JP2017186692A - Safety garment with luminous body - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a safety garment with luminous bodies which is easily recognized visually from surroundings in a dark place and can exert excellent safety.SOLUTION: A tubular holding part 2 made of a flexible and light transmissive material is provided in a position visually recognized from the front and back and from the right and left of a garment body 1, and a belt-like self luminous body 3 can be inserted in and taken out of a tube hole 2a of the holding part 2. The self luminous body 3 includes a belt-like flexible base plate 3a and a plurality of LEDs 3b arranged in a longitudinal direction of the flexible base plate 3a at regular intervals. The LED 3b is desirably arranged to emit light from a side face part of the flexible base plate 3a to the outside.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

  The present invention relates to a safety garment with a light emitter that can be easily seen from the surroundings even in a dark place and can exhibit excellent safety.

  Conventionally, in order to inform a third party of his / her position at night or in a dark place, a safety garment with a reflector is used. Typical safety clothes include safety vests worn during night road construction, but there are also safety jumpers and safety kappa. In this specification, safety clothing means a general term for concepts including various work clothes, jumpers, winter clothes, rain gear, safety clothes, waist belts, armbands, etc. in addition to the safety vest. In the following, these concepts will be referred to as safety clothing.

  The safety garment to which the reflective material is attached has a problem that it lacks visibility because the reflective material cannot reflect light when there is no external light. In view of this, for example, as shown in Patent Documents 1 to 3, various safety garments in which self-luminous LEDs are attached at positions that are visible from the outside have been proposed and put into practical use. This safety garment with LED is self-luminous even when there is no light from the outside, so it is possible to inform a third party of his / her position, which can greatly improve the visibility compared to reflective materials. it can.

  However, the ones shown in Patent Documents 1 to 3 have a structure in which LEDs are set on safety clothing and the outer surface thereof is covered with a light-transmitting sheet material or film. Therefore, even if safety clothes become dirty and need to be washed, it cannot be washed. In addition, when washing, it is necessary to break the film or the like and take out the LED. On the other hand, after washing, it is necessary to cover the film again with a film or the like, and the restoration work is complicated. For this reason, in reality, it is often used in a disposable form. As a result, there are many cases where it is used in a dirty state, and there is a problem that it is not hygienic or is disposable and expensive. Further, there is a problem that heat is dissipated to the back side (that is, the wearer's body side) due to the lighting of the LED, and the wearer feels the heat and becomes painful in summer and the like.

JP 2004-107850 A JP-A-2015-196916 Utility Model Registration No. 3016047

  The present invention solves the conventional problems as described above, and when the light emitter such as an LED is easily attached and detached and can become dirty, the light emitter can be easily taken out and washed, and the light is emitted even after washing. It is another object of the present invention to provide a safety garment with a light-emitting body that can be easily attached to the body, and that can reduce the heat burden on the wearer with less heat dissipation to the back side due to LED lighting. Is.

  The safety garment with a light emitter according to the present invention, which has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, is provided with a cylindrical holding portion made of a flexible and light-transmitting material at a position that can be seen from the front and back of the clothing body or from the left and right. Thus, a belt-like self-luminous body can be freely inserted into and removed from the cylindrical hole of the holding portion.

  According to a preferred embodiment, the holding portion is preferably made of a mesh-like material having a large number of holes that transmit light.

  According to another preferred embodiment, the self-luminous body has a strip-shaped flexible substrate and a plurality of LEDs arranged at regular intervals along the longitudinal direction of the flexible substrate, and It is preferable that the LED is arranged so as to emit light outward from the side surface portion of the flexible substrate.

  According to another preferred embodiment, it is preferable that a retroreflective cloth is attached adjacent to the holding portion on the front side in the light emitting direction of the self-luminous body.

  In the safety garment with a light emitter according to the present invention, a cylindrical holding portion made of a flexible and light-transmitting material is provided at a position that can be seen from the front and back of the clothing body or from the left and right, and the hole is formed in the holding portion. Since the belt-like self-illuminator can be inserted and removed freely, even if there is no light from the outside, it can self-emit to notify a third party of its position, and can exhibit excellent safety. Moreover, when it gets dirty, the self-luminous body can be easily taken out and washed, which is hygienic. Further, the cost can be reduced by repeated use.

