JP3203836U - Swing frame holding fixture for nursing walker - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To securely hold a swing frame used in a walker for nursing care at a rising position when in use, and to release the holding so that it can be rotated to a horizontal position when not required, and to be held in a horizontal position. In addition, the present invention provides a holding fixture for a swing frame in a nursing walker that is released from its holding state when used. A swing frame holding fixture in a nursing walker includes a rear holding fixture 100 used when standing up and a front holding fixture 200 used in a horizontal state when stored. The holding and releasing are performed by the operation of the engaging portions of the respective fixing tools, and the reliable holding and releasing can be performed. [Selection] Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a holding fixture required to fix and hold a swing frame constituting a nursing walker in a standing position when in use or to fold and hold a swing frame in a horizontal position when used and stored.

  There are various types of nursing walker, but it is necessary to change the holding form when using and storing the walking walker. In this case, it is necessary to hold and fix the nursing walker in a use state or a storage state, and a tool for that is required. Naturally, there are various types of tools, and those that match the shape of the walker are required, but I cannot remember the prior art that matches them. Then, as a result of investigating the prior art about a connection tool and a fixing tool, "patent document 1" and "patent document 2" are mentioned.

JP2014-150812 (FIG. 1) JP2014-81694 (FIG. 1)

  “JP-A-2014-150812” of “Patent Document 1” relates to a {connector] and is convenient for connection and opening, but is not suitable for the present invention described later. In addition, the detachable “clamping fixture” in “Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2014-81694” in “Patent Document 2” has a simple structure and excellent handling and reliability, but is difficult to apply to the present invention. It is.

  In the case of a walker for nursing care according to the present invention, which will be described later, as a walker, such as a nursing walker that makes a swing arm detachably provided with a seat surface to be in a standing state or a horizontal state for storage. Therefore, there is a demand for a holding fixture that can be held and fixed reliably in this state and can be easily and reliably released from holding and holding.

  The present invention has been devised in view of the above requirements, and the swing arm is securely held and fixed in a standing state or in a horizontal state during storage, and the holding and fixing can be easily and reliably released. An object of the present invention is to provide a swing frame holding fixture in a nursing walker that can be manufactured at low cost.

  The present invention has been devised in order to achieve the above object, and the invention of claim 1 is provided in the vicinity of the left and right base frames that interpose a cross frame and connect casters to the lower surface and the cross frame. A swing frame that rises from the left and right ends of the base plate and is pivotally supported by the base frame, and a human buttocks that is pivotally supported by the swing frame and is detachable. A holding fixture before and after being formed to hold the swing frame of a nursing care walker having a seat surface sheet or the like in a horizontal state or a standing state and to release the holding. An inner rear holding fixture is disposed on the lower surface side of the swing frame and is attached to the cross frame so as to be movable left and right and back and forth. And a stopper plate having a locking portion for locking to a lock slider fixed to the base frame side and a lock slider, the lock slider being fixed to the base frame; The rear support body includes a rear engaging slider that is movably held by the rear support body and forms an engaging portion that engages with the engaging portion of the stopper plate, and the front holding fixture in the holding fixture includes: A front portion having a front support body fixed to the base frame, and a retaining portion that is movably held by the front support body and is removably engaged with a groove formed in the swing frame. The front portion in a state where the engagement portion of the engagement slider and the front engagement slider is released from the concave groove of the slider frame. A holding plate for holding the landing slider in its position is formed on either of the left and right holding fixtures, and the rear holding fixture is configured to hold and fix the swing frame in a rising state, and the front portion The holding fixture is characterized in that the holding frame is held and fixed in a horizontal state.

The swing frame holding fixture in the nursing walker according to the present invention is fixed by a stopper plate that engages with the lower surface of the swing frame when the swinging swing frame is in a standing state, and the rear portion of the lock slide by moving the stopper plate when the swing frame is opened. By engaging with the engaging slider, the swing frame becomes free and can be rotated. On the other hand, when the swing frame that is in a free state during storage is tilted to the horizontal position, the front engagement slider is engaged with the concave groove of the swing frame to fix the swing frame in the horizontal state. On the other hand, in order to release the state, the swing frame becomes free by releasing the holding plate and releasing the engaging slider from the concave groove.
As described above, the swing frame in the rising state or the horizontal state can be easily and securely held and released.

