KR20200000786U - walker for rehabilitation with fall down protection belt - Google Patents

Abstract

This design requires gait training and rehabilitation, such as those with walking difficulties and the elderly.
Recycling walking aid for human use,
In particular, a fall prevention belt that can be conveniently and safely used by a large number of people
Rehabilitation walking aid included.
A lower frame driven with a caster, and an upper frame having a height adjustable with respect to the lower frame and having a handle and a forearm support,
The fixing part fixed to the upper frame and the belt part coupled to the fixing part
By providing a fall prevention belt comprising,
Prevents falls during rehabilitation and gait exercises, increases safety
It is also characterized by increasing convenience so that the guardian of the rehabilitation facility can easily fit and use the body of a number of rehabilitation therapists.

Description

Walker for rehabilitation with fall down protection belt

The present invention relates to a walking aid mechanism, and more particularly, to a rehabilitation aid that can be more safely used in fall and injury during rehabilitation training and walking practice, including a fall prevention belt, and can be easily and conveniently used by multiple users. .

Gait aids for patients who are injured to the lower body and need walking training and rehabilitation or those who cannot properly use the lower extremities, such as Parkinson's disease, and elderly people, are mainly used to assist the elderly in walking.

However, the existing walking aid for the elderly has been developed and manufactured as a walking aid, so there is no safety device for falling, so there have been safety problems such as falling for use by rehabilitation therapists who are difficult to stand alone.

 In addition, in order to use rehabilitation walking aids jointly by multiple people in specialized rehabilitation facilities, it is necessary to maintain sufficient safety so that safety standards are suitable for various types of people. However, the walking aids introduced in the past are mainly developed for individuals to use individually at home, so tall people, fat people, or small-sized grandmothers are difficult to use, so there are many walking aids that are difficult to use. Ham has always existed

Therefore, there has been a problem that the limit of the standard is small for many to use in specialized rehabilitation facilities.

On the other hand, a number of walking aids having safety devices, such as a walking aid having a seat belt and a seat, have been introduced,

There is no height adjustment function, or there is a problem in that safety is very insufficient when falling backwards and downwards because there is no backrest belt.

It is designed to be difficult for users of various body types to use together.

From time to time, it has been difficult to adjust to fit the body shape of various users.

Therefore, the present invention is to solve the above problems

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a rehabilitation walking aid that increases safety by preventing falls of a user with weak leg strength.

Another object of the present invention

Although the safety standards are wide so that many people can use them in rehabilitation facilities,

The structure is to provide a simple and compact rehabilitation aid.

Another object of the invention

The present invention provides a rehabilitation walking aid that is easy and convenient for multiple users to use, and at the same time, a guardian can be easily applied and used by the user.

Another object of the invention

It is to provide a rehabilitation aid that can be used without any burden by the user by not having a device that directly attaches to the user's body so that there is no need to properly adjust the length or width according to the physique of various users.

The walking aid of the present invention for achieving the object of the present invention as described above,

A lower frame driven with a caster, and an upper frame having a height adjustable with respect to the lower frame and having a handle and a forearm support,

It comprises a fall prevention belt coupled to the upper frame.

The fall prevention belt comprises a fixing part fixed to the upper frame and a belt part comprising a belt and a seat having a ring configured to be fixed to the fixing part.

In addition, the left and right sides of the central portion of the lower frame may further include auxiliary wheels for preventing conduction to the side.

In addition, on the rear side of the rear wheel of the lower frame to prevent the fall to the rear.

One rear support may be further included.

According to the present invention as described above,

In addition to the safety of the front and left and right sides of the “c” shaped walking aid,

There is an effect that stability is greatly improved due to the fall prevention belt configured to sit in the fall prevention belt when sitting down or falling backward.

In addition, the fall prevention belt is divided into a belt part having a fixing part and a hook, so that the fall prevention belt can be easily and conveniently used by a user, thereby making it convenient for use in a large number of rehabilitation facilities.

