JPH0984850A - Acupressure massaging apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To hit the positions of a stiffened muscle and a pressure point accurately by coupling an anti-tilt piece with a hinge to a length-wise base part of a ferromagnetic plate padding the back of a patient while being deflected longitudinally to block the tilting of a chair seat exceeding a fixed angle in contact therewith. SOLUTION: A ferromagnetic plate 1 of this acupressure massaging apparatus is formed in a long and thin rectangle with a length and area enough to pad the back of a patient and with a thickness enough to deflect longitudinally by a surface pressure. A hinge shaft 6 is supported at one end part (base part) along the length of a soft resin case 5 and an anti-tilt piece 7 rotatable on the hinge shaft 6 is supported on the hinge shaft 6. A permanent magnet 9A that can be attracted magnetically on the ferromagnetic plate 1 is fixed by an adhesive or the like in a recessed part 2b on the bottom surface of a bottom wall 2a of a pad body 2A and an energizing spring 2c made up of a compression spring is built inside the pad body 2A. An acupressure head 2g is supported energized in the direction of sticking so as to be allowed to stick or sink by the enerigizing spring 2c at the center part of a holding wall 3e.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a massage tool, and more particularly to a shiatsu massage tool for acupressure massage of a patient's body.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As is well known, acupressure massage compresses the "body" and "acupoint" positions of the patient's body to promote blood circulation and muscle relaxation in the affected area. Requires skill and physical strength.

Therefore, conventionally, various acupressure massage tools have been provided which can be easily applied to the affected area of a patient. In other words, one of the conventional Shiatsu massage tools is in the form of a hand tool that can be held by the patient or therapist by the hand and can be applied strongly to the position of the "lump" or "acupoint", or the patient's body Pillow-shaped body that can be pulled under
The structure is provided with a plurality of acupressure heads biased by springs or the like.

[0004]

However, since the former acupressure massaging tool needs to be held while pressing the hand-held instrument strongly against the affected area, it accurately applies it to a delicate affected area that varies from person to person. Although there is an advantage of being able to do so, the patient has an inconvenience in performing a massage while doing other work, and is not suitable for treatment while sitting on a chair or a seat of a car.

The latter pillow massager is excellent in terms of use because it can be applied to the waist or the like while lying on the bed or leaning on the back of the chair. . However, since the pillow massager has a considerable thickness, even if it can be used for the lumbar region, etc., when it is used for massaging the site of the patient's spine, etc., it can be used between the chair back and the patient's body. There is a problem that it is hard to fit and difficult to use. And since the acupressure head of the massage tool is usually arranged in a symmetrical position, only one pair or two pairs are arranged, so it is difficult to apply the acupressure head appropriately to the affected part of the patient who is not always symmetrical. In many cases, it was not possible to subtly deal with individual differences in patients with distorted posture and spine.

In view of the above-mentioned problems of the conventional acupressure massaging device, an object of the present invention is to finely adjust the acupressure head even in a patient having a distorted posture or spine.
It is intended to obtain an easy-to-use and simple acupressure massage tool that can be accurately applied to the positions of "grit" and "acupoint", and can be used freely while sitting on a chair or a sofa or attached to bedding.

[0007]

To this end, the present invention provides a longitudinal base of a ferromagnetic plate which can be applied to the back of a patient and can be flexed longitudinally. A hinged anti-tilt piece that comes into contact with the chair seat to prevent it from falling over a certain angle, has a permanent magnet on the bottom surface, and has a shiatsu head that is biased in the protruding direction by the force of a biasing spring, and An edge frame in which a plurality of acupressure pads that can be magnetically attracted to arbitrary positions on the surface of the ferromagnetic plate are arranged on the surface of the ferromagnetic plate to prevent accidental detachment from the surface of the ferromagnetic plate. The present invention proposes an acupressure massage tool provided around the same surface. In the description of preferred embodiments of the present invention described later, a thin bag-like shape in which a surface of the ferromagnetic plate is covered with a friction cloth having a large friction coefficient, and a mounting window capable of exposing the friction surface of the friction cloth to the outside is formed. The ferromagnetic plate is dropped into the soft resin case, and the bottom surface of the acupressure pad is covered with a rubber cup that is in close contact with the friction cloth and prevents movement due to an external force in a direction parallel to the surface of the ferromagnetic plate. A shiatsu massage tool is described.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. 1 and 2 show the entire acupressure massaging tool according to the present invention, which comprises an elongated ferromagnetic plate 1 made of an iron plate, a stainless steel plate or the like. That is, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the ferromagnetic plate 1 is formed in an elongated rectangular shape having a length and an area that can be applied to the back of a patient. The thickness is such that it can bend. Of course, the flexural rigidity in the width direction of the ferromagnetic material plate 1 is sufficiently larger than that in the length direction, so that it is hardly bent and deformed in the same width direction.

