JP3785233B2 - Simple flip-up armrest - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a flip-up simple armrest for assisting seating and rising of a Western-style toilet bowl on a toilet seat.
[0002]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In this invention, the plate material is placed on the upper rear portion in a state where the plate material mounting hole is overlapped from above on the toilet seat mounting hole drilled in the upper rear portion of the western toilet, and the screw shaft provided on the toilet seat mounting hinge is provided. By inserting the tip into the holes from above to bring the plate into close contact with the Western-style toilet, and by configuring the armrests to be rotated by armrest attachment hinges provided at the left and right ends of the plate, The armrest is lowered to the floor to assist the seating and standing on the toilet seat, and when not in use, the armrest is raised from the floor to stand by, for those who need assistance in using the Western-style toilet The armrest can be used with an easy operation by simply lowering the armrest to the floor. Especially for those who need a wheelchair, such as elderly people in a wheelchair, It is possible to possess easy wheelchair without chair is disturbed the toilet seat, the armrests of the standby state while available only lowered to the floor, in the standby state in a human not necessary auxiliary, the armrests are out of the way It is intended to obtain a flip-up type simple armrest with a novel structure that does not become.
[0003]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
According to the present invention, a screw shaft provided on a hinge for attaching a toilet seat is inserted into a toilet seat mounting hole formed in a rear portion of the upper surface of a Western toilet fixedly installed on the floor, and is provided rotatably on the upper surface of the western toilet. A pivotable flip-up simple armrest that assists in seating and standing up on the toilet seat, and is attached to the toilet seat by screwing along the pivot axis of the hinge for attaching the toilet seat at the rear upper surface of the western toilet. A plate member interposed between the lower surface of the hinge and the upper rear portion of the Western-style toilet, a rotating armrest, and hinges attached to the left and right ends of the plate member. A plate material mounting hole into which a screw shaft can be inserted, and the armrest includes a rising portion connected to the hinge mounting hinge and a horizontal portion connected to the rising portion. A pair of arm rests body, and a foot provided to be folded superimposed inside the respective arm rest body.
[0004]
[Action]
The armrest is pivotally attached to the rear upper surface of the western-style toilet bowl through a plate material, and when used, the armrest is lowered to the floor to assist seating and standing on the toilet seat, and when not in use, the armrest is raised from the floor For example, a person who needs assistance in using a Western-style toilet compared to an armrest that needs to be fixed to the floor in a non-rotatable state. For elderly people who need a wheelchair, the armrest is raised from the floor, so the wheelchair can be easily transferred from the wheelchair to the toilet seat without being disturbed by the armrest, and can be easily transferred from the toilet seat to the wheelchair. This is advantageous in that it can.
[0005]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below. The present invention is not limited thereby.
1 to 4 use a front round heating toilet seat with a built-in electric heater as a toilet seat, and the armrest is rotated by screwing between the lower surface of the hinge for attaching the toilet seat and the upper rear portion of the Western-style toilet by screwing. The 1st Embodiment of this invention comprised as follows is shown.
[0006]
1 to 4, reference numeral 1 is a flip-up type simple elbow hanger, and 2 is a toilet bowl in which toilet seat mounting holes 3 and 3 for attaching the elbow hanger 1 are formed with a distance L between the left and right positions of the upper surface rear part A. And fixedly installed on the floor 4. Reference numeral 5 denotes a front round heating toilet seat (hereinafter, referred to as a toilet seat). Composed. 8 and 8 are screw shafts that can be inserted into the toilet seat mounting holes 3 and 3, and are provided on the mounting base 10 of the toilet seat support shaft holding member 11 described later. The mounting base 10 is one component of the hinge 9 for attaching the toilet seat, and a pair of left and right are provided.
[0007]
Reference numeral 11 denotes a toilet seat support shaft holding member that is attached to the upper surface of the mounting base 10 in an upright state by integral molding. A support shaft mounting hole (not shown) that can hold the toilet seat support shaft G through which the pair of support shaft insertion portions 13 are inserted is provided. The toilet seat support shaft holding member 11 is also one component member of the hinge 9 for attaching the toilet seat, and is provided as a pair of left and right. And the hinge 9 for toilet seat attachment is comprised from the said spindle G, the mounting base 10, the toilet seat spindle holding member 11, and the spindle insertion part 12,13. Reference numeral 14 denotes a decorative cover body of the hinge 9.
[0008]
Hereinafter, the flip-up type simple armrest 1 will be described in detail.
Reference numeral 16 denotes a plate material having a substantially concave cross section. The plate material mounting holes 17 and 17 into which the screw shafts 8 and 8 can be inserted are formed with the same interval L between the toilet seat mounting holes 3 and 3. By the screwing used, it is interposed between the lower surface B of the mounting base 10 and the upper rear portion A of the western toilet 2 along the support shaft direction of the hinge 9 for attaching the toilet seat. As the material of the plate material 6, for example, a metal such as stainless steel or a material having strength such as titanium or carbon is preferably used.
