JP3068979B2 - Air mat equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an air mat device, and more particularly to an air mat device in which a plurality of air bags provided in a mat body are selected and independently expanded and contracted.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as shown in, for example, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 3-10994, a plurality of air bladders are provided in parallel in a mat body, and a plurality of air bladders are provided in a plurality of air bags by an air supply / exhaust device provided in the apparatus body. 2. Description of the Related Art There is an air mat device in which air is independently supplied and exhausted to locally apply pressure to a human body lying on a mat body so that a massage effect can be obtained.

[0003]

However, in such an air mat device, the arrangement pitches of air bags arranged in parallel corresponding to substantially the upper body of a human body lying on the mat body are evenly arranged. In order to massage the entire upper body of the human body, it is necessary to increase the size of the air bag or to provide a large number of air bags.

[0004] Therefore, in the case of a large air bag, the amount of air to be supplied and exhausted is also large, so that it takes time to expand and contract the air bag, so that an efficient massage effect cannot be obtained. However, there is a problem that the air supply / exhaust device is also enlarged.

[0005] Further, in the case of providing a large number of air bags, not only the control system for independently supplying and exhausting air becomes complicated, but also the whole supply and exhaust device becomes large. is there.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and has as its object to provide an air mat device which can obtain an efficient massage effect with a minimum necessary air bag.

[0007]

According to the present invention, in order to achieve the above object, a plurality of air bags are provided in parallel in a mat body, and the plurality of air bags are selected by an air supply / exhaust device and independently provided. In an air mat device configured to apply local pressure to a human body lying on a mat body by supplying air, an arrangement pitch of air bladders located corresponding to the waist of the human body corresponds to other parts of the human body. The pitch is set smaller than the pitch of the air bladders located at
The width of the air bag located along the
The gist is that the width is smaller than the width along the direction in which the corresponding air bags are arranged .

[0008]

According to the present invention, as described above, air is selectively and independently supplied to a plurality of air bags provided in the mat body by the air supply / exhaust device, and the air is supplied onto the mat body by the supply of the air. in the human body pressed portion recumbent human body to
Local pressure is applied by a bladder of suitable width .

At this time, the air bladders are arranged at different pitches, and the portions corresponding to the waist of the human body having high massage efficiency are intensively expanded and contracted. A good massage effect can be obtained.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of an air mat device according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

Referring to FIG. 2, an air mat device 1 includes a mat body 10 having a predetermined thickness and a device body 20 having a built-in air supply / exhaust device (not shown). Hose part 3 which bundled air hose
The mat body 10 and the apparatus body 20 are connected to each other.

The construction and operation of the air supply / exhaust device used here are similar to those of the rotary valve system disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Application No. 4-40852, for example. Although the description is omitted, other than this, it is possible to select one of a plurality of air bladders 15a to 15h to be described later and inflate independently, and at the same time, to set the other to a contracted state. If there is, it is not particularly limited.

The mat body 10 has upper and lower skins 11 and 12.
A pad (not shown) having a peripheral portion formed into a bag shape by sewing or the like and having a cushioning property such as urethane inside.
Are provided. The mat body 10
Is provided with a connecting portion 13 to which one end of the wiring cable 2 is connected and a connecting portion 14 to which one end of the hose portion 3 is connected. Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the mat body 10 includes a plurality of strip-shaped air bags 15 a to 15 h extending in the fore-edge direction of the mat body 10, and a potential treatment electric bed 16 located at the foot of a human body. Is provided. The electric floor strip 16 is connected to the connection unit 13 via the wiring 17.

The air bladders 15a to 15h are
Is arranged in the mat body 10 so as to be able to swell from the surface of the human body P, and the arrangement pitch thereof is varied so as to intensively massage the waist where the important points for massaging the human body P are concentrated, Necessary minimum air bag 15a-1
It is set to obtain the maximum massage effect in 5 hours.

That is, the air bladder 15a is located on the apex of the acupoint located on the neck of the human body P, and the air bladder 15b is located on the acupoint located near the shoulder of the human body. 1
5c is for the stomach healing of the acupoint located on the waist of the human body P,
The air bladder 15d is provided in the large intestine of the acupuncture point located at the waist of the human body P and the air bladder 15e.
Is the urinary bladder of the acupoint located on the waist of the human body P
The air bladder 15f is located at the waist of the human body P, the air bladder 15g is located at the waist of the human body P, and the air bladder 15h is located at the waist of the human body P. Each bladder corresponds to the acupuncture point (shozan) located on the lower leg of the
15a to 15h in the arrangement direction are different (particularly,
Air bags 15d to 15f located at
Also narrow) . One end of each of the internal hoses 18a to 18h is connected to each of the air bags 15a to 15h in one-to-one correspondence.

