JPH1156662A - Bathtub - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bathtub by which half the body bathing as well as whole body bathing is can be easily done, cleaning can be facilitated, and good appearance can be presented. SOLUTION: A bathtub 2 comprises a whole body bathing bath tub main body 10 in which a stepped part D as a seat for half the body bathing is formed on the backrest wall 11a side of one end side in the longitudinal direction of a hot water reservoir part 11, and a backrest piece 20 which is installed in the wall surface of a bathroom above the bathtub main body 10 to support at least the upper part of the back of a bathing person seated on the stepped part D as a seat, leaning against the backrest wall 11a. As it is sufficient that the structure of the stepped part D as a seat is simple, the bathtub main body 10 is neat in appearance and easily washed. Furthermore, as the backrest piece is formed separately from the bathtub main body 10 which is easily soiled, it is hardly soiled and is easily washed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bathtub which can easily bathe not only a whole body but also a half body.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art If you want to take a long time in a bathtub to get tired enough, in order to prevent fever, etc., immerse the lower body from the waist or abdomen in the lower body and take a bath. It is preferred to do so. Half-body bathing is also suitable for watching TV in the bathroom or bathing in the sauna in the bathroom. For this reason, bathtubs that can easily bathe half-body as well as full-body bathing have been proposed.

FIG. 8 shows an example of such a bathtub (JP-A-8-80271). This bathtub 100
As shown in FIG. 8, a bathtub main body 101 capable of bathing the whole body.
And a half-body bathing chair 102 attached to the bathtub main body 101. This chair 102
The upper end side of the backrest portion 102a is positioned and supported on the rim portion 101b of the bathtub main body 101, and the leg portion 102a.
With the lower end side of b supported by the bottom of the water pool 101a of the bathtub body 101, it is easily attached to and detached from the bathtub body 101.

[0004] Then, a water pool 101 of the bathtub body 101.
a, if the user sits on the chair 102 and sits above the chest, including the bather's chest, above the sump 101a, the bather at least lowers his lower body below the abdomen into hot water. You will be able to bathe half-body soaked. In addition, the bather removes the chair 102, and
01a or the chair 102 of the water pool 101a
The whole body from the neck down to the pool 10
The whole body bath immersed in the hot water in 1a can be performed.

[0005]

The conventional bathtub 100 described above.
Has the advantage of being able to sit half-bath on the chair 102 and relax.
Since the bathtub 100 is immersed in dirty hot water, it is necessary to remove the chair 102 having a complicated shape from the bathtub body 101 and sufficiently clean the bathtub 100 when cleaning the bathtub 100, and there is a problem that cleaning is not easy. .

In the bathtub 100, the bathtub body 10
1 is equipped with a chair 102,
There was also a problem that the external appearance was not clear and the appearance was not good.

[0007] In view of the above, it is an object of the present invention to provide a bathtub which can easily bathe not only the whole body but also a half body, can be easily cleaned, and has a good appearance.

[0008]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a bathtub, wherein a basin step for half-body bathing is provided on a backrest wall side at one end in a longitudinal direction of a pool for bathing the whole body. It is to have the formed bathtub main body and a backrest piece which is installed on the bathroom wall surface side above the bathtub main body, and which supports at least the upper back of a bather sitting on the stool step leaning against the backrest wall. .

In this invention, the bather sits on the stool step of the bathtub body and leans the back side of the waist or the like on the backrest wall side so that the upper back is placed on the bathroom wall above the bathtub body. It is supported by the piece and can be bathed half-body by immersing the part below the waist etc. in the hot water in the water pool part in a sufficiently relaxed state. Further, the bather can bathe in the whole body by entering a part of the basin where the stool step is not formed.

[0010] In this case, since the structure of the stool step portion of the hot water basin may be simple, the structure of the bathtub body is also simple, which is not different from a normal bathtub. Therefore, the bathtub body can be formed to have a clean appearance, and the bathtub body can be easily cleaned in the same manner as a normal bathtub. In addition, the backrest piece may have a simple structure and can be formed to have a clean appearance, and cleaning is easy if only the outer surface is performed. Further, since the backrest piece is formed separately from the bathtub body which is easily soiled, it is hardly soiled and is easy to clean.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the case of the first aspect, the center portion of the backrest piece in the left-right direction is formed so as to be recessed in accordance with the roundness of the back of the bather. That is.

In the present invention, since the backrest piece is formed so as to conform to the shape of the body of the bather, the bather
You can lean on this back piece without feeling uncomfortable.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the backrest piece is formed of a soft material.

