JPH0810102A - Rising device and bed - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a rising device and a bed making a hypotensive easy to rise comfortably. CONSTITUTION:A timer 6 is set to the time 30min-1hr before rising time (a) and a leg receiving stand 1 is introduced under a futon 8 to place a leg L on an upper plate 11. When the set time arrives (b), the timer 6 operates a compressor 5 and air is set to a bag 10 from the compressor 5. The upper plate 11 is gradually raised by the bag so as to make the position of the leg L higher than that of the head H and the leg L is held to predetermined height. As a result, blood becomes easy to circulate toward the head H.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a wake-up device and a bed, and more particularly to a wake-up device and a bed most suitable for a person with low blood pressure.

[0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION In the morning, many people with low blood pressure have trouble getting up. It is thought that this is because in people with low blood pressure, it is difficult for blood to flow to the head. Therefore, it is considered that this problem can be solved by making the legs higher than the head with a pillow or the like and sleeping so that the blood can easily flow to the head.

[0003]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, if the user raises his / her legs during sleep, it may be difficult to roll over and there may be a feeling of strangeness.
Sleep is disturbed. Therefore, it is not possible to wake up comfortably.

The present invention has been made in view of this point, and an object of the present invention is to provide a wake-up device and a bed for facilitating a person with low blood pressure to wake up comfortably.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, a wake-up device according to the present invention has a leg receiving portion for mounting a person's leg, and the position of the leg is higher than the position of the head. It comprises raising means for raising the leg receiving portion, driving means for operating the raising means, and a timer for activating the driving means at a set time.

An example of such a wake-up device is one in which the driving means comprises a compressor and the raising means comprises a bag which is inflated by air from the compressor. Further, the driving means is composed of a motor, the raising means is rotated by a motor, and a male screw portion, a female screw portion that is screwed with the male screw portion and moves with the rotation of the male screw portion, and the female screw portion. There is a wake-up device including a stand portion that is rotatably connected with the female screw portion and that raises the leg receiving base with the movement of the female screw portion. On the other hand, a bed according to the present invention incorporates the wake-up device.

[0007]

According to this structure, first, the timer activates the driving means at the set time. When the drive means actuates the raising means, the raising means raises the leg receiving portion for placing a person's leg so that the position of the leg is higher than the position of the head. As a result, blood is more likely to turn to the head.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A wake-up device suitable for a person with low blood pressure according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

First, the configuration of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 will be described. 1 (a) and 1 (b) respectively show states of a wake-up device embodying the present invention before and after operation. As shown in FIG. 1, the wake-up device includes a leg rest 1 and a device body 2. FIG. 2 shows the outer appearance of the leg rest 1, and FIG. 3 shows the outer appearance of the bag 10 that constitutes the leg rest 1.

As shown in FIG. 2, the leg rest 1 comprises a bag 10, an upper plate 11 and a lower plate 12. Upper plate 11
The lower plate 12 and the lower plate 12 are rotatably connected to each other with a hinge 13 around one side, and the bag 10 is bonded to the upper plate 11 and the lower plate 12 so as to be sandwiched between the upper plate 11 and the lower plate 12. It is fixed with an agent. As shown in FIG. 1, the upper plate 11 is a human leg L.
And the bag 10 constitutes a lifting means for raising the upper plate 11 so that the position of the leg L is higher than the position of the head H. The bag 10 is made of a soft material such as rubber or vinyl, and a pipe 14 for introducing air and a valve 15 for removing air are attached to the side surfaces of the bag 10. The side surface of the bag 10 is expandable and contractible in a bellows shape so as to be inflated by the air from the compressor 5 described later.

As shown in FIG. 1, the apparatus main body 2 mainly comprises a pressure gauge 4, a compressor 5 and a timer 6. The compressor 5 constitutes a driving means for operating the bag 10, and the timer 6 is adapted to activate the compressor 5 at a set time.

Next, the usage method and operation of the wake-up device of FIG. 1 will be described. Before going to bed, first, the pipe 14 (Fig. 2) is connected to the hose 3 and the valve 15 (Fig. 2) is closed. Figure 1 (a)
As shown in, the leg rest 1 is put under the futon 8 and the plug 7 is connected to a power source (not shown). Then, the timer 6 is set to a time 30 minutes to 2 hours before the time (wake-up time) at which one wants to wake up. When going to bed, the legs L are placed on the upper plate 11.
At this time, the leg L is located at almost the same height as the position of the head H, but when the head H is placed on the pillow, it is lower than the position of the head H.

