JP3660836B2 - Bathtub structure - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a bathtub structure for assisting bathing of a person requiring assistance such as an elderly person or a physically handicapped person.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In the bathroom, there may be a small sitting chair that can be moved to the washing area. However, if the user of the bathroom becomes a person who needs assistance such as an elderly person or a disabled person, the small seat chair cannot be used at all. Instead, the person who needs assistance is taken to the bathtub. At the time of taking in and out, it is necessary to fix a person who needs assistance and a chair (transfer base) for assistance to support the person who is helping.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, since such a transfer stand is generally retrofitted in accordance with the generation of a person requiring assistance, there is a possibility that a problem may arise in installation.
[0004]
For example, when trying to fix the transfer table directly to the bathroom floor, it will involve waterproofing the bathroom floor to prevent water leakage from the fixed part of the transfer table, which requires a high construction cost, and It takes days for construction.
[0005]
Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a bathtub structure that can solve the above-described problems and can easily attach a seat such as a transfer stand.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, in the invention described in claim 1, there is a washing place on the long side portion of the substantially rectangular bathtub body, and between the side wall of the bathroom on the short side portion of the bathtub body. There is an assistance space, and it is possible to attach a transfer stand so as to be in contact with both sides of the corner portion where the short side portion and the long side portion of the bathtub body intersect, and substantially flush with the upper surface portion of the bathtub body. The platform has a circular shape in plan view, and has a radius of 400 mm or more, and has a bathtub structure having a straight portion extending in the tangential direction and reaching the long side portion of the bathtub body .
[0007]
According to the invention concerning Claim 1 comprised in this way, moving means, such as a shower chair with a car and a wheelchair, are laid sideways to a transfer stand at the time of tank entry, and a helper is required from a transfer means to a transfer stand easily. It can be moved, and after moving, the physical burden on the person requiring assistance can be reduced by putting one foot into the bathtub body from the transfer platform. In addition, when the assistant moves to the assistance space when leaving the tank, the assistance can be performed from behind the person requiring assistance. As a result, it is possible to provide assistance space and two-person assistance from the washing place with a margin.
[0008]
At this time, since the upper surface of the transfer table is substantially flush with the upper surface portion of the bathtub body , the step can be eliminated and the entrance / exit can be made easier.
[0009]
Moreover, more to the provision of the ERROR stand at the corners of the washing area side of the tub body, by providing the ERROR stand at the corners of the washing area side of the tub, while securing wider assistance space, wheeled shower chairs The moving means such as can be easily placed on the transfer table.
[0010]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
In order to describe the basic configuration of a specific embodiment of the present invention, reference example 1 in FIGS. 1 to 4 and reference example 2 in FIGS. 5 and 6 will be described first.
[ Reference Example 1 ]
1 to 4 show a reference example 1 of a bathtub structure according to the present invention.
[0011]
First, the configuration will be described. The bathroom 1 has a washing area 34 and is provided with a bathtub 2. The bathtub 2 is disposed in contact with the back wall 31 of the bathroom 1 and is disposed in contact with one side wall 3 of the bathroom 1. That is, the bathtub 2 is placed in contact with the wall of the bathroom 1 on two sides or less. Thereby, as is apparent from the drawing , an assistance space 30 is formed between the short side portion of the bathtub 2 and the other side wall 4.
[0012]
The bathtub 2 includes a bathtub main body 6 that constitutes the bathtub 5 and an apron 7 that covers a side surface of the bathtub main body 6. The bathtub main body 6 has a substantially horizontal upper surface portion 8 projecting outward in a flange shape from the upper end of the bath tub portion 5, and the bathtub main body 6 is viewed in plan as a whole by the upper surface portion 8. It is almost rectangular. As is clear from the figure, the washing area 34 has a long side. Further, the end portion of the upper surface portion 8 is slightly bent downward to form the outer peripheral upper edge portion 9.
[0013]
The apron 7 includes a front apron portion 10 that covers a front side surface of the bathtub body 6 and a side apron portion 11 that covers both lateral sides of the bathtub body 6. Each apron 7 has, for example, a structure in which a decorative plate 13 is attached to the surface of a core material 12 such as a plywood. The decorative plate 13 is formed with a bent edge portion 14 covering the end surface of the core material 12 on the outer peripheral portion.
[0014]
In addition, the outer peripheral upper edge 9 of the bathtub body 6 is placed above the bent edge 14 at the top of the apron 7.
[0015]
And in this Embodiment 1, the transfer stand 22 is attached to the side part by the side of the assistance space 30 of the bathtub 2 so that attachment or detachment is possible. The attachment means of the transfer stand 22 is as follows.
