JPH0682300U - Bathroom unit - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] The present invention relates to a bathroom unit for the elderly and people with disabilities. [Composition] A bathtub and a washing room are arranged side by side in the bathroom, and an entrance is provided on the wall surface of the washing area facing the bathtub with this washing room interposed therebetween. A hinged door made of a shoji body is pivotally attached, and a folding door formed by connecting two shoji bodies to each other in a foldable manner is pivotally attached to the other side, and the door can be closed by the open door and the folding door.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a bathroom unit, and more particularly to a bathroom unit for elderly people and people with physical disabilities who need an attendant.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 Conventional bathroom units usually have a doorway wide enough for one bather to come in and out, and no special measures have been taken for the elderly and the physically handicapped who require an attendant.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, in such a conventional bathroom unit, when the bather is an elderly person or a physically handicapped person who needs a caregiver, the caretaker enters and exits with the bather as the entrance is narrow. It had the drawback of being difficult to do.

[0004]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 The present invention has been made to solve such a problem in the conventional bathroom unit. In a bathroom unit having a bathtub and a washing space, the bathtub and the washing space are provided in the bathroom. Along with the parallel installation, there is a doorway on the wall of the washroom that faces the bathtub with this washroom in between, and a hinged door consisting of a shoji body is pivotally attached to one side of the doorway and the other side. It is characterized in that a folding door, which is formed by connecting two shoji bodies to each other in a foldable manner, is pivotally attached, and that the opening and the closing door can be closed by the opening door and the folding door.

[0005]

【Example】

 An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 is a front view of the bathroom unit of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view of the bathroom unit, FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 2, and FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG. It is a figure. In each of the above figures, A is a unit-structured bathroom main body, 1 is a bathtub, 2 is a washroom, 3 is a sitting portion, 4 is a bay window, 10 is a doorway, 11 is an open door, and 12 is a folding door, respectively.

In each of the drawings, the present invention has a bathtub 1 and a washing space 2 arranged side by side in a bathroom main body A of a building, and the washing space 2 is interposed between the bathtub 1 and the washing space 2 on the wall surface of the washing space facing the bathtub 1. The doorway 10 is provided, and a hinged door 11 made of one shoji body is pivotally mounted on one side of the doorway 10 and a folding door 12 formed by connecting two shoji bodies to the other side in a foldable manner. The hinged door 11 and the folding door 12 constitute the doorway 10 in a closed state.

As shown in FIG. 2, in the bathroom main body A, the rectangular bath tub 1 and the washing basin 2 are juxtaposed so that their long side surfaces are in contact with each other. An entrance / exit 10 is provided on a wall surface of the washing area 2 side which faces the bathtub 1 with the interposition therebetween.

As shown in FIG. 1, the doorway 10 is provided facing a long side surface of the washing room 2, and a hinged door 11 made of a rectangular shoji body is provided at one side of the doorway 10. The folding door 12 is formed by connecting two rectangular shoji bodies to the other side so that the folding door 12 can be folded. The doorway 10 can be opened and closed by the hinged door 11 and the folding door 12, and the hinged door 11 and the folding door 12 can be independently opened and closed. Normally, a bather enters and leaves the folding door 12, and when an attendant is needed, both the folding door 12 and the hinged door 11 can be used to widely use the entrance / exit 10. ing. The hinged door 11 and the folding door 12 may be attached to the left and right positions.

The folding door 12 composed of the two shoji bodies is configured to open inward with the two shoji bodies adjacent to each other, with the right end portion being the pivot center, and the folding door 12 The upper and lower ends of the folding door 12 are engaged with the concave grooves formed in the upper and lower frames 10a so that they can be slid sideways and can be opened and closed.

The hinged door 11 made of one sheet of shoji has a width approximately half that of the folding door 12, and is attached to the bathroom in an inwardly-opening manner with its left end as the pivot center. , A handle for opening and closing is provided at the center of its right end.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a water faucet 20 a and a shower 21 used in the washing area 2 are provided on the left side of the doorway 10. The right side of the doorway 10 is Hot water faucets 20b and 20c are provided. A shower may be provided above the hot water faucet 20b of the washing place 2.

A bay window 4 is provided on one wall surface of the bathroom wall surface where both the bath tub 1 and the washing area 2 are in contact with each other. In addition, a trapezoidal stool 3 for a washing place is formed in the space formed in the lower part inside the bay window 4. As shown in FIG. 3, the stool portion 3 is composed of two horizontal plane portions 3a and 3c having steps and an inclined surface portion 3b which is located in the middle of the horizontal plane portions 3a and 3c and which are continuously connected to each other. There is.

As shown in FIG. 2, a bar-shaped handrail 22 is provided on the side wall of the seat 3 in the vicinity of the entrance / exit 10, and the bather enters the washing room 2 along the handrail 22. Bent handrails 23, 23 are provided on the seat 3 side of the bathtub 1, and bathers can enter and leave the bathtub 1 along the handrails 23, 23. These handrails 22 and 23 have sufficient rigidity to support the body of a bather and are shaped so that a person can easily grab them.

An embodiment of the present invention having the above-mentioned configuration is used as follows. Usually, a bather takes a bath from the folding door 12, but when an attendant is needed, the folding door 12 and the hinged door 11 are opened, and both of these doors allow a comfortable entry and exit. A bather is supported by an attendant while sitting on the stool 3 and slid while sitting down to move from the washing room 2 to the bath tub 1 and then to the bath tub 1 while being held by the handrail 23. Next, the bather is grasped by the handrail 23 while being supported by an attendant, moved from the bathtub 1 to the stool section 3, slid sideways while sitting down, and returns from the bathtub 1 to the washroom 2. In addition, the caregiver makes the bather sit on the stool 3 and uses both the hot and cold water faucets 20a and 20b to clean the bath.

[0015]

[Effect of device]

 In the bathroom unit of the present invention, the hinged door is pivotally attached to one side of the entrance and exit, and the folding door is pivotally attached to the other side, so that the entrance and exit can be closed by the opening door and the folding door. By opening and closing the folding door in addition to the folding door, the person with the attendant can enter and exit with an appropriate entrance and exit width, and there is an effect that it is possible to take a bath without difficulty.

[0016] Moreover, since there are water and spouts for the washing area on both left and right sides of the entrance and exit, and at least one of these has a stool area for the washing area, the bather can sit on the stool area by an attendant. Since it is seated and hot and cold water is used from both sides, there is an effect that you can take a bath without difficulty.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front external view of a bathroom unit of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a bathroom unit.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A Bathroom body 1 Bathtub 2 Washing area 3 Seating area 4 Bay window 10 Doorway 11 Swing door 12 Folding door 20 Water faucet 21 Shower 22 Handrail 23 Handrail

Claims (2)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A bathroom unit having the following requirements, which has a bathtub and a washing room. (A) The bathtub and the washing area are arranged in parallel in the bathroom, and the doorway is provided on the wall on the side of the washing area facing the bathtub with the washing area located in between. (B) A hinged door consisting of a single shoji body is pivotally attached to one side of the entrance and exit, and a folding door formed by connecting two shoji bodies so that they can be folded is pivotally attached to the other side. The doorway can be closed by a folding door. 2. The bathroom according to claim 1, wherein water and hot springs used in the washing place are provided on both left and right sides of the entrance and exit in the bathroom, and a stool for the washing place is provided on at least one side of the washing place. Bathroom unit.