JP5207258B1 - Foot cleaning tool - Google Patents

Abstract

A foot cleaning tool for cleaning a toe's crotch by inserting four cleaning members into the toe's crotch so that a single foot cleaning tool can handle different sized feet. To do.
As a foot cleaning tool, a cleaning unit having a configuration in which four cleaning members each having a rod or a string formed of a fiber or sponge material on an outer peripheral surface are arranged side by side, The two cleaning members have an inclined portion that is a portion in which the distance from one end side gradually decreases toward the other end side, and the two inner cleaning members are parallel or one end side to the other end A cleaning portion having a portion where the distance between the cleaning members gradually decreases toward the side, a first support portion formed of a rod-like body or a block body that fixes all one end sides of the cleaning member, and the other end of the cleaning member A second support portion made of a rod-like body or a block body for fixing all sides, the first support portion and the second support portion so that the first support portion and the second support portion maintain a constant interval. It is comprised from the connection fixing | fixed part to connect and fix.
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Description

  The present invention relates to an instrument used for washing between toes.

In order to wash between the toes during bathing, it is common to insert a fingertip or body towel between the toes and wash. However, it is difficult to say that cleaning with the fingertips of the hand is an effective cleaning method for removing dirt and germs. When using a body towel, insert a body towel at every crotch of the 8 fingers. And washing is laborious and inefficient. In addition, when there is a bad smell or athlete's foot on the foot, many people are reluctant to wash their body with a body towel that has washed their toes.
On the other hand, the following patent document shows a cleaning tool for toes in which four cleaning rods are erected on the base body. When such a cleaning tool is used, a cleaning rod can be inserted between all the toes of one foot at a time, which is efficient and hygienic because the toes can be washed separately from the body towel.

Utility Model Registration No. 3165401

By the way, when actually measuring some feet, the distance between the toes and the position of the crotch of the toes are almost proportional to the size of the toes, and near the base of the toes rather than near the tip of the toes. It was found that the interval of was narrower.
On the other hand, the invention described in the above-mentioned Patent Document 1 is provided with a cleaning rod in parallel to the base body, so that one type of cleaning tool cannot cope with the difference in toe spacing due to the size of the foot, It cannot cope with the difference in the distance between the toes near the tip of the finger and the base of the toe.
In view of such a problem, the present invention differs in a foot cleaning tool for cleaning the toe crotch by inserting four cleaning members into the toe crotch, with a single foot cleaning tool. It is an object of the present invention to be able to cope with a foot having a size and also to cope with a difference in interval at the position of a toe.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention has the following configuration.
The invention according to claim 1 is a cleaning unit having a configuration in which four cleaning members are arranged side by side, which are composed of rods or strings formed at least on the outer peripheral surface of a fiber or sponge material. The two outer cleaning members have an inclined portion that is a portion in which the distance from one end side to the other end side gradually decreases, and the two inner cleaning members are string or flexible. A cleaning portion that has a portion that is parallel, or has a portion that gradually decreases from one end side to the other end side in a range sandwiched between the inclined portions, and the cleaning member. A first support portion made of a rod-like body or a block body for fixing all one end sides, a second support portion made of a rod-like body or a block body for fixing all the other end sides of the cleaning member, and the first support portion, The first support so as to maintain a constant distance from the second support part. A lifting unit, a foot cleaning tool having a connecting fixing portion and a second support portion connecting the fixed.

  The invention according to claim 2 is that in the foot cleaning tool, the outer two of the cleaning members and the inner two are displaced from each other in a direction perpendicular to the arrangement direction of the cleaning members. It is.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the foot cleaning tool, at least two of the cleaning members at least outside are bent by a rod that protrudes in a direction perpendicular to the arrangement direction of the cleaning members. Is formed.
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the foot cleaning tool, the cleaning member is composed of one or more rods, and at least one of them also serves as the connecting and fixing portion.
The invention according to claim 5 is the foot cleaning tool, wherein one of the first support part and the second support part is an end of two adjacent cleaning members that constitute the outer side and the inner side, respectively. One of the two cleaning members, which are divided into two parts that fix the part and the end part is fixed to each part, is formed by a flexible rod, and the other is a flexible member. It is formed by a certain rod or string.
According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the foot cleaning tool according to any one of the first to third aspects, the one of the first support portion and the second support portion, and the connection fixing portion are provided. Instead, all the cleaning members are composed of rods.
The invention according to claim 7 is the foot cleaning tool, wherein a heel file is provided on the first support member or the second support member.

