KR101123760B1 - Senior Friendly Shower Carrier - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a shower carrier that enables the caregiver to lie in a lying state, wherein the caregiver is formed to lie down and inclined at a predetermined angle for drainage, and a roller and a caregiver rolling with respect to the ground push the direction A roller driving unit is provided to add a driving force to the roller rotated to a frame, and a lifting and lowering driving unit for elevating the bed unit is provided to support the bed unit so as to be movable, and supports the head of a nursing care patient lying on the bed unit. The headrest and the bed of which the angle or the protrusion amount are variable so as to correspond to the physical characteristics of the caregiver are provided on both sides of the bed so as to be independently lying or standing on each other to prevent the caregivers lying on the bed from falling out of the bed. It includes a railing part, and the roller driving part is provided so that nursing Phosphorus can transport shower carriers effortlessly, and the handrails can be laid down or set up independently of each other to prevent the fall of the caregivers when they are transferred to the bed, and one side handrails when washing the backs of the caregivers. The department is erected to support the caregiver and the other handrail can be laid down, which has the effect of improving the convenience of the caregiver.

Description

Senior Friendly Shower Carrier

The present invention relates to a shower carrier used to clean the caregiver of the elderly and the patient, and more particularly, to a shower carrier that can improve the comfort of the caregiver as well as the convenience of the caregiver.

Caregivers around the caregiver are cleaning the caregiver's body when the elderly cannot take a bath on their own, such as the elderly, the seriously ill, and patients with physical disabilities (hereinafter referred to as 'guardian').

In addition, the number of caregivers that cannot be cleaned by themselves due to the increase of the elderly population is increasing, so the work of caregivers is increasing, and various devices to improve the convenience of caregivers and caregivers are introduced. It is becoming.

Among them, the shower carrier is a device that enables the movement and cleaning with the caregiver lying on the bed.

Conventional shower carrier 10 may be composed of a frame 12 and the bed portion 11, as shown in FIG.

The bed 11 is a portion provided to be laid by the caregiver and the frame 12 is a portion for supporting the bed 11 to be movable.

In addition, both sides of the bed portion 11 is provided with a handrail portion 14 to prevent the fall of the patient, so that the height of the bed portion 11 is adjusted so that the caregiver is easy to rise or fall on the bed portion. Is done.

However, the conventional shower carrier 10 as described above has the following problems.

First, even though there is no headrest to support the head of the caregiver, the angle is not adjusted so that the caregiver lying on the bed may feel uncomfortable and the head of the caregiver may feel uncomfortable. When you need to lift the head high, in the past, the angle was not adjusted, the caregiver had to lift the head directly.

Second, a guardrail 14 is provided to prevent the caregiver from falling from the bed part. The handrail part 14 is laid down at the same time for convenience when the caregiver gets on or off the bed part 11. It is common to be able to build or erect. On the other hand, the handrail portion 14 also serves to support the patient so that the patient does not fall out of the bed portion 11 when the caregiver turns to clean the back portion of the caregiver, the handrail portion 14 at the same time When the handrail part 14 is erected to support the body by being laid down or standing up, the caregiver is inconvenient to clean the caregiver, and when the handrail part 14 is laid down to relieve the caregiver's inconvenience, the caregiver's body If you turn your body upside down to clean the back of the caregiver, the safety of the caregiver may occur.

Third, the lifting speed does not change smoothly as shown by the dotted line in FIG. 8 when the caregiver lifts and lowers the bed portion 11 for convenience when the bed portion 11 is raised or lowered on the bed portion 11. There was a problem of giving anxiety and shock to the patient lying on the bar bed 11 to which the sudden acceleration and deceleration were applied.

Fourth, there is a problem that the caregiver physically difficult because the caregiver needs to push the shower carrier 10 boarded by the caregiver.

The present invention is to solve the above problems, it is possible to adjust the angle and the amount of protrusion of the headrest to fit the body of the caregiver, the handrail is provided to be able to lie down or stand independently of each other, ascending and descending It is a challenge to provide a shower carrier that is smoother in speed change and less energetic when the caregiver pushes.

