JPH08117304A - Wheelchair for bathing - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To easily bathe a bedridden aged person by using a wheel chair. CONSTITUTION: In a wheel chair for bathing, both ends of each of outer frames 2, 2 arranged parallel on the right and left sides are connected by connecting members 3, 3, thereby forming a rectangle frame 4 and inner frames 5, 5 are arranged parallel on the right and left sides inside the frame 4. Further, the inner frames 5, 5 are formed so that it can rotate in the vertical direction by swiveling the upper ends of the inner frames 5, 5 at the rear side sections of the frame 4 and nets 6, 6,... are arranged over positions of the inner frames 5, 5 to form a section on which a human body M lies. By folding the center section and the front side section of the outer frames 2, 2 and the inner frames 5, 5, the human can sit down on the lying section. Large wheels 7, 7 are attached with axes to the center sections of the outer frames 2, 2 and small wheels are attached with axes to the front end sections.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bathing wheelchair, and more particularly to a bathing wheelchair used when bathing a bedridden elderly person.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, the problems to be solved by the invention
There are various wheelchairs for people with disabilities. However, there are no bathing wheelchairs that allow bedridden elderly people to bathe using the wheelchair.

Therefore, there arises a technical problem to be solved in order to easily bathe a bedridden elderly person by using a wheelchair, and an object of the present invention is to solve the problem.

[0004]

The present invention has been proposed in order to achieve the above object, and has a rectangular shape in which both ends of an outer frame arranged in parallel to the left and right are connected by connecting pieces. A frame is formed, and further, an inner frame arranged in parallel to the left and right is arranged inside the frame, and an upper end portion of the inner frame is pivotally supported at a rear portion of the frame to move the inner frame up and down. It is rotatably formed, and nets are arranged in places on the inner frame to form a recumbent portion of the human body.
By bending the central portion and the front portion of the outer frame and the inner frame, a human body can be seated on the recumbent portion, and a large wheel is pivotally attached to the central portion of the outer frame, and the front end It is intended to provide a bathing wheelchair in which a small wheel is pivotally attached to the part.

[0005]

When the bedridden old man is transferred from the bed to the bath wheelchair according to the present invention, the outer frame and the inner frame extend their respective bending portions and are maintained parallel to the floor surface. Alternatively, if the front bending portion is maintained in a bent state, the recumbent portion corresponding to the body portion is supported by the large wheels and the small wheels. Therefore, the bedridden old man lying on the bed is held and transferred to the wheelchair of the present invention. If the central refraction portion is also refracted, the human body sits on a wheelchair, so that the human body can be easily carried to the position of the bathtub.

When coming to the front of the bath, the back of the wheelchair is turned to the direction of the bath, and the central and front bent portions are extended. In that case, the wheelchair is supported by a large wheel in the center, and the recumbent portion is parallel to the floor surface. Therefore, if the large wheels are pushed toward both sides of the bathtub in the direction of the bathtub, the wheelchair will be in a state of straddling the bathtub. After this, if the inner frame is lowered around the rotation fulcrum of the rear end of the inner frame as the center of rotation, the body of the bedridden old man will be immersed in the hot water in the bathtub, and if the bedridden old man can take a bath. Close.

When the bathing is completed, the bedridden old man can be put back to the original bed by performing the operation reverse to the above-mentioned operation.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to FIGS. In the figure, 1 is a bathing wheelchair (hereinafter referred to as a wheelchair) of the present invention. The wheelchair 1 is a rectangular frame 4 formed by connecting both ends of outer frames 2 and 2 arranged in parallel to the left and right with connecting pieces 3 and 3, and is arranged inside the frame 4 in parallel to the left and right. .., and nets 6, 6 ... Are attached to the inner frames in places, and large wheels 7 are provided outside the substantially central portion and the front end portion of the outer frame 2, respectively. , 7 and small wheels 8, 8.