[0009]
Reference numeral 18 denotes an armrest, and a pair of left and right arms are provided so as to be pivotable in the direction indicated by the arrow D by armrest attachment hinges 23, 23 provided at the left and right ends 16a, 16a of the plate member 16. That is, each armrest 18 includes a pipe-shaped armrest main body 19 and a pipe-shaped leg 20, and causes the armrest 18 to jump up to the flat plate 6 side so as to lift the armrest 18 from the floor 4. The hinges 23, 23 also have a function as a stopper for defining a rotation angle (for example, 90 °) of the armrest main body 19. Further, the armrest main body 19 is composed of a rising portion 19a and a horizontal portion 19b. The interval M between the armrests 18 and 18 can be set as appropriate. For example, when there is a tank on the back of the Western-style toilet 2, the armrests 18 and 18 are lifted from the floor 4 so as to be wider than the tank width. It is preferable that the armrest 18 does not hit the tank when the armrest 18 is made to stand by, and the height of the armrest body 19 from the floor 4 when the armrest 18 is supported on the floor 4, that is, the length N of the leg 20 is also determined. It can be set appropriately each time. As the material of the armrest main body 19 and the leg 20, it is preferable to use a metal such as stainless steel or a material having strength such as titanium or carbon.
[0010]
Reference numeral 21 denotes a leg-attaching hinge attached between the armrest main body 19 and the leg 20, and the leg 20 can be folded inward with respect to the armrest main body 19 by the hinge 21. In this embodiment, the armrest-attaching hinge 23 has the same configuration as the leg-attaching hinge 21.
[0011]
The leg mounting hinge 21 used in the flip-up simple elbow-hanging body 1 will be described in detail below.
The hinge 21 can fold the leg 20 inwardly (on the armrest main body 19 side) and has a function as a stopper for defining the rotation angle θ (for example, 90 °) of the leg 20. 3 and 4, reference numeral 24 denotes a hard plastic stopper component, for example, an arc-shaped groove a that defines the rotation angle θ, and armrests 18 that are formed deeper at both ends of the groove a. Stop grooves b and b ′ for stopping the leg 20 supported on the floor 4 while maintaining the rotation angle θ (for example, 90 °) so as not to bend inward when lowered to the floor 4. On the inner wall of the through-hole c, and is fitted into one end of the armrest body 19. A notch d for inserting the ring-shaped coupling member 25 on the leg 20 side is provided in the center of the stopper constituting member 24. The base portion 35 of the ring-shaped coupling member 25 is fitted into one end of the leg 20.
[0012]
26 has a threaded portion f at the tip of the shaft e, slides the groove a inside the apex g and rotates the leg 20 in the direction of the arrow indicated by F, and is formed in the grooves b and b ′. A pin having a stopper projection j for stopping the rotation of the leg 20 when fitted, and a recess for detent for rotating the pin 26 as the leg 20 rotates at the center of the shaft e. k is provided.
[0013]
Reference numeral 28 denotes a pin whose front end portion 28a is engaged with the anti-rotation recess k. The pin 28 is screwed into a screw hole h provided in the coupling member 25 so that the front end portion 28a is the inner peripheral surface 25a. Protrude from.
[0014]
Reference numeral 30 denotes a hemispherical push button having a screw hole m into which the screw portion f of the pin 26 is screwed at the center of the inner wall, and an annular groove n for attaching a spring to the outer periphery of the screw hole m.
[0015]
Hereinafter, the operation of the hinge 21 will be briefly described. As shown in FIG. 4, when the leg 20 is lowered to the floor, the inner side of the top portion g of the pin 26 screwed to the push button 30 is caused by the biasing force of the spring t. The stopper 20 is in contact with the annular wall i of the through hole c of the stopper component 24, and the projection j is fitted in one of the grooves b, for example, and the leg 20 is in the state shown by the solid line in FIG.
[0016]
Next, when the push button 30 is pushed, the pin 26 is engaged in the arrow direction indicated by V against the urging force of the spring t, and the tip 28a of the pin 28 is engaged with the recess k for the rotation prevention. Slide in the state. That is, the top portion g of the pin 26 and the annular wall i of the stopper component 24 are separated from each other, and the protrusion j moves from the groove b to the groove a.
[0017]
Subsequently, the leg 20 is rotated. In this case, the leg 20 rotates inward about the axis e of the pin 26. During this time, the protrusion j slides in the groove a, reaches the other groove b ′, and when fitted into this, the leg 20 is in a state indicated by a two-dot chain line in FIG.
[0018]
In FIGS. 1 and 2, reference numeral 40 denotes a spacer made of resin, for example, inserted between the nut 41 for the screw shaft 8 and the western toilet 2, and 42 denotes an insert between the spacer 40 and the nut 41. Washer.
