JP3370633B2 - Bathroom structure - Google Patents

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Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bathroom structure provided with a handrail so that there is a place where the handrail can be held at an appropriate position regardless of the arrangement of the bathtub. 2. Description of the Related Art When a care recipient such as an elderly person or a physically handicapped person takes a bath, a handrail is required in the bathroom. In particular,
A handrail is provided on a side wall near the bathtub to assist the operation in the bathtub such as entering and exiting the bathtub. The handrail is mounted at an optimal position for a bather. As a bathroom structure provided with such handrails, there are provided a combination of two L-shaped handrails a, as shown in FIG. 7, and an inverted T-shaped handrail b, as shown in FIG. There were things. These handrails are fixed to the side wall d of the bathtub c. Further, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 10-231603 discloses a bathroom structure provided with a handrail extending horizontally along a side wall. However, the combination of two L-shaped handrails a shown in FIG.
Since the horizontal handrails are separated from each other, there is a problem in that when the bathtub is rearranged, the bather loses nothing to catch. [0004] In addition to the above-mentioned problem, the inverted T-shaped handrail b shown in FIG. 8 has a problem that the vertical handrail is too far to be gripped when leaving the bathtub. Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems and to provide a bathroom structure having a handrail capable of providing a handrail at an appropriate position regardless of the arrangement of the bathtub. [0006] In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the side wall is formed to be shorter than the width of the side wall by a predetermined length, and can be replaced along the side wall. In the bathroom structure including a bathtub arranged in the, in a substantially horizontal direction extending along the side wall, a horizontal handrail portion formed longer than the bathtub by a predetermined length, extending substantially upward from the horizontal handrail portion, And a vertical handrail portion that can be freely replaced along the horizontal handrail portion. According to the first aspect of the present invention, even if the bathtub is arranged at an arbitrary position along the side wall, the horizontal handrail is always arranged on the side of the bathtub. The position of the vertical handrail can also be changed according to the arrangement of the bathtub. First Embodiment A first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 6 show a first embodiment of the present invention. First, the structure will be described. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a bathroom unit, which is defined by a waterproof pan, side walls (wall panels) 2 to 5, and a ceiling panel. The waterproof pan is formed integrally with a bathtub disposing floor 8 and a washing floor 7 which are adjacent to each other and provided with a rising wall at a peripheral portion thereof, each of which has a substantially rectangular planar shape. Here, the washing floor 7 is adjacent to and facing the long side of the bathtub arrangement floor 8. Further, the bathtub arrangement floor 8 has a drop-in structure that is one step lower than the upper surface of the washing floor 7. [0012] The rising walls provided on the three sides of the periphery of the waterproof pan include an upper standing wall, a right rising wall, and a left rising wall, and the rising wall of the periphery of the waterproof pan is not provided. The part is provided with a door 6 such as a sliding door. The bathtub 12 arranged on the bathtub placement floor 8 comprises:
The plane shape is a substantially rectangular shape, and the length Wb of the long side is a predetermined length 2 W longer than the length Wb + 2 Wa of the long side of the bathtub arrangement floor 8.
a. Therefore, the bathtub 12 can be disposed at least substantially at the center or both ends of the bathtub placement floor 8. Of course, it is also possible to arrange at any position. In addition, the length of the short side of the bathtub 12 is 2 Wa. The bus boards 13 and 14 are arranged on the non-placement portion other than the place where the bath tub 12 is arranged on the bath tub arrangement floor 8. Each of the bus boards 13 and 14 has a substantially rectangular planar shape, and has a long side of 2 Wa and a short side of Wa. Here, as described above, the bathtub arrangement floor 8 is provided.
The length of the long side is Wb + 2 Wa, and the length of the short side is 2 Wa.
The two bus boards 13 and 14 having the same shape can completely cover the bus boards 13 and 14. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 1, the bus boards 13 and 14 can be mounted on the non-mounting portions formed on both sides of the bathtub 12 so as to be substantially flush with the upper surface of the stove of the bathtub 12. At this time, the bath boards 13 and 14 are used for a bather to sit down when entering and leaving the bathtub 12. On the floor 7 of the washing room, a toilet 9 and a shower counter 10 are provided on the side wall 4 side.
In addition, a sliding door handrail 15 is provided in the door pocket portion of the door 6,
On the side wall 5, a straight handrail 16 and an L-shaped handrail 17 are provided from the door 6 side to the bathtub 12 side. The shower counter 10 is provided with a shower counter handrail 18. Further, a bathtub handrail 19 is provided on the back side wall 3 where one long side of the bathtub 12 of the bathroom unit 1 contacts. The bathtub handrail 19 is, as shown in FIG.
A horizontal handrail portion 20 extending in a substantially horizontal direction along the rear side wall 3; and two vertical handrail portions 21 and 22 extending substantially upward at an interval from an intermediate portion of the horizontal handrail portion 20. , And has a substantially inverted π shape when viewed from the front. The horizontal handrail section 20 is approximately 130 mm above the upper surface of the bathtub 12 and 570 mm from the bottom surface of the bathtub 12.
