JP5696871B2 - Wheelchair lighting equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a lighting device and a lighting system when moving by using a wheelchair such as a physically handicapped person or an elderly person, in particular, moving at night or in darkness in a building such as a hospital, a nursing facility, a house, The present invention relates to an illuminating device and an illuminating system in the case of traveling outdoors using a wheelchair such as when getting on and off an automobile or moving on the road outdoors at night.

  In general, disabled persons and elderly people who use wheelchairs are not often moved using wheelchairs because going out at night is dangerous. However, there are cases where it is unavoidable to go out at night, and there are cases where it is necessary to move in a dark corridor or passage in a building with a wheelchair, such as using a toilet at night. In such cases, there are various dangers when moving in and out of the dark as well as when getting on and off the wheelchair in the dark.

  For this reason, for example, a disabled person or elderly person who uses a wheelchair, or a care assistant, etc., should prepare a flashlight to illuminate the surroundings of the wheelchair and not hit the wheelchair body, wheels, footplates, etc. It was necessary to take care such as getting on and off the wheelchair and illuminating the direction of travel when driving.

  In addition, a loosening fastener that can be attached and detached and a lighting fixture that is detachably attached to the loosening fastener are attached to a part of the frame that constitutes the body of the wheelchair, and is electrically connected to this through an electric cord. There has been proposed a wheelchair with improved stability by attaching an operation switch for turning on and off the lighting device to a part of the wheelchair body.

  Furthermore, when driving on a road outdoors on a road at night, not only the lighting equipment that brightens the direction of travel of the wheelchair, but also the surrounding vehicle and pedestrians are informed by the side frame or back of the wheelchair body. An illumination system consisting of an illumination lamp attached to a frame has been proposed.

  This is because the left and right side frames or part of the back frame is provided with illumination lights, and the left and right illumination lights can be lit or blinked individually or simultaneously by predetermined operating means, thereby providing a direction indication function when turning right or left. It is characterized in that there is provided an operation means for letting the surroundings know forward or backward by holding or lighting or blinking. This can be said to be a proposal for a lighting system that is intended to ensure safer driving.

JP 2003-180759 A Utility Model Registration No. 3122932

  However, conventional flashlight illumination may cause the flashlight to fall from the hand, and the hand holding the flashlight will be blocked, which is problematic in terms of safety.

  In addition, the method of providing lighting on the side frame and back frame is effective in that the presence position of the wheelchair can be seen from the surroundings, but the brightness near the foot of the wheelchair is still insufficient, There is a drawback that safety cannot be secured.

  Furthermore, in the method of detachably attaching a lighting device that irradiates a part of the body of the wheelchair or illuminates and flashes, the operation when attaching / detaching is troublesome, and the lighting device is attached to a part of the body frame. In this state, there is a drawback that it hits the body of a wheelchair rider and sometimes gets injured.

  Therefore, in the present invention, the above-described problems are solved by means having the following characteristics as a lighting device and a lighting system for a wheelchair.

  That is, the illumination device is characterized in that illumination using an LED or EL light emitter as a light source is provided on the back side of a foot plate on which a wheelchair user puts both feet or one foot while traveling.

  Further, the illumination apparatus is characterized in that illumination using the LED or EL light emitter as a light source is provided on at least one side surface of the foot plate, for example, one side surface of the traveling direction side.

  Further, the light source composed of the EL light emitter is formed into a substantially planar shape such as a sheet shape, a plate shape, or a film shape, and is attached to the back surface of the foot plate. It is the illuminating device and the illuminating system which were connected by the electrical wiring etc. which were provided along the flame | frame which comprises the vehicle body of this wheelchair.

Further, one side surface of the foot plate in the traveling direction of the wheelchair is a curved surface having a predetermined curvature or an inclined surface having a predetermined angle with respect to the front and back surfaces of the foot plate, and a light source by an LED is preferably embedded in the one side surface. This is a lighting device.

  Furthermore, the electric wiring for connecting the light source provided on the back surface of these foot plates and the above-described operation unit is arranged in a rotating shaft for pivotally supporting the foot plate and in a frame constituting the body of the wheelchair or It is an illumination system characterized by controlling lighting on and off along a frame.

  Further, the foot plate is a lighting system characterized in that a metal material or a resin is used to form a shape.

