JP2012075739A - Supporter - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a supporter reducing a burden on a wearer by stably covering a joint of the knee, the elbow, or the like with suitable power, and giving an excellent wearing sensation while hardly causing creases without affecting the outside of a garment.SOLUTION: The supporter 1 includes a stretchable cloth 2 for covering the joint of the elbow or the knee for carrying out bending and stretching exercise, and a restraining member 3 applied to the stretchable cloth to restrain the elongation of the stretchable cloth 2 associated with the bending and stretching motion of the joint. The restraining member 3 is made of a thermal transfer film 3 thermally transferred to a predetermined region 4 on the surface 2a of the stretchable cloth 2.

Description

  The present invention relates to a supporter, and more particularly to a supporter that stably covers and protects joints such as knees and elbows that perform flexion and extension.

  Conventionally, in order to stabilize joints such as knees and elbows during sports and daily exercise, for example, a cylindrical tightening type supporter made of stretchable fabric, fabric with high stretchability, and fabric that restrains stretchability A clothing made of a sewn product is known (for example, see Patent Document 1).

  However, in the tightening type supporter, there is a problem that a blood circulation disorder is likely to occur, for example, blood flow is deteriorated by tightening the joint. In addition, this supporter also has a problem that wrinkles are likely to occur due to partial bending of the stretched stretch fabric during the joint bending operation. And even if a supporter with a weak tightening force (hereinafter referred to as “power”) is worn, there is a problem that the adhesion force to the joint is weakened and the slippage tends to occur, resulting in an uncomfortable feeling when worn.

  On the other hand, in the clothing described in Patent Document 1, since the fabric that restricts stretchability extends over a wide area from the waistline to the upper part of the heel, the power is very strong, especially for wearers such as children and elderly people with weak power. Has a problem that it is difficult to put on and take off the clothes and cannot be worn for a long time. In addition, in this clothing, fabrics having different elongations are sewn together, so that the sewn part touches the skin of the wearer, which causes a sense of incongruity when worn, and also causes skin problems especially for wearers with weak skin. There was a problem that it was easy. In addition, since the sewing part has a considerable thickness, the sewing part protrudes to the front side when this covering is worn, and this is reflected in the outer garment (hereinafter, this phenomenon is referred to as “cracking on the table”). There was also a problem that it looked bad. Furthermore, this clothing can stably cover and protect the joints such as knees during sports and daily exercises, but the local impact applied to the knee joints from the outside (for example, knees on the ground) And the impact applied to the knee when it is attached to a wall).

  Furthermore, there are also known clothes and fabrics made of a stretchable fabric covering a joint that performs bending and stretching movements, and a restraining member for restraining the stretch of the stretchable fabric is applied to the stretchable fabric (for example, patents) References 2 and 3).

According to the clothing described in Patent Document 2, a restraining member such as a polyurethane resin is applied to a stretchable fabric that covers a luxury portion (for example, chest, armpit, lower abdomen, buttocks, etc.) that is desired to suppress swelling of the wearer's body. Are given in a predetermined pattern, and the shaping function of the extravagant portion is realized.
However, in the clothing described in Patent Document 2, in order to realize the shaping function of the extravagant portion, the restraint member is only given to the stretchable fabric in a predetermined pattern. It is not applied to a supporter that stably protects a joint part such as an elbow.

On the other hand, according to the fabric described in Patent Document 3, an elastic resin is applied to the stretchable fabric in a predetermined pattern by printing or the like as a restraining member for giving a tightening force. And it is comprised so that a part of elastic resin may osmose | permeate the inside of an elastic fabric.
However, in the fabric described in Patent Document 3, it is extremely difficult to control the degree of penetration of the elastic resin into the stretchable fabric, so that it is difficult to accurately control the thickness and tightening force of the elastic member. In addition, the fabric described in Patent Document 3 is similar to Patent Document 2 in that only a restraining member is applied to the stretchable fabric in a predetermined pattern in order to realize a shaping function. Sometimes it is not applied to a supporter that stably protects joints such as knees and elbows.

JP-A-4-57904 No. 7-48644 Patent No. 4058458

  The present invention provides a supporter having an excellent feeling of wear that reduces the burden on the wearer by stably covering the joints such as the knees and elbows with appropriate power, does not crack on the surface, and does not easily wrinkle.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention comprises an elastic fabric covering an elbow or knee joint that performs bending and stretching movements, and a restraining member for restraining the stretch of the elastic fabric accompanying the bending operation of the joint. A supporter applied to the stretchable fabric, wherein the restraining member is made of a thermal transfer film thermally transferred to a predetermined region on the surface of the stretchable fabric.
According to this structure, the restraint member is comprised from the thermal transfer film. Therefore, according to the supporter according to the present invention, since the thermal transfer film is merely thermally transferred to the surface of the fabric without penetrating into the stretchable fabric, its thickness and power can be accurately controlled. Can be stably coated with appropriate power to reduce the burden on the wearer. Moreover, since a very thin thermal transfer film can be thermally transferred, a supporter that does not crack on the surface can be realized.

