JP5627737B1 - Knee supporter - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a knee supporter that can be worn with one hand. A tubular member 11 made of an elastic material to be inserted from an upper part corresponding to the above knee to a lower part corresponding to below the knee by inserting a foot, and a donut-shaped knee pad member fixed to the tubular member 11 12 and a pulling member 13 for pulling up the tubular member 11 fixed above the hole 12a of the knee pad member 12 on the outer peripheral surface of the tubular member 11, and / or both end portions 11a, 11b of the tubular member 11. And slits 11c and 11d. [Selection] Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a knee supporter, and more particularly to a knee supporter that can be worn with one hand.

  Conventionally, there are various knee supporters for protecting the knee. For example, it has a cylindrical shape, and is inserted into the outer periphery of the knee by inserting a toe and gradually pulling it up from the calf (see, for example, Patent Document 1), or after being wound around the outer periphery of the knee. A belt-like knee supporter (for example, see Patent Document 2) that is fixed is known.

JP 2003-52727 A JP 2004-162183 A

  In the case of the conventional cylindrical knee supporter, it is impossible to mount the knee supporter well unless the upper end of the knee supporter is lifted with both hands.

  Further, in the case of a conventional belt-shaped knee supporter, it is particularly necessary to press one end of the supporter to the side of the knee with one hand and wind the other end of the supporter with the other hand.

  Therefore, in the case of the conventional knee supporter, it is not easy to put on a person who has one hand and / or one leg disabled or paralyzed, or a person with weak hand strength (muscle strength).

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a knee supporter that can be easily worn with one hand even if a hand or foot is inconvenient.

The knee supporter of the present invention made to solve the problem is a tubular member made of a stretchable material that is inserted from the upper part corresponding to above the knee to the lower part corresponding to below the knee by inserting a foot, and the cylindrical member inner and donut-shaped knee member fixed to the peripheral surface, and a pull-up member pulling said tubular member fixed to a portion of the outer peripheral surface of the tubular member located above the hole in the front Kihiza contact member of the located before Symbol cylindrical the cylindrical upper slit and lower ends in the portion of the member from the upper end positioned above the holes of the knee lever member below the holes of the knee lever Bei give a lower slit portion of the tubular member, said upper slit and lower slits are those from the upper end and the lower end of the bore of the knee lever of each said tubular member extending vertically It is characterized by that.

Is provided with the pull-up member及bis slits can knee member by inserting the leg to the knee supporter to come forward and mounted on the knee by lifting the ends of the pulling members or a slit in one hand .

In the above knee supporter, it is preferable that only the one end portion of the pulling member is fixed to a portion of the outer peripheral surface of the tubular member positioned immediately above the hole of the knee pad member. Thereby, the knee pad can easily cross the patella by lifting the other end with a finger.

  The pull-up member may include a loop-shaped part that allows a finger to enter. Thereby, a finger can be put in a loop-shaped part and can be pulled up, and it can be pulled up easily even if hand power is weak.

Further, the upper slit to said knee member downward from the upper end of the bore of the knee lever before Symbol tubular member, said lower slit below the hole of the knee lever of the tubular member It is good to extend from the edge part of this to the said knee pad member upward . Thereby, even if the foot is paralyzed and the toe of the foot does not face downward, the mounting becomes easy.

Pulling member and the upper slit is provided with the lower slit, knee rest is by inserting the legs into knee supporter to come forward, to be attached to the knee by lifting the end of the pulling member in one hand it can.

1 is a perspective view of a knee supporter according to Embodiment 1. FIG. It is the sectional view on the AA line of FIG. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in the middle of mounting the knee supporter shown in FIG. 1 on the knee joint in the first embodiment. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which the knee supporter shown in FIG. 1 is attached to the knee joint in the first embodiment. It is a perspective view of the knee supporter which concerns on Embodiment 2. FIG. It is a front view of the knee supporter which concerns on Embodiment 3. FIG. It is a side view which shows typically the initial stage which mounts the knee supporter of Embodiment 3. It is a side view which shows typically the final stage which mounts the knee supporter of Embodiment 3. FIG.