In order to solve the above problems, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the bed is formed so that the caregivers lie down and the frame supporting the bed to be movable, while supporting the head of the caregiver lying on the bed, A headrest having a variable angle or protrusion so as to correspond to the physical characteristics of a caregiver, and a handrail which is provided to be selectively erected on both sides of the bed part, and prevents the caregiver lying on the bed part from falling out of the bed part. A shower carrier is provided.

The headrest driving unit may adjust the angle or the protrusion amount of the headrest.

The headrest drive unit, an actuator that is selectively stretched and hinged to rotatably couple the headrest to the bed portion, the arm coupled to the actuator is pushed or pulled according to the extension of the actuator and one end of the lower bed portion Rotatably coupled to the frame, the other end is hinged to a point spaced apart from the hinge portion of the headrest, the end of the arm is hingedly coupled between the one end and the other end, and the other end is positioned at a position higher than the one end. And a portion to which the arm is coupled may be formed at a position lower than the one end and may include a bracket for adjusting the angle and the protrusion amount of the headrest while rotating about the one end by the arm.

The bed portion may be formed to be inclined at a predetermined angle to one side to smoothly drain the washing water.

The frame may be provided with a roller for rolling movement with respect to the ground, the roller driving unit is provided to add a driving force by rotating the roller in the direction in which the nurse pushes the frame.

The roller driving unit includes a sprocket fixed to the roller and a sprocket fixed to the roller to have the same central axis as the roller, and includes a motor adding a driving force to the roller so that the roller is rotated in a direction in which a nurse pushes the frame. Can be.

The handrail part includes a first handrail provided to be selectively erected on one side of the bed part, and a second handrail provided to be selectively erected on the other side opposite to the side on which the first handrail is provided. The first railing and the second railing may be driven independently of each other.

The first railing and the second railing may be provided to be lying down or standing while being rotated.

The first handrail and the second handrail may be provided to be selectively erected while being erected to the upper side of the bed portion or sliding upward and downward to descend to the lower side of the bed portion.

The handrail part may further include a handrail driver that lays down or stands the first handrail and the second handrail independently of each other.

The handrail driving unit may include a first rotating shaft provided to rotate the first handrail, a second rotating shaft provided to rotate the second handrail, a motor selectively rotated by a predetermined angle and a rotational force of the motor, and the first rotating shaft. Or it may be made to include a clutch for transmitting to the second rotary shaft or at the same time to the first rotary shaft and the second rotary shaft.

The handrail driving unit is provided to be engaged with the rack formed in the vertical direction in the first handrail and the second handrail, and the rack formed in the first handrail and the second handrail, respectively, so that the first handrail or the second handrail are mutually reversed. It can be made by including a motor to lift up and down independently.

The frame may further include an elevating driving unit for adjusting the height of the bed while elevating the bed.

The elevating driver may control the speed at which the bed is elevated to change linearly.

According to the shower carrier of the present invention has the following effects.

First, the angle of the headrest and the amount of protrusion can be adjusted to fit the body of the caregiver, so the comfort of the caregiver is improved, and the caregiver's head does not have to support the head of the caregiver with his hands. And by adjusting the amount of protrusion can lift the head portion can be improved convenience of the caregiver.

Second, since the handrails can be laid down or erected independently of each other, the handrail on the side where the caregiver turns when the body turns to clean the back part of the caregiver is erected to support the caregiver by holding the handrail. The handrail portion is laid so that the caregiver is easy to clean the back part of the caregiver, so that the safety of the patient can be improved and the convenience of the caregiver's cleaning can be improved.

Third, since the change in the lift speed is changed linearly during the ascent, the impact is not applied to the caregiver lying on the bed during the ascent, the caregiver can feel more comfortable without feeling anxious.

Fourth, since the roller supporting the frame to be movable is driven in the direction in which the caregiver pushes by the roller driving unit, less force can be entered when the caregiver pushes, so that the physical strength of the caregiver can be reduced and the convenience can be further improved.

