JP3044032B1 - Moving handrail and bathtub equipment for bathtub - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently utilize the whole bathtub without a case where persons to be nursed gather at a specified position in the bathtub when the persons to be nursed take a bath. SOLUTION: Legs 31 standing in a bathtub 2, a base 32 hooked to a standing wall 24 of the bathtub and a handrail body 33 laid over between those legs and the base are provided. A guiding means 39 for guiding this base so as to move it in parallel along the standing wall of the bathtub is provided on the base. The guiding means 39 is constituted by a plurality of sets of a pair of rollers 40 and 40 which pinch the standing wall 24 of the bathtub from both left and right sides and are separated and arranged along the longer direction of the standing wall of the bathtub.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a moving handrail for a bathtub and a bathtub apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, in a hospital or a nursing home, a large space is provided in a bathroom so that a large number of people can take a bath, and a bathtub itself is widely made.

[0003]

A conventional bathtub used in a hospital or the like has the following problems. In other words, when a person requiring assistance such as an elderly person or a physically handicapped person who cannot move is taking a bath, there is a tendency to concentrate on places where there is something that can be grasped by hand, such as near the stairs in the bathtub or near the surrounding standing wall. There was a problem that even if it was made widely, it was not used effectively.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and when a care-requiring person takes a bath, the help-requiring person can effectively use the entire bathtub without concentrating on a predetermined location in the bathtub. An object of the present invention is to provide a moving handrail for a bathtub and a bathtub apparatus.

[0005]

The present invention achieves the above object by the following means. The invention according to claim 1 includes a leg standing in the bathtub, a base engaged with a standing wall of the bathtub, and a handrail main body passed between the leg and the base. Is provided with guide means for guiding the base so as to move in parallel along the vertical wall of the bathtub, and the guide means sandwiches the vertical wall of the bathtub from both left and right sides.
A plurality of pairs of rollers to be inserted, the longitudinal direction of the standing wall of the bathtub
It is configured to be separated and arranged along the
Is provided with fixing means for fixing the base to the standing wall of the bathtub.
The fixing means is provided between the bases formed in a U-shape.
Pressing members can be moved to the left and right standing plates parallel to each other
And the pressing members are located inside the base.
The standing wall of the bathtub to be placed is configured to be pressed from both sides,
The handrail body is folded in the middle of the bathtub
It is characterized by being formed in a substantially U-shape in plan view .

According to the invention described in claim 2, the leg is provided on a chair.
Characterized in that the child is foldably mounted
You.

In the invention according to claim 3, the handrail main body is provided.
Is the end of a straight pipe (50) extending to the middle of the bathtub
Attach a circular or triangular shape to the end
It is characterized by the following configuration.

[0008]

[0009]

[0010] In the invention according to claim 4 , the above-mentioned claims 1 to
3. A monitoring box for bathing according to any one of 3 .

According to the present invention, the handrail body is passed between the legs standing in the bathtub and the base engaged with the standing wall of the bathtub, and the handrail body is located in the bathtub. The caregiver can move the handrail body located in the bathtub with ease in the middle of the bathtub, and can also hold the handrail body to stabilize himself. Therefore, it is possible to prevent a situation in which the person requiring assistance concentrates on a predetermined portion of the bathtub beforehand, and the bathtub can be widely used. Further, since the handrail main body can be moved together with the base, the handrail can be freely moved to an optimum position for the user.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a bathtub apparatus 1 according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a side sectional view of the bathtub apparatus.

The bathtub apparatus 1 comprises a bathtub 2 and a handrail 3. The bathtub 2 has a rectangular shape in plan view, and a stair 21 is provided at one corner. Also,
Handrails 22 are provided on the remaining three sides of the bathtub 2 except for the long side where the stairs 21 are provided. The handrails 22 around the bathtub are integrated with the handrails of the stairs 21. Also,
A seat 23 is formed inside the long side of the bathtub 2 where the stairs 21 are provided. The periphery of the bathtub 2 except for the stairs 21 is covered with an upright wall 24.

