KR102095352B1 - Cervical correction device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention is a cervical orthodontic appliance capable of artificially correcting the cervical vertebra by pulling the cervical vertebrae to the extent that the user can endure and simultaneously raising the chin, and is also a cervical vertebra correcting device that keeps the chin support in close contact with the chin line, and also the user It relates to a cervical vertebra orthodontic device that can adjust the height of the headrest assembly to fit the height of the.

Description

Cervical Correction Device {CERVICAL CORRECTION DEVICE}

The present invention relates to a turtle neck prevention and orthodontic device (hereinafter referred to as "cervical vertebra"), and more specifically, to artificially correct the cervical spine by pulling the cervical vertebrae to the extent that the user can tolerate and simultaneously raising the chin. It is a cervical vertebra device capable of adjusting the height of the headrest assembly according to the height of the user, and also a cervical vertebra device that allows the chin rest to keep in close contact with the chin line.

Turtle neck is a degenerative spinal disease that causes problems by causing degenerative changes to the disc, causing muscles and ligaments around the neck to degenerate and weaken under pressure for a long time. In recent years, various portable mobile devices have been used for a long time, and they have appeared regardless of gender.

The best way to prevent a turtle's neck is to use a chair or mobile device in the correct posture, but it is often not observed in everyday life.

Due to this problem, various devices or devices for preventing and correcting turtle necks are known.

As an example, the Republic of Korea Patent No. 10-1402167 is characterized in that the turtle neck prevention device is mounted on the upper back of the chair and the turtle neck prevention device is raised and lowered in response to the angle change of the backrest, but the scope of use is limited to the chair. There is a problem in that it is difficult to employ a chair that has already been manufactured.

Another example is Republic of Korea Patent Publication 10-2015-0137173.

Patent Publication No. 10-2015-0137173 is a turtle neck by stretching a reference rod equipped with a support for the occipital region supported on the back of the adhesion member with a plurality of bundle strings so that the adhesion member strongly adheres to the user's back, and stretching the reference neck with a motor. It is characterized by being able to correct it, but it is very inconvenient and cumbersome to use several strings tied to the body, and even if the cervical vertebrae are tensioned, the chin must be raised by itself, so it is very ineffective.

Another example is Patent Registration No. 10-1732925. Patent No. 10-1732925 is characterized in that the neck movement effect is caused by the motion of the support retracting and the original position when the support of the elastic material supporting the neck support is pushed to the occipital region of the head, but has many configurations. Since it must be installed in the backrest of the chair, the backrest volume must be sufficiently large, and as mentioned in the above-mentioned 10-2015-0137173, there is a problem that it is difficult to employ the chair which has already been supplied.

The present invention has been made in the present invention to solve various problems related to the turtle neck as described above, and there is a remarkable achievement, and therefore, it is intended to propose through the present invention.

An object of the present invention is to provide a cervical vertebra correcting device capable of correcting the cervical vertebrae by pulling the cervical vertebrae within a range that the user can endure, and artificially raising the angle of the jaw with it.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a cervical orthodontic appliance capable of clearly controlling the angle of the jaw by keeping the jaw of the user from coming out of the jaw supporter and continuously resiliently contacting the jaw line.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a cervical vertebra orthodontic device that can adjust the height of the headrest assembly according to a user's height.

Solution according to the cervical vertebra device of the present invention,

A head support including a connecting member to which the support for supporting the occipital part of the human body is coupled, and one side is provided with a chin support for supporting under the chin, a leg is provided on the other side of the chin support, and pivoted on both sides of the connecting member A headrest assembly including a bib frame that is engaged;

It is characterized in that it consists of a link member that is pivotally coupled between the above-described leg and the housing of the chinrest control means.

In this way, when the head support is raised by the power provided by the chin rest control means, the chin frame artificially raises the chin while rotating around the pin to simultaneously control the cervical tension and the angle of the chin.

By installing elastic means between both legs of the above-described bib frame, both bib frames are elastically kept in close contact with the chin, so that anyone with different physical conditions can use it, and it is also configured to artificially raise the chin. Is done.

The above-described head support is slidably coupled to the housing of the chin-rest control means, and the above-described chin-rest control means is implemented by lifting and lowering the aforementioned head support by a power source applied from the outside.

The housing of the above-described chinrest control means is shown for illustrative purposes only and is not limited thereto. In addition, the housing may be fixed to the wall surface of the room at a predetermined height by a conventional fixing method, and in another embodiment, it may be coupled to a main support having a footrest, or a length adjuster that is length-adjustablely coupled to the main support. have.

