TWI626937B - Rehabilitation walker - Google Patents

Abstract

A rehabilitation walker includes: a frame body, a chair back bar, a handrail bar and at least three walking wheels, wherein the seat back bar and the handrail bar are mounted on the frame body, and the seat back bar is located on the frame One end of the body, the handrail bar is located at the other end of the backrest bar, and at least three walking wheels are connected to the bottom of the frame body, and each of the traveling wheels is attached to the frame body through a lower leg, the seat back a seat rod is protruded from the rod, the seat rod is provided with a seat, and the seat back rod is sleeved with a seat back that can slide up and down, the seat back has at least one seat belt; The back of the chair is tied around the human body, and the back of the chair can be slid up and down with the human body to assist the patient to obtain stable support when standing or sitting.

Description

Rehabilitation walker

The present invention relates to a walker for rehabilitation, in particular to a rehabilitation walker that can adjust the height of the walker according to the height requirement of the patient and effectively support the patient to prevent falls.

The walker is a tool for supporting the patient to walk and rehabilitate. It has a base and a roller that is easy to move, and the auxiliary rib supports the body to facilitate walking training.

However, for patients with severe stroke or severe symptoms, because the legs or hands are weak, it is easy to fall due to unstable center of gravity during walking rehabilitation. However, the current known walker is There is no design of the patient with the tying, so if the patient's center of gravity is unstable, it is easy to fall and cause secondary injury.

However, in order to prevent the patient from falling, the conventional walker further has a surrounding frame on the frame of the walker to protect the patient. However, this structure is inconvenient and occupied on the ride. If the area is too large, it will require a lot of space and physical strength during storage and transportation, and the lack of improvement is necessary.

Based on the above reasons, it is an object of the present invention to provide a rehabilitation walker that can effectively support a patient to prevent a fall.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a rehabilitation walker that can adjust the height of a walker according to the height of the patient.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a rehabilitation walker that is easy to store.

To achieve the foregoing objective, the present invention provides a rehabilitation walker comprising: a frame body, a backrest bar, a handrail bar, and at least three walking wheels, wherein the backrest bar and the handrail bar are mounted on the frame body. The seat back bar is located at one end of the frame body, the handrail bar is located at the other end of the backrest bar, and at least three walking wheels are connected around the bottom of the frame body, and each of the traveling wheel trains is passed through the lower leg stand The assembly is mounted on the frame body, the seat back bar protrudes from a seat bar, the seat bar is provided with a seat, and the seat back bar is sleeved with a seat back that can slide up and down, the chair The back has at least one seat belt.

In an embodiment of the invention, the frame body has four lower legs, which are respectively screwed to the frame body by screws. Specifically, the two lower tripods are respectively disposed at positions on the front sides of the frame body adjacent to the handrail bars, and the other lower leg frames are respectively disposed at positions on the rear sides of the frame body near the backrest bars.

Furthermore, in an embodiment of the invention, the safety belt includes a first belt body and a second belt body, and the first belt body and the second belt body are respectively disposed on two sides of the seat back, and two A fastening member is disposed on one end of the belt body, so that the first belt body and the second belt body can be correspondingly buckled by the fastening member.

The back of the chair is tied to the human body by the corresponding buckle of the first belt body and the second belt body. When the human body stands up and sits down, the seat back can slide up and down with the human body to sit up and down when the patient stands up. It can provide good support for sitting and standing postures, and it can be installed on the surrounding walking wheels to make it more stable and safe when standing or sitting and resting, and no need for personnel to guard. In one embodiment of the invention, the fastening component is a devil felt or a hook or the like, however, the type of the fastening component is not limited thereto.

The handrail bar is covered with a layer of flexible cushioning material so that the user can comfortably hold the handrail bar. A seat receiving rod is mounted on the frame between the handrail bar and the seat back bar, wherein the flexible cushioning material can be a sponge.

The seat back bar further protrudes from a seat bar, the seat bar is provided with a seat, and the seat receiving rod mounted between the handrail bar and the seat back bar is used for receiving the seat bar of the seat back bar To strengthen the support.

