JP6975499B1 - Massager - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a massager capable of positively moving a scapula while sitting and giving a massage effect to muscles around the scapula. SOLUTION: The massager 10 is provided on the backrest portion 5 of a chair 1 whose inclination angle is variable depending on the load on which the user P leans, and the backrest portion 5 and the shoulder blade of the user P are connected to each other. A pair of moving pads 15 provided between the device main body 12 and located in the left-right direction of the user P, and a pair of moving pads 15 due to the load when the user P leans against the backrest portion 5. A moving portion as a moving means for moving the moving pads 15 so as to be separated from each other is provided. [Selection diagram] Fig. 1

Description

The present invention relates to a massager, and more particularly to a massager capable of performing a massage centered on the scapula on the back of the human body.

Conventionally, there is known a shiatsu device that can be attached to the backrest of a chair and presses the back of a user sitting on the chair (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 and 2).

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2003-325637 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2003-299711

However, in the above-mentioned acupressure device, the scapula on the back surface of the human body is pressed to exert the effect of pressing the acupoint, and the scapula on the back surface of the human body is not actively moved.

On the other hand, with the changes in the working environment in recent years, the number of personal computer work in which the posture tends to lean forward is increasing.

Therefore, such a poor posture such as a leaning forward posture puts a burden on the muscles around the scapula, causing muscle tension and poor blood circulation, which also causes stiff shoulders.

An object of the present invention is to provide a massager capable of actively moving the scapula while sitting and giving a massage effect to the muscles around the scapula.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is a massager provided on the backrest of a chair whose inclination angle is variable depending on the load on which the user leans, and the backrest and the shoulder of the user. The device body located between the scapula, the pair of moving pads provided on the device body and located in the left-right direction of the user, and the pair of moving pads due to the load when the user leans against the backrest portion. The pair of moving pads include a moving means for moving the moving pads so as to be separated from each other, and the pair of moving pads includes a pad portion having cushioning properties and a hard base portion for supporting the pad portions. Is a guide portion that is thinly inclined in the moving direction in which the pair of moving pads move in a direction away from each other due to a load applied by the user, and an urging member that is urged in a direction in which the pair of moving pads approach each other. If, Ru equipped with.

The massager is provided on the backrest of the chair, and the type of chair has the backrest, and is not limited as long as the tilt angle is variable to some extent depending on the load applied by the user.

The massager provided on the backrest includes an instrument body located between the backrest and the user's scapula. The device body includes a pair of moving pads located in the left-right direction of the user, and a moving means for moving the pair of moving pads so as to separate from each other due to the load when the user leans against the backrest. It is equipped with.

The moving pad is in contact with the left and right scapulas independently, and by moving them apart from each other by means of transportation, the scapulas can be integrally followed and stretched to expand the movement of the scapulas. .. In addition, by leaning against the backrest, it is possible to maintain an appropriate stretch posture from a leaning posture.

As a result, a massage effect can be given to the muscles around the scapula, and stiff shoulders caused by tension of the muscles around the scapula and poor blood circulation due to a poor posture such as a forward leaning posture can be eliminated.

According to the present invention, the scapula can be actively moved while sitting, and a massage effect can be given to the muscles around the scapula.

A massager according to an embodiment of the present invention is shown, (A) is an explanatory view of an example of a usage state, and (B) is a front view of a main part of the massager. It is a side view of a massager. (A) is a vertical cross-sectional view of the main part of the massager, (B) is a plan view of the main part when the moving pad is in the fixed position, and (C) is the main part when the moving pad is in the moving position. It is a plan sectional view. (A) is a front view of the moving pad (pad portion) showing the position of the stepped hook portion of the moving pad, and (B) shows the relationship between the stepped hook portion of the moving pad (pad portion) and the scapula. It is explanatory drawing. The positional relationship between the moving pad (pad portion) and the scapula is shown, (A) is an explanatory diagram when the moving pad (pad portion) is in a fixed position, and (B) is a moving pad (pad portion) in the moving position. It is an explanatory diagram at a certain time. It is a side view of the main part which shows the example which made the stay of a massager adjustable. It is a side view of the main part which shows the other example which made the stay of a massager adjustable. It is a side view of the example which applied the massager to the cushion with a backrest. It is a side view of the example which applied a massager to a sitting chair.