At the set time, the timer 5 operates the compressor 5. Air is sent to the bag 10 by the compressor 5, and the bag 10 is inflated.
The upper plate 11 is gradually pushed up by the bulge of the bag 10. As a result, as shown in FIG.
The position of the upper leg L is higher than the position of the head H. The compressor 5 constantly monitors the pressure in the bag 10 by a signal from the pressure gauge 4, and stops when the pressure exceeds a predetermined pressure value. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 1 (b), when the leg L moves up to a predetermined height, the bulge of the bag 10 stops and the position of the leg L is maintained at a substantially constant height. After getting up, a person can return the bag 10 to the original state {FIG. 1 (a)} by opening the valve 15 and contracting the bag 10.

As described above, the leg L is in the head H while sleeping.
Since the blood is held at a higher position than that, the blood easily turns to the head H. As a result, people with low blood pressure are more likely to wake up comfortably. Moreover, since the transition to this state (the state in which the legs L are held at a position higher than the head H) is performed at the time set by the timer 6, sleep is not disturbed. Further, since the leg rest 1 and the device main body 2 are connected only by the hose 3, the device main body 2 can be arranged far from a person. If the device body 2 is kept away from a person, the device body 2
It is possible to prevent sleep from being disturbed by noise from the user.

Although the compressor 5 sends air to the bag 10 here, instead of this, a pump sends a liquid such as water or oil to the bag 10,
The bag 10 may be inflated with water pressure, hydraulic pressure, or the like.

Next, another leg cradle that can be used in the embodiment of FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. First, the leg cradle 1A shown in FIG. 4 is characterized in that the hinge 13 side portion of the lower plate 16 is formed in an edge shape. As shown in FIG. 1, the leg cradle 1 is used by being put under a futon 8. However, a step is formed on the futon 8 by the leg cradle 1 and there is a possibility that sleep may be disturbed by the discomfort received from the step. is there. Therefore, as shown in FIG.
If 6a is provided, the step is eliminated, so that comfortable sleep can be obtained.

The leg rest 1B shown in FIG. 5 is characterized in that a shaft structure is adopted instead of the hinge 13 (FIG. 2 etc.). That is, the leg receiving base 1B has a structure in which the shaft 17a formed on one side of the upper plate 17 is rotatably fitted to the corresponding bearing 18a formed on one side of the lower plate 18. According to this structure, since the hinge 13 is unnecessary, the cost can be reduced, and the assemblability and mass productivity are excellent.

The leg pedestal 1C shown in FIG. 6 is characterized in that an upper plate 19A and a lower plate 19B are fixed to the upper surface and the lower surface of the bag 10 with an adhesive or the like. If the bag 10 is made of a strong material and has a thickness so that the bag 10 has some durability against a lateral force, such a structure can be adopted. It should be noted that, as shown in FIG. 6, the upper plate 19A and the upper surfaces of the bag 10 may be inclined to one side in a state where the bag 10 is not subjected to a force by the legs L or the like, but the leg L naturally rises. The upper plate 1 according to the direction {Fig. 1 (b)}
Since the upper surfaces of 9A and the bag 10 are inclined,
The absence of the hinge 13 does not particularly hinder the use. Further, the upper surface of the bag 10 may be provided with a certain degree of rigidity, so that the leg pedestal may be configured only by the bag 10 without the upper plate 19A and the lower plate 19B. In that case, the upper surface of the bag 10 constitutes a leg receiving portion.

The leg cradle 1D shown in FIG. 7 has the same structure as the leg cradle 1 shown in FIG. 2 except that a bag 20 having the shape shown in FIG. 8 is provided as a raising means. in this way,
The shape of the bag 20 is not particularly limited as long as it can push up the upper plate 11 by inflating it.

FIG. 9 shows an embodiment of a bed incorporating the above-mentioned wake-up device (FIG. 1). With the bed in which the leg cradle 1 is incorporated in this way, the same effect as in the case of use as shown in FIG. 1 can be obtained. Moreover, since the leg pedestal 1 is incorporated so that no step is formed on the upper surface of the bed by the leg pedestal 1, the edge portion 16a
Similar to the case of using (FIG. 4), comfortable sleep can be obtained without feeling uncomfortable.

FIGS. 10 (a) and 10 (b) show the states before and after the operation of the wake-up device according to another embodiment, respectively. This wake-up device is configured to mechanically raise the upper plate 21. That is, the motor 25 constitutes a driving means, and the male screw portion 23 rotated by the motor 25 and the female screw portion 2 screwed with the male screw portion 23 and moved as the male screw portion 23 rotates.
4, and stand portions 27a, 27 that are rotatably connected to the female screw portion 24 and raise the upper plate 21 as the female screw portion 24 moves.
b and 27c constitute a raising means. These stand portions 27a, 27b, 27c are rotatably connected by connecting portions 28a, 28b, 28c, 28d as shown in FIG.