A friction cloth 4 having a large friction coefficient is attached to the entire surface of the ferromagnetic plate 1 to prevent inadvertent "sliding" of the back shiatsu pad 2 and the lumbar shiatsu pad 3, which will be described in detail later. Therefore, even if an external force parallel to the surface of the ferromagnetic plate 1 is applied to the back shiatsu pad 2 or the lumbar shiatsu pad 3, the back shiatsu pad 2 and the lumbar shiatsu pad 3 are prevented from moving from the positions fixed in advance. It can be prevented.

In the illustrated embodiment, the ferromagnetic plate 1 described above is housed in a soft resin case 5 which is formed of a soft resin such as vinyl chloride or nylon into a flat bag shape. That is, a mounting window 5a is formed on one surface of the soft resin case 5 whose upper end portion is open, so that most of the surfaces of the ferromagnetic plate 1 and the friction cloth 4 can be exposed to the outside. An edge frame 5b surrounding the periphery is provided. Therefore, as will be described later, the back shiatsu pad 2 and the lumbar shiatsu pad 3 that are magnetically attracted to the surface of the ferromagnetic plate 1 are the ferromagnetic plate 1.
, The back shiatsu pad 2 or the lumbar shiatsu pad 3 collides with the same edge frame 5b, so that the back shiatsu pad 2 or the lumbar shiatsu pad 3 is carelessly removed from the surface of the ferromagnetic plate 1. You can prevent it from coming off. Further, when the accommodated ferromagnetic material plate 1 is bent by an external force, the soft resin case 5 is allowed to be deformed, but the soft resin case 5 itself has a shock absorbing property, so that the acupressure massage tool is used for surrounding instruments. It is possible to prevent damage to the equipment etc.

A hinge shaft 6 extending in the left-right direction is supported at one end (base) of the soft resin case 5 in the length direction, and the hinge shaft 6 can be rotated about the hinge shaft 6. An anti-tilt piece 7 is supported, and the surface of the soft resin case 5 facing the anti-tilt piece 7 elongated in the left-right direction prevents rotation of the anti-tilt piece 7 with respect to the soft resin case 5 beyond a certain angle. A small stopper 8 is integrally molded.
Therefore, when the acupressure massage tool is used in a chair as shown in FIG. 5, since the size of the fall prevention piece 7 is limited, the fall prevention piece 7 does not touch the patient's body. Then, the fall prevention piece 7 whose rotation by the stopper 8 is restricted by a certain angle or more comes into contact with the surface of the seat X of the chair. For this reason, even if the patient's condition is separated from the back seat Y of the chair and the soft resin case 5 tries to fall forward from the back seat Y, the fall prevention piece 7 comes into contact with the seat X to bring the soft resin case to the patient side. 5 and the ferromagnetic material plate 1 are prevented from collapsing, and the displacement of the soft resin case 5 during driving of the automobile is prevented. Also,
As shown in FIG. 6, when the acupressure massage tool is used on the bedclothes Z or the like, the fall prevention piece 7 is free from the stopper 8, so the fall prevention piece 7 is located on the extension of the soft resin case 5. Although the tilt-preventing piece 7 does not hit the body of the patient, in this case, since the stopper 8 is located at the position deviated from the patient's body to the left and right, the stopper 8 does not hit the patient's body and cause an uncomfortable feeling.

At any position on the surfaces of the ferromagnetic plate 1 and the friction cloth 4, a back shiatsu pad 2 (shiatsu pad) and a lumbar shiatsu pad 3 (shiatsu pad), which are shown in detail in FIGS. Can be fixed freely. In the case of the illustrated example, two back acupressure pads 2 shown in FIG. 3 are prepared for acupressure of the spine, and are provided with a resin-molded pad body 2A as a hemispherical cell that can be gripped by hand. That is, the pad body 2
A permanent magnet 9A that can be magnetically attracted to the ferromagnetic plate 1 is fixed to the bottom surface recess 2b of the bottom wall 2a of A by an adhesive or the like, and a compression spring is formed inside the pad body 2A. A biasing spring 2c is built in.

Then, the retaining wall 2e is formed by using the assembling screw 2d.
The bottom surface of the bottom wall 2a assembled in step 1 is covered with a shallow cup-shaped rubber cup 2f that can contact the surface of the friction cloth 4 described above. Therefore, when the back acupressure pad 2 is attracted to the surface of the ferromagnetic plate 1 by the magnetic force of the permanent magnet 9A, the frictional force acting between the friction cloth 4 and the rubber cup 2f becomes very large. Even if an external force acts in a direction parallel to the surface of the ferromagnetic plate 1, the back acupressure pad 2 can be prevented from being inadvertently moved from the position fixed in advance.

