JP6169226B1 - High performance bathing device - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a high-performance bathing device that can be assembled and stored more easily than before, and that can be efficiently cleaned and sterilized by a cared person. A high-performance bath device 10 is composed of a rectangular sheet material 11 made of synthetic resin and / or rubber. The sheet material 11 includes a rectangular bottom plate 12 and four sides of the bottom plate 12. 1st to 4th side plate portions 13 to 16 which are in a standing state with respect to the first plate portion, and first to fourth connection plate portions 17 to 20 located at the corners of the bottom plate portion 12 are formed and further adjacent to each other. The first to fourth side plate portions 13 to 16 are detachably connected via the first to fourth connection plate portions 17 to 20, and the standing state of the first to fourth side plate portions 13 to 16 is maintained. Holding means 40 is provided. [Selection] Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a simple high-performance bathing device suitable for use by, for example, a bedridden person or a care recipient.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in nursing care, there is an assisting work in which a person being cared for (hereinafter also referred to as a cared person) is brought into a bathtub and bathed. For example, at home, the caregiver takes the caregiver to the bathroom, or the caregiver comes to the home, and the caregiver takes the caretaker to the tub of the caregiver and takes a bath. ing.
However, in this case, the caregiver has to carry the cared person to a specific place, which increases human labor, is inconvenient, and improvement is desired.

As a method for improving the above problem, it is conceivable to use a simple bathtub. For example, the following techniques have been proposed for this simple bathtub.
Patent Document 1 discloses a simple bathtub in which a tub space is formed by providing an open box-like sheet for a bathtub on a frame structure formed by horizontally laying a set of rod-like members on a set of spaced apart leg portions. Has been.
Patent Document 2 discloses a foldable bathtub composed of an air chamber in which two planar sheets are linearly welded to form a three- or four-sided side wall.

JP 2003-180786 A JP 2002-85506 A

However, since the simple bathtub disclosed in Patent Document 1 uses a frame structure having a bar and a rod-like member as leg portions, the number of components is large, and workability during assembly and disassembly of the simple bathtub is poor. Become. It should be noted that it is necessary to secure a storage space for the frame structure in storing the simple bathtub.
Moreover, since the folding bathtub disclosed in Patent Document 2 needs to supply air between two linearly welded flat sheets when forming a three-dimensional side wall, for example, a pump for supplying air is separately prepared. Must.
When a simple bathtub is used, for example, there is a concern that the body cannot be sufficiently washed and is not sanitary.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a high-performance bathing device that can be assembled and stored more easily than before, and that can be efficiently cleaned and sterilized by care recipients. And

The high-performance bathing device according to the present invention that meets the above-mentioned object is a high-performance bathing device composed of one rectangular sheet material made of either one or both of synthetic resin and rubber,
The sheet material includes a rectangular bottom plate portion, first to fourth side plate portions standing on four sides of the bottom plate portion, and first to first positions located at corners of the bottom plate portion. 4 connecting plate portions are formed,
Further, the first to fourth side plate portions adjacent to each other are detachably connected via the first to fourth connection plate portions, and the first to fourth side plate portions are maintained in a standing state. Means are provided ,
In addition, the sheet material can be rolled and stored .

  In the high-performance bathing device according to the present invention, the sheet material may be a synthetic resin having waterproofness.

  In the high-performance bathing device according to the present invention, among the first to fourth side plate portions, opposing long side plate portions can be provided with fixing means for temporarily connecting the side plate portions.

  In the high-performance bathing device according to the present invention, it is preferable to provide a drain port with a valve or a plug in any one or more of the bottom plate part and the first to fourth side plate parts.

  In the high-performance bathing device according to the present invention, a mechanism for supplying micro-nano bubbles into a bathtub formed by the bottom plate portion and the first to fourth side plate portions is provided inside or outside the bathtub. Is preferred.

The high-performance bathing device according to the present invention forms a rectangular bottom plate portion, first to fourth side plate portions, and first to fourth connection plate portions on a sheet material made of synthetic resin and / or rubber. And since the standing state of this 1st-4th side-plate part is maintained by a holding means, the space which can be bathed using one sheet | seat material, ie, a bathtub, can be formed.
Therefore, it can be assembled and stored more easily than before.

  Here, when the fixing means is provided on the opposite long side plate portion, when the hot water (water) is supplied into the bathtub, the long side plate portion can be prevented from falling outside the bathtub. The leakage of hot water (water) from the inside can be prevented.