Next, the massager according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
The embodiments shown below are suitable specific examples of the massager of the present invention, and may be provided with various technically preferable limitations, but the technical scope of the present invention is particularly limited to the present invention. Unless otherwise stated, the present invention is not limited to these aspects. In addition, the components in the embodiments shown below can be appropriately replaced with existing components and the like, and various variations including combinations with other existing components are possible. Therefore, the description of the embodiment shown below does not limit the content of the invention described in the claims.

As shown in FIG. 1A, the office chair 1 is provided with a removable massager 10.

The chair 1 is a general-purpose product, and a seat portion 3 is rotatably provided in a horizontal plane at the upper end of a leg portion 2 with casters. The height of the seat portion 3 of the leg portion 2 can be changed by a known elevating mechanism (not shown). The seat portion 3 is provided with a backrest portion 5 via, for example, a leaf spring-shaped connecting portion 4.

The leaf spring-shaped connecting portion 4 changes the inclination angle of the backrest portion 5 according to the load generated when the user P leans against the backrest portion 5, and when the load is removed, the backrest portion 5 is returned to the original position. It is set to be urged to return to the state.

As shown in FIGS. 1B and 2, the massager 10 has a pair of stays 11 having a substantially inverted U shape whose shape retention is ensured by a metal, a hard resin, or the like, and a pair of stays 11 at one end of the stays 11. It is provided with an instrument main body 12 provided. The instrument main body 12 is positioned between the backrest portion 5 and the shoulder blade (described later) of the user P when the stay 11 is hooked on the upper edge portion 5a of the backrest portion 5.

As shown in FIG. 2, both ends of the elastic belt 13 are connected to the other end of the stay 11 and the lower portion of the back surface of the instrument main body 12, for example. The belt 13 can be attached to and detached from the back surface side of the backrest portion 5 by, for example, one male and female hook-and-loop fastener 11a provided at the other end of the stay 11 and the other male and female hook-and-loop fastener 13a provided at the free end of the belt 13. Connected to. As a result, deviation and detachment when the massager 10 is attached to the backrest portion 5 are suppressed. The belt 13 is not shown in the drawings as appropriate.

As shown in FIGS. 1B and 3, the instrument main body 12 forms a long hole 14a having a long diameter in the width direction (corresponding to the left-right direction of the user P orthogonal to the height direction in the used state) on the front side. A resin or metal cover 14, a pair of moving pads 15 located in the left-right direction of the user P, and a pair of moving pads 15 due to the load when the user P leans against the backrest portion 5 to each other. It is provided with a moving unit 16 as a moving means for moving the parts so as to separate from each other.

The pair of moving pads 15 includes a pad portion 17 having cushioning properties and a rigid base portion 18 that supports the pad portions 17.

In this example, the pad portion 17 is formed in a front view wing shape so as to be in contact with the entire shoulder blade of the user P while ensuring the design, and when the pad portion 17 is moved so as to be separated from each other by the moving portion 16. The stepped hooking portions 17a and 17b that are hooked to assist the movement of the shoulder blade of the user P are integrally provided.

Specifically, the hooking portions 17a and 17b are divided into a lower hooking portion 17a and an upper hooking portion 17b as shown in the hatched region of FIG. 4 (A). As a result, as shown in the hatched area of FIG. 4B, the user P's scapula B is hooked so as to surround the inside from the lower side near the lower apex.

The moving portion 16 has a guide portion 19 that is inclined so that the pair of moving pads 15 move in a direction away from each other due to a load applied from the user P so as to move toward the moving direction. A coil spring 20 as an urging member set to be urged in the direction of urging is provided.

By the way, as shown in FIG. 6, the stay 11 can be raised and lowered by integrally providing the stay holder 21 with the cover 14 and supporting one end side of the stay holder 21, and the backrest portion of the chair 1 can be raised and lowered. It is also possible to adjust the relative position of the user P with the scapula B according to the height of 5.

In this way, the instrument body 12 of the massager 10 is held at one end of a pair of stays 11 having a substantially inverted U shape, and the stay 11 holds the instrument body 12 in a displaceable manner in the height direction. It can be configured.

