KR101931915B1 - A safety vest - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a safety vest for a worker. More particularly, the present invention relates to the safety vest for the worker, which is capable of forming shoulder protection parts customized to the shape of a body, that is, a shoulder of a worker, and is equipped with a neck protecting part to prevent an object supported on the shoulder of the worker from being transferred to a neck area while the worker is carrying the object by using the shoulder.

Description

Safety vest for workers {A SAFETY VEST}

The present invention relates to a safety vest for a worker, and can be easily worn by workers at various construction sites. In particular, the present invention provides a safety vest for a worker by effectively implementing a pressure relief (pain) applied to the body of a worker The safety vest for workers.

In general, workers wear safety helmets and safety shoes at construction sites. It is to protect the body from harmful elements of the construction site, such as floor nails, fallen objects falling on workers' tops. When an operator carries materials such as steel bars or pipes directly, shoulder and back pain can not be avoided. In order to relieve such pain, workers do not wear safety equipment separately. The worker can feel the pain by concentrating the load of the material on the shoulder and waist part when carrying the material.

In order to protect the shoulder and waist of the worker and disperse the weight of various materials, it is necessary to protect the body from the danger that may arise from the material while mitigating the pain which is caused thereby. The following conventional technology has appeared.

A utility model registration No. 20-0201694 (name: a vest pad for a vest) discloses a structure capable of absorbing a pressure feeling due to a load transmitted from a carrying material to a shoulder portion of a vest so as to cancel out. It is possible to prevent the pain that may occur in the shoulder portion of the worker and to provide a structure in which the auxiliary device installed on the shoulder of the vest can be fixed, thereby improving the convenience of the work. To this end, a vest made by a worker to wear as work clothes on the construction site formed a shoulder on both sides of the top, and on both sides of the shoulder a pad was provided to absorb and compensate for the load of the material.

A utility model registration No. 20-0222178 (name: shoulder pad of a work vest) is attached to a shoulder part of a vest to be worn at a work site by integrally laying a pad for relieving impact and pressure, . The pads are formed in a size that can cover the shoulder portion, but a cushioning material for buffering action is interposed inside the pads. When the pad is attached to the vest, the pads are folded along the shoulder line to form a pressed portion to be adhered to the human body. The pads are sewn on both shoulders of the vest so as to integrally fold the pads attached to the vest, thereby improving the buffering efficiency of the shock applied to the shoulder while tightly adhering to the human body when the vest is worn .

The utility model registration No. 20-0466418 (name: shoulder protection working vest) is equipped with a special triple pad which can reduce the heat stroke and the impact on the shoulder part of the work vest, so that when the worker carries the weight on his shoulder and moves, To protect the shoulder and waist skeleton of the worker while preventing the surface temperature of the heavy object from being transmitted to the body of the worker due to the influence of the temperature change depending on the temperature of the shoulder.

Patent No. 10-0856434 (name: shoulder and waist protection vest type protector) relates to a vest type shoulder and waist protector, and more specifically, a construction worker or a worker working in various industrial fields, Protective fabric made of polycarbonate material inserted into the protection part of the shoulder and the waist part when the material is placed on the shoulder or waist area when the material is transported is made of heavy material composed of the cushioning material formed under the protection body, It disperses the pressure to relieve the pain felt by the pressure, and protects the body from sharp substances.

In the conventional safety vest described above, when the shape of the shoulder protecting member for protecting the operator's shoulders is fixed and a heavy object is supported and transported using the shoulder, a local load acts on the protruded portion of the body (the clavicle bone) So that the pressure (pain) of the operator can not be effectively mitigated.

In addition, there is no means for blocking an object supported on the shoulder from moving in the lateral direction and coming close to the neck area of the worker, and there is a problem that the neck area can be injured during the transportation of the object using the shoulder.

1. Korean Registered Utility Model No. 20-0201694 (Registered Name: VEST Pillow Pad) 2. Korean Registered Utility Model No. 20-0222178 (Registered on February 19, 2001, Name: shoulder pad of work vest) 3. Registered Utility Model No. 20-0466418 in Korea Registered (Name: shoulder protective working vest) 4. Korean Registered Patent No. 10-0856434 (2008.08.28 Registered name: shoulder and waist protection vest type protector)

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide an operator safety vest capable of forming a shoulder protection portion customized to the body of the operator, particularly, the shoulder shape.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a safety vest for an operator, which further comprises a neck protector for preventing an object supported on the shoulder from moving to the neck during the process of carrying the object using the shoulder.

