JPH0741416Y2 - Height adjustable pillow - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pillow structure in which the height of the pillow can be automatically adjusted to fit the sleeping posture.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional sleep pillow is, for example, as shown in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 1-90466, a hexagonal support square plate having a ventilation hole in the center and a head support base. A sleeping pillow centered on ventilation is known in which a pillow main body is composed of ventilation small holes formed all over the peripheral surface of the material, and an elastic bag-shaped body having buckwheat hulls inside is eccentrically installed on the entire outer peripheral surface of the main body. There is. However, the height of the pillow cannot be automatically adjusted even if the ventilation small holes are formed in the entire peripheral surface of the base material for supporting the rectangular end plate.

Next, as a height-adjustable pillow, Jitsuko Sho 61
-86071, the second auxiliary pillow and the third auxiliary pillow are connected to each other at both side edges of the pillow in which the first filling is stored in the bag, and There is known a height-adjustable pillow to which a coupling member is attached so that the pillow body and the two auxiliary pillow bodies can overlap each other. Such a height-adjustable pillow adjusts the height by simply connecting the three pillows to each other, folding them, and overlapping them. The height is not adjusted automatically.

[0004]

Generally, it is said that the pillow should have a structure that is not too rigid and not too soft and that appropriately presses the recessed portion of the back neck of the human head for a good night's sleep. . Especially when lying sideways on a bed, if the pillow is too soft, its height will not reach the height of the shoulder, so you should avoid your head sideways or squeeze your neck on one side and press your shoulder too tightly to pinch your chest. , Children are badly affected by their growth, and adults often have the drawback that they often experience stiff neck and stiff neck and neck pain when they wake up.

According to the present invention, the height of the pillow is automatically adjusted as much as the shoulder width so that the height of the pillow is not appropriate for the ergonomic position when lying down on the bed, so that the height of the pillow is automatically adjusted by the shoulder width. It aims to improve your health by allowing you to sleep well.

[0006]

The present invention was devised in order to achieve the above-mentioned objects. A horizontal rod 2 for connecting in an I-shape is fixed to both end plates 1 of a pillow, and a plurality of horizontal rods 2 are attached to the horizontal rod 2. 2 vertical holes
A is provided, a cylinder 12 is fitted in each of the vertical holes 2A, and a vertical groove 6 and a strut 3 in which an arrowhead-shaped groove 7 having an intersection at the upper part of the groove 12 are superposed and engraved are fitted in the cylinder 12. Then
A cap 13 is provided on the top of the column 3, and the cylinder is
An opening 8 for the vertical groove 6 and an opening 9 straddling the intersection of the vertical groove 6 and the arrow-shaped groove 7 are provided on the side surface of 12, and the upper end 5A and the lower end 5B of the swing pin 5 are provided in the openings 8 and 9. They are fitted to each other, a spring 4 is inserted between the cap 13 and the swing pin 5, and the column 3 of the horizontal rod 2 and the cap 13 are inserted.
There is a sponge 14 surrounding the above, and this sponge 14 is sewn into the pillow cover 15 to form an automatic height-adjusting pillow.

Another object of the present invention is a spring 4
The lower end of the rocking pin 5 is installed in pressure contact with the curved portion 5C of the rocking pin 5, the rocking pin 5 is elastically stopped, and the upper end 5A of the rocking pin 5 is formed to be short so that it can be engaged with the bottom of the vertical groove 6. Then, the lower end portion 5B of the swing pin 5 is engaged with the arrow-shaped groove 7, and the lower end portion of the arrow-shaped groove 7 symmetrically engraved on both sides of the vertical groove 6 in the arrow-shaped loop shape has a W shape. It is an object of the present invention to provide a pillow having a structure in which a step portion 11 having a slope 10 is engraved in one direction, and by which the lifting and stopping of the column 3 is controlled.

