JP3191908U - Socks expansion member - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an expansion member of a sock which can be attached to a completed or commercially available sock to make a sock for a foot with a cast or a swelling while taking advantage of the characteristics of the sock. .. An expansion member (10) for making a completed sock 20 for a foot with a swelling or a cast, from the end edge 21 of the sock 20 to the top of the instep. It is composed of two connecting end edges 11 which are connected to each of the two cutting end edges 22 which are formed by cutting open up to the portion to be, and an upper end edge 12 which connects the cut open portions of the sock opening end edge 21. [Selection diagram] Fig. 2

Description

  The present invention relates to an expansion member used by being attached to a commercially available sock, and more particularly to a member for expanding a commercially available sock that is swollen or cast and cannot be worn as it is.

  It is common for a person who has a broken leg to protect the treated leg with a so-called cast. As this cast, as described in Patent Document 1, there are patella tendon support casts, so-called crus casts, etc., and such casts are currently widely used in the treatment of crus fractures. In order to enable the movement of the knee joint and load walking from the early stage after the fracture or the operation, this cast is a peripheral part of the knee joint (patellar) indicated by an arrow in FIG. 5 (FIG. 9 in Patent Document 1). It is used for the purpose of protecting (unloading) an excessive load from being applied to the fractured part of the lower leg by supporting the weight at the compression site of the tendon part and the tibial condyle part.

  Such casts are used only for the purpose of preventing excessive loads from being applied to the fractures of the lower leg (unloading). The tip of the toes that play an important role in walking is As shown also in FIG. 4, it is exposed from the cast. The tip of the toe exposed from this cast will be very cold during winter and must be kept warm.

  On the other hand, if the tip of the toe is exposed from the cast, it is necessary to prevent dirt and damage when walking outside the room. Proposed “cast shoes” (also called cast shoes) are used.

  FIG. 6 shows a “gibbed foot cover” proposed in Patent Document 2, but this “gibbed foot cover” “is replaced when a normal shoe cannot be worn due to a fracture or the like”. As shown in FIG. 6, “Magic tape (registered trademark) is attached to the body 1 for easy attachment and detachment, and a wide rubber is put on the ankle portion 2 to prevent slipping off. The shape of the socks will be better fitted to the feet by making it the same shape as the tabi.In addition to preventing the dirt of the casts, you can put your feet on the ground without worrying about dirt, so you can reduce the physical burden " It is.

  In addition, FIG. 7 shows “gypse shoes” sold in recent years. However, the “gypse shoes” in FIG. 7 is such that the tip of the toe is left exposed and can be easily worn on the foot. However, you can't keep your toes warm.

JP-A-9-84828, abstract, FIG. Utility model registration No. 3128085 publication

  As described above, in order to keep the toes of a person wearing a cast warm, a large sock that can be worn from above the cast is required instead of the “cast shoes”. So, for those who wear casts, we look for large socks that are not on the market, but socks for people who wear such casts are not generally sold. You will make a special sock.

  However, since socks are usually useful only when the left and right sides are aligned, even if a special sock is made for a foot with a cast, it must also be prepared for the opposite foot. In a lower leg fracture, both lower limbs are rarely fractured, and one leg often remains healthy, but in that case, the foot wearing the cast is a special sock and the other side is Other socks with different designs look bad, and this can be expensive and time consuming.

  The above is also true for a person who is not wearing a cast, but who has “swollen” foot for some reason and is swollen to the extent that commercial socks cannot be worn.

  So, for those who have casts on one leg or have swelling and need large socks, the present inventors can use it in common with the socks on the other leg. As a result of various studies on what to do, the present invention has been completed upon realizing that one pair of completed or commercially available socks should be expanded.

  In other words, the object of the present invention is to attach a cast to a completed or marketed sock while wearing a cast or a sock for a foot with swelling. It is to provide an expansion member that can be used.

