JP3385791B2 - Bathroom handrail with floor lid - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a handrail for a bathroom having a lid for stopping a lid of a bathtub.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, the number of bathrooms in which a handrail for supporting the body of an elderly person whose physical strength is weakened when he / she takes a bath is installed on a wall surface or a bathtub of the bathroom has been increasing. Elderly people move around in the bathroom,
This is to assist the elderly when going in and out of the bath, sitting and standing up in the washroom.

It has also been proposed that such a handrail be used to attach a flow lid stopper that stops (prevents falling) a flow lid placed on the upper surface of a bathtub or the like. FIG. 5: is a perspective view which shows the handrail for bathrooms with a flow lid stop proposed by Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 4-219963.

In FIG. 5, the handrail 100 is a bathtub 10.
It is attached to the upper wall surface 104 of the bathroom. The handrail 100 is composed of an L-shaped grip bar 101 and an erected base portion 102 that stands upright from a wall surface 104. On the wall surface 104 side of the horizontal rod portion 101a of the grip rod 101,
03 is projected. The flow lid 105 is placed on the peripheral edge upper surface 107 of the bathtub 106, and
It is set up so that it leans on the 3.

According to the publication, the height of the lid cover 103 is set to a size (10 mm in the embodiment) so that a fingertip can be inserted between the grip bar 1 and the lid. Then, it is described that "if the fingertips can be smoothly inserted, then the grip bar 101a can be easily grasped by simply pushing in the hand (publication 3, column 35-37).

[0006]

However, in the conventional bathroom handrail with a stopper for a flow shown in FIG. 5, the flow cover is held between the wall surfaces of the handrail (backside of the handrail). Therefore, it is necessary to lift the flow cover and insert the flow cover from the top of the handrail to the back side, or insert the flow cover from the side of the handrail. Such a thing is not easy for an elderly person or the like who has to get help from a handrail.

It is also said that "if the fingertips can be inserted between the leaning lid and the grip bar, the rest is easy", but it is troublesome to insert the finger while pushing the lid with the finger. There is nothing disturbing me, and if I grasp the grip bar smoothly, I will not rub it.

[0008] The present invention provides a bathroom handrail with a float lid stop, which does not have the problems of the above-mentioned conventional bathroom handrail with a float lid stop, which makes it easy to lean the float lid and easily grip the grip bar. The purpose is to

[0009]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a bathroom handrail with a floor lid stopper according to the present invention is arranged in a direction outward from a handrail mounting portion from an end of a grip bar of the bathroom handrail. It is characterized in that it has a flow-lid stop member provided so as to protrude, and the flow-lid stop member is provided so as to be rotatable or slidable with respect to the grip bar.

[0010]

[Function] When the flow lid is lifted from the top of the bath and leans against a wall surface, the flow lid stopper is turned or slid to a position where it does not interfere. Then, after leaning against the flow-through lid, the flow-through cover stopping member is rotated or slid to bring it to a position where it engages with the flow-through lid to prevent the flow-through lid from falling or shifting.

[0011]

EXAMPLES Examples of the present invention will be described below. Figure 1
It is a bird's-eye view which shows the mode in the bathroom which has the handrail for bathrooms with the flow-stop lid which concerns on 1 Example of this invention.

A Japanese-style bathtub 7 is placed in the bathroom 1 shown in FIG. A floor 8 other than the bathtub 7 of the bathroom 1 serves as a washing area 8. A dressing room 9 is provided outside the bathroom 1 (on the right side in the figure). A space (entrance 10) between the washing room 8 and the dressing room 9 is separated by a door (three sliding doors) not shown. In addition,
The bathroom in this figure is a Japanese-style bathroom for elderly people, and the changing room 9
The floor surface of the bathroom and the floor surface of the washing area 8 are at the same level, which makes it easy to enter and exit. A groove is provided below the drainboard 8a at the right end of the washing room 8 so that water does not flow out of the washing room 8 into the dressing room 9.

