JP3233223U - Pillow with acupressure function - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pillow with acupressure function which can be used not only as a pillow with acupressure function but also as a normal pillow. SOLUTION: A pillow core material 10 and an airbag 20 having a base portion 22 and acupressure bodies 24 rising from the base portion 22 and being arranged on a bottom surface 14 of the pillow core material 10 and air bags 20 are supplied and exhausted. A shiatsu body approaching portion 16 is formed from the bottom surface 14 to the top surface 12 on the pillow core material 10, and the acupressure body 24 enters the acupressure body approaching portion 16. In addition, the pillow 100 with acupressure function is characterized in that the upper end portion of the acupressure body 24 is within the thickness range of the pillow core material 10 in a state where the acupressure body 24 is supplied with air by the air supply / exhaust body 30. Is. [Selection diagram] Fig. 3

Description

The present invention relates to a pillow with acupressure function.

Conventionally known pillows allow acupressure points around the neck and back of the head to be easily pressed while lying on the back. As such a pillow with acupressure function, for example, a configuration as disclosed in Patent Document 1 (Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2002-95715) has been proposed.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2002-95715

The pillow with acupressure function disclosed in Patent Document 1 has a recess formed on the upper surface of a cushioning member which is a core material for a pillow, and an airbag for raising and lowering the acupressure body and the acupressure body in the recess is provided in the recess. It is housed and connected to an air supply unit that is separate from the pillow body. For this reason, the recess formed in the pillow body has an opening surface having a certain size, and when used as a normal pillow, the head and the acupressure target portion sink into the recess more than necessary. It has such a problem.

Therefore, the present invention aims to provide a pillow with acupressure function that can be used not only as a pillow with acupressure function but also as a normal pillow.

As a result of diligent research to solve the above problems, the present inventor came up with the following configuration. That is, an airbag having a pillow core material, an airbag disposed on the bottom surface of the pillow core material and having a base portion and a shiatsu body standing up from the base portion, and an air supply / exhaust body for supplying and exhausting to the airbag. The pillow core material is formed with a shiatsu body approaching portion from the bottom surface to the upper surface, and the acupressure body enters the acupressure body approaching portion and is described by the air supply / exhaust body. It is a pillow with acupressure function, characterized in that the upper end portion of the acupressure body is within the thickness range of the pillow core material in a state of being supplied with air to the acupressure body.

As a result, it is possible to improve the usability in both the use in the state where the acupressure function is exhibited and the use in the normal state.

Further, it is preferable that a recess for accommodating the base portion is formed on the bottom surface of the pillow core material.

As a result, the base portion of the airbag can be positioned on the pillow core material, so that the airbag (acupressure body) can be positioned at a predetermined position even if the airbag is repeatedly supplied and exhausted. ..

Further, it is preferable that the acupressure body entry portion is formed by a through hole penetrating from the bottom surface to the upper surface of the pillow core material.

As a result, the acupressure state by the acupressure body can be changed to the so-called strong pressing state.

Further, it is preferable that a pillow cover for accommodating the core material for the pillow is further provided, and the fabric of the portion of the pillow cover facing the upper end portion of the acupressure body is formed thicker than the other portions.

As a result, the acupressure by the acupressure body can be relaxed, the acupressure body can be used in a clean state for a long period of time, and the plane position where the acupressure body is arranged can be clarified.

Further, the air supply / exhaust body is preferably a hand pump.

As a result, the amount of air supplied to the airbag can be finely adjusted so that the acupressure body can be expanded to the desired state.

Further, it is preferable to further have an operation control unit that controls switching of the on / off operation of the air supply / exhaust body.

As a result, it is possible to enhance the relaxing effect and the refreshing effect by performing acupressure with the acupressure body at bedtime or when waking up.

By adopting the configuration according to the present invention, it is possible to improve the usability in both the use in the state where the acupressure function is exhibited and the use in the normal state.

It is a top view in the use state of the pillow with acupressure function in 1st Embodiment. It is a right side view in the use state of the pillow with acupressure function in 1st Embodiment. It is sectional drawing of the pillow part in line III-III in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the schematic structure of the operation control part. It is a top view in the use state of the pillow with acupressure function in 2nd Embodiment.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the pillow with acupressure function according to the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the drawings.

(First Embodiment)
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the pillow 100 with acupressure function in the present embodiment includes a pillow core material 10, an airbag 20 arranged on the bottom surface of the pillow core material 10, an air supply / exhaust body 30, and air supply / exhaust. It includes a motion control unit 40 that controls the motion of the body 30.

The pillow core material 10 in the present embodiment is formed in a substantially convex shape in terms of side view by so-called low-resilience urethane typified by soft urethane foam or the like. The upper surface 12 of the pillow core material 10 hits the gently inclined surface portion 12A that abuts from the back of the user to the base of the neck, the protruding portion 12B that abuts from the base of the neck of the user to the medulla oblongata, and the back of the head of the user. It is formed by a flat thick portion 12C in contact with each other. A recess 14A is formed on the bottom surface 14 of the pillow core material 10 so as to face the gently inclined surface portion 12A. Further, on the inner bottom surface of the recess 14A, a shiatsu body entry portion 16 composed of a plurality of concave holes extending from the inner bottom surface of the recess 14A toward the gently inclined surface portion 12A (upper surface 12 of the pillow core material 10) is formed.

