WO2010097536A1

WO2010097536A1 - Holder for storing crutches

Info

Publication number: WO2010097536A1
Application number: PCT/FR2010/050285
Authority: WO
Inventors: Gilles-André NOTERMAN
Original assignee: Noterman Gilles-Andre
Priority date: 2009-02-24
Filing date: 2010-02-19
Publication date: 2010-09-02
Also published as: FR2942382B1; FR2942382A1

Abstract

The invention relates to a holder for crutches (1), characterised in that said holder comprises a main arm with a crutch-holding means for holding the crutches (100) in a vertical position along the axis extending vertically to the ground, said means comprising at least one clamp with a resilient jaw.

Description

SUPPORT FOR STORAGE OF BEACLES

The present invention relates to a stand support comprising means for detachably fixing orthopedic crutches.

Disabled or injured people who need crutches to walk should find a place to store their crutches when they do not need them. Users improvise according to the places to place their crutches, for example on the ground, against a corner of a wall, a chair etc. Most of the existing devices consist of a support placed on the crutch itself, which, fixed to the crutch is deploys to form a support, these devices have the disadvantage of making crutches heavy and unwieldy.

There are also devices as disclosed for example in patent GB 2 431 088, for placing crutches against the wall, consisting of a curved arm fixed horizontally against a wall against which the user places his crutches. These devices have the disadvantage of not holding crutches, placed in "bulk", in a position that allows the user to easily recover, crutches can fall when the user retrieves them, or even before it get them back.

Thus, the present invention proposes to solve the aforementioned drawbacks using simple, reliable, easy to implement and inexpensive means. Its purpose is to present a crutches support having means for releasably fixing the crutches in a vertical position and separately from one another to allow the user to easily recover them.

Thus, the crutch support of the invention is characterized in that it consists of a main arm carrying crutch retaining means for holding the crutches in a vertical position along the axis, said means being constituted by at least a jaw clamp elastic, while the main arm, carries at each of its ends an elastic jaw.

According to a complementary feature, the main arm is U-shaped and each of the elastic jaw clamps (3a, 3b) is located in the curved areas of the U-shape.

According to another complementary feature, each elastic jaw clamp is constituted by at least one cylindrical wall portion open towards the front, allowing the introduction of crutch and whose axis extends vertically relative to the ground.

Add that the support has fixing means for fixing to a wall, and that the main arm is supported by a base to move it away from the wall.

Note also that the base is constituted by a secondary arm substantially perpendicular to the main arm and a fixing plate having fastening means for fixing the stand holder on a wall.

According to another complementary feature, the base comprises fixing means for fixing it to a wall, these means being constituted for example by screws.

Note also that according to a preferred embodiment, the main arm is U-shaped whose ends comprise fixing means for fixing the device against the wall.

According to another variant, the main arm is carried by a secondary arm, substantially perpendicular to said main arm and said secondary arm carrying fixing means for fixing it to a tube, while said fixing means are made by an orifice in the arm secondary allowing the passage of a profile whose locking in position is constituted by a locking screw, and that the secondary arm is extended by a handle. Other features and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the description which follows with reference to the accompanying drawings which are given by way of non-limiting examples.

Figures 1 to 3 illustrate a first embodiment of the support for crutches of the invention.

Figure 1 shows the stand support in the use position.

Figure 2 shows an exploded view of the first embodiment of the support crutches. Figure 3 shows the first embodiment of the support crutches.

Figures 4 and 5 respectively show in perspective front and rear a second embodiment of the support crutches.

Figure 6 shows in perspective before a third embodiment of the support crutches.

FIG. 6a is a variant of the embodiment of FIG. 6.

Fig. 7 is an illustration showing the use that a patient can make with a serum holder equipped with the stand support.

According to the first preferred embodiment of the invention, the crutches support (1) comprises a transverse main arm (2), carrying at its ends retaining means (MR) for crutch (100) to hold the crutches in position. vertical position. Said means being constituted by at least one elastic jaw clamp (3a, 3b), these means allow the introduction, the maintenance and the extraction of the tubular part of the crutches.

Each elastic clamp (3a, 3b) consists of at least one cylindrical wall portion (4a, 4b) open towards the front (AV) and laterally (LA), outwards. Each of the clamps is such that its cylindrical peripheral wall extends vertically with respect to the ground, along a vertical axis (Xa, X'a-Xb, X'b), and in the position where the support is fixed to the wall.

