JP4462965B2 - Nursing cushion - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a breast-feeding cushion used for maintaining an infant in a stable state during breast-feeding and reducing the burden of breast-feeding.

Conventionally, various nursing cushions have been proposed in order to maintain an infant in a stable state even when breastfeeding, and to reduce the burden of breastfeeding.
For example, there is a nursing cushion disclosed in Patent Document 1 below. This breast-feeding cushion is configured to include protruding support portions that protrude in the vertical direction on both end sides of a flat support portion that is provided at an intermediate portion in the longitudinal direction.

  The breast-feeding cushion is used by placing an infant in the longitudinal direction while being placed on the breast thigh of a breast-feeder. The breast-feeding cushion is in a state in which the upper part of the back from the neck is positioned on the one protruding support part, the buttocks from the middle of the back are positioned on the flat support part, and the foot part is positioned on the other protruding support part. Can support infants. Thus, since the baby cushion can prevent the baby from moving in the longitudinal direction of the baby cushion, the baby can be stabilized.

However, as described above, the protruding support portion is for stably placing the baby, and is not provided for tilting the baby or the baby so that no burden is placed on the baby. .
This is because even if the infant's head is supported by the one projecting support portion, the projecting amount of the one projecting support portion is small, so that the infant's mouth is close to the vicinity of the breast of the breastfeeder. The infant's head cannot be supported at a high position.
Even if the protruding support portion is formed so as to protrude so that the position of the infant's head is higher, the infant's head is tilted forward and the infant's neck is compressed.

  For this reason, when breastfeeding, whether breastfeeding or using a baby bottle, the breastfeeder has a higher head side so that the infant is not burdened It is necessary to tilt to posture.

  Specifically, it is necessary to lift while holding the head from the infant's neck by hand, or to raise one knee a little, and to flex the nursing cushion so that the head side of the infant becomes higher (in Patent Document 1, It is a burden for breastfeeders to maintain such a posture during breastfeeding.

  If breast feeding is performed without raising the head side of the infant as described above, the breastfeeder will breastfeed while maintaining a forward bent posture, which is also a burden on the breastfeeder.

  In addition, the breastfeeding cushion can maintain the stability of the infant in the length direction by the above-mentioned protruding support part, but since the stability of the infant in the short direction is not considered, the infant may roll over .

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  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a breast-feeding cushion capable of feeding a baby while maintaining a stable state while ensuring a posture that does not place a burden on both the user and the baby of the breast-feeding cushion.

Nursing cushion of the present invention is used by mounting on the human body of the waist front peripheral side, a nursing cushion with placement portion placed in aged infant on his back, the outer circumferential edge portion of the loading portion, the upper The upper surface of the placement portion is formed thicker than the inner portion of the placement portion so that the upper surface of the placement portion is concave, and the upper surface of the inner portion of the placement portion is substantially horizontal in the width direction and the foot of the infant in the length direction. It is characterized by being formed with an inclined surface that gradually increases from the part side part toward the head side part .

A user of the breast-feeding cushion sits on the front waist side of the human body in a sitting state and places the breast-feeding cushion on the thigh, and the head side portion in the length direction of the above-mentioned placement part The infant is placed on the above-mentioned placement part so that the infant's head side is positioned on the foot side part and the infant's foot side is positioned on the foot side part .

Using this way, since the thick forming the head side portion, it is possible to increase the position of the head side of the infant.

For this reason, the user of the breastfeeding cushion does not need to hold the infant's head side or take a forward bending posture so as to facilitate breastfeeding.
Further, since the infant's head is not tilted forward, the infant's neck is not compressed.

  The breast-feeding cushion includes one configured by filling an elastic material such as cotton or sponge inside, or one configured by filling air.

The loading portion is suitable Yichun may like to form gently curved contacting portion infants so that there is no burden on the infant.