In addition, there is an auxiliary wheel and a rear support, which makes it possible to provide a wide range of safety even when the specification of the rehabilitation walking aid is more compact.

In addition, the fall prevention belt is configured so that there is no device that is directly attached to the user's body, so that the user can comfortably use it without any burden.

1 is a view showing a rehabilitation walking aid according to the present invention.
2 is a view showing a lower frame of the rehabilitation walking aid according to the present invention.
3 is a view showing the auxiliary wheel of the rehabilitation walking aid according to the present invention.
4 is a view showing the rear support of the rehabilitation walking aid according to the present invention.
5 is a view showing the upper frame of the rehabilitation walking aid according to the present invention.
6 is a view showing a coupled state of the fixing part of the rehabilitation walking aid according to the present invention.
7 is a view showing in detail the fixing part of the rehabilitation walking aid according to the present invention.
8 is a view showing a belt portion of the rehabilitation walking aid according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings in FIGS. 1 to 8.

Rehabilitation aid including a fall prevention belt according to the present invention, as shown in Figure 1, the lower frame 100 is driven with a wheel, and the height can be adjusted up and down with respect to the lower frame and the handle 240 And an upper frame 200 having a forearm support 230 and a fall prevention belt 300 coupled to the upper frame 200.

 The lower frame 100 shown in FIG. 2 is a pair of lower horizontal frames 110 having a “c” shape provided with wheels for driving at the bottom, and a pair having the same spacing to the left and right of the lower horizontal frames 110. It is composed of a lower vertical frame (120) in which pipes are vertically formed, and a lower auxiliary frame (130) that connects the left and right lower vertical frames (120) to form a more rigid pipe structure, and is connected between a pair of vertical pipes. Therefore, it may be configured to further include a vertical auxiliary frame 121 to form a more rigid pipe structure.

At the bottom of the lower horizontal frame 110, two front and rear wheels 140 and rear wheels 150 are fixed to the front and rear, respectively, for driving. Preferably, casters equipped with individual brake devices are used for each front and rear wheels. do.

On the other hand, the present invention has the purpose of simplifying the structure so that storage and transportation can be easily maintained while maintaining a wide range of safety so that the safety standards are suitable for the sizes of various user's body types.

To this end, as shown in detail in FIG. 3, a small caster 161 is provided at the ends of the mounting arm 162 extending to the left and right of the lower horizontal frame 110, and the auxiliary wheel 160 is configured to be attached and detached. It characterized in that it comprises.

More preferably, the mounting arm 162 is configured as a “d” shape as shown in the figure divided at the bottom of FIG. 3 to be able to be coupled with bolts and nuts in a form surrounding the lower horizontal frame 110. It can be sturdyly coupled, and can be configured to be able to be coupled to various small wheel sizes.

In addition, as the rear of the left and right rear wheels is provided with a rear support 170, which is a pipe structure which is coupled to the lower horizontal frame 110 and bends downward in the rear direction, when the user falls backward or sits down, the walking aid is conducted backwards together. It prevents it.

The rear support 170 is coupled to both left and right rear end ends of the lower horizontal frame 110 as shown in Fig. 4, and the pipe is bent downward and bent.

The rear support 170 is a coupling device 173 configured to be inserted into and coupled to the pipe of the lower horizontal frame 110, the curved support bar shaft 171, and the end portion of the support shaft 171 It is configured to include a protective cap 172 coupled to.

 As described above, as the auxiliary wheels 160 and rear supports 170, which are small and easy to attach and detach, the entire gait aid is made smaller and more compact, and it is possible to provide sufficient and wide safety without problems with various body types. It is also possible to obtain economic effects that can be used more conveniently and efficiently by multiple users in rehabilitation facilities.

