JPH09234232A - Bathing device and bathing bag used for the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an inexpensive and small bathing device and a bathing bag for it, which can easily be used by one attendant to bath a person on a bed or a place close to the bed. SOLUTION: This device is composed of a bathing bag 1 in which an aperture part 8 is provided at the top of a bag body 7 with a sufficient capacity to store a person and an open/close part 9, which is water-tight when closed, is continuously provided from the appropriate position of the aperture edge, a support means 2 with a back sheet which holds the back of the bathing bag 1 so that the aperture part 8 is kept at the top and at least one part of the bathing bag 1 is kept in an approximately vertical condition or upper lower direction, and a water supply means 3 which supplies water into the bathing bag 1.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bathing apparatus and a bath bag used in the bathing apparatus, which can easily wash the body of a person with a physical disability, for example, in a general household.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a person with a physical disability, such as a bedridden elderly person, takes a bath with the help of an attendant by using a dedicated bath apparatus. As a dedicated bathing device, for example, a device for mechanically lifting the body and moving it to a bathtub, a device for assembling a bed that is a part of the bathtub as a bathtub when bathing, a device for bathing in a wheelchair, or a circulating bath, etc. Have been developed.

[0003]

However, in the conventional method, usually two or more caregivers are required to bathe a physically handicapped person, which requires a lot of labor. Further, since the conventional bathing apparatus is expensive and large in size, it is often not possible to use it in an ordinary household in terms of cost and space. Therefore, the present invention provides an inexpensive and small bathing device that allows even one caregiver to take a bath on or near the bed, and a bathtub bag used for the bathing device.

[0004]

Means for Solving the Problems As a result of intensive studies for solving the above-mentioned problems, the present inventor provided an opening in an upper portion of a bag having an internal volume capable of accommodating a bather, and
A bathtub bag which is provided with an opening / closing part that can be kept watertight when closed, and which supports the back surface of the bathtub bag so that the opening part is located above and at least a part of the bathtub bag. It is an object of the present invention to develop and provide the present invention by developing a support means having a backrest portion that can be held substantially vertically or inclined rearward and a hot water supply means that supplies hot water into the bath bag.

A method of using a bathtub bag having an opening at the upper edge by stacking a pair of synthetic resin top sheet and back sheet and sealing the outer edges of both sheets leaving the opening at the upper edge. Is preferred.

Further, due to the effects described below, the opening / closing portion of the surface sheet is formed of two sheets, and a fastener is provided on each sheet, and at least one fastener has a watertight opening / closing portion. It is preferable to use.

Further, an opening / closing section is provided in the substantially central portion of the surface of the bag body, and the length of the opening / closing section is set to at least a length that allows the bather to easily put it upside down and the opening / closing section is opened. It is more effective to set the size of the opening formed to a size that allows the bather's feet to cover at least the shoulders.

Further, the lower part of the bath bag may be shaped so as to be narrowed.

Further, it is more effective to provide a discharge pipe for draining the hot water in the bathtub bag under the back sheet.

In addition, a pair of a synthetic resin top sheet and a back sheet are superposed on each other, and the outer edges of both sheets are sealed leaving an opening at the upper edge to form a bag having an internal volume capable of accommodating a bather. Another object of the present invention is to provide a bathtub bag in which an opening portion is formed at the upper edge and an opening / closing portion that can be kept in a watertight state when closed is continuously provided from a proper place of the opening edge.

[0011]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG.
The bathing apparatus according to the present invention will be described. Bathing device A
As shown in FIG. 1, is composed of a bathtub bag 1, a support means 2, and a hot water supply means 3.

First, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the bathtub bag 1 is formed by stacking a pair of synthetic resin sheets each having a trapezoidal sheet extending from one side of the rectangular sheet in plan view toward the front end. A bag body 7 composed of a top sheet 5 and a back sheet 6 by forming the seal portion 4 by bonding or heat welding the outer edges of both sheets while leaving the upper edge or using these together.
And the upper edge is opened to form the opening 8. still,
The sheet may be made of any material as long as it has the strength to withstand the water pressure of hot water during bathing, and may be a cloth waterproofed with a resin such as rubber or elastomer used in tents and the like. In particular, a synthetic resin sheet with excellent flexibility made of polyolefin such as vinyl chloride or polypropylene is used.
Composite sheets reinforced with fibers such as ET and nylon
It is suitable because it has excellent strength when used with hot water, good workability, and is relatively inexpensive. Specifically, vinyl chloride sheet /
There is a composite sheet in which a PET mesh / vinyl chloride sheet is laminated.

