JP2018166605A - Massage tool - Google Patents

Abstract

To facilitate a replacement work of a slide fastener which maintains a massage tool in a cylindrical state and which is extended around a part which receives massage in a cylindrical state.SOLUTION: A massage tool comprises: a slide fastener (24) comprising a pair of fastener strips (24A, 24B) each of which is attached to each of a pair of adjacent edges (22a, 22b) of a cylindrical massage tool body (22); and a bite prevention strip (26) which is arranged on inside of the fastener strip (24A) attached along one edge (22a), and extends to inside of the fastener strip (24B) provided along the other edge (22b). The fastener strip (24A) attached along one edge (22a) is detachably attached to the one edge (22a).SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Description

  The present invention provides a massage tool that includes a plurality of pressure chambers, is attached in a cylindrical shape around a portion to be massaged of an upper limb or a lower limb, and massages a portion to be massaged by supplying and discharging a pressurized fluid to and from the pressure chamber. About.

  This type of massage device is composed of a massage device body that is rotated around a portion to be massaged and a massage device body that is adjacent to each other and extends in the length direction of the massage device body that is rotated in a cylindrical shape. A pair of end edges of the massage device is releasably connected (closed) to maintain the massage device body in a cylindrical shape, and the slide fastener is closed and applied to the pressurizing chamber of the massage device body. A massaged part is massaged by supplying and discharging a pressurized fluid (Patent Document 1).

  In this type of massage device, a pair of fastener strips constituting a slide fastener (that is, thin and long members each having a series of teeth that mesh with each other when the slide fastener is closed) are connected by a supplementary fastener strip. There is also a thing that can increase the circumference of the massage device. That is, the supplementary fastener strip has a series of teeth along both side edges thereof, the teeth on one side mesh with the teeth of the corresponding fastener strip of the slide fastener, and the teeth on the other side are slid. It is designed to mesh with the teeth of the other fastener strip corresponding to the fastener (Patent Document 2).

  For clothes with a slide fastener, when the fastener slider is slid to close the slide fastener, it is attached to the inside of one fastener strip so that clothes on the inside are not bitten by the slide fastener. There is an anti-biting strip that extends to the inside of the other fastener strip (Patent Document 3).

JP 2002-85499 A Actual Kosho No. 59-50017 Utility Model Registration No. 3131703

  It is an object of the present invention to provide a massage tool provided with a biting prevention strip as shown in Patent Document 3 on the inside of a slide fastener mounting portion in a massage tool as shown in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2. However, conventionally, when this biting prevention strip is provided, as described in Patent Document 3, it is designed to “overlay on the back surface of the slide fastener”. If an attempt is made to replace it due to damage or the like, it is necessary to remove the bite-preventing strip together with the slide fastener. For this reason, when trying to attach a new slide fastener, it was necessary to first sew the new slide fastener, and then sew the removed or new bite prevention strip on the back side of the slide fastener. . An object of the present invention is to provide a massage device that eliminates the need for such work on the bite-preventing strip when the slide fastener is replaced, and that can reduce the cost and work process of the replacement work.

That is, the present invention is a massage device that includes a plurality of pressure chambers, is attached in a cylindrical shape around a portion to be massaged, and massages the portion to be massaged by supplying and discharging pressurized fluid to and from the pressure chamber. And
A massage tool body that is rotated around the part to be massaged,
A pair of end edges of the massage device main body extending in the lengthwise direction in the massage device main body turned in a cylindrical shape are releasably connected to maintain the massage device main body in a cylindrical shape. A slide fastener having a pair of fastener strips with a series of mating teeth attached along each of the adjacent edges and mating with each other;
The massage device main body turned in a cylindrical shape is disposed inside the fastener strip attached along one of the pair of adjacent edges, and is provided along the other of the pair of edges. An anti-biting strip extending to the inside of the fastener strip;
The fastener strip attached along the one of the pair of end edges includes a massage device removably attached to the selected one of the one of the pair of end edges and the biting prevention strip. provide.

  In this massage device, the fastener strip attached along the one edge is removably attached to the one of the pair of edges and a selected one of the biting prevention strips. Therefore, when the fastener strip is replaced with a new one, the fastener strip may be removed from the massage tool body or the biting prevention strip to which the fastener strip is attached and replaced with a new fastener strip. It is possible to reduce the work and its cost without removing the biting prevention strip as in the case of an object.

