JP2010158282A - Assisting tool for prevention/reduction of lumbago - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an assisting tool for the prevention and reduction of lumbago which can prevent or reduce lumbago at the time of sitting onto a chair, and at the same time, can stabilize the lumbar region when a user is sitting. <P>SOLUTION: This assisting tool for the prevention/reduction of lumbago consists of a corset 8 which is worn on a part from the lumbar region to the belly region, and the chair 1 on which the user who has worn the corset sits. For the corset 8, reinforcing plates 8 made of a plastic which are arranged in parallel in the vertical direction are built in. In the rear part, a plate 10 for the holding of the lumbar region made of a metal thin plate is attached, and a hook 10a which is engaged with the backrest of the chair is formed by bending the upper part of the plate 10. On the rear leg part 3 of the chair, a means 11 which regulates the height of the backrest in response to the user's seated height is installed. A front cushion 6 for supporting a vicinity of the knee back of the user is installed at an area closer to the front of the chair 1, and the lumbar region of the user is stabilized by engaging the hook part with the backrest of the chair. Then, the vicinity of the knee back is elastically supported by the front cushion 7, and thus, burden which is applied to the lumbar region is reduced. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an assistive device for preventing and reducing back pain, and in particular, stabilizing the waist when seated by hanging the hook on the back of the chair on the backrest of the assistive device worn by the user when seated on the chair. The present invention relates to an auxiliary device that can prevent or reduce back pain.

  Measures for low back pain are urgent for modern people, and many people are suffering from low back pain, and in the current situation where they have to work while having back pain, they are working, working, or in their daily lives. It would be convenient if back pain could be prevented and treated. As such a device, in a chair, seat or seat structure, a chair with a cushion is formed by forming a vertical convex shape in the center of the backrest (Patent Document 1), a belt wound around the abdomen, and the belt And a tension member whose lower end is seated on the seat surface of the chair, and when the user is seated on the chair, the abdomen of the user is lifted by the tension member via the belt. A low back pain prevention / reduction apparatus (Patent Document 2) has been proposed.

JP 2003-79477 (page 2, right column, lines 4 to 17; FIG. 3). JP 2000-187574 (page 4, line 32 to page 5, line 11, FIGS. 1 and 2).

  In view of the above points, the present invention reduces the back pain by reducing the back pain by wearing the corset to relieve daily back pain and stabilizing the back by hanging the back of the corset on the back of the chair when seated. Is to provide.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, claim 1 of the present invention comprises a corset to be worn from the user's waist to the abdomen and a chair on which the user wearing the corset sits, and the corsets are juxtaposed in the vertical direction. A plastic reinforcing material is built in, and the front part has a front opening part with a fastening band in the middle of the front part, and a plate made of a thin metal plate is attached to the rear part, and the upper part of the plate is bent, and the backrest of the chair An assisting device for preventing and reducing back pain, characterized in that a hook portion is formed to be hooked on the back. Claim 2 is a back leg part of the chair that extends downward from both ends of the backrest, and an adjustment part that adjusts the backrest height according to the seat height of the user is provided. It is a tool. According to a third aspect of the present invention, a front cushion that supports the vicinity of the back of the user's knee is provided near the front of the chair, the waist is stabilized by hanging the hook on the back of the chair, and the front cushion The assisting device for preventing and reducing back pain according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the support for the back is reduced to reduce the burden on the lower back and prevent back pain.

One hook-like raised side or loop-like raised side of the flat fastener is attached to the back of the corset to be worn on the user's waist, and the other loop-like raised side or hook-like raised side of the surface fastener is provided on the back of the chair In addition, it is an assisting tool for preventing and reducing back pain that stabilizes the user's lower back and prevents back pain when seated.
As described above, the present invention relates to an auxiliary tool for preventing and reducing back pain, and in particular, it is intended to prevent or reduce back pain when seated on a chair and to stabilize the waist when seated. As useful as.
Symptoms such as lumbar disc herniation, sciatica, tight waist, etc. begin to appear, during treatment and rehabilitation, it is difficult to eat, defecate, urinate, sit on the floor in daily life, etc. By using the aid for reducing cum, for example, it is easy to eat, defecate, urinate, sit on the living floor, etc., and can do living sofas, driving cars, desk work without trouble, It can be used together with waiting chairs and wheelchairs in hospitals and public facilities. In particular, it helps prevent or reduce back pain when sitting on a chair at home, and stabilizes the lower back when seated, causing problems in daily life. It is useful for returning to society for those who are on leave.

The side view of the use condition of the auxiliary tool for back pain prevention reduction of this invention. The rear view of FIG. The rear view seen from diagonally backward of FIG. The expanded rear view of the state which hooked the hook of the upper edge of the corset on the backrest of the chair. The expansion perspective view of a corset. The side view which shows the burden state of a load when a backache person hung on this design chair.

FIG. 1 is a front view of an assisting device for preventing and reducing back pain according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side view of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a corset according to the present invention.
As shown in the figure, it comprises a corset 7 to be worn from the user's waist to the abdomen, and a chair 1 on which the user wearing the corset is seated. The corset 7 includes a plastic reinforcing plate 8 juxtaposed in the vertical direction, and has a front opening portion 14 with a fastening band in the center of the front portion, and a waist holding plate 9 made of a thin metal plate at the rear portion. It is an auxiliary tool for preventing and reducing back pain, which is attached and formed with a hook portion 10a that is bent on the upper portion of the plate 9 and hooked on the backrest 4 of the chair. A means 11 for adjusting the backrest height according to the seat height of the user is provided on the rear leg portion 3 of the chair extending downward from both ends of the backrest 4. In addition, a front cushion 6 that supports the vicinity of the user's knee back is provided near the front of the chair 1, the hook portion 9 a is hung on the backrest 4 of the chair to stabilize the user's waist, and the front cushion 6 By elastically supporting the vicinity of the back of the knee, the burden on the lower back is reduced and back pain is prevented.