As a sealing method, various methods can be used as long as the watertightness can be maintained, and a method of using an adhesive, a method of using a water-resistant double-sided tape, and heat welding can be considered depending on the material of the sheet. Further, the adhesive strength may be improved by further sewing the seal portion. In addition, in the above-mentioned bath bag 1, the bag body 7 is manufactured by stacking and sealing two sheets,
It is also possible to use an ordinary bag made from a single sheet.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the bathtub bag 1 extends in the lengthwise direction from the approximate center of the opening edge of the opening 8 in the surface sheet 5 downward to the foot of the bather and is closed. An opening / closing part 9 which can be kept watertight at times is provided.

In the above-mentioned example, the opening 8 provided in the bath bag 1 is provided over the entire width of the bag body 7.
As shown in (a) to (c), the opening 8 may be provided in a part of the width of the bag body 7, that is, in the center, and only the neck of the bather may be positioned. In this case, there is an advantage that the shoulder part is closed and hot water does not easily overflow.
When the bathtub bag 1 having the opening 8 shown in FIGS. 7A to 7C is adopted, the opening / closing portion 9 is provided in the central portion of the topsheet 5 as shown in FIG. 7A. Or as shown in FIG.
An opening / closing part 9 may be provided on the bag body 7 so as to extend from one shoulder part of the bather to the side as shown in (b), or as shown in FIG. 7 (c). It is also possible to provide the part 9 and the opening / closing part 9'on both shoulders of the bather. By providing the opening / closing portion 9 ′ on the shoulder portion in this manner, it becomes easy for a bather to enter the bath bag 1.

In the bathtub bag 1 described above, the opening 8 is provided at the upper edge of the bag body 7. However, as shown in FIG. 8 (b), the opening is formed in the middle of the surface of the bag body 7 with both ends closed. 8 may be provided, or as shown in FIG. 8A, a part of the surface sheet 5 in the upper part of the bag body 7 whose both ends are closed is cut out to provide an opening 8 and the back sheet 6 left behind. The head can be applied to the part, and the bubbles can be prevented from scattering when washing the hair.

Next, the specific structure of the opening / closing section 9 will be described. As the opening / closing part 9, various fasteners can be used as long as they have the strength to withstand the water pressure of hot water and can maintain the watertightness. To meet this requirement, for example, fasteners used in wet suits and dry suits are excellent, but these fasteners excellent in watertightness and strength are expensive. Also,
A water-tight, low-priced fastener such as a fastener made of a synthetic resin formed by concavo-convex fitting generally has low strength. Therefore, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, in the opening / closing section 9 in the example shown in FIG.
A pair of belt-shaped synthetic resin members, each of which has a belt-like shape and is attached with a first fastener 10 using a zipper having a strength capable of withstanding water pressure but having poor water-tightness from approximately the center of the upper edge of the surface sheet 5 of the bag body 7 The first fastener 10 is covered with the protective sheets 11 and 11, and both ends are formed and fixed to the surface sheet 5 by heat welding or the like to form the seal portion 4, and the strength between the protective sheet 11 and the protective sheet 11 is increased. Has a double structure in which a second fastener 12 using a simple fastener made of synthetic resin or the like, which is small but has watertightness, is fitted by concave and convex fitting. still,
It is also possible to reverse the first fastener 10 and the second fastener 12. As described above, the opening / closing section 9 has a double structure in which a fastener having watertightness is used on at least one side, so that the opening / closing section 9 is excellent in watertightness and strength and low in cost.

Further, in the bathtub bag 1 of the illustrated example, as shown in FIG. 2, an opening / closing portion 9 is provided at a substantially central portion of the surface sheet 5 of the bag body 7, and the length of the opening / closing portion 9 is at least the bather 13 The length is set so that it can be easily inserted in a supine position, and the size of the opening formed by opening the opening / closing portion 9 is set so that it can be covered from the feet of the bather 13 to at least the shoulders. ing.

In the above-mentioned example, only the first fastener 10 is covered with the protective sheets 11 and 11, but the entire surface sheet 5 is covered with the protective sheet 11 to form two sheets. The protective sheet 11 may be provided with the second fastener 12 and the bag body 7 in the bathtub bag 1 in the illustrated example
Although the protective sheets 11, 11 are provided on the surface, both ends of the protective sheets 11, 11 having the second fastener 12 on the inner surface of the bag body 7 may be heat-welded or the like.

The bathtub bag 1 shown in the figure has a shape in which the lower portion of the bag body 7 is narrowed so that less hot water is required, but the bag body 7 has a rectangular shape and a constant width. Alternatively, it is also possible to adopt a shape that expands toward the lower portion of the bag body 7.

