JP5307998B2 - slipper - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a slipper that can be easily put on without using hands, and has a function of supporting the heel with the slipper on, wherein the slipper hardly comes off during walking and is safely used. <P>SOLUTION: The slipper is composed of a sole part 10, a vamp part 20 that is provided in the front of the sole part 10 and holds the visinity of the instep of the foot, and a heel holding part 30 that is provided behind the sole part 10 and holds the visinity of the heel of the foot. The heel holding part 30 is equipped with a planar elastic body 31 which is integrally formed so that the shape in use is maintained in a natural state where external force is not exerted. The planar elastic body 31 is composed of a pair of side belt parts 33, 34 that extend from both sides of the sole part 10 to the rear upward and a heel support part 35 that jointly connects the pair of side belt parts 33, 34 in the upper part. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to slippers, and more particularly to slippers suitable for use by hospitalized patients in hospitals.

  Slippers are often used as footwear used by hospitalized patients in hospitals. Slippers have the advantage of being easy to put on and take off. However, since the slipper does not have a function of holding the heel, there is a problem that it is easy to take off while walking.

  If the shoes are used in a hospital, the shoes have a function of holding the heel, which makes it difficult to take off during walking and is advantageous in terms of safety. However, in the case of shoes, the patient must bring his hand to the position of the shoe to put it on and off. For this reason, when putting on and taking off shoes, a posture of crouching on the patient is required, and this posture may be a burden on the patient. Therefore, shoes have not been used much in hospitals.

On the other hand, a sandal having a sandal body and a strap belt that is coupled to both ends of the sandal body and can hold a heel is also known (see, for example, Patent Document 1). Even with such a sandal, it is the same that the hand must be brought to the position of the strap belt when attaching and detaching.
JP 2006-149691 A

  An object of the present invention is to provide a safe slipper that can be easily worn without using a hand, and has a function of holding a heel while being worn, and is difficult to take off during walking.

  In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, a bottom plate portion, provided on the front side of the bottom plate portion, an upper holding portion for holding the vicinity of the back of the foot, and provided on the rear side of the bottom plate portion. A slipper having a heel holding portion for holding the vicinity of the heel of the foot, wherein the heel holding portion is formed integrally so that the shape is maintained in a use state in a natural state where no external force is applied. An elastic body is provided, and the plate-like elastic body includes a pair of side band portions that extend rearward and upward from both sides of the bottom plate portion, and an abutment portion that connects and connects the side band portions upward. A slipper is provided.

  Here, the “instep holding part” holds the vicinity of the instep, that is, the instep part and / or the toe part, and the “heel holding part” in the vicinity of the toe part of the foot, that is, the toe part of the foot. Holding the part and / or the Achilles tendon part.

  Further, the “use form” refers to a form in which both the side band portions extend from both sides of the bottom plate portion to the rear upper side, and both the side band portions are connected and connected to each other by the abutment portion at the upper side. means.

  When a person wears the slippers configured as described above, the vicinity of the upper part of the foot is inserted between the upper holding part and the bottom plate part, and the heel is dropped toward the bottom plate part. Then, the vicinity of the rear end of the heel contacts the portion of the heel holding portion of the heel holding portion whose shape is maintained in the usage form, and the heel holding portion elastically deforms. At this time, since the left and right side band portions extend rearward and upward from the bottom plate portion, as the heel is lowered, the sideband portions and the like are elastically deformed, and the heel support portion moves rearward and downward. As a result, the scissors pass through the scooping portion without being disturbed by the scooping portion and arrive at the bottom plate portion. The heel holding portion that has lost the pressing force from the heel returns to its original posture by its elastic restoring force. As a result, the portion of the heel support portion in the heel holding portion abuts on the vicinity of the heel of the foot (portion from the heel to the Achilles tendon or ankle), and the heel holding portion holds the vicinity of the heel. For this reason, it is possible to avoid the inconvenience of slippers being removed during walking.

  The slipper of this invention WHEREIN: It is preferable that the said abutment part has the convex curved surface which curves in convex shape in an up-down direction in the front surface.

  In this way, when a person wears a slipper whose front surface is a convex curved surface, the collar comes into contact with the convex curved surface of the padding portion. At this time, the pressing force from the scissors to the scooping portion acts in the direction of moving the scooping portion rearward and downward via the convex curved surface. For this reason, the padding portion moves rearward and downward easily and quickly as the hook descends. Therefore, the ease of wearing the slippers is improved. In addition, when the slipper is worn, the convex curved surface of the heel contact portion comes into contact with the vicinity of the heel, so that the comfort and the heel holding force are improved as compared with the case where the corner or flat surface comes into contact with the heel.

