JPH09108136A - Auxiliary base for bathing - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an auxiliary base for bathing provided with a structure capable of easily manufacturing the products of various sizes by less capital investment. SOLUTION: By arranging plural plate materials 2 (3) to a frame 1 provided with mutually parallel two bar-like members 1a and 1b in the state of fitting both ends to the bar-like members 1a and 1b, the surface material 10 of a rectangle as the whole is constituted. Thus, just by changing the number of the plate materials 2 (3) to be used and the length of the bar-like members 1a and 1b, these auxiliary bases for bathing in many sizes for which the length of the surface material 10 is stepwisely different with the width dimension of the plate materials 2 (3) as a unit are obtained.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bathing auxiliary stand for handing over an upper surface of a bathtub to assist the entry and exit of an elderly person into and out of the bathtub.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a care product for assisting a physically handicapped person such as an elderly person to enter and leave a bathtub, a product called an auxiliary bath stand or a bath board has been put into practical use. As illustrated in FIG. 1, this is basically a rectangular face material P and is used by handing it over the upper surface of the bathtub B in a shelf shape. Effective for those who have difficulty sitting in and out of the bathtub by directly crossing the wall of bathtub B from the bathroom floor or bottom of the bathtub by changing the direction while sitting on the bathtub. Can be said to be a care product. In an actual product, in order to prevent such a face material P from moving with respect to the bathtub B, a leg rubber F contacting the inner surface of the bathtub is attached to the lower surface of the face material P and the face material P is attached. In many cases, a grip G is attached to an appropriate place on the upper surface of the.

In the conventional bathing auxiliary table that has already been commercialized, the surface material P, which is the basic structure, is an integral molded body made of resin by injection molding or blow molding. Further, in order to improve the strength of such a resin-made integral molded body, by using an insert molding method or the like,
There is also one in which a steel pipe is inserted into the lower surface portion of the resin-made face material P.

[0004]

By the way, in this type of bathing auxiliary table, the dimension in the longitudinal direction thereof does not substantially coincide with the width dimension of the bathtub because it is used by passing over the upper surface of the bathtub as described above. And come to the support to use. That is, if the lengthwise dimension is shorter than the width of the bathtub, it falls off inside the bathtub, and if it is too long, the amount of protrusion into the washroom becomes large, causing a tripping or jumping up. It becomes very dangerous when considering.

Here, the width of the bath is approximately 650 to 90.
The mainstream is about 0 mm, and in order to prepare products of many sizes whose dimensions are almost the same as described above in such a range of dimensions, it is necessary for the manufacturer to provide molding dies for each size. This means that it will be necessary to prepare it, and the equipment investment will be enormous, which is extremely difficult in practice. Actually, bath auxiliaries that are actually commercialized have one or two sizes for each manufacturer.
It is only a kind, and therefore, when purchasing this kind of product, there is a situation in which there is no product suitable for the width dimension of the bathtub.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and provides an auxiliary bathing stand having a structure capable of easily manufacturing products of various sizes (longitudinal dimension) with a small equipment investment. It is an object.

[0007]

A structure for achieving the above-mentioned object will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3 showing an embodiment thereof. The bathing auxiliary bases of the present invention are parallel to each other. A plurality of plate members 2 (3) are arranged in a frame 1 having various rod-shaped members 1 a and 1 b with both ends of the plate members 2 (3) fitted in the two rod-shaped members 1 a and 1 b. It is characterized by constituting.

The rod-shaped member referred to in the present invention may be solid or hollow, and more specifically, the rod-shaped member in the present invention includes both rods and pipes. Also,
The frame 1 includes at least parallel rod-shaped members 1a,
Although it is sufficient to have 1b, the present invention does not prevent the adoption of the configuration in which the two rod-shaped members 1a and 1b are connected to each other by the connecting body 1c so as to be integrated.

The material of the frame 1 is not particularly limited, and any material such as metal, resin, wood, etc. can be adopted, but in order to improve the strength, it is made of metal or its surface is coated with resin. It is desirable to use those that have been prepared.

It is preferable that the plate member 2 (3) does not easily come off from the frame 1 and can be attached and detached relatively easily in order to improve the cleaning property.
By providing an undercut portion or the like in the fitting portion C of the frame 1 for the two rod-shaped members 1a and 1b, it is possible to fit the rod-shaped members 1a and 1b with a constant pressing force, and It is preferable to adopt a structure that does not easily come off.

The plate material 2 (3) may be made of any material, but the undercut portion or the like as described above is provided to facilitate the fitting into the rod-shaped members 1a, 1b, and to make it difficult to fall off. For this, it is suitable to use resin or wood.

Further, although the plate material may have only one structure or design, if it is fitted into both end portions of the frame 1, it is prevented from moving in the axial direction,
Moreover, in order to cover both end portions of the two rod-shaped members 1a and 1c, it is desirable as an actual product to use the plate material 3 having a different structure and design with respect to the plate material 2 fitted in the intermediate portion.

