folded with patters often found on bath lids, types that can be rolled up, and multiple hinges) Sash, scissors, scallops, bellows, etc.). Then, when used, the doorway can be easily opened and closed even in a narrow bathroom while standing in a substantially cylindrical shape on the floor surface, and can be compactly stored by winding around after use. By adopting this configuration, even if there is a protruding column or the like in the installation place, it can be flexibly handled, and the function as a simple bathtub is fulfilled firmly while the shape is a slightly distorted cylindrical shape.

  In addition, a belt with fasteners is wound around the outside of the bathtub frame, and the bathtub frame is held in a cylindrical shape to support the bathtub frame that receives water pressure from the outside. Further, the position of the belt fastener is adjusted. As a result, the length of the belt can be adjusted, and as a result, when the bathtub frame is wound into a cylindrical shape, the ratio of overlapping portions can be increased and decreased, and the width of the bathtub can be adjusted. As a configuration for holding the bathtub frame in a cylindrical shape without using a belt, the front and back surfaces of the bathtub frame are all attached with fasteners that will be the corresponding hooks, and the bathtub frame is an elongated There are various conceivables, such as a plate or bar-like one-by-one tube, and a bathtub frame that is wound in a bowl shape, and those that are next to each other are stopped with a U-shaped pin or the like. However, it becomes heavier or more complicated in shape, more likely to get dirty, hard to wash, hard to wipe, and hard to dry.

  The belt is useful for maintaining the rolled-up state even when the bathtub frame is rolled up and stored compactly. The belt should be graduated like a tape measure. Then, the user can actually use it and remember where to put the belt fasteners on the scale to make a bathtub area that is just right for him.

  When combining the tarpaulin with the bathtub frame, clip it from the top of the sheet hung on the top edge of the bathtub frame so that the sheet does not fall into the bathtub before hot water supply. If you make a special clip, it looks better, but you can just stop it, so you can substitute a large laundry clip. However, the configuration is not limited to this, and in addition, a configuration in which several loops are attached around the circular sheet and hooked on a protrusion attached to the upper edge of the bathtub frame, or a configuration using a magnet or suction cup Is also possible. When using a loop, make sure that the length of the loop can be adjusted so that it can be accommodated by changing the size of the bathtub.

  The waterproof sheet should have fine irregularities on the entire surface to keep it from sticking even when wet. It is difficult to handle if it is easy to stick. Moreover, the strength of the sheet itself is increased by applying fine irregularities. A hard disk is attached to the approximate center. Then, after use, you can attach a suction cup with a hook to the disk and hang it in the bathroom to drain it easily. Since the sheet is set in a substantially cylindrical bathtub frame, it is not wasteful if the sheet itself is also circular. For example, in the case of a square sheet, extra corners will hang outside the bathtub frame during use, and after use, when hanging in a bathroom etc. and draining, the extra four corners will hang longer and will not stick to the floor. In order to hang it like this, it must be hung from the top.

  It is advisable to draw several large and small circles on the sheet so that they can be used as a guide when hooking on the upper edge of the bathtub frame. A number is assigned to the circle to correspond to the scale of the belt. For example, if the seat is set on the bathtub frame according to the circle of “1”, the size of the seat and the bathtub frame will be exactly the same when the position of the belt fastener of the bathtub frame is adjusted to the scale of “1” Keep it up. Therefore, it is not necessary to use numbers, but letters such as “L, H, H”, “Large / Medium / Small”, or illustrations or colors may be used.

  If you use a shower during hot water supply, you can use a detachable bellows neck shower holder that can be fixed to the top of the bathtub frame so that you can supply hot water while showering the area where the bather feels comfortable.