  The slipper of this invention WHEREIN: It is preferable that the said heel holding | maintenance part has a hook-and-loop fastener in the outer part of both the said side band parts.

  Thus, when a person takes off slippers having hook-and-loop fasteners on the outer portions of both side bands, first, the hook-and-loop fastener provided on the left side band side of the slippers worn on the right foot and the right side of the slippers worn on the left foot The hook-and-loop fastener provided on the side band side is brought into close contact with each other to be in an engaged state. If the right or left heel is lifted so as to be pulled out from the heel holding portion of the slipper in the engaged state, one of the slippers can be easily removed without using a hand.

  In the slipper of the present invention, it is preferable that the plate-like elastic body is made of a soft plastic. As a preferable example of this soft plastic, for example, soft polyethylene can be mentioned.

  In this way, according to the slipper in which the plate-like elastic body constituting the heel holding portion is integrally formed of soft plastic, the heel holding portion is frequently deformed by receiving repeated loads while maintaining the durability strength of the heel holding portion. It is possible to suppress the collapse of the shape. For this reason, the durability of the slipper is improved, and it is possible to provide a slipper that continues to maintain a good wrinkle holding function over a long period of time.

  As described above, according to the slipper of the present invention, it can be easily worn without using a hand, and since it has a function of holding a heel while being worn, it is difficult to take off during walking, etc., which is advantageous in terms of safety. . In particular, when hook-and-loop fasteners are provided on both side bands, the slipper can be easily removed without using hands.

  Therefore, the slipper of the present invention is particularly suitable for use by hospitalized patients in a hospital, reduces the burden on the patient when the slipper is attached / detached, and increases the safety of the patient wearing the slipper. It will be a thing.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

(Embodiment 1)
The slippers of this embodiment form a pair of left and right. The left and right slippers basically have the same configuration except that they have a symmetrical shape. Therefore, only the left slipper of the pair of left and right slippers will be described below, and the description of the right slipper will be omitted.

  The slipper of this embodiment is provided on the front side of the bottom plate portion 10 and the bottom plate portion 10, provided on the back holding portion 20 for holding the vicinity of the back of the foot, and on the rear side of the bottom plate portion 10. And a heel holding portion 30 for holding the vicinity of the heel.

  The slipper of the present embodiment can be manufactured by integrally joining the constituent members formed in a predetermined shape by molding, punching, cutting, or the like by means such as sewing or adhesive.

  1 is a perspective view of the slipper in a natural state where no external force is applied to the slipper, FIG. 2 is a side view of the slipper in the natural state, and FIG. 3 is a rear view of the slipper in the natural state. FIG. 4 is a partial longitudinal sectional view taken along the center line, and FIG. 4 is a rear view of only the bottom plate portion 10 of the left slipper worn on the left foot as viewed from the rear (back side).

  The bottom plate portion 10 has a substantially foot shape so that a foot can be put thereon, and has a predetermined strength and rigidity so that flatness can be maintained without causing deformation. This bottom plate part 10 has a three-layer structure made of three kinds of materials, made of synthetic resin such as polyester, and a decorative cloth layer 11 made of a cloth-like mesh material, and flexibility and shock absorption (cushioning properties). A cushioning material layer 12 made of a synthetic resin such as polyurethane, and a back layer 13 made of a synthetic resin such as polyvinyl chloride which has flexibility, strength, rigidity and wear resistance and a large friction coefficient with the floor surface; It is composed of The decorative cloth layer 11, the cushioning material layer 12, and the back layer 13 are integrally joined by an adhesive.

  In addition, in the collar part of the baseplate part 10, in order to improve shock absorption (cushioning property) by increasing thickness, the buffer material layer 12 has a two-layer structure. Further, the surface of the back layer 13 is subjected to anti-slip processing.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 4, the thickness of the cushioning material layer 12 of the bottom plate portion 10 is determined from the inner side to the outer side (the left slipper worn on the left foot is viewed from the rear (back side) in the right side in FIG. The left slipper on the right foot is gradually thicker from the left side to the right side (same below) when viewed from the back (back side). That is, the upper surface 10a of the bottom plate portion 10 (the surface with which the sole of the foot contacts) is an inclined surface such that the thickness of the bottom plate portion 10 gradually increases from the inside toward the outside. The upper surface 10a of the bottom plate portion 10 having the inclined surface functions to stably hold the posture of the person wearing the slippers and suppress the person from falling down.