Wherein, in order to make the rehabilitation walker applicable to patients of different heights, the seat back bar, the seat receiving rod, the grab bar and the lower leg frame are an adjustable height structure. Specifically, the seat back bar, the seat receiving rod and the handrail bar are provided with a plurality of optional height adjusting holes; the two ends of the frame body respectively have a handrail rod positioning hole and a seat back positioning hole, A seat positioning hole is installed between the grab bar positioning hole and the seat back positioning hole, the handrail bar is mounted on the grab bar positioning hole, the seat receiving rod is mounted on the seat positioning hole, and the seat back bar is mounted on the seat back positioning hole .

Wherein, the sleeve locating hole, the seat back locating hole and the lower edge of the seat locating hole respectively protrude a sleeve, and the sleeve has a fixing hole respectively, the fixing hole respectively is sleeved, and the axis of the fixing hole Vertical to the casing axis. The adjusted height is fixed to the frame by a fixing hole of the frame body and a corresponding height adjusting hole.

However, the structure for adjusting the height is not limited thereto. In another embodiment of the present invention, the armrest bar is composed of an upper rod segment and a lower rod segment, and the upper rod segment is provided with an elastic protruding pin. The lower rod section is provided with a plurality of pin holes, and the elastic pin is elastically clamped to any pin hole required to fix the adjusted height. Similarly, the lower leg frame is similar. The structure is composed of an upper rod section and a lower rod section which are sleeved with each other. The upper rod section is provided with an elastic protruding pin, and the lower rod section is provided with a plurality of pin holes for utilizing the elasticity of the elastic protruding pin. The card is placed in any of the pin holes required to fix the adjusted height so that the walker meets patients of different heights.

When assembling, the walking wheel and the lower leg are first screwed, and then the lower leg is screwed to the frame body, and the seat back bar, the seat receiving rod and the handrail bar are adjusted according to the needs of the patient's height, and the screw is fixed. On the frame body, the back of the chair is placed on the back of the chair to complete the assembly of the walker.

When using, first let the patient ride on the seat, then wrap the seat belt around the waist of the human body, and the first belt and the second belt of the seat belt are correspondingly buckled, and the patient can The hand is supported on the handrail and begins to practice walking. Among them, the seat belt is tied around the human body by the seat belt, which prevents the patient from falling during the rehabilitation exercise, and when the patient gets up, the back of the chair can slide up and down with the human body to avoid when the patient needs to stand. At the beginning, the seat belt is loosened again and falls again, reducing the chance of secondary injury.

Furthermore, in another embodiment of the present invention, the lower leg frame is pivotally disposed on the frame body, and when the storage is required, the lower leg frame can be pivoted to the storage position to reduce the storage space and the disassembly time.

It is worth mentioning that the patients need different support according to the different symptoms. When the symptoms of the patients are light, the support of the human body can be reduced by reducing the number of the lower legs, so as to facilitate the rehabilitation. Specifically, the frame further has a connecting hole disposed at a front end of the frame for mounting the lower leg and screwing the lower leg through the screw to make the frame have a tripod .

The rehabilitation walker of the present invention binds the seat back to the human body by the safety belt, thereby preventing the patient from falling again during the rehabilitation exercise and causing secondary injury, and the patient does not need to loosen the seat belt when the patient stands up. The back of the chair can be slid up and down to greatly reduce the probability of falling again; the space for assembly and disassembly can be effectively reduced by the pivotable lower leg; further, the bracket body of the present invention can increase or decrease the lower leg according to the symptom of the patient. The amount of the present invention achieves the object of the present invention.

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1A and 1B are respectively a perspective assembled schematic view and a perspective exploded view showing a rehabilitation walker according to a first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B, the rehabilitation walker provided by the present invention has a body 100, a seat back 110, a seat back bar 120, a handrail bar 130 and a plurality of walking wheels 150; Detailed explanation.

2 is a perspective view showing a rehabilitation walker according to a first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the frame body 100 has a handrail rod positioning hole 101 and a seat back positioning hole 103, wherein one The sleeve positioning hole 102 is disposed between the grab bar positioning hole 101 and the seat back positioning hole 103, and a sleeve 104 is respectively protruded from the lower edge of the armrest rod positioning hole 101, the seat back positioning hole 103 and the seat positioning hole 102. The sleeves 104 respectively have a fixing hole 1041. The fixing holes 1041 respectively pass through the sleeve 104 and the axis of the fixing hole 1041 is axially perpendicular to the sleeve 104. The grab bar 130 is mounted on the grab bar positioning hole 101 , the seat back bar 120 is mounted to the seat back positioning hole 103 , and a seat receiving bar 141 is mounted to the seat positioning hole 102 .

