JP2013118827A - Harness - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a harness that fits gently on an animal's body and which, even with slight changes in an individual's physique, can maintain a favorable fit through fine adjustments.SOLUTION: The harness 1 comprises a body-wrapping element 2 for wrapping an animal's body, with an air pad 3 interposed between the outer material and the lining thereof. The air pad 3 is an airtight, flat, hollow bag, with a manually-operated air pump 4 mounted on a portion thereof. Air is injected into the air pad 3 by operating the air pump 4. In this way, the body-wrapping element 2 is inflated or deflated to freely adjust the adhesion of the body-wrapping element 2 to the animal's body.

Description

  The present invention relates to a harness for mounting on a dog or other animal.

  Conventionally, various harnesses for animals used for walking a dog have been proposed. Many harnesses are configured to be able to slightly adjust the adhesion and restraint when attached to an animal torso using a belt member having a length adjusting function, a hook-and-loop fastener, or the like.

  Among such types of harnesses, for example, those disclosed in Patent Documents 1 and 2 are known as a type of harness that takes into consideration the feeling of wearing on the animal torso. In the harness for dogs disclosed in Patent Document 1, a breastplate (portion between both front legs of a dog or the like) is formed of a polymer of synthetic fiber and a foamed urethane pad. In the harness disclosed in Patent Document 2, a breastplate is also formed by a multi-layer pad in which a synthetic fiber cloth is superimposed on a foam rubber plate containing carbon black. Both of these configurations attempt to prevent the breastplate from scratching the dog's chest strongly and damaging the skin when the drawstring is pulled with a strong force.

Registered Utility Model No. 3071125 Registered Utility Model No. 3079183

  Although the conventional general harness is configured so that the size can be adjusted to some extent by using a belt member, a hook-and-loop fastener or the like, the adjustment range is not quite sufficient. For example, even if only a dog is taken, there are various breeds with different physiques, and physique differences among individuals are not small even within the same breed. Furthermore, even in the same individual, the physique changes with growth and aging. Therefore, it is practically difficult to properly attach the harnesses of limited size and shape to those various types of individuals.

  If the harness is loosely attached to the torso of the dog, the biased force may be concentrated on a specific part due to an irregular movement, or the harness may come off and the dog may escape. On the other hand, if the wearing state of the harness is tightened, there is a risk that it will naturally cause pain to the dog.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and can provide a more comfortable wearing feeling to the animal's torso than before, and can maintain a favorable wearing feeling through fine adjustment even if the individual's physique changes slightly. An object of the present invention is to provide a harness that can be used.

  To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a harness configured to surround a part of an animal torso with a torso made of a flexible face material, wherein the torso includes an outer surface, a lining, And an air pad interposed between them, and an air pump is attached to the air pad, and the air pad expands and contracts by the operation of the air pump, so that the adhesion of the torso to the animal torso is free The basic configuration is adopted. According to this configuration, with the torso mounted on the animal, the inflated air pad is inflated by injecting air into the air pad interposed between the outer surface and the lining of the torso body, thereby Gently adhere to the body with moderate pressure.

  It is preferable that the air pad has a shape that communicates integrally over a majority region of the development area of the trunk. Thereby, the adjustment effect of the wearing feeling by the expansion / contraction of the air pad can be sufficiently obtained.

  For the air pad, the fabric with the airtight coating lined on the flexible reinforcing cloth is superposed on the front and back, and the peripheral edge thereof is hermetically sealed, and the air injection means and the air discharge means are provided at appropriate positions near the ends. Can be configured.

  The air pad may be sewn between the outer cover and the lining of the trunk, or may be mounted in a pocket formed between the outer and lining of the trunk. Good.

  The air pump attached to the air pad is preferably configured so that air can be injected and extracted by a simple operation. Specifically, it comprises a housing that constitutes an air inflow / outflow path, and a pumping chamber connected to one end of the housing. The housing has an air intake part for taking in outside air, and the air taken in the air pad. An air feeding part for feeding and an air discharging part for releasing the air in the air pad to communicate with each other are provided so as to communicate with each other, and the pumping chamber is flat and can be crushed by grasping both front and back surfaces with fingertips. It can consist of a dome-shaped elastic container.

  In the harness according to the present invention, an air pad with an air pump is interposed between the outer material and the lining material constituting the torso, so that the inflating is performed by injecting air into the air pad while the torso is attached to the animal. Thus, the trunk can be gently adhered to the animal body with an appropriate pressure. Since the air pad responds flexibly to sudden movements of the animal and disperses the pressure applied to the animal's body, the pain applied to the animal is reduced, and it is easy to prevent the torso from being removed.

