JP6380984B2 - Supporter - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a supporter that is used at a proper position of a living body such as an upper limb and a lower limb and is used for relaxation of muscle tension, elimination of swelling, fixation of joints, and heat retention.

  Conservative therapy using a supporter is said to be effective for muscular tension relaxation and swelling treatment, joint fixation, and heat retention. For example, Patent Document 1 shown below discloses a related technique.

  The supporter disclosed in Patent Document 1 is intended to obtain the same effect as when the tape is wound spirally in addition to the conventional fixing and heat retaining effect, and is a conventional cylindrical fiber supporter It is said that painful and uncomfortable feelings will be eliminated by reinforcing a conventional supporter's effect by stitching a tape with strong elasticity, such as rubber straps, into the inner and outer peripheries.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-192165

In the case of the conventional technique disclosed in Patent Document 1, even if the effect that the portion with strong stretching force acts spirally is obtained, there is no change in uniformly compressing the entire affected area and keeping it warm. There is a problem that the strength of the pressing cannot be partially changed according to the thickness of the wearing site or according to the degree of stiffness or pain of the affected part.
In addition, it is difficult to wind the tape in a poor physical condition.
Furthermore, it is common to attach a conventional cylindrical supporter under the tape, which causes many problems such as the skin becoming steamed.

  The present invention solves various problems associated with the above-mentioned supporters of the prior art, changes the pressing force by the conventional surface, and adopts the pressing force by the line or the point, so that the pressing force can be changed according to the body part. It is an object of the present invention to provide a supporter that is easy to wear and capable of adjusting the strength and that can eliminate the tension (stiffness) of the muscle and improve the swelling by generating an autonomic reflex.

  In order to solve the above problems, the supporter according to the present invention adopts the following configuration.

The supporter according to the present invention includes a plurality of string portions formed by integrally forming a plurality of polyhedral or spherical pressing elements at appropriate intervals of a string body having a thin string shape made of silicon or rubber,
A holding plate having a substantially U-shape when viewed from the side surface, which is made of a polymer material formed by forming a plurality of fixing grooves for independently locking the string portions on two side plate portions facing each other; Consisting of
The thickness of the string body in the string portion is formed to a thickness that allows the fixing groove formed in the side plate portion of the holding plate to pass through, and the thickness of the pressing member in the string portion is the fixing groove. The stringer is formed in a thickness that cannot be passed through, and the stringer located immediately below the pusher at one end of each of the plurality of string parts is passed through the fixing groove to engage the presser with the holding plate. The other end portions of the plurality of string portions are wound around the upper and lower limbs like a bandage, and according to the thickness of each portion of the upper and lower limbs, any one of the pressing members in the string portion is attached to the holding plate . By locking in the fixing groove formed on the other side plate part , each of the plurality of string parts pressurizes the upper and lower limbs with a pressing degree according to the thickness of each part of the upper and lower limbs. Hold It is characterized in that no on.

  The holding plate preferably includes a reinforcing plate.

Furthermore, it is desirable that the cross section of the string body connecting the pressing elements in the string portion is polygonal.

Furthermore, the string body which connects between the pressers in the string portion may be formed in a mesh shape.

  Furthermore, it is desirable that the plurality of pressing elements formed in the string portion contain at least one of tourmaline particles, ceramic particles, germanium particles, and metal silicon particles.

  According to the supporter of the present invention, the pressing of the upper and lower limbs against the affected part changes from the conventional “surface” to “point” or “line”, and the pressing force or the pressing force is freely adjusted according to the situation of the affected part. be able to. Moreover, since it is not a surface contact, it does not cause skin stuffiness, and further, a supporter having an effect of tourmaline particles, ceramic particles, germanium particles, and metal silicon particles, which is easy to wear, is realized.

