JP2012105718A - Stretcher - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent an upper half of the body or buttocks of a person requiring care from being inclined and to keep the right posture without holding the person requiring care with a belt.SOLUTION: The stretcher 1 includes: a leg part reception part 3 for supporting leg parts; a buttocks reception part 4 for supporting buttocks; and a backrest part 5 for supporting the upper half of the body. A first recessed part 13 and a second recessed part 14 are respectively formed in the buttocks reception part 4 and the backrest part 5. A mat for covering the surface of the stretcher 1 is provided to form air layers in gaps, between the mat and the first recessed part 13 and between the mat and the second recessed part 14. By fitting the buttocks and the back of the person requiring care with the first recessed part 13 and the second recessed part 14 via the mat, the right posture of the person requiring care is kept by the stretcher 1.

Description

  The present invention relates to a stretcher on which, for example, a physically handicapped person or the like is placed in a correct supine posture or the like.

In general, for example, a stretcher described in Patent Document 1 below has been proposed as an assisting tool used when bathing a person who is inconvenient and needs assistance (hereinafter referred to as a person who needs assistance). This stretcher includes a lower half that receives the lower half of the person requiring assistance, a backrest that receives the upper half, and a pillow that receives the head, and is supported by the carriage. During bathing, the backrest and head of the stretcher were often inclined about 30 degrees above the horizontal lower half and bathed in a reclining state. Also, you can relax and take a bath by folding the lower half in two and folding the legs with your knees.
When bathing, the stretcher trolley is locked to the lift tub, and the stretcher is detached from the trolley and can be moved to the support in the lift tub. The elevator tub includes a movable bathtub that can be raised and lowered with respect to the fixed bathtub. Then, with the movable bathtub lowered to the lowermost position, the stretcher is separated from the carriage and transferred to the support base on the fixed bathtub, and the movable bathtub filled with hot water is raised to be placed on the stretcher. The person who needs assistance will be kept bathing.

In such a stretcher, some of the people who need help cannot be free, and the upper body leans on the backrest while lying on the stretcher, or the upper body is displaced in the direction of the lower half was there. In such a case, when raising the movable bathtub, there was a person whose face was submerged in the hot water surface because the upper body was inclined and lay on the stretcher, or the hot water surface overlapped the mouth and swallowed the hot water . Or, the upper body tilts on the backrest and the arm or hand jumps laterally out of the backrest of the stretcher, and the arm or upper body is sandwiched between the movable bathtub and the stretcher during bathing There was a fear.
Therefore, in the stretcher described in Patent Document 1, a belt is attached so that the upper body of the person requiring assistance is straight and in a correct posture, or is fixed so as not to tilt.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-56905

  However, fixing the body of the person requiring assistance with a belt in a correct posture during bathing and bathing in the elevating bathtub is not preferable because the bather's stress accumulates because it cannot be relaxed. In addition, there is a side guide part on the side of the stretcher so that the upper body of the person requiring assistance is tilted so that there are no arms or hands on the outside of the stretcher from the guide part. Since the inclination of the upper body cannot be suppressed, it has not been possible to completely prevent the hand or arm from jumping out of the guide portion.

  In view of such circumstances, the present invention provides a stretcher that can be held in a correct posture by preventing the upper body and buttocks of the person requiring assistance from tilting without restraining the person requiring assistance with a belt. The purpose is to do.

The stretcher according to the present invention is a stretcher having a lower half support part for supporting the lower body and a backrest part for supporting the upper body, and is recessed in one or both of the buttocks support part and the backrest part of the lower half support part. Is formed.
According to the stretcher according to the present invention, since the recess is formed in one or both of the buttocks receiving portion and the backrest portion of the lower half receiving portion, by fitting the buttocks and back of the person requiring assistance into this recess, The person in need can be held in the correct posture on the stretcher, and can be reliably prevented from tilting.

