JP2011120519A - Cooling mat for pet - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cooling mat for a pet which is capable of being used by suitably selecting a cool feeling different according to seasons, temperatures, using conditions, or the like. <P>SOLUTION: The cooling mat for the pet includes a baglike outer housing body (2) and a gelled cooling agent (3) filling the baglike housing body (2), and the baglike housing body (2) is formed with a low cool feeling zone (4) and a high cool feeling zone (5) on either side surface, or the low cool feeling zone (4) and the high cool feeling zone (5) are defined on at least one of the front and back surface sides. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a pet cooling mat.

  Conventionally, a water-absorbing resin is enclosed in an inner bag that is partially made of water-permeable material and the other part is made of non-water-permeable material, and this inner bag is made of a breathable seat and an impervious floor. It is housed in an outer bag composed of a sheet, and on the seat surface side, water from the water-absorbent resin in the inner bag is allowed to bleed through the portion composed of the water-based material and evaporated to express a cool feeling. A cooling mat for pets made to be made is disclosed in Patent Document 1.

  Further, conventionally, a cooling sheet material in which a cooling member composed of a plurality of high heat conductive material plates divided in a grid shape is arranged on the upper side of the ventilation sheet, and a cushion body is arranged on the lower side of the ventilation sheet of the cooling sheet material A cooling sheet material is provided on the upper side of the cooling sheet material, and the cooling sheet comprising the plurality of high heat conductive material plates divided into a plurality of pieces by connecting the cover sheet and the cooling sheet material ventilation sheet in a grid pattern. Patent Literature 2 discloses a pet cooling mat that is housed in a lower surface sheet disposed below the cushion body, and the lower surface sheet and the cover sheet are coupled together to accommodate a cooling sheet material and a cushion body. Is disclosed.

JP 2004-267036 A JP 2006-198153 A

  However, in Patent Document 1, the mat seat surface side is the upper side and the floor side sheet is the lower side, and the mat is always used in the same direction. Also, the cool feeling obtained is uniform. In addition, when using the mat of patent document 1 upside down, since there exists a fault which water leaks out and wets a floor surface, such a usage cannot be performed.

  Also, in Patent Document 2, the cooling member made of the high thermal conductive material plate is used as the upper side, the cushion body is used as the lower side, and is always used in the same direction. As for the surface of the cooling member, the cool feeling obtained is uniform in any region within the surface. In addition, when the mat of Patent Document 2 is used upside down, there is a drawback that a cool feeling due to the high thermal conductive material plate cannot be obtained at all, and thus, such a usage is not possible.

  As described above, the conventional pet cooling mats of Patent Documents 1 and 2 can always obtain only the same cool feeling, and cannot select and use different cool feelings as appropriate. Therefore, change the coolness (cool feeling) between extremely hot days and early summer, or cool some of your pet's body (eg, head) better than other parts (eg, abdomen) There was a problem that it could not be used properly.

  The present invention was developed in view of the above-described problems of conventional pet cooling mats, and the object of the present invention is to cool pets that can be used by appropriately selecting different cool feelings depending on the season, temperature, use conditions, etc. It is to provide a mat.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention comprises a bag-shaped exterior body and a gel-like coolant filled in the bag-shaped exterior body. The cool sensation region is formed separately on the front surface and the back surface, or the low cool sensation region and the high cool sensation region are formed separately on at least one of the front and back surfaces.
According to this configuration, for example, in the case where the low cooling area is formed only on one surface (front surface) of the exterior body, the other surface (back surface) side of the exterior body is used as the high cooling area, It can be used by changing the degree of coolness (cool feeling) or depending on the season, temperature, use conditions, etc. In addition, in the case where the low cooling area is formed on a part of at least one of the front and back surfaces of the exterior body, for example, in the central portion, Can naturally lie down in a manner of lying in a posture where the abdomen is placed on the center of the exterior body and the head is placed on the periphery, and as a result, for example, a part of the pet's body (for example, the head Part etc.) can be used properly, such as cooling better than other parts (for example, abdomen etc.).

Moreover, it is preferable that the said cool feeling area | region is formed as a fiber membrane layer adheringly formed on the outer surface of an exterior body.
According to this configuration, in the cool feeling area, an air layer is formed in the fiber membrane layer, and the thermal conductivity is lower than that in the other areas of the exterior body, and the cool feeling is alleviated by that amount. It becomes. And the low cool feeling area | region can be utilized also for the slip prevention of the exterior body with respect to a flooring floor etc. with a fiber membrane layer.