  Moreover, it is the right side in the rear view of FIG. 4 which looked at the inner side of the baseplate part 10 (the left slipper put on a left leg is seen from back (back side), and the left side when the slipper put on a right foot is seen from back (back side). Similarly, the inner side surface 10c is a vertical surface extending substantially perpendicularly to the lower surface (back surface) 10b of the bottom plate portion 10, but the outer side of the bottom plate portion 10 (the left slipper worn on the left foot is rearward (the heel side). 4) is the left side in the rear view of FIG. 4, and the right slipper worn on the right foot is the right side when viewed from the back (the heel side). It becomes the inclined surface which inclined and extended inside. That is, the lower surface (back surface) 10 b of the bottom plate portion 10 extends outward from the upper surface 10 a of the bottom plate portion 10, and the width of the lower surface (back surface) 10 b of the bottom plate portion 10 is larger than the width of the upper surface 10 a of the bottom plate portion 10. It has become. Thereby, the baseplate part 10 has the reinforcement part (part shown by the oblique line in FIG. 4) 10e of the cross-sectional substantially triangular shape outside. The reinforcing portion 10e of the bottom plate portion 10 maintains the function of suppressing the outer side of the bottom plate portion 10 from being compressed by the weight of the person wearing the slippers, that is, the inclination angle of the upper surface 10a of the bottom plate portion 10 that is an inclined surface. It fulfills the shape maintenance function.

  The instep holding portion 20 is made of a synthetic resin such as polyester, and is formed of a cloth-like mesh material that can hold the vicinity of the instep while fitting the instep. The upper holding portion 20 includes a first cloth-like strip 21 and a second cloth-like strip 22.

  The base end of the first cloth strip 21 is integrally sewn to the left side edge of the decorative cloth layer 11 of the bottom plate portion 10 and is bonded to the cushioning material layer 12 of the bottom plate portion 10. Then, a substantially rectangular first hook-and-loop fastener 23 is sewn to the front end portion of the back surface of the first cloth-like strip 21. Similarly, the base end of the second cloth-shaped strip 22 is integrally sewn to the right edge of the decorative cloth layer 11 of the bottom plate portion 10 and is bonded to the cushioning material layer 12 of the bottom plate portion 10. Then, a substantially rectangular second hook-and-loop fastener 24 that is detachable from the first hook-and-loop fastener 23 is sewed on the front end portion of the surface of the second cloth-like strip 22.

  The instep holding part 20 wraps around the instep of the foot in a state where the first surface fastener 23 of the first cloth-like strip 21 and the second surface fastener 24 of the second cloth-like strip 22 are in close contact with each other and engaged. The foot insertion opening 25 is formed on the rear side of the slipper, and the foot opening 26 is formed on the front side of the slipper. The first cloth-like band piece 21 and the second cloth-like band piece 22 constituting the upper holding portion 20 are cloth-like ones that fit the instep, and the first surface fastener 23 and the second surface fastener 24 are in close contact with each other. The material that does not lose its shape to the extent that the foot opening 25 and the foot opening 26 are held in a stable open state while being stably held in a shape that wraps around the instep of the foot by being engaged. And the structure.

  The upper holding portion 20 changes the engagement position between the first surface fastener 23 of the first cloth-like strip 21 and the second surface fastener 24 of the second cloth-like strip 22 according to the size around the instep of the foot. By doing so, it is possible to adjust the sizes of the foot insertion opening 25 and the foot opening 26 and the like, and it is possible to easily and surely fit in the vicinity of the instep of the foot to enhance the holdability.

  The heel holding portion 30 includes a plate-like elastic body 31 that is integrally formed so that the shape is maintained in the usage pattern shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 in a natural state where no external force is applied, and the plate-like elastic body. 31 and a decorative cloth 32 made of a cloth-like mesh material made of synthetic resin such as polyester (see FIG. 3).

  The plate-like elastic body 31 constituting the heel holding portion 30 is made of soft polyethylene as a soft plastic, and extends from the both side edges of the bottom plate portion 10 to the rear upper side, a pair of side band portions 33, 34, It consists of a butting part 35 that connects and connects 34 at the top.