Further, a finger-pressure head 2g biased in the projecting direction by the biasing spring 2c is supported at the center of the holding wall 2e so as to be retractable. That is, in the case of the illustrated embodiment, the holding wall 2e of the back acupressure pad 2 has an outer peripheral flange 2h.
A state in which an intermediate ring 2i which is prevented from slipping out from e is slidably supported, and a finger pressure head 2g which is prevented from slipping out by an inner peripheral flange 2j is pressed by the biasing spring 2c inside the intermediate ring 2i. Will be placed in. The tip of the acupressure head 2g having a spherical head has a flat contact surface 2k, which serves to relieve extreme contact pressure on the patient's body, but the intermediate ring 2i. Is provided for the purpose of stabilizing the posture of the acupressure head 2g and alleviating an increase in the contact pressure of the acupressure head 2g by coming into contact with the patient's body when the biasing spring 2c is extremely deformed. No need.

The lumbar acupressure pad 3 shown in FIG. 4 is, like the aforesaid back acupressure pad 2, a pad main body 3A consisting of a bottom wall 3a and a holding wall 3e which are integrated with an assembling screw 3d, a permanent magnet 9B, and an attachment. The intermediate ring 2 includes the biasing spring 3c, the acupressure head 3g, and the rubber cup 3f.
i is omitted. That is, the pad body 3A and the acupressure head 3 of the lumbar acupressure pad 3 for performing acupressure on the waist region of the patient.
The dimension of g in the height direction is set to be sufficiently larger than the corresponding dimension of the back acupressure pad 2 described above to ensure contact with the body of the patient. Also, the lumbar shiatsu pad 3
The area of the contact surface 3k is the contact surface 2 of the back shiatsu pad 2
At the same time as making the area smaller than k, the spring constant of the biasing spring 3c is made larger than the spring constant of the biasing spring 2c of the back shiatsu pad 2, so that a stronger shiatsu effect than the back shiatsu pad 2 is obtained. be able to.

Since the acupressure massaging tool according to the illustrated embodiment has the above-mentioned structure, it is possible to acupressure the affected part having individual differences depending on the patient. In other words, the back shiatsu pad 2 and the lumbar shiatsu pad 3 can be grasped by hand and moved to an arbitrary position on the surface of the ferromagnetic material plate 1 and easily placed in a fixed state, so that the patient can feel for himself. The back acupressure pad 2 and the lumbar acupressure pad 3 which are different in the left and right positions and in the vertical direction can be accurately applied to the affected area. When the back shiatsu pad 2 and the lumbar shiatsu pad 3 are attracted to the ferromagnetic plate 1, the back shiatsu pad 2 and the lumbar shiatsu pad 3 are not prepared due to the frictional force between the friction cloth 4 and the rubber cup 2f. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the back shiatsu pad 2 and the lumbar shiatsu pad 3 from moving and being displaced from the affected part due to temporary posture correction of the body or external force.

The shiatsu massager can be used while sitting on a sofa or while driving a car.
It is possible to flexibly adapt to the structure of the back seat Y of the chair, which has individuality. That is, although FIG. 5 shows a case where the acupressure massage tool of the present invention is used in the automobile seat X, when the acupressure massage tool is placed along the back sheet Y and the patient's body is deposited on the back shiatsu pad 2 and the lumbar shiatsu pad 3. Since the ferromagnetic plate 1 flexibly flexes along the surface of the back sheet Y due to the contact pressure on the back shiatsu pad 2 and the lumbar shiatsu pad 3, the characteristic of the structure itself of the back seat Y that is ergonomically considered is It is possible to make full use of it, and the pressing direction of the acupressure head 2g of the back acupressure pad 2 and the acupressure head of the lumbar acupressure pad 3 due to the bending of the ferromagnetic plate 1,
Adjusted naturally. In this case, since the soft resin case 5 itself has a frictional resistance to the surface fabric of the back sheet Y, the relationship between the positioned acupressure massage tool and the back sheet Y is stable, but the soft resin case 5 has a strong inside. Since the magnetic material plate 1 is bent, the bending of the ferromagnetic material plate 1 does not cause "scratching" between the magnetic material plate 1 and the back sheet Y, and the magnetic material plate 1 can be used in a good appearance. Further, when the driver bends forward while driving the vehicle and the driver's state is separated from the acupressure massage tool, the ferromagnetic plate 1 and the soft resin case 5 fall toward the driver's body when the vehicle decelerates. Although there is a risk, the fall prevention piece 7 contacts the surface of the sheet X and the stopper 8 prevents the fall prevention piece 7 from rotating, so that such fall is prevented. Therefore, if the driver returns the state to the old position, the relationship between the driver's body and the back shiatsu pad 2 and the lumbar shiatsu pad 3 is restored, and the shiatsu massage tool can be used even while driving. In addition, during use,
Even if the back shiatsu pad 2 and the lumbar shiatsu pad 3 move along the surface of the ferromagnetic plate 1 and the back shiatsu pad 2 is about to come off from the surface of the ferromagnetic plate 1, the edge frame 5b removes the same from the surface. Since the back shiatsu pad 2 and the lumbar shiatsu pad 3 are prevented from falling off, it is possible to avoid the risk of the back shiatsu pad 2 and the lumbar shiatsu pad 3 coming off. Since such a relationship between the chair and the shiatsu massage tool is the same in the case of a sofa or another chair, the shiatsu massage tool can be used for a wide range of chairs without selecting a chair structure.