The upper frame 200 shown in FIG. 5 is provided to enable height adjustment up and down with respect to the lower frame 100, and has an “c” shape, and an upper horizontal frame 210 configured to be parallel to the lower horizontal frame 110. And, the upper horizontal frame 210 is configured to include an upper vertical frame 220 which is a pair of left and right pipes formed vertically while maintaining the same distance at the left and right bottom. At this time, the outer diameter of the upper vertical frame 220 is formed smaller than the inner diameter of the lower vertical frame 120, the upper vertical frame 220 inside the lower vertical frame 120 is configured to be able to move up and down It is configured such that the height of use can be adjusted according to the height of.

In addition, the upper vertical frame 220 has a plurality of through-holes 221 are formed at equal intervals at the same height, and the upper frame at a desired height by the left and right fixing knobs 180 of the lower vertical frame 120 penetrating there. 200) is fixed.

In the front of the upper horizontal frame 210, two handles 240 are provided to the left and right to allow the user to walk by hand.

At this time, preferably, the handle 240 is configured to adjust and fix the position of the handle back and forth to be used by users of various body types.

In addition, the upper horizontal frame 210 is provided with a forearm support 230 having a cushion feeling on the left and right sides of the handle 240 to allow a user to mount and use the forearm more comfortably and safely.

Meanwhile, the fall prevention belt 300 is coupled to the upper horizontal frame 210.

The fall prevention belt 300 has a plurality of fixing parts 310 that are independently fixed to each of the upper horizontal frame 210, and a plurality of belts having hooks at the ends of the belt to be fixed to the fixing parts 310. And a belt portion 320 composed of a seat formed to be able to sit in a central portion of the belt.

Preferably, the fixing parts 310 are three fixing parts that are independently fixed to the upper horizontal frame 210, as shown in FIG. 6, that is, the central fixing part 310a, the left fixing part 310b, and the right fixing part 310c. ), All of which are formed with a hook 313 configured to be hooked at the bottom.

The structure of the fixing part 310 will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 7.

Fixing part 310 is fitted to the upper horizontal frame 210 is coupled to the pipe coupling part 311 formed to be fixed and the pipe coupling part 311 below the hook formed to hook the fixing part 310 (313) and the hanger fixing part 312 and the fixing part 310 fixing the hook 313 so as not to fall off from the upper horizontal frame 210

It comprises a fixing device 314 that is coupled through the upper horizontal frame 210. Preferably, the fixing portion 310 is provided with a plurality of hooks 313 up and down as shown in the drawing so that the height of the belt portion 320 can be adjusted to fit the user more quickly and comfortably.

In addition, the central fixing portion 310a is fixed so as not to move firmly in the center of the upper horizontal frame 210 front left and right handle 240,

The left fixing part 310b is fixed to the rear of the forearm support 230 on the left side,

The right fixing part 310c is coupled and fixed to the rear of the right forearm support 230.

Meanwhile, the belt part 320 is as shown in FIG. 8.

The seat 329 formed to sit in the center of the belt portion 320 in the shape of a bicycle saddle, and a plurality of belts connected to the left and right sides of the seat 329 and the front and rear of the seat 329 and behind the user's waist Wow,

And it is configured to include a plurality of rings formed to be fixed to the hook 313 of the fixing portion 310 to the end of the belt.

Preferably, the belt is a left belt 325 on the left, a right belt 326 on the right, and a front belt 324 in the front of the seat 329, and a rear belt 328 in the rear, centering on the seat 329. And, the left belt 325 and the right belt 326 and the rear belt 328 are all connected to be fixed, and may include a waist belt 327 positioned at the user's waist height. In addition, preferably, the left belt 325 and the right belt 326 are sewn together at the bottom of the seat 329 as a single belt, and are more rigidly formed integrally, and the front belt 324 and the rear belt 328 are provided. Also, as in the above, it can be sewn together with the seat under the seat as a single belt, so that it can be more robustly integrated.

