TWI774247B - Chiropractic bed - Google Patents

Abstract

A chiropractic bed is suitable for a chiropractor to lie on his stomach to adjust his body posture. The chiropractic bed comprises a main bed body mechanism and a head and neck adjustment mechanism. The head and neck adjustment mechanism is assembled on the main bed mechanism and includes a base module and an adjustment module on the base module. The adjustment module includes a swinging neck base on the base module and having a smooth concave arc top surface, and a bearing on the swinging neck base for supporting the head of the chiropractor Bracket. The support base has a smooth protruding arc bottom surface that can slide on the smooth concave arc top surface, so that the support base can slide and rotate relative to the swing head base. Utilizing the design of the smooth concave arc top surface of the head swinging neck base and the smooth protruding arc bottom surface of the support base is helpful to adjust the head of the chiropractor to a more precise posture and position.

Description

Chiropractic bed

The present invention relates to a correction device, in particular to a spinal correction bed.

Modern people bow their heads for a long time to use 3C products, or sit or stand for a long time because of work relationships, which are easy to fix the body in a bad posture for a long time, causing the body to be skewed and sore. In order to relieve physical discomfort, some people choose to use chiropractic (also known as chiropractic), which allows a therapist to manually adjust the spine, limb bones and muscles to the appropriate position, thereby improving the degree of body soreness. .

Usually when performing chiropractic surgery, a chiropractor needs to lie down or lie down on a bed, and adjust the chiropractor's body according to the differences in each person's body, especially the head and neck have many areas that need to be adjusted by the therapist. Therefore, a chiropractic bed that can assist the therapist to more accurately adjust the body drive of the chiropractor, especially the chiropractic bed for the head and neck, has become one of the active research directions of the researchers.

Therefore, the object of the present invention is to provide a chiropractic bed capable of overcoming at least the disadvantages of the prior art.

Therefore, the chiropractic bed of the present invention is suitable for a chiropractor to lie on his stomach and adjust his body posture. The chiropractic bed includes a main bed body mechanism extending forward and backward along a longitudinal direction, and a head and neck adjustment mechanism.

The head and neck adjustment mechanism is assembled on the front side of the main bed mechanism, and includes a base module and an adjustment module connected to the base module. The adjustment module includes a base module connected to the base module. And there is a swinging neck base with a smooth concave arc top surface concave downward, and a bearing seat arranged on the swinging neck base and used to support the head of the chiropractor, the bearing seat There is a smooth convex arc bottom surface that can slide on the smooth concave arc top surface, so that the support base can slide and rotate relative to the swing head rotating neck base. Utilizing the design of the smooth concave arc top surface of the head swinging neck base and the smooth protruding arc bottom surface of the support base is helpful to adjust the head of the chiropractor to a more precise posture and position.

The effect of the present invention lies in: utilizing the design that the support base can slide and rotate relative to the head swinging neck base, so as to facilitate the adjustment of the posture and position of the head and neck of the chiropractor.