According to the present invention, since the back piece is soft, the bather can lean on the back piece with a good touch.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the case of the first aspect, the upper surface of the seating wall of the stool step of the bathtub body is inclined upward as the distance from the backrest wall increases. That is being done.

In the present invention, since the seating wall is inclined, the buttocks of the bather are less likely to slip from the stool step, and the bather can relax sufficiently and sit on the stool.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the case of the fourth aspect of the present invention, a drain groove extending from the backrest wall side to the end of the seating wall is formed in the seating wall of the step portion for sitting. It is that you are.

According to the present invention, the drainage collected during the cleaning between the backrest wall and the seating wall of the stool step can be easily drained from the drainage ditch.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the case of the first aspect, a large number of anti-slip irregularities are provided on the upper surface of the seating wall of the step portion for seating in a state parallel to the backrest wall. It is formed.

In the present invention, since the anti-slip irregularities are formed on the seating wall, the buttocks of the bather are less likely to slip from the stool steps, and the bather can relax sufficiently and sit on the stool. Can be.

The invention of the bathtub according to claim 7 of the present invention is as follows.
On the backrest wall side of one side of the bathtub that can bathe the whole body, a stool step for half-body bathing is formed, and it protrudes upward from the wellpool so as to follow the backrest wall, At least a backrest portion of the bather sitting on the stool step is formed to support at least the upper back.

According to the present invention, the bathtub body and the backrest piece according to the first aspect of the present invention are integrally formed. According to the present invention, it is possible to facilitate installation of the bathtub and reduce the manufacturing cost of the bathtub.

[0023]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows the appearance of a bathroom provided with a bathtub according to one embodiment of the present invention.

The bathroom is formed from a bathroom unit which is a prefabricated bathroom, and as shown in FIG.
A bathtub main body 10, which is a main part of the bathtub 2, is installed on a lower bathtub mounting portion 1a formed on the right side of the above, and a washing place A is formed on a washing place portion 1b formed on the left side. In addition, a wall panel 3 is installed on a wall mounting portion 1c formed on an outer peripheral portion of the waterproof floor pan 1, and the bank portion of the waterproof floor pan 1 separates a bathtub mounting portion 1a from a washing place portion 1b. On 1d, the apron 4 is installed so that the washing place A of the bathtub main body 10 may cover the side surface of the washing tub. In addition, bathtub 2
As shown in FIG. 1, it is composed of a bathtub body 10 and a back piece 20 attached to the wall panel 3.

The bathtub body 10 is integrally formed of a resin material such as FRP. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a concave water reservoir 11 and an upper end of the water reservoir 11 are provided. A frame-shaped rim portion 12 is formed so as to spread outward in a horizontal state, and legs 13 and 14 for supporting the lower surface side of the water pool portion 11 on the waterproof floor pan 1 side. In the hot water reservoir 11, slanted backrest walls 11a and 11b are formed on both ends in the longitudinal direction of the bathtub main body 10 so that a bather M soaked in hot water can lean on the back side. In this case, the backrest wall 11b on one side (front side) is
2 to the bottom 11c of the well 11 but the other (rear) back wall 11a is formed only to the middle of the well 11 in the vertical direction. Between the lower end and the bottom 11c of
A stool step D for lower body bathing is formed.

As shown in FIG. 2, the stool step D is formed of a seat wall 11d extending forward and a vertical wall 11e extending downward from the front end of the seat wall 11d. When the bather M sits on the seating wall 11d and his / her feet are placed on the bottom 11c of the well 11, the middle wall of the bather M projects upward from the middle of the abdomen above the well 11. It is formed at an appropriate vertical position. Also, the seating wall 11d
Is formed so as to gradually incline upward as it goes away from the backrest wall 11a, and as shown in FIG.
Of the seating wall 11d to the bottom 11c.
A drain groove N flowing to the side is formed.

The bottom 11c side of the well 11 is also formed sufficiently large, and as shown in FIG. 3, the bather M faces the back 11b with the back facing the back wall 11b. The whole body can be bathed on the bottom 11d side. Of course, as shown in FIG. 4, the bather M can keep the water pool 1 even when the back is turned to the side of the step D for sitting.
One can bathe the whole body at the bottom 11c side.

The back piece 20 is provided with the step portion 11 for stool.
It supports the bather M seated at c from the upper back to the lower back of the head, and is formed separately from the bathtub body 10 by a soft material such as urethane foam or elastomer resin. As shown in FIG. 1, the back piece 20 is placed on the wall panel 3 above the rim 12 on the side of the stool step 11 c with a predetermined gap K from the upper surface of the rim 12, for example. , Attached by adhesive.