  In addition, the auxiliary device includes an adjustment unit that adjusts the height of the backrest according to the seat height of the user when the corset for prevention and reduction is hooked on the backrest of the chair. That is, as shown in an enlarged view in FIG. 4, adjusting means 11 that adjusts the height of the backrest according to the seat height of the user is provided on the rear legs 3 and 3 of the chair extending downward from both ends of the backrest 4. Further, a front cushion 6 that supports the vicinity of the back of the knee of the user 20 is provided near the front of the chair 1, the hook 10 a is hung on the backrest 4 of the chair to stabilize the user's waist, and the front cushion 6 By elastically supporting the vicinity of the back of the knee, the burden on the lower back can be reduced and back pain can be prevented and reduced.

FIG. 6 is a side view showing a state in which a user is seated on a chair with a movable caster having a hook-and-loop fastener fixed to the backrest with the waist stabilized.
When the corset 8 is attached, the waist holding plate 10 side of the corset 8 is applied to the back of the user's waist, and the front bands 15 and 15 are tightened. Next, the front cushion 7 provided on the front side of the left and right cross members 6, 6 of the chair 1 is placed on the back of the user's knees and the waist is dropped, and the hook 10 a of the waist holding plate 10 is attached to the handrail 5 of the chair. Hang and move the weight to the chair side, and at the same time sit in a stabilized state with the left and right elbows attached to the handrails 5 and 5.
In this way, part of the user's load is supported by the front cushion 7 and most of the rest is supported by the hook 10a on the backrest 4. By elastically supporting the vicinity of the back of the knee with the front cushion 7, the burden on the lower back is reduced and the back pain is prevented. As shown in FIG. 1, since the user's buttocks do not contact the chair, about 70% of the weight is supported by the hook 10a hung on the backrest 4 of the chair, and about 30% of the weight is supported by the front cushion 7. Therefore, there is no burden when seated. In this way, since the waist is not burdened and the back and forth movement is also lightly restricted, the seated posture can be maintained for a relatively long time with the waist stabilized. In FIG. 6, reference numeral 18 denotes the bone marrow of the user.

  One hook-like raised side 4 or looped raised side 7 of the hook-and-loop fastener is attached to the back of the corset 1 to be worn on the user's waist, and the other loop-like raised side 16a or hook of the hook-and-loop fastener is attached to the backrest 6 of the chair 5. Sewing or sticking the raised brushed side 16b and sticking a plurality of plastic reinforcing pieces in the longitudinal direction of the corset, and stabilizing the user's waist by joining with the looped raised side or the hooked raised side when seated And can prevent back pain.

FIG. 5 shows a modification of the corset, in which one side of the corset front opening portion 14 is provided with a hook-and-loop element having a loop-like raised portion, and the other is provided with a hook-and-loop portion having a hook-like raised portion. It is easy to attach and remove the corset. Although not shown, the hook button may be changed to a slide fastener instead of the hook-and-loop fastener.
For people with moderate or severe back pain that interferes with daily life, such as difficulty in sitting in everyday life, treatment for lower back at home or reinstatement of people who are on leave due to back pain It is suitable as a chair for.
Subjects: Patients who are starting to develop symptoms such as lumbar disc herniation, sciatica, and tight waist, and are undergoing treatment and rehabilitation. For example, it is suitable for people who are difficult to sit down in daily life, such as eating, defecation, urination, sitting on the floor in the living room, living sofa, option for improving the driver's seat in the car, and desk work. In addition, as a waiting chair in hospitals and public facilities, it can be used in combination with a wheelchair.

1 Chair 2 Front legs
3 Back legs 4 Backrest
5 Handrail 6 Crosspiece 7 Front cushion 8 Corset
9 Reinforcement plate 10 Lumbar retention plate
10a hook 11 backrest height adjusting means 12 height adjusting knob 13 height adjusting mandrel
14 Front opening part 15 Band 15a Fastener 16a, 16b Hook fastener 18 Spinal cord 20 User

Claims (3)

It consists of a corset worn from the user's waist to the abdomen and a chair on which the user wearing the corset sits, and the corset has a built-in plastic reinforcement juxtaposed in the vertical direction, and the front is almost in the center And a plate made of a thin metal plate is attached to the rear portion, and a hook portion is formed by folding the upper portion of the plate to be hooked on the back of the chair. Auxiliary tool to prevent and reduce back pain. The assist device for preventing and reducing back pain according to claim 1, wherein an adjustment portion that adjusts the height of the backrest according to the seat height of the user is provided on a rear leg portion of the chair that extends downward from both ends of the backrest.   A front cushion that supports the vicinity of the back of the user's knee is provided near the front of the chair, the waist is stabilized by hanging the hook on the back of the chair, and the front cushion is elastically supported by the front cushion. The assisting device for preventing and reducing back pain according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the burden on the back is reduced and the back pain is prevented.

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