1 is a perspective view of a conventional shower carrier;
2 is a side view showing a shower carrier according to an embodiment of the present invention;
Figure 3 is a side view showing a shower carrier of the form provided with two pillars of the present invention;
4 is an enlarged side view of the headrest of the shower carrier of FIG. 2 in an upright position;
5 is an enlarged side view illustrating a state in which the headrest of the shower carrier of FIG. 2 is folded down;
6 is an enlarged perspective view of the roller of FIG. 2;
FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing another form of the roller of FIG. 2; FIG.
8 is a graph showing a change in the speed of lifting by the lifting driving unit of FIG. 2;
FIG. 9 is a front view illustrating the front of FIG. 2, in which a first handrail and a second handrail are erected or laid down; FIG.
FIG. 10 is a view illustrating a railing driving unit driving a first railing and a second railing of FIG. 7;
FIG. 11 is a front view showing a state where a caregiver is turned on the shower carrier of FIG. 9; FIG.
12 is a front view showing a shower carrier to which a handrail sliding up and down according to another embodiment of the present invention is applied; And,
FIG. 13 is a view illustrating an elevating driving unit for elevating the first railing and the second railing of FIG. 12.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In describing the present embodiment, the same designations and the same reference numerals are used for the same components, and further description thereof will be omitted.

As shown in FIG. 2, the shower carrier according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include a bed part 110, a frame 120, a headrest 130, and a handrail part 140.

The bed 110 is a component that is formed in a substantially flat so that the elderly or intensive care and people with a disability and unable to take a bath by magnetic force (hereinafter referred to as the 'nurse').

The bed 110 is preferably provided to be inclined toward one side at a predetermined angle so that the water to be sprinkled during washing is smoothly drained. At this time, the inclined angle is preferably inclined at a predetermined angle of about 3 to 5 degrees so that the caregiver lying on the bed 110 does not feel inclined to any one side.

In addition, the bed 110 may be a mattress (not shown) of a flexible and fluffy material so that the caregiver feels comfortable.

In addition, the headrest 130 is provided at one end of the bed part 110 and is provided to support the head of the caregiver lying on the bed part 110. At this time, the headrest 130 is provided to adjust the angle and the amount of protrusion, the headrest drive unit 132 may be made to adjust the angle and the amount of protrusion of the headrest (130).

As illustrated in FIGS. 4 and 5, the headrest driving unit 132 may include a hinge part 137, an actuator 131, an arm 133, and a bracket 135.

The hinge part 137 is provided to rotatably couple one side of the headrest 130 to the bed part 110.

In addition, the actuator 131 may be provided at the lower side of the bed unit 110 and may be selectively stretched and manipulated by a caregiver.

In addition, the arm 133 is coupled to the actuator 131 and extends a predetermined length toward the headrest 130 to be pushed or pulled according to the extension of the actuator 131.

In addition, one end of the bracket 135 is rotatably coupled to the frame 120 below the bed part 110, and the other end is hinged at a point spaced apart from the hinge part 137 of the headrest 130. The end of the arm 133 is hinged between the one end and the other end. The other end of the bracket 135 is formed at a position higher than the one end, and a portion to which the arm 133 is coupled is formed at a lower position than the one end so that the one end is pushed or pulled when the arm 133 is pushed or pulled. It may be provided to adjust the angle and the amount of protrusion of the headrest 130 while rotating to the center.

Therefore, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, when the actuator 131 is extended and the arm 133 pushes the bracket 135, the headrest 130 is raised and protrudes, and the actuator ( When the arm 133 is contracted and the arm 133 pulls the bracket 135, the headrest 130 is flipped downward.

The caregiver protrudes the headrest 130 when needed to raise the head of the caregiver to the upper side, and when the caregiver wants to flip the head of the caregiver, the headrest 130 may be flipped downward. In addition, by adjusting the amount of extension of the actuator 131, the amount of headrest 130 protrudes and the angle of the headrest can be adjusted to fit the body of the caregiver.

That is, when the usual caregiver is lying, the headrest 130 is tilted upwards to support the head so that the caregiver is not uncomfortable, and the washing water may not flow into the nose or mouth when showering. When washing the hair, the headrest 130 may be tilted downward to prevent the washing water from flowing into the nose or mouth when washing the hair.

