JP3108447U - Standing aid for bedside frame - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To balance a body at the time of getting up from a bed or transferring to a wheelchair or the like by catching with both hands, and furthermore, it is possible to easily change the direction of the body while being caught by a standing support tool A bedside frame stand-up assisting device that facilitates transfer to a wheelchair is provided.
SOLUTION: A first handrail portion 10 having a horizontal horizontal frame and connected to a fixed handrail fixed in an upright state from a side frame of a bed and projecting laterally from the side frame of the bed; A bedside frame stand-up assisting tool comprising a second handrail portion 20 having a frame and connected to the first overhanging handrail.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a standing aid for a bedside frame for facilitating catching and getting up when getting up from a bed, and further relates to a standing aid for a bedside frame used for a person with a disability or a care recipient.

Conventionally, there is a handrail as shown in FIG. 1 as a handrail for a bed captured when getting off the bed.
Handrails that support the body are indispensable for persons with disabilities, care recipients, frail elderly people, etc. when they get off the bed and transfer to a wheelchair or portable toilet. However, the conventional handrails are handrails attached along the bedside as shown in FIG. 6 (a), or handrails protruding in one direction from the bedside as shown in FIG. 6 (b). Therefore, the balance of the body was easily lost, and there was a risk of falling during the transfer operation. In particular, changing the direction of the body to sit in a wheelchair while supporting the body with a handrail with one hand required a lot of labor for the care recipient and often fell during this movement.

  In view of the above problems, the inventor of the present application has a central leg portion and leg portions on both sides of the central leg portion. It is designed to be possible, and both legs can be fixed by inserting a support rod for adjusting the lower length, and the center leg and the legs on both sides can be fixed respectively. A bedside handrail was proposed based on the fact that a horizontal frame that can be gripped by the user was mounted from both sides, and the horizontal frames on both sides crossed at a predetermined angle. No. 3044428).

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-299840 includes lower and upper horizontal frames extending in parallel, a fixed handrail fixed in a standing state from a side frame of a bed, and the lower and upper horizontal frames. A detachable handrail comprising first and second horizontal frames extending in parallel with an interval equal to the interval, and an overhanging handrail extending between the first and second horizontal frames and projecting sideways; Between the side end of the detachable handrail and the side end of the fixed handrail, the ends of the upper horizontal frame and the first horizontal frame are connected to each other, and the lower horizontal frame and the first horizontal frame are connected to each other. The ends of the two horizontal frames are connected to each other, and the detachable frame is turned upside down so that the ends of the lower horizontal frame and the first horizontal frame are connected to each other. Ligated, and bed railing and a connecting mechanism capable of switching to a state in which connecting end portions of said upper horizontal frame and the second horizontal frame has been proposed.
JP 11-299840 A

In the above-mentioned conventional handrail, when transferring to a wheelchair, it is necessary to first catch it with a short detachable handrail part with one hand and then change the body direction toward the detachable handrail in order to sit on the wheelchair. Therefore, there is a problem that the balance of the body is easily lost and the body easily falls.
In view of the above-mentioned problems, the present inventors provide a bedside stand-up assisting tool that can balance the body and reduce falls when rising from a bed or transferring to a wheelchair or the like. Objective.
It is a second object of the present invention to provide a standing support tool that can be easily attached to an existing bedside handrail.

Therefore, the present inventor attaches a stand-up assisting tool having the first overhanging portion and the second overhanging portion to the bedside handrail so that the handrail can be held with both hands, and there is a risk of falling. We found that it decreased, and arrived at the present invention.
That is, the bedside frame stand-up assisting device described in claim 1 of the present invention is
A first handrail portion 10 composed of upper and lower horizontal frames 11a, 11b and a vertical frame 12 connecting the outer ends of the horizontal frames;
The upper and lower horizontal frames 12a, 12b and a second handrail portion 20 comprising a vertical frame 22 connecting the outer ends of the horizontal frames,
The first handrail 10 and the second handrail 20 are:
It is connected to the column P at the inner end of each of the upper and lower horizontal frames,
It is formed in a U shape with an angle θ in plan view,
A leg portion 23 is provided at a lower portion of the vertical frame 22 of the second handrail portion 20 so as to be adjustable in length,
The leg part 24 is provided in the lower part of the said support | pillar P so that length adjustment is possible.
The bedside frame stand-up assisting device according to claim 2 is described in claim 1,
The angle θ is 90 to 180 °.
The bedside frame stand-up assisting device according to claim 3 is described in claim 1 or 2,
The angle θ is variable.