The clip (3a, 3b) of the invention is advantageously made of plastic, but could be made of metal or any other material, without departing from the scope of the invention.

Let us add that each of the clamps is according to the preferred mode consisting of two clamps respectively (30a, 30 'a-30b, 30'b) elastically deformable arranged one above the other and separated by a space (e) giving thus an independent deformation of the two clamps.

The main arm (2), carrying the clamps (3a, 3b) with elastic jaws, extends horizontally in the position of use, along the horizontal axis (Y-Y ') and advantageously perpendicular to the axes (Xa, X' a-Xb, X'b) vertical clamps. According to this first embodiment of the invention, the support for crutches (1) comprises a base (5) consisting of a spacer (6) carried by a fixing plate (7). In other words, the main arm (2) is connected to a fixing plate via a secondary arm (6). Note also that the secondary arm is advantageously arranged in the center of the main arm to extend rearward towards the fixing plate (7).

Note that said plate (7) has means (MF) for fixing against for example a wall (200) or any other wall, these means are advantageously constituted by through holes (8) made in the plate. For this purpose the latter comprises for example two holes (8), but may include one or more. Said plate (7) can be of any shape.

The spacer (6) is fixed removably or not to the plate (7) for fixing. According to the preferred embodiment of the invention, the spacer (6) is fixed irremovably to the plate (7) for wall mounting, but it could be otherwise. The spacer (6) is advantageously of parallelepipedal section, but can be of any shape such as cylindrical. Preferably, the fixing plate (7), the spacer (6), the main arm (2) and the elastic clamps (3a, 3b) constitute a single piece made for example of plastics material. However, to facilitate its manufacture, the stand support and constituted by two parts (21a, 21b) separated and assembled in the horizontal plane of symmetry (Ph) (as shown in Figure 2) which will be assembled by means of screws (13).

It goes without saying that the support can be made in one piece, for example by injection or injection blow molding.

The spacer (6) will be called thereafter secondary arm.

The main arm (2) is advantageously positioned perpendicular to the secondary arm (6) so as to be positioned parallel to the wall (200), once the support (1) of the invention attached to the wall. The main arm (2) is advantageously of parallelepipedal section, but may be of any other section. Also, according to this embodiment, said main arm (2) is U-shaped, open rearward (AR), while the clamps (3a, 3b) are positioned in the curved end zones (ZC). However, the clamps (3a, 3b) can be positioned anywhere on the main arm (2) without impairing operation.

It should be noted that the main arm comprises only a secondary arm which extends from the center of the main arm and towards the rear.

Note that the distance (Ll) between the two axes (Xa, X 'a-Xb, X'b) must allow the two crutches to be positioned parallel without interference, and is for this purpose at least greater than 12 centimeters and by example equal to 18 centimeters.

Moreover, the vertical plane (P1) defined by the two axes (Xa, X 'a) and (Xb, X'b) is at a distance (L2) from the bearing plane (P2) of the fixing plate, sufficient to allow placement and restraint of crutches. Thus this distance (L2) is greater than 8 centimeters. According to a not shown variant of the first embodiment, said main arm and the base comprise corresponding removable fastening means for separating the main arm (2) from the base (5). These removable fastening means disposed on the base are formed by a projection located at one end of the parallelepiped forming the spacer. This projection corresponds with a hole made on the main arm. Said projection has a corresponding shape with the hole made on the main arm. The main arm has means for retaining the projection in the hole on the main arm. These means consist of a screw passing through the main arm through a hole made along a vertical axis and a hole made on the projection along the same vertical axis. However, in another variant, the projection is located on the main arm and the hole. on the base.

According to a second embodiment of the invention, as represented by FIGS. 4 and 5, the stand support (1) consists of a U-shaped main arm (2) whose ends (2a, 2b) comprise fixing means (MF) of the support (1) against the wall. The clamps

(3a, 3b) lie in curved (CZ) areas of the U-shape, but may also be located on any portion of said main arm (2). Said support (1) constituted by a main arm (2) is advantageously made in one piece. The fastening means are located on the end walls (20a, 20b) of the U-shaped arm and made by holes. The main arm (2) is advantageously made of plastic, is a hollow body open down (BA), but can also be achieved by any means.