1: Main bed body mechanism

11: Main bed module

12: Head lift module

2: head and neck adjustment mechanism

21: Pedestal Module

210: Arc guide plate parts

211: Rotation unit

212: Substrate

213: Substrate components

214: Auxiliary push unit

215: First smooth plane part

216: Bottom plate

217: Auxiliary Orientation Group

218: reset group

22: Pivot

23: Adjust the module

3: Swing head and neck base

31: Slider

311: Lower surface

312: Smooth concave arc top surface

313: Guide groove surface

314: Second smooth plane part

315: Limit guide groove

32: Limit assembly board

4: Support seat

41: seat body

411: Smooth protruding arc bottom surface

412: Side

42: Pillow block

421: Placement space

43: Limit guide rod

44: Tissue Holder

441: Frame

442: Pedestal

443: Pressure rod

444: Cut Slices

5: Limit unit

51: Limit slot

52: Limiter

521: wear rod

522: Stop

523: Shaft Department

53: Eccentric puller

54: Push pieces

6: Positioning unit

61: Clips

62: Adjustment pieces

9: Chiropractor

L: Long direction

A1: The first axis

A2: Second axis

B: Arrow

Other features and effects of the present invention will be clearly presented in the embodiments with reference to the drawings, wherein: Fig. 1 is a side view illustrating an embodiment of a chiropractic bed according to the present invention; Fig. 2 is a partial enlarged view of Fig. 1, illustrating the embodiment; Fig. 3 is a partial perspective view illustrating a main bed body of the embodiment A head lift module and a head and neck adjustment mechanism of the mechanism; FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view illustrating the head lift module and the head and neck adjustment mechanism of this embodiment; FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view illustrating the implementation. A base plate of a base module of an example and the adjustment module; Fig. 6 is a partial top view illustrating some components of the adjustment module; Fig. 7 is a partial cross-sectional view illustrating the embodiment; Fig. 8 is a partial cross-sectional view, Illustrate this embodiment; FIG. 9 is a partial cross-sectional view illustrating that when an eccentric pulling member of this embodiment is pulled, the limiting unit is switched to a non-clamping position; FIG. 10 is a partial top view illustrating the swinging head and neck The second smooth plane portion of the base slides relative to the first smooth plane portion of the base plate; and FIG. 11 is a partial cross-sectional view illustrating a smooth protruding arc bottom surface of a bearing seat relative to a swinging head swing neck base. Smooth concave top surface glides.

Referring to Figures 1 to 3, one embodiment of the spinal correction bed of the present invention is suitable for For a chiropractor 9, he was placed on his stomach and his body posture was adjusted.

The chiropractic bed includes a main bed body mechanism 1 extending back and forth along a longitudinal direction L, and a head and neck adjustment mechanism 2 assembled on the front side of the main bed body mechanism 1 . The chiropractic bed is suitable for an operator (not shown in the figure) to adjust the main bed body mechanism 1 and the head and neck adjustment mechanism 2, so that the chiropractor 9 can smoothly correct the head, neck and spine.

The main bed mechanism 1 includes a main bed module 11 extending along the longitudinal direction L, and a head lift module 12 disposed on the front side of the main bed module 11 for the head and neck adjustment mechanism 2 to be assembled . The head lift module 12 can rise and fall relative to the main bed module 11 when being operated, and drives the head and neck adjustment mechanism 2 to move up and down relative to the main bed module 11 .

The head and neck adjustment mechanism 2 includes a base module 21 assembled on the front side of the head lift module 12 , a pivot shaft 22 connected to the top side of the base module 21 and extending generally up and down along a first axis A1 , and a set of adjustment modules 23 arranged on the pivot shaft 22 and pivotally connected to the base module 21 .

Referring to FIGS. 2 to 5 , the base module 21 includes a rotating unit 211 pivoted on the head lift module 12 , a base plate 212 disposed on the rotating unit 211 , and a base plate 212 disposed below the base plate 212 . The auxiliary pressing unit 214. The base plate 212 includes a base plate part 213 and an arc guide plate part 210 fixedly disposed on the front side of the base plate part 213 and screwed under the front side of the base plate part 213 . An upper surface of the substrate member 213 has a first smooth plane portion 215 that faces upward and is polished and flat, and the The upper surface of the base plate part 213 and the upper surface of the arc guide plate part 210 together form a plane. The front side edge of the arc guide plate member 210 is arc-shaped. The rotating unit 211 can rotate in a vertical plane relative to the head lift module 12 when being operated, so as to drive the base plate 212 and the adjustment module 23 to move together. The auxiliary pressing unit 214 includes a bottom plate 216 spaced up and down from the base plate 212 , a bottom plate 216 assembled between the bottom plate 216 and the base plate 212 and used to move relative to the bottom plate 216 when the base plate 212 is subjected to a small amount of pressure. An auxiliary orientation group 217 that moves obliquely forward and downward in an oblique direction with an angle between the vertical direction and a reset group 218 that can move up and down through the bottom plate 216 and can lift and reset the base plate 212 upward. When the auxiliary orientation group 217 is subjected to the downward force, a swinging head base 3 and a supporting base 4 can also be linked to move obliquely forward and downward in the same direction. Afterwards, the reset group 218 is pressed upward, so that the base plate 212 is lifted upward and returned to a position where it is not subjected to the downward pressure.

Since the rotating unit 211 and the auxiliary pressing unit 214 of the main bed mechanism 1 and the base module 21 are familiar to those skilled in the art, and the detailed structures are not the focus of the present invention, they will not be repeated here.

The adjustment module 23 includes the head-swinging neck base 3 pivotally connected to the base module 21 , and is disposed on the head-swinging neck base 3 and used to support the chiropractor 9 (as shown in FIG. 1 ). The support seat 4 of the head, a limiting unit 5 disposed on the front side of the swing head base 3 and the front side of the base plate 212 of the base module 21, and a limit unit 5 disposed on the swing head base 3 with the positioning unit 6 of the support base 4 .

Referring to FIGS. 4 to 6 and 8 , the swing head base 3 includes a sliding member 31 , and a limiter surrounding the outer periphery of the sliding member 31 and pivotally connected to the base plate 212 by the pivot shaft 22 Assemble board 32 .