In the above-described configuration, the predetermined area includes an area surrounding the skull that covers the periphery of the joint's skull in an annular shape, and a plurality of the thermal transfer films are thermally transferred in a discrete predetermined pattern to the area surrounding the skull. It is preferable that
According to this configuration, the plurality of thermal transfer films are thermally transferred in a discrete predetermined pattern to the covering region around the skull. Therefore, according to the supporter according to the present invention, during the joint bending operation, the stretch of the stretchable fabric in the gap portion of the thermal transfer film where the thermal transfer film is not thermally transferred is separated and thermally transferred by the thermal transfer film. Since the stretchable fabric is restrained by appropriate elongation, the stretched stretch fabric is not easily bent partially, so that wrinkles are not easily generated. For this reason, the supporter which has the outstanding wearing feeling is realizable.

The said structure WHEREIN: It is preferable that the said predetermined pattern consists of one or a combination of 2 or more of the dot pattern, the line pattern, and the planar pattern comprised from the figure of the same or different shape.
According to this configuration, various patterns obtained by combining dot-shaped patterns, line-shaped patterns, and planar patterns composed of figures having various shapes are configured as the predetermined pattern. Therefore, according to the supporter according to the present invention, various supporters having different thermal transfer patterns of the thermal transfer film can be realized. Thereby, the supporter corresponding to each wearer and capable of stably covering the joint with appropriate power can be realized.

In the above-described configuration, it is preferable that the covering region around the skull is divided into a plurality of regions, and the thickness, size, or type of the thermal transfer film in the covering region around the skull is different for each of the divided regions. .
According to this structure, it is comprised so that the thickness, magnitude | size, or kind of a thermal transfer film may differ in each area | region into which the cover periphery area | region was divided | segmented. This can be realized due to the use of the thermal transfer film as the restraining member. Therefore, according to the supporter according to the present invention, various supporters having different structures of the thermal transfer film can be realized. Thereby, the supporter corresponding to each wearer and capable of stably covering the joint with appropriate power can be realized.

In the above-described configuration, the predetermined area further includes a cover center vicinity covering area that covers the vicinity of the center of the skull inside the cover periphery surrounding area, and the cover center vicinity covering area A thermal transfer film for the base that has been thermally transferred, an impact absorbing member disposed on the thermal transfer film for the base, and a thermal transfer film for coating that is attached to the base thermal transfer film so as to cover the impact absorbing member. It is preferable to have.
Alternatively, in the above-described configuration, the predetermined region further includes a cover center vicinity covering region that covers a vicinity of the center of the cover inside the cover periphery surrounding region, and the cover center vicinity portion It is preferable to have a shock absorbing member disposed in the covering region and a covering thermal transfer film that has been heat-transferred so as to cover the shock absorbing member.
According to these configurations, the shock absorbing member is disposed between the base thermal transfer film and the covering thermal transfer film in the cover center vicinity covering region, or the shock absorbing member is covered with the stretchable fabric. It is comprised so that it may be pinched | interposed between the thermal transfer films for use. Therefore, according to the supporter according to the present invention, when a joint such as a knee or an elbow is attached to the ground or a wall in sports or daily exercise, a local impact applied to the joint from the outside is absorbed by the shock absorbing member, The joint pain is relieved.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a supporter having an excellent wearing feeling that is less likely to cause wrinkles and less burden on the wearer by stably covering the joints such as knees and elbows with appropriate power. can do.