Of the above-described headrest assemblies, the occipital support is manufactured in an ergonomic shape corresponding to the shape of the head of the human body, but is sufficient as long as it can support the occipital region of the head, and the chin support is ergonomically shaped to correspond to the contour of the jaw. It is preferably designed, and it is preferable that the outer surface is covered with a soft and soft cushion member.

It is preferable that the above-described connection member is designed to adjust the length, that is, to place the head support on the concave portion of the back neck (between the head and the back plate), and to prevent the head from touching the wall when the user's head is pushed back.

In addition, the present invention is characterized in that a mount capable of fixing a monitor, a mobile device, a portable tablet, etc. on the front of the headrest assembly is further coupled to the aforementioned head support.

According to the present invention, the cervical vertebrae can be tensioned by an upward movement of the head support to a level that can be tolerated by the user, and at the same time, the cervical vertebra can be reliably corrected by lifting the chin clearly by adjusting the angle of the chinrest frame. .

In addition, the present invention does not easily fall off the chin from the chin rest when adjusting the angle of the chin because both bib frames are resiliently attached to the chin and its surroundings. Anyone can use it by adjusting the height.

In addition, the present invention can be applied to a variety of applications because the power source provided to the chinrest control means when the head support is raised and lowered, it is possible to easily control the up and down movement by connecting an electric or manual power source.

1 is a perspective view showing an example of adoption of a cervical vertebra device according to the present invention,
Figure 2a is a perspective view showing an excerpt of the headrest assembly shown in Figure 1,
Figure 2b is a view similar to Figure 2a, a perspective view of the head rest assembly further provided with a bent portion on the head support,
Figure 3 is a perspective view of the head rest of the headrest assembly shown in Figure 2a and the head support and excerpt,
Figure 4 is a perspective view showing the excerpt of the chinrest frame of the headrest assembly shown in Figure 2a,
Figure 5 is a perspective view showing a state of engagement of the chin support frame and the occipital support shown in Figures 3 and 4,
Figure 6 is a cross-sectional side view of the occipital support shown in Figure 3,
Figure 7 is a cross-sectional side view of the headrest assembly shown in Figure 5,
Figure 8 is a perspective view showing the concept of the chin rest control means for lifting and lowering the occipital support shown in Figure 7,
9 is a cross-sectional view showing an example of the adoption of the chinrest control means shown in FIG. 8,
10A and 10B are perspective views illustrating an example of adoption of controlling the chinrest control means with the power of the handle,
11 is a perspective view showing an example of use of the cervical vertebra device according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the cervical vertebra device according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to FIG. 1, FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a cervical vertebra device of the present invention, wherein the cervical vertebra device 100 includes a headrest assembly 110 and a chin rest control means 130, and is supported according to selection. It may further include a means (not shown).

The headrest assembly 110 includes the occipital support (111, FIG. 3) directly supporting the user's head, a pair of chin support frames (120, FIG. 4) surrounding the chin and chin lines, and the occipital support (111) It includes a connecting member (112, Fig. 2a) to which the chinrest frame is coupled and a head support (110a, Fig. 1 and Fig. 2A) to which is coupled.

The aforementioned chinrest control means encompasses means for raising and lowering the head support 110a.

The above-mentioned support means encompasses means for supporting the head support 110a and the chinrest control means 130 to a predetermined height, and may be selectively employed as necessary.

As an example of the embodiment, the above-described support means may be a bracket (not shown in the drawing) fixed to the wall surface, and as another example, as shown in FIG. 1, the main support having a predetermined length fixed vertically to the footrest 101 (102), a length adjuster (103) slidably coupled to the main support (102), a chin rest control means (130) fixedly coupled to the end of the length adjuster (103), and a chin rest control means (130) ) Can be implemented as a head support (110a) that is slidably coupled to the upper side.

The main support 102 described above supports the housing 131 (FIG. 1) of the headrest assembly 110, the length adjuster 103, and the chinrest control means 130 as a skeleton of the cervical vertebra device 100. can do.

The length adjuster 103 inserts a predetermined length into the inner surface of the main support 102 and then inserts the fixing pin 102b into the through hole 102a, thereby fixing the headrest assembly 110 to a desired height.

Referring to Figure 2a, Figure 2a is a perspective view showing the headrest assembly 110 shown in Figure 1, the headrest assembly 110 is coupled to the head support (110a) through the connecting member 112 There is, the head support (110a) is coupled to be slidable with the housing (131, Fig. 9) of the chinrest control means.