In the embodiment of the present invention, the contour of the seat back positioning hole 103 is a square hole, and the contour of the seat back rod 120 corresponding to the seat back positioning hole 103 is a square rod, so that the seat back positioning hole 103 and the seat back rod 120 It can be assembled correspondingly, however, the outlines of the seat back positioning hole 103 and the seat back bar 120 are not limited thereto, and can be changed as needed.

The frame body 100 is connected to at least one traveling wheel 150 through at least the lower leg 160. In the first embodiment of the present invention, the frame body 100 is connected to the four traveling wheels 150 via the four lower legs 160. The lower legs 160 are respectively screwed to the sides of the frame 100 by screws S, specifically Two of the lower legs 160 are respectively disposed on the front side of the frame body 100 adjacent to the handrail bar 130, and the other lower leg frames 160 are respectively disposed at positions on the rear sides of the frame body 100 adjacent to the seat back bar 120. Wherein, the screw S includes a nut.

The handrail bar 130 is mounted on the handrail bar positioning hole 101, wherein the handrail bar 130 is covered with a layer of flexible cushioning material 131 so that the user can comfortably hold the support, wherein the flexible cushioning material can be a sponge, but flexible The material of the cushioning material is not limited thereto, and can be changed as needed.

The seat back bar 120 is mounted on the seat back positioning hole 103 of the frame body 100, wherein a seat back 110 is slidably sleeved on the seat back bar 120 by a sliding sleeve 111, and the seat back 110 has at least one Seat belt 112. In the first embodiment of the present invention, the safety belt 112 is divided into a first belt body 1121 and a second belt body 1122. The first belt body 1121 and the second belt body 1122 are respectively disposed on the seat back 110. A fastening member 113 is disposed on one end of the first belt body 1121 and the second belt body 1122, so that the first belt body 1121 and the second belt body 1122 can be correspondingly buckled by the fastening member 113, thereby The seat back 110 is attached to the human body, and when the human body moves up and down due to standing up, the seat back 110 can slide up and down.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the fastening member 113 may be a devil felt or a hook or the like, but the type of the fastening member 113 is not limited thereto; the number of the safety belts 112 is not limited thereto, and may be increased according to requirements; The structure of the seat belt 112 is not limited thereto, and the structure of the seat belt 112 can be changed as needed, for example, it is changed to a sling-type seat belt for a vehicle to have the same function.

The seat back bar 120 further defines a seat bar 121. The seat bar 121 is provided with a seat 140. The seat receiving rod 141 is mounted between the handrail bar 130 and the seat back bar 120. The seat bar 121 of the seat back bar 120 is received to strengthen the supporting force.

However, in order to make the rehabilitation walker applicable to patients of different heights, the seat back bar 120, the seat receiving rod 141 and the handrail bar 130 are of an adjustable height structure. Specifically, the seat back bar 120, the seat receiving rod 141 and the handrail bar 130 are provided with a plurality of optional height adjusting holes 170, and the plurality of height adjusting holes 170 are respectively perpendicular to the seat back bar. 120. The axial direction of the seat receiving rod 141 and the handrail rod 130 are arranged in parallel at a distance.

The fixing hole 1041 of the frame body 100 and the seat back bar 120, the seat receiving rod 141 and the height adjusting hole 170 of the handrail bar 130 are bored through the screw S, thereby securing the seat back bar 120, the seat receiving rod 141 and the armrest The rod 130 is coupled to the frame 100, wherein one end of the screw S passing therethrough is screwed and fixed by a nut (not shown).

It is worth mentioning that when the height of the seat back bar 120 is adjusted, since the seat 140 is disposed on the seat bar 121 of the seat back bar 120, the height of the seat 140 can be adjusted at the same time, which is more convenient for adjustment. .