In addition, as described above, the breast feeding cushion can be formed such that the outer peripheral edge portion of the placement portion is thicker than the inner portion of the placement portion so that the upper surface of the placement portion is concave .

By the said structure, it can prevent that an infant falls from a mounting part .

As an aspect of the present invention, the lower surface of the mounting portion can be configured in substantially the same shape as the upper surface.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the nursing cushion, the inner portion of the loading portion, be configured with a thickness retaining member formed with high thickness retention of a material filled in the inner side material it can.

If the said structure is taken, even if it is in the state which received the internal pressure of the substance with which the inside of the nursing cushion was filled, the thickness of the inner part in the said mounting part can be maintained with desired thickness.
For this reason, the outer peripheral edge part in the above-mentioned mounting part which does not provide the said thickness holding member can be made passively thick compared with the said inner side part.

The thickness retaining member is rubber, sponge, an elastic member such as a spring, it is formed like a synthetic resin member, the interior of the loading portion, for example be filled with a resilient material or air, without being affected by them It can be provided to maintain the thickness of the inner part.

For example, when the nursing cushion is filled with air, it may be stretched with a string member or the like so as to keep the thickness of the inner part constant even when air pressure acts.
As an aspect of the present invention, the thickness holding member can be formed in a plate shape, and each of the plurality of thickness holding members can be disposed in an upright state in the length direction of the inner portion of the placement portion. .

  Preferably, the breast-feeding cushion may include connection means for directly or indirectly connecting the both end portions to the both end portions of the mounting portion.

  The connecting means may be, for example, a linear member such as a string or a belt, a snap, a hook-and-loop fastener, an engaging member (buckle), a snap, a hook, or the like, or a combination thereof, The structure which connects a site | part directly or indirectly is shown.

  In addition, the breast-feeding cushion may include a fitting recess into which the feeding container is fitted in an upright state at the placement portion or the end portion side portion of the placement portion.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the baby can be placed on the placement portion while being tilted so that the head side of the baby is raised, the user of the nursing cushion takes a burden. There is no need to take a posture.

  That is, the user of the nursing cushion can normally breastfeed in a state close to the posture it takes when seated, and does not require labor to carry the infant, so there is no burden.

Moreover, since the state which inclined the head side of the infant can be stabilized and the state can be maintained, there is no burden on the infant .

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a state diagram showing a use state of a nursing cushion in the present embodiment.
That is, the user A seated in the chaise longue attaches the breast-feeding cushion 11 to the waist front circumference side, lays the baby B on the breast-feeding cushion 11 with his / her back on the back, and the user A sits on the baby B. Shows breastfeeding.

  Hereinafter, the structure of the nursing cushion 11 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2, 3, and 4.

The feeding cushion 11 is filled with urethane foam 12 inside, and the outside is covered with a covering cover 13 formed of a flexible material such as cotton, and a placing portion 15 configured to allow the infant B to be placed thereon. (Refer to FIG. 4).
As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3A, the mounting portion 15 is formed so as to protrude to the same side on each side 16 and 17 in the longitudinal direction when seen in a plan view.

  The end portion on one side 16 in the placement portion 15 has a first end portion 15c (the end portion on the back side in FIG. 2), and the end portion on the other side 17 in the second end portion 15d (in FIG. 2). , The front end).

  The mounting part 15 which takes the said form is comprised including the recessed part 14 for fitting recessed in the substantially circular arc shape so that attachment was possible on the user's A waist | hip | lumbar front peripheral side as mentioned above.

  As shown in FIG. 3 (b), when the placement portion 15 is placed on a horizontal plane, the placement portion 15 is gradually inclined from the other side 17 in the left-right direction of the placement portion 15 toward the one side 16. Thus, the one side 16 in the left-right direction is formed thicker than the other side 17. That is, the mounting portion 15 is configured such that the first end portion 15c is thicker than the second end portion 15d.