The above-described connecting member 112 allows the occipital support 111 to be properly disposed in the concave portion of the back neck (not shown in the figure) as shown in FIGS. 2A and 3, and when the user's head is tilted back The head is designed not to contact the wall, one side of which is fixed by being coupled to the occipital support 111 as shown in FIG. 6, and the other side is fixed to the head support 110a in a conventional manner.

In FIG. 2A, reference numeral 104a, which is not described, is a fixing bracket 104a having a screw shaft (135, FIG. 8) and a screw hole (104b) that is screw-fastened, and the head so that the link member (127) described later can pass through. It is fixed in the support (110a).

In addition, as shown in Figure 2a, the head support 110a may further include a bent portion 110b, which has an empty shape, a predetermined length, and is bent at a predetermined angle, and the lid that can be opened and closed at the rear (in the drawing) (Not shown).

In addition, the above-described head support 110a, as shown in Figures 3 and 6, the chinrest frame 120, Figure 4, Figure 5, which will be described later, can be rotated around the pin 112a so that the cutout 115, Figure 3) is provided, may be extended to a predetermined length, may further include a bent portion (110b) bent at an angle to the extended portion as shown in Figure 2b.

Although not shown in the drawings, the occipital support 111 can be effectively placed behind the user's neck by the bent portion 110b.

In FIG. 2A, reference numeral 127 is a link member, and both ends thereof are pivotally coupled to the housing 131 of the leg and the aforementioned chinrest control means.

Referring to FIG. 4, FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the chinrest frame 120 of the headrest assembly 110, and the chinrest frame 120 is employed to artificially lift the chin.

The above-described chin support frame 120 has a chin support 121 having a locking chin 122 positioned under the chin as shown in FIG. 4, a bent leg 124 and a chin support 121 and a leg 124 It includes one or more through holes 123 therebetween.

When a plurality of the through holes 123 are provided, it is possible to adjust the length of the chin support 121. That is, the length and height of the chin support 121 can be adjusted by the pin 112a coupled to the through hole 123.

The above-described chin support 121 is designed in an ergonomic shape of the chin, and can be employed as long as it is a material that does not break or break well.

The occipital support 111 and the chinrest frame 120 described above are covered by a cushion member 111a coated with a predetermined thickness, such as the headrest assembly 110 shown in FIG. 2A.

In FIG. 4, reference numeral 125 denotes a hole in which the above-described link member 127 is coupled, and the legs 124 are coupled to slide in the axial direction of the connecting rod 128 coupled to both holes 127.

Referring to FIG. 5, FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing an assembly example of a headrest assembly according to the present invention, that is, the occipital support 111 and the chinrest frame 120, and the aforementioned chinrest frame 120 is shown in FIG. When the pin 112a is inserted into the through hole 123 provided on both sides of the connecting member 112 as shown, it is combined.

In this way, the leg 124 of the above-described chinrest frame 120 is located in the head support 110a through the cutout 115 as shown in FIG. 7.

In addition, both legs 124 described above may be connected to each other by a connecting rod 128 and rotated around the pin 112a.

The above-mentioned connecting rod 128 must be coupled so that it moves in the longitudinal direction from the leg 124 and is not separated from the leg 124.

Only by doing so, elasticity is inherent in a direction in which both legs 124 are separated from each other by the elastic means, and as shown in FIG. 5, when both jaw supporters are opened, the ends of the connecting rod 128 fall out of both legs 124 Only when it comes out can both jaw support 121 be opened around the pin (112a).

The above-described elastic means may be employed as a compression spring 129 coupled to the circumference of the connecting rod 128.

When the link member 127 described above is coupled to the connecting rod 128, both legs can be interlocked at once, and any material that is not bent or bent can be employed.

Referring to FIG. 8, FIG. 8 is a perspective view illustrating an example of the chinrest control means 130 according to the present invention, and as an example of the chinrest control means 130, a worm gear 132 having an input shaft 132a And, it may be implemented as a worm wheel 133 rotated in conjunction with the worm gear 132.

As an example of application, as shown in FIG. 9, the end of the above-described link member 127 is fixed to be pivoted in the housing 131 of the chinrest control means 130, and the worm gear ( 132) is rotatably coupled and the worm wheel 133 is rotatably coupled in the vertical direction of the housing 131, but the screw 135 of the worm wheel 133 is a spiral hole of the aforementioned fixing bracket 104a ( 104b).