[0016]
That is, there is provided a substantially L-shaped receiving bracket 17 having a downward bent portion 15 extending substantially downward at the rear end and a substantially horizontal horizontal portion 16 at the tip, and the back surface of the side apron portion 11 on the side of the assistance space 30 The lower bent portion 15 at the rear end of the receiving bracket 17 is fixed to the core member 12 with a stopper 18 such as a screw.
[0017]
In addition, the horizontal portion 16 at the tip of the metal fitting 17 can be taken out from between the upper surface portion 8 of the bathtub body 6 and the upper end portion of the apron 7. Therefore, the side apron part 11 or the recessed part 19 for letting the said horizontal part 16 pass to the outer periphery upper edge part 9 of the bathtub main body 6 is formed. The recess 19 is formed on the side apron portion 11 side in the drawing. Further, the recess 19 is usually closed with a closing member (not shown) having a sealing function so that the closing member can be removed when necessary.
[0018]
Then, the transfer base 22 is attached to the horizontal portion 16 at the tip of the receiving bracket 17 using fasteners such as bolts 20 and nuts 21. The upper surface of the transfer table 22 is substantially flush with the upper surface portion 8 of the bathtub body 6.
[0019]
The transfer table 22 has a substantially circular shape in plan view. The radius 32 of the transfer table 22 is about 400 mm or more in consideration of the width of the seated buttock of a male 60 years or older. And in order to attach the transfer stand 22 to the bathtub main body 6 in a line contact state etc., the notch part 23 is formed in a part. In the case of this Embodiment 1, since the transfer stand 22 is attached to the corner part by the side of the wash basin 34 of the bathtub main body 6, it is set as the notch part 23 of a shape corresponding to a corner part. The notch 23 has a size such that a circle drawn from the center of the transfer board 22 is substantially circumscribed on the edge of the bathtub 5 as indicated by a virtual line in FIG. That is, the notch portion 23 is formed so as to secure a transfer portion having a radius of 400 mm including the upper surface portion 8 of the bathtub body 6.
[0020]
In addition, the distance 33 from the end of the transfer table 22 to the other side wall 4 is set to be about 700 mm or more.
[0021]
At this time, a number of drain holes 24 are formed in the transfer table 22, and some of the drain holes 24 are used to attach the transfer table 22 to the bracket 17.
[0022]
Further, a leg member 26 is interposed between the lower part of the transfer table 22 and the bathroom floor 25. The leg member 26 has a mounting flange 27 at the upper end and a stone protrusion 28 at the lower end.
[0023]
Then, the flange 27 at the upper end of the leg member 26 is fixed to the lower portion of the horizontal portion 16 at the tip of the bracket 17 with fasteners such as bolts 20 and nuts 21 simultaneously with the transfer table 22. At this time, the stone protrusion 28 at the lower end of the leg member 26 is brought into a non-fixed locking state with respect to the bathroom floor 25.
[0024]
The number of leg members 26 is not limited to one, and a plurality of leg members 26 may be provided.
[0025]
Next, the operation of the reference example 1 will be described.
[0026]
The bathroom 1 is usually used without a seat.
[0027]
Then, when a person who needs assistance such as an elderly person or a physically handicapped person occurs in the user of the bathroom, the apron 7 that lifts the bathtub body 6 and covers the side surface of the bathtub body 6 (in the case of the first embodiment, The lower bent portion 15 at the rear end of the receiving bracket 17 is fixed to the core 12 portion on the back surface of the side apron portion 11) on the side of the assistance space 30 with a stopper 18 such as a screw, and the horizontal portion 16 at the distal end of the receiving bracket 17 is fixed. It takes out outward from the recessed part 19 formed between the upper surface part 8 of the said bathtub main body 6, and the upper end part of the said apron 7, The transfer stand 22 is attached to the horizontal part 16 at the front-end | tip of the said receiving metal fitting 17, the bolt 20 and the nut 21. Install with fasteners such as. Thereby, the transfer stand 22 can be retrofitted easily.
[0028]
In addition, since a seat can be attached without opening a hole or the like in the bathroom floor 25, waterproofing work is not required and construction can be performed in a short time.
[0029]
At this time, a leg member 26 is interposed between the lower part of the transfer table 22 and the bathroom floor 25, and the flange 27 at the upper end of the leg member 26 is fastened simultaneously with the transfer table 22 with fasteners such as bolts 20 and nuts 21. It fixes to the lower part of the horizontal part 16 at the front-end | tip of the metal fitting 17, and the stone projection part 28 of the leg member 26 lower end is made into a non-fixed latching state with respect to the bathroom floor 25. FIG.