  Further, the light source composed of the EL light emitter has a substantially planar shape such as a sheet shape, a plate shape, or a film shape, and is attached to a part of the side frame or the back frame of the wheelchair body, and the electric wiring with the operation unit is connected to the wheelchair body. An illumination system is provided in a frame.

  As described above, by providing illumination using LED or EL light emitter as the light source on the back side of the foot plate of the wheelchair, there is no worry of hitting the body of the wheelchair user and the feet around the foot plate become bright. Therefore, the safety at the time of getting on and off the wheelchair and traveling is improved.

  Also, if you turn on the illuminating lamp when the plate is folded around the pivot axis of the foot plate when getting on and off the wheelchair, the light source on the back side of the foot plate will make the feet even more bright and safer More improved. In addition, since the lighting device is provided on one side surface in the traveling direction of the foot plate, the front is irradiated during traveling as well as when getting on and off, so safety during movement can be ensured.

  In addition, since illumination using the LED or EL light emitter as a light source, such as at least one side surface of the foot plate, for example, one side surface in the traveling direction, is provided, the area around the feet of the wheelchair and the traveling direction are irradiated as compared with the conventional case. The energy cost of the lighting device can be reduced, and the downsizing process is easy, and the production cost can be reduced.

  In addition, the light source composed of the EL luminous body is formed into a substantially planar shape such as a sheet shape, a plate shape, or a film shape, and is attached to the back surface or one side surface of the foot plate. Are connected to the body of the wheelchair by means of electrical wiring or the like provided along the frame, so that when the wheelchair user gets on and off, the lighting device, the operation unit, and the electrical wiring hit the body of the wheelchair user The danger of doing is lost.

In addition, one side surface of the foot plate in the traveling direction of the wheelchair is a curved surface having a predetermined curvature or an inclined surface having a predetermined angle with respect to the front and back surfaces of the foot plate, and a light source by LED is embedded in the one side surface. Further, since the light is emitted in the direction of travel from the foot periphery and the foot portion of the wheelchair, it is possible to easily confirm the safety ahead. Further, since the light source is embedded, there is no risk of being injured by hitting the body of the wheelchair user as described above.

  Furthermore, the electrical wiring for connecting the light source provided on the back surface or one side surface of these foot plates and the above-described operation unit is provided in the rotating shaft for pivotally supporting the foot plate and the frame constituting the vehicle body of the wheelchair. Opening and closing (rotating operation) of the foot plate can be performed smoothly by providing the inside and controlling the turning on and off.

  In the electrical wiring that connects the light source provided on the back surface or one side of the foot plate and the operation unit described above, the installation location of the operation unit can be arbitrarily set according to the wheelchair user by changing the electrical wiring from wired to wireless. The lighting system can be turned on and off efficiently.

  Next, the material constituting the foot plate may be any material such as a metal material, a resin material, or wood, but particularly when an aluminum material is used, depending on the thermal conductivity of the material, the illumination lamp By using the heat generated from, you can easily warm your feet.

  Further, the light source composed of the EL light emitter has a substantially planar shape such as a sheet shape, a plate shape, or a film shape, and is attached to a part of the side frame or the back frame of the wheelchair body, and the electric wiring with the operation unit is connected to the wheelchair body frame. By providing it inside, the mounting of the light source is easier to process, and the visibility of the position of the wheelchair is greatly improved.

It is the whole wheelchair structural drawing which provided the lighting system concerning the present invention. It is a side view of the footplate which provided the illuminating device concerning this invention. It is a wiring conceptual diagram of the illumination system concerning this invention. It is a wheelchair provided with a conventional lighting device.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The lighting system for a wheelchair according to the present invention can be attached to any type of wheelchair that is electrically operated or manually operated as long as the footplate is provided at the lower part in the traveling direction of the wheelchair. .

FIG. 1 is an overall structural diagram of a wheelchair provided with the illumination system of the present invention. 2 and 3, 240 is a conceptual diagram showing a cross section on one side of the lighting system incorporated in the foot plate having a structure that is divided and opened to the left and right. 240A indicates a left illumination system, and 240B indicates a right illumination system. In addition, although the footplate demonstrated by this embodiment is a right-and-left double opening structure, the footplate of the structure closed to the center part side of a wheelchair, and a slightly long plate-like footplate may be sufficient.

