KR101787532B1 - Stick for aged person - Google Patents

Abstract

A cane for a senior citizen according to the present invention includes: a main wand having a vertical bar having an upper space opened on an upper side; And an auxiliary bar which is composed of an insert bar insertable into the inner space of the vertical bar and a handle block made of a thickness that can not be inserted into the inner space of the vertical bar and is coupled to the upper end of the insert bar. The cane for the elderly according to the present invention can be used independently, and the main cane and the auxiliary can can be combined with each other by a double pipe structure. Therefore, the cane can be easily used because the user can use his forearm to put his or her weight on the cane. .

Description

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a cane for the elderly to assist walking, and more particularly to a cane for a senior citizen having a main cane and a supplementary can with a double pipe structure.

In recent years, major advanced countries are rapidly entering the aging society due to the continuous increase in the elderly population due to medical development and life expectancy. Considering that Japan and other European countries have already entered an aging society and Korea is experiencing an aging trend at a rapid pace due to a declining birth rate, it will be transformed into an aging society by 2018, Is expected to reach the highest level in the world.

People with impaired handicaps such as strokes due to the age of aging are also on the rise, and elderly people who are uncomfortable due to lack of muscle strength are increasing rapidly. In addition, the number of the elderly living alone is increasing due to the nuclear family, and the quality of life of elderly people is very low due to the alienation phenomenon, resulting in secondary problems such as depression and stress, leading to social problems such as a sudden increase in suicide rates have.

In this regard, there is a growing interest in technology related to behavior, which is one of the most important behaviors that occupies the largest part in everyday life, ie, technology that supports stable and efficient walking and sitting and standing of the elderly.

Generally, elderly people with mobility problems use a variety of walking aids such as walking sticks and cart-type Rolling Walkers for easier and more stable walking at the time of going out.

When the cart type rolling walker is used, the elderly who have very weak lower body strength can walk without losing their balance. However, since they are bulky and complicated in structure, they are inconvenient to carry and difficult to keep when not in use, There is a drawback that the usability is lowered. Therefore, a cane having a small volume and a simple structure is most widely used compared to a cart type rolling walker. In general, a cane is used for holding a weight of a user by holding one hand and supporting only one side of the user. There is a problem that it is difficult to maintain the left-right balance. Of course, if you use two sticks with your left hand and right hand, you can maintain the left and right balance, but if you only need one stick, you have the disadvantage of having to carry unused sticks.

In addition, when using a conventional wand, the user puts his or her weight on the wand while grasping the upper part of the wand by hand. In this case, the weight of the user is concentrated only in a part of the palm.

KR 10-1595288 B1

Disclosure of Invention Technical Problem [8] Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and a method for preventing the weight of a user from being concentrated in one place Thereby providing a handy stick for the elderly.

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention,

A main wand having a vertical bar having an open upper side;

An auxiliary bar capable of being inserted into an inner space of the vertical bar, and a handle block formed to have a thickness that can not be inserted into an inner space of the vertical bar and coupled to an upper end of the insertion bar;

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The main wand further includes a horizontal bar positioned at a position higher than an upper end of the vertical bar and extending in the forward and backward directions, and a connection bracket integrally connecting the vertical bar and the horizontal bar,

The horizontal bar is located at a position spaced horizontally from an upward extension of the vertical bar.

The main wand further includes a forearm rest which is fixedly coupled to the horizontal bar and on which a forearm of the user is seated.

The main wand further includes a wrist band that is coupled to the front of the point where the forearm rest is coupled to the horizontal bar and can be installed to surround the user's wrist when the forearm of the user is seated on the forearm rest.

And a smartphone holder that is detachably coupled to the front end of the horizontal bar.

Wherein the auxiliary cane includes at least one protruding ball which is drawn into the insertion bar and one side of which protrudes outwardly of the insertion bar, and at least one protruding ball whose one side is protruded outwardly of the insertion bar, Further comprising:

The connection bracket has a fastening cylinder coupled to an upper end of the vertical bar, and an inner surface of the fastening cylinder is formed with a fastening groove into which one side of a protruding ball protruding to the outside of the insertion bar is inserted.

The cane for the elderly according to the present invention can be used independently, and the main cane and the auxiliary can can be combined with each other by a double pipe structure. Therefore, the cane can be easily used because the user can use his forearm to put his or her weight on the cane. .

1 is an exploded perspective view of a cane for the elderly according to the present invention.
2 is a perspective view of a cane for the elderly according to the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a view showing the state of use of the stick for the elderly according to the present invention.
Figs. 4 and 5 are a front view and a cross-sectional view showing a combined structure of the main wand and the auxiliary wand. Fig.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a cane for the elderly according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a cane for the elderly according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a state of use of the cane for the elderly according to the present invention.