Further, a pillow cover 18 is detachably attached to the outer surface of the pillow core material 10 in the present embodiment. The portion of the pillow cover 18 facing the gently sloping surface portion 12A is formed in a thick portion 18A that is thicker than the fabric thickness in the other portions. By adopting such a pillow cover 18, it becomes easy to recognize the portion where the acupressure body 24 is embedded from the outside, and the head can be placed at an appropriate position. Further, when the acupressure body entry portion 16 is formed by a through hole penetrating from the bottom surface 14 to the top surface 12 of the pillow core material 10, it also functions as a cushioning material when the acupressure body 24 comes into contact with the user. , It is convenient in that the abrasion resistance of the pillow cover 18 can be improved.

The airbag 20 in the present embodiment stands up from the base portion 22 arranged in the recess 14A formed in the bottom surface 14 of the pillow core material 10 and the base portion 22, and enters the respective acupressure body entry portions 16. It has a shiatsu body 24. The airbag 20 in the present embodiment has a base portion 22 so that the base portion 22 does not protrude from the recess 14A even when air is supplied to the inside of the airbag 20 by the air supply / exhaust body 30 (a state in which the acupressure function is exerted). The amount of expansion is minimized. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the acupressure body 24 in the present embodiment is formed in a bottomed tubular body, and the upper end portion (bottomed portion) has a hemispherical shape. Further, like the base portion 22, the acupressure body 24 is formed so as to minimize the elongation of the acupressure body 24 and cure the acupressure body 24 when air is supplied to the airbag 20.

Further, in the airbag in the present embodiment, the acupressure body 24 is independent of the base portion 22 and the acupressure body 24 enters the acupressure body even when air is not supplied (air is discharged). The state of entering the part 16 is maintained. As a result, in a state where air is not supplied to the airbag 20 (acupressure body 24) (a state in which the acupressure function is not exerted; during normal use), the user can use the pillow as a normal pillow without worrying about the presence of the acupressure body 24. Can be used. Further, when air is supplied to the airbag 20 to bring the acupressure function into the exerted state, the acupressure body 24 can be cured, and the user can obtain the acupressure effect by its own weight.

Further, the first end portion of the air supply / exhaust hose 26 is connected to the side surface or the upper surface of the base portion 22, and the second end portion of the air supply / exhaust hose 26 is arranged inside the pillow core material 10. It is connected to the air supply / exhaust body 30. An air pump is used for the air supply / exhaust body 30 in the present embodiment, and the on / off operation of the air pump is switched and controlled by the operation control unit 40. As shown in FIG. 4, the operation control unit 40 in the present embodiment includes a storage unit 42 in which the operation control program PGM is stored, a calculation unit 44 that executes various processes according to the operation control program PGM, and an operation control program PGM. It has a timer 46 and an operation unit 48 that serve as activation triggers. Since a known configuration can be adopted for the storage unit 42, the calculation unit 44, the timer 46, and the operation unit 48, detailed description here will be omitted.

When the user presses a button (not shown) for operating the acupressure function provided on the operation unit 48, the calculation unit 44 operates the air supply / exhaust body 30 based on the operation control program PGM, and the airbag 20 is filled with air. Is supplied. The calculation unit 44 adjusts the amount of air supplied to the airbag 20 by adjusting the operation output and the operation duration of the air supply / exhaust body 30, and adjusts the cured state of the acupressure body 24. In this embodiment, the relationship between the operation output of the air supply / exhaust body 30, the operation duration, and the air supply amount adopts a form in which data calculated in advance by an experiment or the like is stored in the storage unit 42. A pressure sensor or a flow rate sensor (not shown) may be arranged in the bag 20, and the calculation unit 44 may adjust the operation output and the operation duration of the air supply / exhaust body 30 based on the measurement result of the sensor. ..

When air is supplied to the airbag 20 by the air supply / exhaust body 30 in this way, the acupressure body 24 expands in the acupressure body entry portion 16 of the pillow core material 10. In the present embodiment, the height position of the upper end portion of the acupressure body 24 at the time of curing (expansion) is set to be a position separated from the upper surface 12 of the pillow core material 10 by a required distance. Does not irritate the user's neck or shoulder blades in direct contact. However, the pillow core material 10 sinks due to the user's own weight, and the user's neck and shoulder blades can be pressed by the acupressure body 24 appropriately hardened inside the pillow core material 10. , You can get a pleasant stimulus. Further, the operation control unit 40 controls the operation of the air supply / exhaust body 30 by the timer 46, and discharges the air filled in the airbag 20 and supplies the air to the airbag 20 based on the operation control program PGM. Can also be executed repeatedly.