  When the holding part is made of a mesh-like material having a large number of holes that transmit light, a large amount of light from the self-luminous body is emitted to the outside through the holes, so Can be surely informed.

  The self-luminous body has a strip-shaped flexible substrate and a plurality of LEDs arranged at regular intervals along the longitudinal direction of the flexible substrate, and the LEDs are disposed outside the side surface of the flexible substrate. Those that are arranged so as to emit light toward themselves can self-emit and exhibit excellent visibility, and in addition to radiating heat due to the lighting of the LEDs to the side surface, the back side (that is, the body side of the wearer) There is less heat dissipation to the wearer, so the wearer will not feel pain and suffer.

  Further, when a retroreflective cloth is attached to the front side of the light emitting direction of the self-light-emitting body and adjacent to the holding part, the entire reflecting cloth is brightened by the light emitted outward from the side surface of the LED. Thus, the visibility can be further improved. In addition, the retroreflective cloth can also efficiently reflect light such as car headlights, thereby exhibiting excellent safety.

It is a front view which shows embodiment of this invention. It is a rear view of FIG. It is an enlarged view which shows a holding | maintenance part. It is a perspective view which shows a self-light-emitting body. It is a front view which shows other embodiment. It is a front view which shows other embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows the use condition of this invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
1 and 2 are a front view and a rear view showing a case where the safety garment is a safety vest. In the illustrated example, the entire garment body 1 is made of a mesh material made of a resin material or a cloth material, and has a structure in which air permeability and lightness are improved. Of course, there is no problem even if it is made of a sheet material other than the mesh material.

  A cylindrical holding portion 2 made of a flexible and light-transmitting material is provided at a position that can be visually recognized from the front and rear or the left and right of the clothing body 1. In addition, in the case of the safety vest of FIG. 1, the V-shaped holding | maintenance part 2 is provided in the front part and the back part. And it is comprised so that the strip | belt-shaped self-light-emitting body 3 can be inserted and taken out in the cylindrical hole 2a of this holding | maintenance part 2 freely.

FIG. 3 shows an enlarged view of the holding unit 2. The holding portion 2 is made of a flexible and light-transmitting material, and is configured so that the light of the strip-like self-light emitting body 3 inserted into the cylindrical hole 2a can be visually recognized from the outside. As the material, a transparent resin sheet such as vinyl chloride or a thin cloth material can be used.
In the case shown in FIG. 3, the holding portion 2 is made of a resin mesh material having a large number of holes 2b, and the light of the self-luminous body 3 passes through the holes 2b and is projected to the outside. It has a lighted structure. Such a mesh-like material is particularly preferable because it can improve durability when the garment body 1 is washed and quick-drying property when drying.

As shown in FIG. 4, the self-light-emitting body 3 includes a strip-shaped flexible substrate 3a and a plurality of LEDs 3b arranged at regular intervals along the longitudinal direction of the flexible substrate 3a. The LEDs 3b are connected in series. The state is regularly arranged. Further, the end of the self-light-emitting body 3 is connected to the portable power source 5 via the harness 4, and the self-light-emitting body 3 can be arbitrarily illuminated by turning the portable power source 5 on and off. The portable power source 5 can be stored in a back pocket or the like of the clothing body 1.
Thus, since the self-luminous body 3 uses the strip-shaped flexible substrate 3a, the holding portion 2 can be easily and freely inserted into and removed from the cylindrical hole 2a. It can be carried out.

The LED 3b is disposed so as to emit light outward from the side surface of the flexible substrate 3a. In general, the LED 3b is installed on the front surface, which is the wide surface of the strip-shaped flexible substrate 3a, and emits light outward from the LED 3b. However, in the present invention, the side surface portion is a narrow surface. The LED 3b is arranged.
As a result, the heat radiation associated with the lighting of the LED is missed in the direction of the side surface on the opposite side, the heat radiation to the back side (that is, the body side to the wearer's body side) is reduced, and the wearer feels the heat in summer It can prevent suffering.

