JP5004004B2 - Separate bath carry - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a separate bathing carry suitable for bathing care for those who have difficulty walking.

When bathing a person who is difficult to stand on their own, the caregiver takes the person who takes the bath to the side of the bathtub with the shower wheel, which is a wheelchair for bathing, and transfers the person from the shower carry to the edge of the bathtub. There are people who take a bath inside. However, in this bathing method, transfer between the wheelchair and the bathtub is a difficult task not only for the caregiver but also for the caregiver. For this reason, when bathing people who are difficult to stand by themselves, the bathing carry and lift that can be separated into the carry part and the seat part so that transfer between the shower carry and the edge of the bathtub can be eliminated The method of using the apparatus together is taken.
Such a separable bathing carry mainly comprises a carry portion suitable for floor traveling and a seat portion set on the carry portion, and is configured to be separable as necessary.

As the separation-type bathing carry, there is one in which a sheet portion provided with a hanging portion is fixed to the carry portion through a coupling means so as to be separated. In addition, this coupling means includes a coupling fitting provided between the carry portion and the seat portion that has a male-female relationship or a belt stopper that joins the carry portion and the seat portion together (Patent Literature). 1).
In addition, as another separable bathing carry, a carry part is provided in a substantially rectangular frame having a support frame on the rear side, a bracket provided on the front side of the main part, and provided on the lower side of the main part and the bracket. The seat part is composed of a seat part, a backrest part that stands up from the seat part and extends above the support frame, a connecting collar, a leg part, and a footrest part. There is a configuration in which the carry portion and the seat portion are integrated via a support portion of the main body portion and a connecting rod or a main body portion and a seat portion (see Patent Document 2).

However, with the former bathing carry, it is difficult to align the fitting when it is a male / female fitting, and when it is a belt, it must be separated and joined. There is a problem that it takes.
Further, in the latter bathing carry, for the connection between the carry part and the seat part, the connecting part of the seat part is supported on the support part of the main part, and the side frame of the seat part is utilized using the L-shaped steel of the main part. It is the composition only to mount. Therefore, since there is no locking mechanism between the carry part and the seat part, there is a risk of separation when using it as a wheelchair, and there is a concern about using it with confidence, such as large play. Met.

As described above, the conventional separation-type bath carry has problems that separation or setting cannot be easily performed, and that the fixation cannot be performed firmly when used like a wheelchair.
JP-A-11-253520 JP 2005-58599 A

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a bathing carry that can be separated and set by a simple operation and can be used safely in a separate bathing carry comprising a carry portion and a seat portion. .