Of course, in the present exemplary embodiment, the headrest 130 is automatically driven by the headrest driver 132, but it may be configured to be manually operated without a separate headrest driver 132. When the headrest 130 is driven in a manual manner, the angle may be intermittently fixed while clicking, and the angle may be selectively adjusted.

In addition, the headrest 130 does not necessarily support the head of the caregiver. If the caregiver lies on the bed 110 or the headrest 130 is provided at the head end and the leg end of the bed 110, respectively, the headrest 130 is It is provided to support the leg portion of the caregiver can lift the leg portion when the headrest 130 protrudes, and when the headrest 130 is folded down, the leg portion is supported in a horizontal state It can be spaced apart from the cotton, which can be useful for cleaning feet.

On the other hand, the frame 120, as shown in Figure 2, as a component for supporting the bed portion 110, has a form in which one pillar 121 is supported in the center, for movement to the lower side A plurality of rollers 125 may be provided.

In this case, as shown in FIG. 6, the roller 125 is rotatably provided in a horizontal direction so that the moving direction of the frame 120 can be changed, and the roller driver 127 driving the roller 125 is provided. It may be further provided.

The roller driver 127 is provided to add a driving force by rotating the roller 125 in the direction in which the nurse pushes the frame 120.

The roller driving unit 127 as described above may be provided in an in-wheel type in which a motor (not shown) is integrally provided inside the roller 125.

Alternatively, the roller driving unit may be formed of a sprocket 126 and a motor 128, as shown in FIG. The sprocket 126 is fixed to the roller 125 to have the same central rotation axis as the rotation axis of the roller 125, the motor 128 is a drive shaft is meshed with the sprocket 126, the sprocket 126 By rotating the roller 125 can be driven. Of course, at this time, the motor 128 is provided to add a driving force by rotating the roller 125 in the direction in which the nurse pushes the frame 120. Of course, although not shown in the figure, a sensor may be provided to detect whether the caregiver pushes a frame and its direction.

On the other hand, the center of the frame 120 is provided with a pillar 121 for supporting the lifting to the height to adjust the bed 110, the lifting drive unit 123 for adjusting the height of the pillar 121 is provided. Can be.

The lifting drive unit 123 is composed of an actuator consisting of a cylinder and a piston, and is made to raise and lower the bed unit 110 according to the expansion and contraction. At this time, the elevating drive unit 123 linearly forms a pattern such as a sin waveform in which the elevating speed of the bed unit 110 gradually increases as shown by a solid line in FIG. It can be made to change. As described above, when the ascending speed changes linearly, the acceleration due to the shift and acceleration may be minimized, and the anxiety felt by the caregiver may be solved. Alternatively, the elevating speed may be formed in a trapezoidal shape as shown by the double chain line of FIG. 8 to be accelerated at a constant acceleration, and then maintained at a constant speed and decelerated again at a constant acceleration.

In addition, the lower side of the frame 120 may be provided with a pedal 129 that allows the caregiver to operate the shower carrier 100. Of course, other parts of the frame 120 may be provided with a button for operating the shower carrier 100, it may be made to be operated by a separate wired or wireless remote control (not shown).

Meanwhile, as illustrated in FIG. 3, the frame 120 according to the present invention may be configured to support the bed part 110 by two pillars 122. The pillars 122 as described above may be provided to be spaced apart from each other by a predetermined interval. In addition, each of the pillars 122 may be provided with the above-mentioned lifting driver 123, respectively. Thus, when the pillars 122 are spaced apart from each other as described above, the bed 110 and the nursing caregiver lying on the bed 110 may be more stably supported. The inclination of the bed 110 may also be adjusted.

On the other hand, the handrail 140 is provided to be raised or built on both sides of the bed portion 110, respectively, is provided to prevent the caregiver lying on the bed portion 110 to fall to the outside.

9 and 10, the handrail 140 includes a first handrail 141 provided on one side of the bed 110 and a second handrail 142 provided on the opposite side thereof. The railing driving unit 149 may be included.