Furthermore, when a mechanism for supplying micro-nano bubbles inside or outside the bathtub is provided, it is possible to sufficiently wash the body and provide a bathtub that can be adequately sanitized.
Furthermore, in this case, since the human body can be cleaned and sterilized with a small amount of hot water (water), the amount of hot water (water amount) supplied into the bathtub can be reduced. For this reason, it is not necessary to increase the strength (hardness) of the bathtub (sheet material) excessively, and assembly and storage are further facilitated.

(A)-(C) are flowcharts which show the assembly process of the highly functional bathing device which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. (A)-(F) is a flowchart which shows the usage method of the same highly functional bathing device. (A), (B) is a perspective view which shows the expansion | deployment state and assembly state of the highly functional bathing device which concerns on a modification, respectively, (C), (D) is a perspective view which shows the usage method of the same highly functional bathing device. .

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings for understanding of the present invention.
As shown in FIGS. 1 (A) to (C), a highly functional bathing device (hereinafter also referred to as a bathtub) 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention is a single rectangular shape (here, rectangular) This is a simple bathtub composed of sheet material 11 of a square shape. This will be described in detail below.

The sheet material 11 is made of one or both of a synthetic resin and rubber, and is preferably made of a synthetic resin (a material having waterproofness) having a thickness of about 2 to 10 mm.
Here, the synthetic resin is, for example, a material used for dry suits, and chloroprene rubber having a large number of closed cell foams can be used, but other synthetic resins can also be used.

The sheet material 11 has a rectangular shape in the unfolded state, and a region that becomes a substantially rectangular (rectangular) bottom plate portion 12 in the center portion is provided in four directions of the bottom plate portion 12 (through each side of the bottom plate portion 12). Regions to be substantially rectangular first to fourth side plate portions 13 to 16 are regions to be substantially square first to fourth connecting plate portions 17 to 20 at the four corners (corner portions) of the bottom plate portion 12. Each is formed.
The connecting portions between the bottom plate portion 12 and the side plate portions 13 to 16 and the connecting portions between the side plate portions 13 to 16 and the connecting plate portions 17 to 20 bring the side plate portions 13 to 16 upright. In this example, the folding lines 21 to 24 and the folding lines 25 to 32 are indicated by dotted lines for convenience of explanation, but are not clearly shown and are linear. (For example, curvilinear). The cross-sectional shape of the connecting portion is, for example, concave, U-shaped, triangular groove shape, and the thickness is made thinner than the bottom plate portion, each side plate portion, and each connecting plate portion, thereby clarifying the position of the connecting portion. And can be easily bent.

The size of the sheet material 11 is, for example, the total length L on the long side is about 2000 to 3000 mm, and the total width W on the short side is about 1200 to 2000 mm.
In this case, the size of the bottom plate 12 that is the inner dimension of the bathtub 10 in use is such that, for example, the length L1 of the long side of the bottom plate 12 (first and third side plates 13 and 15 on the long side) is 1400. The length W1 of the short sides (second and fourth side plate portions 14 and 16 on the short side) is about 600 to 1000 mm. In use, the lengths H <b> 1 to H <b> 4 (first to fourth connecting plate portions) of the short sides of the side plate portions 13 to 16 that are the height of the bathtub 10 are set up with respect to the four sides of the bottom plate portion 12. The length of each side of 17-20 is the same, for example, about 300-500 mm.

Since each height of the side plate parts 13-16 is the same height in use, the connecting plate parts 17-20 are each substantially square. However, depending on the use of the bathtub, the height of any one or more of the first to fourth side plate portions can be different, and in this case, the first to fourth connecting plate portions are It becomes almost rectangular.
In addition, the size of the sheet material (the bottom plate portion, the first to fourth side plate portions, and the connecting plate portion) is not limited to the above-described size, and for example, a user (for example, a person being cared for) Various changes can be made according to the height and the amount of hot water (water depth) supplied into the bathtub.

As described above, the connecting plate portions 17 to 20 are formed in one sheet material 11 together with the bottom plate portion 12 and the side plate portions 13 to 16.
Therefore, between the adjacent first side plate portion 13 and the second side plate portion 14, between the adjacent second side plate portion 14 and the third side plate portion 15, and between the adjacent third side plate portion 15 and the fourth side plate portion. Between the side plate portions 16 and between the adjacent fourth side plate portion 16 and the first side plate portion 13 are in a state where no water leakage occurs (water leakage prevention state).

