JP2531164Y2 - Bathroom - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bathroom, particularly a bathroom suitable for a disabled person who needs a wheelchair.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a family member who is disabled, such as a disabled person or an elderly person, is usually included in the home,
In order to compensate for this, for example, a bathroom equipped with a special handrail, a threshold of an entrance door without a step, a transfer stand to a bathtub, or a transfer device is known. However, when the bathers need a wheelchair, it is difficult to easily access the bathroom, to approach the bathtub from two directions, to assist them, etc. due to restrictions on water treatment.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the invention] FIGS. 8 (a), (b),
(C) shows three examples of a plan layout of a conventional bathroom of this type. In each figure, 1 indicates a bathtub, 2 indicates a washing place, and 3 indicates a dressing room. FIG. 1A shows an example in which a bathtub 1 is arranged at one corner of a bathroom, and a bather can approach the bathtub 1 from two directions, that is, a long side and a short side. And the bathtub 1 is far from the entrance 4 of the dressing room 3 and the bathtub 1 has no riser, so it is difficult to take a bath directly from a wheelchair. (Shown in the drawing), etc., and the effective area of the washing place 2 is reduced accordingly, and the directionality for assistance is restricted.

[0004] In addition, FIG. 1 (b) can approach the bathtub 1 only in the long side direction as compared with FIG. 1 (a), and has substantially the same problems as FIG. 1 (a). On the other hand, in the illustrated examples (a) and (c), the door has a rotating door 4A at the entrance, but in order to allow the passage of a wheelchair, a large door 4A of approximately 80 cm or more is required. In order to prevent water from entering, the short side of the bathtub 1 needs to be a fixed wall 5, and for the proximity and the direction of assistance, FIG.
Had the same problems as

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of this type of conventional bathroom, and is easy to approach and assist from a wheelchair, and water from a bathtub to a dressing room. It aims to provide this type of bathroom configuration without fear of intrusion.

[0006]

According to the present invention, a bathroom of this type is provided with an opening larger than the width of a wheelchair by opening one side of a bathtub having an overflow groove one step lower than the upper surface on at least one surface of the bathtub upper surface. It is an object of the present invention to achieve the above-mentioned object by arranging the door so as to face the bathroom entrance door having a width.

[0007]

According to the above construction, one side of the bathtub can be arranged close to the bathroom door without fear of water intrusion due to the presence of the overflow groove for overflow. It becomes extremely easy to approach the bathtub through the wheelchair, and the directionality of the assisting operation is also advantageous.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below based on embodiments. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a main part of an embodiment of a bathroom according to the present invention,
FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the arrangement, and the same (corresponding) components as those in FIG. 8 are denoted by the same reference numerals. In FIGS. 1 and 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a bathtub, which is provided with an overflow groove 1 a which is one step lower than the overflow upper surface on an upper surface of a long side portion facing the washing place 2, and has a short side portion having a seating surface 1 b. The entrance door 4 has an opening width of, for example, 80 cm or more, which allows a wheelchair to enter from the undressing room 3, and is disposed in close proximity to the door. In addition, a kick-in portion 1c for a footrest of a wheelchair is formed below the seating surface 1b to assist the approach of the wheelchair.

In this embodiment, if the sill rail 4a of the sliding door 4 and the floor of the dressing room 3 and the washing room 2 have no steps, the wheelchair can be directly entered into the washing room 2 and the long side of the bathtub 1 can be provided. It is also possible to take a bath from the side, and the assistance at this time can be performed from both sides of the long / short side. In any case, there is no fear of water entering the dressing room 3 due to the presence of the overflow groove 1a.

(Other Embodiments) The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modified examples are possible. 3 to 7 show various modified embodiments. FIG. 3 shows a modification of the bathtub 1 on one short side facing the entrance sliding door 4 with a deformed overflow groove 1a, a top cover 1d provided thereon, and a sill rail 4a.
A plan view (a) and an AA cross-sectional view (b) of an example in which a drain groove 6 with a gutter is provided in the lower part of FIG. FIG. 4 shows a plan view (a) in which the transfer table 7 of the upper surface is disposed between the entrance sliding door 4 and the short side of the bathtub 1 and a cross-sectional view (b) of FIG.

FIG. 5 shows that when the entrance sliding door 4 and the bathtub 1 are relatively close to each other, a telescopic transfer table 10 is provided adjacent to the riser 1c, the upper surface of which is flat with the upper surface of the bathtub 1. FIG. Further, FIGS. 6A and 6B are plan views in which two examples of the transfer line 11 in which the long side of the bathtub 1 and / or the short side of the deformed bathtub are arranged to face the entrance and exit 4 are shown. And 12 indicates a bench. FIG. 7 shows the bathtub 1
It is the top view example arrange | positioned so that care could be performed from three sides.

[0012]

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, a disabled person using a wheelchair can easily approach the bathtub, and enters the dressing room from the bathtub due to the presence of the water escape groove. There is no fear of doing.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a main part of an embodiment of a bathroom.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the arrangement.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of another embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of another embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view of another embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view of another embodiment.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view of another embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of three examples of a conventional bathroom.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Bathtub 1a Overflowing groove 2 Washing area 4 Door sliding door

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A bath tub having an overflow groove one step lower than the upper surface on at least one surface of the bath tub upper surface, wherein one side of the bath tub is disposed so as to be close to and facing a bathroom door having an opening width larger than a wheelchair width. Bathroom to do.