The method of use of the present invention is as follows (when a care recipient is seated in a wheelchair for water bathing in the bathroom at home in winter).
1. Boil the bath normally. Warm the dressing room in advance.
2. In the bathroom washroom, the bathtub frame of the present invention is placed in an “inverted U shape” with the belt 1 attached downward (FIG. 1). (At this time, if a bath chair 2 or the like is placed in front of the bathtub frame at the back, the dead zone under the seat surface of the water-use wheelchair is eliminated and water can be saved.)
3. The end of the circular sheet (FIG. 2) is hooked at about three points in the approximate center of the upper edge of the bathtub frame, and is stopped with a clip 4 or the like. At this time, it is recommended to use the circle drawn on the sheet as a guide.
4). Lower the seat at the top edge of the bathtub frame with the clip 4 etc. (At this time, if the bath chair 2 was placed to save water, the bath chair 2 is under the seat. Set the bottom part of the bathtub.
5). Spread out the wrinkles of the sheet at the bottom of the bathtub and the sheet in front of it as the doorway.
6). In the dressing room that has been warmed in advance, remove the clothing of the care recipient, just like the toilet, and sit on a wheelchair for water, and move it to the approximate center of the circular seat in the bathroom (Fig. 3). (When taking a bath for any care recipient, take it to the bathroom before that.) At this time, a towel with a size that is easy to squeeze to wipe the body after bathing, and after wiping, the bathroom Before opening the door, hang it on the body of the care recipient. Put a dry, large bath towel in a plastic bag, etc. so that it does not get wet.
7). Lift up the circular sheet in the foreground, wrap the wheelchair around the water with the care recipient, enclose it in a cylindrical shape with a bathtub frame, and make a bathtub of just the right size. The frame is fixed, and the end of the circular sheet in front is completely hooked on the upper edge of the bathtub frame and stopped with the clip 4 or the like. At this time, it is advisable to remember where on the scale of the belt the fastener of the belt 1 is stopped for the next use.
8). Take off the upper body of the care recipient, put the removed clothes out of the bathroom, and then close the bathroom door. Preparation for bathing is now complete (Figure 4).
9. The hot water in the bathtub is put into a simple bathtub so that it can be gradually immersed in the hot water from the feet of the care recipient with a pump or a handrail. A shower port may be attached to the pump, and hot water may be supplied while taking a warm shower on the body of the care recipient. At this time, a removable bellows neck shower holder 8 may be used (FIG. 8). If it is a hot water supply type bath, the hot water may be supplied into the simple bathtub of the present invention as it is, or the hot water may be supplied by a shower.
10. While the care recipient is soaked in hot water, wash the head and hair → face → shoulder → arm → back → chest etc. from the upper part of the body to the lower part in order. Drain it to the outside washing place with a pump or hand.
11. When the upper body has been almost washed and the amount of hot water has decreased considerably, remove the clip 4 etc. that holds the front seat, remove the fasteners of the belt 1 of the bathtub frame, open the doorway, and remove the front seat. Lower and gradually drain the hot water inside, and wash the lower body.
12 When you have finished washing your feet and pubic area, finally pour hot water over your entire body and wash away soap.
13. Wipe as much of your body as possible in the bathroom, then apply a dry bath towel and tell the care recipient that it's cold because it opens the door, and then open the bathroom door.
14 Extend the wrinkles on the front seat to flatten the path of the water wheelchair and leave the bathroom with the care recipient sitting on the water wheelchair.
15. Put on clothes for the care recipient, dry the hair well, wipe off any water that may have entered the ear hole with a cotton swab, etc., rehydrate, and let it sleep for a while.
16. The bathtub frame (Fig. 1) and circular sheet (Fig. 2) left in the bathroom are washed away, and then the sheet is lifted with a suction cup 9 with a hook attached to the center disk 3 and attached to a high position in the bathroom. Hang it on a hook or strut (Fig. 9), and leave the bathtub frame in the bathroom for a while.
17. When it is completely dry, the sheet should be folded to avoid the disk at the center, such as tri-fold, and folded appropriately so that it is shorter than the length of the bathtub frame. Then put it away compactly and store it in a place where it won't get in the way until next use (Fig. 10).

  If you can only walk across the edge of the bathtub and walk to the bathroom and keep sitting, sit on a shower chair, etc. Available.

  If you can't walk, but you can crawl and use the upper body relatively freely, half-size (about half the height of the one corresponding to bathing in a water wheelchair) After entering the bathtub of the present invention installed in the bathroom, you can connect the belt fastener of the bathtub frame yourself (Fig. 11) and put yourself in the bathtub with hot water. (There is also a configuration that adjusts the height of the bathtub frame instead of making a half size. For example, it is cut so that the height is halved, and “inserted” into one of the upper and lower halves, each cut surface, Make the other side “concave” as an “insertion” so that it can be separated (FIG. 12), or stretch each of the elongated plates or rods that make up the bathtub frame so as to extend the antenna of the radio etc. What is to be made, “U” shaped face-to-face, and many things that are engaged together, slide to stretch, accordion-like vertically stretched, vertically folding fold, etc. However, the structure is complicated I think that it will not only increase the cost, but also increase the overall weight.It is good to be able to adjust the height easily, but it becomes heavier, and the caregiver's burden in installation, withdrawal, storage, etc. Also, since it is a water-related product, the hygienic aspect is taken into account, and the shape should be as simple as possible, difficult to get dirty, easy to wash, easy to wipe, and easy to dry. If it is hard and cold, put a commercially available bath mat before installing the bathtub frame.

  As described above, the simple bathtub according to the present invention allows a care recipient to be easily, safely and inexpensively used in a bathroom washing place of a general household without requiring an expensive and bulky bathroom lift or multiple caregivers. It can be soaked in hot water, and it can be rolled up and stored compactly, and it is not so heavy, so it is loaded in a car with a water wheelchair and takes caregivers etc. to hot springs etc. You can also go. Even if you can't soak in the hot springs with everyone, if you can use the present invention at the washing place, you can put the hot spring water in a simple bathtub with a pump or handbag. In other words, even in a home where there is no bathroom at home and you go to a public bath, if you get permission to use the present invention at the bathhouse, you can bathe in the public bath.