Next, the supporting means 2 is, as shown in FIG.
It uses a seat chair, specifically, it consists of a support rod 14 with a rod bent in a substantially U shape, a backrest rod 15, and a fixed rod 16, and the backrest is provided at approximately the center of both sides of the support rod 14. The tip of the rod 15 is pivotally attached to be rotatable, and the tip ends of the fixed rod 16 are pivotally attached to the backs of both sides of the backrest rod 15 to be rotatable, and the lateral rod 16a of the fixed rod 16 is engaged. Locking fittings with locking grooves 17 that can be set at specified intervals
18 are provided on both sides behind the support rod 14, and the support rod 14 has a seat portion.
19 is provided, the backrest portion 15 is provided with the backrest portion 20, and the position of the locking groove 17 for engaging the lateral rod 16a of the fixed rod 16 is changed, so that the backrest portion 20 is substantially removed from the seat portion 19. The inclination angle of the inclined surface formed by inclining vertically or obliquely backward can be set to a predetermined angle. It should be noted that the supporting means 2 may be any one having a backrest portion 20 which is tilted substantially vertically or obliquely rearward, and is, for example, a manual bed or an electric bed which is used for caring or the like to mechanically raise the upper body. It is also possible to use, and it is also possible to use a simple bed or the like using a pipe for the framework used at the poolside or the like.

The hot water supply means 3 is for supplying hot water to the bathtub bag 1, and specifically, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, the top sheet 5 and the back sheet which are the lower part of the bag body 7. 6, a supply pipe 21 and a discharge pipe 22 are provided at different positions. Further, one socket 23 that can be connected with one touch by fitting is fixed to the tip ends of the supply pipe 21 and the discharge pipe 22, and the other socket 25 is connected to the tip end of the hose 24 to be connected.
Is fixed, the bath bag 1 and the hose 24 are connected by fitting the respective sockets, and the hot water of the bath, which is the hot water storage part, is used and a pump is provided between the connected hoses 24. Hot water in the bath is supplied from the supply pipe 21 into the bath bag 1, and is drained from the discharge pipe 22 to circulate the whole. As the hot water supply means 3, various other devices can be used. Specifically, the hot water supply means 3 is pumped up from a bath and supplied from a water heater having a hot water storage part such as an electric water heater or a solar water heater. Alternatively, an instantaneous water heater using gas can be used.

In the above example, hot water is supplied and discharged from the lower portion of the bath bag 1, and is circulated in the bath bag 1. However, considering the warmth of the body and cleanliness, the bath bag 1 It is more preferable to supply hot water from the opening 8 provided in the upper part and discharge hot water from the lower part of the bath bag 1 to circulate in the bath bag 1, and it is not particularly necessary to circulate hot water in the bath bag 1. Even if the hot water is simply supplied into the bathtub bag 1, it is sufficiently effective for the bather 13.

Next, a case where the caregiver bathes a bedridden elderly person using the bathing apparatus A of this embodiment will be described. First, one caretaker spreads the bathtub bag 1 in the room, and the first fastener 10 which is the opening / closing part 8 in the bathtub bag 1
And lower the second fastener 12 downward to open it, and the bather 13
The first fastener 10 is placed in the bathtub bag 1 in a supine position, hug, or dragged.
When the second fastener 12 is closed, the bather 13 is put on the exterior from the feet to the shoulders. Further, the backrest portion 20 is tilted substantially vertically or rearward with respect to the seat portion 19 of the support means 2 to adjust it to a predetermined angle, and then the bather 13 who has the bathtub bag 1 packaged thereon.
Is seated on the seat portion 19 of the support means 2, the back of the bather 13 is leaned against the backrest portion 20 of the backrest rod 15, and the opening 8 of the bathtub bag 1 is held in the state of facing upward. . And bathtub bag 1
Sockets 23, 23 of the supply pipe 21 and the discharge pipe 22 provided in the lower part of the
, The sockets 25, 25 connected to the tip of the hose 24 are fitted and connected to each other, and the hot water of the bath, which is the hot water storage section, is supplied by the pump to the supply pipe 21.
After supplying hot water to the opening 8 of the bath bag 1 from the inside of the bath bag 1, the hot water can be further supplied and the hot water can be discharged and circulated.

In the bath bag 1 shown in FIG. 1, the bather 13
Although it covers the shoulder area of the bathtub 1, if the length of the bathtub bag 1 is set to be long, the bather 13 can be completely covered when the first fastener 10 and the second fastener 12 are completely closed. When bathing in the covered state, as shown in FIG. 6, the first fastener 10 and the second fastener 12 are lowered and opened to the position of the face of the bather 13, and hot water is supplied into the bath bag 1. By doing so, it becomes possible to position the warm water above the shoulder of the bather 13.