Further, the acupressure massage tool having the illustrated structure is
As shown in FIG. 6, it can be used even in a state of lying on the back on the bedding Z. That is, in this state, if the soft resin case 5 is placed on the bedding Z with the stopper 8 free from the stopper 8, the collapse preventive piece 7 can be freely moved around the hinge shaft 6 due to the pressure of the patient. Since it rotates, the fall prevention piece 7 can be prevented from hitting a part of the body and causing pain.

When the bed Z is used, the ferromagnetic plate 1 and the soft resin case 5 are deformed according to the pressure of the patient's condition, so that the acupressure head 2g of the back acupressure pad 2 and the lumbar acupressure pad 3 are formed. Since the direction of pressure applied by the acupressure head is substantially perpendicular to the affected area, the affected area can be applied accurately. Of course, the soft resin case 5 does not move carelessly on the bedding Z because it has a sufficient frictional force between the soft resin case 5 and the sheets of the bedding Z, and the back shiatsu pad 2 and the lumbar shiatsu pad 3 are ferromagnetic. Since the acupressure massage tool for the body plate 1 is also stable, the acupressure massage tool desired by the patient can be accurately pressed to obtain the acupressure effect.

In the above embodiment, the case of the acupressure massaging tool using the two pairs of the back acupressure pad 2 and the lumbar acupressure pad 3 has been described, but in the present invention,
It goes without saying that the number of shiatsu pads to be used can be freely selected.

[0021]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, it is possible to obtain a simple acupressure massage tool that can be used on a chair or bedding, and the acupressure pad of this acupressure massage tool is different depending on the patient. The treatment can be performed by accurately applying to the affected area having different left and right positions. Further, since the ferromagnetic plate of the acupressure massager of the present invention is bent in the lengthwise direction by pressing the acupressure pad, the acupressure direction is naturally adjusted according to the chair structure, the hardness of the bedding, etc. Is wide and can improve the acupressure effect. Further, as in the illustrated embodiment, in the structure in which the ferromagnetic material plate is incorporated in the soft resin case, not only can the position of the acupressure massage tool with respect to the surface of the bedding or the chair be stabilized, but also the soft resin case Since the ferromagnetic plate bends inside, it is impossible on the chair surface etc. "
There is an effect that a light feeling of use can be obtained without causing "squashing".

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of an acupressure massager according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partially enlarged sectional view of the acupressure massage tool.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a back pad used in the acupressure massage tool.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a waist pad used in the acupressure massage tool.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view of a usage state when the same acupressure massage tool is used in a stool.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view of a usage state when the acupressure massage tool is used on a bed.

[Explanation of symbols]

 X sheet Y back sheet Z bedding 1 ferromagnetic plate 2 back shiatsu pad (shiatsu pad) 2A pad body 2c bias spring 2f rubber cup 3 lumbar shiatsu pad (shiatsu pad) 3A pad body 3c bias spring 3f rubber cup 4 friction Cloth 5 Soft resin case 5a Mounting window 5b Edge frame 6 Hinge shaft 7 Tilt prevention piece 8 Stopper 9A, 9B Permanent magnet

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A chair seat is contacted with a longitudinal base portion of a ferromagnetic plate that can be applied to the back of a patient and can be bent in the longitudinal direction to prevent the chair seat from falling over a certain angle. The fall prevention piece is hinge-coupled, the bottom surface has a permanent magnet built in, and it has a shiatsu head biased in the protruding direction by the force of a biasing spring and magnetically attracted to an arbitrary position on the surface of the ferromagnetic plate. Shiatsu massage characterized in that a plurality of acupressure pads that can be arranged are arranged on the surface of the ferromagnetic plate, and an edge frame for preventing inadvertent detachment from the surface of the ferromagnetic plate is provided around the surface. Ingredient 2. A thin bag-shaped soft resin case in which a surface of the ferromagnetic plate is covered with a friction cloth having a large friction coefficient, and a mounting window for exposing the friction surface of the friction cloth to the outside is formed. 2. The bottom surface of the acupressure pad is covered with a rubber cup which is dropped into the body and comes into close contact with the friction cloth to prevent movement due to an external force in a direction parallel to the surface of the ferromagnetic body plate. Shiatsu massage tool described.