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

(Embodiment 1)
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the knee supporter 1 of the present embodiment includes a cylindrical member 11 made of an elastic material that is attached from the upper part corresponding to the above knee to the lower part corresponding to the below knee by inserting a foot, A donut-shaped knee pad member 12 fixed to the cylindrical member 11 and a pulling member 13 having one end fixed to the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical member 11 directly above the hole 12a of the knee pad member 12 are provided. .

  The cylindrical member 11 is made of, for example, a fabric in which foamed synthetic rubber is sandwiched between stretchable fabrics or a three-dimensional mesh fabric.

  In the knee supporter 1 of this embodiment, the knee pad member 12 is sewn inside the intermediate position in the vertical direction of the tubular member 11. The position at which the knee pad member 12 is fixed is not limited to an intermediate position in the vertical direction of the tubular member 11. The position may be shifted upward or downward from the intermediate position.

  The knee pad member 12 has an outer oval shape and has a donut shape with a through hole 12a formed in the center. The knee pad member 12 is formed, for example, from a silicon resin having elasticity into a ring shape having a thickness of 5 mm.

  The pulling member 13 having one end fixed at a point P immediately above the hole 12a of the knee pad member 12 is, for example, a loop made of cloth tape having a loop-shaped portion 13a.

  Since the pulling member 13 is attached to the point P immediately above the hole 12a, the knee pad member 12 can easily get over the patella, as will be described later.

Next, a procedure for mounting the knee supporter 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. In FIG. 3, the pulling member 13 is omitted. First, the end portion 11a of the cylindrical member 11 close to the pulling member 13 is set to the top, and the penetration direction of the hole 12a of the knee pad member 12 is set to the front. Next, the upper end portion 11a or the lifting member 13 is picked with a finger, a foot is inserted, and the knee supporter 1 is pulled upward to bring the knee support member 1 into the state shown in FIG. Become. Since the knee support member 12 has a thickness, the resistance increases when it exceeds the patella. However, when the pulling member 13 is further lifted upward, the pulling force of the knee pad member 12 is fixed to one end of the pulling member 13. When the just above hole 12a and the point P, the tangential force F ₀ of the patella. Since F ₀ is decomposed into a vertical force F _v and a horizontal force F _h , the knee pad member 12 is lifted by the vertical force F _v and can exceed the patella. As a result, the patella fits in the hole 12a of the knee pad member 12, resulting in the state shown in FIG.

  As described above, the knee supporter 1 of the present embodiment includes the pulling member 13 having the loop-shaped portion 13a with one end fixed to the point P directly above the hole 12a of the knee pad member 12, so that one hand You can insert your finger and pull it up. Since the knee pad member 12 is thick and it is difficult to get over the patella, the tubular member 11 extends even if the upper end portion 11a of the tubular member 11 made of a stretchable material is pulled upward. However, in the knee supporter 1 of the present embodiment, it is possible to easily get over by lifting the loop-shaped portion 13a of the lifting member 13 whose one end is fixed to the point P directly above the hole 12a by hand.

(Embodiment 2)
As shown in FIG. 5, the knee supporter 1 </ b> A of the present embodiment includes a tubular member 11 made of a stretchable material that is inserted from the upper part corresponding to above the knee to the lower part corresponding to below the knee by inserting a foot, A donut-shaped knee pad member 12 fixed to the member 11 and slits 11 c and 11 d formed at both ends of the cylindrical member 11 are provided.

  In the knee support 1 </ b> A of the present embodiment, vertical slits 11 c and 11 d are formed at the ends 11 a and 11 b of the tubular member 11 above the hole 12 a of the knee pad member 12. Therefore, even in a person who has paralyzed foot movements and is unable to buckle the ankle joint (an operation that lowers the toes downward), the toes protrude from the slits 11d by inserting the toes from the slits 11c. be able to. Therefore, even if a hand or a foot is inconvenient, it becomes easy to insert the foot into the knee supporter 1A and pull up the knee supporter 1A.