  Moreover, even if the animal's physique changes slightly due to growth, a favorable wearing feeling can be maintained over a long period of time by fine adjustment of the amount of air to be injected.

  Thus, since the harness of the present invention is configured to reduce the burden on the animal's body, for example, not only for a healthy dog walk, but also for assistance / care of an animal that has become weak due to aging or disease It can also be suitably used as a harness.

It is an expanded view of the harness concerning embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state with which the said harness was mounted | worn around the chest of a dog. It is an expanded view of the air pad interposed by the inside of the said harness. It is a fragmentary sectional view of the air pad. It is sectional drawing explaining the structure and effect | action of an air pump attached to the said air pad.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  1 to 2 show an overall configuration of a harness 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The illustrated harness 1 is a harness 1 for walking a dog, and includes a torso 2 formed to wrap around the chest of the dog. In the following description, the positional relationship of each part of the harness 1 is shown based on the posture of the animal wearing the harness 1.

  The torso 2 is a chest pad 21 that is placed between both front legs of the dog, a neck pad 22 that extends from the front end of the chest pad 21 to the left and right, and a stomach pad 23 that extends from the rear end of the breast pad 21 to the left and right. It comprises. A leg insertion opening 24 surrounded by a neck pad 22 and an abdomen pad 23 is formed on each of the left and right sides of the breast pad 21, and the dog's front leg is inserted one by one inside. The neck pad part 22 and the stomach pad part 23 are integrated at the extension point, and a pair of left and right back-to-back parts 25 formed at the tip of the neck pad part 22 and the belly pad part 23 are attached and detached on the back side of the dog.

  The trunk body 2 includes a front material and a lining material. The dress material uses a surface material (for example, a woven fabric made of natural fiber or synthetic fiber, a sheet material made of synthetic resin, a natural or synthetic leather-like material, etc.) having appropriate flexibility, durability, and design. Formed. The lining is formed using a face material (for example, a woven fabric, a nonwoven fabric, or a mesh-like knitted fabric made of natural fibers or synthetic fibers) that is somewhat more flexible, breathable, and antifouling than the outer fabric. The The outer material and the lining are sewn along the outer peripheral edge of the trunk 2 and the peripheral edge of the leg insertion opening 24.

  Hook fasteners 26 and 27 for sewing the back-to-back portions 25 to each other are sewn on the left and right back-to-back portions 25. A pair of left and right lead attaching / detaching portions 28 project from a slightly front side of the back-to-back portion 25 corresponding to the shoulder of the dog, and a buckle that can be attached to the lead is attached to the tip of the pair. Further, gather portions 29 are provided at the front and rear edges of the breast pad portion 21 and can be expanded and contracted in the neck and abdomen directions, respectively.

  The main part of the present invention is that the air pad 3 is interposed between the outer material and the lining material. 3 and 4 show the configuration of the air pad 3.

  The air pad 3 is a flat, hollow bag body that is substantially similar to the torso body 2, and includes a breast pad inflating / contracting part 31 interposed in the breast pad part 21 of the torso body 2, and the front end of the breast pad inflating / contracting part 31. From the rear end of the chest pad expansion / contraction part 31 to the left and right, and the belly pad part 23 of the torso body 2. And a belly pad inflating / contracting portion 33 interposed therein. The internal spaces of the breast pad inflating / contracting part 31, the neck pad inflating / contracting part 32, and the belly pad inflating / contracting part 33 are integrally connected so that the air pad 3 covers the majority of the developed area of the trunk 2 as a whole. Is intervened.

  The air pad 3 is formed by superposing front and back surfaces of a cloth in which a flexible reinforcing cloth 34 (for example, a mixed fiber of polyester and urethane) is lined with an airtight film 35 (for example, a thermoplastic urethane film) made of a synthetic resin. Is done. The peripheral portion obtained by polymerizing the dough is hermetically sealed by heat welding or the like.

  In the illustrated embodiment, the air pump 4 for injecting air into the air pad 3 is provided in the vicinity of the end of the breast pad inflating / contracting portion 31 on one side. FIG. 5 shows the sectional structure and operation of the air pump 4.