Further, the operation control unit 40 can control the on / off operation of the air supply / exhaust body 30 according to the bedtime and the wake-up time by the timer 46, and can appropriately execute the bedtime operation mode and the wake-up operation mode. In the bedtime operation mode, in order to provide a relaxing effect to the user, the switching time of the on / off operation of the air supply / exhaust body 30 is longer than the switching time of the on / off operation of the air supply / exhaust body 30 in the wake-up operation mode, and the air The amount of air supplied to the bag 20 is set to be smaller than the amount of air supplied to the airbag 20 in the wake-up operation mode (the degree of hardening of the acupressure body 24 is lower than that in the wake-up operation mode). By doing so, the user can be in a relaxed state at bedtime. On the other hand, when waking up, it is possible to provide a refreshing effect to the user and provide a refreshing awakening by executing the setting opposite to the sleep operation mode.

(Second Embodiment)
The pillow 100 with acupressure function in the present embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that the air supply / exhaust body 30 is a hand pump and the arrangement of the operation control unit 40 is omitted as shown in FIG. It's different. The configuration common to the first embodiment is designated by the reference numerals used in the first embodiment, and detailed description thereof is omitted here.

By adopting a hand pump as the air supply / exhaust body 30 as in the present embodiment, the manufacturing cost of the pillow 100 with acupressure function can be significantly reduced. Further, it is convenient that the user can finely adjust the amount of air supplied to the airbag 20 so that the degree of hardening of the acupressure body 24 can be adjusted to his / her own preference by operating the hand pump. A release valve 32 is attached to the hand pump in the present embodiment, and the air filled in the airbag 20 can be appropriately discharged.

Although the pillow 100 with acupressure function according to the present invention has been described in detail based on the embodiment, the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. That is, the configuration in which the gist of the present invention is appropriately modified without changing the gist of the present invention belongs to the technical scope of the present invention. For example, in the first embodiment, the mode in which the air supply / exhaust body 30 is arranged inside the pillow core material 10 is described, but the air supply / exhaust body 30 is housed outside the pillow core material 10. The form can also be adopted.

Further, in both the first embodiment and the second embodiment, the recess 14A for accommodating the base portion 22 of the airbag 20 is formed on the bottom surface 14 of the pillow core material 10, but the recess 14A is arranged. It can be omitted. In this case, the acupressure body entry portion 16 is formed on the bottom surface 14 of the pillow core material 10. Further, the base portion 22 of the airbag 20 is in a state of protruding from the bottom surface 14 of the pillow core material 10, but if air is supplied to the base portion 22, the bottom surface 14 of the pillow core material 10 is elastically deformed. The base portion 22 can be submerged in the bottom surface 14.

Further, in the above embodiment, the embodiment in which the acupressure body entry portion 16 is formed by the concave holes from the bottom surface 14 of the pillow core material 10 is described, but the acupressure body entry portion 16 is the pillow core material 10. It can also be formed by a through hole penetrating from the bottom surface 14 to the top surface 12. As a result, a so-called strong fir (strong push) state can be obtained. In this case, it is preferable to use a pillow cover 18 having the same thickness as the whole. Although the pillow cover 18 is provided in the above embodiment, it is also possible to adopt a form in which the arrangement of the pillow cover 18 is omitted.

Further, in the above embodiment, the form in which the upper end portion of the acupressure body 24 is formed in a hemispherical shape is described, but the shape of the upper end portion of the acupressure body 24 is not limited to this form. The upper end of the acupressure body 24, which is the contact portion with the user, has a flat surface in which the connecting portion (boundary portion) with the upright portion (boundary portion) from the base portion 22 is connected by a curved surface in addition to the conical body. It can also be adopted.

Further, it is also possible to adopt a form in which the modified examples described in the above embodiments are appropriately combined.

10 Pillow core material 12 Top surface 12A Slowly inclined surface 12B Protruding part 12C Thick flat part 14 Bottom surface 14A Recessed part 16 Shiatsu body entry part 18 Pillow cover 20 Airbag 22 Base part 24 Shiatsu body 26 Air supply / exhaust hose 30 Air supply / exhaust body 40 Motion control unit 42 Storage unit 44 Calculation unit 46 Timer 48 Operation unit 100 Pillow with acupressure function

Claims (6)

Pillow core material and
An airbag disposed on the bottom surface of the pillow core material and having a base portion and a shiatsu body standing up from the base portion.
An air supply / exhaust body for supplying / exhausting air to the airbag is provided.
The pillow core material is formed with a shiatsu body entry portion from the bottom surface to the top surface.
In a state where the acupressure body has entered the acupressure body entry portion and the acupressure body is supplied with air by the air supply / exhaust body, the upper end portion of the acupressure body is within the thickness range of the pillow core material. A pillow with acupressure function that is characterized by being settled. The pillow with acupressure function according to claim 1, wherein a recess for accommodating the base portion is formed on the bottom surface of the pillow core material. The pillow with acupressure function according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the acupressure body entry portion is formed by a through hole penetrating from the bottom surface to the upper surface of the pillow core material. Further having a pillow cover for accommodating the pillow core material,
The acupressure function according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the fabric of the portion of the pillow cover facing the upper end portion of the acupressure body is formed thicker than the other portions. pillow. The pillow with acupressure function according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the air supply / exhaust body is a hand pump. The pillow with acupressure function according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising an operation control unit that controls switching of on / off operation of the air supply / exhaust body.

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