  Moreover, since the said mounting part 15 forms the surface and the back surface with the same form (refer FIG. 3 (a), FIG.3 (c)), either the surface in the said mounting part 15, or a back surface The infant B can be placed and used also on the surface on the side.

  Furthermore, the front and back surfaces of the second end portion 15d are each provided with a fitting recess 17a into which the feeding container C can be fitted in an upright state (see FIGS. 3 (a) and 3 (c)).

  One end portions of the pair of belt members 21a and 21b are sewn to portions of the first end portion 15c and the second end portion 15d facing each other. On the other end side of the pair of belt members 21a and 21b, an engaging member 22 (buckle) made of synthetic resin that engages the pair of belt members 21a and 21b so as to be separable is attached. The lengths of the belt members 21a and 21b can be arbitrarily adjusted using the engagement member 22.

Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the inner portion 15a located on the near side of the fitting recess 14 in the placement portion 15 has a thickness of six pieces formed of a plate-like elastic urethane member therein. A member 18 is provided. The thickness holding members 18 are disposed at substantially equal intervals in the length direction of the inner portion 15a.
And since the said thickness holding member 18 has attached the upper surface and the lower surface to the said covering cover 13 integrally, when it mounts on a horizontal surface, it is maintained in the substantially upright form.

As described above, the inner portion 15a of the placement portion 15 is provided with the thickness holding member 18 therein to maintain the thickness of the inner portion 15a. On the other hand, the outer peripheral edge portion 15b of the placement portion 15 is not provided with the thickness holding member 18 as described above.
By the way, the inside of the mounting portion 15 is in a state where the filled urethane foam 12 is pressed. For this reason, the restoring force acts in a direction in which the covering cover 13 is pushed up from the inside, and the outer peripheral edge portion 15b where the thickness holding member 18 is not provided can be configured to be thicker than the inside portion 15a.

  As described above, the nursing cushion 11 in the present embodiment is configured as described above.

  The user A attaches the breast-feeding cushion 11 to the front waist side and places it on the thigh. At this time, when breastfeeding, the breast-feeding cushion 11 is placed so that the first end portion 15c side is located on the side of the breast to which breast milk is fed.

  Subsequently, the user A turns his / her hand to the back side to engage the engaging member 22 as shown in FIG. 5 and adjust the lengths of the belt members 21a and 21b.

  Then, the user A places the baby B on the inner side 15a of the placement unit 15 with the baby B lying on the back so that the head side of the baby B is located on the first end 15c side. Thereby, the head side of the infant B can be laid at a position higher than the foot side (see FIG. 1).

  The user A puts his left hand under the head of the infant B and holds the infant B with the face facing the front side.

At this time, the left hand may be lightly attached to the lower side of the baby B's head, and the elbow of the left arm can be placed on the second end 15d.
On the other hand, the right arm may be brought close to the buttocks of the infant B, and the right hand may be lightly attached near the buttocks.

When the user A takes such a posture and tries to feed the baby B, the breast is located at the mouth of the baby B.
For this reason, the user A can normally breastfeed the infant B's mouth with the left breast in the same posture as when sitting on the chair.

  Even if the infant moves violently on the placement unit 15, the outer peripheral edge 15 b of the placement unit 15 is thicker than the inner side 15 a, so that the infant A tries to move outside the placement unit 15. , Its operation can be regulated.

When breastfeeding is completed and the nursing cushion 11 is removed from the waist circumference, the user A either moves the infant B to a safe place around it, or places the infant B on the placement unit 15. The engagement member 22 may be disengaged while paying attention to the infant B.
Thereby, the breast-feeding cushion 11 can be easily removed from the waist front peripheral part.

The breast-feeding cushion 11 can be used as described above, and the breast-feeding cushion 11 can obtain various effects as follows.
Since the user A brings the breast close to the mouth of the infant B, the user A does not have to bend forward, so that the user A is not particularly burdened. Moreover, since the user A does not need to hold the infant B's head or neck and breastfeed, the arm is not burdened.