[0013]

According to the present invention, by arranging a plurality of plate members 2 (3) on the frame 1 to form the rectangular face member 10 as a whole, without preparing a mold for each size of the face member 10, It is intended to obtain various sizes of auxiliary baths.

That is, the number of plate members 2 (3) constituting the face member 10 is adjusted, and the frame 1 is also changed accordingly.
By appropriately changing only the lengths of the two rod-shaped members 1a and 1b, the width dimension of the plate material 2 (3) (dimension in the longitudinal direction of the tube material of the frame 1 or the rod materials 1a and 1b) is used as a unit. As a result, the dimension of the face material 10 in the longitudinal direction can be changed stepwise.

[0015]

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of its essential parts.

By fitting a plurality of plate members 2 and 3 of two kinds of designs close to each other in the frame 1, a rectangular face member 10 is formed as a whole.
The grip 4 is fixed to one end of the front surface of the face material 10, and, for example, four rubber legs 5 are attached to the back surface to prevent the face material 10 from moving with respect to the bathtub. .

In this example, the frame 1 has a structure in which two stainless steel pipes 1a and 1b having an oval cross section are connected in parallel to each other at two points by connecting members 1c. And the stainless steel pipes 1a and 1b are joined by welding. In addition, each of the rubber legs 5 described above corresponds to each of the stainless pipes 1.
It is slidably supported in a long hole (not shown) formed on the back side of a and 1b, and can be fixed at any position by a screw or the like.

Each of the two kinds of plate materials 2 and 3 is a resin-made molded product by an injection molding method,
As will be described later, the plate material 3 is designed exclusively for both end portions, and the plate material 2 is designed for the middle thereof. Recessed fitting portions C are formed at both end portions of the respective back surfaces of the plate members 2 and 3, and the fitting portions C at both ends thereof are respectively connected to the stainless steel pipes 1a, 1a.
The plate members 2 and 3 are fixed to the frame 1 by being fitted into the frame 1b.

FIG. 4 shows the structure of the intermediate plate member 2, and FIG. 5 shows the structure of the plate members 3 for both ends. In each figure, (A) is a central longitudinal sectional view along the longitudinal direction of the plate material 2 or 3, and (B) is a back view.

The fitting portion C of the intermediate plate member 2 penetrates in the width direction, and the plate members 3 for both ends are inserted.
The fitting portion C is closed by the wall 3a at one end. Further, each fitting portion C has an undercut portion U
Is provided, and by this undercut portion U,
The plate materials 2 and 3 are stainless steel pipes 1a and 1b, respectively.
By pressing with a constant pressing force against, it is fitted and clipped with a "punch", and it is considered that it does not bounce up or fall off in the fitted state.

A projection 3b that fits into the inner surface of the end of the stainless steel pipe 1a or 1b is formed on the wall 3a that closes the fitting portion C of the plate material 3 for both ends, and the plate material 3 for both ends is formed. Is a stainless steel pipe 1a, 1b
While the projections 3b are fitted on the inner surfaces of both end portions of the plate, the wall members 3a come into contact with the tip surfaces of the stainless pipes 1a and 1b, so that the plate members 2 and 3 are axially moved to the stainless pipes 1a and 1b. Of the stainless steel pipes 1a and 1b is prevented from being exposed to the outside due to the presence of the wall 3a.

Further, on both side edges of the plate member 2 and one side edge of the plate member 3 opposite to the wall 3a, a concave portion D is uniformly recessed inward from both end portions in respective intermediate predetermined regions. The recessed portion D is formed in the face member 10 in a state where they are fitted to the frame 1 so that they are adjacent to each other.
It functions as a slit to prevent the accumulation of hot water or water on the upper surface of.

The connecting member 1c of the frame 1 is fitted in the recess 2a extending through the rib on the back surface of the intermediate plate member 2 in the longitudinal direction. According to the embodiment of the present invention described above, the length of the face material 10 is changed by changing the length of each stainless steel pipe 1a, 1b of the frame 1 and adjusting the number of the plate materials 2, 3 fitted therein. Is decided. That is, assuming that two plate members 3 for both ends are always used and the width dimension of the intermediate plate member 2 is, for example, 7 cm, the face member 10
The length of can be changed stepwise in steps of 7 cm simply by changing the length of each stainless pipe 1a, 1b.
Therefore, if an injection molding die for two kinds of plates 2 and 3 is made, the length of the face material 10 is 7 cm only by appropriately changing the lengths of the stainless pipes 1a and 1b.
It is possible to obtain an auxiliary bath for bathing in various sizes.

Further, since the plate members 2 and 3 are held in a state of being fitted into the frame 1, the assembling at the time of manufacture is easy, and the user can also attach these as necessary. It has the advantage that it can be easily washed by removing it.