1 shows an embodiment of a supporter according to the present invention, wherein (a) is a plan view of a holding plate, (b) is a side view of the holding plate, (c) is a front view of the holding plate, and (d) is a string portion. FIG. FIGS. 1A and 1B show a state in which one end portion of the string portion shown in FIG. 1 is locked in a fixing groove of a holding plate, wherein FIG. 1A is a plan view and FIG. The other embodiment of the supporter which concerns on this invention is shown, (a) is a top view, (b) is a side view. It is explanatory drawing which shows the usage example of the supporter shown in FIG. The state which arrange | positioned the reinforcement board to the holding | maintenance board shown in FIG. 1 is shown, (a) is a top view, (b) is a side view, (c) is a front view. FIG. 4 shows a state where magnets or metal silicon is disposed on the holding plate shown in FIG. 3, (a) is a plan view, and (b) is a side view. It is explanatory drawing which shows other embodiment of a string part.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a specific configuration content of a supporter according to the present invention will be described in detail for an illustrated embodiment.
The embodiment described below shows an example for embodying the technical idea of the present invention, and it goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to the following description and illustrated. In particular, the dimensions, materials, shapes, relative arrangements, and the like of the components described in the embodiments are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention only to the description unless otherwise specified. It is just an example. In addition, the size and positional relationship of the invention elements shown in the drawings may be exaggerated for clarity.

The structure of the supporter 1 which concerns on this invention is demonstrated using FIG. 1A is a plan view of a holding plate 20 that is a component of the supporter 1, FIG. 1B is a side view of the holding plate 20, FIG. 1C is a front view of the holding plate 20, and FIG. It is a top view of the string part 10 which is a component of these.
That is, the supporter 1 according to the present invention includes a holding plate 20 made of a polymer material and a string portion 10 formed by forming a plurality of polyhedral or spherical pressing elements 12 at appropriate intervals. .

  In the embodiment, the holding plate 20 shown in FIGS. 1A to 1C has a width W of 40 mm, a length L of 80 mm, a height H of 10 mm, and a thickness t of 3 mm. As shown in FIG. 1C, a fixed groove M having a width of about 2 mm and a depth of about 7 mm is formed on the side plate portion 201 and the side plate portion 202 in the longitudinal direction. There are 7 places each.

The string portion 10 shown in FIG. 1D has a string-like string body 11 having a diameter of about 3 mm and a length S of about 300 mm, and a presser 12 having a spherical or polyhedral shape having a diameter of about 6 mm. The string body 11 is integrally formed with an interval of about 15 mm.
In this embodiment, the string body 11 has a circular cross section in the longitudinal direction. However, as will be described later, the string body 11 may be triangular or polygonal such as a quadrangle.
Moreover, although the string body 11 and the pressing element 12 are configured using silicon, rubber having good elastic characteristics can be applied.

Next, the entire structure of the supporter 1 according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 2A is a plan view of a state in which the pressing element 12 at one end of the string portion 10 is locked in the fixing groove M of the holding plate 20, and FIG. 2B is a side view thereof.
As shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B, the supporter 1 is formed by engaging the seven string portions 11 in the seven fixing grooves M formed in the side plate portion 202 of the holding plate 20. The

  As shown in FIG. 2A, one end of the string portion 10 is locked in the fixing groove M formed in the side plate portion 202 of the holding plate 20, and the other end portion 10e of the string portion 10 is free. From this state, the seven string portions 10 are wound around the upper and lower limbs, for example, the forearms, and any one of a plurality of polyhedral or spherical pressing elements 12 provided on the string portion 10 is selected. And the upper and lower limbs are fixed by being respectively engaged with the seven fixing grooves M of the side plate portion 201 of the holding plate 20.

  Thus, since the plurality of string portions 10 can be independently locked to the holding plate 20, the tension can be changed for each string portion 10.

Next, the structure of another embodiment of the supporter according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 3A is a plan view showing the appearance of the supporter 2, and FIG. 3B is a side view thereof.
The feature of the supporter 2 according to this example is that the material of the holding plate 20 of the supporter 1 according to the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is changed to silicon and integrally formed with the string portion 15 to form the supporter 2. is there.

