JPH0819573A - Wheel chair for bathing handicapped person - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a wheel chair for bathing a handicapped person who cannot take a bath by himself while reducing the burden to a helper. CONSTITUTION:In a wheel chair 1 composed of a body frame 2, a seat, a back rest 9 and arm rests 7 and wheels 12, 12 attached the lower part of the body frame 2, a cut-out 11 for washing the bottom of a handicapped person sitting on the seat 8, is formed in the seat, extending inward from the front end of the seat 8.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a wheelchair for bathing a disabled person used for bathing a physically handicapped person or a bedridden elderly person.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Persons with physical disabilities, especially those with impaired walking function, bedridden elderly people, sick persons, etc. (hereinafter simply referred to as persons with disabilities) cannot take a bath by themselves, and can only clean their bodies. For example, although it is possible to maintain a certain level of cleanliness by wiping with a shower or a cleaning agent, there is still a strong demand for bathing in hot water.

However, in order to bathe a disabled person who cannot take a bath by himself / herself in a bathtub, it is necessary for one or two caregivers to assist and wash the body from the bathtub.

[0004]

However, in order to allow a disabled person to take a bath in the bathtub, the caregiver must also enter the bathtub, so that the caregiver becomes tired by bathing 3 to 4 disabled persons. As a result, the burden on the caregiver becomes extremely large.

Further, even if the body is washed in addition to the bath, the handicapped person cannot freely think because his / her body is not free, and the washing work is not easy. Therefore, the number of times a person with a disability is bathed is inevitably reduced, and it is difficult to provide sufficient nursing care and it is difficult to give a satisfaction to the person with a disability.

According to the present invention, a person with a disability who cannot take a bath by himself / herself can take a bath with peace of mind, and a caregiver can easily wash the person with a disability to reduce the burden on the caregiver. The purpose is to provide a wheelchair for use.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, there is provided a wheelchair having a seat portion, a backrest, and an armrest in a vehicle body frame, and a wheel at a lower portion thereof, the front end of the seat portion being deeper than the rear end. It is characterized in that a notch is formed for cleaning the buttocks of a person with a disability who sits on the seat.

The wheelchair can be moved to the rear portion of the body frame by providing travel guide portions on both the left and right sides of the body frame which guide the movement along the guide wall when traveling to the bathtub. A pulling hook portion for binding a rope for controlling the rope is defined as claim 3.

[0009]

[Function] To bathe a disabled person, take off the clothes of the disabled person and sit on the seat of the wheelchair. Before bathing, wash the unclean parts such as the buttocks through the notch of the seat while sitting on the seat. To do. Then, the disabled person is guided to the bathtub together with the wheelchair and bathed. While taking a bath, the disabled person remains sitting in a wheelchair, and the hips such as the buttocks are warmed through the notches in the seat. When it is not easy to pull up the wheelchair after bathing due to the structure of the bathtub, the rope can be pulled up easily by engaging the rope with the pulling engaging portion of the body frame of the wheelchair and pulling up through the rope.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to embodiments shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a side view of a wheelchair 1 according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view of the wheelchair 1, and FIG. 3 is a front view of the wheelchair 1.

The vehicle body frame 2 of the wheelchair 1 is made of metal / resin pipe material, and the left and right upright seat frames 4 and 4 of the inverted L-shape are provided in front of the left and right upright frames 3 and 3 standing upright at the rear. These seat frames 4, 4 are fixed integrally.
The lower portions of the vertical frames 3 and 3 are connected by the horizontal frames 5 and 5, and the columns 6 and 6 standing upright at the intermediate positions of the upper sides of the seat frames 4 and 4 and the upper sides of the vertical frames 3 and 3 are connected. Armrests 7, 7 are fixed to the front part.

A seat 8 made of a plastic plate or the like is fixed between the seat frames 4 and 4, and a back support 9 is fixed between the upper portions of the standing frames 3 and 3. It constitutes the backrest. Further, the base portions of the left and right hand-held frames 10, 10 are attached to the front portions of the armrests 7, 7 such that they can be turned outward.