As a result, as shown in FIG. 2, the bedridden old man is provided with refraction portions 9, 9, 9, 9 at substantially central portions and front portions of the outer frames 2, 2 and the inner frames 5, 5, respectively. The human body M is formed so that it can sit down. Of course, the bending portions 9, 9, 9, 9 are formed so as to allow bending at about 90 degrees and linear extension, and to fix both states using a locking means. Therefore, when changing from the bent state to the linearly extended state or the opposite state, the locking means is released and changed, and the changed state can be maintained and fixed again by the locking means. It is natural.

A winch 11 connected to a motor 10 is laid across the front end portion between the left and right outer frames 2 and 2, and each of the wires 12 and 12 wound around the winch 11 is extended. The ends are locked to the inner frame connecting pieces 13 connecting the front ends of the inner frames 5, 5.
Further, the rear ends of the inner frames 5 and 5 are pivotally attached to the shaft 14 that is installed between the rear ends of the outer frames 2 and 2, and
The inner frames 5, 5 are formed so as to be able to move up and down with the shaft 14 as a pivot.

Further, a strip-shaped piece is straddled between the rear ends of the inner frames 5 and 5 to form a pillow portion 15, and the rear ends of the outer frames 2 and 2 are gripped. The portion 16 is attached so as to be flexibly extendable. Further, when the human body M is carried as the wheelchair 1 by the grasping portion 16, a nurse can hold the grasping portion 1
6 is used for gripping and transferring, and the inner frames 5, 5 are extended, and when the human body M is transferred to the nets 6, 6 ... The center nets 6, 6, ... Together with the small wheels 8 can be maintained horizontally so as to assist the transfer of the human body M.

Reference numeral 17 in the drawing denotes a bath, and the bath contains hot and cold water. Thus, the bathhouse 17 is generally mounted on a nursing car or the like, and when the nursing car reaches the bedridden home for the elderly, the wheelchair 1 of the present invention installed in the nursing car is used. Take it out of the car and carry it to the bed of the bedridden old man, and transfer the bedridden old man from the bed to the wheelchair as described above. When the wheelchair 1 is carried to a position, and the wheelchair 1 is linearly extended to push the large wheels 7 and 7 along both side surfaces of the bathtub 17, the winch 11 is driven by the rotation of the motor 10. The wires 12, 12 wound around the winch 11 relax, and the inner frames 5, 5 descend with the shaft 14 as a pivot. Therefore, the human body M reaches the torso from the legs and is gradually immersed in hot water to take a bath.

After the bath is finished, the human body M can be carried to the bed again and laid down by the reverse operation of the above-mentioned operation.
The present invention can be variously modified without departing from the spirit of the present invention, and it goes without saying that the present invention extends to the modified one.

[0014]

As described in detail in the above one embodiment, the present invention can carry a bedridden old man from the bed to the position of the bath and take a bath very easily. The bedridden old man was bathed by a person, but by using the wheelchair of the present invention, one person can bathe sufficiently and easily, and furthermore, about 10 bedridden old people can be bathed by one person per day. In addition, the wheelchair of the present invention can be used as a simple wheelchair in a hospital, and is an invention that exhibits various kinds of effects.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a side view showing a state in which a refracting portion is refracted.

FIG. 3 is a vertical sectional side view showing a state in which a human body is immersed in a bathtub.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing vertical movement of the inner frame.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Bath wheelchair 2 Outer frame 3 Connecting piece 4 Frame 5 Inner frame 6 Net 7 Large wheels 8 Small wheels 9 Bending section 13 Inner frame 14 Shaft 17 Bathtub

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A rectangular frame is formed by connecting both ends of an outer frame arranged in parallel to the left and right with connecting pieces, and an inner frame arranged in parallel to the inside of the frame is formed. And the upper end of the inner frame is pivotally supported on the rear portion of the frame to form the inner frame so as to be vertically rotatable, and the inner frame is provided with nets in places to form a human body. By forming a recumbent portion of the, further, by bending the central portion and the front portion of the outer frame and the inner frame,
A human body is configured to be able to sit on the recumbent portion, and a large wheel is pivotally attached to the central portion of the outer frame,
A bathing wheelchair characterized by having small wheels pivotally attached to the front end.