Further, when the massager 10 is applied to the chair 1 in which the backrest portion 5 is low, for example, as shown in FIG. 7, the height of the backrest portion 5 is supplemented and the functionality of the instrument main body 12 is ensured. To the extent that it can be obtained, specifically, the instrument main body 12 may be fixed to a hard pillow 22 having the same strength and cushioning property as the backrest portion 5, and the stay 11 may be provided so as to be able to move up and down. The stay 11 can be raised and lowered from the outside by the knob 23.

In the above configuration, the stay 11 is hooked on the upper edge portion 5a of the backrest portion 5 of the chair 1, and the lower side of the backrest portion 5 is rotated from the front surface side to the back surface side by the belt 13, and the hook-and-loop fastener 11a and The surface fastener 13a is engaged to fix the massager 10 to the backrest portion 5.

In this state, when the user P sits on the chair 1 and leans on the backrest portion 5 as it is, the backrest portion 5 is tilted by the load applied from the user P to the backrest portion 5, and at the same time, the guide portion 19 is tilted. Guided and the pair of moving pads 15 move so as to separate from each other.

Then, when the pair of moving pads 15 move so as to be separated from each other, the scapula B of the user P is shown in FIG. 5 (B) from the position where both hands are lowered, as shown in FIG. 5 (A). As such, it is possible to promote the same movement as moving to a position where both hands are raised. It is optional whether or not the user P leans against the backrest 5 and at the same time moves the arm as shown in FIG. 5, but it is better to move the arm when the muscles are tense. ..

As a result, the user P puts a strain on the muscles around the scapula B due to a poor posture such as a forward leaning posture, which is a means to solve the problem of muscle tension and poor blood circulation. be able to.

As described above, the massager 10 of the present invention is a massager 10 provided on the backrest portion 5 of the chair 1 whose inclination angle is variable depending on the load on which the user P leans, and is the backrest portion 5. The instrument main body 12 located between the shoulder blade B of the user P, a pair of moving pads 15 provided on the instrument main body 12 and located in the left-right direction of the user P, and the user P on the backrest portion 5. It is provided with a moving portion 16 as a moving means for moving the pair of moving pads 15 so as to be separated from each other by a load when leaning against each other.

The moving pad 15 is in contact with the left and right scapula B independently, and by moving so as to be separated from each other by the moving portion 16, the scapula B is integrally followed and the stretch that expands the movement of the scapula B. It can be performed. In addition, the user P can maintain an appropriate stretch posture from a leaning posture by leaning against the backrest portion 5. As a result, the scapula B can be actively moved while sitting, and a massage effect can be given to the muscles around the scapula B.

Further, the pair of moving pads 15 integrally include stepped hooking portions 17a and 17b that are hooked so as to assist the movement of the shoulder blade B of the user P when they are moved so as to be separated from each other by the moving portion 16. As a result, the shoulder blade B of the user P can be easily moved.

Further, the pair of moving pads 15 includes a pad portion 17 having cushioning properties and a rigid base portion 18 that supports the pad portions 17, and the moving portion 16 includes a pair of moving pads 15 from the user P. By providing a guide portion 19 that is thinly inclined in the moving direction that moves in a direction that moves away from each other due to a load, and a coil spring 20 as a urging member that is set to urge the pair of moving pads 15 in a direction that approaches each other. While improving the applicability to the difference in body shape and physique of the user P, the moving pad 15 can be moved with a simple configuration.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, it goes without saying that the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described here. Anyone who has ordinary knowledge in the field of technology to which the present invention belongs has come up with the idea of making various changes, modifications, combinations, etc. within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention described in the claims. It's clear that you can. Therefore, the technique after these changes, modifications, combinations, etc. naturally belongs to the scope of the technical idea of the present invention.

(1) Cushion with backrest FIG. 8 shows a case where the massager 30 is applied to the cushion 6 with a backrest as a chair. The cushion 6 with a backrest is, for example, a cushion body made of cotton, sponge, or the like covered with a cloth cover (both not shown), and can be fixed to the chair 1 with a string or the like as needed.