In the invention of claim 1, in the separate bathing carry comprising a carry part having a front wheel and a rear wheel, and a seat part formed integrally with a back part and a waist part, the upper edge part of the carry part is The frame structure is parallel to the direction, and the narrow opening is continuously inclined downward from the lower part of the wide opening having an inverted triangular shape so that the rear part of the carry part is provided with a receiving part that is substantially y-shaped in a side view. while it secure the sheet support plate obtained by forming with said seat portion together with and configure secured to the back mat and seat mat seat frame configured in a substantially L shape in side view, the seat frame at the bottom of the by fixing a substantially inverted mountain-shaped guide pipe configured to both side portions spaced apart in the longitudinal becomes inclined portion, in setting the separated sheet portion to carry part, the When the seat part is lowered, the rear guide pipe of the seat part comes into contact with the sheet squeeze plate of the carry part, and the guide pipe is guided by the wide opening of the upper opening provided in the seat squeeze plate, into the narrow opening. By moving the carry part relatively, the position of the carry part and the seat part in the front-rear direction is automatically adjusted, and the rear guide pipe of the carry part and the inclined part of the front guide pipe are above the body frame of the carry part. By contacting the edge portion, the position in the left-right direction is automatically adjusted to the optimum position, and the front guide pipe can be held by a lock portion provided in the carry portion.
According to a second aspect of the present invention, the lock portion is secured to the front upper portion of the carry portion with a lock sledge plate provided with a notch hole opened upward, and the lock plate provided with a lock claw and a return portion is rotated on the lock squeeze plate. The lock bar is movably supported and is configured by attaching a spring so as to urge the lock plate in the locked and unlocked directions, and the lock bar fixed to the front guide pipe fits into the notch hole. And the lock plate is automatically locked.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the separation-type bathing carry is composed of a carry part having a front wheel and a rear wheel, and a seat part integrally comprising a back part and a waist part. Therefore, while the seat portion is set on the carry portion, the seat portion can be moved to a desired place, and in the separated state, the seat portion can be moved into the bathtub using a lift device or the like, so bathing assistance is performed. easy. The upper edge portion of the carry portion has a frame configuration parallel to the front-rear direction, and a substantially inverted mountain-shaped guide member is fixed to the lower portion of the seat portion. Therefore, the position adjustment in the left-right direction is automatically performed by simply lowering the seat portion from above the carry portion. Further, since the rear part of the carry part is provided with a substantially y-shaped receiving part in a side view, the position adjustment in the front-rear direction is automatically performed when the rear guide pipe comes into contact with the receiving part. . Since the position adjustment of the front, rear, left and right of the seat part is automatically performed with respect to the carry part, it can be easily set. In addition, since the front guide pipe is locked to the carry portion in a state where the rear guide pipe is positioned below the y-shaped receiving portion, it can be used stably.
According to the invention of claim 2, since the lock plate operates so that the lock bar is automatically locked when the lock bar fixed to the front guide pipe fits into the notch hole provided in the lock shiji plate. When the seat portion is set, only the lowering operation of the seat portion is required, which is very simple and safe because the lock is not forgotten.

In a separate bathing carry comprising a carry part having a front wheel and a rear wheel, and a seat part formed integrally with a back part and a waist part, the upper edge of the carry part has a frame configuration parallel to the front-rear direction. In addition, a substantially y-shaped receiving portion is provided on the rear side of the carry portion in a side view, while a substantially inverted mountain-shaped guide pipe is fixed to the lower portion of the seat portion so as to be separated in the front-rear direction. The front guide pipe can be held by a lock portion provided in the portion. Further, the lock portion is secured to the front upper portion of the carry portion with a notch hole opened upward, and the lock plate having the lock claw and the return portion is rotatably supported on the lock shiji plate. In addition, a spring is attached to urge the lock plate in the locked and unlocked directions, and the lock bar fixed to the front guide pipe is automatically locked when fitted in the notch hole. The plate is configured to be locked.

Hereinafter, the separated bathing carry 1 according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
The separate bath carry 1 according to the present invention mainly comprises a carry part 2, a sheet part 3, and a lock part 4 for fixing the sheet part 3 to the carry part 2. In the present embodiment, the bather M is front-rear and left-right with reference to the state where the bather M is seated in the bathing carry 1.

First, the carry unit 2 will be described. The carry portion 2 is composed of a body frame 7 having front wheels 5 and 5 and rear wheels 6 and 6. More specifically, side pipes 7b and 7b that are substantially U-shaped in a side view are fixed to the rear part of a front wheel support pipe 7a that is formed in a substantially U-shape that is open downward in a front view, and these side pipes 7b and 7b. A back pipe 7c formed in a substantially U-shape opened downward in front view is fixed to the rear end of the vehicle body, and the upper edge portion of the vehicle body frame 7 is arranged in parallel with a predetermined distance therebetween. Caster-type front wheels 5 and 5 are fixed to the lower end portion of the front wheel support pipe 7a, and the rear wheels 6 and 6 are supported in a rollable manner near the lower portion of the back pipe 7c. .
The back pipe 7c is bent so that the upper side and the lower side are inclined rearward in a side view. A reinforcing pipe 7d is fixed in the vicinity of the upper bent portion of the back pipe 7c. A sheet squeeze plate 8 is fixed between the reinforcing pipe 7d and the back pipe 7c. The shape of the sheet support plate 8 is configured to include a receiving portion to be the y-shape in a side view as shown in FIG. 6, as the guide portion of the seat portion 3 can be received by a wide receiving part Then both The front and rear positions are automatically set as the seat portion 3 moves downward.