According to a third embodiment, as illustrated in FIGS. 6, 6a, and in FIG. 7, the stand support (1) is made in such a way that it can be fixed on the mat of a serum holder (30) or other medical equipment. Thus, said bracket (1) for stand consists of a main arm (2) maintained by a secondary arm (9) itself equipped with removable fastening means (MFA) for securing it to a mat and a handle (10). The main arm (2) carries as before, two elastic grippers (3a, 3b), advantageously arranged on the ends of said arm, or arranged in the case of a U-shaped arm, in the curved end zones of Ia. U shape. The secondary arm (9) is fixed perpendicularly along the axis (Z-Z ') to the main arm (2) equidistant from the opposite ends of the main arm. As before, the distance (Ll) between the two axes (Xa, X'a- Xb, X'b) must allow the two crutches to be positioned parallel without interference, and is for this purpose at least greater than 12 centimeters and for example equal to 18 centimeters. .

The removable fastening means (MFA) are preferably made between the secondary arm (9) and the handle (10). These means consist of a sleeve (110) comprising an orifice (11) in which a mat can be inserted and held in position by means of a locking screw (12). The orifice (11) is advantageously of shape and size corresponding to the tube (30) constituting the serum holder, but may also be of any other shape and size. Note that the locking screw can be located on the sleeve (110) as shown in Figure 6, or on the main arm (2) as shown in Figure 6a).

Add that the handle (10) is disposed on the other side of the main arm (2) relative to the vertical axis (T, T ') of the orifice (11)

Of course according to the variant described above and illustrated in Figures 6 and 6a, the main arm may not include a secondary arm and be directly integral with the sleeve (110).

Figure 7 is an illustration showing the use that a patient can make with a serum holder equipped with the support of crutches according to the invention. Thus, thanks to the handle (10) the patient can support and help the serum door during his walk, thanks to the wheels, the support also serving to maintain one of his crutches, while the patient helps himself with his other arm from his second crutch.

Add that the wall fixing screws of the support of the embodiment of Figures 1 to 3, can be hidden by a clipped cover, thus improving the aesthetics of the support.

We mean by horizontal and vertical by referring to the ground when the support is used, as for example fixed on the wall or on the serum door.

Claims

1. Support for crutches (1), characterized in that it consists of a main arm (2) carrying retaining means (MR) for crutch to hold the crutches (100) in a vertical position according to Tax (X, X ') extending vertically with respect to the ground, said means being constituted by at least one resilient jaw clamp (3a, 3b).

2. support for crutches (1), according to claim 1 characterized in that the main arm (2) carries at each of its ends an elastic jaw clamp (3a, 3b),

Stand for crutches (1), according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the main arm (2) is U-shaped and each of the elastic jaw clamps (3a, 3b) is located in the curved areas ( ZC) of the U-shape.

4. Support for crutches (1), according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that each elastic jaw clamp (3a, 3b) is constituted by at least one cylindrical wall portion (4a, 4b) open towards the before, allowing the introduction of crutch (100) and whose axis XX 'extends vertically relative to the ground.

5. Support for crutches (1), according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises fixing means (MF) for fixing to a wall (200).

6. Support for stand (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the main arm (2) is carried by a base (5) to move it away from the wall (200).

Support for stand (1) according to claim 6, characterized in that the base (5) is constituted by a secondary arm (6) substantially perpendicular to the main arm and a fixing plate (7) comprising fastening means (MF) for fixing the stand support (1) to a wall (200).

8. Support for stand (1) according to claim 6 and 7, characterized in that the base comprises fixing means (MF) for fixing it to a wall (200).

9. Support for stand (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that the main arm (2) is U-shaped whose ends (2a, 2b) comprise fixing means (MF) for fixing the device against The wall (200).

Support for stand (1) according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the main arm (2) is carried by a secondary arm (9), substantially perpendicular to said main arm (2) and said secondary arm (9) carrying means (MF) for fixing it to a tube (30).

Support for stand (1) according to one of claims 7 or

10, characterized in that the fixing means (MF) are formed by an orifice (11) in the secondary arm (9) allowing the passage of a profile whose locking in position is constituted by a locking screw (12) .

12. Support for stand according to claim 11, characterized in that the secondary arm (9) is extended by a handle (10).

Stand support according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it consists of two assembled parts (21a, 21b), symmetrical with respect to the horizontal plane (Ph), when the support is in its position d 'use.

Support for stand according to one of claims 1 to 12, characterized in that it consists of a single piece.