  The side band portion 33 is formed integrally with a vertical portion 33a that extends substantially vertically upward from the bottom plate portion 10, and gently and continuously from the upper end of the vertical portion 33a, and is inclined obliquely upward toward the rear. Part 33b. Similarly, the side band portion 34 is formed integrally with a vertical portion 34a extending substantially vertically upward from the bottom plate portion 10 and the upper portion of the vertical portion 34a. And an inclined portion 34b that is inclined. Note that the inclined portions 33 b and 34 b are integrally connected to each other by the butting portion 35.

  The padding portion 35 has a convex curved surface 35a curved in a convex shape in the vertical direction on the front surface.

  Further, the heel holding portion 30 has a pair of substantially circular hook-and-loop fasteners 36 and 37 on the outer side portions of the side band portions 33 and 34. The hook-and-loop fasteners 36 and 37 are sewn to the decorative cloth 32.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the plate-like elastic body 31 constituting the heel holding portion 30 has a bent base portion (not shown) that is integrally bent at substantially right angles from the base ends of the side band portions 33 and 34. ing. The plate-like elastic body 31 is covered with an integral decorative cloth 32 even at the bent base portion. The heel holding portion 30 in this embodiment is integrated with the bottom plate portion 10 by sandwiching the bent base portion between the decorative cloth layer 11 and the cushioning material layer 12 of the bottom plate portion 10 and bonding them together. Combined.

  When a person wears the slippers of the present embodiment having the above-described configuration, the vicinity of the instep of the foot is inserted between the instep holding part 20 and the bottom plate part 10 of the slipper in the use form shown in FIGS. Drop the scissors toward the bottom plate 10. Then, the vicinity of the rear end of the heel comes into contact with the portion of the heel holding portion 35 of the heel holding portion 30 whose shape is maintained in the use form, and the heel holding portion 35 is elastically deformed. At this time, since the left and right side band portions 33 and 34 extend rearward and upward from the bottom plate portion 10, the side band portions 33 and 34 and the like are elastically deformed while the heel is lowered, and the heel support portion 35 is rearward and lower. Move to. As a result, the scissors pass through the scooping part 35 without being disturbed by the scooping part 35 and arrive at the bottom plate part 10. The heel holding portion 30 that has lost the pressing force from the heel returns to its original posture due to its elastic restoring force. As a result, the portion of the heel contact portion 35 comes into contact with the vicinity of the heel of the foot (portion from the heel to the Achilles tendon or ankle), and the heel holding portion 30 holds the vicinity of the heel. For this reason, it is possible to avoid the inconvenience of slippers being removed during walking.

  Moreover, in the slipper of this embodiment, since the front surface of the butt-contact part 35 is made into the convex curve 35a, when a person wears this slipper, a heel contacts the part of the convex curve 35a of the butt-contact part 35. At this time, the pressing force from the scissors to the scooping portion 35 acts in the direction of moving the scooping portion 35 rearward and downward via the convex curved surface 35a. For this reason, the hook contact part 35 moves back and downward easily and quickly as the hook descends. Therefore, the ease of wearing the slippers is improved. Further, when the slipper is worn, the convex curved surface 35a of the heel pad 35 abuts on the vicinity of the heel, so that the comfort and heel holding force are higher than those where the corners and flat surfaces abut on the heel. Will improve.

  Furthermore, in the slipper of the present embodiment, the hook holding portion 35 has hook-and-loop fasteners 36 and 37 on the outer side portions of the side band portions 33 and 34. Therefore, when a person who wears this slipper on both feet takes off the slipper, first, a hook-and-loop fastener 36 provided on the left side band portion 33 side of the slipper worn on the right foot, and a right side band portion of the slipper worn on the left foot The hook-and-loop fastener 37 provided on the ring 34 is brought into close contact with each other to be in an engaged state. If the right or left heel is lifted so as to be pulled out from the heel holding portion 30 of the slipper in the engaged state, one of the slippers can be easily removed without using a hand. When putting on slippers, the hook-and-loop fasteners 36 and 37 are disengaged from each other so that the left and right slippers are securely separated.

  In addition, in the slipper of the present embodiment, since the plate-like elastic body 31 constituting the heel holding portion 30 is made of soft polyethylene as a soft plastic, the heel holding portion 30 is maintained while maintaining the durability strength of the heel holding portion 30. It is possible to suppress deformation due to frequent deformation due to repeated loads. For this reason, the durability of the slipper is improved, and it is possible to provide a slipper that continues to maintain a good wrinkle holding function over a long period of time.

  As described above, according to the slipper of the present embodiment, it can be easily put on and taken off without using a hand, and since it has a function of holding the heel while worn, it is difficult to take off while walking, etc. This is also advantageous.