According to the bedside frame stand-up assisting device of the present invention, the first overhanging handrail and the second overhanging handrail connected to it can be caught with both hands. It has the effect of reducing the number of falls. In addition, since the first overhanging handrail and the second overhanging handrail are connected at a predetermined angle, the user can easily change the direction of the body while being caught by the handrail. Transfer operation becomes much easier.
Using the standing support device of the present invention is particularly large when paralysis is heavy and tends to fall to the affected side when moving to a wheelchair, etc., or when the balance is poor but it is stable by holding a handrail with both hands effective. Even when there is a risk of walking out and falling due to dementia or the like, walking through the standing assisting device of the present invention reduces the risk of falling.
The standing support tool of the present invention can be easily attached to an existing bedside handrail.

Hereinafter, the standing support tool for a bedside frame of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a basic configuration of a bedside frame stand-up assisting device according to the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 1, the bedside frame stand-up assisting device of the present invention has a first handrail 10 and a second handrail 20, both of which are connected in a “shape”. .

The first handrail 10 is formed of a rectangular pipe,
It consists of upper and lower horizontal frames 11a and 11b and a vertical vertical frame 12 that connects the outer ends of both.
The second handrail portion 20 is also formed of a rectangular pipe,
It consists of upper and lower horizontal frames 21a and 21b and a vertical vertical frame 22 that connects the outer ends of both.
Moreover, the 1st handrail part 10 and the 2nd handrail part 20 are
The inner ends of the horizontal frames 11a and 11b and the horizontal frames 21a and 21b are connected to the column P, and are formed in a “U” shape at an angle θ in plan view.
In addition, the horizontal frame in the 1st handrail part 10 and the 2nd handrail part 20 is not limited to upper and lower two pieces, When intensity | strength is required, a number can be increased suitably and can also be set to three or more.
Further, a leg portion 23 is provided at the lower portion of the vertical frame 22 of the second handrail portion 20. The leg 23 can be freely applied to the difference in height between the bed and the floor, so that the upper end is inserted into the lower end of the vertical frame 22 and the length thereof is adjusted to be fixed to the lower portion of the vertical frame 22. It has a configuration.
For the same reason, a leg portion 24 is also provided at the lower portion of the support column P. The leg portion 24 is fixed to the lower portion of the support column P by inserting the upper end into the lower end of the support column P and adjusting its length. It has a possible configuration.
For the length adjustment, as shown in FIG. 1, a means for fixing from the lateral direction by a fixing means N such as a screw can be used.

When using the standing support tool of the present invention connected to the side frame of the bed,
As shown in FIG. 1, the 1st handrail part 10 is fixed to the fixed handrail A which stood up from the side frame of the bed using the fixing means 30. As shown in FIG.
In the present invention, the fixing means 30 is not specified as long as it is a fixing method having a strength enough to withstand even if the user leans against it.
As a simple fixing method, the vertical frame 12 of the first handrail portion 10 is
Close contact with the vertical frame A2 of the fixed handrail A on the side frame of the bed,
There is a method in which the vertical frame 12 of the first handrail 10 and the vertical frame A2 of the fixed handrail A are bound by the fixing means 30.
Examples of the fixing means at this time include a fixing metal fitting, a binding band, a binding string, and the like.
Other fixing means may be a method in which one vertical frame is inserted into the other vertical frame and both the vertical frames are fixed with screws or the like.

The first handrail part 10 and the second handrail part 20 share the column P.
In this case, the first handrail portion 10 and the second handrail portion 20 are connected in a square shape at an angle θ in plan view.
It is preferable because the direction of the user's body can be easily changed.
The angle θ is preferably 90 ° to 180 ° in order to realize convenience of use and stable support.
If it is less than 90 °, it is difficult for the user to enter between the first handrail portion 10 and the second handrail portion 20, and if it exceeds 180 °, it will be bent not on the front side of the user but on the back side. It becomes difficult for the user to hold the first handrail 10 and the second handrail 20 with both hands.
For such an angle θ, when connecting the first handrail 10 and the second handrail 20 to the column P, for example, during pipe welding, the angle θ is appropriately determined according to the user's request. Can be manufactured.

Further, the angle θ may be made variable by using a hinge or the like so that the user can make a desired angle. In that case, the support pillar P1 provided at the inner end part of the first handrail part 10 and the support pillar P2 provided at the inner end part of the second handrail part 20 are connected using a hinge or the like, and the support pillar P1 and the support pillar P2 are connected to the shaft. The angle θ can be fixed when the desired angle is reached.
As a method of fixing the angle θ, it is conceivable to fix the first handrail portion 10 and the second handrail portion 20 with an angle fixing rod (not shown) that bridges the horizontal frames 11a and 21a.

As described above, by making the angle θ variable, the opening angle θ of the first handrail 10 and the second handrail 20 can be changed according to the length and stride of the user's hand.
In addition, when the standing assisting tool of the present invention is not used, the first handrail 10 and the second handrail 20 can be folded and stored, which is effective without taking up space.