Another object of the present invention is to oscillate the top of the arrow-shaped groove 7 which is superposed on the vertical groove 6 of the column 3 at an intermediate position of the vertical groove 6 in a wing-like uniform inclination to the left and right. Lower end 5 of pin 5
A step portion 11 is formed deeper than the vertical groove 6 at the tip of the arrow-wing-shaped portion where B enters, and the arrow-shaped inclined portion where the lower end portion 5B of the swing pin 5 extends is configured to have a slope. The wing-shaped groove 7 is provided with a portion 7B extending vertically and in parallel on both sides of the vertical groove 6 and an inclined portion 7C bent at a lower end of the groove 7 in a W-shape.
When the lower end portion 5B of the column 7 reaches the bent portion 7D of the groove 7, a stopper is formed to prevent the cap 13 of the column 3 from being extended further outward by the pressure of the spring 4, and thus the column 3 is formed.
To provide a pillow shaped to maintain the elevated position of the pillow at the height of the pillow.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the following drawings. 1 and 2, the acupressure pillow according to the present invention has an I-shaped horizontal rod 2 on the end plates 1 and 1 on both sides of the pillow.
A plurality of vertical holes 2A are bored on the surface of the horizontal rod 2, and the cylinders 12 are fitted into the vertical holes 2A respectively. The vertical groove 6 is formed in the cylinder 12 and the intersection point is formed in the groove. The pillars 3 engraved with the arrow-shaped grooves 7 on the upper side are overlapped with each other. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the arrow-shaped groove 7 has a crossing point 7A crossing the vertical groove 6 and a portion 7B extending parallel to both sides thereof.
And a lower inclined portion 7C and a bottom dead center 7D above it. An opening 8 for fitting the upper end 5A of the rocking pin 5 is provided at a position of the cylinder 12 corresponding to the vertical groove 6, and the vertical groove 6 and the arrow-shaped groove 7 are provided as shown in FIGS. Vertical groove 6 at the location of cylinder 12 corresponding to intersection point 7A of
A horizontal opening 9 extending at a right angle is provided, and the upper end 5A of the rocking pin 5 is fitted into the shaft hole 8 and the vertical groove 6, so that the upper end 5A of the rocking pin 5 is only in the vertical groove 6. Engage and enable vertical movement. The lower end 5B of the swing pin 5 has an upper end 5A.
If the upper end portion 5A of the rocking pin 5 engages with the vertical groove 6 and moves up and down by making it longer and fitting with the arrow-shaped groove 7 through the horizontal opening 9, the lower end portion 5B of the rocking pin 5 moves in the direction of the arrow. Feather groove 7
The slope 10 and the step 11 at the end of the arrow-shaped groove 7 are engraved in the arrow-shaped groove 7 so as to be spaced apart in one direction, so that the groove 7 swings left or right and the upper intersection point 7A Parallel part 7 on both sides
B is descended, passes through the inclined portion 7C, reaches the bent portion 7D above the inclined portion 7C, and operates to stop at the upper limit point and the lower limit point of the column 3. The spring 4 is fitted between the step portion of the swing pin 5 and the cap 13 attached to the top of the column 3, and the pin 5 operates as described above when a force is applied from the cap 13. To stop it.

As shown in FIG. 5, the arrow-shaped groove 7 has a gradient 10 and a step 11 at one end thereof which is separated in one direction according to the vertical movement of the support column 3 and is inclined slightly inward. The lower end 5B of the rotating pin 5 is formed by engraving so as to smoothly advance only, and the lower end of the spring 4 fitted to the support column 3 is pressed against the stepwise curved portion of the swing pin 5, and the swing pin 5 Stop the bullet.
The column cap 13 is formed on the column 3 in a cap shape.

4 (A., (B) and (C) show swing pin 5
5 shows the engagement relationship between the upper end portion 5A and the vertical groove 6 and the engagement relationship between the lower end portion 5B and the arrow wing shaped groove 7. In the case of FIG. 4A, the cap 13 of the column 3 is released,
The spring 4 is shown in the most extended state, and the upper end 5A of the swing pin 5 is located at the lowermost position of the vertical groove 6,
In this case, the lower end portion 5B of the swing pin 5 comes to the portion of the lowermost inclined portion 7C of the arrowhead groove 7. When the cap 13 is slightly pulled down as shown by the arrow in FIG. 4 (B), the lower end portion 5B of the swing pin 5 reaches the bent portion 7D of the groove 7 and is restrained from moving further upward. In the state shown in FIG. 4C, when the cap 13 of the column 3 is pushed down from the dotted line position to the lowermost position shown by the solid line, the upper end 5A of the swing pin 5 comes to the uppermost part of the vertical groove 6 and the cap 13 is removed. It cannot be pushed further down, and the lower end portion 5B of the swing pin 5 comes to the uppermost position 7A of the arrow-shaped groove 7. In this state, when a person's head and neck is placed on this pillow and the cap 13 of the pillar 3 is pushed down to lie the head sideways, the cap 4 is pushed by the spring 4's elastic force.
Stretches the highest and will affect shoulder height.