As shown in FIG. 2, the back piece 20 includes a back shoulder support 21 and a back shoulder support 2 whose front side is substantially an extension of the back wall 11a of the water reservoir 11.
1 and a neck support 22 extending upward while projecting toward the bather M side, and the boundary between the back shoulder support 21 and the neck support 22 is smoothly curved. . The back shoulder support portion 21 is formed so that the central portion in the left-right direction is concavely recessed so as to match the roundness from the base of the arm of the bather M toward the back. Also, the neck head support part 22 is formed so that the center part in the left-right direction is depressed like the back shoulder support part 21, and the upper part is formed in a shape that matches the vertical roundness of the back of the head. Have been.

As shown in FIG. 2, the leg 13 is provided on the bottom 11d side of the water reservoir 11 of the bathtub body 10, and the leg 14 is provided on the step D for sitting.

Next, the operation and effect of the bathtub 2 will be described. When using the bathtub 2 to take a half-body bath, the bather M enters the bathtub body 10 and the water reservoir 11,
What is necessary is just to sit on the seating wall 11d of the stool step D, and to hold the back side of the waist and the lower part of the back on the backrest wall 11a side. This allows the bather M to loosely hold the upper back and shoulders on the back shoulder support portion 21 of the backrest piece 20 and also to loosely hold the neck and back of the head on the neck support portion 22. Can be hung. Therefore, the bather M can take a half-body bath for a long time while immersing the middle part of the abdomen and the lower part from the waist down in the hot water in the water reservoir 11 with the upper body relaxed.

In this case, since the outer shape of the backrest piece 20 is formed in accordance with the shape of the body of the bather M, the bather M brings the back, shoulder, neck and lower back of the head into close contact with the backrest piece 20. The backrest piece 20 is made of a soft material and can be sufficiently relaxed.
Can lean on this backrest piece 20 with good feel. Also, the seating wall 11d of the stool step D of the basin section 11 is inclined upward as it goes away from the backrest wall 11a. Even if it does, the buttocks and the like do not slip off from the stool step 11c.

When bathing the whole body using the bathtub 2, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the back is turned to the side of the backrest wall 11 b, or to the side of the stool step D side. It is sufficient that the user turns his back, enters the bottom 11c side of the well 11 and soaks in the hot water in the well 11. In this case, since the stool step D can be used as a stepping-in / step-out step for the basin 11, it is easy to enter and exit the basin 11.

Next, in order to clean the bathtub 2, first, similarly to a general bathtub, the water pool 11 of the bathtub main body 10.
And the upper surface of the rim 12 are washed. In this case, a stool step D is formed in the basin section 11 and the basin section 1 is formed.
Although the shape of 1 is slightly different from that of a general bath, the area to be cleaned is almost the same as that of a general bathtub, and the labor required for cleaning is the same as that of a general bathtub.

Subsequently, the outer surface of the backrest piece 20 is cleaned. In this case, since the backrest piece 20 is provided separately from the bathtub body 10 above the bathtub body 10, the backrest piece 20 is hardly soiled, and is basically stained only by sweat of a bather. . Therefore, cleaning of the backrest piece 20 may be performed lightly as compared with the bathtub body 10 that is easily stained by hot water or the like. In addition, since there is a sufficient gap K between the backrest piece 20 and the bathtub main body 10, cleaning between the backrest piece 20 and the bathtub main body 10 can be facilitated. After the cleaning, water for cleaning or the like is likely to accumulate on the seating wall 11d of the stool step D between the backrest wall 11a and the drainage groove N formed in the seating portion 11d. Then, the water is discharged to the bottom 11 d side of the water reservoir 11.

On the other hand, in the bathtub 2, it is not necessary to use a chair separate from the bathtub body for half-body bathing, and
Since the backrest piece 20 can also be formed in a neat shape, the appearance of the bathtub 2 can be made clear and good-looking as compared with a conventional bathtub.

The back piece 20 may be fixed to the wall panel 3 with screws. In this case, for example, a support portion is formed outside the back piece 20 along the wall panel 3, and the support portion is fixed to the wall panel 3 side with a screw.

A speaker is incorporated in the back piece 20 to enjoy music or the like,
A massage machine may be incorporated into the body to relieve stiffness on the shoulders and back.

Further, the backrest piece 20 may be constituted only by the back shoulder support portion 21 so as to support only the upper side of the back. The lower back (the back of the waist)
Because it is supported by the backrest wall 11a of the water reservoir 11,
Even if you only support the upper part of the back with the back piece 20,
This is because the bather can relax sufficiently when taking a half bath. In addition, the configuration of the backrest piece 20 can be simplified.

