WO2013084841A1

WO2013084841A1 - Harness

Info

Publication number: WO2013084841A1
Application number: PCT/JP2012/081275
Authority: WO
Inventors: 美穂川元; 奈緒子川上
Original assignee: 株式会社ヤマヒサ
Priority date: 2011-12-07
Filing date: 2012-12-03
Publication date: 2013-06-13
Also published as: JP2013118827A; TW201345412A; JP5863430B2

Abstract

In a harness (1), a body wrapping unit (2), which is for wrapping around the body of an animal, is constituted by making an air pad (3) intervene between a front material and back material. The air pad (3) is an airtight, flat hollow sack, and a manually operated air pump (4) is attached to a part thereof. Air is injected into the air pad (3) by the operation of the air pump (4). Thus, the body wrapping unit (2) expands and contracts, and the adherence of the body wrapping unit (2) to the body of the animal is freely adjustable.

Description

Harness

The present invention relates to a harness for mounting on a dog or other animal.

Conventionally, various harnesses for animals used for walking dogs have been proposed. Many harnesses are configured to be able to slightly adjust the adhesion and restraint when attached to an animal torso using a belt member having a length adjusting function, a hook-and-loop fastener, or the like.

Among such types of harnesses, for example, those disclosed in

Patent Documents

1 and 2 are known as a type of harness in consideration of a feeling of wearing on an animal torso. In the harness for dogs disclosed in Patent Document 1, a breastplate (portion between both front legs of a dog or the like) is formed of a polymer of synthetic fiber and a foamed urethane pad. In the harness disclosed in Patent Document 2, a breastplate is also formed by a multi-layer pad in which a synthetic fiber cloth is superimposed on a foam rubber plate containing carbon black. Both of these configurations are intended to prevent the breastplate from scratching the dog's chest strongly and damaging the skin when the drawstring is pulled with a strong force.

Japan Registered Utility Model No. 3071125 Japan Registered Utility Model No. 3079183

Although the conventional general harness is configured so that the size can be slightly adjusted by using a belt member or a hook-and-loop fastener, the adjustment range is not quite sufficient. For example, even if only a dog is taken, there are various breeds with different physiques, and physique differences among individuals are not small even within the same breed. Furthermore, even in the same individual, the physique changes with growth and aging. Therefore, it is practically difficult to properly attach the harnesses of limited size and shape to those various types of individuals.

If the harness is loosely attached to the dog's torso, the biased force may be concentrated on a specific part due to irregular movement, or the harness may come off and the dog may escape. On the other hand, if the wearing state of the harness is tightened, there is a risk that it will naturally cause pain to the dog.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and can provide a more comfortable wearing feeling to the animal's torso than before, and can maintain a favorable wearing feeling through fine adjustment even if the individual's physique changes slightly. An object of the present invention is to provide a harness that can be used.

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a harness configured to surround a part of an animal torso with a torso made of a flexible face material, wherein the torso includes an outer surface, a lining, And at least one air pad interposed between them, and at least one air pump is attached to the air pad, and the air pad is inflated and contracted by the operation of the air pump to Adopting the basic configuration that the adhesion of the body wrapper can be adjusted freely. According to this configuration, with the torso mounted on the animal, the inflated air pad is inflated by injecting air into the air pad interposed between the outer surface and the lining of the torso body, thereby Gently adhere to the body with moderate pressure.

It is preferable that the air pad has a shape that communicates integrally over a majority of the developed area of the trunk. Thereby, the adjustment effect of the wearing feeling by the expansion / contraction of the air pad can be sufficiently obtained.

The air pad is formed by superimposing a fabric with a flexible reinforcing cloth lined with an airtight coating on the front and back, and a peripheral edge of the fabric is hermetically sealed, and at an appropriate position near the end of the air pad. The air pump may be attached.

The air pad may be sewn in an overlapping manner between the outer material and the lining material of the trunk, or may be put into and out of a pocket formed between the outer material and the lining material of the trunk. You may attach freely.

It is desirable that the air pump attached to the air pad is configured so that air can be injected and extracted by a simple operation. Specifically, it comprises a housing that constitutes an air inflow / outflow path, and a pumping chamber connected to one end of the housing, and the housing takes in an air intake part that takes in outside air, An air inlet section for feeding into the air pad and an air discharge section for discharging the air in the air pad to the outside are provided so as to communicate with each other, and the pumping chamber is crushed by pinching both front and back surfaces with fingertips. It can be made of a flat dome-shaped elastic container.

Since the harness of the present invention has a configuration in which an air pad with an air pump is interposed between the outer material and the lining constituting the trunk, the air pad is in the state where the trunk is attached to the animal. By injecting and inflating, the torso can be gently adhered to the animal's body with an appropriate pressure. Since the air pad responds flexibly to sudden movements of the animal and disperses the pressure applied to the animal's body, the pain applied to the animal is reduced, and it is easy to prevent the torso from being removed.