As shown in FIG. 2, the seat portion 8 is formed with a notch portion 11 of a required length from the center position of the front end to the back side, and an unclean portion such as a buttocks of a disabled person sitting on the seat portion 8. It can be washed from below.

A pair of left and right wheels 12, 12, ... (Casters) are attached to the front and rear portions of the lower portion of the vehicle body frame 2, and these wheels 12, 12, ... Have a brake lever 13 for applying a brake at any time. What can be used is used. The brackets 1 are attached to the left and right outer portions of the standing frames 3 and 3 and the seat frames 4 and 4 of the body frame 2.
4, 14, ... Are fixed, and the brackets 14, 14,
The guide wheels 15, 15 forming the guide portion are mounted rotatably in the horizontal plane.

Further, in front of the seat frames 4 and 4, a U-shaped frame forming a footrest 16 extends between a position where it projects forward in the horizontal state and a position where it stands upright as shown in FIG. The seat frame 4 is mounted so as to be capable of undulation and rotation, and a projection (not shown) is provided on the seat frame 4 so as to maintain a horizontal state.

A ring made of stainless steel for binding the rope or hooking the rope end hook when pulling the wheelchair 1 to the bar 17 connecting the standing frames 3, 3 on the rear side of the seat portion 8 with the rope. The engaging portion 18 is provided. Reference numeral 19 is a handle for an assistant to push the wheelchair 1.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing an example of bathing equipment suitable for bathing a person with a disability using the wheelchair 1, and FIG. 5 shows a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

In this bathing facility, a bathtub 21 having a predetermined depth is installed in a building 20, and a taxiway 2 that connects the washing bath 22 and the bathtub 21 provided adjacent to the bathtub 21.
3 is formed along the wall surface 20a of the building 20.

The guideway 23 has an inner width slightly wider than the width between the outer ends of the left and right guide wheels 15, 15 of the wheelchair 1. The entrance 23a connected to the washroom 22 has a floor surface of the washroom 23a. The same level as the bathtub 2
Set the bathtub 2 so that the side 1 is at the same level as the bottom of the bathtub 21.
It has a gentle downward slope toward 1. Then, both sides of the guideway 23 are wall surfaces 23b, 2 so that the guide wheels 15, 15 come into contact with each other when the wheelchair 1 advances to prevent meandering.
3b.

A guide passage 24 is provided along the guide passage 23 between the guide passage 23 and the bath 21. The caregiver passage 24 is surrounded by a peripheral wall 25 having a height higher than the water depth of the bathtub 21 and has a dry structure in which hot water does not enter. The deep parts of the bathtub 21 and the guideway 23 are the helper passages. A plurality of water channels 26, 2 that cross under 24
6 (FIG. 5).

Handrails 27, 27 are provided on the upper portions of the walls 23b, 23b of the guide path 23, and are used as handrails for rehabilitation of bathers using the wheelchair 1 and those who can bathe without using the wheelchair 1. It A handrail 2 is also provided in the bathtub 21 so that a person with a disability can ride on the wheelchair 1 and hold it by hand.
An appropriate number of 8, 28, ... Are installed.

A staircase 29 is provided between the washing room 22 and the bathtub 21 so that a patient who can take a bath by himself can enter the bathtub 21. In FIG. 4, 30 is a shower facility, 3
1 is a washbasin, 32 is a dressing room, 33 is a clothes rack, and 34 is a doorway from the outside.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing another example of bathing equipment. The bathtub 21 has a semicircular shape, and the taxiway 2 is provided on the outer periphery thereof.
3, a caregiver passage 24, and a bathtub 21 are arranged in this order, and a washing place 22 and a dressing place 32 are arranged adjacent to each other in a straight line portion having a semicircular shape.

The guideway 23 has an inner width corresponding to the entire width of the wheelchair 1 as in the above-mentioned embodiment, and the parts connected to the washroom 22 and the dressing room 32 are at the same level as these floor surfaces, and the intermediate area. Is the depth to which the hot water reaches the shoulders of the disabled person sitting in the wheelchair 1. The bathtub 21 and the deep portion of the taxiway 23 cross a plurality of water passages 2 that pass under the caregiver passage 24.
6, 26, ... Are connected to each other so that the guideway 23 is always filled with hot water.