  More specifically, as shown in FIGS. 3 (a) and 3 (b), the supporter 2 according to this embodiment has a plurality of polyhedral or spherical pressing elements 17 formed at appropriate intervals. The string portion 15 and a rectangular holding plate 25 having a plurality of fixing frames Mz for independently locking the string portion 15, and the plurality of strings One end of each of the portions 15 is integrally provided on one side in the longitudinal direction of the rectangular holding plate 25 with a predetermined interval, and the other ends of the plurality of string portions 15 are banded. By winding around the upper and lower limbs and locking any one of the pressing members 17 of the string portion 15 to the fixed frame Mz of the holding plate 25 according to the thickness of each part of the upper and lower limbs, Each of the string portions 15 of the Those that are adapted to the on leg holding pressure in pressed contact degree corresponding to the thickness of each part of.

Thus, the holding plate 25 in the supporter 2 of this embodiment is formed using silicon similarly to the string portion 15, and the holding plate 25 and the plurality of string portions 15 formed with the plurality of pressing elements 17 Are integrally molded.
Further, a total of 21 fixed frames Mz of 3 columns × 7 rows are provided on any one surface of the holding plate 25.

  As shown in FIG. 3A, each of the 21 fixed frames Mz on one surface of the holding plate 25 is an area surrounded by two substantially semicircular partition portions 251 and 252. The upper and lower limbs are fixed by tightly fitting any one of the plurality of pressing members 17 provided in the string portion 15 in this region.

The usage of the supporter 2 according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
As shown in FIG. 4, the holding plate 25 is applied to a desired part of the forearm U, and the free ends of the seven string portions 15 are wound around the forearm U like a bandage. Any one of the plurality of pressing elements 17 provided in each of the string portions 15 is locked to one of the fixed frames Mz in the three rows so that the pressing degree is appropriate.
In the usage example shown in FIG. 4, the pressers 17 are fitted to all 21 fixed frames Mz of 3 columns × 7 rows, but the pressers 17 are engaged with at least one fixed frame Mz in each row. If it stops, there is no problem.

Next, the effect of the supporter 2 according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4.
Since the fixing frames Mz of the holding plate 25 constituting the supporter 2 are provided in three rows, and 14 pressing members 17 of the string portion 15 are provided on the string body 16 at approximately 15 mm intervals, the thickness of the forearm portion U and the affected part The position of the stringer 15 to be locked to the fixed frame Mz on the holding plate 25 of the stringer 15 can be arbitrarily set according to the situation of the stringer 15 so that the pressing force of the stringer 15 against the forearm U can be freely changed. Is possible.
Further, in the case of the conventional cylindrical supporter, it takes a lot of labor to fit the upper and lower limbs while expanding the entrance portion. However, in the case of the supporter according to the present invention, the pressing member 17 of the string portion 15 is attached to the holding plate. Since it is only fitted to the fixed frame Mz in 25, it is very easy to attach and detach.
Since the effect of the supporter 1 of the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is substantially the same, detailed description thereof is omitted.

  FIG. 5 shows a state in which the reinforcing plate 40 is disposed on the holding plate 20 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, and the holding plate 20a of this embodiment is formed by insert-molding the two reinforcing plates 40 and 40. FIG. It is formed to increase the bending strength of the holding plate 20a in the press contact. The effect of the supporter in this embodiment enables a stronger pressing against the upper and lower limbs and improves the original function of the supporter.

  FIG. 6 shows an embodiment in which the holding plate 25 shown in FIG. 3 is further improved. A feature of the holding plate 25a of this embodiment is that at least one of a magnet or metal silicon 30 is incorporated therein. That is.

  That is, as shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B, the holding plate 25a in the supporter 3 is provided with the magnet 30 at the position indicated by the dotted line in FIGS. 6A and 6B. In the illustrated embodiment, the magnet 30 is insert-molded on the holding plate 25a. However, it is also possible to attach to the holding plate 25a by adhesion irrespective of the insert mold.