Also, even if the animal's physique changes slightly as a result of growth, a favorable wearing feeling can be maintained over a long period of time by fine adjustment of the amount of air injected.

Thus, since the harness of the present invention is configured to reduce the burden on the animal's body, for example, not only for a healthy dog walk, but also for assistance / care of an animal that has become weak due to aging or disease It can also be suitably used as a harness.

It is an expanded view of the harness concerning embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state with which the said harness was mounted | worn around the chest of a dog. It is an expanded view of the air pad interposed by the inside of the said harness. It is a fragmentary sectional view of the air pad. It is sectional drawing explaining the structure and effect | action of an air pump attached to the said air pad.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

1 to 2 show an overall configuration of a harness 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The illustrated harness 1 is a harness 1 for walking a dog, and includes a torso 2 formed to wrap around the chest of the dog. In the following description, the positional relationship of each part of the harness 1 is shown based on the posture of the animal wearing the harness 1.

The torso 2 is a chest pad 21 that is placed between both front legs of the dog, a neck pad 22 that extends from the front end of the chest pad 21 to the left and right, and a stomach pad 23 that extends from the rear end of the breast pad 21 to the left and right. It comprises. A leg insertion opening 24 surrounded by a neck pad 22 and an abdomen pad 23 is formed on each of the left and right sides of the breast pad 21, and the dog's front leg is inserted one by one inside. The neck pad part 22 and the stomach pad part 23 are integrated at the extension point, and a pair of left and right back-to-back parts 25 formed at the tip of the neck pad part 22 and the belly pad part 23 are attached and detached on the back side of the dog.

The body wrapper 2 has a front and a lining. The dress material uses a surface material (for example, a woven fabric made of natural fiber or synthetic fiber, a sheet material made of synthetic resin, a natural or synthetic leather-like material, etc.) having appropriate flexibility, durability, and design. Formed. The lining is formed using a face material (for example, a woven fabric, a nonwoven fabric, or a mesh-like knitted fabric made of natural fibers or synthetic fibers) that is somewhat more flexible, breathable, and antifouling than the outer fabric. The The outer material and the lining are sewn along the outer peripheral edge of the trunk 2 and the peripheral edge of the leg insertion opening 24.

The left and right back-to-back portions 25 are sewn with

surface fasteners

26 and 27 for engaging the back-to-back portions 25 with each other. A pair of left and right lead attaching / detaching portions 28 project from a slightly front side of the back-to-back portion 25 corresponding to the shoulder of the dog, and a buckle that can be attached to the lead is attached to the tip of the pair. Further, gather portions 29 are provided at the front and rear edges of the breast pad portion 21 and can be expanded and contracted in the neck and abdomen directions, respectively.

The main part of the present invention is that at least one air pad 3 is interposed between the outer material and the lining material. 3 and 4 show the configuration of the air pad 3.

The air pad 3 is a flat, hollow bag body that is substantially similar to the torso body 2, and includes a breast pad inflating / contracting part 31 interposed in the breast pad part 21 of the torso body 2, and the front end of the breast pad inflating / contracting part 31. From the rear end of the chest pad expansion / contraction part 31 to the left and right, and the belly pad part 23 of the torso body 2. And a belly pad inflating / contracting portion 33 interposed therein. The internal spaces of the breast pad inflating / contracting part 31, the neck pad inflating / contracting part 32, and the belly pad inflating / contracting part 33 are integrally connected so that the air pad 3 covers the majority of the developed area of the trunk 2 as a whole. Is intervened.

The air pad 3 is formed by superposing front and back surfaces of a cloth in which a flexible reinforcing cloth 34 (for example, a mixed fiber of polyester and urethane) is lined with an airtight film 35 (for example, a thermoplastic urethane film) made of a synthetic resin. Is done. The peripheral portion obtained by polymerizing the dough is hermetically sealed by heat welding or the like.

エア At least one air pump is attached to the air pad 3 in order to inject air into the air pad 3. In the illustrated embodiment, the air pump 4 is provided in the vicinity of the end portion of the one-side breast pad inflating / contracting portion 31. FIG. 5 shows the sectional structure and operation of the air pump 4.

The air pump 4 is a molded product made of a slightly soft synthetic resin (for example, a thermoplastic urethane resin), and includes a housing 41 that constitutes an air inflow / outflow path, and a pumping chamber 42 connected to one end thereof. . On the upper surfaces of the housing 41 and the pumping chamber 42, the fabric on the front side of the air pad 3 is adhered.