In order to solve the above problems, means taken by the present invention will be described with reference numerals used in the description of the best mode described below.
“An expansion member 10 for making the completed sock 20 for a foot with swelling or a cast 30 comprising:
Two connecting end edges 11 connected to two cut end edges 22 formed by cutting the sock 20 from the mouth end edge 21 to the upper part of the instep, respectively, and the mouth end edge 21 An expansion member 10 having an upper edge 12 connecting the cut portions "
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  As shown in FIG. 1, the expansion member 10 allows a completed or commercially available sock 20 to be put on a foot that is swollen or has a cast 30 attached thereto. That is, as shown in FIG. 2 (a), the expansion member 10 includes two so-called cut-out parts of a sock 20 that are completed or commercially available, from the end edge 21 of the mouth to the part above the instep. It is connected to the cutting edge 22.

  And this expansion member 10 is connected to two cut end edges 22 on the sock 20 side, respectively, two connection end edges 11 connected to each other, and an upper end edge 12 connecting the cut-opened portion of the mouth end edge 21; It is what has.

  The material of the expansion member 10 may be anything as long as it functions as “socks”, and may be made of cloth or knit. In addition, in order to connect the expansion member 10 to the two cut end edges 22 formed by cutting open the portion of the sock 20 from the end edge 21 to the upper part of the instep, general sewing or knitting is performed. Needless to say, the double-sided adhesive tape 15 and the adhesive described in the embodiments described later are employed.

  The expansion member 10 may be implemented as a single piece as shown in FIG. 2 (a), or as shown in FIGS. 3 (a) and 3 (d), or in FIG. 3 (b) or (c). ) And a split string 14a that closes the split unit 14 may be implemented. Note that the expansion member 10 shown in FIG. 3D is a regular pentagon, and the upper two sides are used as the mouth edge 12, but only one side may be used as the mouth edge 12. , For free use.

  As the sock 20 to which the expansion member 10 as described above is to be connected, a completed or commercially available one may be used as it is. This is because the completed or commercially available socks 20 are arranged as a pair of left and right in terms of design and size, so that the expansion member 10 as shown in FIG. This is because the socks 20 on the market without such processing have a unified function and design. In other words, most of the sock 20 to which the expansion member 10 according to the present invention is connected remains the original sock 20, and the sock 20 that does not have the design, size, touch, and mouth edge 21. This is almost the same in all respects such as the strength of the stretchable rubber.

  If the completed or commercially available sock 20 is brought into the state shown in FIG. 1 by using the expansion member 10 as described above, the mouth edge 21 that the sock 20 originally had is the expansion member. 10 so that the sock 20 for a person who is not wearing the cast 30 can be worn by a person wearing the cast 30 as shown in FIG. By wearing it from above, it can be used sufficiently.

  In other words, the expansion member 10 according to the present invention can be used for a person wearing the cast 30 by using the sock 20 provided at a low cost as it is, and has a pair of socks 20. While maintaining the unity in design, the functions of the socks 20 themselves are also unified, and the toes on the side where the cast 30 is worn can be kept warm easily and inexpensively.

  Of course, the elastic function of the rubber incorporated in the mouth end edge 21 on the sock 20 side is completely impaired because the end edge 12 on the expansion member 10 side is continuous with the end edge 21 of the foot. Needless to say, the sock 20 can be securely fastened on the cast 30.

  Therefore, the expansion member 10 according to the present invention is attached to a sock 20 that is completed or commercially available so that the cast 30 can be worn or swollen with the cast 30 while taking advantage of the characteristics of the sock 20. It is something that can be done.

As explained above, the present invention
“An expansion member 10 for making the completed sock 20 for a foot with swelling or a cast 30 comprising:
Two connecting end edges 11 connected to two cut end edges 22 formed by cutting the sock 20 from the mouth end edge 21 to the upper part of the instep, respectively, and the mouth end edge 21 An expansion member 10 having an upper edge 12 connecting the cut portions "
Therefore, by attaching to a completed or commercially available sock 20, it is possible to wear the cast 30 or take a sock for a foot with swelling while taking advantage of the characteristics of the sock 20.