The perspective view (a) which shows the whole structure of the walker for nursing care, the perspective view (b) which shows the walking walker for nursing care which removed the seat sheet from this state, and the swing frame which was in the state of (b) The perspective view (c) which shows the state which fell to the horizontal state for storage from the standing-up state is shown. The rear holding fixture 100 and the front holding fixture 200 are in the illustrated positions. Figure (a) showing the structure of the rear holding fixture and the state in which the stopper plate holds the swing frame in the standing state, and the stopper plate moves and engages with the lock slider to release the swing frame to the free state. FIG. The figure which shows the structure of the engaging part at the front-end | tip of a stopper plate and the rear engaging slider of a lock switch, and the figure (b) which shows the state which the stopper plate and the rear engaging slider were engaged. The figure which shows the whole structure of the front holding fixture 200. The state (a) which shows the state which can be engaged with the groove of the swing frame of the front holding fixture of the front holding fixture, and can be engaged with the groove of the swing frame of the front holding fixture without the holding plate The figure which shows a state (b).

Hereinafter, an embodiment of a holding fixture for a swing frame in a nursing walker according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
In addition, the following Example demonstrates the walking walker for the form shown in FIG. 1, and it can apply to the walker of the similar form other than what is shown in FIG. 1 as a holding fixture. Of course.

As shown to Fig.1 (a), the walker for nursing care consists of the thing of the following general structure.
The left and right base frames 9, 9 have casters 10 on the lower surface, and a cross frame 11 is interposed between the base frames 9, 9 to form an H-shaped frame. The swing frame 12 includes a base plate 13 and includes frames 12a and 12a that rise from left and right ends thereof. The frames 12a and 12a have a more detailed structure, but the description thereof is omitted. Moreover, although the swing frame 12 is formed so that height adjustment is possible, the structure description is also abbreviate | omitted. A seat surface sheet 14 against which a human buttocks abuts is detachably connected to the swing frame 12, and the seat surface sheet 14 can be rotated outward and can be easily detached from the swing frame 12. However, the description of the structure is also omitted.
The holding fixture of the swing frame in the nursing walker according to the present invention is indicated by 100 and 200 in FIG. 1, and the detailed structure thereof will be described below.

  The rear holding fixture 100 includes a rod-like stopper plate 1 and a lock slider 2. As shown in FIG. 2, the stopper plate is disposed on the lower surface side of the cross frame 11, and is disposed so as to be movable in the longitudinal direction (left and right direction) of the cross frame 11 and in a direction orthogonal thereto. As described above, the stopper plate 1 is a rod-shaped member, and an engaging portion 3 is formed at the tip of the stopper plate 1 as shown in FIG. The engagement portion 3 is engaged with the engagement portion 3a engaged with the corner on the lower surface of the swing frame 12 as shown in FIG. 2A and the lock slider 2 as shown in FIGS. The engaging portion 3b.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the lock slider 2 is composed of a rear support body 4 fixed to the base frame 9 side and a rear engaging slider 5 that is movably supported by a spring (not shown). At the tip of the engagement slider 5, an engagement portion 5a that engages with the engagement portion 3b of the stopper plate 1 is formed.

With the above structure, when the engaging portion 3a of the stopper plate 1 is in the engaging state shown in FIG. 3, the swing frame 12 is held in a standing state.
On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 2 (b), when the stopper plate 1 moves in the left-right direction and the front-rear direction, the sticking between the stopper plate 1 and the swing frame 12 is eliminated and the engaging portion 3b of the stopper plate 1 is locked. It is engaged with the engaging portion 5a of the slider 2 and its movement is restricted. Therefore, the swing frame 12 can be freely rotated.