At this time, preferably, the length of the front belt 324 is shorter than the length of the rear belt 328, so that when the user sits in the seat 329, the center of gravity is positioned toward the rear rather than the front. This is when the upper body is positioned forward when the user suddenly collapses while walking, the upper vertical frame 210

This is to make it possible to sit in the seat 329 with the center of the upper body tilted to the rear because it can hit the front.

On the other hand, the ring is configured to be paired in correspondence with the above-described fixing part 310 as the left ring 322 on the left, the right ring 323 on the right, and the front ring 321, respectively, so that the left and right fixing parts are provided. (310b), the right fixing portion 310c and the central fixing portion 310a are configured to be fixed.

The hook of the belt part 320 and the fixing part 310 described above are

This is one of the main features of the present invention, which is designed to be used immediately by simply attaching a belt and seat seat to the user's body or simply hooking the hook to the hanger without changing the length or position depending on the user.

In particular, the user's body does not need any binding device, so various users

There is no need to tighten or fit the body.

As a result, the convenience of the user and also the convenience of the guardian who provides assistance to the user, such as a rehabilitation therapist and a nursing caregiver, can be improved.

When explaining the method of using the walking aid according to the present invention,

First, it is necessary to adjust the height according to the height of the user. The upper frame 200 may be fixed using a fixing knob 180 of the lower frame 100 at a position suitable for the user's height.

Then, after the front portion 321 is hung on the hook 313 of the central fixing part 310a, the belt portion 320 is positioned to be stretched toward the bottom,

With the guidance of the guardian, the user enters the walk aid

Holding the handle 240, support the forearm support 230 by using the forearm or shoulder, and in the standing state, the protector passes the belt portion 320 located below the user's crotch between the left and right rings 322 and the right ring. It is sufficient to combine the 323 with the brace 313 of the left fixing part 310b and the brace 313 of the right fixing part 310c.

When the user who is difficult to stand upright relies on the handle 240 and the forearm stand 230 to stand upright while training and walking, hesitate or lose balance and fall back, the user is seated in the fall prevention belt 300 You can be safe from falling as you sit down at (329).

The important thing here is the distance between the user and the fall-prevention belt.

When the user stands on the handle 240 and the forearm support 240, the length of the fall prevention belt is formed so that the seat of the fall prevention belt can be dropped at regular intervals so as not to be in direct contact with the user. Accordingly, it is possible for the user to walk more comfortably when walking.

The gap between the seat of the fall prevention belt and the user's hip is formed to make the length of the belt longer than the average hip position, and also, by constructing one or more hooks of the fixing part according to the present invention, the hooks 313 are selected up and down to select the rings. It can be easily solved by allowing them to be combined.

As described in detail with the drawings above

When the upper frame 200 is adjusted up and down to adjust only the height of the key according to the user's height, it is very easy to wear and release the seat belt as described above. Both the user and the guardian can use the seat belt easily and conveniently, and at the same time, it is also possible to secure the safety from a fall accident.

The greatest risk of falls for the elderly and patients who are uncomfortable walking is caused by an accident that collapses due to uncomfortable and weak lower limbs, which can be prevented by the fall prevention belt 300 according to the present invention, and the safety of the front and sides It can be protected inside the “c” shaped walking aid.

Moreover, the rehabilitation walking aid according to the present invention has an auxiliary wheel 160 and a rear support 170, so it is possible to secure safety for higher lateral and rear conduction even in a small and compact size, so that many users with different body shapes can safely It becomes usable.

That is, the rehabilitation walking aid having the fall prevention belt according to the present invention is configured by including the small and simple auxiliary wheel 160 and the rear support 170 that are simple and simple to attach and detach as described above.

It is possible to obtain an effect similar to the width of the lower horizontal frame 110 by a length corresponding to twice the length of the mounting arm 162,

It is possible to obtain an effect similar to the length of the lower horizontal frame 110 as long as the outer length of the rear support 170.

Therefore, even if the width of the walking aid is reduced by a length corresponding to twice the length of the mounting arm 162, and the length of the lower horizontal frame 110 is reduced by the outer length of the post-protection zone 170, a smaller and more compact rehabilitation aid is produced. It is possible to secure a wide range of stability.