The present invention relates to a safety vest for an operator, comprising a shoulder protector formed on a vest outer surface to be worn by a worker to protect the shoulder portion of the operator, the shoulder protector comprising: (1) (2) a first shaping block including the basic shaping block and a lower cushion plate which is in contact with a lower portion of the basic shaping block, (3) a first shaping block including the basic shaping block and an upper cushion plate And (4) a third molding block including upper and lower cushion plates which are respectively in contact with upper and lower portions of the basic molding block and the basic molding block, Or a lower cushion plate, the upper or lower cushion plate is made of a plastic resin material having elasticity; And a cloth-like fixing part surrounding the molding block and sewing or sealing the edge to the outer surface of the vest.

The basic molding block of the present invention is polycaprolactone (PCL), and has a softening point falling within a range of 50 to 100 ° C.

In the present invention, at least one of the basic molding block, the upper and lower cushion plates may be formed in the form of a net so as to reduce the weight and increase air permeability.

The basic molding block of the present invention is characterized in that a plurality of block-shaped block plates having different textures are formed by overlapping.

When selected as one of the first through third shaping blocks in the present invention, the basic shaping block and the upper or lower cushion plate may be formed in the form of a net having different textures from each other and overlapped.

The molding block of the present invention may further include a neck protector protruding upward at one side and having a predetermined width in the forward and backward directions or a block-shaped protector.

The present invention further includes a waist protector on the lower portion of the rear surface of the wearer's waist, and the waist protector may be formed in the same manner as the shoulder protector.

The present invention further includes safety means on the front or rear surface, wherein the safety means includes at least one of an accelerometer for detecting a free fall by sensing a downward acceleration of the worker or an altimeter for detecting the altitude of the worker, ; A gas generator having a predetermined amount of gas built therein; A controller for applying a gas generation signal to the gas generator when it is determined that the operator is falling down to 0.7 to 1 times the acceleration of gravity based on the signal received from the free fall detector; And an expansion tube into which high pressure gas generated in the gas generating portion is injected and expanded.

According to the present invention, the protective portion for protecting the body of the worker can be formed so as to conform to the physical conditions of the worker, thereby effectively dispersing the pressure of the object acting on the shoulder, thereby reducing the pain.

The present invention has the effect of minimizing a phenomenon that an object moves when carrying an object by using a shoulder by a neck protector provided at an upper portion of one side of a shoulder protector, and the worker is damaged on the neck.

The present invention has the effect of protecting an operator from an external impact which may act on the waist region by the waist protector. In addition, when the operator falls due to the safety means provided on the vest body, the compressed air is rapidly discharged to the expansion tube, and the expansion tube is expanded, thereby protecting the operator from the drop impact.

1 is a perspective view showing a safety vest for a worker according to a first embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the shoulder protector shown in Fig.
3 is a sectional view taken along the line AA in Fig. 2
4 is a perspective view showing a basic molding block according to a second embodiment of the present invention;
5 is a perspective view showing a basic molding block according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a shoulder protecting portion according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
7 is a perspective view showing a modified basic form block and a lower cushion plate according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention;
8 is a perspective view showing a modified basic form block and a lower cushion plate according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a shoulder protecting portion according to a seventh embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
10 is a perspective view showing a modified basic building block, an upper cushion plate, and a lower cushion plate according to an eighth embodiment of the present invention.
11 is a perspective view showing a modified basic building block, an upper cushion plate, and a lower cushion plate according to a ninth embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 12 is a perspective view of a shoulder protecting portion according to a tenth embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
13 is a perspective view showing a safety vest for an operator according to the eleventh embodiment of the present invention
14 is a block diagram showing an operation process of the safety means provided in the safety vest for workers according to the eleventh embodiment of the present invention

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, a safety vest for a worker according to the present invention is sewn or attached to a shoulder protecting portion 100 on the upper and lower shoulders of a normal vest body 1.

2 and 3, the shoulder protector 100 includes a basic molding block 110 which is softened at a predetermined temperature or more and a base molding block 110 which completely surrounds the basic molding block 110, And an outer skin 140 made of a cloth material to be fixed to the base material 1. The basic forming block 110 may be formed in the shape of a flat plate or a curved plate.

(2) a first shaping block including a base shaping block and a lower cushioning plate abutting underneath the base shaping block; (3) a first shaping block including a base shaping block and a base A second forming block including an upper cushion plate which is in contact with an upper portion of the forming block, and (4) a third forming block including upper and lower cushion plates which are respectively in contact with upper and lower portions of the basic forming block and the basic forming block May be provided as any one selected.

Hereinafter, the corresponding combinations will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The basic molding block 100 is polycaprolactone (PCL), and preferably has a softening point within the range of 50 to 100 占 폚. The basic molding block 100 is preferably formed to have a thickness of 0.5 to 1 cm so that the whole can be uniformly heated and softened by simple and easy means such as blowing hot air with a hair dryer.