  The air pump 4 is a molded product made of a slightly soft synthetic resin (for example, a thermoplastic urethane resin), and includes a housing 41 that constitutes an air inflow / outflow path, and a pumping chamber 42 connected to one end thereof. . On the upper surfaces of the housing 41 and the pumping chamber 42, the fabric on the front side of the air pad 3 is adhered.

  In the housing 41, an air intake part 43 that takes in outside air, an air inlet part 44 that sends the taken-in air into the air pad 3, and an air discharge part 45 that releases the air in the air pad 3 to the outside communicate with each other. To be provided. In the illustrated embodiment, the air intake portion 43 includes an air intake hole 431 that opens on the upper surface of the housing 41 and an intake side check valve 432 that opens and closes the air intake hole 431. The intake side check valve 432 is formed by sticking a smooth thin plate made of synthetic resin on the upper surface of a substantially cylindrical sponge. The thin plate is in contact with the air intake hole 431 from the inside of the housing 41 with a weak biasing force due to the elasticity of the sponge itself.

  The air inlet 44 includes an air inlet hole 441 that opens on the lower surface of the housing 41, an inlet side check valve 442 that opens and closes the air inlet hole 441, and the inlet side check valve 442 that is connected to the housing 41. And a valve guide 443 held on the lower side. The feed-in check valve 442 is also formed by sticking a smooth thin plate made of synthetic resin on the upper surface of a substantially cylindrical sponge. The thin plate is in contact with the air inlet hole 441 from the lower side of the housing 41 with a weak biasing force due to the elasticity of the sponge itself. In the valve guide 443, a gap communicating with the internal space of the air pad 3 is formed.

  The air discharge portion 45 is configured by an air discharge hole 451 opening on the upper surface of the housing 41, an air discharge button 452 mounted in the air discharge hole 451, and a spring 453 that urges the air discharge button 452 upward. Is done. The air discharge hole 451 is formed at a position that directly overlaps the air inlet hole 441. The air release button 452 is made of a synthetic resin (for example, polycarbonate) that is somewhat harder than the air pump 4 body. A ball valve 454 is formed at an intermediate portion of the air release button 452, and this ball valve 454 contacts the air discharge hole 451 from the inside of the housing 41. Further, the lower end of the air release button 452 enters the air inlet hole 441 and contacts the thin plate of the inlet side check valve 442.

  The pumping chamber 42 is an elastic container having a slightly flat circular dome shape. When the front and back surfaces of the pumping chamber 42 are picked and crushed from the outside of the fabric of the air pad 3 with fingertips, the air inside is transferred to the housing 41 side.

  The air flow when the air pump 4 is operated to inject air into the air pad 3 is as follows. That is, when the pumping chamber 42 is crushed, as shown in FIG. 5B, the air-side check valve in which the air pushed out from the pumping chamber 42 into the housing 41 abuts against the air inlet hole 441. 442 is pushed open, and is sent into the air pad 3 from the periphery of the valve guide 443 via the air inlet hole 441. At this time, the air intake part 43 and the air discharge part 45 remain closed.

  Subsequently, when the pumping chamber 42 is released, the pumping chamber 42 is restored by its own elastic force. At this time, as shown in FIG. 5 (3), the inside of the housing 41 becomes negative pressure, and the inflow check valve 442 in contact with the air inflow hole 441 is closed, and instead the air intake hole. The intake side check valve 432 in contact with 431 is opened, and the outside air is sucked into the pumping chamber 42. By repeating this operation, air can be sent into the air pad 3 and the air pad 3 can be expanded.

  When the air in the air pad 3 is evacuated, the air release button 452 is pushed down as shown in FIG. 5 (4). Then, the ball valve 454 of the air release button 452 is moved away from the air release hole 451 to open the air release hole 451, and the lower end of the air release button 452 pushes down the thin plate of the inlet side check valve 442 to make the air inlet hole 441. Also open. Thereby, the air in the air pad 3 is discharged from the periphery of the valve guide 443 to the outside via the air inlet hole 441 and the air discharge hole 451.

  Such an air pump 4 having a simple structure mainly composed of a synthetic resin molded product is thin and lightweight, so that the harness 1 can be attached without being bulky. In addition, air can be injected into the air pad 3 with a simple operation of simply picking the pumping chamber 42 a plurality of times with the fingertips, and further, the air can be extracted just by depressing the air release button 452. It is simple and can be operated without any hassle even when worn on an animal.