Further, a retroreflective cloth 6 is attached to the front side in the light emitting direction of the self-light-emitting body 3 adjacent to the holding portion (see FIG. 1). The retroreflective cloth is a reflective cloth optically devised so that light is reflected as it is toward the light source no matter what direction the light strikes. For this reason, when a headlight of an automobile or the like hits, the light is reflected as it is toward the automobile as a light source, so that the driver appears to shine well.
Thus, since the visibility in darkness becomes high by the combination of the light emission of the self-light-emitting body 3 and the reflected light from the retroreflective cloth 6, excellent safety can be exhibited.

Next, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the case where the present invention is applied to other clothes as safety clothes will be described.
FIG. 5 shows a case where the safety clothes are work clothes. In this case, the cylindrical holding part 2 made of a flexible and light-transmitting material is provided in an inverted V shape on the front part and the rear part, and further, an armband is wound around the second arm part. This is the case. The self-luminous body 3 is inserted in the cylindrical hole of each holding part 2 so that the light emission state is sufficiently visible from the front and rear or from the left and right. In addition, the holding part 2 does not get in the way of work, so it is easy to use.
In addition, the said holding | maintenance part 2 can exhibit the visibility function similar to the said safety clothes by retrofitting to required places, such as before and after the safety clothes with a reflective cloth already in use, and inserting the self-light-emitting body 3. It is also rich in economic efficiency.

  FIG. 6 shows a case where the safety garment is a safety tag. In this case, a cylindrical holding portion 2 made of a flexible and light-transmitting material is provided, and a self-luminous body 3 is inserted into the cylindrical hole of the holding portion 2. Further, a retroreflective cloth 6 is attached to the front side of the light emitting direction of the self-light emitting body 3 adjacent to the holding portion 2. Therefore, the combination of the light emitted from the self-light-emitting body 3 and the reflected light from the retroreflective cloth 6 makes the visibility in the dark extremely high and exhibits excellent safety.

FIG. 7 shows a use state of the safety garment with a light emitter according to the present invention.
In the present invention, as shown in the figure, since the band-like self-luminous body 3 is mounted at a visually recognizable position and emits light, even if there is no light from the outside, it is possible to firmly inform the third party of his position it can. In addition, since the retroreflective cloth 6 is attached adjacent to the front side of the light direction of the self-light-emitting body 3, when the headlight of an automobile or the like hits, the light is reflected directly toward the automobile as a light source. As a result, the driver looks bright and the synergistic effect with the light emission of the self-luminous body 3 can greatly improve the visibility.

  As is clear from the above description, in the present invention, a cylindrical holding portion made of a flexible and light-transmitting material is provided at a position that can be seen from the front and back of the clothing body or from the left and right. The belt-like self-illuminator can be inserted and removed freely in the tube hole, so that it is easy to remove the light emitter such as LED, and even when it gets dirty, it can be easily removed and washed. The light emitter can be easily attached. Moreover, since there is little heat dissipation to the back side accompanying LED lighting, there also exists an advantage that the burden of a wearer's heat can be made small.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Clothes body 2 Holding | maintenance part 2a Tube hole 2b Hole part 3 Self-light-emitting body 3a Flexible substrate 3b LED
4 Harness 5 Portable power supply 6 Retroreflective cloth

Claims (4)

  A cylindrical holder made of a flexible and light-transmitting material is provided at a position that is visible from the front, back, left, and right of the clothing body, and a belt-like self-luminous body is inserted into and removed from the cylindrical hole of the holder. A safety garment with a luminous body, characterized by its freedom.   The safety garment with a light emitter according to claim 1, wherein the holding portion is made of a mesh-like material having a large number of holes that transmit light.   The self-luminous body has a strip-shaped flexible substrate and a plurality of LEDs arranged at regular intervals along the longitudinal direction of the flexible substrate, and the LEDs are directed outward from the side surface of the flexible substrate. The safety garment with a light emitter according to claim 1 or 2, which is arranged to emit light.   The safety garment with a light emitter according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a retroreflective cloth is attached adjacent to the holding portion on the front side in the light emitting direction of the self light emitter.