The other ends of the internal hoses 18a to 18h are connected to the respective air hoses of the hose section 3 in a one-to-one correspondence via a connection part 14. Accordingly, the air from the air supply / exhaust device of the apparatus main body 20 is selectively controlled by the air supply / exhaust device, and the air bladder 1 is supplied via the hose portion 3 and the internal hoses 18a to 18h.
5a to 15h are supplied independently.

The apparatus main body 20 has an operation display section 2 on its front.
1, a connecting portion 22 to which the other end of the wiring cable 2 is connected and a connecting portion 23 to which the other end of the hose portion 3 is connected are provided on one side, and the other side is provided with A wiring cord 24 for supplying power to the apparatus main body 20 is connected.

The operation display section 21 includes a power supply 25, a mode selection section 26, an alarm setting section 27 for starting operation after a predetermined time has elapsed, and a display section 28.

Although not shown in detail, the mode selection unit 26 includes a reception unit 29 for receiving a command signal from a remote control device (not shown) for remotely controlling various functions, and also includes an ON / OFF switch for the air supply / exhaust device. Various switches such as an air massage switch for performing an OFF operation and a potential therapy switch for performing an ON / OFF operation of the electric floor zone 16 are provided.

In the above configuration, when the air mat device 1 is used, the power supply 25 is turned on,
By turning on the air massage switch,
The air bags 15a to 15h are sequentially inflated and contracted to automatically massage the human body P while being automatically selected by the air supply / exhaust device.

At this time, since the air bags 15a to 15h are arranged corresponding to the main parts of the human body P, an efficient massage effect can be given to the human body P without imposing a load on the air supply / exhaust device. .

The height L1 of the human body P varies. For example, the average height for women is 125.1 cm,
The average height for men is 164.3 cm, and the average height for men and women is 158.6 cm. Therefore, the difference between the average heights of males and females alone is as large as 12.2 cm.
Even within the range of 50 cm to 180 cm, the concentration is about 40 cm and does not change much. Therefore, air bags 15c to 15g
Are arranged at a predetermined pitch within a range of about 40 cm in the vicinity of the center of the mat body 10, so that each acupoint of the waist can be appropriately stimulated.

Therefore, when lying down on the mat body 10, by adjusting the waist of the human body P to the air bags 15c to 15g, an effective massage effect on the waist can be obtained regardless of the height of the human body P. Moreover, the waist mentioned above
The acupoints around the head are separated on the left and right sides of the body at the same time and independently on the top and bottom of the body.
Can be pressed down, and an even more efficient
The surge effect can be obtained.

On the other hand, when the electric potential treatment is performed by the electric bed strip 16, the power supply 25 is turned on and the electric potential treatment switch is turned on so that the electric power is supplied to the electric bed strip 16 and the electric potential treatment is performed. Be started.

[0025]

As described above, in the air mat device of the present invention, the arrangement pitch of the air bladders located corresponding to the waist of the human body is changed to the arrangement pitch of the air bladders located corresponding to other parts of the human body. Set smaller than that, and correspond to the waist of the human body
The width along the arrangement direction of the air bladders located in the other part of the human body
Smaller than the width along the direction of the air bag
By Ku was, it is possible to obtain efficient massage effect minimum bladder.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing an arrangement state of air bags of an air mat device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external perspective view of the air mat device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 P: human body 10: mat body 15a-15h: air bag

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Hiroshi Uzawa 43, Horiyamashita, Hadano-shi, Kanagawa Tokyo Electric Co., Ltd. Hadano Plant (56) References JP-A-2-182255 (JP, A) JP-A-59 −164060 (JP, A) (58) Field surveyed (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) A61H 7/00

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A plurality of air bags are provided in parallel in a mat body, and a plurality of air bags are selected by an air supply / exhaust device and air is independently supplied to a human body lying on the mat body. manner in pressing air mat apparatus that added, as well as smaller than the arrangement pitch of the bladder located corresponding to the arrangement pitch of the air bag which is located in correspondence with the human waist to other parts of the body , Corresponding to the waist of the human body
The width of the air bag along the array direction corresponds to the other parts of the human body.
An air mat device characterized in that the width is smaller than the width along the direction in which the located air bladders are arranged .