(A) is a front view of the supporter for knees by 1st Example of this invention, (b) is a side view of (a), (c) is the cross section along the AA 'line of (a). FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the wearing state of the supporter of FIG. 1, (a) is a perspective view which shows the state at the time of standing, (b) is a perspective view which shows the state at the time of bending. It is a side view which shows the wearing state of the supporter of FIG. 1, (a) is a side view which shows the state at the time of standing, (b) is a side view which shows the state at the time of bending. (A)-(g) is a front view which shows the 1st-7th modification of the supporter of FIG. 1, respectively. (A) is a front view of the supporter by 2nd Example of this invention, (b) is a side view of (a). (A) is a front view of the supporter by 3rd Example of this invention and its modification, (b) is sectional drawing along the AA 'line of (a), (c) is (a) It is sectional drawing along the AA 'line of FIG. It is a figure which shows the other structural example of a thermal transfer film, (a) is a front view of a thermal transfer film, (b) is sectional drawing along the AA 'line of (a), (c) is a front view of a thermal transfer film. (D) is a sectional view taken along line AA ′ in (c), (e) is a front view of the thermal transfer film, and (f) is a sectional view taken along line AA ′ in (e). is there. It is a figure explaining the expansion | extension experiment of the supporter of 1st Example, (a) is a front view before extending the supporter of FIG. 1 to the vertical direction, (b) is extended the supporter of (a) to the vertical direction. (C) is a front view before extending the supporter of FIG. 1 in the lateral direction, and (d) is a front view after extending the supporter of (c) in the lateral direction.

  Hereinafter, as a preferred embodiment of the present invention, an embodiment in which a knee supporter is embodied will be described with reference to the drawings.

(First embodiment)
1A is a front view of a knee supporter according to a first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1B is a side view of FIG. 1A, and FIG. 1C is taken along line AA ′ of FIG. FIG.
As shown in FIGS. 1 (a) to 1 (c), a supporter 1 according to the present invention includes an elastic fabric 2 that covers a knee joint that performs bending and stretching movements, and a restraining member 3 applied to the elastic fabric 2. Consists of.
The stretchable fabric 2 is made of a known stretchable fabric including polyurethane, for example.
The restraining member 3 restrains the stretch of the stretchable fabric 2 that accompanies the bending motion of the knee joint, and includes the thermal transfer film 3. The thermal transfer film 3 is thermally transferred to a predetermined region 4 on the surface 2 a of the stretchable fabric 2.
The predetermined region 4 is formed of a surrounding region 4 around the skull that covers the periphery of the patella (patella) 5 of the knee joint in an annular shape. A plurality of thermal transfer films 3 are thermally transferred in a cover frame surrounding covering region 4 in a plurality of discrete predetermined patterns.
In this embodiment, the thermal transfer film 3 is a dot pattern composed of ellipses of different sizes, and the thermal transfer film 3 expands and contracts with the same thickness so that the size (area) of the thermal transfer film 3 decreases as the distance from the cover 5 increases. It is thermally transferred to the sex dough 2. That is, in the region surrounding the cover bone 4, the power for restraining the stretch of the stretchable fabric 2 accompanying the bending motion of the knee joint is increased in the region close to the cover 5, and the power is decreased in the region far from the cover 5. . Thereby, the knee joint is stably covered with appropriate power.

2 is a perspective view showing a wearing state of the supporter of FIG. 1, (a) is a perspective view showing a state when standing upright, and (b) is a perspective view showing a state when bent. 3 is a side view showing a wearing state of the supporter of FIG. 1, (a) is a side view showing a state when standing upright, and (b) is a side view showing a state when bent.
At the time of standing upright where the burden on the knee joint is small, as shown in FIGS. 2 (a) and 3 (a), the power to the knee joint by the stretchable fabric 2 and the thermal transfer film 3 is not so strong. On the other hand, at the time of bending when the burden on the knee joint is large, as shown in FIGS. 2 (b) and 3 (b), the covering region 4 including the thermal transfer film 3 contracts in the lateral direction of the knee. Extends up and down the knee. That is, the lateral width L2 of the skull periphery covering region 4 at the time of bending is shorter than the lateral width L1 of the skull periphery covering region 4 at the time of standing upright, and The height T2 in the vertical direction is longer than the height T1 in the vertical direction of the cover region 4 around the skull when standing upright. As a result, the knee joint is covered with appropriate power from both the left and right sides, and the stretch in the vertical direction of the stretchable fabric 2 accompanying the knee bending motion is constrained by the thermal transfer film 3 so that the knee joint can be applied from both the upper and lower sides. Covered with appropriate power.

According to this supporter 1, since the thermal transfer film 3 is merely thermally transferred to the surface 2a of the fabric 2 without penetrating into the stretchable fabric 2, its thickness and power can be accurately controlled. Therefore, the burden on the wearer can be reduced by stably covering the knee joint with appropriate power. In addition, since a very thin thermal transfer film 3 can be thermally transferred, a supporter that does not crack on the surface can be realized.
In addition, according to the supporter 1, during the knee joint bending operation, the stretch of the stretchable fabric 2 in the gap portion of the thermal transfer film 3 where the thermal transfer film 3 is not thermally transferred is discretely thermally transferred in the cover region 4 around the skull. Since the film 3 is constrained to an appropriate elongation, the stretched stretch fabric is not easily bent partially and wrinkles are not easily generated. For this reason, the supporter which has the outstanding wearing feeling is realizable.