The invention according to claim 1 is formed so as to have a portion in which the interval between the two outer cleaning members becomes narrower from one end to the other end side. The gap can be applied to legs of various sizes by appropriately selecting the position at which the cleaning member is inserted, and the two inner cleaning members are constituted by flexible rods or strings. Therefore, the two gaps on the inner side of the toes can correspond to the size of the foot by the bending of the inner cleaning member. Further, if the position of the cleaning member is shifted in accordance with the position of the toe, it is possible to cope with the difference in the interval depending on the position of the toe.
According to the second aspect of the present invention, the two cleaning members on the inner side made of the string body or the flexible rod body protrude toward the base side of the toe, and each cleaning member is associated with the corresponding foot. When it is inserted between the fingers and moved to the base of the toes, the two cleaning members consisting of a string or a flexible rod first reach the base of the toes, and when they are further moved, they are cleaned. The working member bends and eventually the two outer cleaning members reach the base of the toes. In other words, the position of the base of the toe is shifted in the front-rear direction of the foot, and the way of shifting differs depending on the person, but by the above operation, all the cleaning members can be in contact with the base of the toe at the same time. The base of the toes can be cleaned efficiently.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the outer cleaning member is curved so that it can be easily along the base portion of the finger on the sole, and this portion can be easily cleaned.
In the invention according to claim 4, the structure can be simplified by serving as the connecting fixture by the cleaning member, which can contribute to cost reduction and simplification of production.
In the fifth aspect of the present invention, a finger is placed between the respective cleaning members of the divided first support part or the second support part, and the interval between the cleaning members is controlled by operating the finger thus hung. Fine adjustments can be made.
Since the invention according to claim 6 can omit either the first support part or the second support part and the connection fixing part, the structure should be simpler than the invention according to claim 4. Can do.
The invention according to claim 7 can also be used to cut a keratinized heel by providing a heel file on the first support member or the second support member.

(A) is a front view of the foot cleaning tool which concerns on Embodiment 1, (b) is a top view of the foot cleaning tool which concerns on Embodiment 1, (c) is the side surface of the foot cleaning tool which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. FIG. It is a side view which shows the use condition of the foot cleaning tool which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a side view which shows the other use condition of the foot cleaning tool which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. (A) is a front view of the foot cleaning tool which concerns on Embodiment 2, (b) is a top view of the foot cleaning tool which concerns on Embodiment 2, (c) is the side surface of the foot cleaning tool which concerns on Embodiment 2. FIG. FIG. (A) is a front view of the foot cleaning tool which concerns on Embodiment 3, (b) is a top view of the foot cleaning tool which concerns on Embodiment 3, (c) is the side surface of the foot cleaning tool which concerns on Embodiment 3. FIG. FIG. (A) is a front view of the foot cleaning tool which concerns on a 1st modification, (b) is a front view of the foot cleaning tool which concerns on a 2nd modification. (A) is a front view of the foot cleaning tool which concerns on a 3rd modification, (b) is a front view of the foot cleaning tool which concerns on a 4th modification.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
(Embodiment 1)
Fig. 1 (a) shows a front view of the foot cleaning tool X according to the first embodiment, Fig. 1 (b) shows a plan view of the foot cleaning tool X, and Fig. 1 (c) shows a side view of the foot cleaning tool X. . The foot cleaning tool X includes a first support member 10, a second support member 20, outer cleaning members 30 and 30, and inner cleaning members 40 and 40.
The first support member 10 is a rod that forms the lower side in the figure, and is curved so that the center slightly protrudes to the back side. The second support member 20 is a bar that forms the upper side in the figure, and is also curved so that the center protrudes slightly toward the back side. The first support member 10 is formed to be longer than the second support member 20.