In the safety vest for a worker according to the present invention, the operator first heats the shoulder protecting part 100 formed on both shoulder parts of the vest body 1 by a method such as blowing hot air with a hair dryer. At this time, heating is continued until the basic molding block 110 built in the shoulder protector 100 is uniformly heated and softened. Whether or not the basic forming block 110 is heated and softened can be confirmed by an operator's hand touch. When the shoulder protecting portion 100, that is, the basic forming block 110 is heated and softened to be in a formable state, the shoulder protecting portion 100 is put on the shoulder protecting portion 100 by wearing a vest, The basic forming block 110 is formed so as to conform to the shape of the basic molding block 110.

Thereafter, the operator places the heavy object (construction material, etc.) to be carried at the work site on the shoulder protecting portion 100 shaped to conform to the body shape (shoulder shape) of the worker. The shoulder protecting portion 100 is firmly attached to the shoulder of the worker without moving and effectively relieves the pressure feeling (pain) acting on the body of the worker.

FIG. 4 shows another form of basic forming block 110 'applicable to a safety vest for workers according to the present invention. As shown in the figure, the basic forming block 110 'is formed in the form of a mesh to reduce the weight and increase the ventilation.

Figure 5 shows another form of basic forming block 110 "applicable to a safety vest for an operator according to the present invention. As shown, the basic forming block 110 " And the block plates 111 and 112 are formed by overlapping.

Other types of basic forming blocks 110 ', 110 "shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 can be applied to reduce the weight of the safety vest for workers according to the present invention and to improve ventilation.

In particular, when the operator safety vest according to the present invention is frequently used to carry protruding objects such as nails, nail-like protrusions are more likely to be tapered than the basic forming block 110 ' It is preferable to apply the basic forming block 110 "shown in Fig. 5 in which the block boards 111 and 112 having a plurality of mesh patterns having different textures are stacked so as to increase the vertical resistance to the protrusions.

6 shows another form of shoulder protector 100 'applicable to a safety vest for a worker according to the present invention. As shown in the figure, a lower cushion plate 120 of a plastic resin material which is in contact with the lower surface of the basic molding block 110 and has elasticity and flexibility, And an outer skin 140 made of a cloth material for sewing or sealing the edge to the vest body 1.

9 shows another form of shoulder protector 100 "which is applicable to a safety vest for an operator according to the present invention. As shown, the upper and lower surfaces of the basic forming block 110 are respectively in contact with the upper and lower surfaces, An upper cushion plate 130 and a lower cushion plate 120 which are made of a plastic material having flexibility and a base member 100 which completely surrounds the basic molding block 100, the upper cushion plate 130 and the lower cushion plate 120, And an outer skin 140 of a cloth material which is sealed and fixed to the vest body 1.

The upper cushion plate 130 and the lower cushion plate 120 are preferably formed to have a thickness of 0.5 cm or less so as not to cause problems in moldability of the basic molding block 110.

When the shoulder protection parts 100 ', 100 "shown in Figs. 6 and 9 are applied to the safety vest for workers according to the present invention, the feeling of pressure felt by the operator when transporting heavy objects (construction materials, etc.) .

The operator safety vest according to the present invention can selectively apply the appropriate shoulder protection parts 100, 100 ', 100 "in consideration of the needs of the operator or the body, age, physical strength, etc. of the operator.

7 and 8 show another form of basic forming block 110 'and lower cushioning plates 120', 120 "applicable to the shoulder protector 100 'of FIG. 6. As shown in FIG. 7 As shown in FIG. 8, the basic forming block 110 'and the lower cushioning plate 120' may be formed in a mesh shape so as to reduce weight and increase air permeability. Alternatively, Material or the like) in order to increase the resistance in the up-and-down direction of the projections.

10 and 11 show another form of basic forming block 110 ', upper cushion plates 130', 130 '' and lower cushion plates 120 ', 120' 'applicable to the shoulder protector 100' 'of FIG. As shown in FIG. 10, the basic forming block 110 ', the upper cushion plates 130' and 130 'and the lower cushion plates 120' and 120 ' As shown in FIG. 11, the protrusions protruding from an object (such as a construction material) may be formed in a net shape having different textures so as to increase the resistance in the vertical direction. can do.

12 shows another type of safety vest for workers according to the present invention. As shown in the figure, the safety vest for a worker according to the present invention is formed on upper portions of both shoulders of a normal vest body 1 and has a shoulder protector 100 having a formability in a state heated to a temperature exceeding a predetermined range, And a neck protector 200 protruding upward from one side of the shoulder protector 100 close to the neck of the worker and having a predetermined width in the forward and backward directions. The shoulder protecting portion 100 is applicable to any of the above-described shoulder protecting portions 100, 100 ', 100 ".