(First to seventh modifications of the first embodiment)
4A to 4G are views showing first to seventh modified examples of the supporter of FIG. Each supporter according to the first to seventh modifications is different from the supporter according to the first embodiment only in the shape of the predetermined pattern of the thermal transfer film 3, and only this point will be described. Note that the arrow lines in FIGS. 4A to 4G indicate the direction of the force (power) acting on the joint when the knee joint is bent.
As shown in FIG. 4A, the thermal transfer film 3 is thermally transferred to the stretchable fabric 2 in a dot pattern composed of ellipses having different sizes. According to the supporter 1 shown in FIG. 4A, it is possible to cope with the twist of the knee joint.
As shown in FIGS. 4B to 4D, the thermal transfer film 3 is thermally transferred to the stretchable fabric 2 in a dot pattern composed of ellipses having different sizes. According to the supporter 1 shown in FIGS. 4B to 4D, the knee joint can be stably protected from all directions.
As shown in FIG. 4 (e), the thermal transfer film 3 is thermally transferred to the stretchable fabric 2 in a pattern in which a dot pattern and a line pattern are combined. Moreover, as shown in FIG.4 (f), the thermal transfer film 3 is heat-transferred by the stretchable cloth 2 by the pattern which combined the dot-like pattern and the planar pattern. According to the supporter 1 shown in FIGS. 4 (e) and 4 (f), the knee joint can be firmly sandwiched from both the left and right sides when the knee joint has a lot of bending and stretching movements.
As shown in FIG. 4G, the thermal transfer film 3 is thermally transferred to the stretchable fabric 2 with different dot patterns at the left and right knee joints. According to the supporter 1 shown in FIG. 4G, the left and right knee joints can be stably covered with an appropriate power corresponding to the bending operation of the left and right knee joints.

(Second embodiment)
FIG. 5A is a front view of a supporter according to a second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5B is a side view of FIG. The supporter 1 according to the second embodiment is different for each of the regions in which the peripheral cover region 4 is divided into a plurality of regions and the thickness of the thermal transfer film 3 in the peripheral cover region 4 is divided. The only difference is the supporter according to the first embodiment. Therefore, only these points will be described.

As shown to Fig.5 (a), the surrounding area | region 4 of a skull is divided | segmented into the three area | regions 1-3. The thickness of the thermal transfer film 3 in the covering region 4 around the skull is increased in the order of the divided regions 1 to 3 (t1 <t2 <t3).
Since this supporter 1 uses the thermal transfer film 3 as a restraining member, its individual thickness can be easily changed. Therefore, it is possible to provide a supporter capable of stably covering the joint with appropriate power in correspondence with each wearer.

(Third embodiment)
FIG. 6A is a front view of a supporter according to a third embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 6B is a sectional view taken along line AA ′ in FIG. The supporter 1 according to the third embodiment is only the first point that the predetermined region further includes a covering region near the center of the skull, and the shock absorbing member has a shock absorbing function from the outside of the knee joint. 2. Only the supporter according to the second embodiment is different. Therefore, only these points will be described.
The predetermined region 4 further includes a cover center vicinity covering region 4 ′ that covers the vicinity of the center of the cover (including the center of the cover bone and its periphery) inside the cover periphery surrounding region 4. The base thermal transfer film 3a is thermally transferred to the cover center vicinity covering region 4 ′. An impact absorbing member 6 is disposed on the base thermal transfer film 3a. The shock absorbing member 6 is made of, for example, a urethane material, EVA, foam, or the like. The covering thermal transfer film 3 b is attached to the base thermal transfer film 3 a so as to cover the impact absorbing member 6.

  According to this configuration, the shock absorbing member 6 is configured to be sandwiched and disposed between the base thermal transfer film 3a and the thermal coating film 3b for covering in the cover center vicinity portion 4 '. Therefore, according to this supporter, when a joint such as a knee or an elbow is put on the ground in sports or daily exercise, a local impact applied to the joint from the outside is absorbed by the shock absorbing member 6, and the pain of the joint Is alleviated.

(Modification of the third embodiment)
FIG. 6C is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA ′ in FIG. 6A and shows a supporter according to a modification of the third embodiment of the present invention. The supporter 1 according to this modification is different from the supporter according to the third embodiment only in that the impact absorbing member 6 is directly disposed on the stretchable fabric 2 without the base thermal transfer film 3a. .