Each of the connecting plate portions 17 to 20 is formed with a guide for bending that extends diagonally from the four corners of the bottom plate portion 12 (becomes a diagonal line of each connecting plate portion 17 to 20).
The standard of the folding is not clearly shown as in the case of the folding lines 21 to 32. For convenience of explanation, the folding lines 33 to 36 are indicated by dotted lines. By making it into a letter shape and a triangular groove shape, and making its thickness thinner than the bottom plate portion, each side plate portion, and each connecting plate portion, it is possible to make it clear and easy to bend.

Here, when the bathtub 10 is assembled, the connecting plate portions 17 to 20 are bent lines 33 to 36 so that the bottom plate portion 12 is a flat surface and the connecting plate portions 17 to 20 are directed to the inside of the assembled bathtub 10. Each side plate part 13-16 is bend | folded by the fold lines 21-24, and it is made to stand in a standing state. In addition, you may bend each connection board part 17-20 with the fold lines 33-36 so that it may go to the outer side of the bathtub 10. FIG.
Thereby, the hot water (or water, similarly below) supplied in the bathtub 10 can prevent leaking from between the adjacent side plate parts 13-16.

In addition, the connection plate portions 17 to 20 are provided with temporary fixing portions 37.
The temporary fixing portion 37 includes a stretchable rubber band 38 provided with an annular receiving portion at an end portion, and a hooking band 39 provided with a hook portion that can be hooked on the receiving portion at an end portion. A rubber band 38 is provided above the first and fourth connecting plate portions 17 and 20, and a hooking band 39 is provided above the second and third connecting plate portions 18 and 19, respectively.
Accordingly, when the bathtub 10 is assembled, the connecting plate portions 17 and 18 bent at the folding lines 33 and 34 are turned into the side plate portion 14 on the short side and the connecting plate portions 19 bent at the folding lines 35 and 36. , 20 can be detachably fixed to the side plate 16 on the short side.

The fixing of the connecting plate portion to the side plate portion by the temporary fixing portion is not limited to the above-described form, and the first to fourth connecting plate portions are any of the first to fourth side plate portions. For example, each connecting plate part can be fixed to the long side plate part, and each connecting plate part can be fixed to the short side part and the long side plate part, respectively. It is.
In addition, the temporary fixing portion is not limited to the above configuration as long as the first to fourth connecting plate portions can be detachably fixed to any of the first to fourth side plate portions. Fasteners, chucks, strings, snap buttons, clips, and the like can also be used. Further, depending on the configuration, the temporary fixing portion can be provided to be detachable from the sheet material.

At this time, since the adjacent first to fourth side plate portions 13 to 16 are respectively connected by holding means 40 (substantially the same configuration as the temporary fixing portion 37) provided on the outer upper portion of the bathtub 10 to be assembled, The standing state of each side plate part 13-16 can be maintained.
Specifically, the holding means 40 includes a rubber band 38 and a hooking band 39, and the rubber band 38 is provided on the upper side in the longitudinal direction of the long side plate parts 13, 15. The side plates 14 and 16 on the short side are respectively provided on both upper portions in the longitudinal direction. For this reason, the holding | maintenance means 40 can connect the adjacent side plate parts 13-16 so that removal is possible via each connection plate part 17-20. In addition, the holding means can also be configured with, for example, a hook-and-loop fastener, a chuck, a string, a snap button, a clip, etc., and depending on the configuration, the holding means can be attached to and detached from the sheet material. You can also

The opposing long side plate portions 13 and 15 are provided with fixing means 41 for temporarily connecting the side plate portions 13 and 15 to each other.
Specifically, the fixing means 41 includes an elastic rubber band 42 (substantially the same configuration as the rubber band 38) provided with an annular receiving portion at an end, and a hooking portion that can be engaged with the receiving portion. Is formed of a hooking band 39 provided at the end, a rubber band 42 is provided on the upper side of one side plate portion 13 on the long side, and a hooking band 39 is provided on the upper side of the other side plate portion 15 on the long side. , Each provided.

In use, the receiving portion of the rubber band 42 provided on one side plate portion 13 is pulled to the other side plate portion 15 and hooked on the hook portion of the hooking band 39 provided on the side plate portion 15.
Thereby, when hot water is supplied into the bathtub 10, the long side plate portions 13, 15 can be prevented from falling outside the bathtub 10, so that leakage of hot water from the bathtub 10 can be prevented. For this reason, although the fixing means 41 is provided in two places at intervals in the longitudinal direction of the side plate portions 13 and 15, for example, one place or a plurality of three or more places depending on the scale of the bathtub and the strength of the side plate portions. A place may be provided.