Next, it is desirable that the angle α formed by the bedside fixed handrail portion A and the first handrail portion 10 is variable.
That is, when connecting the first handrail portion 10 to the fixed handrail A on the side frame of the bed, it is preferable to employ a fixing means that can be fixed at a desired angle α.

  The material for the standing assisting device of the present invention preferably has a strength sufficient to support the user's body, and examples thereof include steel, aluminum, wood, plastic, and composite materials thereof. Moreover, in order to handle easily, it is preferable that it is comparatively lightweight. From the above viewpoint, a hollow steel pipe is preferably used.

(First embodiment)
FIG. 2 is a perspective view for explaining the first embodiment of the bed side frame standing assistance tool of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 2, the vertical frame 12 of the first handrail portion 10 of the standing assisting tool of the present invention is brought into close contact with the vertical frame A2 of the fixed handrail A of the bedside frame, and a fixing means 30 such as a binding band is used. The vertical frame 12 and the vertical frame A2 are firmly fixed.
As the fixing means 30, for example, a fixing metal fitting for binding two steel pipes as shown in FIG. 4 is preferably used because an integrated structure excellent in strength can be obtained.

(Second Embodiment)
FIG. 3 is a view showing a second embodiment of the standing support tool for a side frame of a bed according to the present invention.
In the present embodiment, a fixed handrail A that is a side frame is attached to the bed, and an extended handrail B that extends outward from the end of the fixed handrail A is connected to the fixed handrail A. ing.
To attach the standing support tool of the present invention to the side frame of such a bed,
As shown in FIG. 3, the first handrail portion 10 and the extended handrail B are brought into close contact with each other, and the extended handrail B and the horizontal frames 11 a and 11 b, the vertical frame 12, the column P and the like of the first handrail portion 10 are bound with a binding band or the like. Securely using the fixing means.

As shown in FIG. 3, the extension handrail B provided by being fixed to the bedside in advance has a leg portion B <b> 1, and therefore, a portion of the standing support tool of the present invention in which the column P is extended downward. The leg portion 24 can be reduced.
On the other hand, when there is no leg part in the extended handrail B, it is preferable to extend the leg part 24 of the lower part of the support | pillar P of the standing assistance tool of this invention.

FIGS. 5A to 5D are plan views showing a series of operations from getting up from a bed using the bed side frame stand-up assisting tool of the present invention, getting up, and then transferring to a wheelchair.
As shown in FIGS. 5 (a) to 5 (d), the user can stand up and lean against the first handrail 10. In addition, since both the first and second handrails 20 are erected in front of the user with a predetermined angle θ, the first handrail 10 is held with one hand and the second handrail with the other hand. The body 20 can be held in a stable state by gripping the part 20, and can be easily seated on a wheelchair (or portable toilet or the like).

According to the stand-up assisting device of the present invention, the risk of standing up from a bed by a person who has a physical disability or paralysis and who is difficult to get up from the bed or transfer to a wheelchair or who has weak legs and hips Can be reduced. That is, the handrail can be held with both hands when standing from the bed, and the direction of the body can be changed along the handrail, so that the risk of falling is reduced.
Moreover, the standing assistance tool of the present invention can be easily attached to an existing bedside frame.

It is a perspective view which shows the structure of the standing assistance tool for bedside frames of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows 1st Embodiment of the standing assistance tool of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows 2nd Embodiment of the standing assistance tool of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the fixing means used in this invention. (A)-(d) is a top view which shows a series of operation | movement from getting up from a bed using the standing assistance tool of this invention, standing up, and transferring to a wheelchair next. It is a perspective view which shows the conventional bedside handrail.

Explanation of symbols

A fixed handrail A2 vertical frame B extended handrail B1 leg 10 first handrail 11a horizontal frame 11b horizontal frame 12 vertical frame 20 second handrail 21a horizontal frame 21b horizontal frame 22 vertical frame 23 leg 24 leg 30 fixing means θ Angle α Angle P, P1, P2 Column N Fixing means

Claims (3)

A first handrail portion 10 composed of upper and lower horizontal frames 11a, 11b and a vertical frame 12 connecting the outer ends of the horizontal frames;
The upper and lower horizontal frames 12a, 12b and a second handrail portion 20 comprising a vertical frame 22 connecting the outer ends of the horizontal frames,
The first handrail 10 and the second handrail 20 are:
It is connected to the column P at the inner end of each of the upper and lower horizontal frames,
It is formed in a U shape with an angle θ in plan view,
A leg portion 23 is provided at a lower portion of the vertical frame 22 of the second handrail portion 20 so as to be adjustable in length,
A bedside frame stand-up assisting tool, wherein a leg portion 24 is provided below the support column P so that the length thereof can be adjusted. The bedside frame stand-up assisting device according to claim 1, wherein the angle θ is 90 to 180 °. The bedside frame stand-up assisting device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the angle θ is variable.

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