100: lower frame 110: lower horizontal frame
120: lower vertical frame 121: vertical auxiliary frame
130: lower auxiliary frame 140: front wheel
150: rear wheel 160: auxiliary wheel
161: caster 162: fermented arm
163: caster fixing device
170: rear support 171: support shaft
172: protective cap 173: support coupling device
180: fixed knob
200: upper frame 210: upper horizontal frame
220: upper vertical frame 221: through hole
230: forearm support 240: handle
300: fall prevention belt 310: fixing
310a: Central fixed part 310b: Left fixed part
310c: Right fixing part 311: Pipe joint
312: Gaegae High Government 313: Gaegae
314: fixture
320: belt portion 321: front hook
322: left ring 323: right ring
324: front belt 325: left belt
326: right belt 327: waist belt

Claims (2)

A lower frame having a hollow pipe-shaped lower horizontal frame in a 'c' shape and having wheels for driving at the bottom;
An upper frame having a forearm support and a handle connected to enable height adjustment with respect to the lower frame and configured to be held by hand in a state where the forearm is placed; And
It is coupled to the upper frame and can be attached and detached, but the fall prevention belt is configured so as not to be attached to the user's body.
The fall prevention belt
A plurality of fixing parts independently fixed to the upper frame; And
It includes a belt portion comprising a plurality of belts that are configured to be detachable to the fixing portion and coupled around the seat.
The fixing part
A central fixation located in the center of the handles on the left and right sides located in front of the upper frame of the 'c'shape;
A left fixing part coupled to the upper frame at the rear side of the left forearm support;
Includes; the right fixing part coupled to the upper frame of the left forearm support;
The central fixation, left fixation and right fixation
A pipe coupling part wrapped around the upper frame;
Hanger formed to be fixed by hanging the belt;
In the downward direction so as to fix the hook from the lower portion of the pipe coupling
Hanging form formed by hanging; And
It includes a fixing device formed to penetrate the pipe coupling portion and the upper frame to fix the fixing portion to the upper frame;
Belt part
Seat located in the center and formed in the shape of a bicycle saddle to sit;
A left belt connected to the left side of the seat around the seat;
A right belt connected to the right side of the seat around the seat;
A front belt connected to the front of the seat around the seat;
A rear belt connected to the rear of the seat around the seat;
A left belt, a right belt, and a back belt, which are fixed by connecting all of them, and are located at a waist height so as to connect behind the user's waist; And
The left belt and the right belt and the front end of the belt include hooks that can be fastened to the fasteners of the fixing part.
The left belt, right belt, front belt and rear belt
It is sewn together at the bottom of the seat as a single belt and consists of one piece,
When the user stands, it is formed in a length that does not directly contact the user and maintains a state spaced apart at regular intervals.
The hanger is
It is provided in one or more in the vertical direction is formed to adjust the height of the belt portion,
The lower frame
Auxiliary wheels provided in a pair on both sides of the center portion; And
Behind the left and right rear wheels of the lower frame is coupled to the lower horizontal frame, the rear support is bent in the rear direction; is provided,
The auxiliary wheel
A mounting arm extending to the left and right of the lower horizontal frame;
It includes; a caster provided at the end of the mounting arm;
The rear support
A coupling device inserted into and coupled to the pipe of the lower horizontal frame;
A support shaft having a curved shape extending from the coupling device; And
Includes a; protective cap coupled to the end of the support shaft,
Prevents the walker from falling backward when the user falls back or sits down by the rear support,
The upper frame is provided with a cushioned pedestal to lean against the upper body, and a rehabilitation aid including a fall prevention belt, further comprising a handle provided to adjust the position.
According to claim 1,
A rehabilitation aid including a fall prevention belt, characterized in that the vertical length from the front hook to the seat is shorter than the vertical length of the rear belt.

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