FIG. 3 is a partial side view of the expansion member 10 according to the present invention attached to a commercially available sock 20 and worn by a person wearing the cast 30. FIG. 2 shows a state in which the expansion member 10 is attached to a sock 20, wherein (a) shows two cut end edges 22 formed by cutting out the sock 20 from a wear mouth edge 21 to a portion on the instep; It is a perspective view which shows how to match the expansion member 10 to this, (b) is a perspective view of the state which attached the expansion member 10 to the sock 20. FIG. It is each top view which shows the aspect of the expansion member 10 in four examples of (a)-(d). It is a side view which shows a leg of a person wearing a cast. It is sectional drawing which shows the state of the cast 30 shown by patent document 1. FIG. It is a top view which shows the cast shoes shown by patent document 2. FIG. It is a perspective view of the cast shoes marketed.

  The present invention configured as described above will be described with respect to the expansion member 10 according to the embodiment shown in the drawings. FIG. 1 shows the expansion member 10 according to the present embodiment on the foot of a person wearing the cast 30. A side view of the sock 20 is shown.

  In order to attach the expansion member 10 to the sock 20, as shown in FIG. 2 (a), first, the sock 20 is cut open from the end edge 21 of the sock to the part above the instep of the foot so The cutting edge 22 is formed. It is effective in terms of stabilizing the direction in which the expansion member 10 is attached later that these cut edges 22 are formed by making cuts in a direction corresponding to the direction in which a normal sock 20 is worn. In addition, it is possible to insert a notch 23 as shown in FIG. 2 in the sock 20 located at the tip of the notch in a state perpendicular to the notch direction for the cutting edge 22. This is effective because the sock 20 can be prevented from further tearing.

  The expansion member 10 includes two connecting end edges 11 that are respectively connected to the cutting end edge 22 formed on the sock 20 and an upper end edge 12 that connects the cut-opened portion of the sock 20 side end edge 21. And. The material of the expansion member 10 may be a simple fabric having almost no elasticity, or “knit” having a certain degree of elasticity.

  The planar shape of the expansion member 10 is shown in FIG. 3A in order to match the two cut end edges 22 formed by cutting the sock 20 and the mouth end edge 21 at the upper end of the sock 20. Such a substantially triangular shape is most natural, but if it is implemented as a regular polygonal shape as shown in FIG. 3D, the degree of freedom in use may be increased.

  Of course, if the expansion member 10 can be matched with the two cut end edges 22 formed by opening the sock 20 and the mouth end edge 21 at the upper end of the sock 20, (b) in FIG. If it is assumed that the dividing portion 14 as shown in (c) is provided and the dividing portion 14 can be closed by the split string 14a, not only the cast 30 can be easily worn but also the cast 30. The fastening strength against the top can be adjusted to some extent. In addition, if the decoration 13 as shown to (a) and (c) of FIG. 3 is put on the surface of this expansion member 10, a pleasant usage can be performed.

  The expansion member 10 is attached in accordance with two cut end edges 22 formed by cutting off the sock 20 and a mouth end edge 21 at the upper end of the sock 20. Various attachment methods are conceivable. Although most commonly “sticking” or “sewing”, as illustrated in FIG. 3A, a double-sided adhesive tape 15 or an adhesive tape is attached to the back surface of the connecting edge 11 of the expansion member 10. That is. This is because the expansion member 10 may be bonded to the end edge 21 of the sock 20 side by using the double-sided adhesive tape 15 or the like. Further, the expansion member 10 may be attached to the sock 20 by a simple adhesive (a variety of adhesives suitable for bonding fabrics have been proposed).

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Expansion member 11 Connection edge 12 Wear mouth edge 13 Decoration 14 Dividing part 14a Split stitch 15 Double-sided adhesive tape 20 Socks 21 Wear mouth edge 22 Cutting edge 23 Notch 30 Gypsum

Claims (1)

An expansion member for making a completed sock for a swollen or casted foot,
Two connecting edges connected to two cut edges formed by cutting from the edge of the sock to the portion above the instep of the sock, and the notch of the sock An expansion member having an upper edge connecting the portions.

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