[0019]
Thus, the plate material 16 is placed on the upper surface rear portion A with the plate material mounting hole 17 superimposed on the toilet seat mounting hole 3 formed in the upper surface rear portion A of the Western-style toilet 2 from above, and is attached to the toilet seat mounting hinge 9. The tip of the provided screw shaft 8 is inserted into the holes 17 and 3 from above to bring the plate material 16 into close contact with the western-style toilet 2, and hinges 23 and 23 for armrest attachments provided at the left and right ends of the flat plate 16. By configuring the armrest to rotate, when used, the armrest 18 can be lowered to the floor 4 as shown by the solid line in FIG. 1 to assist seating and rising on the toilet seat 5, and when not in use. 1, the armrest 18 can be made to stand by in a state where it is lifted from the floor 4 as shown by a two-dot chain line. For those who need assistance in using the Western-style toilet 2, the armrest 18 in the waiting state can be placed on the floor. 4 It can be used for easy operation only by lowering, especially for those who need a wheelchair, such as elderly people in a wheelchair, and can easily transfer from the wheelchair to the toilet seat 5 without being disturbed by the armrest 18 and in a standby state. While the armrest 18 can be used simply by lowering it to the floor 4, even in the standby state, the armrest 18 does not get in the way even if the person does not need assistance.
Moreover, since the push button 30 has roundness, even if it is operated in the same manner, it can be easily operated without being caught as compared with a lever shape, for example.
[0020]
FIG. 5 shows a second embodiment of the flip-up type simple armrest 1. In this embodiment, unlike the above embodiment, the leg portions are integrated. That is, the leg portion is composed of a pair of vertical members 20a, 20a and a horizontal member 20b, and the horizontal member 20b is brought into contact with the floor 4, whereby the armrest 1 can be prevented from becoming uneven.
[0021]
FIG. 6 shows a third embodiment of the flip-up simple elbow 1, and the difference from the embodiment shown in FIG. 2 is that the armrest main body 19 has an anti-slip function, such as a rubber cushion. It is wearing things. Furthermore, if a rubber cushion or the like subjected to antibacterial treatment is mounted on the armrest 19, slippage can be prevented and hygiene is good.
[0022]
FIG. 7 shows an example of using a front round heating toilet seat with a deodorizing unit and a switch box for hot water washing as a toilet seat, and screwing between the lower surface of the hinge for attaching the toilet seat and the upper rear portion of the western toilet. 4 shows a fourth embodiment of the present invention in which an armrest plate to be mounted is formed in a shape corresponding to the shape of a switch box.
[0023]
In FIG. 7, reference numeral 50 denotes a switch box. The flip-up simple armrest 1 includes a plate member 56 having a shape corresponding to the shape of the switch box 50, and hinges 23 and 23 for armrest attachments provided at the left and right ends 56a and 56a of the plate member 56, The armrest 58 includes an armrest 58 and leg mounting hinges 21, 21. Further, the armrest 58 includes an armrest main body 59 and a leg 60. In this embodiment, the distance between the hinges 23 and 23 is longer than the distance between the hinges 21 and 21 by an amount corresponding to the length of the switch box 50.
[0024]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, the armrest is pivotally attached to the upper rear portion of the Western-style toilet bowl through the plate material, and when used, the armrest is lowered to the floor to assist the seating and rising on the toilet seat, and when not in use Since the armrest is configured to be able to stand by when it is lifted from the floor, for example, compared to an armrest that needs to be fixed to the floor in a non-rotatable state, there is a need for assistance in using a Western-style toilet. For those who need a wheelchair, especially elderly people in wheelchairs, the armrest is raised from the floor, so that the wheelchair can be easily transferred from the wheelchair to the toilet seat without being disturbed by the armrest, This is advantageous in that it can be easily transferred from a wheelchair to a wheelchair and is inexpensive.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an overall configuration explanatory view showing a first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an overall exploded perspective view of the embodiment.
FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a main part in the embodiment.
FIG. 4 is a view for explaining the operation of a leg mounting hinge in the embodiment.
FIG. 5 is a structural explanatory view showing a second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a structural explanatory view showing a third embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is an overall configuration explanatory view showing a fourth embodiment of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
2 ... Western-style toilet, 3 ... Toilet seat mounting hole, 4 ... Floor, 5 ... Toilet seat, 8 ... Screw shaft, 9 ... Hinge for mounting toilet seat, 10 ... Mounting base, 16 ... Plate material, 17 ... Plate material mounting hole, 18 ... Armrest , 19 ... armrest main body, 20 ... legs, A ... rear upper surface, B ... lower surface of the mounting base.

Claims (1)

The screw shaft provided on the hinge for attaching the toilet seat is inserted into the toilet seat mounting hole drilled in the rear upper surface of the western toilet that is fixedly installed on the floor to the toilet seat provided on the upper surface of the western toilet. A pivotable flip-up simple armrest for assisting seating and standing up, wherein the toilet seat mounting hinge is secured by screwing along a pivot direction of the toilet seat mounting hinge at the rear upper surface of the western toilet. A plate member interposed between the lower surface and the upper rear portion of the Western-style toilet bowl, a pivoting armrest, and hinges attached to the left and right ends of the plate member. Further, the screw shaft is inserted into the plate member. A pair of left and right elbows formed with a rising portion connected to the hinge for mounting the armrest and a horizontal portion connected to the rising portion. Only body and, flip-up simple armrest body, characterized in that it comprises a leg provided to be folded superimposed inside the respective arm rest body.

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