3A and 3B are respectively side views and a schematic view showing the use of the rehabilitation walker of the first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in 3A and 3B, when in use, the patient is first placed on the seat 140, and the seat belt 112 of the seat back 110 is tied around the human body, so that the first belt body 1121 and the second belt body 1122 are fastened. The pieces 113 are interlocked with each other, and at this time, the patient can hold the hand on the handrail bar 130 to start practicing walking.

Wherein, the seat belt 110 is tied around the seat back 110 by the seat belt 112, which prevents the patient from falling again during the rehabilitation exercise and causes secondary injury, and when the patient stands up, the seat back 110 slides up and down. By keeping the seat belt 112 steady, the probability of falling again is greatly reduced.

4A and 4B are respectively a perspective view and a storage view showing a walker according to a second embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4A, in the second embodiment of the present invention, one end of the lower leg frame 160 is pivotally disposed on two sides of the frame body 100, specifically, two of the lower legs. The rack 160 is disposed at a position on the front side of the rack body 100 adjacent to the grab bar 130, and the other leg rests 160 are respectively disposed at positions on the rear side of the rack body 100 adjacent to the seat back bar 120; In the case of the vehicle, the partial screw S can be removed, and the lower leg 160 is pivoted to the storage position in the direction of the arrow, as shown in FIG. 4B, to reduce the disassembly time and the storage space.

However, the structure for adjusting the height is not limited thereto, and FIG. 5 is a perspective assembled view showing the rehabilitation walker of the third embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 5, in the third embodiment of the present invention, the handrail bar 130 and the lower leg frame 160 are respectively sleeved by an upper bar segment 132, 161 and a lower bar segment 133, 162, respectively. A plurality of pin holes 134 and 163 are disposed on the lower rod segments 133 and 162, and the plurality of pin holes 135 are disposed on the lower rod segments 133 and 162 to be elastically latched to any of the pin holes 135 by the elastic protruding pins 134 and 163.

Specifically, the upper rod segments 132, 161 are provided with a resilient piece (not shown) against the elastic protruding pins 134, 163, and the user stretches the upper rod segments 132, 161 and the lower rod portion 133, 162, the elastic lugs 134, 163 are clamped to the corresponding pin holes 135, and then the adjusted height is fixed, so that the walker can meet the patients of different heights, and when the elastic lugs 134, 163 When the center of the rods 132, 161 are pressed inward, the elastic lugs 134, 163 can be disengaged from the pin holes 135. Among them, the structure of the height adjustment is a conventional technique, so it will not be repeated.

It is worth mentioning that the support required according to the different symptoms of the patients is also different. When the symptoms of the patient are light, the support can be reduced by reducing the number of the lower legs 160, so as to facilitate the rehabilitation. Specifically, the conventional walker has four lower legs 160. However, the frame 100 of the present invention further has a connecting hole 105. The connecting hole 105 is disposed at the front end of the frame 100. The tripod 160 is removed from the lower side of the frame body 100, and the lower leg frame 160 is mounted on the connecting hole 105, and is screwed through the screw S so that the walker has three tripods 160, reducing the support of the lower leg frame 160 to the human body. Eli rehabilitation is carried out.

In summary, the rehabilitation walker of the present invention binds the back of the chair to the human body by the safety belt, thereby preventing the patient from falling again during the rehabilitation exercise and causing secondary injury, and when the patient stands up, it is not required Loosen the seat belt to the back of the seat to slide up and down, greatly reducing the chance of falling; by means of the pivotable lower stand, the space for assembly and disassembly can be effectively reduced; in addition, the stent body of the invention can be increased or decreased according to the symptom needs of the patient The number of the lower legs has a substantial beneficial effect to achieve the object of the present invention.

It can be seen from the above embodiments that the rehabilitation walker provided by the present invention has industrial use value, but the above description is only for the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and those skilled in the art can according to the above description. While various other modifications are possible, such changes are still within the spirit of the invention and the scope of the invention as defined below.