Further, the stretcher according to the present invention is a stretcher having a leg receiving part that supports the leg part, a buttocks receiving part that supports the buttocks part, and a backrest part that supports the upper body. A concave portion is formed in one or both.
According to the stretcher according to the present invention, since the recess is formed in one or both of the buttocks receiving portion and the backrest portion, it is necessary on the stretcher to fit the buttocks and back of the person requiring assistance in this recess. The caregiver can be held in a correct posture and can be reliably prevented from tilting.

Moreover, it is preferable that a mat for covering the surface of the stretcher is provided so that an air layer is formed in the gap between the mat and the recess.
In the stretcher according to the present invention, an air layer is formed between the mat and the recessed portion, and the air layer in the recessed portion is compressed by seating the buttocks and back of the person requiring assistance through the mat. Since the cushioning property is improved, a person who needs assistance can sit and sleep in the recess with the cushioning property and can hold the relaxed state.

Alternatively, a person who needs assistance rides on the mat, and the buttocks or / and the back may be fitted into the recesses to prevent misalignment.
By placing a person requiring assistance on the mat and fitting the buttocks and back into the recess, the posture of the person requiring assistance can be correctly held while preventing misalignment while ensuring cushioning properties.

According to the stretcher according to the present invention, since the concave portion is formed in one or both of the buttocks support portion and the backrest portion of the stretcher, when a person requiring assistance is laid directly or via a mat, the supporter's buttocks The back portion is fitted into the recess and held in the correct posture. In addition, when a saddle or back is placed in the recess through the mat, an air layer is formed between the recess and the mat, so that cushioning is provided and a person requiring assistance is placed on the cushion. Thus, the upper body of the person requiring assistance can be prevented from being tilted on the stretcher by the recess.
Therefore, the person who needs assistance is placed on the stretcher in a correct posture without tilting, and the upper body is tilted and held to prevent the hands and arms from jumping out of the stretcher and being submerged when taking a bath. As a result, safety is increased and, for example, bathing can be performed in a relaxed and safe posture during bathing.

It is a perspective view which shows the stretcher by embodiment of this invention. It is a top view of the state which mounted the mat | matte on the surface of a stretcher. It is a side view of the stretcher with a mat | matte shown in FIG. It is AA sectional view taken on the line of the stretcher with a mat | matte shown in FIG. In FIG. 4, it is sectional drawing which isolate | separated the mat | matte and the stretcher. It is a perspective view of the stretcher in a state where the backrest portion is raised, (a) is a diagram in a state where no mat is provided, and (b) is a diagram in a state where the mat is covered.

Hereinafter, the stretcher 1 by embodiment of this invention is demonstrated based on drawing.
FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of the stretcher 1. A stretcher 1 shown in FIG. 1 constitutes a part of a bath stretcher placed on a cart (not shown), for example. For example, at the time of bathing, the stretcher connects a cart to the side of the bathtub, separates the stretcher 1 from the cart, and transfers and fixes the stretcher 1 to a support table provided in the bathtub. Then, for example, the movable bathtub filled with hot water is raised.

The stretcher 1 shown in FIG. 1 is made of, for example, a sheet metal, and includes a leg receiving part 3 on which a leg part of a person requiring assistance is placed, a buttock receiving part 4 on which a buttock is placed, and a backrest part on which an upper body and a head are placed. 5 are separated from each other, and constitute a stretcher body 6. The stretcher body 6 has a leg receiving part 3, a collar receiving part 4 and a backrest part 5 connected to each other by two supporting members 8 made of steel on the back surface.
The stretcher main body 6 can be bent between the leg receiving part 3 and the buttocks receiving part 4 and between the leg receiving part 4 and the backrest part 5, so that the leg receiving part 3 and the buttocks receiving part 4 can be bent. It is possible to bend the knee of the person requiring assistance by bending the gap upward upward, and by bending the gap between the buttocks receiving part 4 and the backrest part 5 upward, the backrest part 5 is about 30 to 40 degrees. It can be folded up to the reclining state.