In the housing 41, an air intake part 43 that takes in outside air, an air inlet part 44 that sends the taken-in air into the air pad 3, and an air discharge part 45 that releases the air in the air pad 3 to the outside communicate with each other. To be provided. In the illustrated embodiment, the air intake portion 43 includes an air intake hole 431 that opens on the upper surface of the housing 41 and an intake side check valve 432 that opens and closes the air intake hole 431. The intake side check valve 432 is formed by sticking a smooth thin plate made of synthetic resin on the upper surface of a substantially cylindrical sponge. The thin plate is in contact with the air intake hole 431 from the inside of the housing 41 with a weak biasing force due to the elasticity of the sponge itself.

The air inlet 44 includes an air inlet hole 441 that opens to the lower surface of the housing 41, an inlet side check valve 442 that opens and closes the air inlet hole 441, and the inlet side check valve 442 that is connected to the housing 41. And a valve guide 443 held on the lower side. The inflow check valve 442 is also formed by adhering a smooth thin plate made of synthetic resin on the upper surface of a substantially cylindrical sponge. The thin plate is in contact with the air inlet hole 441 from the lower side of the housing 41 with a weak biasing force due to the elasticity of the sponge itself. In the valve guide 443, a gap communicating with the internal space of the air pad 3 is formed.

The air discharge portion 45 is configured by an air discharge hole 451 opening on the upper surface of the housing 41, an air discharge button 452 mounted in the air discharge hole 451, and a spring 453 that urges the air discharge button 452 upward. Is done. The air discharge hole 451 is formed at a position that directly overlaps the air inlet hole 441. The air release button 452 is made of a synthetic resin (for example, polycarbonate) that is somewhat harder than the air pump 4 body. A ball valve 454 is formed at an intermediate portion of the air release button 452, and this ball valve 454 contacts the air discharge hole 451 from the inside of the housing 41. Further, the lower end of the air release button 452 enters the air inlet hole 441 and contacts the thin plate of the inlet side check valve 442.

The pumping chamber 42 is an elastic container having a slightly flat circular dome shape. When the front and back surfaces of the pumping chamber 42 are picked and crushed from the outside of the fabric of the air pad 3 with fingertips, the air inside is transferred to the housing 41 side.

The air flow when operating the air pump 4 to inject air into the air pad 3 is as follows. That is, when the pumping chamber 42 is crushed, as shown in FIG. 5B, the air-side check valve in which the air pushed out from the pumping chamber 42 into the housing 41 abuts against the air inlet hole 441. 442 is pushed open, and is sent into the air pad 3 from the periphery of the valve guide 443 via the air inlet hole 441. At this time, the air intake part 43 and the air discharge part 45 remain closed.

Subsequently, when the pumping chamber 42 is released, the pumping chamber 42 is restored by its own elastic force. At this time, as shown in FIG. 5 (3), the inside of the housing 41 becomes negative pressure, and the inflow check valve 442 in contact with the air inflow hole 441 is closed, and instead the air intake hole. The intake side check valve 432 in contact with 431 is opened, and the outside air is sucked into the pumping chamber 42. By repeating this operation, air can be sent into the air pad 3 and the air pad 3 can be expanded.

When releasing air from the air pad 3, the air release button 452 is pushed down as shown in FIG. 5 (4). Then, the ball valve 454 of the air release button 452 is moved away from the air release hole 451 to open the air release hole 451, and the lower end of the air release button 452 pushes down the thin plate of the inlet side check valve 442 to make the air inlet hole 441. Also open. Thereby, the air in the air pad 3 is discharged from the periphery of the valve guide 443 to the outside via the air inlet hole 441 and the air discharge hole 451.

Since the air pump 4 having a simple structure mainly composed of a synthetic resin molded product is thin and light, the harness 1 can be attached without being bulky. In addition, air can be injected into the air pad 3 with a simple operation of simply picking the pumping chamber 42 a plurality of times with the fingertips, and further, the air can be extracted just by depressing the air release button 452. It is simple and can be operated without any hassle even when worn on an animal.

In this way, by injecting air into the air pad 3 interposed inside the torso 2 and inflating the air pad 3 to increase the thickness of the harness 1 appropriately, a feeling of gentle attachment to the animal torso can be obtained. Further, by operating the air pump 4 to adjust the amount of air injected, and when the air pump 4 is excessively injected, the air pump 4 is appropriately extracted, so that the wearing feeling can be optimized according to the physique of the animal. Since the amount of air injection can be adjusted steplessly, fine adjustment is easy even if the individual's physique changes slightly.

In the harness 1 of the illustrated embodiment, the air pump 4 is arranged near the dog's shoulder or back, but this is for the purpose of facilitating the air injection operation with the harness 1 attached to the animal. is there.