The moving handrail 3 includes a leg 31 standing in the bathtub 2, a base 32 engaged with the standing wall 24 of the bathtub 2,
The handrail body 33 is provided between the upper end of the leg 31 and the upper end of the post 32a of the base 32 (see FIG. 2).

Here, the handrail main body 33 is formed in a substantially U-shape in plan view which is folded in the middle of the bathtub 2, and a portion connected to the upper end of the post 32 a of the base 32 is As shown in FIG. 2, the bathing is raised in the shape of a side view through the front and rear inclined portions 33a and 33b, and stands on the floor surface of the bathtub 2, the upper surface of the seating portion 23, and the floor surface of the bathroom Y, respectively. It is designed so that it is easy for people to handle.

The leg 31 is composed of a total of four pipe members 34 so as to support the folded portion 33c of the handrail body 33, and two pipe members spaced apart and opposed to each other in the longitudinal direction of the handrail body 33. Numerals 34 are connected to each other through a reinforcing member 35, and a chair 36 for a bather to be seated on is foldably attached to the two pipe members 34.

Also, the folded back portion 33c of the handrail main body 33
A bottom plate 37 extending in a direction perpendicular to the handrail main body 33 is attached to the lower surface of the pipe member 34 that supports the distal end of the pipe member 34. The bottom plate 37 cooperates with a fixing means 42 described later so that the moving handrail 3 does not fall even when a moment is generated in the moving handrail 3 by a bather putting a hand on the handrail body 33 and applying a load. Set to length.

On the bottom surface of the base 32, a caster 38 that runs on the upper surface of the standing wall 24 of the bathtub 2 is provided. In addition, the base 32 is attached to the bathtub 2.
A guide means 39 is provided for guiding to move in parallel along the vertical wall 24 of FIG.

The guide means 39 includes a plurality of sets of a pair of rollers 40, 40 which sandwich the standing wall 24 of the bathtub from both left and right sides.
It is configured so as to be separated and arranged along the longitudinal direction of the standing wall 24. That is, a plurality of support shafts (not shown) are supported on the left and right sides of the upright wall 24 in a vertical and cantilevered state from the base 32, and the rollers 4 are supported by these support shafts.
0 is rotatably mounted.

The base 32 is provided with fixing means 42 for fixing the base 32 to the upright wall 24 of the bathtub 2. The fixing means 42 is configured such that a bolt 44 is screwed into each of the left and right upright plate portions 32b and 32c of the base 32 formed in a U-shape in such a manner that the tips thereof face the upright wall 24, Each of the bolts 44 is screwed into the standing wall 24 side, so that a plate member 44a is provided at the tip of the bolt 44 disposed on both sides of the standing wall 24 so as to be relatively rotatable.
The standing wall 24 is strongly sandwiched between them, thereby generating a frictional force between the plate member 44a and the standing wall 24, thereby restricting the movement of the moving handrail 3.

Next, the operation of the bathtub moving handrail 3 and the bathtub apparatus 1 having the above-described structures will be described. For example, when a person requiring assistance such as a physically handicapped person takes a bath, the person descends from the stairs 21 while using the handrail 22 to reach the inside of the bathtub 2. In addition, a minor helper or the like can use the moving handrail 3 to reach the inside of the bathtub 2 from one side of the bathtub 2 provided with the stool 23. From the stairs 21 or the stool 23 to the bathtub 2
By using the moving handrail 3, the bather who has reached inside can move safely to the middle of the bathtub 2, and can also hold the handrail main body 33 of the moving handrail 3 to stabilize itself. . Therefore, it is possible to prevent a situation in which the bather concentrates on a predetermined portion of the bathtub 2 beforehand, and the bathtub can be widely used.

Further, the moving handrail 3 may be provided on the standing wall 2 if necessary.
4 can move freely. Moving railing 3
Is moved, the bolt 44 is turned in the loosening direction, and the vertical wall 2 is moved between the plate members 44a at the tips of the bolts 44.
4 is released, and the base 32 and the handrail body 33 are moved via the casters 38. At this time, the monitoring box 3 is guided along the longitudinal direction of the upright wall 24 by a plurality of pairs of rollers 40, 40 located on both left and right sides of the upright wall 24, so that the moving handrail 3 is carelessly moved in a direction perpendicular to the upright wall 24. Standing wall 24 without displacement
Will move along the longitudinal direction of.

