JPH0728544U - Stretcher for bathing equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] To provide a stretcher for a bathing device which facilitates patient transfer work. A M-shaped side view having front and rear curved portions (3, 4) that are convexly curved upward so as not to interfere with the front and rear walls of the elevating bath when the elevating bath rises. The formed frame (2) and a seat portion (5) that is horizontally attached to approximately the center of the frame in the front-rear direction and supports the lower body of the patient.
And a tiltable backrest (7) which is arranged on the front side of the seat and is pin-connected to the frame to support the upper half of the patient's body. The convex curved portion formed on the front portion of the frame is provided only on one of the left and right sides.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a bather stretcher that is placed above a lifting bath with a patient placed on it and that raises the lifting bath to put the patient in a bathing state.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 The stretcher used to move a sick person, a bedridden elderly person, or a post-operative patient in the hospital ward is equipped with an elevating bathtub installed on the floor of the bathroom so that the patient can easily take a bath. There is a stretcher for a bathing device that is placed so as to straddle the bath and raises the elevating bathtub in this state to put the patient in a bathing state. For example, the one disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 1-36508 corresponds to this.

In the conventional stretcher for bathing apparatus disclosed in the above-mentioned publication, when the elevating bathtub rises, a bending portion that is convexly curved upward so as not to interfere with front and rear walls of the elevating bathtub A frame formed in a substantially M-shape in a side view, having a front and a rear, a seat portion that is horizontally attached by the frame and supports the lower half of the patient, and a pin connection to the frame that is arranged in front of the seat portion And a tiltable backrest that supports the upper body of the patient.

[0004]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 By the way, the conventional stretcher for bathing apparatus disclosed in the above publication has the following problems. That is, when transferring a patient from a bed or an ordinary stretcher to the bath device stretcher, the bath device stretcher is usually placed on the side of the bed or the like, and the caregiver holds the sick person or the like at the side. The above-mentioned conventional stretcher for bathing apparatus is curved in a convex shape upward so as not to interfere with the front wall of the elevating tub when the elevating tub rises. The front curved portion of the frame is formed on both left and right sides of the backrest, and the front curved portion of the frame is used by the caregiver when transferring a patient. There was a problem that it was difficult to transfer patients because it hit the arm or the upper body of the patient.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a stretcher for a bathing apparatus, which facilitates patient transfer work.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a bather stretcher which is arranged above a lifting bath with a patient placed on the patient, and which raises the lifting bath to put the patient in a bathing state. A frame formed in a substantially M-shape in a side view, having front and rear curved portions that are convexly curved upward so as not to interfere with front and rear walls of the elevating bathtub when the elevating bathtub rises, and the frame. A seat part that is horizontally attached to the center of the front-rear direction to support the lower half of the patient, and a tiltable backrest that is arranged on the front side of the seat and is pin-connected to the frame to support the upper half of the patient. The convex curved portion formed on the front portion of the frame is provided on only one of the left and right sides.

According to a second aspect of the invention, in addition to the configuration of the stretcher for a bathing apparatus according to the first aspect, the curved portion provided only on one of the left and right sides of the front portion of the frame is a reinforcing member. Characterized by being reinforced.

According to a third aspect of the invention, in addition to the structure of the bather stretcher according to the second aspect, a locking mechanism for holding the backrest in an inclined state is provided between the reinforcing member and the backrest. It is characterized by being provided.

[0009]

[Action]

 According to the present invention, the convexly curved curved portion formed on the front portion of the frame is provided only on one of the left and right sides of the backrest portion, and thus the side on which the curved portion is not provided is provided. If the patient is transferred to the bath device stretcher from the above, or conversely from the bath device stretcher to a bed, the curved part of the front part of the frame hits the caregiver's arm or the upper body of the sick person, etc. It will not be hit and the patient transfer work will be extremely easy.

[0010]

【Example】

 An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a side view of a bather stretcher, and FIG. 2 is a plan view of a bather stretcher.