The bottom plate portion 12 (the corner portions on the side plate portions 13 and 14 side) is provided with a drainage port 43 with a stopper for discharging hot water in the bathtub 10 to the outside of the bathtub 10.
The installation location of the drainage outlet 43 with the stopper is not limited to the above-described location, and may be any one of the side plate portions 13 to 16, and any one of the bottom plate portion 12 and the side plate portions 13 to 16. That's all.
In addition, a valve (for example, an on-off valve) can be used instead of the drain outlet with a stopper.

By supplying hot water into the bathtub 10 configured as described above, it is possible to wash a person being cared for, but a mechanism for supplying micro-nano bubbles into the bathtub 10 may be provided inside or outside the bathtub 10. preferable. The micro-nano bubble is a bubble having a diameter of several hundred nm (nanometer) or less (preferably, 200 nm or less), for example, a bubble made of ozone having a bactericidal effect, but is not limited thereto. Depending on the application, bubbles made of air or carbon dioxide can be used.
As a structure which can supply a micro nano bubble in the bathtub 10, there exist the following forms, for example.

As shown in FIGS. 2A to 2F, a form in which a micro-nano bubble generating sheet 44 (hereinafter also simply referred to as a generating sheet) for generating micro-nano bubbles is arranged on the bottom plate portion 12, or FIG. The form which arrange | positions the micro nano bubble production | generation sheet | seat 45 to the elongate side plate part 15 like the highly functional bathing device 10a shown to-(D), or a micro nano bubble production | generation material (henceforth only a production | generation material). There is a form that is arranged on a part of the bathtub or on the entire inner surface (all inner surfaces of the bottom plate part and each side plate part).
Moreover, the process which generate | occur | produces a micro nano bubble can also be given to the one part or all surface inside a bathtub.

Here, the micro / nano bubbles can be generated when hot water (or water) which is liquid is brought into contact with the generated or processed generation sheet or generated material. Specifically, hot water is generated on the generated sheet or generated material. A method of flowing (or water) (flow of hot water), a method of direct contact, or the like can be used.
Furthermore, a member subjected to processing for generating micro / nano bubbles can be attached to a hot water supply, a circulation system, or a shower head, and the micro / nano bubbles generated outside can be supplied into the bathtub.

Then, the usage method of the highly functional bathing device 10 which concerns on one embodiment of this invention is demonstrated, referring FIG. 1 (A), (B) and FIG. 2 (A)-(F).
When the sheet material 11 is stored, the sheet material 11 is wound in a roll shape (see FIG. 1A). In use, first, the sheet material 11 wound in a roll shape is expanded (see FIG. 1B).
And the micro nano bubble production | generation sheet | seat 44 is arrange | positioned on the baseplate part 12 of the expanded sheet | seat material 11, and the pillow 46 is arrange | positioned on this micro nano bubble production | generation sheet 44 (refer FIG. 2 (A)).

Next, the caregiver 47 moves a person to be cared (hereinafter also referred to as a cared person) 48 onto the sheet material 11 (see FIG. 2B) and lies on his back on the micro / nano bubble generation sheet 44 (see FIG. 2B). (See FIG. 2C).
The caregiver 47 sets the bottom plate portion 12 as a flat surface and folds the connecting plate portion 20 along the fold line 36 so that the fourth connecting plate portion 20 faces the inner side of the bathtub 10 to be formed. The side plate portion 13 and the other side plate portion 16 on the short side are bent at folding lines 21 and 24 to be in an upright state. And the adjacent side-plate part 13 and the side-plate part 16 are connected by the holding means 40 (refer FIG.2 (D)).

Further, the caregiver 47 is connected to the other side plate portion 15 on the long side while folding the other connecting plate portions 17 to 19 along the folding lines 33 to 35 inside the bathtub 10 by the same method as described above. One side plate portion 14 on the short side is bent at folding lines 22 and 23 to be in an upright state. And the adjacent side plate part 13 and the side plate part 14, the adjacent side plate part 14 and the side plate part 15, and the adjacent side plate part 15 and the side plate part 16 are connected by the holding means 40, respectively (see FIG. 2E).
Next, the connecting plate portions 17 and 18 bent at the folding lines 33 and 34 are connected to one side plate portion 14 on the short side, and the connecting plate portions 19 and 20 bent at the folding lines 35 and 36 are connected to the short side. It fixes to the other side plate part 16 with the temporary fix | stop part 37, respectively. Further, the opposing long side plate 13 and side plate 15 are connected by a fixing means 41.