  Therefore, the slipper of the present embodiment is particularly suitable for use by hospitalized patients in a hospital, reduces the burden on the patient when attaching and detaching the slipper, and improves the safety of the patient wearing the slipper. It will increase.

(Embodiment 2)
The slipper of the present embodiment shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 is obtained by omitting the hook-and-loop fasteners 36 and 37 provided on the outer side portions of the side band portions 33 and 34 of the heel holding portion 35 in the first embodiment. That is, in the slipper of the present embodiment, the hook holding portion 35 is not provided with the hook-and-loop fastener on the outer side portions of the both side band portions 33 and 34.

  For this reason, when this slipper is put on, the pair of left and right slippers are not engaged by the surface fasteners 36 and 37 and are surely separated. When a person wearing this slipper takes off the slipper, for example, while holding the heel holding part 30 or the like with a finger or the like, the heel is lifted so as to be pulled out from the heel holding part 30 of the slipper or with the finger or the like. The slipper can be removed by releasing the engagement of the first surface fastener 23 and the second surface fastener 24 of the holding portion 20.

  Other configurations and operational effects are the same as those of the first embodiment.

(Other embodiments)
Here, the shape, material, and structure of the bottom plate part 10 and the upper holding part 20 constituting the slipper of the present invention are not particularly limited, and various ones can be adopted according to requests for design, function, and the like.

  For example, in the above-described embodiment, a hook-and-loop fastener is used as a means for detachably connecting the first cloth band 21 and the second cloth band 22, but a button, a hook, or the like can be used instead. It is. Moreover, you may comprise the instep holding | maintenance part 20 with the cloth band and molded object which were integrally formed in the curved shape which wraps the instep (and toe).

  In the above-described embodiment, the pair of left and right slippers having a symmetrical shape has been described. However, the pair of left and right slippers may have the same shape.

It is a perspective view of the slipper in the natural state which shows the slipper of Embodiment 1 and the external force has not acted on the slipper. It is a side view of the slipper in the natural state which shows the slipper of Embodiment 1 and the external force has not acted on the slipper. It is the fragmentary longitudinal cross-sectional view which showed the slipper of Embodiment 1 and cut longitudinally the rear part of the slipper in the natural state where the external force has not acted on the slipper along the centerline. It is the rear view which showed the slipper of Embodiment 1 and looked only at the bottom plate part among the slippers in the natural state where the external force is not acting on the slipper. It is a perspective view of the slipper in the natural state which shows the slipper of Embodiment 2 and the external force has not acted on the slipper. It is a side view of the slipper in the natural state which shows the slipper of Embodiment 2 and the external force has not acted on the slipper.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Bottom plate part 20 ... Instep holding | maintenance part 30 ... Collar holding part 31 ... Plate-shaped elastic body 33, 34 ... Side belt part 35 ... Gutter part 35a ... Convex curved surface 36, 37 ... Surface fastener

Claims (4)

A bottom plate portion, an instep holding portion that is provided on the front side of the bottom plate portion and holds the vicinity of the back of the foot, and a heel holding portion that is provided on the rear side of the bottom plate portion and holds the vicinity of the heel of the foot Slippers having
The heel holding portion includes a plate-like elastic body integrally formed so that the shape is maintained in a use form in a natural state where no external force is applied, and the plate-like elastic body is rearward from both sides of the bottom plate portion. It consists of a pair of side bands that extend upward, and a striking part that connects and connects the side bands at the top,
The slipper characterized by the above-mentioned hook holding | maintenance part having a pair of hook-and-loop fastener in the outer part of both the said side band parts.   The slipper according to claim 1, wherein the padding portion has a convex curved surface curved in a convex shape in the vertical direction on the front surface.   The slipper according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the plate-like elastic body is made of a soft plastic. A bottom plate portion, an instep holding portion that is provided on the front side of the bottom plate portion and holds the vicinity of the back of the foot, and a heel holding portion that is provided on the rear side of the bottom plate portion and holds the vicinity of the heel of the foot Slippers having
The heel holding portion includes a plate-like elastic body integrally formed so that the shape is maintained in a use form in a natural state where no external force is applied, and the plate-like elastic body is rearward from both sides of the bottom plate portion. It consists of a pair of side bands extending upward, and an abutment part that connects and connects both side bands only above,
The upper surface of the bottom plate portion is an inclined surface that rises from the inside toward the outside,
The slipper characterized by the lower surface of the said baseplate part extending outside the upper surface of the said baseplate part.

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