Moreover, it is preferable that the said fiber membrane layer is formed as a flocking layer of the short fiber by a flocking process.
According to this configuration, the cool feeling area can be formed relatively easily at a desired position.
The exterior body is a single layer of a vinyl chloride sheet, or two flexible sheets obtained by laminating a nylon or other resin sheet to the vinyl chloride sheet, and the surroundings are welded around the vinyl chloride sheets. And it is preferable to form in the bag shape.

  According to this configuration, the vinyl chloride sheets can be firmly welded by welding high-frequency welder processing, and the vinyl chloride sheet is flexible so that it is difficult to tear even if a pet bites or scratches. Durability can be improved. Moreover, since nylon has a cold feel, a high cool feeling can be imparted by using this nylon as the outer surface of the exterior body.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the cooling mat for pets which can select and use the cool feeling which changes with seasons, temperature, use conditions, etc. suitably can be provided. As a result, for example, after returning from a hot walk or on a hot day, you can use it with the cool feeling area facing up, and in cooler rooms or early summer, you can use it with the cool feeling area facing up. . In addition, a part of the pet's body (for example, the head) can be cooled better than the other part (for example, the abdomen).

It is a vertical side view of one embodiment of a pet cooling mat according to the present invention. It is a schematic perspective view of the example of the usage condition of the cooling mat for pets concerning this invention. It is a schematic perspective view of 1st Embodiment in the case of dividing and forming the cold feeling area | region from which height differs on one side of the cooling mat for pets concerning this invention. It is a schematic perspective view of 2nd Embodiment in the case of dividing and forming the cold feeling area | region from which height differs on one side of the cooling mat for pets concerning this invention. It is a schematic perspective view of 3rd Embodiment in the case of dividing and forming the cold feeling area | region from which height differs on one side of the cooling mat for pets concerning this invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of a pet cooling mat according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIG. 1, the pet cooling mat 1 of the present invention includes a bag-shaped exterior body 2 and a gel-shaped coolant 3.
As shown in FIG. 1, the bag-shaped exterior body 2 has a configuration in which two flexible sheets 2 a and 2 b are welded around the periphery to form a coolant filling space 2 c. The coolant 3 is filled with a gel-like coolant 3.

A low cool feeling region 4 and a high cool feeling region 5 are formed on the outer surface of the exterior body 2.
In the embodiment of FIG. 1, the low-cool feeling region 4 is formed as a fiber membrane layer 2 a 2 that is attached to the outer surface of one of the two flexible sheets 2 a and 2 b forming the bag-shaped exterior body 2. It is.
The fiber membrane layer 2a2 is formed as a flocked layer of short fibers by flocking.
The flocking process is the application of an adhesive (foam emulsion formed by mechanical foaming with an emulsion resin, foam stabilizer and cross-linking agent) on the upper surface of a raw fabric (flexible resin sheet, etc.) Is passed through an atmosphere where a strong electric field is applied, and short fibers (pile of finely pulverized cotton or other natural or artificial fibers) are sprayed and supplied between them, and these short fibers are charged with static electricity. It is a surface processing technique that is planted by being arranged in an upright and uniform manner in the longitudinal direction and having a velvety finish, and then a finished product through a drying process.

The flexible sheets 2a and 2b forming the outer package 2 are preferably made of a single layer of a vinyl chloride sheet or a material obtained by laminating a nylon or other resin sheet on the vinyl chloride sheet.
In the embodiment of FIG. 1, the flexible sheet 2 a on the surface side of the exterior body 2 is a fiber film layer formed of a short fiber flocking layer by the above flocking process on the outer surface of the single layer structure of the vinyl chloride sheet 2 a 1 2a2 is formed, and the flexible sheet 2b on the back surface side of the exterior body 2 has a structure in which a nylon sheet 2b2 is laminated on a vinyl chloride sheet 2b1, and the vinyl chloride sheet 2a1 of these flexible sheets 2a, 2b and 2b1 is the inner surface side, and its periphery is welded and joined with a high frequency welder to form a bag-like exterior body 2 having a coolant-filling space 2c therein.

When the periphery is welded and joined with the high-frequency welder, a part of the filling port for filling the gel-like coolant 3 is left as an unwelded part, and the filling port is welded after the coolant 3 is filled. By joining, the cooling mat 1 for pets of this invention is made into a finished product.
As the gel-like coolant 3, for example, a gel-like coolant whose main components are purified water, a polymer, and a preservative is used.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, the pet cooling mat 1 according to the present invention is formed by dividing the low-cool feeling area 4 and the high-cool feeling area 5 into a front surface and a back surface of the exterior body 2, or an exterior The cool feeling area 4 and the cool feeling area 5 are separately formed on at least one of the front and back surfaces of the body 2.
In FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, a case where the low cooling sensation region 4 is formed on the entire front surface side of the rectangular bag-shaped exterior body 2 and the high cooling sensation region 5 is formed on the entire rear surface side of the bag-shaped exterior body 2. Illustrated.