Right hand (upper side of the figure) as seen from the person entering the bathroom 1
Is referred to as the right wall surface 3, the wall surface on the front back side (left side in the figure) is referred to as the back wall surface 4, and the wall surface on the left hand (lower side in the figure) is the left wall surface 5
Say. The lower part of the right wall surface 3 is a step called a counter 20. Near the entrance 10 of the right wall 3 is a mirror 1
7 and a support handle for the shower 15 are attached.
A curran 19 is attached to the side surface of the counter 20.

Handrails (bathroom handrails with stoppers for lids) are attached to the wall surfaces 3, 4, and 5. That is,
A handrail 11 extending vertically is attached to the central portion of the right wall surface 3. This right wall handrail 11 is a karan 19
It is used when a bather sits up or stands up in the washing room in front of. An L-shaped handrail 23 is attached to the inner wall surface 4. This back wall handrail 23 is
It is mainly used by bathers when they sit or stand up in the bathtub. A handrail 45 extending laterally from the bathroom entrance 10 toward the bathtub is attached to the left wall surface 5. This left wall handrail 45 is mainly gripped by a bather when he / she goes in and out of the bathroom.

Next, a description will be given of the flow lid stop member for each handrail. First, the right handrail 11 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing details around the right handrail of the bathroom of FIG.

The right wall handrail 11 has upper and lower mounting portions 5.
It is a structure in which a grip bar is hung between 1 and 53. And
Below the handrail 11 (below the lower mounting portion 53), a rotatable L-shaped flow lid stop (flow lid stop member) 13 is provided. The lid cover 13 is attached to the attachment portion 53 of the handrail 11 so as to be rotatable in a horizontal plane. Then, as clearly shown in FIG.
The lid stopper member 13 is attached to the handrail from the end of the grip bar 11 of the handrail.
Project outward from the mounting part 53 (downward in this example)
It is provided to put out.

As for this flow lid stopper 13, the flow lid 2
When 1 is stopped (rested) in the state as shown in the figure, it is swung to the bathtub 7 side as shown in the figure. When moving the lid 21 (when leaning against it or in the bath 7
When lying on the upper side), the flow stopper 13 is rotated in the direction of protruding from the wall surface 3 to the front. That way, the lid cover stop 1
3 does not become an obstacle to move the flow lid 21 at all.

It is not appropriate that the lid cover stopper 13 pivots too lightly when the lid lid 21 is stopped. Flo lid 21
This is because you cannot hold down. On the other hand, if the rotation seems to be too stiff, it will be awkward because it takes a lot of force to turn it. Therefore, it is necessary to properly select the rotation resistance of the flow stopper 13.

From such a point of view, the flow lid stopper member 1
It is preferable that a limit type ratchet mechanism is incorporated in the rotating mechanism of No. 3 so that it can be rotated to the opening side of the flow cover only when the flow cover stopping member 13 is rotated to the rotation limit of the flow cover restraining side. ,. Such a limit type ratchet mechanism is a mechanism like a headrest of an automobile seat.
That is, in order to tilt the headrest backward, the headrest cannot be tilted backward unless it is tilted all the way to the front. Similarly, when the Flo lid stopper 13 is turned to the front (to open the Flo lid), the Flo lid stopper 13 should be turned to the innermost position (rotation limit on the Flo lid restraint side) before the Flo lid stopper is turned to the front. It doesn't turn into. By doing so, the flow lid stopper 13 is firmly fixed when the flow lid 21 is fixed, and can be turned lightly when the flow lid stopper 13 is manually rotated.

Next, the back wall handrail 23 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the details of the handrail around the back wall surface of the bathroom of FIG. At the left end of the lower horizontal grip bar 25 of the back wall handrail 23, a sliding type flow lid stopper 27 is provided. The lid cover 27 slides in and out in the axial direction of the horizontal grip bar 25.

When the flow lid 29 is placed on the peripheral upper surface 26 of the bathtub 7 and leans against the wall surface 4 to be stopped, the flow lid stopper 2
7 is left to the left, and when the flow cover 29 is leaned (or leaned down on the bathtub), the flow cover stopper 27 is retracted into the grip bar 25. Therefore, the flow lid stopper 41 is provided with the flow lid 29.
It does not hinder the movement of.