The bather stretcher 1 according to the present invention is arranged above the elevating bath 30 while the patient is placed on the upper part, and the elevating bath 30 is raised in this state to put the patient in a bathing state. (See FIG. 5). Therefore, as shown in FIG. 1, the frame 2 of the bather stretcher 1 has a convex shape upward so as not to interfere with the front and rear walls 30a and 30b of the elevating bath 30 when the elevating bath 30 rises. Bent curved portions 3 and 4 are provided in the front and rear to form a substantially M-shape in a side view.

The frame 2 is provided with left and right parallel pipes 2 a and 2 b that are horizontally arranged and support a seat portion 5 that supports the lower body of the patient. The rear portions of the left and right parallel pipes 2a, 2b respectively extend rearward along the horizontal plane, then once rise upward and extend horizontally rearward at a high position, and then further descend downward to form rear legs 6, 6 It is said that. The right parallel pipe 2b of the left and right parallel pipes 2a and 2b is bent to the left at the front of the seat 5, and its tip is connected to the left parallel pipe 2a. A backrest portion 7 for supporting the upper half of the patient is arranged in a bent and laterally extending portion 2bb of the right parallel pipe 2b so as to be positioned on the front side of the seat portion 5 and to be pin-connected. Is provided so that it can be tilted. Further, a plurality of reinforcing members 8, ... Are arranged between the left and right parallel pipes 2a and 2b so as to straddle the both parallel pipes 2a and 2b.

The front portion of the left parallel pipe 2a extends obliquely upward and forward from the connecting portion with the left parallel pipe 2b, and is then bent vertically downward to bend the front left and right legs 9a. The left leg of ours is constructed. The front pipe 2c, which constitutes the other (right) leg of the front leg 9, rises in parallel with a proper distance from the left leg, and slightly lower than the seat 5. It is bent to the left at a different position, and its tip is connected to the parallel pipe 2a. A reinforcing member 8 is also arranged between the parallel pipe 2a and the front pipe 2c so as to straddle both of them. The parallel pipe 2a may be made of a solid rod-shaped member instead of a pipe, because an excessive load is applied when the patient is placed on the bather stretcher 1.

The convex curved portion 3 formed in the front portion of the frame 2 is provided only on the left side of the backrest portion 7 and on the right side of the backrest portion 7. A space is formed in the backrest 7 even when the backrest 7 is laid down horizontally. The convex curved portion 3 formed on the front portion of the frame 2 is a plate-like member that is attached so as to straddle the front standing portion 2aa forming the curved portion 3 and the rear inclined portion 2ab forming the curved portion 3. It is reinforced by the reinforcing member 11. Casters 10, ... Are attached to the lower ends of the front and rear legs 6, 9 described above.

A lock mechanism 13 for holding the backrest 7 in an inclined state is provided between the reinforcing member 11 and the backrest 7. The lock mechanism 13 will be described. As shown in FIG. 4, a lock bar 16 is movably provided in the left-right direction via brackets 15 and 15 below a front end portion of a backrest frame 14 that supports the backrest portion 7. The lock bar 16 is urged by the spring 17 so as to always move to the left. A tip of an arm 18 is engaged with the lock bar 16, and a base end of the arm 18 is rotatably supported by a stay 19 extending from the backrest frame 14 to release a lock 20. Are linked to.

In the lock mechanism 13, when the backrest portion 7 is tilted at a predetermined angle, the tip end of the lock bar 16 is inserted into the hole 11 a formed in the reinforcing member 11 so that the backrest portion 7 is inserted. The tilted state is locked. To release the locked state, the lever 20 is rotated in a predetermined direction, the lock bar 16 is moved rightward against the biasing force of the spring 17, and the tip thereof is pulled out from the hole 11a of the reinforcing member 11. To do The backrest portion 7 in the unlocked state is tilted as shown by the solid line in FIG. 1 and finally abuts on the seat 21 provided on the horizontal portion of the front pipe 2c and is held in a substantially horizontal plane. To be done.

