JP2569121Y2 - Swing leg for wheelchair - Google Patents

Swing leg for wheelchair

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JP2569121Y2
JP2569121Y2 JP1835393U JP1835393U JP2569121Y2 JP 2569121 Y2 JP2569121 Y2 JP 2569121Y2 JP 1835393 U JP1835393 U JP 1835393U JP 1835393 U JP1835393 U JP 1835393U JP 2569121 Y2 JP2569121 Y2 JP 2569121Y2
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【考案の詳細な説明】[Detailed description of the invention]

【0001】[0001]

【産業上の利用分野】本考案は、車椅子用揺動脚体に関
するものである。
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a swing leg for a wheelchair.

【0002】[0002]

【従来の技術】従来、病院等において使用されている車
椅子は、足の不自由な人等が自力で動かすか、又は介添
者に押してもらうように設計されている。
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, wheelchairs used in hospitals and the like are designed so that a person with a physical disability can move on his own or be pushed by an attendant.

【0003】[0003]

【考案が解決しようとする課題】ところが、車椅子を自
力で動かすほどの体力がなく、又介添者がいない場合に
は、車椅子は、単に椅子としての機能しか果し得なかっ
た。
[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, when there is not enough physical strength to move the wheelchair by itself and there is no helper, the wheelchair can only function as a chair.

【0004】例えば、体力の衰えた入院中の高齢者は、
車椅子があっても、同車椅子を自力で動かすほどの体力
がないために、ベッドに寝たっきりになることが多く、
かえって病状を悪化させていた。
[0004] For example, a hospitalized elderly person whose physical strength has declined,
Even if you have a wheelchair, you are often bedridden because you do not have enough physical strength to move the wheelchair on your own.
On the contrary, the condition was getting worse.

【0005】[0005]

【課題を解決するための手段】そこで、本考案では、車
椅子の車輪に着脱自在に取付けて、同車椅子をロッキン
グチェアに変更可能とした車椅子用揺動脚体を提供せん
とするものである。
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above, the present invention provides a swinging leg for a wheelchair which is detachably attached to a wheel of a wheelchair and which can be changed to a rocking chair.

【0006】そして、本考案に係る車椅子用振動脚体
は、前後方向に伸延させて形成した左右一対の側壁を、
車椅子の車輪幅よりも広幅の間隔を開けて配置し、両側
壁の下端間に、下方へ膨出状に弯曲させて形成した底壁
を介設して、車椅子の車輪の下側部を収容可能な揺動脚
体本体を形成し、左右の側壁の上端部には揺動脚体本体
内に収容した車椅子の車輪を係止する係止部を設けたこ
とに特徴を有する。
The vibration leg for a wheelchair according to the present invention includes a pair of left and right side walls formed by extending in the front-rear direction.
The lower part of the wheelchair wheel is accommodated between the lower ends of both side walls by interposing a bottom wall that is formed by curving downward so as to be wider than the wheelchair wheel width. A possible swing leg body is formed, and a locking portion for locking wheels of a wheelchair housed in the swing leg body is provided at upper end portions of left and right side walls.

【0007】[0007]

【作用】車椅子をロッキングチェアとして使用する場合
には、同車椅子の左右側車輪にそれぞれ車椅子用揺動脚
体を取付ける。
When a wheelchair is used as a rocking chair, swinging legs for a wheelchair are attached to the left and right wheels of the wheelchair, respectively.

【0008】この際、車椅子の車輪の下側部を揺動脚体
本体内に収容すると共に、同揺動脚体本体の左右側壁の
上端部に設けた係止部に係止させる。
[0008] At this time, the lower part of the wheel of the wheelchair is accommodated in the swinging leg body and is locked by the locking portions provided at the upper end portions of the left and right side walls of the swinging leg body.

【0009】このようにして、車椅子の座部に着座し
て、床部又は床部上に載置した足載台等を足で強く押し
たり緩めたりすると、揺動脚体本体の底壁が下方へ膨出
状に弯曲しているために、車椅子全体がロッキングチェ
アとして機能する。
As described above, when the user sits on the seat of the wheelchair and strongly presses or loosens the floor or a footrest placed on the floor with his / her feet, the bottom wall of the swinging leg body is lowered. The entire wheelchair functions as a rocking chair due to the downward bulging curve.