The sliding member 31 has a lower surface 311 , a smooth concave arc top surface 312 opposite to the lower surface 311 and concave downward, and two guide grooves recessed downward from the smooth concave arc top surface 312 and spaced apart from each other face 313. The smooth concave top surface 312 is curved along a second axis A2 intersecting with the first axis A1. Each guide groove surface 313 defines a limit guide groove 315 extending in an arc direction, and the limit guide grooves 315 are spaced in an arc direction along the second axis A2. The lower surface 311 has a polished and flat second smooth plane portion 314 (as shown in FIG. 9 ) extending through and protruding from the bottom side of the limiting assembly plate 32 . In this embodiment, the second axis A2 is slightly inclined with respect to a horizontal plane. In other variations of this embodiment, the second axis A2 can also be in the same direction as the longitudinal direction L, and can pass through the rotation. The unit 211 adjusts the angle.

Referring to FIGS. 7 and 10 , since the swing head base 3 is pivotally connected to the base plate 212 , the swing head base 3 can swing relative to the base module 21 around the first axis A1 , and the swinging At the same time, the second smooth plane portion 314 of the sliding member 31 slides on the first smooth plane portion 215 of the base plate member 213 of the base plate 212 .

Referring to FIG. 4 , FIG. 5 , and FIG. 8 , the support base 4 includes a position on the sliding member 31 of the swing head base 3 and can surround the first base 3 with respect to the swing head base 3 Two bases 41 that slide and rotate on the axis A2, two pillow blocks 42 disposed above the base 41 and sandwiching a predetermined angle with each other, two limiting guide rods 43 connected to the bottom side of the base 41, and a The tissue holder 44 is installed on the top side of the seat body 41 and located between the seat body 41 and the pillow block 42 .

11, the base body 41 has a smooth convex arc bottom surface 411 that can slide and rotate on the smooth concave arc top surface 312 of the sliding member 31, and two are arranged back and forth along the second axis A2 and connect the The bottom surface 411 of the smooth protruding arc and the side surfaces 412 opposite to each other. Each limiting guide rod 43 protrudes from the smooth protruding arc bottom surface 411 of the base body 41 and can be respectively located in the limiting guide grooves 315 , and can rotate relative to the swing head in the support base 4 . When the neck base 3 slides, it moves in the corresponding limit guide groove 315, and stops when any one of the limit guide rods 43 touches the bottom side edge of the guide groove surface 313, so that the This enables the support base 4 to rotate and slide around the second axis A2 (as shown in FIG. 7 ) within a predetermined angle range relative to the swing head base 3 .

The paper towel holder 44 has a frame body 441 assembled on the top side of the base body 41, a shaft frame 442 disposed on the left side of the frame body 441 and used for a roll of paper towels (not shown) to pass through and roll, and a There is a pressing rod 443 on the frame body 441 and used to press against the paper towel in a removable manner, and a cutting piece 444 arranged on the right side of the frame body 441 and used for cutting the paper towel. The pillow blocks 42 define a placement space 421 for the head of the chiropractor 9 (as shown in FIG. 1 ), and can support the head of the chiropractor 9 .

Referring to FIGS. 5 to 7 and 9 , the limiting unit 5 has a vertical penetration The limit groove 51 of the limit assembly plate 32 of the swing head and rotary neck base 3 , and a limit member that can move up and down through the arc guide plate member 210 of the base plate 212 and pass through the limit groove 51 52. An eccentric pulling member 53 pivotally connected to the bottom side of the limiting member 52, an eccentric pulling member 53 that is fixedly arranged below the limiting assembly plate 32 and can be linked with the limiting assembly plate 32 along the base plate The front side edge of the arc guide plate member 212 of the 212 is guided to move a fixing member 55 , and a pushing member 54 is located below the base plate 212 and the fixing member 55 and is passed through for the limiting member 52 to move up and down. The limiting member 52 includes a penetrating rod 521 movably penetrated through the arc guide plate member 210 of the base plate 212 and passing through the limiting groove 51 , and a penetrating rod 521 connected to the top side of the penetrating rod 521 and constantly abutting against it. A block 522 on the top side of the limiting assembly plate 32 and a shaft portion 523 connected to the bottom side of the penetrating rod 521 for pivoting the eccentric pulling member 53 .

The limiting slot 51 is curved with the first axis A1 as the center, and the limiting member 52 is located therein, so that the swing head base 3 can be relative to the base plate 212 of the base module 21 at a predetermined angle swing within the range. In addition, by utilizing the design of the arc guide plate member 210 and the fixing member 55 , the swing head base 3 can be stably guided to swing without shaking.

