JP4728798B2 - Attachment for nurse call grip pushbutton - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an attachment for a grip push button attached to a grip push button type slave connected to a nurse call device.

  The hand-push button type handset connected to the nurse call device is individually assigned to the inpatient so that the nurse can be called as necessary. The gripping push button type handset has a trunk part that fits in a palm and a push button provided at an end part of the trunk part. Therefore, when operating the grip push button type handset with one hand, the push button is operated with the thumb.

By the way, Patent Document 1 discloses a nurse call holder for holding a grasping push button type child device in a palm for a hospitalized person having a weak gripping force. A gripping push button type handset equipped with this nurse call holder is configured to operate a push button with a thumb.
JP 2005-58455 A

  However, when the inpatient's gripping force is weak, the muscle strength of the thumb is often relatively lowered, which makes it difficult to push the push button with the thumb. In particular, many hand-push button type handsets are built on the assumption that they are operated with the thumb. Therefore, even if the other four fingers have sufficient muscular strength, it becomes difficult to operate.

  Therefore, the present invention provides an attachment for a grip push button that enables a grip push button type slave unit to be operated with a weak grip force without using a thumb.

  An attachment for a grip push button according to the present invention is attached to a grip push button type slave connected to a nurse call device to assist the operation of the push button. This attachment includes a gripping portion and a lever portion. The gripping part is arranged away from the outer surface of the body part of the gripping pushbutton type slave unit, and has flexibility in a direction intersecting the pressing direction of the pushbutton. The lever part is held across the push button by a support part provided on a grip part extending in a direction opposite to the push-button pushing direction, and intersects the push-button pushing direction. The push button is pressed by moving the grip portion toward the body portion in the direction.

  According to another aspect of the present invention, the lever portion includes a pair of arms that extend linearly from the support portion toward the push button and rotate about the support portion. It is removably connected to.

  Moreover, according to the other aspect of this invention, it has a guide part in a support part, and has a contact part and a sliding contact part in a lever part. The guide part is inclined in a direction away from the body part in the pushing direction of the push button. The contact portion contacts the push button, and the sliding contact portion urges the contact portion in the direction in which the push button is pushed in as the support portions approach each other. Further, the lever portion includes an auxiliary portion that protrudes from the support portion in the direction opposite to the pushing direction of the push button.

  According to the present invention configured as described above, when the gripping parts approach each other by gripping the gripping part, the lever part is urged in the direction of pushing the pushbutton, so that the pushbutton can be operated. Therefore, the push button can be pushed without using the thumb.

  Moreover, according to the other aspect of this invention, since the arms are connected so that extraction | extraction is mutually possible, a grasping pushbutton type subunit | mobile_unit can be easily attached or detached in the state which extracted the arm.

  Further, according to another aspect of the present invention, in addition to being able to operate the push button by grasping the grip portion, it is also possible to push the auxiliary portion provided in the lever portion guided in the push-button pushing direction by the guide portion. Since the push button is operated by the contact portion, the push button can be operated with the thumb. Thereby, operation with a thumb can be performed even with the attachment attached.

  An attachment 1 according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4. An attachment 1 shown in FIG. 1 is attached to a gripping push button type handset 100. Here, the grip push button type handset 100 is one form of a handset connected to the nurse call device. In addition, the gripping push button type handset 100 includes a push button 101, a body portion 102, and a cord 103, and the body portion 102 includes a base portion 102a and a distal end portion 102b.

  The trunk portion 102 has a smooth outer shape so that the user can easily grasp it and considers wiping properties. The surface of the push button 101 is exposed at the tip 102b opposite to the base 102a from which the cord 103 extends. Here, the push button 101 can be operated by pushing the push button 101 from the distal end portion 102b toward the base portion 102a. Further, when the push button 101 is not pushed in, the push button 101 is returned to the original position by a spring or the like provided at the attachment position of the push button 101.

  The attachment 1 is particularly intended to assist a hospitalized person whose gripping power is reduced to operate the push button 101 provided on the push button type handset 100. The attachment 1 includes a grip portion 10 and a lever portion 20.

  The grip portion 10 is fixed to the gripping pushbutton type handset 100 on the base portion 102a side, and extends from the base portion 102a as a pair along the trunk portion 102 with a gap to the pushbutton 101 side. The gripping portion 10 has sufficient flexibility in a direction G toward the trunk portion 102 that intersects the direction P in which the pushbutton 101 of the gripping pushbutton type slave unit 100 is pushed. In addition, a plurality of concave portions 11 for preventing slipping are provided on the outer surface of the grip portion 10.