Further, in the harness 1 of the exemplary embodiment, in order to make the position of the air pump 4 easy to understand, a part of the outer surface of the trunk body 2 is cut out in a circle in accordance with the positions of the pumping chamber 42 and the air release button 452. Furthermore, in order to facilitate the operation of pushing the pumping chamber 42 with a finger, a thin round dish-shaped decorative cover 421 made of a slightly hard synthetic resin or the like is attached to the surface of the pumping chamber 42 to enhance the response of the operation. ing.

The above-described embodiment is an example, and the harness 1 of the present invention can be implemented in the following manner.

First, the overall shape of the torso body 2 can be modified as appropriate according to the physique of the animal to be mounted, the mounting site, the mounting purpose, and the like. For example, a device that is worn on the waist so as to wrap around the base of both hind legs in a quadruped animal, or a device that is worn so as to wrap a wide range from the chest to the waist. Further, the position and shape of the lead attaching / detaching portion 28 may be changed according to the overall shape of the trunk 2, and other auxiliary handles may be provided as appropriate. The shape and size of the air pad 3 interposed in the body wrapper 2 may be appropriately designed in accordance with the body wrapper 2.

About the aspect which interposes the air pad 3 in the fuselage body 2, the air pad 3 is piled up between the outer surface and the lining of the fuselage body 2, and those peripheral parts are sewn together, “Sew-in type” that fixes the air pad 3 in 2 and “insertion type” in which a pocket is formed between the outer surface and the lining of the body wrapper 2 and the air pad 3 is taken in and out of the pocket. There are at least two types. When adopting the insertion / removal type, a fastener or the like may be attached to the pocket entrance.

Further, when the size of the entire harness 1 is increased, the air pad 3 may be divided into a plurality of sections. In that case, at least one air pump 4 can be provided for each of the divided air pads 3 as a part of the sewing pad and a part of the air pad 3 as an insertion / removal type.

The structure of the air pump 4 is not limited to the above embodiment. A known mechanism can be appropriately employed as long as the mechanism is small and not bulky and excellent in operability. The details of the check valve, the pumping chamber 42 and the like can be appropriately modified as well.

This application claims priority based on Japanese Patent Application No. 2011-267544 filed in Japan on December 7, 2011. By this reference, the entire contents thereof are incorporated into the present application.

The present invention can be widely used as a harness attached to the body of a dog or other animal. In particular, since the harness of the present invention is configured to reduce the burden on the animal's body, it can be used not only for a healthy dog walk, but also as a harness for assistance / care of animals that have been weakened by aging or disease, for example. Can also be suitably used.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Harness 2 Body wrapper 3 Air pad 34 Reinforcement cloth 35 Airtight coating 4 Air pump 41 Housing 42 Pumping chamber 43 Air intake part 44 Air inflow part 45 Air discharge part

Claims

In a harness configured to surround a part of an animal torso with a torso made of a flexible face material,
The trunk includes a front material, a lining material, and at least one air pad interposed therebetween,
At least one air pump is attached to the air pad,
A harness characterized in that the air pad expands and contracts by the operation of the air pump, and the adhesion of the torso to the animal torso is freely adjusted.
The harness according to claim 1, wherein
The harness, wherein the air pad has a shape that communicates integrally over a majority of the developed area of the trunk.
In the harness according to claim 1 or 2,
The air pad is formed by polymerizing front and back fabrics lined with an airtight coating on a flexible reinforcing fabric, and the peripheral edge of the fabric is hermetically sealed,
A harness characterized in that the air pump is attached at a proper position in the vicinity of an end of the air pad.
In the harness according to claim 1 or 2,
The harness, wherein the air pad is sewn in an overlapped manner between the outer material and the lining material constituting the trunk.
In the harness according to claim 1 or 2,
A pocket is formed between the outer material and the lining material constituting the body wrapper,
The harness, wherein the air pad is detachably mounted in the pocket.
In the harness according to claim 1 or 2,
The air pump includes a housing constituting an air inflow / outflow path, and a pumping chamber connected to one end of the housing,
In the housing, an air intake part that takes in outside air, an air inlet part that sends the taken-in air into the air pad, and an air discharge part that releases the air in the air pad to the outside communicate with each other. As well as
The said pumping chamber consists of a flat dome-shaped elastic container which can pinch both front and back surfaces with a fingertip and can be crushed.
The harness according to claim 3,
The air pump includes a housing constituting an air inflow / outflow path, and a pumping chamber connected to one end of the housing,
In the housing, an air intake part that takes in outside air, an air inlet part that sends the taken-in air into the air pad, and an air discharge part that releases the air in the air pad to the outside communicate with each other. As well as
The said pumping chamber consists of a flat dome-shaped elastic container which can pinch and crush both front and back surfaces with a fingertip.