FIG. 7 shows the semicircular bath 21 of FIG. 6 in the form of a quadrant, and the other components are the same as those in FIG.

Next, the operation will be described.

A person with a disability sits on the wheelchair 1 and is carried to the dressing room 32 by a caregiver, and after undressing, the unclean portion such as the buttocks of the disabled person sits on the seat 8 of the wheelchair 1 in the washing room 22. Cleaning is performed through the cutout portion 11 of the portion 8. Then, the wheelchair 1 is guided to the entrance 23a of the taxiway 23 of the bathing facility, and the guide wheels 15 and 15 on both sides of the wheelchair 1 advance the wall surfaces 23b and 23b of the taxiway 23 as guides.

On the other hand, the caregiver enters the caregiver aisle 24 from the washing room 22 and proceeds while adjusting the movement of the wheelchair 1 from the caregiver aisle 24.

In FIGS. 4 and 7, the water depth is gradually increased while advancing along the taxiway 23, and the water enters the bathtub 21, and after a predetermined bathing time, the taxiway 23 is moved in the reverse direction to wash the washing area 22.
Then, wipe the body and put on clothes at the dressing room 32. In FIG. 6, the water depth increases while advancing along the taxiway 23, and after leaving for a predetermined period of time, the bathing ends when the user goes to the dressing room 32 side.

Although the guide portion of the wheelchair 1 is shown by the guide wheels 15 in the above embodiment,
An annular guide 35, 3 with a part cut away as shown in FIG.
5, the arms 36, 36 project laterally, and the guides 35, 35 are fitted to guide rails 37, 37 made of pipes installed on the wall surfaces 23b, 23b of the guideway 23 as shown in FIG. By doing so, meandering of the wheelchair 1 may be prevented.

The bathing facility can be appropriately selected according to the size of the site of the building 20 and the shape of the bathtub 21, the manner of installing the washing room 22, and the dressing room 32.

When using the above-mentioned bathing equipment, if the force from the caregiver passage 24 by the caregiver is not easy when the guideway 23 is fed backward, the engaging portion 18 of the wheelchair 1 is used.
Hang a rope on the rope and use a caretaker or an attached winch to pull the rope.

[0034]

As described above, according to the present invention, unclean portions such as the buttocks can be washed while the disabled person is sitting on the wheelchair, so that the disabled person does not need to change his / her posture.
The unclean portion can be washed without being noticed by others, and the bathing work can be smoothly assisted without hesitation in bathing. Further, since the notch cannot be seen when the person with a disability sits, it does not give a resistance to the person with a disability, and the chilled part such as the buttocks is well warmed during bathing, and the bathing effect can be enhanced. Further, when the traveling guide portion is provided as in claim 2, it is possible to prevent the wheelchair from meandering when guiding the wheelchair to the bathtub, to perform stable traveling, and to give a disabled person a sense of security. Also, by providing a rope pulling hook, the rope can be easily pulled up when pulling up the wheelchair.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a wheelchair.

FIG. 3 is a front view of a wheelchair.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing an example of a bathing facility suitable for using the wheelchair according to the present invention.

5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing another example of bathing equipment.

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing still another example of bathing equipment.

FIG. 8 is a front view showing another embodiment of the wheelchair.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Wheelchair 2 Body frame 8 Seat 9 Back rest 11 Notch 12 Wheel 15 Guide wheel 18 Engagement part 21 Bathtub 22 Washing place 23 Taxiway 24 Caregiver passage 33 Dressing room

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A seat portion, a backrest, and a body frame,
A wheelchair having an armrest and having wheels at the bottom, characterized in that a notch for washing the buttocks of a disabled person sitting on the seat is formed from the front end of the seat to the back side. Wheelchair for bathing people. 2. The wheelchair for bathing persons with disabilities according to claim 1, further comprising traveling guide portions on both left and right sides of the body frame, the traveling guide portions being guides for guiding movement along the guide wall when traveling to the bathtub. 3. A wheelchair for bathing persons with disabilities having a towing hook portion for binding a rope for controlling the movement of the wheelchair to the rear portion of the body frame.