  According to this configuration, the shock absorbing member 6 is arranged to be sandwiched between the stretchable fabric 2 and the covering thermal transfer film 3b in the cover center vicinity covering region 4 '. Therefore, it goes without saying that this supporter 1 also has the same effect as the supporter according to the third embodiment.

(Experimental example)
In order to confirm the restraining force against the stretchable fabric by the heat transfer film of the supporter of the first example, an extension experiment of the supporter was performed as follows.
First, a supporter comprising a stretchable fabric 2 having a length Y in the vertical direction (vertical direction of the knee) and a thermal transfer film 3 having a length L = 25 mm applied to the stretchable fabric 2 (see FIG. 8A). And a supporter (see FIG. 8 (c)) comprising a stretchable fabric 2 having a width X in the lateral direction (the lateral direction of the knee) and a thermal transfer film 3 having a width W = 25 mm applied to the stretchable fabric 2. Got ready. Then, each stretchable fabric 2 of these supporters was stretched by 200% in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction, respectively, and the degree of elongation of the thermal transfer film 2 was examined.

(Experimental result)
FIG. 8B is a front view after the supporter of FIG. 8A is extended in the vertical direction, and FIG. 8D is a front view after the supporter of FIG. 8C is extended in the horizontal direction.
As shown in FIGS. 8B and 8D, the longitudinal and lateral elongations of the thermal transfer film 2 were 172% and 140%, respectively.
Therefore, as is clear from FIGS. 8A to 8D, it can be seen that in the supporter 1 of the present invention, a binding force to the stretchable fabric by the thermal transfer film is obtained.

  As mentioned above, although preferable embodiment of this invention was described, the structure of this invention is not limited to these embodiment.

  The material of the thermal transfer film is not limited as long as it can be thermally transferred to the stretchable fabric.

  The predetermined pattern is not limited to the pattern of the above embodiment, and can be various patterns obtained by combining dot-shaped patterns, line-shaped patterns, and planar patterns composed of figures having various shapes.

  In the second embodiment, the thickness of the thermal transfer film is different in each region of the peripheral cover region of the skull. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the size of the thermal transfer film in each region of the peripheral cover region of the skull. Or you may comprise so that a kind may differ.

  The structure of each thermal transfer film is not limited to that of the above-described embodiment. For example, a ring structure as shown in FIGS. 7 (a) and 7 (b), as shown in FIGS. 7 (c) and (d). A two-layer structure (multilayer structure), or a groove structure (the groove portion is a special shape (Y-shaped shape)) as shown in FIGS.

  In the above embodiment, the embodiment in which the knee supporter is embodied has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and it goes without saying that the present invention can also be applied to an elbow supporter.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Supporter 2 Stretch cloth 2a Surface 3 Thermal transfer film 3a Thermal transfer film 3b for base Thermal transfer films 3c to 3e for coating Thermal transfer film 4 Predetermined area (covering area around the skull)
4 'Predetermined area (cover area near the center of the skull)
5 skull (patella)
6 Shock absorbing member

Claims (6)

A supporter comprising a stretchable fabric covering an elbow or knee joint for bending and stretching, and a restraining member for restraining the stretch of the stretchable fabric accompanying the bending motion of the joint is provided to the stretchable fabric. And
The supporter, wherein the restraining member comprises a thermal transfer film thermally transferred to a predetermined region on the surface of the stretchable fabric. The predetermined region includes a pericyal covering region that annularly covers the periphery of the joint's skull,
The supporter according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of the thermal transfer films are thermally transferred in a discrete predetermined pattern to the covering region around the skull.   The said predetermined pattern consists of one of the dot-shaped pattern, the line-shaped pattern, and the planar pattern comprised from the figure of the same or different shape, or a combination of two or more thereof. Supporters. The pericyal covering region is divided into a plurality of regions;
The supporter according to claim 2 or 3, wherein a thickness, a size, or a type of the thermal transfer film in the covering region around the skull is different for each of the divided regions. The predetermined region further includes a cover center vicinity covering region covering a center vicinity portion of the skull inside the cover periphery surrounding region,
The base thermal transfer film, the base thermal transfer film, the shock absorbing member disposed on the base thermal transfer film, and the base thermal transfer film so as to cover the shock absorbing member are coated on the cover center vicinity covering region. The supporter according to claim 2, further comprising a coated thermal transfer film. The predetermined region further includes a cover center vicinity covering region covering a center vicinity portion of the skull inside the cover periphery surrounding region,
5. The apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising: an impact absorbing member disposed in the cover center vicinity covering region; and a thermal transfer film for coating thermally transferred so as to cover the impact absorbing member. Supporters described in 1.

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