The walking stick for the elderly according to the present invention is a kind of walking aids for helping a person who is difficult to stand alone such as an elderly person or a disabled person and is composed of two walking sticks for walking with both hands, It is the biggest feature of the configuration in that it is configured to maximize the utilization by combining two canes with a double pipe structure in use.

That is, the wand for the elderly according to the present invention is largely divided into main wand 100 and auxiliary wand 200, and the main wand 100 includes a vertical bar 110 having an upper space opened , And the auxiliary wand (200) is configured to have an insertion bar (210) insertable into the inner space of the vertical bar (110). The handle bar 220 is coupled to the upper end of the insert bar 210 to have a thickness that can not be inserted into the inner space of the vertical bar 110. The entire auxiliary bar 200 is connected to the vertical bar 110, So that the handle block 220 is kept exposed to the outside.

2, the insertion bar 210 of the auxiliary wand 200 is inserted into the vertical bar 110 of the main wand 100, and the insertion bar 210 of the auxiliary wand 200 is inserted into the vertical bar 110 of the main wand 100, When it is necessary to walk with both hands, the auxiliary wand 200 is separated from the main wand 100 as shown in FIG. 1, and then the main wand 100 is held in one hand as shown in FIG. The other hand can hold the auxiliary staff 200 and can walk. As described above, when walking with two walking sticks, it is easy to maintain the left / right balance, and therefore, there is an advantage that stable walking is possible.

2, the insertion bar 210 of the auxiliary wand 200 is inserted into the vertical bar 110 of the main wand 100, and then, The walking is performed using only the staff 100. As described above, when the auxiliary wand 200 is coupled to the main wand 100, the user does not have to carry the auxiliary wand 200 separately, which is advantageous in that it is very convenient to use. As described above, according to the present invention, the wand for the elderly can be combined into one or two pieces according to the user's selection, and thus the wand can be very advantageously utilized.

In addition, a seating block 112 made of a synthetic rubber material may be provided at the lower end of the vertical bar 110 so that the lower end of the vertical bar 110 does not slip when the vertical bar 110 is grounded. At this time, the seating block 112 is practically applied to a conventional wand, crutches, etc., and a detailed description of the seating block 112 will be omitted.

If the main wand 100 is formed of only the vertical bar 110, the upper portion of the vertical bar 110 must be grasped by the user when the user holds the main wand 100 by hand, There is a problem that the user is concentrated on the palm of the hand grasping the top of the vertical bar 110, that is, the load is concentrated on the user's hand, and the palm may feel pain when walking for a long time.

In order to solve such a problem, the elderly staff according to the present invention includes a horizontal bar 120 positioned at a position higher than the upper end of the vertical bar 110 and extending in the forward and backward directions, And a connection bracket 130 integrally connecting the bar 120 may be provided. When the horizontal bar 120 is integrally coupled to the vertical bar 110 by the connection bracket 130 as described above, the user does not hold the vertical bar 110 by hand, By placing the forearm, it is advantageous that the load generated by the user's own weight can be distributed over the entire forearm. That is, the user can feel no pain even when walking for a long time.

At this time, when the vertical bar 110 is positioned directly below the horizontal bar 120, when the auxiliary cane 200 inserted in the vertical bar 110 is drawn upward, the auxiliary cane 200 The horizontal bar 120 may be located at a position spaced horizontally from the upward extending line of the vertical bar 110 because the horizontal bar 120 may interfere with the horizontal bar 120.

Meanwhile, in order for the user to stably place his / her forearm on the horizontal bar 120, the upper surface of the horizontal bar 120 should be wide, and the horizontal bar 120 may be formed as one It is disadvantageous that the forearm of the user can be slipped from the horizontal bar 120. In addition, when the horizontal bar 120 is formed into a circular bar shape, the area of contact between the forearm of the user and the horizontal bar 120 is narrowed, so that the user may feel pain in the forearm.

In order to solve the above problem, it is preferable that the forearm cradle 140 on which the forearm of the user is seated is fixedly coupled to the horizontal bar 120 in order to solve the above problem. At this time, the forearm rest 140 may be formed to surround the lower portion of the user's forearm so that the forearm of the user does not slide left and right while maximizing the contact area with the forearm of the user. In the present embodiment, the forearm rest 140 is formed as a half-cut cylindrical shape. However, the forearm rest 140 may be replaced with any shape as long as it can stably support the lower part of the user's forearm .

On the other hand, a user with a weak grip of the hand may miss the horizontal bar 120 holding the hand while walking, so that the main wand 100 may fall to the ground. Because the elderly person is inconvenient to move the body, 100) may be difficult. The elderly wand according to the present invention may be provided with a wrist band 150 wrapped around the wearer's wrist so that the main wand 100 is not completely separated from the user's hand even if the user misses the horizontal bar 120 . The wrist band 150 is coupled to a front portion of the horizontal bar 120 where the forearm rest 140 is coupled so that when the forearm of the user is seated on the forearm rest 140, .