[0030]
Thus, by interposing the leg member 26 between the lower part of the transfer table 22 and the bathroom floor 25, the transfer table 22 can be firmly supported by the leg member 26.
[0031]
In addition, by fixing the upper end of the leg member 26 to the lower end of the receiving member 17 or the lower part of the transfer table 22 and making the lower end of the leg member 26 non-fixed to the bathroom floor 25, Since the leg member 26 can be attached to the bathroom floor 25 without opening a hole or the like, waterproofing work can be eliminated.
[0032]
And the assistance space 30 is formed between the bathtub 2 and the other side wall 4 of the bathroom 1, and the transfer stand 22 is attached to the side part of the assistance space 30 side of the bathtub 2, so that a shower with a car can be used when entering the tank. A moving means such as a chair or a wheelchair can be laid on the transfer table 22 so that a person requiring assistance can be easily moved from the moving means to the transfer table 22. After the movement, one foot is inserted into the bathtub body 6 from the transfer table 22. This makes it possible to reduce the physical burden on the person requiring assistance. Further, when the assistant moves to the assistance space 30 at the time of leaving the tank, assistance can be performed from behind the person who needs assistance. Thereby, it is possible to perform two-person assistance from the assistance space 30 and the washing place 34 with a margin.
[0033]
At this time, by making the upper surface of the transfer table 22 substantially flush with the upper surface portion 8 of the bathtub body 6, it is possible to eliminate the step and further facilitate the entry / exit tank.
[0034]
Furthermore, by setting the distance 33 from the end of the transfer stand 22 to the other side wall 4 to be about 700 mm or more, it becomes possible to store a moving means such as a shower chair with a vehicle in the assistance space 30 through the portion of the distance 33. Thus, the assistance space 30 can be used effectively. In addition, the said assistance space 30 can be effectively utilized as a large bathroom space also for a healthy person.
[0035]
In addition, by setting the radius 32 of the transfer table 22 to about 400 mm or more, a man over 60 years old can be used stably. The radius 32 of the transfer table 22 can be optimally set to a size according to the user.
[0036]
In addition, by providing the transfer table 22 at the corner of the bathtub 2 on the washing area 34 side, it is possible to secure a wider assistance space 30 and to easily place a moving means such as a shower chair with a car on the transfer table 22. .
[ Reference Example 1 ]
5 and 6 show Reference Example 2 of the bathtub structure . Parts that are the same as or equivalent to those in Reference Example 1 will be described with the same reference numerals.
[0037]
In the reference example 2 , the transfer table 35 is formed in a substantially semicircular shape, and is provided in the vicinity of the corner portion, not the corner portion on the washing place 34 side of the bathtub body 6.
[0038]
And the latching groove part 36 is formed in the upper surface part 8 of the bathtub main body 6, the latching part 37 formed in the transfer stand 35 is latched with respect to this latching groove part 36, and the latching part A downwardly extending support surface 38 formed at the lower portion of 37 is brought into contact with and supported by the side apron portion 11 of the bathtub 2.
[0039]
At this time, the locking groove 36 has a front edge that is lowered by the amount of the locking portion 37 so that the upper surface of the transfer table is substantially flush with the upper surface of the bathtub body.
[0040]
The locking groove 36 is configured to protect the locking portion 37 by attaching a cover block 39 when the transfer table 35 is not mounted.
[0041]
In this way, by forming the locking groove 36 on the upper surface portion 8 of the bathtub body 6 and forming the locking portion 37 that can be locked to the locking groove 36 on the transfer table 35, it is possible with one touch. The transfer table 35 can be attached and detached.
[0042]
Moreover, the required support intensity | strength with respect to the transfer stand 35 can be obtained by making the support surface 38 formed in the transfer stand 35 extended in contact with the side apron part 11 of the bathtub 2.
[0043]
About parts other than the above, it has the same composition as the above-mentioned reference example 1, and can obtain the same operation and effect.
[0044]
7 to 9 shows an embodiment of the present invention having the basic structure of bathtubs structure shown in these Reference Examples 1 and 2. Parts that are the same as or equivalent to those in Reference Example 1 will be described with the same reference numerals.
[0045]
But in this embodiment, compared ERROR base 22 of the first embodiment, it is provided with a straight portion 40 which extends tangentially reaching the side portion of the washing space 34 of the bath main body 6 (the front).
[0046]
As described above, by providing the straight portion 40 with respect to the transfer table 22, it is possible to improve the convenience when the moving means such as a shower chair with a vehicle is laid on the transfer table 22.