It is installed at a position 580 mm above. In addition, the horizontal handrail portion 20 is approximately 250 mm to 300 mm with respect to both ends in the long side direction of the bathtub 12 arranged at the center of the bathtub installation floor 8.
It is extended to a position 24 outside by about mm. Side railing section 20
Are a total of four fixing portions 25, two at the ends and two at the middle.
, And is fixed to the rear side wall 3. The vertical handrails 21 and 22 are disposed at a position 27 approximately 300 mm inside the end of the bathtub 26 with respect to the horizontal handrail 20. The vertical handrail portions 21 and 22 have a length of approximately 700 mm, and the interval between the vertical handrail portions 21 and 22 is approximately 470 mm. Since the bathtub 12 is provided so as to be replaceable along the side wall 3 on the back side, the vertical handrail portions 21 and 22 can be repositioned to the horizontal handrail portion 20. That is, the upper ends of the vertical handrails 21 and 22 are detachably fixed to the rear side wall 3 via the detachable upper fixing part 28. In addition, vertical handrails 21 and 22
The lower end is detachably fixed to the horizontal handrail portion 20 via a detachable lower fixing portion 29. FIG. 3 shows an example of the detachable upper fixing portion 28. As shown in FIG. The detachable upper fixing portion 28 is rotatably connected to a substantially L-shaped end bracket 30 attached to the upper end of the vertical handrail portions 21 and 22 and a flange 31 formed at a tip portion of the end bracket 30. A substantially ring-shaped screw lid member 32 to be stopped, and a screw 33 on the rear side wall 3
And a pedestal 34 having a substantially disk shape in a front view, to which the screw lid-like member 32 can be screwed. The pedestal 34 is formed with a concave groove 35 on the front surface thereof for abutting the tip of the end bracket 30 to perform positioning and sealing. In addition, at the upper ends of the vertical handrails 21 and 22,
The small-diameter fitting portion 36 is formed with a step, and the lower end portion of the end bracket 30 has an outer fitting portion 37 that is substantially flush with the vertical handrail portions 21 and 22 when fitted to the small-diameter fitting portion 36. Is formed. Further, a screw receiving cylindrical portion 38 inserted into the small diameter fitting portion 36 is provided at a lower end portion of the end bracket 30.
Is formed. The space between the small diameter fitting portion 36 and the screw receiving tube portion 38 is fixed by a countersunk screw 39.
The countersunk screw 39 is attached to the rear side portion facing the rear side wall 3 so as not to be seen from the front side. The countersunk screw 39 is used to prevent the head from going out.
Is accommodated in the receiving hole 40 formed in the outer fitting portion 37. By minimizing the irregularities as much as possible, even if a hand touches a joint between the upper end portions of the vertical handrail portions 21 and 22 and the end bracket 30 carelessly, an injury or the like is prevented. ing. The back side wall 3 and the other side walls have a double structure of a fiber-mixed calcium silicate plate 41 and a gypsum board 42, and the back side has a substantially C-shaped bathroom in side view. A unit reinforcing member 43 is provided, and a screw receiving member 44 such as a square member or a plywood is abutted inside the bathroom unit reinforcing member 43, and the pedestal 34 is attached to the screw receiving member 44 with the screw 33. I have. A large number of the pedestals 34 are attached to desired positions on the rear side wall 3 in advance, and an optimal one is selected when the positions of the vertical handrails 21 and 22 are changed. Here, a description will be given of a case where the bathtub 12 is arranged at both left and right ends and the center along the back side wall 3. The bathtub 12 is arranged at any one of three places, that is, the left and right ends and the central part. When four pedestals 34 are provided, when the bathtub 12 is arranged at the left end, the two pedestals 34 on the left side are used. . When the bathtub 12 is arranged at the center, the pedestal 34 uses the center two. Similarly, when bathtub 12 is located at the right end, pedestal 34 uses the right two. Here, irrespective of the position of the bathtub 12, the arrangement of the pedestal 34 is set such that the position and the interval from the end of the bathtub 26 are the same as in the central arrangement. For example, as shown in FIG.
When the bathtub 12 is moved to the side wall 5 by removing the handrail 3, the vertical handrail portion 22 is removed and attached to a position on the left side of the vertical handrail portion 21 in FIG. At this time, the detachable upper fixing portion 28 at the upper end of the vertical handrail portion 22 can be easily removed by turning the screw lid member 32 to release the screw engagement with the pedestal 34.
Conversely, the end bracket 30 at the upper end of the vertical handrail portion 22 abuts against the pedestal 34, and the screw lid 32 is turned and screwed with the pedestal 34, thereby enabling easy attachment. On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the detachable lower fixing portion 29 has a T-shaped joint 45 attached to the lower ends of the vertical handrail portions 21 and 22 and a horizontal handrail. And a screw 46 attached to the part 20. The lower end portion 47 of the T-shaped joint 45 has a semi-cylindrical shape so that it can be removed from the horizontal handrail portion 20.