Further, in the above-mentioned bathtub bag 1, the supporting means 2 is provided.
By seating the bather 13 on the seat portion 19 and leaning on the backrest portion 20, it is possible to hold the bath upper portion above the waist in a substantially vertical or inclined state.
It is also possible to prevent the warm water supplied into the bathtub bag 1 from overflowing by lying the bather 13 having the exterior of the bathtub on the inclined surface of the bed with his back lying.

Further, the bather 13 who has the bathtub bag 1 exterior is leaned against the backrest portion 20 of the supporting means 2 so that hot water cannot overflow, but the back of the supporting means 2 is not in use. It is safer to fix the bathtub bag 1 and the backrest 20 of the support means 2 with a belt or the like so that the bather 13 does not fall off from the backrest 20. Similarly, bathtub bag 1
A belt or the like for fixing the arm or foot of the bather 13 may be provided inside.

As described above, according to the bathing apparatus A of this embodiment, the bather bag 1, the supporting means 2 and the hot water supplying means 3 are provided, and the bathing person 13 having the bathtub bag 1 as an exterior is supported by the supporting means 2. The backrest portion 20 of the person is seated in a state of leaning back, and the hot water supply means 3
By supplying hot water into the bath bag 1 at
Since it is possible to bathe, the bedridden old man can be easily bathed by one caregiver. Moreover, the back of the bather 13 who has the bathtub bag 1 exteriorized is leaned against the backrest portion 20 of the support means 2 to be seated, but the opening 8 of the bathtub bag 1 faces upward, and the bather 13 The hot water in the bathtub bag 1 does not spill even if a little moves.

Further, the bathing apparatus A is composed of only the bathtub bag 1, the support means 2 and the hot water supply means 3, and the bathtub bag 1 which plays a main role is formed by stacking a pair of sheets 5 and 6 on top of each other. Since only the outer edge is left and the outer edge is sealed, the manufacturing is easy and the cost and the size can be reduced.

Further, one fastener 10 has a strength capable of withstanding water pressure, but a zipper having poor watertightness is used to have a strength capable of withstanding water pressure, and the other fastener 12 has a small strength but watertightness. Since it is possible to use a simple fastener having concave and convex fittings that does not cause water leakage, it is possible to combine two inexpensive fasteners and have excellent strength and watertightness. In addition, since the first fastener 10 and the second fastener 12 are simply opened and closed, the bath bag 1 can be easily attached and detached, and particularly, the length of the opening / closing portion 9 in the bath bag 1 can be set to at least the bather 13. The length is set so that it can be easily inserted in a supine position, and the size of the opening formed by opening the opening / closing portion 9 is set so that it can be covered from the feet of the bather 13 to at least the shoulders. Therefore, the caregiver puts the bather 13 into the bathtub bag 1 with the bather 13 in a supine position up to the position of the bathtub bag 1 with the opening / closing part 9 open, and only closes the opening / closing part 9 to remove the bathtub bag 1. It can be done very easily because it can be packaged.

Furthermore, since the bath bag 1 is shaped so that its feet are narrowed, the amount of hot water supplied to the bath bag 1 can be reduced, and the bath bag 1 fits the body of the bather 13 to some extent. This allows the bather 13 to move freely.

Since the supply pipe 21 for feeding hot water is provided at the lower end of the top sheet 5 and the discharge pipe 22 for draining water is provided under the rear sheet 6, hot water is supplied from the hot water supply means 3 into the bathtub bag 1. When supplied, warm water can be slowly supplied upward from the lower part of the bathtub bag 1 through the drain pipe 22, and after use, the drain pipe provided at the lower part of the back sheet 6
Since the hot water in the bathtub bag 1 can be drained from 22, the water can be completely drained.

[0033]

As apparent from the above description, the following operations and effects are obtained. According to the bathing apparatus of claim 1, one caregiver spreads the bathtub bag in the room, opens the opening / closing part of the bathtub bag, positions a bather such as a bedridden elderly person in the bathtub bag, and opens and closes it. When the section is closed, the bather is in an exterior condition. Further, the back or the whole of the bather is leaned against the backrest portion of the support means to hold the bathtub bag with the opening thereof facing upward. Then, by supplying hot water into the bathtub bag by the hot water supply means, the body of the bather can be washed. By using the bathing device in this way, the bathtub bag, the support means, and the hot water supply means are formed, and the back or the whole of the bather who has the bathtub bag exteriorized is leaned to the backrest part of the support means and opened. The bather can be bathed by supplying hot water into the bathtub bag with the hot water supply means with the part positioned above, so that one caregiver can easily bathe a bedridden old man. it can. In addition, by leaning the back or the whole of the bather who has the bathtub bag exterior to the backrest of the support means, the opening of the bathtub faces upward, and even if the bather moves a little, Hot water does not spill.