Further, a foot support 9 is provided at the front lower side of the vehicle body frame 7 thus configured.
The foot receiving portion 9 has bracket plates 9b and 9b fixed to the rear end portion of the U-shaped foot pipe 9a, and these bracket plates 9b and 9b can be rotated up and down to the lower portion of the front wheel support pipe 7a. It is supported to become. And the foot receiving mat 9c is fixed to the upper surface of this foot pipe 9a, and the foot receiving part 9 is comprised.
The foot support 9 was rotated downward when the bather M was moved in the state of a wheelchair (the state shown in FIGS. 3 and 7) with a seat 3 to be described later fixed to the carry 2. Use in condition and move to bathroom. And when washing the bather's M body, it is comprised so that it can change according to a use condition, such as rotating upwards suitably and using it.

Next, the sheet part 3 will be described. The seat portion 3 includes a seat frame 10 formed by bending a rectangular pipe-shaped pipe into a substantially L shape. Reinforcing plates 10a, 10a,... Are fixed in the seat frame 10 so that the waist and the back are integrated.
A seat mat 11 and a back mat 12 are fixed to the seat frame 10.
Further, hooks 13, 13,... Are fixed at appropriate positions on the back or back side of the seat portion 3 and the back of the waist portion, and the belt b or the like is hooked on the hooks 13, 13,. It can be moved or lifted by a lift or the like.
Further, a rear guide pipe 14 and a front guide pipe 15 which are bent in a substantially inverted mountain shape as a receiving portion of the seat portion 3 are fixed to the lower portion of the back portion of the seat portion 3 and the front side of the seat portion.
A U-shaped lock bar 16 is fixed to the central portion of the front guide pipe 15 on the seat side.

Next, the lock unit 4 will be described with reference to FIG.
First, a substantially U-shaped lock squeeze plate 17 is fixed to the center of the upper horizontal portion of the front wheel support pipe 7a of the body frame 7 in plan view. The lock squeeze plate 17 is provided with a substantially U-shaped notch hole 17a that opens upward, and the lock bar 16 of the seat portion 3 is fitted into and removed from the notch hole 17a. In addition, a lock plate 18 formed like a bowl is pivotally mounted in the lock squeeze plate 17 so that the lock bar 16 can be held and constrained in the notch hole 17a. It is configured as follows. The lock plate 18 is urged by a spring 19 so as to be rotated in the locked state (the state shown in FIG. 8A) or the unlocked state (the state shown in FIG. 8B).
The lock portion 4 will be described in detail. When the lock plate 18 is set at a substantially intermediate position in the rotation range from the locked state to the released state, the lock that latches the rotation center of the lock plate 18 and one end of the spring 19 is locked. The hole 18a of the lock plate 18 that holds the other end of the spring 19 is positioned on the line connecting the hole 17b formed in the squeeze plate 17.
Accordingly, the lock plate 18 is held by being rotated in either direction when it is rotated in either direction from this state.

Further, as described above, the sheet squeeze plate 8 of the carry portion 2 is configured to include a receiving portion that is substantially y-shaped in a side view, and a wide inverted triangular opening 8a is formed in the upper portion. In the lower part, an opening 8b directed obliquely downward is formed continuously and integrally.
This is a shape for facilitating the reception of the rear guide pipe 14 disposed in the seat portion 3 by the upper inverted triangular opening 8a, and one direction when the rear guide pipe 14 is fitted into the opening 8b. This is a shape to be in a constrained state in which it can only be removed and cannot be moved relative to the other directions.