【0010】また、車椅子用揺動脚体は、車椅子から取
外すことにより、容易に格納しておくことができる。そ
して、車椅子用揺動脚体は、車椅子の左右側いずれにも
取付けることができるように互換性をもたせて、使い勝
手を良くしている。
Further, the swinging leg for a wheelchair can be easily stored by removing it from the wheelchair. The swinging leg for a wheelchair has compatibility so that it can be attached to either the left or right side of the wheelchair, thereby improving usability.

【0011】[0011]

【実施例】以下、本考案の実施例を図面を参照しながら
説明する。
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

【0012】図1に示すAは、本考案に係る車椅子用揺
動脚体であり、同車椅子用揺動脚体Aは、車椅子Bの左
右側の前後車輪にそれぞれ着脱自在に取付け可能として
いる。
A shown in FIG. 1 is a swinging leg for a wheelchair according to the present invention. The swinging leg A for a wheelchair can be detachably attached to the front and rear wheels on the left and right sides of the wheelchair B, respectively. .

【0013】ここで、まず、車椅子Bについて説明する
と、図1に示す車椅子Bは、病院等において一般的に使
用されている折畳み式のものであり、図1〜図3中、1
は座部、2はキャスター式の前車輪、2aは前車軸、2bは
車軸支持フォーク、2cは支軸、2dはステー、3は後車
輪、4は跳上げ格納式の足載部、4aは足載部支軸、4aは
足載部支軸、5は手押し用ハンドル、6はブレーキレバ
ーである。Fは床部である。
First, the wheelchair B will be described. The wheelchair B shown in FIG. 1 is of a folding type generally used in hospitals and the like.
Is a seat, 2 is a caster type front wheel, 2a is a front axle, 2b is an axle support fork, 2c is a support shaft, 2d is a stay, 3 is a rear wheel, 4 is a retractable footrest, 4a A footrest support shaft, 4a is a footrest support shaft, 5 is a hand pushing handle, and 6 is a brake lever. F is a floor.

【0014】そして、後車輪3の外側方には、図1及び
図3に示すように、後車輪回動用リング7を棒状ステー
8を介して取付けており、同棒状ステー8は、後車輪回
動用リング7の円周方向に一定の間隔を開けて複数個配
設している。8aはステー固定ボルトである。
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, a rear wheel turning ring 7 is attached to the outside of the rear wheel 3 via a rod-shaped stay 8, and the rod-shaped stay 8 is connected to the rear wheel rotation. A plurality of moving rings 7 are arranged at regular intervals in the circumferential direction. 8a is a stay fixing bolt.

【0015】本考案に係る車椅子用揺動脚体Aは、図4
及び図5に示すように、前後方向に伸延させて形成した
左右一対の側壁10,11 を、車椅子Bの車輪幅Wよりも広
幅の間隔を開けて配置し、両側壁10,11 の下端間に、下
方へ膨出状に弯曲させて形成した底壁12を介設して、図
2及び図3に示すように、車椅子Bの前後車輪2,3の
下側部を収容可能な揺動脚体本体13を形成し、左右の側
壁10,11 の上端部には揺動脚体本体13内に収容した車椅
子Bの前後車輪2,3を係止する係止部14を設けてい
る。15は、軽量化を兼ねて形成した手掛り用長孔、16,1
7,18は補強板である。
The swinging leg A for a wheelchair according to the present invention is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, a pair of left and right side walls 10, 11 formed by extending in the front-rear direction are arranged at an interval wider than the wheel width W of the wheelchair B, and are disposed between the lower ends of the side walls 10, 11. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a swinging wheel capable of accommodating the lower portions of the front and rear wheels 2 and 3 of the wheelchair B is provided with a bottom wall 12 formed by curving downward. A leg body 13 is formed, and locking portions 14 for locking front and rear wheels 2 and 3 of a wheelchair B housed in the swinging leg body 13 are provided at upper end portions of the left and right side walls 10 and 11. 15 is a long hole for cue formed also for weight reduction,
7, 18 are reinforcing plates.