The outer cleaning members 30 and 30 are rod bodies that connect the end portions of the first support member 10 and the second support member 20 to each other. The outer cleaning member 30 is also curved so that the center protrudes slightly to the back side. Since the first support member 10 is longer than the second support member 20, the two outer cleaning members 30 and 30 come closer to each other upward. The first support member 10, the second support member 20, and the outer cleaning member 30 are formed by bending a single metal wire so as to have the shape described above, and the outer periphery is covered with a fiber material. Is. Further, the outer cleaning members 30 and 30 have a function as a connecting and fixing portion that fixes the first support member 10 and the second support member 20 at regular intervals.
The inner cleaning members 40, 40 are two strings made of chemical fibers or natural fibers. Between the outer cleaning members 30, 30, one end is the first support portion 10 and the other end is the second support portion 20. Are connected and fixed. The inner cleaning member 40 is fixed so that the spacing between the adjacent outer cleaning members 30 and the spacing between the inner cleaning members 40, 40 are substantially equal in any cross section. That is, the outer cleaning members 30 and 30 and the inner cleaning members 40 and 40 are arranged side by side so that the distance between them becomes narrower upward. Further, the outer cleaning members 30 and 30 are hard cleaning members that are less likely to bend than the inner cleaning members 40 and 40. And these outer side cleaning members 30 and 30 and the inner side cleaning members 40 and 40 comprise the cleaning part which mainly cleans between toes.

  Next, a method of using the foot cleaning tool X having the above configuration will be described. First, when cleaning between the toes, the curved side of the outer cleaning members 30, 30 is placed on the foot with the soap included in the outer cleaning members 30, 30 and the inner cleaning members 40, 40. The outer cleaning members 30, 30 are inserted between the thumb and the index finger and between the little finger and the ring finger, respectively, and the inner cleaning members 40, 40 are respectively inserted between the index finger and the middle finger, and the ring finger and the middle finger. Insert between. At this time, the vertical position of the foot cleaning tool X is adjusted in accordance with the distance between the toes, and the position is shifted to a position most suitable for the distance between the toes of the user. The side view showing the use condition of the foot cleaning tool X in FIG. 2 is shown. When the outer cleaning members 30 and 30 and the inner cleaning members 40 and 40 are inserted between the toes, the foot cleaning tool X is moved in the A direction and the B direction in the figure to rub and clean the inner surface of the toes.

  At this time, the position of the base part of the toes is displaced forward and backward, and the degree of displacement differs from person to person. However, while the outer cleaning members 30 and 30 are curved, the inner cleaning members 40 and 40 are strapped. Since it is a body, when the foot cleaning tool X is moved to the base of the toes, first, the straight inner cleaning members 40, 40 reach the base of the toes, and further, the foot cleaning tool X is moved. While the inner cleaning members 40 and 40 are bent, the outer cleaning members 30 and 30 eventually arrive. Since the outer cleaning members 30 and 30 are two places, it is always possible to contact the base of the toes by adjusting the rotational position, and the inner cleaning members 40 and 40 can be maintained at the base of the toes by bending, Even if the position of the base of the toe is different for each individual, the outer cleaning members 30 and 30 and the inner cleaning members 40 and 40 can be brought into contact with the base of the toe at the same time.

Next, when washing the sole, the entire sole is rubbed on the front or back side of the foot cleaning tool X in a state where soap is included in the outer cleaning members 30, 30 and the inner cleaning members 40, 40. To do. Then, when cleaning the base of the toes on the sole, as shown in FIG. 3, the side surface of the outer cleaning member 30 is moved in the C direction so as to abut on the bases of the five toes. Wash. Since the outer cleaning member 30 is curved, the outer cleaning member 30 is easy to follow along the base of the toe that is bent and is easy to clean.
As described above, the foot cleaning tool X according to this embodiment has different sizes of legs because the interval between the outer cleaning members 30 and 30 and the inner cleaning members 40 and 40 varies depending on the position in the longitudinal direction. Applicable. Further, by bending the outer cleaning members 30 and 30 and forming the inner cleaning members 40 and 40 straight, all the cleaning members can be brought into contact with the base of the toes at the same time. Furthermore, by curving the outer cleaning members 30, 30, the base of the toes on the sole can be efficiently cleaned.