(Embodiment 3)
The knee supporter 1B of this embodiment is a combination of the knee supporters of Embodiments 1 and 2, as shown in FIGS. That is, a tubular member 11 made of a stretchable material that is worn from the upper part corresponding to the knee to the lower part corresponding to the lower knee, by inserting the foot, and the donut-shaped knee pad member 12 fixed to the tubular member 11, A pulling member 13 having one end fixed at a point P directly above the hole 12a of the knee pad 12 of the cylindrical member 11, and slits 11c and 11d formed in the upper end 11a and the lower end 11b. ing.

  The slits 11c and 11d extend from the upper end 11a and the lower end 11b of the knee pad 12 of the tubular member 11 to the vicinity of the knee pad 12 in the vertical direction.

  One end portions of the fastening bands 14 and 15 are fixed to the outer periphery of the tubular member 11, and the surface fasteners 14a and 15a are provided at the other end portions.

  The fastening bands 14 and 15 are made by impregnating a stretchable fabric (knit) with a resin. After the tubular member 11 is attached to the patella, the fastening band 14 is fastened on the knee, and the fastening band 15. By fastening below the knee, it is possible to suppress the knee supporter 1B from shifting from an appropriate position.

  Next, a situation where the knee supporter 1B is worn on a paralyzed foot will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8, the fastening bands 14 and 15 are omitted. Further, the pulling member 13 is omitted in FIG.

First, the end portion 11a of the tubular member 11 is directed upward, and the penetration direction of the hole 12a of the knee pad member 12 is forward. Next, the upper end part 11a is picked with a finger, a foot is inserted, and the knee supporter 1B is pulled upward. At this time, even if the foot is paralyzed and the toe of the foot is not facing downward, the toe is inserted from the slit 11c so that the toe protrudes from the slit 11d (the state shown in FIG. 7). Can do. Next, a state shown in FIG. 8 is shown by pulling upward with a pulling member 13 (loop-shaped portion 13a) having one end fixed at a point P directly above the hole 12a of the knee pad member 12 of the cylindrical member 11 (the knee). A state where the abutting member 12 is positioned under the patella). Since the knee pad 12 is thick, resistance increases when it exceeds the patella. However, further raising the loop portions 13a upward, the pulling force will tangential force F ₀ of the patella. Since F ₀ is decomposed into a vertical force F _v and a horizontal force F _h , the knee pad member 12 is lifted by the vertical force F _v and can exceed the patella. As a result, the patella fits in the hole 12 a of the knee pad 12.

  In the knee supporter 1 </ b> B of the present embodiment, the slit 11 c extends from the upper end 11 a of the hole 12 a of the knee pad 12 of the cylindrical member 11 to the knee pad 12 in the vertical direction, and the slit 11 d of the cylindrical member 11. Since it extends from the lower end portion 11b of the hole 12a of the knee pad member 12 to the knee pad member 12 in the vertical direction, as described above, the one hand and one leg are inconvenient, the foot is paralyzed, and the toe of the foot is lowered. It can be worn even if the legs are not facing.

1, 1A, 1B ············································································································ ... Knee rest member 12a ... Hole 13 ... Pull-up member 13a ... Loop-shaped part

Claims (4)

A cylindrical member made of an elastic material to be inserted from the upper part corresponding to the above knee to the lower part corresponding to below the knee by inserting the foot;
A donut-shaped knee pad fixed to the inner peripheral surface of the tubular member;
A pulling member for pulling the tubular member fixed to a portion of the outer peripheral surface of the tubular member located above the hole in the front Kihiza contact member,
From the upper end of the tubular member to the portion of the tubular member located above the hole of the knee pad member, the tubular shape is located below the hole of the knee pad member from the upper slit and the lower end portion. comprising a lower slit bets in the portion of the member,
The knee supporter, wherein the upper slit and the lower slit extend in the vertical direction from an upper end and a lower end of the hole of the knee pad member of the cylindrical member, respectively . 2. The knee supporter according to claim 1, wherein only one end of the pulling member is fixed to a portion of the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical member that is located immediately above the hole of the knee pad member.   The knee supporter according to claim 1, wherein the pulling member includes a loop-shaped portion into which a finger enters. Wherein the upper end of the bore of the knee member to the knee member downward, the lower slit below the edge of the hole of the knee lever of the cylindrical member of said upper slit before Symbol tubular member The knee supporter according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , wherein the knee support member extends upward from the portion to the knee pad member .

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