Since the horizontal bar 120 can be kept connected to the user's arm by the wrist band 150 even if the user misses the horizontal bar 120 while the user is walking, The main cane 100 does not collapse on the ground. Therefore, it is possible to expect that the user does not need to pick up the main wand 100 which has fallen on the ground.

Also, in recent years, many people use a smartphone to watch videos or browse the Internet while walking while walking. When walking with a staff member by hand, they can not use a smartphone because they can not hold a smartphone. In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the elderly walking stick according to the present invention can be used for a smart phone while walking while holding the main wand 100 by hand, A smartphone holder 160 may be additionally provided.

When the smartphone 10 is installed in the horizontal bar 120, the user can secure the smartphone 10 to the smartphone holder 160, (10) can be used. At this time, the smartphone holder 160 can be applied to any structure such as a clip type, a grip type, and an adhesive type as long as it can fix the smart phone 10 to the horizontal bar 120.

Also, since the smartphone 10 may not be used during a walk according to a user, the smartphone holder 160 may be detachably coupled to the horizontal bar 120. The smartphone holder 160 may be coupled to the horizontal bar 120 in a simple manner as shown in the present embodiment, or may be coupled to the horizontal bar 120 by a separate fastening unit.

Figs. 4 and 5 are a front view and a cross-sectional view showing a combined structure of the main wand 100 and the auxiliary wand 200. Fig.

When the insertion bar 210 is inserted into the vertical bar 110, the main wand 100 is inserted into the vertical bar 110 while the auxiliary wand 200 is inserted into the vertical bar 110 as shown in FIG. There is a possibility that the auxiliary wand 200 may be pulled out of the vertical bar 110 when it is upside down. When the insertion bar 210 is simply inserted into the vertical bar 110, when the main wand 100 is placed on the ground, the auxiliary wand 200 shakes vertically and vibration and noise may be generated.

Accordingly, the elderly staff according to the present invention may be further provided with a separate fixture so that the auxiliary staff 200 can be fixed when the auxiliary staff 200 is inserted into the vertical bar 110. 5, the fixture includes at least one protruding ball 230 which is inserted into the insert bar 210 and one side of which protrudes outwardly of the insert bar 210, May be applied as a spring 240 that applies an elastic force to the protruding ball 230 in a direction in which one side of the protruding ball 230 protrudes outward of the insertion bar 210. The connecting bracket 130 has a fastening cylinder 132 coupled to an upper end of the vertical bar 110. The fastening cylinder 132 has a protrusion An engaging groove 134 into which one side of the ball 230 is inserted is formed.

When the protruding ball 230 is mounted on the insertion bar 210 and the locking groove 134 is formed in the locking cylinder 132 when the insertion bar 210 is fully inserted to the inside of the vertical bar 110, One side of the ball 230 is inserted into the latching groove 134 so that the insertion bar 210 inserted into the vertical bar 110 can be kept stationary without being shaken.

In addition, as long as the insertion bar 210 included in the present invention can be fixed when inserted into the vertical bar 110, various structures other than the structure shown in this embodiment can be substituted. For example, the handle bar 220 may be screwed to the fastening cylinder 132 when the insertion bar 210 is inserted into the vertical bar 110, or various other structures.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the scope of the present invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments. It will also be appreciated that many modifications and variations will be apparent to those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the invention.

100: main wand 110: vertical bar
112: seating block 120: horizontal bar
130: connection bracket 132: tightening cylinder
134: latching groove 140: forearm cradle
150: Wristband 160: Smartphone holder
200: auxiliary wand 210: insertion bar
220: handle block 230: protruding ball
240: spring

Claims (6)

A main wand (100) having a vertical bar (110) having an upper opened upper space; An insertion bar 210 inserted into an inner space of the vertical bar 110 and a handle bar 210 formed to have a thickness that can not be inserted into the inner space of the vertical bar 110, (200), which is constituted by a main body (220)
The main wand 100 includes a horizontal bar 120 located at a position higher than the upper end of the vertical bar 110 and extending in the forward and backward directions and a horizontal bar 120 integrally connecting the vertical bar 110 and the horizontal bar 120 Wherein the horizontal bar (120) is located at a position spaced horizontally from an upward extension of the vertical bar (110), wherein the connection bracket (130)
The auxiliary stick 200 includes at least one protruding ball 230 which is inserted into the insertion bar 210 and one side of which protrudes outward of the insertion bar 210 and one side of the protruding ball 230 Further comprising a spring (240) for applying an elastic force to the protruding ball (230) in a direction protruding outward of the insert bar (210)
The connecting bracket 130 has a fastening cylinder 132 coupled to an upper end of the vertical bar 110. The fastening cylinder 132 has a protruding ball And a hooking groove (134) into which one side of the hook (230) is inserted is formed.
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