100‧‧‧ ‧ body

101‧‧‧Handrail positioning hole

102‧‧‧Seat positioning hole

103‧‧‧ seat back positioning hole

104‧‧‧ casing

1041‧‧‧Fixed holes

105‧‧‧connection hole

110‧‧‧Back of the chair

111‧‧‧Sliding sleeve

112‧‧‧Safety belt

1121‧‧‧first belt

1122‧‧‧Second belt

113‧‧‧bonding parts

120‧‧‧Backrest

121‧‧‧Seat pole

130‧‧‧Handrail

131‧‧‧Flexible cushioning material

132‧‧‧Upper section

133‧‧‧lower section

134‧‧‧Flexible pin

135‧‧ ‧ pinhole

140‧‧‧ seats

141‧‧‧Seat socket

150‧‧‧Walking wheel

160‧‧‧foot stand

161‧‧‧Upper section

162‧‧‧lower section

163‧‧‧Flexible pin

170‧‧‧ Height adjustment hole

S‧‧‧ screw firmware

1A is a perspective exploded view showing a rehabilitation walker according to a first embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1B is a perspective exploded view showing a rehabilitation walker according to a first embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a view showing a first embodiment of the present invention; 3A is a side view showing a rehabilitation walker according to a first embodiment of the present invention; and FIG. 3B is a schematic view showing the use of the rehabilitation walker according to the first embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 4A, FIG. FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a three-dimensional combination of the walker of the third embodiment of the present invention; and FIG.

Claims (8)

A rehabilitation walker includes: a body, a backrest bar, a handrail bar and at least three walking wheels, the back bar and the handrail bar are mounted on the frame, and the back bar is located on the frame One end of the body, the handrail bar is located at the other end of the backrest bar, and the bottom of the frame body is connected with at least three walking wheels, and each traveling wheel is mounted on the frame body through a lower leg, the seat back a seat bar is protruded from the rod, the seat rod is provided with a seat, and the seat back rod is sleeved with a seat back that can slide up and down, the seat back has at least one seat belt; wherein the frame body has two ends Each of the armrest rod positioning holes and the seat back positioning hole is disposed between the armrest rod positioning hole and the seat back positioning hole, wherein the armrest rod positioning hole and the seat back positioning hole are A sleeve is respectively protruded from a lower edge of the seat positioning hole, and each of the sleeves has a fixing hole, and the fixing holes respectively vertically pass the sleeves, the seat back rod, a seat receiving rod, the armrest The rod and the lower leg are respectively disposed on the seat back positioning hole, the seat positioning hole and the handrail rod a plurality of height adjustment holes are disposed in the hole, and the seat back bar, the seat receiving rod and the handrail bar are disposed through the screw through the positioning holes and the corresponding height adjusting holes The height is fixed later. The rehabilitation walker of claim 1, wherein the safety belt comprises a first belt body and a second belt body, wherein the first belt body and the second belt body are respectively disposed on the seat back And a fastening member is disposed on each of the first belt body and the second belt body, so that the first belt body and the second belt body can be correspondingly buckled by the fastening members. . A rehabilitation walker according to claim 1, wherein the seat receiving rod is adapted to receive the seat post of the seat back bar. The rehabilitation walker according to claim 1, wherein the handrail bar is composed of an upper pole section and a lower pole section, and the upper pole section is provided with An elastic protruding pin is provided with a plurality of adjusting holes for elastically engaging the elastic protruding pin to any one of the adjusting holes to fix the adjusted height. According to the rehabilitation walker of claim 1, wherein the lower leg frame is composed of an upper rod segment and a lower rod segment, and the upper rod segment is provided with an elastic protruding pin, and the lower rod segment is provided with a resilient protruding pin. A plurality of adjusting holes are provided, and the elastic height is elastically clamped to any one of the adjusting holes to fix the adjusted height. The rehabilitation walker of claim 1, wherein the lower legs are pivotally disposed on the frame. The rehabilitation walker of claim 1, wherein the frame has four lower legs, and the two of the lower legs are respectively disposed on the front side of the frame adjacent to the handrail. And the other two of the lower legs are respectively disposed at positions on the rear sides of the frame body adjacent to the seat back bar. The rehabilitation walker of claim 1, wherein the frame further has a connecting hole disposed at a front end of the frame for setting one of the lower legs, and the frame Two of the lower legs are respectively disposed at positions on both sides of the rear side of the backrest bar.