The neck protector 200 is made of a plastic material. The neck protector block 210 has a predetermined width in the forward and backward directions. The neck protector block 210 completely surrounds the neck protector block 210, and the edges are stitched or sealed, And an outer cover 220 of a cloth material for fixing the outer cover 220.

The neck protector 200 moves the object to the left and right in the process of lifting and transporting a heavy object (such as a construction material) to the shoulder protector 100 after the worker wears the safety vest according to the present invention, When it comes to the neck, it acts as a latching jaw to prevent damage to the neck of the worker.

Fig. 13 shows a safety vest for a worker according to another embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the waist protector 300 may be formed on the waist of the back of the vest body 1 to protect the operator from external shocks that may act on the waist. The waist protector 300 is constructed in the same manner as the shoulder protector 100 and can be quickly and uniformly heated and softened by a simple and easy means such as blowing hot air with a hair drier, (Waist shape) desired by the operator by simply pressing lightly with the palm of the hand.

In addition, since the safety means 400 is provided on the front and rear surfaces of the vest body 1, when the operator falls, the compressed air is rapidly discharged to the expansion tube, and the expansion tube is inflated to protect the operator from the drop impact can do.

The safety means 400 is attached to the vest body 1 and includes a free fall sensing portion 410 including at least one of an accelerometer sensing a free fall by sensing a downward acceleration of the worker or an altimeter sensing the altitude of a protector worker When the operator is determined that the worker is falling at a downward acceleration of 0.7 to 1 times the gravitational acceleration based on the signal received from the free fall detection unit 410, A gas generating unit 430 attached to the vest body 1 and adapted to discharge the gas under the command of the controller 420 and a control unit 420 for applying a gas generating signal to the vest body 1, And an expansion tube 440 to which the high pressure gas generated from the gas generating part 430 is injected and expanded.

Fig. 15 shows an operational process of the safety means 400 according to the present invention. As shown in the figure, when the worker wears the safety vest according to the present invention, when the worker accidentally falls down during the work in the high-floor construction site, the free fall detector 410 automatically detects the fall, The high pressure gas is injected into the expansion tube 440 by applying the gas exhaust gas to the gas generating part 430 immediately. This reduces the impact of falls and protects the operator.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, but on the contrary, ≪ RTI ID = 0.0 > and / or < / RTI >

It is to be understood that the appended claims are intended to assist the understanding of the invention and should not be construed as narrowly construed as to limit the scope of the claims.

1: Vest body 100, 100 ', 100 ": shoulder protection
110, 110 ', 110 ": basic forming block 111, 112: block plate
120, 120 ', 120 ": lower cushion plate 130, 130', 130": upper cushion plate
140, 220: Sheath 210: Neck Protector
300: waist protector 400: safety means
410: free fall detection unit 420:
430: gas generating part 440: expansion tube

Claims (8)

A safety vest for a worker to be worn by a worker and including a shoulder protector formed on the outer surface of the vest for protecting the shoulder portion of the worker,
Wherein the shoulder protector is formed of a basic molding block made of polycaprolactone (PCL) softened in a temperature range of 50 to 100 ° C and an upper cushion plate made of a plastic resin material having elasticity that contacts the upper portion of the basic molding block, And a cloth-like fixing part which surrounds the block and the upper cushion plate and seals or seals the edge on the outer surface of the vest,
Wherein the basic forming block is formed by stacking a plurality of block-shaped block boards having different textures. delete The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the upper cushion plate is formed in the form of a net so as to reduce weight and increase air permeability. delete The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the basic forming block and the upper cushion plate are formed in a net shape different from each other and overlap each other. The method according to claim 1,
The safety vest for a worker according to claim 1, wherein the basic forming block further comprises a block or spindle-shaped neck protector protruding upward on one side and having a predetermined width in the forward and backward directions. The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising a waist protector on a lower portion of a rear surface of the worker's waist, wherein the waist protector is formed in the same manner as the shoulder protector. The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising safety means on the front or back,
Wherein the safety means includes at least one of an accelerometer for detecting a free fall by sensing a downward acceleration of an operator or an altimeter for sensing an altitude of the worker;
A gas generator having a predetermined amount of gas built therein;
A controller for applying a gas generation signal to the gas generator when it is determined that the operator is falling down to 0.7 to 1 times the acceleration of gravity based on the signal received from the free fall detector; And
And an expansion tube to which the high pressure gas generated from the gas generating portion is injected and inflated.

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