The limiting unit 5 can be switched between a clamping position (as shown in FIG. 7 ) and a non-clamping position (as shown in FIG. 9 ). When the eccentric pulling member 53 is not pulled, the limiting member 52 and the top The pusher 54 clamps the base plate 212 and the limit assembly plate 32 of the swing head base 3 together, so that the swing head base 3 does not swing relative to the base plate 212 and is positioned as shown in the figure. 7 in this clamping position. When the eccentric pulling member 53 is pulled along an arc of the bottom side of the pushing member 54 in the direction of an arrow B, since the shaft portion 523 of the limiting member 52 is the pivot of the eccentric pulling member 53 Therefore, the limiting member 52 moves upward relative to the eccentric pulling member 53 and the base plate 212, so that the pushing member 54 and the limiting member 52 no longer jointly clamp the base plate 212 and the limiting assembly plate 32 , and switch to the unclamped position as shown in FIG. 9 .

Referring to FIGS. 5 and 7 , the positioning unit 6 includes two clips 61 respectively assembled to the sliding member 31 of the swing head base 3 and respectively contacting the side surfaces 412 of the base 41 , and a screw The adjusting member 62 of the clip member 61 located on the front side is penetrated in the direction of the seat body 41 . The adjusting member 62 can be moved back and forth relative to the supporting base 4 by screwing and shifting relative to the clamping member 61 when being operated. When the adjusting member 62 is screwed in the direction of the seat body 41 of the support base 4 and pushes the base body 41 , the adjusting member 62 and the clip member 61 on the rear side are urged to press the support base together The seat body 41 of the 4, so that the support seat 4 cannot slide relative to the swing neck base 3, so as to position the support seat 4 so that it will no longer rotate.

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 2 and 8, before using the chiropractic bed to correct the chiropractor 9, first prepare a roll of paper towel and place it on the shaft frame 442 of the paper towel holder 44, and then pull out a part of the paper towel and spread it on the The pillow blocks 42 are pressed on and under the pressing rod 443 . After that, the chiropractor 9 is lying on the chiropractic bed, and the head is placed between the pillow blocks 42 and supported by the support base 4 . At this time, the face of the chiropractor 9 is facing down Contact the tissue without directly contacting the pillows 42 .

Next, the operator first adjusts the head lift module 12 of the main bed mechanism 1 , so that the head and neck adjustment mechanism 2 is positioned at a height suitable for the chiropractor 9 . Afterwards, the adjuster adjusts the rotating unit 211 of the base module 21 so that the head of the chiropractor 9 swings to an appropriate predetermined angle on a vertical plane along with the rotating unit 211 . In practice, it is usually adjusted so that the first axis A1 is a vertical line extending up and down, so that the second axis A2 is in the same direction as the longitudinal direction L (as shown in FIG. 1 ), so that the chiropractor 9 can Lie flat on the chiropractic bed. Next, the operator presses obliquely downward from the posterior cervical vertebra of the chiropractor 9, and uses the auxiliary pressing unit 214 to enable the head of the chiropractor 9 to be driven along the oblique direction Oblique down, complete the initial head and neck spine correction.

Referring to FIG. 8 to FIG. 10 , next, the operator performs detailed correction on the chiropractor 9 . First turn the eccentric pulling member 53 to the position shown in FIG. 9 , so that the limiting unit 5 is in the non-clamping position, then when the operator swings the head of the chiropractor 9 left and right, the pendulum can be driven As shown in FIG. 10 , the head pivot base 3 swings relative to the base plate 212 with the first axis A1 as the center, and at the same time, the fixing member 55 also moves along the arcuate surface of the front side edge of the arc guide plate member 210 , and The swing amplitude corresponds to the arc of the limiting groove 51 , which facilitates the operator to correct the head position of the chiropractor 9 (as shown in FIG. 1 ) in detail.

Referring to Fig. 11, continuing, the operator can also turn the chiropractor 9 (as shown in Fig. 1), drive the support base 4 to slide and rotate relative to the swing head and neck base 3, and the rotation angle range is when the limit guide rods 43 touch the corresponding guide grooves respectively. between the bottom side of the face 313. Using the design that the support base 4 can rotate relative to the head swinging neck base 3 around the second axis A2 (as shown in FIG. 4 ), the operator can be assisted to further the neck of the chiropractor 9 Adjust the body to a more suitable posture.