Next, the structure of the front holding fixture 200 will be described with reference to FIG.
The front holding fixture 200 includes a front support body 6 that is fixed to the base frame 9 side, a front engaging slider 7 that is movably supported by a spring (not shown), a holding plate 8, and the like. . As shown in FIG. 5, the holding plate 8 is provided only on one of the left and right sides. FIG. 5A shows the holding plate 8 and FIG. Although not clearly shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, etc., when the swing frame 12 falls in the horizontal direction, the engaging portion 7a of the front engaging slider 7 is shown in FIG. 3 (a). This is because the swing frame 12 is held in a horizontal state by being engaged with one of the concave grooves 12b by a spring force. Further, the holding is released by pressing the pressing portion 7b of the front engaging slider 7 and holding the state by the holding plate 8. As a result, the swing frame 12 can be rotated.
However, since there are only two hands for humans, to rotate the swing frame 12, the pressing portion 7b of the front holding fixture 200 on the side where the holding plate 8 is not installed is operated with one hand. The swing frame 12 is rotated with one hand.

Next, the rotation operation of the holding fixture for the swing frame in the nursing walker according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
Fig.1 (a) shows the structure in the use condition of the walker for nursing care, In this state, the swing frame 12 is in the holding state and shows the state in which the seat surface seat 14 is also attached.

FIG. 1B shows a case where the swing frame 12 is stored in a horizontal direction. First, as shown in the figure, the seat surface sheet 14 is removed from the swing frame 12 and the swing frame 12 is released.
Next, as shown in FIG. 1C, the swing frame 12 is gripped and tilted in the horizontal direction. Here, the front holding fixture 200 acts as described above, and the swing frame 12 is fixed in a horizontal state.

  In order to rotate the swing frame 12 in the rising direction from the state of FIG. 1C, as described above, the front holding fixture 200 is released and the swing frame 12 is lifted to hold the rear holding fixture 100. By attaching the seat surface sheet 14 to the above, the state shown in FIG.

  The present invention consists of the contents of the above description, but the present invention is not limited to the above contents, and those of the same technical category are of course applied.

  The present invention is not only applied to the nursing walker shown in the embodiment, but can also be applied to a part that needs to hold and hold a rotating member, and its use range is extremely wide.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Stopper plate 2 Lock slider 3 Engagement part 3a Engagement part 3b Engagement part 4 Rear support main body 5 Rear engagement slider 5a Engagement part 6 Front support main body 7 Front engagement slider 7a Engagement part 7b Press part 8 Holding plate 9 Base frame 10 Caster 11 Cross frame 12 Swing frame 12a Frame 12b Groove 13 Base plate 14 Seat surface sheet 100 Rear holding fixture 200 Front holding fixture

Claims (1)

  Left and right base frames that interpose a caster on the lower surface with a cross frame and a base plate provided near the cross frame, rise from the left and right ends of the base plate, and pivotally support the base frame side The swing frame of a nursing care walker having a swing frame that is supported by the swing frame and a seat surface seat that is removably held on the swing frame and supports a human buttocks is held in a horizontal state or a standing state. And a front and rear holding fixture formed to release the holding, and a rear holding fixture of the holding fixture is arranged on the lower surface side of the swing frame and moves to the left and right and back and forth with respect to the cross frame. The lock slider is fixedly attached to the lower side of the swing frame and fixed to the base frame side. A stopper plate having an engaging portion and a lock slider, the lock slider being fixed to the base frame and spring-movably held by the rear support body and being attached to the engaging portion of the stopper plate. A front engaging body that is fixed to the base frame and a spring that is movable to the front supporting body. A front engaging slider having an engaging portion that is held and is detachably engaged with a recessed groove provided in the swing frame, and the engaging portion of the front engaging slider includes a concave portion of the slider frame. One of the left and right holding fixtures holds the holding plate that holds the front engaging slider in its position in a state of being released from the groove. The rear holding fixture is formed by holding and fixing the swing frame in a rising state, and the front holding fixture is formed by holding and fixing the swing frame in a horizontal state. A holding fixture for a swing frame in a nursing walker.

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