Next, the left wall handrail 45 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing details around the left handrail of the bathroom of FIG. At the tip of the left wall handrail (grasping stick) 45 on the bathtub side, both a rotary U-shaped flow-stop stopper 43 and a slide-type flow-stop stopper 41 are provided.

When the flow lid 31 is placed on the peripheral upper surface 26 of the bathtub 7 and leaned against the wall surface 51 to be stopped, the slide type flow lid stopper 27 is put out to the right and the flow lid 31 is leaned or When tilting it up, the flow stopper 27 is retracted into the handrail 45.

When the flow cover 47 is placed on the floor of the washing room 8 and leans against the wall surface 5 to stop it, turn the U-shaped flow cover stopper 43 downward so that the rod under the flow cover stopper 43 is Flo lid 4
Make sure that it covers the upper part of 7. When taking out the flow lid 47, the flow lid stopper 43 is turned upward so that the flow lid stopper 43 can be removed from the flow lid 47. Therefore, in any case, the stopper for the lid is not an obstacle when moving the lid. A limit type ratchet mechanism can also be incorporated in the rotatable U-shaped flow stopper 43.

[0025]

Industrial Applicability As described above, the bathroom handrail with the flow-stop lid of the present invention exhibits the following effects. Since it does not interfere with the movement of the flow lid, the flow lid can be moved (opened and closed) within a minimum and a short distance. Since the handrail and the flap cover stopper are integrated, no work or labor is required to separately attach the flap cover stopper. In addition, it is possible to avoid the messy design, and the Flo lid stop fits neatly in the bathroom space.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a bird's-eye view showing a state in a bathroom having a bathroom handrail with a floor lid stopper according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing details around a right handrail of the bathroom of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the details of the handrail around the back wall of the bathroom of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing details around a left handrail of the bathroom of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a bathroom handrail with a flow-stop lid proposed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 4-219963.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Bathroom 21 ... Flo lid 3 ... Right wall surface 23 ... Handrail 4 ... Back wall surface 25 ... Lower horizontal grip bar 5 ... Left wall surface 26 ... Bathtub upper surface 7 ... Bathtub 27 ... Sliding type floor lid stopper 8 ... Washing area 29 ... Float Lid 9 ... Undressing room 31 ... Flo lid 10 ... Drain 41 ... Sliding type Flo lid stopper 11 ... Handrail 43 ... Rotating U-shaped Flo lid stopper 13 ... Rotating L-shaped Flo lid stopper 45 ... Handrail 15 ... Shower 47 ... Flo lid 17 ... Mirror 51, 53, 55, 5
7, 59 ... Mounting part 19 ... Karan 20 ... Counter

Continuation of the front page (56) Bibliographical reference 2-11482 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) E04F 11/18 A47K 3/00 E04H 1/12 301

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A handrail from the end of the grip bar of the bathroom handrail
It has a flow-lid stop member provided so as to project outward from the mounting portion , and the flow-lid stop member is provided so as to be rotatable or slidable with respect to the grip bar. Handrail for bathroom with. 2. The flow lid stop member is rotatably provided with respect to the grip bar, and the flow lid stop member is provided in a rotation mechanism of the flow lid stop member up to a rotation limit of a flow lid restraining side. 2. The bathroom handrail with a flow-stop stopper according to claim 1, wherein a limit-type ratchet mechanism that is rotatable on the flow-cover opening side only when rotated is incorporated. 3. The grip bar is attached to a wall surface of the bathroom so as to extend from the entrance of the bathroom toward the bathtub, and the flow lid stop member is provided at the tip of the gripbar on the bath side. Handrails for bathrooms with stoppers described in 2. 4. The front lid stop member is provided at an end of the grip bar.
It is provided in a slide type, and the flow lid stop member is a grip bar
2. With a flow lid stopper according to claim 1, which is retractable into the inside.
Handrail for bathroom.