In the case of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, the outer side of the cap 13 of the support column 3 is surrounded by a sponge 14, and the outer side is surrounded by a pillow cover 15, and the pillow is completed by stitching. Constitute.

FIG. 2 shows the upper end 5A of the swing pin 5 and the vertical groove 6
3 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the lower end portion 5B of the swing pin 5 and the arrow-shaped groove 7 are engaged with each other.

FIG. 3 shows the engagement state of the support column 3, the spring 4, the shaft hole 8 of the cylinder 12 and the upper end portion 5A of the swing pin 5, and the engagement state of the lower end portion 5B of the swing pin 5 and the horizontal opening 9 in the vertical direction. The moving shaft is connected by a chain line to show the engaged state. In FIG. 4, 16 is a flange for fixing the cylinder 12 to the horizontal rod 2, and 16A is a bracket having a shaft hole 8 formed therein.

FIG. 5 shows an intersection 7A of the vertical groove 6 and the arrow-shaped loop groove 7 engraved on the column 3, a vertically extending 7B on both sides of the intersection 7A, an inclined portion 7C, and a slope of each rotation step below the groove 7.
1 shows a detailed structure in which 10 and a step portion 11 provided at the end thereof are engraved.

The operation of the pillow of the present invention constructed as described above will be described. When the head is placed on the pillow of the present invention, as shown in FIG. By engaging with the vertical groove 6, the upper end 5A of the swing pin 5 is axially fixed to the shaft hole 8 of the bracket 16A of the flange 16 as shown in FIG. It engages with the groove 6 to restrain its vertical movement. Lower end 5B of swing pin 5
Engages with the arrow-shaped groove 7 and rotates up and down along the arrow-shaped groove 7 in accordance with the vertical movement of the column 3. Since the lower end portion 5B of the swing pin 5 is constrained by the horizontal opening 9 of the cylinder 12 and swings in the horizontal direction, it can swing up and down along the arrow-shaped groove 7 as described above.

Therefore, when the pillow of the present invention is used and the head is placed on the pillow, the lower end 5B of the rocking pin 5 is engaged with the arrow-shaped groove 7 as the support column 3 descends, and the spring 4 is maximized. The height of the pillow is the lowest when compressed. However, the moment when the head is slightly raised or swayed to the side, the lower end 5B of the swing pin 5 escapes from the upper crossing point 7A by the elasticity of the spring 4 and passes through the slope 10 of the bottom dead center 7D and falls to the step portion 11 to move backward. Can not
As long as the pillar 3 is under pressure, it cannot move forward, and the pillar 3 is kept in a stopped state.
It will be pushed higher.

The upper end 5A of the swing pin 5 is a cylinder.
Since it is shortly inserted and engaged with the vertical groove 6 through the shaft hole 8 of 12, when the pillar 3 is moved up and down, it is engaged with the vertical groove 6 and restrained as the lifting shaft of the pillar 3, and the lower end portion 5B of the swing pin 5 is a spring. Four
Since it slides by hitting the arrow-shaped groove 7 with the elastic force of the arrow-shaped loop groove 7 without passing through the step portion of the intersection 7A of the groove 7 formed deeper than the vertical groove 6 when passing through the groove 7 It slides down the groove 7B and descends to reach the inclined portion 7C.

Also, when using the pillow of the present invention, when the user falls down properly, the pillar cap 13 will momentarily reduce the pressure and the lower end 5B of the rocking pin 5 will pass the bottom dead center 7D and the head will rest on the pillow. You can lower the height of the pillow by placing.

Further, when a person lifts his / her head from the pillow, the column 3 is lifted by the action of the spring 4, the lower end portion 5B of the swing pin 5 is located at the bottom dead center 7D, and the pillow height is restored to the original state. .