[0047]
That is, when entering the tank, as shown in FIG. 8A, by moving a moving means such as a shower chair with a car on the straight portion 40 of the transfer table 22, the moving means as shown in FIG. It is possible to easily move the person requiring assistance from the transfer table 22 to the transfer table 22 and, after moving, it is possible to reduce the physical burden on the person requiring assistance by putting one foot into the bathtub body 6 from the transfer table 22. Become.
[0048]
Further, at the time of leaving the tank, as shown in FIG. 9A, the assistant moves to the assistance space 30 and pulls up to the transfer platform 22 from the back, and as shown in FIG. Two people hold their feet from the washing area 34 and move from the transfer platform 22 to a moving means such as a shower chair with a car placed on the straight portion 40. Thereby, two people can be assisted more easily.
[0049]
About parts other than the above, it has the same composition as the above-mentioned reference example 1, and can obtain the same operation and effect.
[0050]
The embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the specific configuration is not limited to this embodiment, and the present invention can be changed even if there is a design change or the like without departing from the gist of the present invention. included. For example, combinations of the above embodiments other than those described above are possible.
[0051]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention , the washing space is provided on the long side of the substantially rectangular bathtub body, and the assistance space between the bathtub and the side wall of the bathroom is provided on the short side of the bathtub body. The transfer base can be attached substantially flush with the upper surface portion of the bathtub body, in contact with both sides of the corner portion where the short side portion and the long side portion of the bathtub body intersect, Since it has a circular shape in plan view, a radius of 400 mm or more, and a linear portion that extends in the tangential direction and reaches the long side of the bathtub body, a moving means such as a shower chair with a vehicle or a wheelchair is provided when entering the tank. The person requiring assistance can be easily moved from the moving means to the transfer stand by laying on the transfer stand, and after moving, the physical burden on the person requiring assistance can be reduced by placing each foot in the bathtub body from the transfer stand. It becomes possible to lighten. In addition, when the assistant moves to the assistance space when leaving the tank, the assistance can be performed from behind the person requiring assistance. As a result, it is possible to provide assistance space and assistance for two people from the washing place with a margin.
[0052]
At this time, since the upper surface of the transfer table is substantially flush with the upper surface portion of the bathtub body , the step can be eliminated and the entrance / exit can be made easier.
[0053]
Further, since only set the ERROR stand at the corners of the washing area side of the tub, while securing wider assistance space, it is possible to easily alongside the moving means such as a wheeled shower chair ERROR stand.
[0054]
Further, by providing a straight portion with respect to the transfer table, it is possible to improve the convenience when the moving means such as a shower chair with a car is placed on the transfer table.
[0055]
That is, at the time of entering the tank, by laying a moving means such as a shower chair with a car on the straight part of the transfer table, a person requiring assistance can be easily moved from the transfer means to the transfer table. By putting one foot into the bathtub body, it is possible to reduce the physical burden on the person requiring assistance.
[0056]
Also, at the time of leaving the tank, the assistant moves to the assistance space, pulls it up from the back to the transfer platform, and the other assistant has the feet from the washroom, and two people lie on the straight line from the transfer platform. Move to a moving means such as Thereby, two people can be assisted more easily.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a plan view of a bathtub structure of Reference Example 1 for explaining an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of FIG.
3 is a partial side cross-sectional view of FIG. 1. FIG.
FIG. 4 is a partial exploded perspective view of FIG. 1;
FIG. 5 is a plan view of a bathtub structure of a reference example 2 for explaining the embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a side view of FIG. 5. FIG.
FIG. 7 is a plan view of the embodiment of the present invention.
8A is a plan view showing a first process for entering the bathtub shown in FIG. 7, and FIG. 8B is a plan view showing a second process for entering the bathtub shown in FIG. 7;
9A is a plan view showing a first process of taking out the bath from the bathtub of FIG. 7, and FIG. 9B is a plan view showing a second process of taking out the bath from the bathtub of FIG. 7;
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Bathroom 4 Side wall
6 Bathtub body
8 Top surface
22 Transfer platform 30 Assistance space 34 Washing area
40 Straight line part

Claims (1)

Has a washing place on the long side of the substantially rectangular bathtub body,
There is an assistance space between the side wall of the bathroom on the short side of the bathtub body,
In contact with both sides of the corner where the short side and the long side of the bathtub body intersect,
The transfer stand can be mounted almost flush with the upper surface of the bathtub body,
The bathtub structure having a circular shape in a plan view, a radius of 400 mm or more, and a linear portion extending in a tangential direction and reaching the long side of the bathtub body .

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