The first handrail 141 and the second handrail 142 are provided to be lying on or erected while rotating on the bed part 110 or the frame 120. At this time, the first handrail 141 and the second handrail 142 in the shower carrier 100 of the present embodiment may be provided to be lying down or standing independently of each other.

The handrail driving unit 149 is a component provided to lay or stand the first handrail 141 and the second handrail 142 independently of each other.

The handrail driving unit 149 may be installed on the bed unit 110 or the frame 120, and as illustrated in FIG. 10, the first rotating shaft 143 provided to rotate the first handrail 141. ), The second rotating shaft 144 provided to rotate the second handrail 142 and the motor 145 rotated forward and backward by a predetermined angle according to the operation of the caregiver and the rotational force of the motor 145 according to the user's operation. It may be made to include a clutch 147 for transmitting to the first rotary shaft 143 or the second rotary shaft 144 or to the first rotary shaft 143 and the second rotary shaft 144 at the same time.

That is, the motor 145 is provided with the drive shaft 146 to be forward and backward, the clutch 147 is the drive shaft 146 of the motor 145 is the first rotary shaft 143 or the second rotary shaft It may be made of a solenoid or the like to be forward or backward to be engaged with the 144 or the drive shaft 146 of the motor 145 to be engaged with both the first rotary shaft 143 and the second rotary shaft 144.

Alternatively, although not shown in the drawings, separate motors (not shown) may be provided on the first and second rotation shafts 143 and 144, respectively.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 11, since the first handrail 141 and the second handrail 142 are provided to be laid or stand independently of each other, the first handrail 141 and the second handrail 142 may be prevented when turning to clean the back of the caregiver. The handrail 141 on the side where the caregiver turns the body is erected to be held by the caregiver, and the opposite handrail 142 is laid down so that the caregiver can easily wash the back of the caregiver, thereby improving the safety of the patient as well as the caregiver's safety. Convenience of cleaning can also be improved.

On the other hand, the handrail portion may be provided to be selectively erected while sliding up and down, in addition to the erect or lying down while rotating as described above.

FIG. 12 is a view illustrating a shower carrier provided with a handrail sliding up and down.

The handrail part may include a first handrail 151 provided on one side of the bed part and a second handrail 152 provided on opposite sides of the side where the first handrail 151 is provided.

The first handrail 151 and the second handrail 152 are provided to be slidable up and down. That is, when sliding upward, it is built to protrude to the upper side of the bed unit 110 to prevent the fall of the caregiver, and when sliding to the lower side is lowered to the lower side of the bed 110 to board the caregiver It can be done so that there is no inconvenience in the work and cleaning operation.

In addition, a handrail driving unit for sliding up and down independently of the first handrail 151 and the second handrail 152 may be further provided. As shown in FIG. 13, the handrail driving unit may include a rack and a motor 153.

The rack may be formed in a vertical direction on the side facing the bed portion 110 of the first handrail 151 and the second handrail 152. In addition, the motor 153 may be configured to slide the first handrail 151 and the second handrail 152 in the up and down direction by driving the shaft to the rack and the forward and reverse rotation. At this time, the motor between the first handrail 151 and the bed 110 and the second handrail 152 so as to be engaged with the rack formed on the first handrail 151 and the rack formed on the second handrail 152, respectively. ) And the bed 110 may be provided to raise and lower the first handrail 151 and the second handrail 152 independently of each other.

Therefore, the first handrail 151 and the second handrail 152 are selectively erected independently of each other while sliding in the vertical direction, so as to turn the body to wash the back of the caregiver, the handrail on which the caregiver is erected. It can be held and supported, and the other side can be lowered to minimize interference with caregivers.

In addition, when the caregiver gets on or off the shower carrier, the caregiver can be attached more closely to the general bed, so that the caregiver's effort to move the caregiver can be reduced, and the caregiver falls between the bed and the shower carrier. This has a decreasing effect.