That is, when the worm wheel 133 is rotated by a power source applied to the input shaft 132a of the worm gear 132, the head support may be raised or lowered according to the rotation direction.

8 and 9, reference numeral 133a is a worm wheel shaft, and reference numeral 134 is a bearing that rotatably supports the worm wheel 133 and the worm gear 132 in the housing 131, respectively.

The power source described above may be a power source of an electric motor (not shown in the drawing) or a manual power source by operating a handle.

Examples of the adoption of the manual power source is a flexible cable 105b interlocking with a handle 105 made of a predetermined length that can be gripped by a user's hand and a rotating handle 105a provided on the upper handle as shown in FIGS. 10A and 10A. ) Is coupled to the housing 131 so that the handle 105 is connected to the input shaft 132a.

The shape of the handle 105 can be appropriately changed by the manufacturer as shown in FIGS. 10A and 10B.

In addition, since the example of employing the electric power source can be easily carried out by a person having ordinary skill in the art, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The working example of the cervical vertebra device according to the present invention configured as described above will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

After adjusting the height of the headrest assembly with the length adjuster 103 according to the user's height, the user climbs on the footrest 101 as shown in FIG. 11 to close the head to the occipital support 111. At this time, the main support 102 is fixed by the load of the user, so it does not collapse.

Then, when the user's neck enters between the two chin rests 121, both the chin rests 121 are opened while overcoming the inherent elastic force, so users with different neck sizes can use them immediately, and are embedded in the both chin rests 121. The chin support 121 is kept in close contact with the chin area by the elastic force.

Thereafter, the head support 110a is raised and lowered as described above by the control of the chin support control means, and at the same time, the chin support frame 120 is rotated around the pin 112a.

Therefore, the user can appropriately adjust the tension of the cervical spine and the angle of the jaw by controlling the amount of lifting and lowering of the head support in a range that can be tolerated by the user.

According to the present invention, if a cradle capable of fixing a monitor, a mobile device, a tablet, etc. in front of the headrest assembly is further coupled to the above-described head support (not shown in the figure), it can be used without correction during cervical spine correction.

As described above, the present invention can be corrected by artificially controlling the angle of the cervical vertebrae by pulling the head and simultaneously pushing the chin up while the user's head is not moved by the occipital support.

100: cervical spine correction device 101: scaffolding
102: main support 103: length adjustment
104a: Fixed bracket 104b: Spiral hole
105: handle 105a: rotating handle
105b: flexible cable 110: headrest assembly
110a: head support 111: occipital support
111a: cushion member 112: connecting member
112a: pin 120: chin frame
121: chin support 123: through hole
124: leg 128: connecting rod
127: link member 129: compression spring
120: chin support frame 130: chin support control means
131: housing of the chinrest control means 132a: input shaft of the worm gear
132: worm gear 133: worm wheel
134: bearing

Claims (11)

In the cervical vertebra device,
A head support including a connection member coupled with the occipital support;
A headrest assembly including a pair of chin frames having a chin support and legs provided on the other side of the chin support and coupled to pivot on both sides of the connecting member;
A housing for rotatably supporting a worm gear having an input shaft, and a rotatably supporting worm wheel with a screw shaft interlocking with the worm gear, and a link member pivotally coupled between the leg and the housing, coupled with the input shaft It characterized in that it comprises a rotating handle with a flexible cable is coupled, the chin rest control means consisting of a handle coupled to the input shaft of the housing. delete According to claim 1,
Cervical vertebra correction device, characterized in that the power source provided to the input shaft is the power of the electric motor. delete According to claim 1,
The leg is a cervical vertebra orthodontic device, characterized in that the elastic force is inherent in the direction away from each other by the elastic means. The method of claim 5,
The elastic means comprises a connecting rod slidably coupled between both legs, and a compression spring coupled to the circumference of the connecting rod. The method of claim 6,
Cervical orthodontic appliance, characterized in that the link member is pivotally coupled to the connecting rod. According to claim 1,
The headrest assembly is cervical vertebra device, characterized in that coupled to the main support. The method of claim 8,
Cervical orthodontic device further comprises a length adjuster coupled between the main support and the headrest assembly. According to claim 1,
Cervical orthodontic appliance, characterized in that the outer side of the chin support and occipital support of the headrest assembly is covered with a cushion member. According to claim 1,
The head support is extended to a predetermined length and bent at a predetermined angle cervical vertebra device.

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