In particular,
The massage tool body includes a sheet-like pressure chamber material provided with a pressure chamber, and outer and inner sheet-like cover materials stacked to cover the outer surface and the inner surface of the sheet-like pressure chamber material, A sewing thread for sewing the sheet-like pressure chamber material and the outer and inner sheet-like cover materials along their peripheral edges;
The fastener strip attached along the one of the pair of end edges is attached to the massage tool body by sewing threads passed through the sheet-like pressure chamber material and the outer and inner sheet-like cover materials. can do.

  Further, the biting prevention strip can be sewn to the massage device body with a sewing thread. More specifically, the anti-biting strip can be sewn only to the inner sheet-like cover material with a sewing thread. In this way, by sewing the sewing thread only to the inner sheet-like cover material and avoiding sewing to the sheet-like pressure chamber material of the massage tool body, the pressurizing chamber in the sheet-like pressure chamber material is added to the sheet-like pressure chamber. The pressure chamber material can be formed up to a portion closer to the periphery, enabling a wider massage area.

The biting prevention strip is sewn only to the inner sheet-like cover material with a sewing thread,
The fastener strip attached along the one of the pair of edges can be sewn to the bite-proof strip and attached along the one of the pair of edges.

The massage device according to the present invention is an expansion strip further provided with fastener strips that can be connected to the pair of fastener strips of the massage device body on both side edges, and two or more expansion strips are arranged side by side. At least one expansion strip that is interconnectable with the fastener strip of the expansion strip adjacent to
The extension strip may have an anti-bite strip attached to the inside of one edge of the extension strip and extending to the outside of the one edge.
The massage device according to the present invention may be used for lymph drainage of patients with lymphedema. The upper limbs and lower limbs of such a patient may be inflated so as not to be compared with a healthy person. In such a case, one or more expansion strips are arranged side by side, and the massage device body So that the diameter of the massage device body can be increased when it is made cylindrical. The biting prevention strip is for preventing an affected part or the like from being bitten by a slide fastener when such use is performed.

The slide fastener in the biting prevention strip attached along the one of the pair of adjacent edges of the massage device body rotated in the cylindrical shape, and the other of the pair of edges. It is possible to have a coupling member releasably coupled to each other at a position adjacent to the final end in the closing direction.
The coupling member may be a button or the like coupled to each other, and the slide fastener can be closed more smoothly by coupling the coupling member and maintaining the entire pair of edges close to each other. .

  Specifically, the massage device body is sized to be attached around the lower limb of a human body, and when attached around the lower limb, a foot storage unit that stores a leg portion of the lower limb, and a leg. A leg storage portion can be provided.

  In this case, the slide fastener can extend over the entire length of the massage tool body through the foot storage portion and the leg storage portion. However, it is also possible to provide the foot storage portion in a bag shape or a cylindrical shape, and to provide the slide fastener only in the leg storage portion.

  Further, in this case, the pair of edges can be released across the slide fastener on the outer peripheral surface of the massage device body adjacent to the connecting portion between the foot storage portion and the leg storage portion in the massage device body. It can also be made to have a fastening member fastened in the state where it adjoined mutually. The fastening member is maintained in the fastened state, and the fastener slide is kept on the side of the leg storage portion from the fastening member. When using the massage tool, the user closes the foot with the slide fastener and the tube It is possible to close the slide fastener by putting it in the leg storage part formed in the shape from the leg storage part side.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of a massage device according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

It is a perspective view which shows the usage example of the massage tool which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows a part of slide fastener provided with the biting prevention strip of the massage tool of FIG. It is a figure which shows typically the attachment state of the biting prevention strip of FIG. 2, and a slide fastener. It is a figure which shows typically the other attachment state of the biting prevention strip of FIG. 2, and a slide fastener. FIG. 4 is a view similar to FIG. 3, but showing an example in which a slide fastener is attached to a biting prevention strip. FIG. 5 is a view similar to FIG. 4, but showing an example in which a slide fastener is attached to the biting prevention strip. FIG. 3 is a view similar to FIG. 2, but showing a state in which an extension strip for increasing the peripheral length is attached to the massage device of FIG. 1. It is a figure which shows typically the attachment state of an expansion strip etc. in the case of attaching two expansion strips shown in FIG. 7 side by side, and attaching to a massage tool, The state before the attachment to a massage tool is shown. FIG. 8 is a view similar to FIG. 7 but showing the expansion strip attached to the massage device.

  FIG. 1 shows an example in which a massage device 10 according to the present invention is attached to both lower limbs (massage-receiving portions). In this example, an extension strip 16 described later is used, and the circumference of the massage device 10 is as follows. Has been extended. The massage device 10 has a cylindrical shape surrounding the lower limb, and a plurality of compressed air is provided in the length direction of the lower limb by the massage device controller 12 having a pressurized air pump. The lower limbs are massaged by being supplied to and discharged from the pressurizing chambers 20 (FIG. 3) arranged. Since the massage device including such a pressurizing chamber is widely known from Patent Document 1 and the like, details of its basic configuration are omitted.