  If public baths, hot springs, and accommodation facilities keep the present invention in place, I think that they can be shared by simply exchanging seats. There is also a method of selling only disposable sheets separately. This makes it unnecessary for care recipients to give up on the use of hot spring facilities and lodging facilities. The facility side uses the regularity of the present invention as a selling point, and uses the phrase “feeling and unsure,“ My hot water ”as a catchphrase. Services such as providing one cup of hot water are available.

  If the bathroom of a nursing facility is a hot water bath with the simple bathtub of the present invention from the beginning, there is no need to spend hundreds of thousands of yen and millions of yen to create a public bath like a public bath. In addition, care recipients can get new hot water for their own use, rather than being immersed in a bath that other people may use and possibly other people's excrement. Helpers who take care of bathing can almost alleviate the burden of care because there is almost no need to soak in hot water with care recipients.

  By using the present invention, it is possible to immerse even a residence having only a shower room, such as a one-room apartment or a weekly apartment for single employees or students.

  Since the present invention does not require a single nail in the house when used, there is probably no need to obtain permission from the landlord or landlord.

  A person who lives alone but feels that the bathtub is large and wastes hot water can take a bath with a minimum amount of hot water by using the present invention if it is a hot water bath.

  Even if you live in a family, if you do not want to enter the hot water soaked by someone other than yourself, if you use a hot water bath, you can bathe in the hot water separately if you use the present invention. Alternatively, even if there is a person who does not want to contaminate the hot water of a bathtub where other people enter during the treatment of skin diseases and the like, if the present invention is used, the family can be immersed in hot water without any hesitation. The simple bathtub of the present invention is also effective when there is a person who dislikes the family but wants to use a bath salt that he / she likes only, or when he / she needs to immerse himself / herself in the medicinal bath.

  There is also a usage in which the bathtub at home is a simple bathtub according to the present invention, and the whole family has “My Sheet” and shares only the bathtub frame. Some homes may want to prepare pet seats.

  Housing dealers who have a barrier-free design as a selling point are that the bathrooms in the houses they sell are hot water baths equipped with the present invention from the beginning, and other private rooms including entrances and Japanese rooms, toilets and bathroom entrances only In addition, it is better to “sell” that access to the bathtub is barrier-free. Moreover, because the body is washed in the bathtub, there is no need to secure two spaces for the bathtub and washing area as in the conventional bathroom, so it is only necessary to prepare a slightly wider shower room and install the present invention. It is. Therefore, the space of the bathroom can be designed compactly from the beginning, and the construction cost can be kept lower than that of a bathroom in which an ordinary bathtub is installed.

  According to the present invention, the bathtub can be manufactured at a relatively low cost, and is relatively compact and lightweight. Therefore, transportation and storage are not extremely problematic.

  Even in the event of a disaster, if a tent is installed in a place where water can be drained and the present invention is installed and hot water is supplied, refugees can bathe in a bathtub.

  The universal design of the bathtub is eco-friendly, eco-friendly and friendly to humans and the earth. It is.

  Now, the baby boomers have retired, and in 10 or 20 years, Japan will become a society with a larger number of elderly people. In proportion to this, the number of care recipients will increase explosively. It seems to be an urgent need to provide inexpensive care tools that are easy to handle and easily available to ordinary households along with the improvement and improvement of the care system. The present invention should be greatly helpful.