(Embodiment 2)
4A is a front view of the foot cleaning tool Y according to the second embodiment, FIG. 4B is a plan view of the foot cleaning tool Y, and FIG. 4C is a side view of the foot cleaning tool Y. . The foot cleaning Y includes a first support member 10A, a second support member 20A, an outer cleaning member 30, and an inner cleaning member 40. Since the outer cleaning member 30 and the inner cleaning member 40 in the foot cleaning tool Y are substantially the same as the outer cleaning member 30 and the inner cleaning member 40 of the foot cleaning tool X according to the first embodiment, description thereof will be omitted.
The first support member 10A is a flat column having a bottom made of a synthetic resin or wooden elongated ellipse, and fixes the lower end surfaces of the outer cleaning members 30, 30 and the inner cleaning members 40, 40. The second support member 20A is also a flat columnar body made of a synthetic resin or wooden and having an elongated ellipse that is slightly shorter to the left and right than the first support member 10A. The outer cleaning members 30 and 30 and the inner cleaning member 40 are also provided. , 40 is fixed. The outer cleaning members 30, 30 and the inner cleaning members 40, 40 are similar to the foot cleaning tool X according to the first embodiment, and the distance between the outer cleaning members 30, 30 and the inner cleaning members 40, 40 decreases toward the upper side. The fixed end is positioned slightly closer to the back surface than the fixed ends of the outer cleaning members 30 and 30.
A heel file 21 is fixed to the upper surface of the second support member 20A. Here, the heel file 21 is formed by winding and fixing a non-woven fabric formed of hard fibers around a block body. In addition to the above, the heel file 21 can be made of a material used in general heel files, and a hard powder such as cloth, pumice, metal, diamond powder formed of hard yarn is fixed on the surface. A thing etc. can be used suitably. The method of using the foot cleaning tool Y according to the second embodiment is substantially the same as the foot cleaning tool X according to the first embodiment, but the keratin of the entire sole can be shaved by using the heel file 21. Is possible

(Embodiment 3)
FIG. 5A shows a front view of the foot cleaning tool Z according to the third embodiment, FIG. 5B shows a plan view of the foot cleaning tool Z, and FIG. 5C shows a side view of the foot cleaning tool Z. . The foot cleaning Y includes a first support member 10, a second support member 20B, an outer cleaning member 30, and an inner cleaning member 40. The first support member 10, the outer cleaning member 30, and the inner cleaning member 40 in the foot cleaning tool Z are the first support member 10, the outer cleaning member 30, and the inner cleaning member of the foot cleaning tool X according to the first embodiment. The description is omitted because it is substantially the same as 40.
The second support member 20B is separated from the second support member 20 according to Embodiment 1 by a certain distance at the center. Specifically, the upper end of the inner cleaning member 40 is symmetrically reached from the upper end of the outer cleaning member 30 to the upper end position of the inner cleaning member 40, bent downward from here, and the upper end of the inner cleaning member 40 is fixed to the bent tip. .
In the foot cleaning tool Z having such a configuration, the outer cleaning members 30 and 30 having a metal wire as a core have flexibility. Therefore, when cleaning between the toes, If you put your finger on the inverted U-shaped part formed on the upper part of both sides and apply force to the inside or outside with respect to the left and right, the outer cleaning members 30, 30 and the inner cleaning members 40, 40 can be finely adjusted. It can be more easily adapted between the user's toes.

(Modification)
In addition, in the said embodiment, although the members 30 and 30 for outer side cleaning also serve as the connection fixing | fixed part which connects and fixes the 1st support part 10 and the 2nd support part 20 with a fixed space | interval, the front view of Fig.6 (a) As shown in FIG. 4, the connection fixing part 50 may be provided separately. If it does in this way, the members 30 and 30 for outer side cleaning can also be formed with a string. As shown in FIG. 6A, the connection fixing part 50 may be provided on the back side as well as on the side surfaces of the first support part 10 and the second support part 20.
Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the inner cleaning members 40 and 40 are made into a string, if all the inner cleaning members 40 and 40 and the outer cleaning members 30 and 30 are made into rods, FIG. As shown, since the inner cleaning members 40 and 40 and the outer cleaning members 30 and 30 are self-supporting if supported only at one end side, one of the first support portion 10 and the second support portion 20 can be eliminated. The inner cleaning members 40 and 40 and the outer cleaning members 30 and 30 are desirably flexible.
Further, in the above embodiment, the outer cleaning members 30, 30 and the inner cleaning members 40, 40 are configured so that the distance between them is uniformly reduced from one end side to the other end side. As shown in FIG. 7 (a), the distance from one end to the other end becomes wider and the distance from the middle becomes narrower, or as shown in FIG. Alternatively, the distance from each other may be narrowed toward the other end, and the distance from each other may be increased from the middle. Even if it does in this way, since the space | interval of the outer cleaning members 30 and 30 changes suitably in an up-down direction, an appropriate space | interval can be selected and it can wash | clean between toes.