Further, as shown in FIG.
The first seating wall 11d is formed substantially horizontally, and the seating wall 11d
A non-slip uneven portion P may be formed on the base. In this case, the uneven portion P is formed so as to be parallel to the backrest wall 11a.

Further, as shown in FIG. 6, a backrest 15 corresponding to the backpiece 20 may be formed so as to be integral with the bathtub body 10. Since the backrest 15 is integrated with the bathtub body 10, the installation of the bathtub 2 can be facilitated and the manufacturing cost can be reduced.

[0042]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it has the following effects.

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
On the backrest wall side at one longitudinal end of the bathtub that can bathe the whole body, a bathtub body formed with a stool step for half-body bathing, and installed on the bathroom wall side above this bathtub body,
Since the bather leans against the backrest wall and sits on the stool step, at least has a backrest piece that supports the upper back, so that not only full-body bathing, but also half-body bathing and cleaning can be easily performed. At the same time, the appearance can be improved.

According to the second aspect of the present invention,
In the case of the invention as set forth in claim 1, since the center part in the left-right direction of the backrest piece is formed so as to be concavely recessed in accordance with the roundness of the back of the bather,
You can lean on this back piece comfortably.

According to the third aspect of the present invention,
In the case of the invention described in claim 1, since the backrest piece is formed of a soft material,
You can lean on this back piece comfortably.

According to the invention described in claim 4 of the present invention,
In the case of the invention described in claim 1, the upper surface of the seating wall of the step portion for sitting on the bathtub body is formed so as to incline upward as it goes away from the backrest wall, so that the bather does not slide the buttocks. You can relax and sit on this stool step.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention,
In the case of the invention described in claim 4, a drain groove extending from the backrest wall side to the end of the seating wall is formed in the seating wall of the seating step, so that water is collected around the seating wall of the seating step. There is no need to make.

According to the invention described in claim 6 of the present invention,
In the case of the first aspect of the present invention, since a large number of anti-slip irregularities are formed on the upper surface of the seating wall of the seating step in a state parallel to the backrest wall, the same as the fourth aspect of the invention Effects can be obtained.

According to the invention described in claim 7 of the present invention,
In the case of the invention as set forth in claim 1, a stool step for half-body bathing is formed on the backrest wall side of one side of the water pool part capable of bathing the whole body, and the basin is connected to the backrest wall. Protruding upward from the sump,
Since the backrest supporting at least the upper back of the bather sitting on the stool step is formed, the same effect as the first aspect of the invention can be obtained. Also, the present invention, compared with the case of the invention described in claim 1,
The ease of installation of the bathtub, reduction of manufacturing cost, etc. can be achieved as much as one component article is provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view of a bathroom provided with a bathtub according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the bathroom shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a view showing a state in which the user enters the bathtub shown in FIG. 1 and takes a whole body bath.

FIG. 4 is a view showing a state where the user enters the bathtub shown in FIG. 1 in another state and bathes the whole body.

FIG. 5 is a partial cross-sectional view of a bathtub main body in which an uneven slip stopper is formed on a seating portion.

FIG. 6 is a view showing a bathtub or the like in which a backrest piece and a bathtub body are integrally formed.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view of a conventional bathtub capable of half bathing.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Bathtub 10 Bathtub body 11 Hot water reservoir 11a Backrest wall 11d Seating wall 15 Backrest 20 Backrest piece D Stool step M Bather N Drainage groove

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A bathtub body having a stool step for half-body bathing formed on a backrest wall side at one longitudinal end of a water pool part capable of bathing the whole body, and installed on a bathroom wall surface above the bathtub body. A bathtub having at least a back piece that supports at least an upper back of a bather seated on the stool step leaning against the back wall. 2. The bathtub according to claim 1, wherein the central portion of the backrest piece in the left-right direction is formed so as to be recessed in accordance with the roundness of the back of the bather. 3. The bathtub according to claim 1, wherein said backrest piece is formed of a soft material. 4. The bathtub according to claim 1, wherein an upper surface of a seating wall of the seating step of the bathtub body is formed so as to be inclined upward as it goes away from the backrest wall. 5. The bathtub according to claim 4, wherein a drain groove extending from the backrest wall side to an end of the seating wall is formed in the seating wall of the step portion for seating. 6. The bathtub according to claim 1, wherein a large number of non-slip irregularities are formed on the upper surface of the seating wall of the step portion for seating in a state parallel to the backrest wall. 7. A stool step for half-body bathing is formed on a backrest wall on one side of a basin for bathing the whole body, and the basin is located above the basin so as to be continuous with the backrest wall. A bathtub, wherein at least a backrest portion of the bather seated on the stool step is formed so as to support at least an upper back portion of the bather.