Next, the usage method and operation of the wake-up device of FIG. 10 will be described. The setting before going to bed is performed in the same manner as the embodiment of FIG. When the set time comes, the timer 26
Causes the motor 25 to operate. The motor 25 rotates the male screw portion 23, and the rotation causes the female screw portion 2 to rotate.
4 moves to the right {Fig. 10 (b)}. By the movement of the female screw portion 24, the lower end of the stand portion 27a and the upper end of the stand portion 27b are pushed by the upper end of the stand portion 27c in the connecting portion 28b, and gradually stand upright vertically to the lower plate 22. Along with that, the upper plate 11 causes the stand portions 27a, 27
It is gradually pushed up by b, and as a result, the position of the leg L on the upper plate 11 becomes higher than the position of the head H. Motor 2
5 stops when the rotation amount reaches a predetermined amount. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 10B, when the leg L is raised to a predetermined height, the movement of the stand portions 27a to 27c is stopped and the position of the leg L is maintained at a substantially constant height.

After getting up, a person may move the stand portions 27a to 27c or the like to return the leg rest 1E to the state shown in FIG. 10 (a). A configuration may be adopted in which the motor 25 automatically reverses the male screw portion 23 to restore the state of FIG.

According to the embodiment shown in FIG. 10, as in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the legs L are held at a position higher than the head H while sleeping, so that blood easily flows to the head H. Become. As a result, people with low blood pressure are more likely to wake up comfortably. Moreover, since the transition to this state (the state in which the leg L is held at a position higher than the head H) is performed at the time set by the timer 26, sleep is not disturbed. In addition, since the mechanical structure is adopted so that the cost and the size of the constituent elements can be easily reduced, the entire apparatus can be configured at low cost and compact (for example, folding type). By making the device compact, it is possible to realize a wake-up device that does not take up much space indoors and is easy to carry.

[0025]

As described above, according to the wake-up device of the present invention, the drive means actuates the raising means before wake-up, so that the leg receiving portion is positioned so that the position of the legs is higher than the position of the head. Since it is configured to be raised, blood easily flows to the head. Moreover, since this operation is performed at the time set by the timer, sleep is not disturbed. Therefore,
An effect that a person with low blood pressure can comfortably get up easily is obtained.

If the driving means is composed of the compressor and the raising means is composed of the bag that is inflated by the air from the compressor, it is possible to keep the compressor away from the sleeping person by connecting the compressor and the bag with a hose or the like. Therefore, it is possible to prevent sleep from being disturbed by the noise of the compressor.

A driving means is composed of a motor, and a male screw part rotated by the motor, a female screw part screwed with the male screw part and moving with the rotation of the male screw part, and a female screw part being rotatable. By constructing the lifting means with the stand part that connects and raises the leg pedestal with the movement of the female screw part, it is easy to reduce cost and size. it can. Then, by making the device compact, it is possible to realize a wake-up device that does not take up space in the room and is easy to carry.

According to the bed in which the wake-up device is incorporated, it is possible to eliminate the discomfort felt from the leg receiving portion on the upper surface of the bed, and there is an effect that more comfortable sleep can be obtained.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view schematically showing a usage state of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of a leg pedestal that constitutes the embodiment of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of a bag that constitutes the leg cradle of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing an external appearance of a main part of another leg pedestal that can be used in the embodiment of FIG.

5 is a perspective view showing the outer appearance of another leg cradle that can be used in the embodiment of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of another leg cradle that can be used in the embodiment of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of another leg cradle that can be used in the embodiment of FIG.

8 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of a bag that constitutes the leg stand of FIG. 7. FIG.

9 is a perspective view showing the outer appearance of a bed incorporating the embodiment of FIG.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory view schematically showing a usage state of another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ... Leg cradle 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E ... Leg cradle 2 ... Device body 5 ... Compressor 6 ... Timer 10 ... Bag 11 ... Upper plate 12 ... Lower plate 21 ... Upper plate 22 ... Lower plate 23 ... Male Screw part 24 ... Female screw part 25 ... Timer 26 ... Motor 27a, 27b, 27c ... Stand part 28a, 28b, 28c, 28d ... Connection part H ... Head L ... Leg

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A leg receiving portion for placing a person's leg, a raising means for raising the leg receiving portion so that the position of the leg is higher than the position of the head, and a driving means for operating the raising means. A timer for activating the drive means at the set time,
Wake-up device consisting of. 2. A wake-up device according to claim 1, wherein said drive means comprises a compressor and said raising means comprises a bag inflated with air from the compressor. 3. The driving means is composed of a motor, the raising means is a male screw portion rotated by the motor, a female screw portion screwed with the male screw portion and moving with the rotation of the male screw portion, 2. The wake-up device according to claim 1, comprising a stand portion that is rotatably connected to the female screw portion and that raises the leg cradle as the female screw portion moves. 4. A bed incorporating the wake-up device according to any one of claims 1 to 3.