  The massage device 10 is a pair of massage device main bodies 22 that are rotated around the portion to be massaged, and adjacent to each other that extend in the length direction of the massage device main body 22 when rotated in a cylindrical shape. And a slide fastener 24 having a pair of fastener strips 24A and 24B attached along each of the end edges 22a and 22b (FIG. 2). Reference numerals 24a and 24b denote a series of meshing teeth which are respectively attached to the fastener strips 24A and 24B and meshed with each other (schematically represented). As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the massage tool body 22 is disposed on the inner side of one end edge 22a of the massage tool body 22 on the inner side of the fastener strip 24A attached to the end edge 22a, and along the other end edge 22b. A biting prevention strip 26 extending to the inside of the provided fastener strip 24B is provided. The biting prevention strip 26 is inserted into the slide fastener when the massage device 10 is attached around the massaged portion and the fastener slide 24F is slid in the closing direction as shown in FIG. Is to prevent. In the example shown in FIG. 3, the massage tool body 22 is overlaid so as to cover the sheet-like pressure chamber material 22 </ b> A including the pressure chamber 20 and the outer and inner surfaces of the sheet-like pressure chamber material 22 </ b> A. The outer and inner sheet-like cover members 22B and 22D, and the sheet-like pressurizing chamber member 22A and the outer and inner sheet-like cover members 22B and 22D are sewn along the peripheral edge thereof. As shown in FIG. 2, the biting prevention strip 26 provided along the one end edge 22a of the massage tool body 22 and the direction in which the slide fastener 24 at the other end edge 22b of the massage tool body 22 is closed (that is, FIG. 2). In the direction in which the fastener slide 24F is moved upward), snap button type coupling members 28, 28 that are releasably coupled to each other are provided, and the massage tool 10 is attached to the portion to be massaged. By connecting these connecting members 28, 28 in a state set around, the massage device 10 can be maintained in a cylindrical shape and can be easily moved smoothly in the direction of closing the fastener slide 24F.

  A fastener strip 24A attached along one of the pair of edges 22a, 22b of the massage tool body 22 is a sewing thread 24c through which the sheet-like pressurizing chamber member 22A and the outer and inner sheet-like cover members 22B, 22D are passed. Is attached to the massage tool body 22. In the example shown in FIG. 3, the biting prevention strip 26 has a laminated structure including a core material 26a and cover sheets 26b and 26c stacked on the outer and inner surfaces thereof, and the massage tool main body 22 (specifically, a sewing thread 26d). Therefore, in the example shown in FIG. 4, a single layer is sewn to the massage device body 22 by a sewing thread 26 d.

  FIGS. 5 and 6 show modifications of the embodiment shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, respectively. The fastener strip 24A is sewn to the biting prevention strip 26 by a sewing thread 24c.

  FIG. 7 shows an example in which the extension strip 16 described above is attached between the pair of end edges 22a, 22b of the massage device body 22 to expand the circumference of the massage device. The extension strip 16 is provided with fastener strips 24D and 24E along both side edges thereof, and the respective meshing teeth 24d and 24e are connected to the meshing teeth 24a and 24b of the fastener strips 24A and 24B of the massage device body 22. It has come to be. The expansion strip 16 includes an anti-biting strip 30 that is disposed inside the fastener strip 24E and attached to the expansion strip 16.

  FIGS. 8 and 9 schematically show how the two expansion strips 16 shown in FIG. 7 are mounted side by side and mounted between the pair of end edges 22a and 22b of the massage device body 22. FIG. 8 shows a state before the expansion strip 16 is connected, and FIG. 9 shows a connected state. That is, the fastener strips 24D and 24E in the expansion strip 16 are sewn to the expansion strip 16 by the sewing thread 24f, and the biting prevention strip 30 is sewn to the expansion strip 16 by the sewing thread 30a.