  Further, a fixed end 12 for fixing the gripping pushbutton type slave device 100 to the attachment 1 is provided on the base portion 102 a side of the grip portion 10. The inside of the fixed end 12 of the holding part 10 is formed in a mortar shape along the outer shape of the grip pushbutton type child device 100 as shown in FIG. A slit 13 passing between the gripping portions 10 is provided at the fixed end 12. This slit 13 is for passing the cord 103 when the hand-push button type handset 100 is attached to or detached from the attachment 1.

  The lever portion 20 is formed integrally with the grip portion 10 by a support portion 15 provided at the flexible end 14 of the grip portion 10 extending in a direction opposite to the direction P pushed into the push button 101. Moreover, the lever part 20 is hold | maintained in the position beyond the pushbutton 101, and the center part is contact | abutting to the pushbutton 101 as shown in FIG. The lever portion 20 includes a first arm 21 and a second arm 22.

  The first arm 21 and the second arm 22 are rotatable about the support portion 15 toward the push button 101, and are detachably connected at the center portion as shown in FIG. As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, a female fitting portion 21 a is formed at the turning end of the first arm 21, and a male fitting portion 22 a is formed at the turning end of the second arm 22. Yes.

  Further, the first arm 21 and the second arm 22 extend linearly from the support portion 15 toward the push button 101, respectively. Here, the coupling portion 20a in which the first arm 21 and the second arm 22 are coupled is bent around an axis parallel to the central axis around which the first arm 21 and the second arm 22 rotate. Is possible. As shown in FIG. 2, the coupling portion 20 a is disposed at a position that is biased toward the push button 101 with respect to the line segment A connecting the support portions 15.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the grip portion 10 of the attachment 1 configured as described above is gripped from the outside, and the grip portion 10 is made to approach in a direction G toward the trunk portion 102 that intersects the direction P in which the push button 101 is pushed. The first arm 21 and the second arm 22 of the lever portion 20 are pushed against each other, and the coupling portion 20a is biased in the direction P in which the push button 101 is pushed.

  Therefore, if this attachment 1 is attached to the gripping push button type handset 100, the gripping force is reduced, and in particular, a hospitalized person who cannot move the thumb sufficiently can grip the push button 101 with the thumb. It can be operated in the same way as pressing. Further, the attachment 1 of the present embodiment has a simple structure and can be manufactured at low cost.

  Furthermore, this attachment 1 has a small number of parts. As shown in FIG. 4, the attachment 1 can be easily attached to and removed from the push-push type slave device 100 by removing the connecting portion 20 a between the first arm 21 and the second arm 22 of the lever portion 20. be able to. Therefore, even if dirt adheres, it can be removed immediately and cleaned.

  The material of the attachment 1 is a material considering that the first arm 21 and the second arm 22 are repeatedly bent with the support portion 15 as a fulcrum, and that the gripping portion 10 can maintain sufficient flexibility, and A material that does not dissolve in alcohol and hardly deteriorates by chemicals is desirable. Specifically, polyethylene, polypropylene, polyethylene vinyl and the like are preferable.

  Moreover, the attachment 1 can be made visible even at night by mixing a material having a phosphorescent property with the above-described materials such as polyethylene, polypropylene, and polyethylene vinyl.

  Next, an attachment according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. This attachment 1A is different in the structure of the lever portion 20A from the attachment 1 described in the first embodiment. The structure which has the same function as the attachment 1 of 1st Embodiment attaches | subjects the same code | symbol, and abbreviate | omits the description.

  The lever portion 20 </ b> A is a continuous plate formed so as to be slightly thinner at the center portion, and both end portions 23 are rotatably connected to a support portion 15 </ b> A formed on the flexible end 14 of the grip portion 10. Has been. The lever portion 20A is curved toward the push button 101 with respect to the line segment A connecting the support portions 15A, and the center portion is in contact with the push button 101.

  When gripping the grip portion 10, the support portion 15 </ b> A approaches the direction G that intersects the direction P in which the push buttons 101 are pushed together. As a result, the lever portion 20 </ b> A is bent and further bent in the direction P for urging the push button 101. In particular, it is easy to bend because the central part is formed slightly thin.

  In this way, by lightly grasping the grip portion 10, the lever portion 20A presses the push button 101 as in the first embodiment. Even when the gripping force is weak and sufficient force is not applied to the thumb, the attachment 1A assists the operation of operating the push button 101, so that the gripping push button type handset 100 can be easily operated with a light force. .

  Instead of detachably connecting both end portions 23 to the lever portion 20A, either one can be removed, and the other is continuously formed with the grip portion 10 by the support portion 15 as in the first embodiment. May be.

  Next, an attachment 1B according to a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. This attachment 1B differs in the structure of the lever part 20B compared with the attachment 1 of 1st Embodiment, and the attachment 1A of 2nd Embodiment. About the structure which has the same function as the attachment 1 of 1st Embodiment, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected and the description is abbreviate | omitted.