Reference numeral 60 denotes an operation unit of an illumination system provided in each of the left and right frames constituting the wheelchair, 60A being a left operation unit and 60B being a right operation unit. Similarly, 30 is a battery installed at the lower part of each frame on the left and right sides, 30A is a left battery, and 30B is a right battery. Reference numeral 1 denotes a connection frame that also serves as a rotation shaft that pivotally supports the left and right foot plates, and includes a left connection frame 1A and a right connection frame 2B.

Reference numeral 2 denotes a footrest frame that connects the connection frame and the left and right frames, and includes a left footrest frame 2A and a right footrest frame 2B. Reference numeral 3 denotes an armrest frame that connects the leg frame and the back frame on the back side of the wheelchair, and includes a left armrest frame 3A and a right armrest frame 3B.

Reference numeral 4 denotes an operation handle provided at each distal end of the back frame and operated by an assistant such as a wheelchair, and is composed of a left operation handle 4A and a right operation handle 4B. A pair of left and right casters 5 (a left caster 5A and a right caster 5B) for assisting the movement of the wheelchair by the left and right tires 6A and 6B are provided at the lower part in the traveling direction of the wheelchair according to the present invention.

  FIG. 2 is a side view of a foot plate provided with an illuminating device in the lighting system according to the present invention. When LED is used as an illuminating lamp on the side surface of the foot plate, 242 is illumination on the back side of the foot plate. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the case where EL light-emitting body is used for a lamp | ramp, respectively. An EL light emitter may be used for the illumination lamp on the side surface of the foot plate, and an LED may be used for the illumination lamp on the back surface.

  FIG. 3 is a wiring structure diagram of the lighting system 240 according to the present invention. The electrical wiring connecting the lighting system 240 to the battery 30 is connected to the footrest frame 2 and the casters 5 along the connection frame 1 and the footrest frame 2. It is connected to the battery 30 provided during the operation.

  Further, the operation unit for controlling the illumination system 240 is provided on the operation handle 4 (left operation handle 4A, right operation handle 4B) and the armrest frame 3 (left armrest frame 3A, right armrest frame 3B), and is connected to the illumination system. Are connected along the connection frame 1, the footrest frame 2, and the armrest frame 3. Furthermore, the inside of each of these frames may be hollow and electrical wiring may be provided therein. Moreover, you may transmit the electric signal from an operation part wirelessly.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Connection frame 2 ... Footrest frame 3 ... Armrest frame 4 ... Operation handle 5 ... Caster 6 ... Tire 30 ... Battery 60 ... Operation part 240 ... Lighting system 241 ... LED
242 ... EL
250 ... Conventional lighting device

Claims (4)

A wheelchair provided with a lighting device for illuminating the traveling direction of the wheelchair or its surroundings in a part of the wheelchair body or a wheelchair accessory,
An illuminating lamp that uses an LED or EL light emitter as a light source is buried at least on the back side of a foot plate on which a wheelchair user puts both feet or one foot when riding,
A control operation unit that performs irradiation control such as turning on and off of the illumination lamp and a power source for operating the illumination system are provided at a predetermined position of the wheelchair body or its accessories,
These lighting lamps, control operation unit and power source were electrically connected,
Wheelchair lighting device characterized in that The illumination lamp is an EL light emitter having a substantially planar shape such as a sheet shape, a plate shape, or a film shape, embedded in the back surface of the foot plate,
The control operation unit is connected by an electrical connection means provided in or along the frame constituting the vehicle body of the wheelchair.
The wheelchair lighting device according to claim 1. One side surface of the foot plate in the traveling direction of the wheelchair is a curved surface having a predetermined curvature or an inclined surface having a predetermined angle with respect to the front and back surfaces of the foot plate,
A light source comprising an LED or an EL light emitter is embedded inside the one side surface or along the one side surface,
The wheelchair illumination device according to claim 1, wherein the wheelchair illumination device is provided. An illuminating lamp that uses an LED or EL light emitter embedded in the foot plate as a light source includes a rotating shaft that pivotally supports the foot plate on a body frame (footrest frame) of a wheelchair and the body frame or the Connected by electrical connection means provided along the frame,
The wheelchair lighting device according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

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