JP2019088419A - Pressurizing tool - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a pressurizing tool that pressurizes a plurality of parts around the waist.SOLUTION: The pressurizing tool includes: a pelvis belt 10 that is applied around the pelvis; a lumbar belt 20 that is applied around the lumbar; and a connection member 30 that freely attachably/detachably connects the pelvis belt 10 and the lumbar belt 20. The pelvis belt 10 and the lumbar belt 20 are each provided with a plurality of long expansion members that are prepared by making the longitudinal direction fit along the pelvis belt 10 and the lumbar belt 20 and that expand to pressurize the body of a user. Desirably, the tool is further equipped with a hip joint belt 40 that is applied to the femoral region close to the hip joint and with a connection member 50 that freely detachably connects the hip joint belt 40 and the pelvis belt 10. The hip joint belt 40 is provided with a long expansion member that is prepared by making the longitudinal direction fit along the hip joint belt 40 and that expands to pressurize the body of a user.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 8

Description

  BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to the structure of a pressing tool that is wound around the waist and presses the body.

  As a treatment for low back pain, it is known to use a corset or a belt to correct lumbar spine displacement. Patent Document 1 discloses a conventional belt, which comprises a belt body wound around the waist and a rubber tube provided on the belt body, and is mounted on the user's waist It is used to inflate the rubber tube and press the back to relieve low back pain.

Unexamined-Japanese-Patent No. 11-89863 gazette

  Although it is thought that the belt of Patent Document 1 is wound around the waist and presses the fourth and fifth lumbar vertebrae intensively, the cause of the back pain may be due to other than the waist, and not only the affected area but also There is a need for a pressing tool capable of coping with the surrounding area.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a pressing tool for pressing a plurality of parts around the waist.

  The pressing tool according to the present invention includes a pelvic belt mounted around the pelvis, a lumbar belt mounted around the lumbar spine, and a connecting member for detachably connecting the pelvic belt and the lumbar belt. The pelvic belt and the lumbar vertebral belt are provided along the longitudinal direction of the pelvic belt and the lumbar vertebral belt, respectively, and are provided with a plurality of long inflatable members that are inflated and press the user's body.

  The pressing tool according to the present invention preferably further includes a hip joint belt attached to the thigh with being brought close to the hip joint, and a connecting member for detachably connecting the hip joint belt and the pelvis belt. The above-mentioned hip belt is provided with a longitudinal direction along the above-mentioned hip belt, and is provided with a long inflatable member which is inflated to press the user's body.

  Preferably, in the pressing tool according to the present invention, the pelvic belt and the lumbar vertebral belt are provided on the inner surface overlapping the belly of the user with the protective member and the inflatable member at a position corresponding to the back side of the user It is configured to reduce the pressure on the belly of the person.

  According to the present invention, a plurality of sites can be pressurized over a wide range around the waist.

(A) And (b) is a figure which shows the state equipped with the pressurizing tool of 1st Embodiment of this invention. (A) And (b) is a figure which shows the pelvic belt of 1st Embodiment of this invention. (A) is a cross-sectional view of the pelvic belt taken along the line A-A in FIG. 2 (a), (b) is a cross-sectional view of the air bag, (c) is a cross-sectional view of the regulating member d) is a cross-sectional view of the containing bag. It is a figure showing an air bag of a 1st embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure showing a connecting member which connects a pelvic belt and a lumbar vertebra belt of a 1st embodiment of the present invention. (A) And (b) is a figure which shows the state equipped with the pressurizing tool of 2nd Embodiment of this invention. (A) is a figure which shows the pelvic belt of 2nd Embodiment of this invention, (b) is sectional drawing of the pelvic belt which followed CC line of (a). (A) And (b) is a figure which shows the state equipped with the pressing tool of the Example of this invention. FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view of the pelvic belt taken along the line D-D of FIG. 8;

First Embodiment
FIG. 1 is a view showing a pressing tool 1 according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The pressing tool 1 includes a pelvic belt 10 and a lumbar vertebra belt 20. In FIG. 1, (a) is a front view of a user wearing the pressing tool 1, and (b) is a schematic view showing the pressing tool 1 and the skeleton of the user in the mounted state of (a). FIG. In addition, FIG. 1 (b) represents a skeleton by a solid line, and represents the pressing tool 1 corresponding to the skeleton by hatching.