  This attachment 1B has a cam piece 30 (corresponding to a support part in claims) in which a cam hole 31 (corresponding to a guide part in claims) is formed and attached to the flexible end 14 of the grip part 10. And a floating element 40 serving as the lever portion 20B. The floating element 40 includes an abutting portion 41 that contacts the push button 101, a pin 42 that is guided by the cam hole 31, and an auxiliary portion 43 that bulges in a direction opposite to the pushing direction P of the push button 101 from the cam piece 30. Prepare.

  The cam hole 31 is inclined in a direction away from the body portion 102 of the gripping pushbutton type slave unit 100 as it goes in the pushing direction P of the pushbutton 101. The pin 42 of the floating element 40 moves in the direction G in which the cam pieces 30 approach each other, so that the pin 42 comes into contact with the cam hole 31 having a tapered surface and is displaced in the direction P in which the push button 101 is pushed.

  When the gripping portion 10 is squeezed in a direction G toward the body portion 102 that intersects the direction P in which the push button 101 is pushed in, the cam hole 31 guides the pin 42 in the direction P in which the push button 101 is pushed in, and the floating element 40 Is displaced in the direction P of pushing. As a result, the contact portion 41 biases the push button 101. Since this attachment 1B has the auxiliary part 43 in the floating element 40, in addition to being able to operate the push button 101 by grasping the grip part 10, the contact part 41 is pushed by pushing the auxiliary part 43 directly. The push button 101 can be operated by energizing 101. Thereby, operation with the thumb can be performed even with the attachment 1B being worn.

  In addition, in embodiment mentioned above, although the holding part 10 and the lever part 20 are formed integrally, it is not limited to this. For example, the grip portion and the lever portion may be separated and connected by a hinge or the like.

  In the above-described embodiment, the push button 101 is operated by grasping the grip portion 10, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, one side surface of the grip portion 10 may be fixed to a wall surface or a bed, and the push button 101 may be operated by pressing the other side surface with a palm or the back of a hand.

In addition, the said embodiment is only what showed the example in implementation in implementing this invention, and, as a result, the technical scope of this invention should not be interpreted limitedly. That is, the present invention can be implemented in various forms without departing from the spirit or main features thereof.

The perspective view which shows the state which attached the attachment of 1st Embodiment which concerns on this invention to the pushbutton type | mold subunit | mobile_unit. Sectional drawing of the attachment shown in FIG. Sectional drawing of the state by which the attachment shown in FIG. 2 was operated. The perspective view in the middle of attaching the attachment shown in FIG. 1 to a pushbutton type cordless handset. Sectional drawing which shows the lever part vicinity of the attachment of 2nd Embodiment which concerns on this invention. Sectional drawing which shows the lever part vicinity of the attachment of the 3rd Embodiment which concerns on this invention.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1,1A, 1B ... Attachment, 10 ... Gripping part, 15, 15A ... Supporting part, 20, 20A, 20B ... Lever part, 100 ... Gripping pushbutton type cordless handset, 101 ... Push button, 102 ... Trunk part, A ... A line segment (connecting the support portion), a P (direction to push the push button) direction, a G (direction intersecting the direction P) direction.

Claims (6)

An attachment that is attached to a gripping pushbutton type slave connected to the nurse call device and assists the operation of the pushbutton,
A gripping part that is arranged away from the outer surface of the body part of the gripping pushbutton type handset and has flexibility in a direction intersecting the pushing direction of the pushbutton;
A pair of support portions provided on both sides of the grip portion extending in a direction opposite to the push direction of the push button and sandwiching the push button are held beyond the push button and intersect the push button push direction. An attachment for a grip push button, comprising: a lever portion that presses the push button by causing the grip portion to approach in a direction toward the body portion. In the case where the grip push button type slave unit is provided with the push button on the distal end side with respect to the base portion to which the cord is connected,
The said holding | grip part is fixed to the said grasping pushbutton type subunit | mobile_unit on the said base part side, and it has a clearance gap with respect to the said trunk | drum to the said pushbutton side, The Claim 1 characterized by the above-mentioned. Attachment for grip push button.   The attachment for a grip push button according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the lever portion is bent toward the push button with respect to a line segment connecting the support portions. The lever portion includes a pair of arms that extend linearly from the support portion toward the push button and rotate around the support portion.
The grip pushbutton attachment according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the arms are connected to each other so as to be detachable from each other. The support part has a guide part that inclines in a direction away from the body part toward the pushing direction of the push button,
The lever portion is slidably contacted with the abutment portion in contact with the push button and the support portion is guided by the guide portion when the support portion approaches each other to urge the abutment portion in a direction of pushing the push button. The attachment for a grip pushbutton according to claim 1, further comprising:   2. The attachment for a grip push button according to claim 1, wherein the lever portion includes an auxiliary portion protruding from the support portion in a direction opposite to a pushing direction of the push button.

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