  Further, in FIGS. 1 to 3, lower guide portions 10 are formed on both sides of the leg receiving portion 3 and the buttock receiving portion 4 of the stretcher main body 6, so that the body legs and hands are placed outside the stretcher main body 6. Prevents protruding. Upper guides 11 are also formed on both sides of the backrest 5 to prevent the head, arms, etc. from projecting outside the stretcher body 6.

The buttock receiving portion 4 is formed with a first recess 13 that extends along the longitudinal direction of the body of the person requiring assistance. The first recessed portion 13 is formed in a substantially trapezoidal cross section by an inclined portion 13a and a center bottom portion 13b on both sides, and a collar portion of a person requiring assistance can be seated and fitted. The backrest 5 is also formed with a second recess 14 extending in the back of the person requiring assistance. The second concave portion 14 is formed in a substantially trapezoidal cross section with an inclined portion 14a and a central bottom portion 14b on both sides, and the back of a person requiring assistance can be seated and fitted.
The stretcher body 6 is formed with through holes 16 at predetermined intervals across the leg receiving part 3, the buttocks receiving part 4, and the backrest part 5.

2 and 3, projections 17 that can be fitted into the respective through holes 16 of the stretcher main body 6 are formed of an elastic body such as sponge on the back surface of the mat 2 shown in FIGS. 2 and 3. It has a slightly larger outer diameter dimension. Then, the mat 2 can be engaged with the through-hole 16 of the stretcher body 6 by being pushed through the through-hole 16 in a state where the protrusion 17 is elastically compressed.
The mat 2 is a sheet body that is substantially the same shape as the stretcher body 6 and is made of an elastic body as a whole. The mat 2 fits the protrusion 17 into the through hole 16 of the stretcher body 6 and substantially covers the entire backrest part 6. Thus, it is integrated with the stretcher body 6. Further, the mat 2 is formed with a bent portion 2a at a position facing the gap between the leg receiving portion 3 and the buttock receiving portion 4 of the stretcher main body 6 and the gap between the buttock receiving portion 4 and the backrest portion 5. It is possible to bend following the second bending.

4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA of the backrest 5 of the stretcher 1 with the mat 2, and FIG. 5 is an exploded view thereof.
The stretcher body 1 is formed by connecting receiving portions 19 having a substantially L-shaped cross section to both ends of a portion having a second recessed portion 14 having a substantially trapezoidal cross section. On the other hand, the mat 2 in this cross section has opposite tapered end portions 2b that are bent inwardly at both side end portions, and the inner surface of the second concave portion 14 that faces the pair of inclined portions 14a. A pair of concave grooves 20 are formed so that the mat 2 can be easily bent. An air layer K filled with air is formed between the mat 2 and the second concave portion 14 having a substantially trapezoidal cross section.
With the mat 2 shown in FIG. 5 separated from the backrest 5, the length of the backrest 5 in the AA cross section is formed wider than the length between the openings between the reverse tapered ends 2 b and 2 b of the mat 2. If the backrest 5 of the stretcher main body 6 is fitted while the ends 2b and 2b of the mat 2 are spread out, the mat 2 cannot be easily removed.

The stretcher 1 with the mat 2 according to the present embodiment has the above-described configuration, and a method for using the same will now be described.
First, for example, as shown in FIG. 6 (a), in a reclining state in which the backrest part 5 of the stretcher 1 is bent upward by about 30 to 40 degrees with respect to the leg receiving part 3 and the buttocks receiving part 4 in FIG. As shown in (b), the mat 2 is overlapped on the surface of the stretcher main body 6, the projection 17 is fitted into the fitting hole 16, and the backrest 5 is covered to integrate the two. In this state, an air layer K having a substantially trapezoidal cross section is formed between the mat 2 and the first recess 13 and the second recess 14 provided in the flange receiving portion 4 and the backrest portion 5 of the stretcher 1.