A massager 30 is provided on the backrest portion 7 of the cushion 6 with a backrest. In the massager 30, the stay 11 and the belt 13 of the massager 10 described above are abolished, and only the instrument main body 12 is configured.

In the instrument body 12, at least a cover 14 which is a part of the instrument body 12 except for the pair of moving pads 15 is embedded in the backrest portion 7 of the cushion 6 with the backrest. Since the configuration of the instrument main body 12 is the same as the above, the description thereof is omitted here.

(2) Seat chair FIG. 9 shows a case where the massager 40 is applied to the backrest portion 9 of the seat chair 8 as a chair. The substantially same configuration of the seat chair 8 can be the same as that of a general-purpose product. A massager 40 is provided on the backrest portion 9 of the sitting chair 8. In the massager 40, the stay 11 and the belt 13 of the massager 10 described above are abolished, and only the instrument main body 12 is configured.

In the instrument body 12, at least a cover 14 which is a part of the instrument body 12 except for the pair of moving pads 15 is embedded in the backrest portion 9 of the seat chair 8. Since the configuration of the instrument main body 12 is the same as the above, the description thereof is omitted here.

(3) Moving means Although not shown in detail, the moving portion 16 as the moving means is driven by a tilt sensor that detects the tilt angle of the backrest portion 5 and a detection angle of the tilt sensor. It is also possible to electrically configure the moving pad 15 with a motor and a gear (for example, a rack and pinion) or a drive unit provided with a solenoid or the like.

Similarly, the moving portion 16 as a moving means includes a load sensor that detects the load applied to the backrest portion 5 from the user P, a motor that drives the moving portion 16 according to the detected load of the load sensor, and a motor that moves the moving pad. It can also be electrically configured with a drive unit equipped with a gear (for example, a rack pinion) or a solenoid or the like.

(4) Others In the above embodiment, the case of the coil spring 20 is shown as the urging member, but for example, a mainspring or the like may be used. Further, the above-mentioned materials and the like are not limited, and appropriate materials can be used as long as the functions are not deviated. Further, a roller bearing may be embedded in either the base portion 18 or the guide portion 19 to facilitate the movement of the pair of moving pads 15 and to easily define the moving direction.

As described above, the massager according to the present invention has the effect of actively moving the scapula while sitting and giving a massage effect to the muscles around the scapula, and in particular, the back surface of the human body. It is useful for all massagers that massage the shoulder blades.

1 Chair 2 Legs 3 Seat 4 Connecting 5 Backrest 5a Upper edge 6 Cushion with backrest 7 Backrest 8 Seat chair 9 Backrest 10 Massager 11 Stay 11a Hook-and-loop fastener 12 Instrument body 13 Hook-and-loop fastener 14 Cover 14a Long hole 15 Moving pad 16 Moving part 17 Pad part 17a Hooking part (lower side)
17b Hooking part (upper side)
18 Base part 19 Guide part 20 Coil spring 21 Stay holder 22 Hard pillow 30 Massager 40 Massager B Shoulder blade P User

Claims (4)

It is a massager installed on the back of a chair whose tilt angle is variable depending on the load that the user leans on.
The instrument body located between the backrest and the user's scapula,
A pair of moving pads provided on the main body of the device and located in the left-right direction of the user,
A moving means for moving the pair of moving pads so that they are separated from each other by the load when the user leans against the backrest portion.
Equipped with
The pair of moving pads
A pad part with cushioning properties and
A hard base that supports the pad and
Equipped with
The means of transportation is
A guide portion that is thinly inclined in the moving direction in which the pair of moving pads move in a direction away from each other due to a load applied by the user.
An urging member whose pair of moving pads are urged in a direction in which they approach each other,
A massager characterized by being equipped with <br />. In the massager according to claim 1,
The pair of moving pads
A massager integrally provided with a stepped hooking portion that is hooked to assist the movement of the user's scapula when they are moved so as to be separated from each other by the moving means. In the massager according to claim 1 or 2.
The instrument body is
It is held at one end of a pair of stays that have a substantially inverted U shape, and is held at one end.
The stay is
A massager characterized in that the instrument body is held so as to be displaceable in the height direction. The massager according to claim 1 is
A massager characterized in that at least a part of the instrument body except for the pair of moving pads is embedded in the backrest of a chair.

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