JP4865766B2 - Walking assist belt - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a walking assist belt that prevents elderly people from bending forward and facilitates walking.

  In the case of an elderly person, the upper body becomes bent forward during walking due to the weakening of muscle strength, and the abdomen and chest are pressed close to each other so that they are easily fatigued, making long-time walking difficult.

  For this reason, a reinforcing correction assisting tool that forcibly causes the upper body of an elderly person to facilitate walking has been proposed. This type of walking correction assisting device is provided with a back support member on the belt to be attached to the torso, the upper part of the back support member can be shouldered, and a belt-like member that is hung on the leg is provided at the lower part. (For example, refer patent document 1).

JP 2001-120684 A

  However, in such a conventional technique, a backrest member or a belt-like member is provided on the belt, so that the structure is complicated and difficult to manufacture. Moreover, since there are many parts to hang on a body, it is difficult for elderly people to wear them.

  The present invention has been made paying attention to such a conventional technique, and an object thereof is to provide a walking assist belt that is easy to manufacture and wear.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, there are provided a belt main body having side portions on both sides wider than the center portion at the center and being attached to the trunk portion by overlapping the side portions on the front surface of the abdomen, and a spine corresponding portion in the center portion of the belt main body. A long rigid body that is sewn at predetermined intervals along the longitudinal direction of the belt main body, and a detachable locking member provided on the overlapping surface of the side portions, respectively, at portions other than It is characterized by comprising.

  The invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that the width of the side portion gradually increases from the center portion.

  The invention according to claim 3 is characterized in that the width of the side portion increases only in the upward direction from the center portion, and the lower edge portion of the belt body is linear.

  The invention according to claim 4 is characterized in that the long rigid body is made of resin.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the structure is based on the belt main body to be attached to the trunk portion, the manufacturing is easy and the attachment is easy only by overlapping both side portions on the front surface of the abdomen. Since the wide side portion is positioned on the front surface of the abdomen and the chest is supported by the upper edge of the belt main body , the upper body is prevented from being bent forward, and the abdomen and the chest are not pressed close to each other and are not easily fatigued. Therefore, walking for a long time becomes easy. Since the belt body is sewn with a long rigid body parallel to the trunk axis (straight up and down), the belt body itself does not bend significantly, and it is possible to reliably prevent the upper body from bending forward. it can. Since there is no long rigid body in the spine-corresponding portion, there is no interference between the spine and the long rigid body, and the wearing feeling is good. Since the side portion necessary for preventing the forward bending is wide and the center portion corresponding to the back surface is narrow, the weight can be reduced as compared with the case where the whole is formed wide.

Since the width of the side portion increases only in the upward direction from the center portion, the lower edge portion of the belt body is linear, and the feeling of contact with the waist portion of the belt body is improved. Even if the height position of the upper edge portion of the belt main body is displaced on the back side, the upper edge portion on the back side does not strongly contact the body portion that tends to bend forward, so that the feeling of wearing is not affected.

According to the invention described in claim 2, since the width of the side portion gradually increases from the center portion, the edge portion of the belt main body continuously changes, and the wearing feeling is further improved.

According to the invention described in claim 3 , since the long rigid body is made of resin, the weight can be reduced as compared with metal.

  A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 shows the width direction (vertical dimension) A in an enlarged ratio with respect to the longitudinal direction (horizontal direction) B. FIG.

  The walking assist belt 1 according to this embodiment is basically composed of a cloth belt body 2. The cloth member constituting the belt body 2 is formed by selecting a material having low stretchability. It is a grade which has the elasticity of the grade which can obtain a moderate clamp | tightening feeling at the time of mounting | wearing.

  The belt main body 2 is composed of a center portion 2 at the center and side portions 4 on both sides thereof. The width W1 of the center part 2 is 17 cm, and the width W2 of the side part 4 is 20 cm. The overall length of the belt body 2 is 100 cm, the center portion 2 is 30 cm, and the side portions 4 are each 35 cm.

  In the side portion 4, only the upper edge portion 5 is gradually inclined upward from the center portion 2, and the lower edge portion 6 is linear in the longitudinal direction B of the belt body 2.

  A hook-and-loop fastener 7 as an attachment / detachment locking member is attached to one of the side portions 4 on one surface side, and a corresponding hook-and-loop fastener 8 is attached to the other back surface side. The hook-and-loop fasteners 7 and 8 have a detachable structure that is locked by being pressed against each other and detached when a force is applied in the peeling direction.

  The belt body 2 is sewn with a total of 13 long rigid bodies 9 and 9a along the longitudinal direction. The long rigid bodies 9 and 9a are made of a general-purpose resin made of vinyl chloride or polypropylene. The long rigid bodies 9, 9a are all formed in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. That is, it is formed so as to be parallel to the trunk axis S of the trunk M when mounted.