  Furthermore, since the head of the infant B is not tilted forward and does not press the neck like when the infant B is lifted with his / her arm and breastfeeding, the baby B is not burdened.

Further, since the thickness holding member 18 is provided on the inner side portion 15a of the placement portion 15, when the nursing cushion 11 is placed on the thigh of the user A, the outer peripheral edge portion 15b of the placement portion 15 is Higher than 15a.
Therefore, it is possible to prevent the infant B from falling over the outer peripheral edge portion 15b to the outside of the placement portion 15.

  Furthermore, since the engagement member 22 is engaged in a state where the lengths of the pair of belt members 21a and 21b are adjusted, the user A has fitted the recess 17a into the waist front peripheral side. The nursing cushion 11 can be used stably in the state.

  In addition, if the user A breastfeeds using the feeding container C instead of breast milk, the feeding container C can be inserted into the fitting recess 17a, for example, other than breast feeding such as wiping the mouth of the infant B. Can take care of.

  Moreover, since the breast-feeding cushion 11 is formed in the same form on the surface on which the baby B is placed as described above and the back side surface, when the breast-feeding cushion 11 is used as described above, Can be used upside down.

Specifically, when the user A places the breast-feeding cushion 11 on the crotch, the user A places the breast-feeding cushion 11 with the front and back sides reversed, and the first end portion The nursing cushion 11 may be placed on the thigh of the user A so that the 15c side is positioned on the right side.
Thereby, as shown in FIG. 6, the said breast-feeding cushion 11 can be attached to the user A in the state in which the mounting part 15 was inclined high on the right side.
Then, the user A can place the infant B on the placement unit 15 and feed the baby in the same manner as described above so that the head side of the infant B is located on the right side of the placement unit 15.

  Therefore, when the baby B is placed, no burden is applied even when the head of the baby B is directed to the left or right side, and breast feeding can be performed in a stable state.

Furthermore, by enabling use of both sides, for example, as described above, when the breastfeeding cushion 11 is changed from the left breast to the right breast for breastfeeding, or when the user A's dominant hand is the left hand In addition, it is possible to cope with the case where the baby container C is held with the left hand and breastfeeding.
This invention is not limited to the configuration of the embodiment described above, it is possible to obtain many embodiments.

Explanatory drawing of the use condition of the cushion for nursing. The perspective view of the cushion for nursing. Structure explanatory drawing of the use condition of the nursing cushion. AA sectional view and BB sectional view in FIG. The rear view of the state which attached the cushion for infant feeding. Explanatory drawing of the other use condition of the cushion for nursing.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 ... Cushion for feeding 15 ... Placement part 15a ... Inner part 15b ... Outer peripheral edge part 15c ... First end part 15d ... Second end part 16 ... One side in the placement part 17 ... Other side in the placement part 18 ... Thickness Holding part 21a, 21b ... Belt member 22 ... Engagement member 17a ... Insertion recess A ... User of nursing cushion B ... Infant C ... Feeding container

Claims (4)

A cushion for breastfeeding that is used by being attached to the front side of the waist of a human body, and has a placement part on which an infant is laid on its back,
Forming the outer peripheral edge of the mounting part thicker than the inner part of the mounting part so that the upper surface of the mounting part is concave;
The upper surface of the inner portion of the placement portion is formed with an inclined surface that is substantially horizontal in the width direction and gradually increases from the foot side portion to the head side portion of the baby in the length direction <br / > Nursing cushion. The breast-feeding cushion according to claim 1, wherein the lower surface of the placement portion is configured to have substantially the same shape as the upper surface . In the inner part of the mounting part,
The breast-feeding cushion according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a thickness holding member formed of a material having a higher thickness holding property than the material filled in the inner portion . The thickness holding member is formed in a plate shape,
The breast-feeding cushion according to claim 3, wherein each of the plurality of thickness holding members is disposed in an upright state in a length direction of the inner portion of the placement portion .

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