(Pelvis belt)
(A) and (b) of FIG. 2 are views showing the pelvic belt 10 in a spread state, and FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a cross section of the pelvic belt 10 taken along line A-A of FIG. is there. The pelvic belt 10 maintains the belt body 110 wound around the user's pelvis, the two expansion members 120 formed on the belt body 110 and formed to be long, and the belt body 110 wound around the pelvis And a fixing member 130. In FIG. 2, (a) represents the outer surface of the belt body 110, and (b) represents the inner surface of the belt body 110.

  The belt main body 110 is composed of a flat base material 111 constituting an outer surface, and a flat backing material 112 provided so as to be superimposed on the base material 111 and constituting an inner surface that hits the user. A space between the surface material 111 and the backing material 112 is configured as a housing portion 115 for containing the expansion member 120, and two housing portions 115 are provided. The housing portions 115 are configured such that one inflating member 120 can be inserted along the longitudinal direction of the belt body 110. Two accommodating portions 115 are arranged in the width direction of the belt body 110.

  The surface material 111 and the backing material 112 are connected at the peripheral edge and connected by a stitch 114 shown by a broken line in FIG. 2 (b). The stitches 114 extend in the longitudinal direction to divide between the surface material 111 and the backing material 112, and two accommodation portions 115 are formed. The belt main body 110 is configured such that the front material 111 is made of a material harder than the backing material 112 and holds the form of the belt main body 110.

  FIG. 2A shows the expansion member 120 placed in the housing portion 115 by a broken line, and the expansion member 120 is provided from one end of the belt body 110 to the other end. The length of the expansion member 120 is not limited to the illustrated example, and may be set to a length such as a half circumference so as to hit only a part of the pelvis, for example, the buttocks side.

  The inflation member 120 includes an air bladder 121 which is inflated by sending air from the outside, a regulating member 122 which is provided outside the air bladder 121 and directs the inflation direction of the air bladder 121 to the user inside the belt body 110, and the air bladder The storage bag 123 which accommodates 121 and the regulation member 122 is provided.

  FIG. 3B is a cross-sectional view of the air bag 121, and FIG. 4 is a view showing the two air bags 121 provided in the belt body 110 in a separated state. The air bag 121 is formed narrower than the housing portion 115 of the belt body 110 to form a band shape, and the mouth portion 121A protrudes outward from a part of the peripheral edge. The air bag 121 inflates by injecting air into the inside through the opening 121A and, conversely, releases air out and returns to a flat shape. The air bag 121 can use, for example, a rubber bag.

  Similar to the air bag 121, the restriction member 122 is formed in an elongated strip shape. The regulating member 122 utilizes a member having a lower expansion ratio than the air bag 121, and can use, for example, a sheet made of neoprene rubber or a flexible plastic sheet.

  The housing bag 123 is housed inside so as to overlap the air bag 121 and the regulating member 122, and is made of a stretchable flat material in a band shape, as shown in FIG. 3 (d). The inside is divided into two by the partition part 123A to form pockets P1 and P2. One pocket P1 is used to receive the air bag 121, and the other pocket P2 is used to receive the regulating member 122.

  The two inflating members 120 are provided such that the opening 121A of the air bag 121 is connected via the connecting tube 127 shown in FIG. The connection tube 127 is provided inside the belt main body 110 in the same manner as the expansion member 120, and for example, a tube formed in a Y-shape can be used. One of the three connection ends of the connection tube 127 constitutes a common air inlet and outlet, and the common connection end 127A emerges through a hole provided in the belt body 110. A connector that doubles as a plug is provided at the connection end portion 127A of the connection tube drawn out of the belt main body 110, and this connector is connected to the pump 200 and the measuring instrument 300 as shown in FIG. 1A. Connectors of other tubes are connected. The holes are provided, for example, on the outer surface of the belt body 110 or on the edge of the belt body 110.

(Fixing member)
The fixing member 130 is configured to connect one end of the belt body 110 to the other end in a state where the belt body 110 is wound around the user's body. The fixing member 130 includes, for example, a female buckle 131 provided at one end of the belt body 110, and a male buckle 132 provided at the other end and detachably fitted to the female buckle 131. There is. In place of the buckle, the fixing member 130 may use other fasteners such as a snap, a hook-and-loop fastener, a button, and a hole for inserting the button.