FIG. 3 illustrates a case where the low cooling sensation region 4 is formed in the center portion on the surface side of the rectangular bag-shaped exterior body 2 and the high cooling sensation region 5 is formed in the peripheral portion on the surface side of the bag-shaped exterior body 2. is doing.
FIG. 4 shows that the low cool feeling region 4 is formed in a range of 3/4 of the long side direction on the surface side of the rectangular bag-shaped exterior body 2, and the high cool feeling region 5 is the length of the surface side of the bag-shaped exterior body 2. The case where it forms in the range of the remaining 1/4 of a side direction is illustrated.

FIG. 5 shows a low cool sensation region 4 formed in the central part of the long side direction (a range of 2/4 of the length in the long side direction) on the surface side of the rectangular bag-shaped exterior body 2, and the high cool sensation region 5 is covered with the bag. The case where it forms in the long side direction both sides (range of 1/4 of the length of a long side direction) of the surface side of the shape-shaped exterior body 2 is illustrated.
In addition, as shown in FIG. 1, when the cool feeling area 4 and the cool feeling area 5 are formed separately on the front surface and the back surface of the bag-shaped outer package 2, the difference in cool sensitivity is visually observed. In order to make the identification possible, for example, the cool feeling area 4 may display a two-star symbol and the cool feeling area 5 may display a three-star symbol.

  The size of the pet cooling mat 1 according to the present invention may be, for example, a rectangle such as S size: 45 × 30 cm, M size: 60 × 45 cm, and the thickness may be about 1 to 3 cm. In addition, a connection part can be provided in the cooling mat 1 for pets which concerns on this invention, and a some mat | matte can also be connected. Moreover, although the outline shape has illustrated the case of the rectangle in embodiment of drawing, it can be set as circular, an ellipse, and other arbitrary shapes. In addition, when it is set as a rectangle, it is possible to prevent the internal pressure of the coolant 3 from concentrating on the four corners by welding the arcs instead of welding the four corners at right angles.

Further, in order to prevent the coolant 3 from being displaced in the coolant-filling space 2c of the bag-shaped exterior body 2 in use, the bag-shaped exterior body 2 is partitioned at appropriate locations, for example, at a plurality of locations in the longitudinal direction. It is preferable to provide a portion (not shown). What is necessary is just to form this partition part by weld-joining the flexible sheets 2a and 2b of the front and back of the bag-shaped exterior body 2 partially.
The embodiments of the pet cooling mat 1 according to the present invention are as described above. However, the present invention is not limited only to these embodiments, and can be appropriately changed within the scope of the claims. Can be implemented. For example, the fiber membrane layer 2 a 2 is not limited to the flocking process, and a fiber laminated sheet such as a nonwoven fabric or a knitted fabric may be attached to the outer surface of the exterior body 2. In the present embodiment, the flexible sheet 2b constituting the exterior body 2 is laminated with a vinyl chloride sheet 2b1 and a nylon sheet 2b2 having a cold feel, and this nylon sheet 2b2 is used as the outer surface side. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and a thin film layer (for example, a metal vapor deposition film layer) made of a material having high thermal conductivity is used for the exterior body 2. It is good also as the cool feeling area | region 5 by making it form in the outer surface.

  The present invention is suitable for application to a pet cooling mat, but it can also be used for humans.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cooling mat for pets 2 Exterior body 2a, 2b Flexible sheet 2c Coolant filling space 3 Coolant 4 Low cool area 5 High cool area

Claims (4)

  It consists of a bag-shaped exterior body (2) and a gel-like coolant (3) filled in the bag-shaped exterior body (2). (4) and the cool feeling area (5) are formed separately on the front and back surfaces, or the cool feeling area (4) and the cool feeling area (5) are separated on at least one of the front and back surfaces. A cooling mat for pets, characterized by being formed.   The pet cooling mat according to claim 1, wherein the low cooling sensation region (4) is formed as a fiber membrane layer (2a2) attached to the outer surface of the exterior body (2).   The cooling mat for pets according to claim 2, wherein the fiber membrane layer (2a2) is formed as a flocked layer of short fibers by flocking.   The exterior body (2) is a single layer of a vinyl chloride sheet (2a1, 2b1) or two flexible sheets obtained by laminating nylon (2b2) or other resin sheets to the vinyl chloride sheet (2a1, 2b1). The pet cooling mat according to claim 1 or 2, wherein (2a, 2b) is formed into a bag shape by welding the periphery with the vinyl chloride sheets (2a1, 2b1) facing each other. .

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