Next, a method of using the separation type bathing carry 1 configured as described above will be described.
First, a procedure for separating the carry unit 2 and the sheet unit 3 will be described.
In the state of the wheelchair in which the carry part 2 and the seat part 3 are integrated, the state shown in FIG. 7 and FIG. In this state, the inclined portions of the rear guide pipe 14 and the front guide pipe 15 of the seat portion 3 are supported while being in contact with the upper edge portion of the carry portion 2. Further, the lock bar 16 fixed to the front guide pipe 15 is locked by the lock portion 4. Therefore, the rear guide pipe 14 is in a state where it cannot move forward and upward. Therefore, the carry part 2 and the sheet part 3 are in a state where they cannot be separated, and there is almost no backlash.
To separate the seat portion 3 from this state, the lock plate 18 of the lock portion 4 is rotated upward (see FIG. 8B). At this time, the lock claw 18b of the lock plate 18 is separated from the cutout hole 17a of the lock squeeze plate 17, and the return portion 18c of the lock plate 18 is in a state of being applied to the cutout hole 17a . In this state, the seat portion 3 of the hook 13, 13, 13, belt ... b, b, b, the lifting by the lift by hooking the ... etc., the seat portion 3 is based on a rear guide pipe 14 The end of the front guide pipe 15 is turned upward as an end, and the lock bar 16 comes out of the cutout hole 17a. At this time, since the lock bar 16 comes into contact with the return portion 18c, the lock plate 18 is automatically rotated to the locked state (see FIG. 8C). Further, when the seat portion 3 is raised, the rear guide pipe 14 comes out from the opening portion 8 b of the sheet squeeze plate 8 and is separated from the carry portion 2 . It is possible to perform bathing assistance such as further raising from this state or turning to move into the bathtub B.

Next, a procedure for setting the sheet part 3 and the carry part 2 from the separated state will be described. In the state where the seat portion 3 is lifted, as shown in FIG. 6, the bather M is tilted slightly rearward so as to be in a stable posture, that is, tilted. Therefore, the rear guide pipe 14 is positioned below the front guide pipe 15, and the rear guide pipe 14 is configured to come into contact with the carry portion 2 first.
First, the seat portion 3 in a state of being lifted by a lift or the like is disposed so as to be positioned above the carry portion 2. When the seat portion 3 is lowered from this state, the rear guide pipe 14 of the seat portion 3 comes into contact with the sheet squeeze plate 8 of the carry portion 2 . At this time, the rear guide pipe 14 is guided by the wide opening 8a provided in the seat squeeze plate 8 (see the arrow in FIG. 6), and only by lowering the seat 3 into the narrow opening 8b. By moving the carry part 2 relatively, the positions of the carry part 2 and the seat part 3 in the front-rear direction are automatically adjusted. Further, when the carry part 2 is lowered, the inclined parts of the rear guide pipe 14 and the front guide pipe 15 of the seat part 3 come into contact with the upper edge part of the body frame 7 of the carry part 2, so that the position in the left-right direction is also automatic. Is optimally adjusted. That is, the upper part of the carry part 2 and the whole lower part of the sheet part 3 are uneven, and are configured to be adjusted to an optimum position.

Further, when the seat portion 3 is set in the carry portion 2, the lock bar 16 fixed to the front guide pipe 15 fits into the cutout hole 17 a of the lock squeeze plate 17. At this time, the lock portion 4 is in a locked state, but the lock bar 16 rotates the lock claw 18b of the lock plate 18 in a direction to release against the urging force of the spring 19, and fits into the notch hole 17a. Thereafter, the lock claw 18b is automatically rotated by the spring 19 so that the lock claw 18b is locked, and the lock state shown in FIG. Thus, when setting the sheet | seat part 3 to the carry part 2, it is only necessary to lower the sheet | seat part 3, and it is very easy. Further, when the wheelchair is reached, the inclined portions of the rear guide pipe 14 and the front guide pipe 15 of the seat portion 3 are supported in contact with the upper edge portion of the carry portion 2 and are stable. Moreover, since it is automatically locked, it can be used safely.

  Thus, in the separation type bathing carry 1 according to the present invention, only the unlocking operation is required at the time of separation, and no operation on the main body side is necessary when setting, and it can be used very easily. Further, the positioning at the time of setting is convenient because it is only necessary to roughly position the carrier portion 2 and lower the seat portion 3.