[0021]

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, when the pillow of the present invention is properly biased by a person and then is laid down sideways by hitting the back of the head, the elasticity of the spring 4 causes the pillow 4 to have a wing-shaped groove in response to an instantaneous pressure change. It acts on the lower end portion 5B of the swing pin 5 that engages with 7, and the height of the pillow that fits the body position can be automatically adjusted, so that you can sleep deeply and peacefully, which is not only very advantageous for promoting health, but especially Children in the growth and development stage have a practical effect of developing each part of the body in harmony like the original structure of the human body.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing an embodiment of the acupressure pillow of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway cross-sectional view showing a relationship between a column, a cylinder fitted to a horizontal rod, and an upper end portion and a lower end portion of a swing pin.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view showing a height adjusting part of the acupressure pillow of the present invention.

FIG. 4 (A) is a front sectional view showing a raised state of a support column of the present invention. FIG. 4 (B) is a front sectional view showing a state in which the lower end portion of the swing pin is recessed into the bottom dead center 7D of the arrow-shaped loop groove of the present invention. FIG. 4C is a front sectional view showing the column 3 of the present invention in the lowest position.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged perspective view of a front surface of a column 3 of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Both end plates of pillow 2 Horizontal rod 2A Vertical hole of horizontal rod 3 Strut 4 Spring 5 Swing pin 5A Upper end of swing pin 5B Lower end of swing pin 6 Vertical groove 7 Arrow-shaped groove 7A Crossing point 7B of groove Vertical part of groove 7C Inclined part 7D Bent part 8 Shaft hole 9 Horizontal opening 10 Groove slope 11 Step part 12 Cylinder 13 Cap 14 Sponge 15 Pillow cover 16 Cylinder mounting flange 16A Bracket with shaft hole

Claims (3)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A horizontal rod 2 for connecting in an I-shape is fixed to both end plates 1 of the pillow, a plurality of vertical holes 2A are provided in this horizontal rod 2, and a cylinder 12 is fitted in each vertical hole 2A. A vertical groove 6 and a strut 3 in which an arrow-shaped groove 7 having an intersection point at the upper part thereof are superposed and engraved are fitted in this cylinder 12, and a cap 13 is provided on the top of this strut 3 so that the cylinder 12 A shaft hole 8 for the vertical groove 6 and a horizontal opening 9 for straddling the vertical groove 6 and the arrow-shaped groove 7 are provided on the side surface, and the upper end portion 5A and the lower end of the swing pin 5 are provided in the shaft hole 8 and the horizontal opening 9. The parts 5B are fitted to each other, the spring 4 is inserted between the cap 13 and the swing pin 5, and the column 3 of the horizontal rod 2 and the cap 13 are surrounded to provide a sponge 14. The sponge 14 is pillowed. A height-adjustable pillow that is sewn into the inside of the cover 15. 2. The lower end of the spring 4 is installed in pressure contact with the curved portion 5C of the rocking pin 5 to elastically lock the rocking pin 5, and the upper end 5A of the rocking pin 5 is constructed to be short and the vertical groove 6 The lower end 5B of the rocking pin 5 engages with the arrow-shaped groove 7 so as to be separated from the bottom, and a W-shape is formed at the lower end of the loop groove 7 symmetrically engraved on both sides of the vertical groove 6. 2. The acupressure pillow according to claim 1, wherein a step portion 11 having a slope 10 is engraved in one direction, and a structure for controlling the up and down and stop of the support column 3 is thereby formed. 3. The vertical groove 6 of the support column 3 and the top portion 7A of the arrow-shaped groove 7 engraved in a superposed manner are in a wing-like uniform inclination at the intermediate position of the vertical groove 6, and the lower end portion 5B of the swing pin 5 is formed. A step portion 11 is carved deeper than the vertical groove 6 at the leading edge of the arrow feather that enters, and the arrow-shaped inclined portion that the lower end portion 5B of the rocking pin 5 advances is formed to have a slope. The shaped groove 7 is provided with a portion 7B extending vertically in parallel on both sides of the vertical groove 6 and an inclined portion 7C bent at a lower end of the groove 7 in a W-shape.
When it reaches the bent portion 7D of the
Acupressure pillow formed so as to maintain the cap 13 at the height of the pillow by forming a stopper to prevent the cap 13 from further extending outward.