  In this way, air is injected into the air pad 3 interposed inside the torso body 2, and the air pad 3 is inflated to increase the thickness of the harness 1 appropriately, so that a feeling of gentle attachment to the animal torso is obtained. Further, by operating the air pump 4 to adjust the amount of air injected, and when the air pump 4 is excessively injected, the air pump 4 is appropriately extracted, so that the wearing feeling can be optimized according to the physique of the animal. Since the amount of air injection can be adjusted steplessly, fine adjustment is easy even if the individual's physique changes slightly.

  In the harness 1 of the illustrated embodiment, the air pump 4 is arranged near the dog's shoulder or back, but this is for the purpose of facilitating the air injection operation with the harness 1 attached to the animal. is there.

  In addition, in the harness 1 of the exemplary embodiment, in order to make the position of the air pump 4 easy to understand, a part of the outer surface of the body wrapper 2 is cut out in a circle in accordance with the positions of the pumping chamber 42 and the air release button 452. Furthermore, in order to facilitate the operation of pushing the pumping chamber 42 with a finger, a thin round dish-shaped decorative cover 421 made of a slightly hard synthetic resin or the like is attached to the surface of the pumping chamber 42 to enhance the response of the operation. ing.

  The above-described embodiment is an example, and the harness 1 of the present invention can also be implemented in the following form.

  First, the overall shape of the torso body 2 can be modified as appropriate according to the physique of the animal to be mounted, the mounting site, the mounting purpose, and the like. For example, a device that is worn on the waist so as to wrap around the base of both hind legs in a quadruped animal, or a device that is worn so as to wrap a wide range from the chest to the waist. Further, the position and shape of the lead attaching / detaching portion 28 may be changed according to the overall shape of the trunk 2, and other auxiliary handles may be provided as appropriate. The shape and size of the air pad 3 interposed in the body wrapper 2 may be appropriately designed in accordance with the body wrapper 2.

  About the aspect which interposes the air pad 3 in the fuselage body 2, the air pad 3 is piled up between the outer surface and the lining of the fuselage body 2, and those peripheral parts are sewn together, “Sew-in type” that fixes the air pad 3 in 2 and “insertion type” in which a pocket is formed between the outer surface and the lining of the body wrapper 2 and the air pad 3 is taken in and out of the pocket. There are at least two types. When adopting the insertion / removal type, a fastener or the like may be attached to the pocket entrance.

  When the size of the entire harness 1 is increased, the air pad 3 may be divided into a plurality of sections. In that case, a part of the divided air pads 3 can be sewn and a part can be inserted and removed, and the air pumps 4 can be provided respectively.

  The structure of the air pump 4 is not limited to the above embodiment. A known mechanism can be appropriately employed as long as the mechanism is small and not bulky and excellent in operability. The details of the check valve, the pumping chamber 42 and the like can be appropriately modified as well.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Harness 2 Body wrapper 3 Air pad 34 Reinforcement cloth 35 Airtight coating 4 Air pump 41 Housing 42 Pumping chamber 43 Air intake part 44 Air inflow part 45 Air discharge part

Claims (6)

In a harness configured to surround a portion of an animal torso with a torso of flexible face material;
The trunk includes a front material, a lining material, and an air pad interposed between them.
An air pump is attached to the air pad,
The harness, wherein the air pad expands and contracts by the operation of the air pump, and the adhesion of the torso to the animal torso is freely adjusted. The harness according to claim 1;
The air pad has a shape that communicates integrally over a majority region of the development area of the body envelope. In the harness according to claim 1 or 2,
The air pad is formed by superposing front and back surfaces of a cloth lining a gas-tight film on a flexible reinforcing cloth, hermetically sealing a peripheral portion thereof, and attaching the air pump at an appropriate position in the vicinity of the end portion. Harness. The harness according to claim 1, 2, or 3;
The air pad is a harness characterized in that the air pad is sewn between the outer surface and the lining of the body wrapper. The harness according to claim 1, 2, or 3;
A harness characterized in that a pocket is formed between the outer surface and the lining of the trunk and the air pad is mounted in and out of the pocket. In the harness according to any one of claims 1 to 5;
The air pump includes a housing constituting an air inflow / outflow path, and a pumping chamber connected to one end of the housing.
The housing is provided with an air intake portion for taking in outside air, an air inlet portion for sending the taken-in air into the air pad, and an air discharge portion for releasing the air in the air pad to the outside. With
The said pumping chamber consists of a flat dome-shaped elastic container which can pinch and crush both front and back surfaces with a fingertip.

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