When a person requiring assistance sits on the stretcher 1 with the mat 2, the buttocks fit into the first recess 13 of the buttocks receiving portion 4 and the back fits into the second recess 14 of the backrest 5 via the mat 2. In this state, the person requiring assistance is positioned on the buttocks and the back and is locked and held on the stretcher body 6 via the mat 2 and does not move easily. In addition, the first recess 13 and the second recess 14 enter the buttocks and backs of the person requiring assistance, but the mat 2 is compressed because there is no escape space for the air in the first and second recesses 13 and 14, and has cushioning properties. improves.
In this state, the caretaker is in a bathing state by removing the stretcher 1 from the cart of the stretcher fixed to the side of the bathtub and moving it into the bathtub, and further raising the movable bathtub filled with hot water. At this time, since the buttocks and back of the person requiring assistance are fitted to the first recess 13 and the second recess 14 via the mat 2, they do not move easily and can maintain the correct posture with respect to the stretcher 1 with the mat 2. For this reason, the head is in the correct bathing state and the head is coming out of the hot water surface, and the posture of the person requiring assistance is not tilted and does not submerge in the hot water or swallow the hot water from the hot water surface.

As described above, according to the stretcher 1 with the mat 2 according to the present embodiment, the first recess 13 and the second recess 14 provided in the buttocks receiving portion 4 and the backrest portion 5 of the stretcher body 6 are respectively provided with the buttocks of the person requiring assistance. Because the back and the back are mated via the mat 2, the person who needs assistance is held in the correct posture on the stretcher 1, for example, when bathing, the posture is inclined and the bath is immersed in hot water or swallowed with hot water. There is nothing to do.
Further, when the buttocks and back of the person requiring assistance are fitted into the first recess 13 and the second recess 14 of the stretcher 1, an air layer K is formed between the mat 2 and the first recess 13 and the second recess 14. In addition, there is also an advantage that the cushioning property is improved by compressing the air in the first concave portion 13 and the second concave portion 14 by fitting the buttocks and the back in the first concave portion 13 and the second concave portion 14.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can be appropriately changed without departing from the scope of the present invention.
For example, in the above-described embodiment, the leg receiving part 3 and the buttocks receiving part 4 of the stretcher 1 are separately configured separately, but may be integrally configured as a lower half receiving part. The first concave portion 13 that receives the collar portion is formed in the portion. Alternatively, the backrest part may be formed integrally with the lower half receiving part, or the backrest part and the head receiving part may be formed separately. The division structure of the receiving part of the stretcher 1 is arbitrary.

Further, it is not always necessary to provide two recesses to be formed on the stretcher 1, and only one of the recesses may be provided. For example, only the second recess 14 may be provided in the backrest 5, or the collar receiving part 4 or the lower half receiving part. You may provide only the 1st recessed part 13 in a part.
In addition, the shape of the recess formed by the first recess 13 and the second recess 14 is not limited to a trapezoidal cross section, and a recess having an appropriate cross-sectional shape such as a semicircular cross section, a polygonal shape, or a concave curve shape is used. It goes without saying that it can be adopted.

Further, in the present embodiment of the present invention, a stretcher for bathing is used as the stretcher 1, but the stretcher is not limited to this, and a stretcher used as an emergency stretcher or a chair part of a wheelchair for bathing is appropriately used. The present invention can be applied to a stretcher.
In the above embodiment, the stretcher 1 is covered with the mat 2, but the mat 2 is not necessarily provided.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Stretcher 2 Mat 3 Lower half part 4 Gutter part receiving part 5 Back part 13 First recessed part 14 Second recessed part K Air layer

Claims (4)

  A stretcher having a lower half receiving part for supporting the lower body and a backrest part for supporting the upper body, wherein a recess is formed in one or both of the buttocks receiving part and the backrest of the lower half receiving part A stretcher characterized by that.   A stretcher comprising a leg receiving part for supporting the leg part, a buttocks receiving part for supporting the buttocks part, and a backrest part for supporting the upper body, wherein a recess is formed in one or both of the buttocks receiving part and the backrest part. A stretcher characterized by   The stretcher according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a mat is provided to cover a surface of the stretcher, and an air layer is formed in a gap between the mat and the recess.   The stretcher according to claim 3, wherein a person who needs assistance rides on the mat and a collar or / and a back are fitted into the recess to prevent displacement.

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