  With the pelvic belt 10 attached with the ends fixed by the fixing member 130, the inner surface of the belt body 110 is shown in the figure when the expansion member 120 is inflated with the air sent from the pump 200 outside the belt body 110. As shown by the two-dot chain line in 3 (a), it is deformed so as to protrude toward the user. The pelvic belt 10 is provided with a sheet-like protection member 150 made of plastic or the like on the inner surface overlapping the user's belly, as shown by the alternate long and short dash line in FIG. May be configured to reduce the pressure on the

(Lumbar belt)
Similar to the pelvic belt 10, the lumbar spine belt 20 includes a belt body 110, two expansion members 120, and a fixing member 130. The belt body 110 of the lumbar spine belt 20 is wound around the fourth lumbar spine and the fifth lumbar spine within the spine. The configurations of the belt body 110, the expansion member 120 and the fixing member 130 are the same as those of the pelvic belt 10.

  Similar to the expansion member 120 of the pelvic belt 10, the expansion member 120 of the lumbar spine belt 20 also deforms so that the inner surface of the belt main body 110 protrudes toward the user when inflated with air sent from the pump 200 outside the belt main body 110. Do. In addition, the expansion member 120 of the lumbar spine belt 20 may be configured to expand more than the expansion member 120 of the pelvic belt 10. The belt body 110 of the lumbar spine belt 20 may be configured to be more flexible than the belt body 110 of the pelvic belt 10, instead of the function (shape retention) of maintaining the form.

  The pressing tool 1 is provided with a connecting member 30 that detachably connects the pelvic belt 10 and the lumbar spine belt 20. FIG. 5 is a view showing a configuration example of the connecting member 30. The connecting member 30 is used as a fastener so as to releasably connect the upper edge side of the belt body 110 of the pelvic belt 10 and the lower edge side of the belt body 110 of the lumbar belt 20. A plurality of teething parts 31 arranged at equal intervals along the upper edge of the belt body 110 of the pelvic belt 10 and a plurality of items arranged at equal intervals on the lower edge of the belt body 110 of the lumbar vertebral belt 20. A tooth portion 32 and a slider portion 33 provided to move on the tooth flank portion 31 on the pelvic belt 10 side and meshing and connecting both the tooth flank portions 31 and 32 are provided. The connecting member 30 may use other fasteners such as a snap, a hook-and-loop fastener, a button and a hole for inserting the same instead of the fastener.

(how to use)
The pelvic belt 10 and the lumbar spine belt 20 are connected by the connecting member 30 and wound around the waist of the user. At this time, with the pelvic belt 10 side being in contact with the inner surface of the middle part in the longitudinal direction to the buttocks, one end and the other end are rotated to the lower abdomen side and overlapped, and the fixing member The 130 male buckles 132 are fitted on the female buckles 131 and mounted around the pelvis. Similarly to the pelvic belt 10, the lumbar belt 20 is also turned from the back to the ventral side, and the overlapping end is fixed by the fixing member 130 to be installed around the fourth lumbar and the fifth lumbar vertebra within the spine. .

  The pump 200 and the measuring device 300 are connected to the connector on the pelvic belt 10, air is sent to the air bladder 121 provided in the belt main body 110, and the air bladder 121 is inflated. The connector blocks the mouth of the air bag 121 (the connection end 127A of the Y-shaped connecting tube 127) when the pump 200 is removed, and maintains the inflated state. As with the pelvic belt 10, the lumbar spine belt 20 also connects the pump 200 and the measuring instrument 300 to the connector to inflate the air bladder 121.

  According to the pressing tool 1, the air bag 121 of the pelvic belt 10 is expanded to press the pelvis, and the air bag 121 of the lumbar belt 20 is expanded to press the fourth and fifth lumbar vertebrae. By mounting the pressing tool 1 over a wide range around the waist, the pelvis and lumbar spine can be corrected together.

Second Embodiment
FIG. 6 is a view showing a pressing tool 2 according to a second embodiment of the present invention. The pressing tool 2 includes a pelvic belt 10 and a hip belt 40. In FIG. 6, (a) is a front view of the user wearing the pressing tool 2, and (b) is a schematic view showing the pressing tool 2 and the user's skeleton in the wearing state of (a). FIG. In addition, FIG.6 (b) represents frame | skeleton as a continuous line, and represents the pressurizing tool 2 corresponding to this frame | skeleton by attaching hatching. The same components as those in the first embodiment are given the same reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted.