The above embodiment is merely an embodiment of the present invention, and the design can be changed as appropriate without departing from the spirit of the invention. For example, in the above embodiment,
Although the shape of the handrail main body 33 has a substantially U-shape, without being limited to this, whole may be a rectangular shape, or the tip of the straight pipe 50 extending to the middle of the bath as shown in FIG. 3 Alternatively, a circular pipe 51 connecting both ends of a pipe or a triangular pipe 52 may be attached. Further, in the above embodiment, the plate member 4 which is a pressing member of the fixing means 42 for fixing the base 32 is used.
Although an example in which the bolt 44 is used to move the 4a has been described, the invention is not limited to the bolt, and a cam or a spring may be used.

[0024]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the handrail body is passed between the leg standing in the bathtub and the base engaged with the standing wall of the bathtub, and the handrail body is inserted into the bathtub. Since it is located, the assistant can move safely in the middle of the bathtub by connecting the handrail main body located in the bathtub, and can also hold the handrail main body thereafter to stabilize itself. Therefore, it is possible to prevent a situation in which the person requiring assistance concentrates on a predetermined portion of the bathtub beforehand, and the bathtub can be widely used. Also, since the handrail body can be moved together with the base,
The handrail can be freely moved to the optimal position for the user. Furthermore, it can be easily handled when retrofitting to an existing bathtub, and can be easily removed when it is no longer needed.

Further , the guide means is constituted by disposing and disposing a pair of rollers along the longitudinal direction of the standing wall of the plurality of bathtubs, so that the guide means can be obtained with a very simple structure with a small number of parts. it can.

[0026]

Further , since the base is provided with fixing means for fixing the base to the standing wall of the bathtub, it is possible to prevent the handrail from wandering or moving carelessly. Further, fixing means are movably mounted on left and right upright portions parallel to each other of the base formed in a U-shape, respectively, so that the pressing members are movable, and these pressing members are attached to the bathtub located inside the base. Since the standing wall is configured to be pressed from both sides, the fixing means can be obtained with a very simple configuration with a small number of parts.

[0028]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a bathtub apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line II-II in FIG.

FIG. 3 shows another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Bathtub apparatus, 2 ... Bathtub, 3 ... Moving handrail, 24 ... Standing wall, 31 ... Leg, 32 ... Base, 32b ... Standing plate part, 33 ... Handrail main body, 37 ... Bottom plate, 38 ... Caster, 39 ... Guide means , 40 ... roller, 44a ... plate material (pressing member).

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Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A leg (31) standing in a bathtub (2), a base (32) engaged with a standing wall (24) of the bathtub, and a handrail passed between the leg and the base. Body (33)
The base is provided with guide means (39) for guiding the base so as to move in parallel along the vertical wall of the bathtub, and the guide means (39) is provided on the vertical wall of the bathtub. (24) left and right
Pair of rollers (40, 40) sandwiched from both sides
Pair, spaced and arranged along the longitudinal direction of the standing wall of the bathtub
The base is fixed to the standing wall of the bathtub.
Means are provided, and said fixing means are flat with each other of said bases formed in a U-shape.
Pressing portions on the left and right standing plate portions (32b, 32c)
The material (44a) is movably mounted, and the pressing portions
The material is placed on both sides of the standing wall of the bathtub located inside the base.
The handrail body (33) is folded in the middle of the bathtub.
A moving handrail for a bathtub, wherein the moving handrail is formed in a substantially U-shape in plan view . 2. A chair is foldably mounted on the leg.
The moving handrail for a bathtub according to claim 1, wherein the handrail is attached . 3. The handrail body extends to the middle of the bathtub.
At the end of a straight pipe (50)
Has a triangular configuration.
The moving handrail for a bathtub according to claim 1, wherein 4. A bathtub apparatus characterized by comprising a tub handrail according to any of the claims 1-3.