In addition, the separation type bathing carry 1 having the above-described configuration can be used more safely if the carry unit 2 includes the brake device 20 as shown in FIG. 1 or the seat unit 3 includes the test pieces 21 and 21. be able to.
First, the brake device 20 mainly includes a pedal portion 22, a brake member 23, and a working rod 24 that connects the pedal portion 22 and the brake member 23.
The pedal portion 22 is attached to a support portion of the rear wheels 6 and 6 of the back pipe 7c of the carry portion 2 so as to be rotatable. The brake member 23 is supported by a pair of left and right brackets 7e and 7e fixed to the carry portion 2 so as to be rotatable. The brake member 23 and the pedal portion 22 are connected by an operating rod 24. ing. In addition, a spring 25 is stretched between the brake member 23 and the carry portion 2 and is rotated so that the brake member 23 does not come into contact with the rear wheels 6 and 6 when the pedal portion 22 is released. Is in a state of being energized.

The test pieces 21 and 21 are configured as follows.
First, the rotational bearings 26 and 26 of the test piece 21 are fixed to the seat frame 10 located on both sides of the back support portion of the seat portion 3. The rotary bearings 26 and 26 are fixed in an inclined state so as to be slightly forward with respect to the left-right direction. Then, test pipes 27 and 27 bent in an L shape are supported on the rotary bearings 26 and 26, respectively.
The rotating bearings 26 and 26 and the test pipes 27 and 27 are provided with claw portions (not shown), respectively, so that the rotating bearings 26 and 26 are rotatable within a certain range. That is, it is configured such that it can be turned to the use state shown in FIG.
Further, since the test pieces 21 and 21 are supported by the tilted rotary bearings 26 and 26, an operation of simply flipping the test pieces 21 and 21 from the use state to the open state even when the bather M sits down. It is configured to be rotated obliquely rearward and to avoid the body of the bather M.
Furthermore, you may comprise so that the head 28 of the bather M can be hold | maintained by attaching the headrest 28 to the upper side of the back part of the sheet | seat part 3. FIG.
By comprising as mentioned above, it can be used more comfortably and safely.

Explanatory drawing showing the state of use Explanatory drawing which shows the main composition of separation type bathing carry Explanatory drawing showing the state of the wheelchair Overall front view showing the seat Overall front view showing the carry section Side sectional view showing the separated state Side sectional view in the state of FIG. Cross-sectional side view of main parts showing the action of the lock

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Separable bath carry 2 Carry part 3 Seat part 4 Lock part 5 Front wheel 6 Rear wheel 7 Body frame 10 Seat frame 18 Lock plate

Claims (2)

In a separate bathing carry comprising a carry part having a front wheel and a rear wheel, and a seat part formed integrally with a back part and a waist part, the upper edge of the carry part has a frame configuration parallel to the front-rear direction. In addition, a sheet formed by continuously forming a narrow opening obliquely downward from a lower part of an inverted triangular wide opening so as to be provided with a receiving part that is substantially y-shaped in a side view on the rear side of the carry part. while you secure the support plate, spaced the the seat portion is constructed by fastening the back mat and seat mat seat frame configured in a substantially L shape in a side view, back and forth on the lower portion of the seat frame both side portions by fixing a substantially inverted mountain-shaped guide pipe that is configured to be inclined portions, in setting the separated sheet portion to carry part, lowers the seat portion and The rear guide pipe of the seat portion comes into contact with the seat sledge plate of the carry portion, and the guide pipe is guided by the wide opening portion of the upper opening provided in the seat squeeze plate so that the carry portion is relatively moved into the narrow opening portion. By moving, the position of the carry part and the seat part in the front-rear direction is automatically adjusted, and the rear guide pipe of the carry part and the inclined part of the front guide pipe are in contact with the upper edge part of the body frame of the carry part. Therefore, the position in the left-right direction is automatically adjusted to the optimum position, and the front guide pipe can be held by the lock portion provided in the carry portion.   The lock part is fixed to the front upper part of the carry part with a lock squeeze plate provided with a notch hole opened upward, and the lock sledge plate is provided with a lock claw and a return part and is rotatably supported. The lock plate is constructed by attaching a spring so as to urge each of the lock plate in the locked state and the unlocked state. When the lock bar fixed to the front guide pipe fits into the notch hole, the lock plate is automatically The separable bathing carry according to claim 1, further comprising a lock portion configured to be in a locked state.

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