A roller 22 is provided on the lower surface of the backrest 7, and when the elevating tub 30 rises, the roller 22 is moved upward by the front wall 30a of the elevating tub and the inclined bottom surface 30c connected thereto. By being pushed to, the backrest portion 7 is changed from the horizontal state to the inclined state as shown by the chain double-dashed line in FIG. When the elevating tub 30 descends from this state, the pressing of the inclined bottom surface 30c of the elevating tub against the roller 22 is released, and the backrest portion 7 returns to the horizontal state again. In addition, 28 is a band for fixing a patient, and 29 is a handrail.

According to the bather stretcher 1 having the above structure, however, the curved portion 3 formed in the front portion of the frame 2 and curved in a convex shape is provided only on the left side of the backrest portion 7. If the patient is transferred from the right side where the curved portion 3 is not provided, or conversely, the bather stretcher 1 is transferred to a bed or the like, the curved portion 3 at the front of the frame 2 is The caregiver's arm and the patient's upper body are not touched, and patient transfer work becomes extremely easy.

Further, the reinforcing member 11 that reinforces the curved portion 3 that is curved in a convex shape formed on the front portion of the frame 2 is not limited to a mere reinforcing member, and the backrest portion 7 is in a predetermined inclination angle state. Since it also functions as a component of the lock mechanism 13 that is held in place, the overall structure of the bather stretcher 1 can be simplified, the number of parts can be reduced, and the weight can be reduced.

In the above embodiment, the convex curved portion 3 formed on the front portion of the frame 1 is provided on the left side of the backrest portion 7. However, the present invention is not limited to this. It may be provided only on the right side of the leaning portion 7.

[0021]

[Effect of device]

 According to the invention of claim 1, the convexly curved curved portion formed on the front portion of the frame is provided only on one of the left and right sides of the backrest portion, and the curved portion is provided. If the patient is transferred from the non-resident side, or conversely from the bath device stretcher to a bed, etc., the curved part of the front part of the frame may hit the caregiver's arm or the patient's upper body. As a result, the transfer work of patients is extremely easy.

According to the second aspect of the invention, it is possible to reinforce the decrease in strength due to the fact that the curved portion of the front portion of the frame is provided only on one of the left and right sides with the reinforcing member. Wear.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the lock mechanism for holding the backrest portion in the inclined state is provided between the reinforcement member and the backrest portion, and the reinforcement member is not limited to a simple reinforcement member. Since it also functions as a component of the lock mechanism that holds the backrest at a predetermined tilt angle, the configuration can be simplified, the number of parts can be reduced, and the weight can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the same embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a view on arrow X in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a detailed view of a Y portion of FIG.

FIG. 5 is an operation explanatory view of the bathing apparatus stretcher of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Stretcher for Bathing Equipment 2 Frame 2a Parallel Pipe 2b Parallel Pipe 3 Curved Part 7 Backrest 8 Reinforcing Member 13 Lock Mechanism 14 Backrest Frame 16 Lock Bar 30 Elevating Bathtub 30a Wall 30b Wall

Claims (3)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A stretcher for a bathing apparatus, which is arranged above a lifting tub while a patient is placed on the patient, and which raises the lifting tub in this state to put the patient in a bathing state, wherein the lifting tub is raised. A frame formed in a substantially M shape in a side view and having a curved portion convexly curved upward so as not to interfere with the front and rear walls of the elevating bathtub, and substantially the center in the front-rear direction of the frame. A front part of the frame, which includes a seat part that is horizontally attached to the lower part of the patient to support the lower part of the patient, and a tiltable back part that is arranged on the front side of the seat part and is pin-coupled to the frame to support the upper part of the patient. The bather stretcher is characterized in that the curved portion formed in the convex shape is provided on only one of the left and right sides. 2. The bather stretcher according to claim 1, wherein the curved portion provided only on one of the left and right sides of the front portion of the frame is reinforced by a reinforcing member. Stretcher for equipment. 3. The bather stretcher according to claim 2, wherein a lock mechanism for holding the backrest in an inclined state is provided between the reinforcing member and the backrest. Stretcher for bathing equipment.