The bathtub 10 is formed by the above method.
Then, the caregiver 47 uses the shower head 49 to wash the body of the care receiver 48.
Further, by using the micro / nano bubble generating sheet 44 and generating the micro / nano bubbles from the back side of the cared person 48, the cared person 48 can be cleaned and sterilized with a small amount of hot water (see FIG. 2F). ).
In addition, in the highly functional bathing device 10a shown in FIGS. 3 (A) to 3 (D), the micro / nano bubble generating sheet 45 generates micro / nano bubbles from the side of the cared person 48 to clean and sterilize the cared person 48. Can do.

After the caregiver 47 washes the body of the cared person 48 by the method described above, the caregiver 47 opens the drain port 43 to drain the hot water in the bathtub 10 and wipes the body of the cared person 48.
Then, the bathtub 10 is disassembled by a procedure reverse to the above-described method, the moisture adhering to the sheet material 11 is wiped and dried, and rolled and stored (see FIG. 1A).
Therefore, by using the highly functional bathing device 10 of the present invention, the caregiver can be assembled and stored more easily than before without requiring much labor, and moreover, the caregiver can be efficiently cleaned and sterilized. Can be implemented.

In addition, when providing the mechanism which supplies a micro nano bubble in a bathtub outside a bathtub, a cared person can be wash | cleaned and disinfected by the following methods, for example.
First, a micro-nano bubble generating sheet or a raw material is placed in a container provided outside the bathtub, and micro-nano bubbles are generated in the container to produce hot water containing micro-nano bubbles.
Subsequently, the hot water is transported into the bathtub using a pump or the like (supplying means), and the care recipient is cleaned or sterilized using a spray nozzle or a shower head.

Moreover, when arrange | positioning a micro nano bubble production | generation raw material in the part in a bathtub or the exterior, a cared person can be wash | cleaned and disinfected by the following methods, for example.
First, hot water is directly applied to the micro / nano bubble generating material to generate micro / nano bubbles.
Subsequently, a small amount of hot water containing micro / nano bubbles is stored in the bathtub, and the body of the cared person is wiped with a towel or the like, for example.

As described above, the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiment. However, the present invention is not limited to the configuration described in the above embodiment, and the matters described in the scope of claims. Other embodiments and modifications conceivable within the scope are also included. For example, a case where the high-performance bathing device of the present invention is configured by combining a part or all of the above-described embodiments and modifications is also included in the scope of the right of the present invention.
Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the case where the shape of the 1st-4th side plate part was made into the substantially rectangular shape was demonstrated, from one side of a longitudinal direction to the other side, for example according to the use of a bathtub It can also be made into the shape which made it inclined, and can also be made into the shape in which the recessed part was partially formed.

10, 10a: highly functional bathing device, 11: sheet material, 12: bottom plate portion, 13-16: side plate portion, 17-20: connecting plate portion, 21-36: folding line, 37: temporary fixing portion, 38: rubber Band: 39: Hang band, 40: Holding means, 41: Fixing means, 42: Rubber band, 43: Drain port, 44, 45: Micro-nano bubble generating sheet, 46: Pillow, 47: Caregiver, 48: Caregiver, 49: Shower head

Claims (5)

A highly functional bathing device composed of one rectangular sheet material made of either one or both of synthetic resin and rubber,
The sheet material includes a rectangular bottom plate portion, first to fourth side plate portions standing on four sides of the bottom plate portion, and first to first positions located at corners of the bottom plate portion. 4 connecting plate portions are formed,
Further, the first to fourth side plate portions adjacent to each other are detachably connected via the first to fourth connection plate portions, and the first to fourth side plate portions are maintained in a standing state. Means are provided ,
Moreover, the high-performance bathing device is characterized in that the sheet material can be rolled and stored .   2. The high-performance bath device according to claim 1, wherein the sheet material is a synthetic resin having waterproof properties.   3. The high-performance bathing device according to claim 1, wherein among the first to fourth side plate portions, the opposing long side plate portions are provided with fixing means for temporarily connecting the side plate portions to each other. A highly functional bathing device characterized by   The high function bathing device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein any one or two or more of the bottom plate portion and the first to fourth side plate portions are provided with a drain port with a valve or a stopper. A high-performance bathing device characterized by being provided.   The high function bathing device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a mechanism for supplying micro-nano bubbles into a bathtub formed by the bottom plate portion and the first to fourth side plate portions is the bathtub. A high-performance bathing device provided inside or outside.

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