Referring to FIG. 7 , on the other hand, if you want the support base 4 to be fixed at a specific rotation angle relative to the swing head base 3 , the adjusting member 62 of the positioning unit 6 can be adjusted to push the support base 4 the seat body 41 and the clamping part 61 away from the adjusting part 61 to press the seat body 41 together to complete the positioning of the support seat 4 .

After completing the chiropractic correction of the chiropractor 9 (as shown in FIG. 1 ) and the chiropractor 9 leaves the chiropractic bed, he can pull out a new tissue for the next chiropractor 9 to use, and use the cutting Slice 444 (shown in FIG. 8 ) cuts away used tissues to maintain personal hygiene during chiropractic procedures.

To sum up, the spine correction bed of the present invention utilizes the design of the adjustment module 23 of the head and neck adjustment mechanism 2 , so that the second smooth plane portion 314 of the head swinging neck base 3 can meet the first smooth surface of the base plate 212 . The plane portion 215 slides and swings, and enables the smooth convex arc bottom surface 411 of the support base 4 to slide and rotate on the smooth concave arc top surface 312 of the swing head and neck base 3, which improves the operator's ability to improve The fine degree of adjustment of the head and neck for correction of the spine 9 is actually an innovative structural design, so it can indeed achieve the purpose of the present invention.

However, the above are only examples of the present invention, and should not limit the scope of the present invention. Any simple equivalent changes and modifications made according to the scope of the application for patent of the present invention and the content of the patent specification are still within the scope of the present invention. within the scope of the invention patent.

12: Head lift module

2: head and neck adjustment mechanism

21: Pedestal Module

211: Rotation unit

210: Arc guide plate parts

211: Rotation unit

212: Substrate

213: Substrate components

214: Auxiliary push unit

215: First smooth plane part

216: Bottom plate

22: Pivot

23: Adjust the module

3: Swing head and neck base

31: Slider

311: Lower surface

312: Smooth concave arc top surface

313: Guide groove surface

314: Second smooth plane part

32: Limit assembly board

4: Support seat

41: seat body

411: Smooth protruding arc bottom surface

42: Pillow block

43: Limit guide rod

44: Tissue Holder

5: Limit unit

6: Positioning unit

61: Clips

62: Adjustment pieces

Claims (6)

A chiropractic bed is suitable for a chiropractor to lie on his stomach and adjust his body posture. The chiropractic bed comprises: a main bed body mechanism extending back and forth along a longitudinal direction; and a head and neck adjusting mechanism, comprising a The base module on the front side of the main bed mechanism, and an adjustment module connected to the base module, the adjustment module includes a smooth concave connected to the base module and having a downward depression A swinging neck base on the arc top surface, and a support seat arranged on the swinging neck base and used to support the head of the chiropractor, the support seat has a smooth concave arc top A smooth protruding arc bottom surface sliding on the surface is used to enable the support base to slide and rotate relative to the swing head and neck base. The chiropractic bed according to claim 1, wherein the smooth concave arc top surface is curved along an axis, so that the support base can rotate about the axis relative to the swing head and neck base. The chiropractic bed as claimed in claim 1, wherein the head-swinging-neck base of the adjusting module has two limiters recessed downward from the smooth concave arc top surface and spaced apart along the arc direction and extending along the arc direction respectively guide groove, the support base also includes two limit guide rods protruding downward from the bottom surface of the smooth protruding arc and can be respectively located in the limit guide groove, each limit guide rod can be in the corresponding moving in the limiting guide groove, so that the support base slides within a predetermined angle range relative to the swing head rotating neck base. The chiropractic bed as claimed in claim 1, wherein the support seat of the adjustment module has two sides facing each other, and the adjustment module of the head and neck adjustment mechanism further includes a positioning unit, and the positioning unit includes two separate groups A clip mounted on the top side of the swing neck base and respectively contacting the side surfaces of the support base, and an adjustment piece screwed through one of the clips, the adjustment piece is used to adjust relative to all the clips. When the clamping piece is screwed and shifted to push against the support base, the support base is pressed together with the other one of the clamp pieces, so that the support base cannot slide relative to the swing neck base. The chiropractic bed according to claim 3, wherein the support base further comprises a seat body on the head swinging neck base, and two pillow blocks arranged above the seat body and sandwiching a predetermined angle with each other , and a tissue holder installed on the top side of the seat and between the seat and the pillow block. The chiropractic bed according to claim 1, wherein the main bed body mechanism comprises a main bed body module extending along the longitudinal direction, and a head and neck adjustment mechanism disposed on the front side of the main bed body module and used for the head and neck adjustment The assembled head lift module, the head lift module can rise and fall relative to the main bed module when being operated, so that the head and neck adjustment mechanism is linked up and down relative to the main bed module.

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