(Hip belt)
(A) of FIG. 7 is a figure which shows the extended state of the hip joint belt 40, (b) is the figure which expanded the cross section of the hip joint belt 40 along the C-C line of (a). The state in which the hip joint belt 40 has a belt body 110 wound around the user's thigh, an expansion member 120 provided on the belt body 110 and formed to be long, and the belt body 110 wound around the thigh And a fixing member 130 for maintaining the

  The belt body 110 is set to a length for winding and tightening around the thigh, and for example, is set to a length that goes around the circumference of the thigh. The belt body 110 is configured as an accommodating portion 115 in which the expansion member 120 is accommodated. The hip joint belt 40 is formed narrower than the pelvic belt 10, and the housing portion 115 is also smaller. FIG. 7A shows the inflating member 120 placed in the accommodating portion 115 by a one-dot chain line, and the inflating member 120 is provided from one end of the belt body 110 to the other end. The inflation member 120 is configured in the same manner as the inflation member 120 of the pelvic belt 10, and includes an air bag 121, a restriction member 122, and a storage bag 123.

  Similar to the belt main body 110, the expansion member 120 has a length set so as to go around the thigh. In addition, compared with the expansion member 120 of the pelvic belt 10, the expansion member 120 of the hip joint belt 40 is set so that the swelling to a belt inner side may be small. Alternatively, the belt body 110 may be made of a stretch material or the like, and the hip joint belt 40 may be configured to be highly stretchable in the longitudinal direction with the expansion member 120 placed inside.

  The pressing tool 2 is provided with a connecting member 50 that detachably connects the pelvic belt 10 and the hip belt 40. The connecting member 50 is, for example, as shown in FIG. 7A, a strap 51 provided so as to hang down from the belt body 110, a hook 52 provided on the strap 51, and D attached to the belt body 110 and hooked on the hook 52. And an annulus 53. The connecting member 50 is provided so as to be disposed beside the thigh and the pelvis. The connecting member 50 may use fasteners such as snaps, surface fasteners, buttons and holes for inserting the same instead of the hooks and the D ring.

(how to use)
The pelvic belt 10 is wound around the waist of the user. At this time, with the inner surface of the middle portion in the longitudinal direction of the pelvic belt 10 being in contact with the buttocks, one end and the other end are rotated to the lower abdomen to overlap, and the male of the fixing member 130 The mold buckle 132 is fitted on the female buckle 131 and mounted around the pelvis.

  Furthermore, the hip joint belt 40 is wound around the thigh of the right leg, and the wound state with the fixing member 130 is maintained. At this time, the hip belt 40 is brought close to the base of the thigh, and the inner thigh side is lowered and wound so as to be inclined in a front view. The hip belt 40 is connected to the pelvis belt 10 by the connecting member 50, and the hip belt 40 is supported by the pelvis belt 10 so that the outer side of the thigh of the hip belt 40 is higher than the inner crotch side, and holds the hip belt 40 in an inclined state. .

  As in the first embodiment, the pelvic belt 10 is inflated by the pump 200 and pressed around the pelvis. Similarly to the pelvic belt 10, the hip belt 40 also connects the pump 200 and the measuring instrument 300 to the connector to inflate the air bladder 121.

  According to the pressing tool 2, the air bladder 121 of the pelvic belt 10 inflates and presses around the pelvis, and the air bladder 121 of the hip joint belt 40 inflates and tightens the muscles on the femoral side of the hip joint. I can relieve my pain.

  Furthermore, according to the pressing tool 2, the inflated air bladder 121 uniformly presses against the abutting portion while deforming following the movement of the muscle, so that the user wears the body with the pressing tool 2 attached. It can move. In this way, training can be performed to increase muscle strength. Restrain the active muscle around the hip joint by exercising the right leg with hip belt 40 attached like a pendulum in a stretch or standing posture as a light exercise, and intensively train the inner muscle near the hip joint Can.

(Example)
FIG. 8 is a view showing the pressing tool 3 according to the embodiment of the present invention. The pressing tool 3 includes a pelvic belt 10, a lumbar belt 20, and a hip belt 40 mounted on the left and right thighs. . In FIG. 8, (a) is a front view of the user wearing the pressing tool 3, and (b) is a schematic view showing the pressing tool 3 and the skeleton of the user in the wearing state of (a). FIG. In addition, FIG.8 (b) represents frame | skeleton as a continuous line, and represents the pressurizing tool 3 corresponding to this frame | skeleton by attaching hatching. The same components as those in the first embodiment and the second embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted.