【0016】そして、係止部14は、左右側壁10,11 の前
部にそれぞれ前車軸係止用凹部14a,14a を形成し、左右
側壁10,11 の中途部と後部とにそれぞれ棒状ステー係止
用凹部14b,14b,14c,14c を形成して構成している。
The locking portion 14 has front axle locking recesses 14a, 14a formed at the front portions of the left and right side walls 10, 11, respectively, and the rod-shaped stays are formed at the middle and rear portions of the left and right side walls 10, 11, respectively. Stop recesses 14b, 14b, 14c, 14c are formed.

【0017】このようにして、揺動脚体本体13内に前車
輪2と後車輪3とを収容すると共に、図2に示すよう
に、前車輪2の前車軸2aを前車軸係止用凹部14a,14a に
係止させる一方、図3に示すように、後車輪3の下方に
位置する棒状ステー8,8をそれぞれ棒状ステー係止用
凹部14b,14c に係止させることにより、車椅子Bの左右
側の前後車輪2,2,3,3にそれぞれ車椅子用揺動脚
体A,Aを取付けることができるようにしている。
In this manner, the front wheel 2 and the rear wheel 3 are accommodated in the swinging leg body 13, and the front axle 2a of the front wheel 2 is engaged with the front axle locking recess as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the rod-shaped stays 8, 8 located below the rear wheel 3 are respectively engaged with the rod-shaped stay engaging recesses 14b, 14c, respectively. The swinging legs A, A for wheelchairs can be attached to the front and rear wheels 2, 2, 3, 3 on the left and right sides, respectively.

【0018】そして、車椅子Bの座部1に着座して、床
部F又は床部F上に載置した足載台等を両足で強く押し
たり緩めたりすると、揺動脚体本体13の底壁12が下方へ
膨出状に弯曲しているために、車椅子B全体をロッキン
グチェアとして機能させることができる。
When the user sits on the seat 1 of the wheelchair B and strongly pushes or loosens the floor F or a footrest or the like placed on the floor F with both feet, the bottom of the swinging leg body 13 is moved downward. Since the wall 12 is curved so as to bulge downward, the entire wheelchair B can function as a rocking chair.

【0019】また、図1に示すように、揺動脚体本体13
は、車椅子Bに取付けた状態において、前端13a が座部
1よりも前方に位置し、後端13b が後車輪3の後端より
も後方に位置するようにして、ロッキングチェアとして
使用している際に、車椅子Bが前方や後方に転倒するこ
とがないように設計している。
Also, as shown in FIG.
Is used as a rocking chair with the front end 13a positioned forward of the seat 1 and the rear end 13b positioned rearward of the rear end of the rear wheel 3 when mounted on the wheelchair B. In this case, the wheelchair B is designed not to fall forward or backward.

【0020】さらに、左右側壁10,11 の間隔は、図5に
示すように、後端部幅t1を前端部幅t2よりも広幅に形成
して、後車輪3に対して内側方へ偏位させて取付けられ
ている前車輪2と、後車輪3とを一緒に揺動脚体本体13
内に収容することができるようにしている。そして、車
椅子用揺動脚体Aは、車椅子Bの左右側いずれの前後車
輪2,3にも取付け可能として、互換性をもたせること
により、使い勝手を良くしている。
Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the interval between the left and right side walls 10, 11 is such that the rear end width t1 is formed to be wider than the front end width t2, and is shifted inward with respect to the rear wheel 3. The front wheel 2 and the rear wheel 3 attached together are pivoted together with the swing leg body 13.
So that it can be housed inside. The swinging leg A for a wheelchair can be attached to the front and rear wheels 2 and 3 on the left and right sides of the wheelchair B, and compatibility is improved to improve usability.

【0021】[0021]

【考案の効果】本考案によれば、次のような効果が得ら
れる。
According to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.

【0022】すなわち、車椅子に本考案に係る車椅子用
揺動体を取付けることにより、簡単に車椅子をロッキン
グチェアにすることができる。
That is, by attaching the rocking body for a wheelchair according to the present invention to the wheelchair, the wheelchair can be easily made into a rocking chair.