According to the bathing apparatus of the second aspect, the bathtub bag, which is composed of only the bathtub bag, the supporting means, and the hot water supply means, and which plays a major role, has a pair of sheets superposed on each other and has its upper edge. Since only the outer edge is left to be sealed, the manufacturing is easy and the manufacturing cost is low. By using the bathtub bag according to claim 7, it is possible to obtain the same effects as the above-mentioned effects.

According to the bathing device of the third aspect, the surface sheet of the bathtub bag is composed of two sheets, and a fastener is provided on each of the sheets to make the opening / closing part have a double structure, and at least one fastener is watertight. By using the zipper that is provided, it is possible to use a zipper that does not leak hot water when taking a bath and has strength that can withstand water pressure but has poor water tightness for the other zipper. By combining the above, it is possible to obtain excellent strength and watertightness.

According to the bathing device of the fourth aspect, the length of the opening / closing portion of the bathtub bag is set to at least a length in which the bather can be put in a supine position, and the opening / closing portion is opened. Since the size of the opening is set so that it can be exteriorized from the feet of the bather to at least the shoulders, the caregiver falls the bather up to the bath bag with the opening / closing section open and closes the bath bag. The bathtub bag can be exteriorized simply by putting it inside and closing the opening / closing part, which is very easy.

According to the bathing device of the fifth aspect, since the bath bag is shaped so that the feet are narrowed, the amount of hot water supplied into the bath bag can be reduced, and the bath bag can be used to some extent by the bather. It allows the bather to move freely by fitting it to the body.

According to the bathing device of the sixth aspect, since the discharge pipe for draining the warm water in the bathtub bag is provided at the lower portion of the back sheet, the bath pipe is provided from the discharge pipe provided at the lower portion of the back sheet after use. Since the hot water in the bag can be drained, complete drainage can be performed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a usage state of a bathing apparatus according to a representative embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a bathtub bag.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional view of the opening / closing means.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a mounting state of a supply pipe and a discharge pipe.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a supporting means.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a usage state of a bathing apparatus according to another embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing a main part of a bathtub bag according to another embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a plan view showing a main part of a bathtub bag according to another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

A bathing apparatus 1 bathtub bag 2 support means 3 hot water supply means 4 seal part 5 surface sheet 6 back sheet 7 bag body 8 opening 9 opening / closing part 10 1st
Fastener 11 Protective sheet 12 Second
Fastener 13 Bather 14 Support rod 15 Backrest rod 16 Fixed rod 17 Locking groove 18 Locking metal fitting 19 Seat 20 Backrest 21 Supply pipe 22 Discharge pipe 23 One socket 24 Hose 25 The other socket

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A bathtub bag in which an opening is provided in an upper portion of a bag having an internal volume capable of accommodating a bather, and an opening / closing portion which can be kept watertight when closed is continuously provided from a suitable position of the opening edge. And a supporting means having a backrest portion capable of supporting the back surface of the bathtub bag so that the opening is located above and holding at least a portion of the bathtub bag in a state of being inclined substantially vertically or obliquely rearward, A bathing device comprising hot water supply means for supplying hot water into the bathtub bag 2. A bathtub bag having an opening at the upper edge by stacking a pair of synthetic resin top sheet and back sheet and sealing the outer edges of both sheets leaving the opening at the upper edge. The bathing device according to claim 1. 3. The opening / closing section of the topsheet is formed of two sheets, and each sheet is provided with a fastener, and at least one fastener has a watertight opening / closing section. Or the bathing device according to 2. 4. An opening / closing portion is provided at a substantially central portion of the surface of the bag body, and the length of the opening / closing portion is set to at least a length that allows the bather to easily put it in a supine position, and the opening / closing portion is opened. The size of the opening formed is set to a size such that the bather's feet can be covered at least from the foot to the shoulder.
The bathing device according to 2 or 3. 5. The bathing apparatus according to claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein the lower part of the bath bag is shaped to be narrowed. 6. The bathing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a drain pipe for draining hot water in the bathtub bag is provided at a lower portion of the back sheet. 7. A bag body having an internal volume capable of accommodating a bather by stacking a pair of a synthetic resin top sheet and a back sheet and sealing the outer edges of both sheets leaving an opening at the upper edge, A bathtub bag having an opening formed at an upper edge thereof, and an opening / closing portion which can be kept watertight when closed, is continuously provided from a proper position of the opening edge.