  The elongate rigid body 9 is sewn on the left and right sides except for the spine corresponding portion 10 at the center of the center portion 2, and only one elongate rigid body 9a is formed only on the portion corresponding to the surface fastener 7 on the back surface side. Is sewn, making a total of 13. The vertical dimensions of the long rigid bodies 9, 9 a change in accordance with the shape of the upper edge portion 5 of the belt body 2. The length of the spine corresponding part 10 is 20 cm.

  The twelve long rigid bodies 9 other than the long rigid body 9a corresponding to the hook-and-loop fastener 7 are all sewed on the belt body 2 in a protruding state on the front surface side, and protruded on the back surface side (body M side). Not to be. Only the long rigid body 9a corresponding to the hook-and-loop fastener 7 protrudes on the back side in order to make the hook-and-loop fastener 7 flat.

  When the walking assist belt 1 having such a structure is attached to the trunk M, the side parts 4 on both sides of the belt body 2 are held by hand and applied from the back side of the trunk M, and both side parts 4 are abdomen. Overlap while pulling a little on the front. If it does so, the surface fasteners 7 and 8 of both the side parts 4 will latch, and the state with which the trunk | drum M was mounted | worn will be maintained. Since the hook-and-loop fasteners 7 and 8 are flat with each other, the bonding force is high.

  Since the both sides 4 are wider than the center 2 in the attached walking assist belt 1, the portions corresponding to the front and side surfaces of the trunk M are wide side portions 4, and the portions corresponding to the back are more than that. Becomes a narrow center portion 2.

  Since the wide side part 4 is located in front of the abdomen, the upper edge 5 of the belt body 2 can support the chest. Accordingly, the forward bending of the upper body is prevented, and the abdomen and chest are not compressed in close proximity to each other, so that fatigue is reduced and long-time walking is facilitated.

Since the belt body 2 is sewn with the long rigid bodies 9 and 9a parallel to the trunk axis S (straight up and down), the belt body 2 itself is not greatly bent and the upper body is bent forward. It can be surely prevented. Since the long rigid body 9 does not exist in the spine corresponding portion 10, the spine and the long rigid body 9 do not interfere with each other, and the wearing feeling is good. Since the side part 4 necessary for preventing the forward bending is wide and the center part 2 corresponding to the back surface is narrow, the weight can be reduced as compared with the case where the whole is formed wide. In addition, it has contributed to weight reduction that the elongate rigid body 9 was formed with resin.

  Although the side portion 4 is formed wider, only the upper edge portion 5 is displaced in a gradually inclined state, so that the mounting feeling on the front surface and the side surface of the upper edge portion 5 is good. In addition, since the upper edge part 5 of the back side does not contact | abut strongly with the trunk | drum M which tends to bend forward, it does not affect a feeling of mounting. And since the lower edge part 6 of the belt main body 2 is linear, the contact feeling to a waist | hip | lumbar part improves.

  Furthermore, except for the long rigid body 9a corresponding to one hook-and-loop fastener 7, all the long rigid bodies 9 protrude to the front surface side and do not protrude to the back surface side (body M side). A feeling of wearing to the trunk M is also good.

  As described above, the walking assist belt 1 of this embodiment is based on the belt main body 2 to be attached to the trunk M, so that it is easy to manufacture and the two side portions 4 are overlapped on the front of the abdomen. It's easy and simple.

The side view which shows the walking assistance belt which concerns on this embodiment. Sectional drawing of the walking assistance belt which follows the arrow SA-SA line in FIG. Sectional drawing which shows the overlapping part of a side part. The front view which shows the walking assistance belt of a mounting state. The rear view which shows the walking assistance belt of a mounting state.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Walking assistance belt 2 Belt main body 3 Center part 4 Side part 5 Upper edge part 6 Lower edge part 7, 8 Surface fastener (detachable locking member)
9, 9a Long rigid body 10 Spine corresponding part A width direction B longitudinal direction M trunk part S trunk axis

Claims (3)

A belt body with side portions on both sides wider than the center portion at the center and the side portions overlapped on the front of the abdomen and mounted on the torso, and a trunk shaft on each portion of the center portion of the belt body other than the spine-corresponding portion And a long rigid body sewn at a predetermined interval along the longitudinal direction of the belt body, and a detachable locking member provided on each of the overlapping surfaces of the side portions ,
A walking assist belt characterized in that the width of the side portion increases only upward from the center portion, and the lower edge of the belt body is linear .   The walking assist belt according to claim 1, wherein the width of the side portion gradually increases from the center portion.   The walking assist belt according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the long rigid body is made of resin.

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