  FIG. 9 is an enlarged view of a cross section of the pelvic belt 10 taken along the line D-D of FIG. In the pelvic belt 10 and the lumbar spine belt 20, the expansion member 120 is provided at a position corresponding to the back side of the user so as to press the back side while avoiding the front side of the user. It is provided in the middle area.

  When inflated by air from the pump 200, the pelvic belt 10 and the expansion member 120 of the lumbar spine belt 20 are configured to protrude about 3 cm to 5 cm inward in the unmounted state. In addition, the expansion member 120 of the lumbar spine belt 20 is configured to be able to expand more than the expansion member 120 of the pelvic belt 10.

  In the belt body 110 of the pelvic belt 10, the surface material 111 is formed of a flexible plastic sheet, and an elastic material is sewn as the backing material 112 on this sheet, and two accommodating portions 115 are provided. There is.

  In the belt body 110 of the lumbar spine belt 20, the surface material 111 is formed of a plastic sheet having flexibility more than the surface material of the belt body 110 of the pelvic belt 10. In this sheet, a stretchable fabric is sewn as a backing material 112. And two accommodating portions 115 are provided.

  Fasteners are provided as a connecting member 30 that connects the pelvic belt 10 and the lumbar spine belt 20. When the pelvic belt 10 and the lumbar spine belt 20 are connected by a fastener, the respective belt bodies 110 are connected to form a wide continuous seat surface.

  In the hip joint belt 40, a belt main body 110 made of a stretchable material such as a stretch fabric wraps the expansion member 120 and has high stretchability in the longitudinal direction as compared with the pelvic belt 10 and the lumbar spine belt 20. The hip joint belt 40 is provided with a surface fastener as the fixing member 130 on the surface where one end of the belt body 110 and the other end overlap.

  The pressing tool 3 serves as a connecting member 50 for connecting the pelvic belt 10 and the hip belt 40, a strap hanging down from the pelvic belt 10, and a surface fastener provided on a surface where the end of the strap and the hip belt 40 overlap. Is equipped. The connecting members 50 are provided on the left and right sides of the user's body so that the pelvic belt 10 supports the hip belts 40 attached to the left and right thighs.

  According to the pressing tool 3, the pelvis, the lumbar spine and the hip joint can be pressed together by wearing over a wide range around the waist.

  The pressing tool of the present invention is not limited to the above configuration example, and for example, the pelvic belt and the lumbar spine belt may be provided with three or more expansion members.

Reference Signs List 1, 2, 3 pressurization tool 10 pelvic belt 20 lumbar spine belt 30, 50 connecting member 40 hip belt 110 belt body 115 accommodating portion 120 inflatable member 121 air bag 122 regulating member 123 accommodating bag 130 fixing member

Claims (5)

The pelvic belt mounted around the pelvis, the lumbar spine belt mounted around the lumbar spine, and a connecting member for detachably connecting the pelvic belt and the lumbar spine belt,
The pelvic belt and the lumbar spine belt are provided along the longitudinal direction of the pelvic belt and the lumbar spine belt, and are provided with a plurality of long inflatable members that are inflated and press the user's body , Pressurized tools. The hip joint belt further comprises: a hip joint belt mounted on the thigh with being placed close to the hip joint; and a connecting member detachably connecting the hip joint belt and the pelvis belt,
The hip joint belt according to claim 1, further comprising an elongated inflating member which is provided along the hip joint belt in the longitudinal direction and which is inflated to press the user's body. Utensils.   The pelvic belt and the lumbar spine belt are provided with a protection member for reducing the pressure applied to the belly by the expansion member on an inner surface overlapping the belly of the user. Pressure tool as described.   The pelvic belt and the lumbar spine belt are characterized in that the inflating member is provided at a position corresponding to the back side of the user so as to reduce the pressure on the user's belly. The pressure tool according to Item 2. The pelvic belt attached around the pelvis, the hip joint belt close to the hip joint and attached to the thigh, and a connecting member for detachably connecting the pelvis belt and the hip joint belt,
The pelvic belt is provided along the pelvic belt in the longitudinal direction, and includes a plurality of elongated inflating members that are inflated and press the user's body,
The above-mentioned hip belt is provided with a longitudinal direction along the above-mentioned hip belt and is provided with an expansion member which is expanded and presses the user's body.
A pressing tool characterized in that the connecting member holds the hip belt in an inclined state so that the side surface of the leg is higher than the inner crotch side.

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