Further, in the face material 10 formed by arranging a plurality of plates 2 and 3, slits by the recesses D formed at the side edges of the plates 2 and 3 are formed at regular intervals. There is no fear that hot water or water will be accumulated on the face material 10 to give a discomfort to the user.

In the above embodiment, an example in which the plate materials 2 and 3 having two types of designs are used has been shown, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the plate material design may be one type. Also, in this case, to prevent the plate material from shifting in the axial direction of the frame,
If necessary, it is possible to take measures such as screwing plate members fitted into both end portions to the frame.

Further, in the above embodiment, two stainless steel pipes 1a and 1b having an oval cross section are used as the two rod-shaped members which are the main constituent members of the frame 1, but the cross-sectional shape is arbitrary. In addition to the pipe having a circular cross section, a solid pipe, that is, a rod may be used. However,
In order to make the thickness of the face material 10 as thin as possible,
It is preferable that the cross section has an oval shape. Further, the material is not limited to stainless steel, and may be another metal, a resin-coated steel pipe whose periphery is covered with a resin, a resin extruded material, or a wood rod.

The two rod-shaped members of the frame 1 are
It is not always necessary to connect them to each other as in the above-described embodiment, and only two rod-shaped members may be provided, and the plate members may be fitted into these to connect them to each other.

Further, the material of the plate material is not limited to the resin material as described above, and any material such as wood can be adopted. Now, the technical idea of the present invention, in which the face material is configured by fitting both ends of a plurality of plate materials made of resin or wood into two mutually parallel pipe materials or rod materials, is applied to a bathing auxiliary stand. Without limitation, another product provided with a face material, for example, a bathroom step stool to be placed inside or outside the bathtub B to facilitate the entrance and exit, as illustrated in FIG. 6, as illustrated in FIG. 7. , A bath stool that is placed near the bathtub B to assist the transfer, and a bathing transfer table that assists transfer into the bathtub by using one end fixed to the upper surface of the bathtub B as illustrated in FIG. Can also be applied to.

That is, in the bathroom step and the bathroom stool shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, two rod-shaped members 61a, 61b or 71a, 71b processed into a substantially U-shape are mutually connected by a connecting member 61c or 71c at an appropriate position. Connected to the base plate and having four legs, on which a parallel portion is formed by two rod-shaped members, and the plate member 2 or 3 equivalent to the one described above is attached to the face member 60 or the face member 60 on the parallel portion on the upper surface thereof. 70
It is enough to fit as many as the length of. In addition, the bathing transfer table in FIG. 8 has two pipe members or rod members 81a and 81b processed into a substantially L-shape, which are connected to each other at appropriate points by a connecting member 81c and has two legs and A parallel portion is formed by two pipes or rods 81a, 81b, and a mechanism for adjusting the length is provided at the tip portions of the two legs, and a fixing mechanism for the bath B is provided at the tip portions of the parallel portions. At the same time, the plate members 2 to 3 are also provided on the upper surface parallel portion
It suffices to fit the necessary number to the length of the face material 80.

As described above, according to the application of the present invention, the plate material 2 or 3 can be commonly used as a constituent member of the face material of all the above-mentioned products including the above-mentioned bathing auxiliary base of the present invention. It is possible, and by doing so, capital investment (mold cost) can be significantly reduced.

[0032]

As described above, by arranging two plate-like members which are parallel to each other and which constitute the frame in a state where both ends of the plate members are fitted, a rectangular face member is formed as a whole. Therefore, by changing the length of the rod-shaped member and adjusting the number of plate materials to be fitted into it, the longitudinal dimension of the face material can be changed stepwise, and the plate material is made of resin. When it is used as a molded product, it is possible to obtain bath auxiliary pedestals of various sizes by making at least one type of mold. As a result, it is possible to provide bath auxiliary pedestals of various sizes suitable for bathtubs of various sizes, with a small investment amount, as compared with the conventional bath auxiliary pedestals using integrated surface materials. it can.

Further, since the structure in which each plate is fitted into the frame is adopted, there is also an advantage that the cleaning can be facilitated by removing each plate if necessary.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view of the structure of a conventional bathing auxiliary stand and its usage method.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the main part thereof.

FIG. 4 is a central longitudinal sectional view (A) and a rear view (B) of the intermediate plate member 2 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a central longitudinal sectional view (A) and a rear view (B) of the plate material 3 for both ends according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing an example in which the present invention is applied to a bathroom step.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing an example in which the present invention is applied to a bathroom stool.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing an example in which the present invention is applied to a bathing board.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 frame 1a, 1b stainless steel pipe 1c connecting member 2 plate material for intermediate 3 plate material for both ends C fitting part U undercut part 10 face material

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An auxiliary stand for being used while being passed over the upper surface of a bathtub, for assisting in and out of the bathtub,
A plurality of plate members are arranged in a frame having two rod-shaped members that are parallel to each other with both ends of the plate members fitted in the two rod-shaped members, and form a rectangular face member as a whole. An auxiliary stand for bathing characterized by