As described above, the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described, and the fact that the present invention can be embodied in other specific forms in addition to the above-described embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope thereof has ordinary skill in the art. It is obvious to them. Therefore, the above-described embodiments should be regarded as illustrative rather than restrictive, and thus, the present invention is not limited to the above description and may be modified within the scope of the appended claims and their equivalents.

100: shower carrier 110: bed portion
120: frame 121: pillar
123: lifting drive unit 125: roller
127: roller drive unit 129: pedal
130: headrest 131: actuator
132: headrest drive unit 133: arm
135: bracket 137: hinge portion
140: handrail 141: first handrail
142: second railing 143: first rotating shaft
144: second axis of rotation 145: motor
146: drive shaft 147: clutch
149: handrail drive

Claims (14)

Bed portion formed to be laid by the caregiver;
A frame for movably supporting the bed part;
A headrest that supports an head of the caregiver lying on the bed, and whose angle or protrusion amount varies so as to correspond to the body characteristics of the caregiver;
Handrail parts provided to be laid on each side of the bed portion or standing up to prevent the caregiver lying on the bed portion to fall to the outside of the bed portion;
Shower carrier comprising a. The method of claim 1,
Shower head, characterized in that provided with a headrest drive for adjusting the angle or protrusion amount of the headrest. The method of claim 2,
The headrest drive unit,
A hinge portion rotatably coupling the headrest to a bed portion;
Telescopic actuators;
An arm coupled to the actuator to be pushed or pulled along the stretch of the actuator;
One end is rotatably coupled to the frame below the bed portion, the other end is hinged to a point spaced apart from the hinge portion of the headrest, the end of the arm is hinged coupled between the one end and the other end, the other end A bracket formed at a position higher than the one end, and a portion at which the arm is coupled is formed at a position lower than the one end to adjust an angle and a protrusion amount of the headrest while rotating about the one end by the arm;
Shower carrier, characterized in that comprises a. The method of claim 1,
The bed part is a shower carrier, characterized in that formed to be inclined a predetermined angle to one side so that the washing water is smoothly drained. The method of claim 1,
The frame is provided with a roller for rolling movement with respect to the ground,
The shower carrier further comprises a roller driving unit provided to add a driving force by rotating the roller in the direction in which the nurse pushes the frame. The method of claim 5,
The roller drive unit,
A sprocket fixed to the roller to have the same central axis as the roller;
A motor engaged with the sprocket and adding a driving force to the roller such that the roller is rotated in a direction in which a nurse pushes the frame;
Shower carrier, characterized in that comprises a. The method of claim 1,
The handrail part,
A first handrail provided to be laid or erected on one side of the bed part;
A second handrail provided to be laid or standing on the other side opposite to the side on which the first handrail is provided;
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The first handrail and the second handrail is a shower carrier, characterized in that provided to be driven independently of each other. The method of claim 7, wherein
The first handrail and the second handrail is a shower carrier, characterized in that it is provided so that it is lying down or standing. The method of claim 7, wherein
The first handrail and the second handrail, the shower carrier characterized in that it is provided so as to stand on the upper side of the bed portion or to slide up and down to descend to the lower side of the bed portion. The method according to any one of claims 8 to 9,
The handrail part,
The shower carrier further comprises a railing driving unit for laying down or standing the first handrail and the second handrail independently of each other. The method of claim 10,
The handrail drive unit,
A first rotating shaft provided to rotate the first handrail;
A second rotating shaft provided to rotate the second handrail;
A motor rotated by a predetermined angle;
A clutch for transmitting the rotational force of the motor to the first or second rotary shaft or simultaneously to the first and second rotary shafts;
Shower carrier, characterized in that comprises a. The method of claim 10,
The handrail drive unit,
A rack formed up and down in the first railing and the second railing;
A motor provided to be engaged with the racks formed in the first railing and the second railing, respectively, to move the first railing or the second railing independently of each other by forward and reverse rotation;
Shower carrier, characterized in that comprises a. The method of claim 1,
The frame is a shower carrier, characterized in that provided with a lift drive for adjusting the height of the bed while lifting the bed. The method of claim 13,
The lift drive unit is a shower carrier, characterized in that for controlling the speed at which the bed is elevated to change linearly.

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