  The massage device body 22 of the massage device 10 for lower limb massage shown in FIG. 1 has a foot storage portion 22G for storing the leg portion of the lower limb and a leg storage portion 22H for storing the leg, and a slide fastener 24 is provided. The massage device main body 22 extends through the foot storage portion 10a and the leg storage portion 10b. In the massage device 10, the pair of edges 22a and 22b of the massage device body 22 are close to each other so as to be releasable across the slide fastener 24 at a position adjacent to the connecting portion between the foot storage portion 22G and the leg storage portion 22H. A fastening member (fastening band) 32 is provided for fastening in the finished state. In normal use of the massage device 10, the fastener slide 24F is slid from the fastening member 32 to a position closer to the leg storage portion 22H to keep the foot storage portion 22G cylindrical, and the user takes the foot portion in the cylindrical shape. It is possible to close the slide fastener 24 by sliding the fastener slide 24F by inserting the leg storage portion 22G from the leg storage portion 22H side and then turning the leg storage portion 22H around the leg portion. .

  As mentioned above, although it demonstrated per embodiment of the massage tool which concerns on this invention, this invention is not limited to these embodiment. For example, in the illustrated example, the massage tool main body 22 has a pair of end edges 22a and 22b extending over the entire length of the cylindrical shape, but the foot storage portion 22G has a cylindrical shape. The end edges 22a and 22b can be provided only at the leg storage portion 22H.

Massage tool 10;
Massage tool controller 12;
Expansion strip 16;
Pressure chamber 20;
Massage tool body 22;
Edge 22a, 22b;
Sheet-like pressure chamber material 22A;
Outer sheet-like cover material 22B;
Inner sheet-like cover member 22D;
Sewing thread 22F;
Foot storage part 22G;
Leg storage part 22H;
Slide fastener 24;
Fastener strips 24A, 24B, 24D, 24E;
Fastener slide 24F;
Meshing teeth 24a, 24b, 24d, 24e;
Sewing threads 24c, 24f;
Biting prevention strip 26;
Core material 26a;
Cover sheets 26b, 26c;
Sewing thread 26d;
Coupling members 28, 28;
Biting prevention strip 30;
Sewing thread 30a

Claims (9)

A massage device comprising a plurality of pressure chambers, attached in a cylindrical shape around a massaged portion, and performing massage of the massaged portion by supplying and discharging pressurized fluid to the pressure chamber,
A massage tool body that is rotated around the part to be massaged,
A pair of end edges of the massage device main body extending in the lengthwise direction in the massage device main body turned in a cylindrical shape are releasably connected to maintain the massage device main body in a cylindrical shape. A slide fastener having a pair of fastener strips with a series of mating teeth attached along each of the adjacent edges and mating with each other;
The massage device main body turned in a cylindrical shape is disposed inside the fastener strip attached along one of the pair of adjacent edges, and is provided along the other of the pair of edges. An anti-biting strip extending to the inside of the fastener strip;
The massage device, wherein the fastener strip attached along the one of the pair of end edges is detachably attached to the selected one of the one of the pair of end edges and the biting prevention strip. The massage tool body includes a sheet-like pressure chamber material provided with a pressure chamber, and outer and inner sheet-like cover materials stacked to cover the outer surface and the inner surface of the sheet-like pressure chamber material, A sewing thread for sewing the sheet-like pressure chamber material and the outer and inner sheet-like cover materials along their peripheral edges;
The fastener strip attached along the one of the pair of end edges is attached to the massage device main body by sewing threads passed through the sheet-like pressure chamber material and the outer and inner sheet-like cover materials. The massage tool according to claim 1.   The massage tool according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the biting prevention strip is sewn to the massage tool body by a sewing thread.   The massage tool according to claim 3, wherein the biting prevention strip is sewn only to the inner sheet-like cover material with a sewing thread. The biting prevention strip is sewn only to the inner sheet-like cover material with a sewing thread,
The fastener strip attached along the one of the pair of edges is sewn to the bite-proof strip and attached along the one of the pair of edges. Massage tool. In the above massage device,
An expansion strip provided on both side edges with fastener strips that can be connected to the pair of fastener strips of the massage device body, and the fasteners of the adjacent expansion strips adjacent to each other when two or more expansion strips are arranged side by side Having at least one expansion strip that is interconnectable with the strip;
The massage tool according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the extension strip has an anti-biting strip attached to the inside of one edge of the extension strip and extending to the outside of the one edge. The slide fastener in the bite-preventing strip attached along the one of the pair of adjacent edges of the massager body rotated in a cylindrical shape, and the other of the pair of edges. The massage device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising a coupling member releasably coupled to a position adjacent to the final end in the closing direction.   The massage device main body is sized to be attached around the lower limb of a human body, and has a foot storage portion for storing a leg portion of the lower limb when attached around the lower limb, and a leg storage portion for storing a leg. The massage tool according to any one of claims 1 to 7. The massage tool according to claim 8, wherein the slide fastener extends through the foot storage part and the leg storage part over the entire length of the massage tool body.

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