  The effect of the supporter 3 according to this embodiment is that the magnetic effect of the magnet 30 is added to the effect of the pressing of the supporter 3. The magnet 30 may be replaced with metal silicon. Moreover, you may provide both the magnet 30 and metal silicon, and the magnetic treatment effect by a magnet and the wave effect by the terahertz wave which metal silicon produces will arise.

  Next, a modified example or application example of the string portion constituting the supporter according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The features of these modified examples and application examples are that the structure of the string part is changed to enhance the function as a supporter.

  A string portion 10a shown in FIG. 7A is obtained by making the cross-sectional shape of the string body 11a into a triangular shape. When the string portion 10a of this embodiment is applied to the affected part of the upper and lower limbs, the apex of the triangle comes into contact with the skin, and the stimulation to the living body can be enhanced. It is possible to make the cross section of the string body 11a into another polygonal shape.

  The string portion 10b shown in FIG. 7B has a structure in which the string body 11b has a mesh-like gap, and has an effect of preventing the skin from being steamed by the string portion 10b.

  A string portion 10c shown in FIG. 7C is a holding plate that constitutes the supporter 1 with a plurality of triangular protrusions 11cb protruding in the longitudinal direction of the string body 11c except for the pressing element 12 at one end. When the upper and lower limbs are fixed by being locked in the 20 fixing grooves M, the protrusion 11cb protruding from the string body 11c has a triangular shape, so that the operation of fixing the upper and lower limbs is facilitated.

The string portion 10d shown in FIG. 7 (d) is configured by disposing metal silicon 50 particles inside a presser 12d provided in the string body 11d.
In general, activation of a living body can be expected by terahertz waves that are known to be emitted from the metal silicon 50. The metal silicon 50 may use tourmaline particles, ceramic particles, germanium particles, magnetic particles, or the like, and an effect corresponding to the characteristics of each particle is expected.

1: supporter 2: supporter 3: supporter 10: string part 10a: string part 10b: string part 10c: string part 10d: string part 10e: other end part 11: string body 11a: string body 11b: string body 11c: string body 11d: String body 11cb: Protrusion 12: Presser 12d: Presser 15: String portion 15e: Tip 16: String body 17: Presser 20: Holding plate 20a: Holding plate 201: Side plate portion 202: Side plate portion 25: Holding Plate 25a: Holding plate 251: Screen portion 252: Screen portion 30: Magnet or metal silicon 40: Reinforcing plate 50: Metal silicon particles M, Mz: Fixing groove U: Forearm

Claims (5)

A plurality of string portions formed by integrally forming a plurality of polyhedral or spherical pressing elements at appropriate intervals of a string formed of a string made of silicon or rubber;
A holding plate having a substantially U-shape when viewed from the side surface, which is made of a polymer material formed by forming a plurality of fixing grooves for independently locking the string portions on two side plate portions facing each other; Consisting of
The thickness of the string body in the string portion is formed to a thickness that allows the fixing groove formed in the side plate portion of the holding plate to pass through, and the thickness of the pressing member in the string portion is the fixing groove. The stringer is formed in a thickness that cannot be passed through, and the stringer located immediately below the pusher at one end of each of the plurality of string parts is passed through the fixing groove to engage the presser with the holding plate. The other end portions of the plurality of string portions are wound around the upper and lower limbs like a bandage, and according to the thickness of each portion of the upper and lower limbs, any one of the pressing members in the string portion is attached to the holding plate . By locking in the fixing groove formed on the other side plate part , each of the plurality of string parts pressurizes the upper and lower limbs with a pressing degree according to the thickness of each part of the upper and lower limbs. Hold Supporters, characterized in that it has no to.   The supporter according to claim 1, wherein the holding plate includes a reinforcing plate. The supporter according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein a cross-section of a string body connecting the pressing elements in the string portion is a polygonal shape. The supporter according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , wherein a string body that connects the pressing elements in the string portion is formed in a mesh shape. The supporter according to any one of claims 1 to 4 , wherein the pressing member of the string portion includes at least one of tourmaline particles, ceramic particles, germanium particles, and metal silicon particles.

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