By the way, although it is a sad thing, even if the need for a care recipient died, the necessity of the simple bathtub of the present invention is eliminated, the present invention with a very simple structure and a simple shape has various other uses. There is no need to make trash. It can be applied to small children's swimming pools and talais, and it can be used as a safety circle for toddlers and small pets if the tub frame belt is secured to several pillars or furniture of the house to prevent it from falling over. Can also be applied. Even if we pee, the seat will catch and there is no worry of soiling the tatami mat, carpet and carpet. In addition, in this case, it is not necessary to cope with water pressure, so it can be installed in an oval or “L” shape according to the shape and size of the room and the arrangement of furniture. If you have a garden or field, install it in the corner, cover the sheet instead of a lid, and use it as compost. Only the seat may be used as a cover for a bicycle or motorcycle parked outdoors, and the bathtub frame may be placed in the corner of the child's room and used as a child's toy case. From the beginning, it is a good idea to draw a warm or cute illustration on the side of the bathtub frame. Even when used as a simple bathtub for care tools, care is a little more enjoyable.
My grandmother who was diagnosed with childhood paralysis, first-class first-class physically disabled and diagnosed as “care-requiring 5” after the start of nursing care insurance, I took a bath in this simple bathtub. As I got older, my grip became weaker and my caregiving disappeared, and I was at a loss when I couldn't take my grandmother who took almost the same weight as me. Somehow in the cold winter, I continued thinking that my grandmother could be warmed by bathing in a bathtub, consulted with caregivers many times, searched the care catalog from corner to corner, but I could find a suitable one There wasn't. I thought I had to make it myself, so I left my grandmother who was lonely and worried about staying alone, and I went to a home center many times to search for materials and completed this simple bathtub. At that time, if this simple bathtub was already on the market, I purchased it even if it cost 200,000 yen. That way, I was able to leave a bedridden grandmother who was over 90 years old at that time alone and reduce the number of times I went out to make it. There must still be many people who have the same problem as me at that time. I want you to commercialize and use this invention as soon as possible. If that happened, it wasn't a lot of hard work, but it was hard work and patience. My grandmother's life in 1994, when she had to give up her life as a person, and me that lasted for 20 years since she went to bed. It seems that the care-giving life was not in vain (because of the crippled feet, she gave up on marriage as well as giving birth, and at the age of 19, she asked a one-year-old child from a person who could not be raised, and dragged her grandmother while dragging her legs. My father who grew up alone was a grandmother who didn't even go to elementary school, but didn't know how to do formal adoption, and received the legal protection he could receive. After I was born as a "grandchild", my son, who grew up and made a family, that is, my father died before me at the age of 41). After my grandmother's death, this simple bathtub is “patentable”, and if you look at the experts who I wrote, all of them helped by many people, it would be incomplete. This “patent application” is a cry of my heart, wishing, “I don't want to waste my grandmother's life, and this invention helps people who have the same problem as me at that time” .

The figure of the bathtub frame of a barrier-free simple bathtub. The figure of a waterproof circular sheet of a barrier-free simple bathtub. The figure which showed a nursing care person who set a waterproof circular sheet in the bathtub frame of a barrier-free simple bathtub, and sat down on the wheelchair for water around, going in and out. The figure which showed the state where the care recipient who sat down on the wheelchair for water use is taking a bath using the barrier-free simple bathtub. The figure which decomposed | disassembled and showed the state where the care recipient who sat down on the wheelchair for water use is taking a bath using the barrier-free simple bathtub. The figure which showed the state which made the bathtub frame of a barrier-free simple bathtub small, and uses it for small care recipients, such as a child who fits in a wheelchair for water. The figure which showed the state which made the bathtub frame of a barrier-free simple bathtub large, and used it according to the care recipient who is so large that a body protrudes from the wheelchair for water around. The figure which showed a mode that the bellows neck shower holder was installed in the upper part of the bathtub frame of a barrier-free simple bathtub, and hot water supply was carried out by the shower. The figure which showed a mode that the waterproof circular sheet after use was dried using the suction cup which attached the hook. The figure which showed the storage method of a barrier-free simple bathtub. When the sheet is folded and rolled up in the bathtub frame, the sheet clears. The figure which described the state bathing in the half size of a barrier-free simple bathtub. The figure which showed what made the structure which can isolate | separate a barrier-free simple bathtub in two steps up and down.

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1 Belt 2 Bath chair 3 Disk to attach a suction cup with hook 4 Clip 5 Caregiver sitting on a wheelchair for water use 6 Punched between water pressure and hot water in the bathtub frame, wrinkled and shaped like a cup Changing waterproof circular sheet 7 Bathtub frame in use 8 Detachable bellows neck shower holder that can be fixed to the top of the bathtub frame 9 Suction cup with hook 10 Folding the waterproof circular sheet into a size that can easily be rolled into the bathtub frame State 11 Bathtub frame rolled up compactly

Claims (3)

  Make a nearly cylindrical shape by winding it in a cocoon-like shape. Set up a waterproof sheet inside the plate-shaped bathtub frame that stands on the floor, put hot water in it, and put it in a simple bathtub that allows you to take a bath. A simple bathtub that becomes barrier-free by using the overlapping part as an entrance when winding it into a shape, and the width of the bathtub can be adjusted by increasing or decreasing the ratio of the overlapping part.   A belt with a fastener is wound around the outside of the bathtub frame of claim 1 so that the bathtub frame is held in a cylindrical shape, and the length of the belt is adjusted by adjusting the position of the belt fastener, As a result, a simple bathtub that can increase or decrease the ratio of overlapping parts when the bathtub frame is rolled into a tubular shape, and the width of the bathtub can be adjusted.   It is a waterproof sheet that constitutes a simple bathtub in combination with the bathtub frame of claim 1 or 2, and by applying fine irregularities on the entire surface, it becomes difficult to stick even if it gets wet and overlaps, and a disk is attached to the approximate center A seat that has a suction cup with a hook attached and can be hung at about half the length.

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