In the above embodiment, instead of using the inner cleaning members 40, 40 as strings, these may be rods. In this case, it is desirable that the rods constituting the inner cleaning members 40, 40 should be softer and more flexible than the outer cleaning members 30, 30, thereby contacting the base of the toes. In doing so, all the cleaning members can be brought into contact more smoothly.
Then, in the above-described embodiment, the inner cleaning members 40, 40 are formed so that the interval is narrowed from one end side toward the other end side. The rods may be formed in parallel with each other.
In addition, when the outer cleaning members 30 and 30 and the inner cleaning members 40 and 40 are rod bodies, a woven fabric, a knitted fabric, a non-woven fabric, or the like can be used in addition to the yarn as the fiber material for covering the rod body. Furthermore, a synthetic resin sponge can also be used. Further, the core part may be a metal or a synthetic resin rod.
Furthermore, the cross-sectional shapes of the outer cleaning members 30 and 30 and the inner cleaning members 40 and 40 may be elliptical or thin in the left and right, as well as circular. If the shape is made thin in the left and right directions and long in the front and back in this way, the side surfaces of the toes can be rubbed in a wide range.
In the above embodiment, the outer cleaning members 30 and 30 are rods and the inner cleaning members 40 and 40 are string members, but the outer cleaning members 30 and 30 are string members and the inner cleaning members 40 and 40. May be a rod. In this case, the inner cleaning members 40 and 40 function as a connection fixing portion.

X, Y, Z, P, Q, R, S Foot cleaning tool 10, 10A First support member 20, 20A, 20B Second support member 21 Heel file 30 Outer cleaning member 40 Inner cleaning member 50 Connecting member

Claims (7)

A cleaning unit having a configuration in which at least four cleaning members made of rods or strings formed on a fiber or sponge material are arranged side by side, and the two outer cleaning members are The two cleaning members on the inside are formed of a string body or a flexible rod body, and have an inclined portion that is a portion in which the distance between the one end side gradually decreases from the one end side toward the other end side. In the range sandwiched between the parts, the cleaning part which has a part where the distance between each other gradually decreases from the parallel or one end side toward the other end side,
A first support part composed of a rod-like body or a block body for fixing all one end sides of the cleaning member;
A second support part composed of a rod-like body or a block body for fixing all the other end sides of the cleaning member;
The foot cleaning tool which has a 1st support part and the connection fixing | fixed part which connects and fixes a 2nd support part so that said 1st support part and said 2nd support part hold | maintain a fixed space | interval.
  The foot cleaning tool according to claim 1, wherein the outer two and the inner two of the cleaning members are displaced from each other in a direction orthogonal to an arrangement direction of the cleaning members.   3. The foot cleaning according to claim 1, wherein at least two of the cleaning members on the outer side are formed by rods that are curved so as to protrude in a direction perpendicular to the arrangement direction of the cleaning members. Ingredients.   The foot cleaning tool according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the cleaning member is composed of one or more rods, and at least one of the members also serves as the connecting and fixing portion.   One of the first support portion and the second support portion is divided into two portions that fix the end portions of two adjacent cleaning members that constitute the outer side and the inner side, respectively. 2. One of the two cleaning members to which is fixed is formed by a flexible rod, and the other is formed by a flexible rod or string. The foot cleaning tool according to any one of 1 to 4.   4. Instead of providing any one of said 1st support part and said 2nd support part, and said connection fixing | fixed part, all the said members for cleaning comprised in the rod in any one of Claim 1 to 3 The listed foot cleaning tool.   The foot cleaning tool according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein a heel file is provided on the first support member or the second support member.

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