The horizontal handrail portion 20 is formed with a screw hole 48 for attaching a screw 46 at a position corresponding to the pedestal 34 in advance, and is closed with a pin 49 made of resin or the like when not in use. Although not shown, a connecting portion 50 between the lower ends of the vertical handrails 21 and 22 and the upper end of the T-shaped joint 45 is not shown.
It has the same structure as that of the connection portion with zero. By minimizing the unevenness as much as possible, the vertical handrail portions 21,
Even if a hand touches the joint 50 between the lower end of the 2 and the T-shaped joint 45, no injury is caused. Although not shown, the pipe is T
A joint joined in a letter shape may be used. Further, it is preferable that the joint has a shape capable of easily separating the horizontal handrail portion 20 and the vertical handrail portions 21 and 22. Next, the operation of the first embodiment will be described. In the first embodiment, the horizontal handrail 20
Is continuous in a substantially horizontal direction along the side wall 3 on the back side of the bathtub 12, so that when the body is switched in order to reverse the head direction, there is no possibility that there will be anything caught in the middle. No, you can switch positions with confidence.
Further, since there are two vertical handrail portions 21 and 22, it is possible to easily grasp nearby vertical handrail portions 21 and 22 when the user tries to get up. At this time, the arrangement of the pedestal 34 is
Are set so that the position and the distance from the end of the tub 12 are the same between when the tub 12 is disposed at the center and when the tub 12 is disposed at both the left and right ends. And the vertical handrail portions 21 and 22 can be grasped. Even if the bathtub 12 is arranged at an arbitrary position along the side wall 3, the horizontal handrails 20 are always arranged beside the bathtub 12, and the vertical handrails 21 and 22 are also arranged according to the arrangement of the bathtub 12. The position can be changed. Further, when the bathtub 12 is replaced along the side wall 3 on the back side, the position of the vertical handrail portions 21 and 22 can be changed along the horizontal handrail portion 20 according to the displacement of the bathtub 12. Thereby, regardless of the position of the bathtub 12, the positions of the vertical handrail portions 21 and 22 can always be optimized. In addition, the horizontal handrail portion 20 is installed at a position approximately 130 mm above the upper surface of the bathtub 12, and the vertical handrail portions 21 and 22 are installed at a position approximately 300 mm inside from the end of the bathtub 12. Thereby, the position of the horizontal handrail portion 20 and the two vertical handrail portions 21 and 22 can be optimized so as to be widely adapted to various bathers. The detachable lower fixing portion 29 at the lower end of the vertical handrail portion 22 can be easily removed together with the T-shaped joint 45 by removing the screw 46. Conversely, the T-shaped joint 45 can be easily attached by fixing it with the screw 46. At this time, the screw hole 48 exposed on the surface is
Close with pin 49. In addition, T-type joint 45
Since the lower end portion 47 has a semi-cylindrical shape, the horizontal handrail portion 20
It is possible to move to an arbitrary place separated from. The pedestal 3 is provided at an appropriate position on the rear side wall 3.
If the vertical handrails 21 and 22 are moved in advance and the screw holes 48 corresponding to the pedestals 34 are formed in the horizontal handrails 20 in advance, no special construction or the like is required. . Further, by eliminating the unevenness of the joint between the upper ends of the vertical handrails 21 and 22 and the end bracket 30 and the joint 50 between the lower end of the vertical handrails 21 and 22 and the T-shaped joint 45, the hand or the like slips. Even if the user accidentally touches the connecting portion 50, there is no risk of injury. As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, even if the bathtub is arranged at any position along the side wall, the horizontal handrail is always provided on the side of the bathtub. It is arranged, and the vertical handrail can also change its position in accordance with the arrangement of the bathtub, which can exert a practically useful effect.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a plan view of a bathroom unit according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a front view of the bathroom unit according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a side sectional view showing an upper mounting structure of a vertical handrail portion. FIG. 4 is a front view showing a lower mounting structure of a vertical handrail portion. FIG. 5 is a side view of FIG. 4; FIG. 6 is a front view similar to FIG. 2, showing a state in which the position of a vertical handrail is changed. FIG. 7 is a front view showing a conventional L-shaped handrail. FIG. 8 is a front view showing a conventional inverted T-shaped handrail. [Description of Signs] 3, 4, 5 Side wall 12 Bath tub 13, 14 Bath board 20 Horizontal handrail portion 21 Vertical handrail portion 22 Vertical handrail portion 26 Bathtub 28 Removable upper fixing portion 29 Removable lower fixing portion 34 Base

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claim 1] It is formed to be shorter by a predetermined length than the width of the side wall,
In a bathroom structure including a bathtub that can be replaced along the side wall, a horizontal handrail portion extending in a substantially horizontal direction along the side wall and formed a predetermined length longer than the bathtub, And a vertical handrail portion extending substantially upward from and extending freely along the horizontal handrail portion.