【0023】そのために、特に、病院に入院中の高齢者
で、自力で車椅子を動かすことのできない人にとって
は、好んで車椅子をロッキングチェアとして使用するよ
うになり、離床のきっかけとなる。
[0023] For this reason, in particular, elderly people who are hospitalized and who cannot move their wheelchairs on their own will prefer to use wheelchairs as rocking chairs, which will trigger them to leave the bed.

【0024】そして、ロッキングチェアとしての使用時
には、車椅子が揺れることによって使用者の臀部に加わ
る圧力が分散するために、長時間の着座も可能となり、
さらに、揺れることにより、「めまい」の改善及び全身
の調整が可能となり、自分の脚で蹴って車椅子をゆり動
かすことによる下肢のリハビリ効果も得られる。
When the wheelchair is used as a rocking chair, the pressure applied to the buttocks of the user due to the swing of the wheelchair is dispersed, so that it is possible to sit for a long time.
Furthermore, the shaking enables improvement of “vertigo” and adjustment of the whole body, and a rehabilitation effect of the lower limbs by kicking with one's own leg and swinging the wheelchair is obtained.

【図面の簡単な説明】[Brief description of the drawings]

【図1】本考案に係る車椅子用揺動脚体を取付けた車椅
子の側面図。
FIG. 1 is a side view of a wheelchair equipped with a wheelchair swing leg according to the present invention.

【図2】図1のI-I 線断面図。FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line II of FIG. 1;

【図3】図1のII-II 線断面図。FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line II-II of FIG. 1;

【図4】車椅子用揺動用脚体の側面図。FIG. 4 is a side view of a swing leg for a wheelchair.

【図5】同車椅子用揺動脚体の平面図。FIG. 5 is a plan view of the swing leg for the wheelchair.

【符号の説明】[Explanation of symbols]

A 車椅子用揺動脚体 B 車椅子 1 座部 2 前車輪 2a 前車軸 3 後車輪 4 足載部 5 手押し用ハンドル 6 ブレーキレバー 7 後車輪回動用リング 8 棒状ステー 10 左側壁 11 右側壁 12 底壁 13 揺動脚体本体 14 係止部 14a 前車軸係止用凹部 14b 棒状ステー係止用凹部 15 手掛り用長孔 16 補強板 17 補強板 18 補強板 W 車輪幅 Reference Signs List A Swinging leg for wheelchair B Wheelchair 1 Seat 2 Front wheel 2a Front axle 3 Rear wheel 4 Footrest 5 Hand pushing handle 6 Brake lever 7 Rear wheel rotation ring 8 Bar stay 10 Left side wall 11 Right side wall 12 Bottom wall 13 Oscillating leg body 14 Locking section 14a Recess for locking front axle 14b Recess for locking bar-shaped stay 15 Slot for cue 16 Reinforcement plate 17 Reinforcement plate 18 Reinforcement plate W Wheel width

Claims (1)

(57)【実用新案登録請求の範囲】(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 【請求項1】 車椅子の車輪に着脱自在に取付けて、同
車椅子をロッキングチェアに変更可能とした車椅子用揺
動脚体であって、 前後方向に伸延させて形成した左右一対の側壁を、車椅
子の車輪幅よりも広幅の間隔を開けて配置し、両側壁の
下端間に、下方へ膨出状に弯曲させて形成した底壁を介
設して、車椅子の車輪の下側部を収容可能な揺動脚体本
体を形成し、左右の側壁の上端部には揺動脚体本体内に
収容した車椅子の車輪を係止する係止部を設けたことを
特徴とする 車椅子用揺動脚体。
We claim: 1. removably attached to the wheelchair wheels, a wheelchair Yuradoashitai which enables changing the same wheelchair rocking chair, a pair of left and right side walls which is formed by extending in the longitudinal direction, the car Chair
With a wider interval than the child's wheel width,
A lower wall is formed between the lower ends by forming a downwardly bulging curve.
Swing leg book that can be installed and accommodate the lower part of the wheelchair wheel
The body is formed, and the upper ends of the left and right side walls are
That the locking part for locking the wheelchair of the accommodated wheelchair was provided.
A swinging leg for a wheelchair.
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