JP3375261B2 - Bed equipment - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bed apparatus suitable for sleeping a sick person, an elderly person, or the like who cannot move his / her own body for a long time.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, when a user, such as an elderly person or a sick person, who cannot move his or her body by himself or herself is admitted to a hospital, a bed apparatus for a hospital is used. There are various types of bed apparatuses of this type, and a wake-up type bed apparatus is known as one of them.

As is well known, the wake-up type bed apparatus has a bed frame, and a floor plate divided into a plurality of floor portions is provided on the bed frame. One of the floors is fixed to the frame, and the floor corresponding to the upper half of the user's body is driven up and down by a drive mechanism.

Therefore, even if the user cannot raise the upper body by himself, he can raise the upper body by raising the floor part by the drive mechanism, which is convenient when eating or reading. is there.

By the way, the user lying on the bed apparatus may be required to have a medical examination or be cared for excretion on a regular basis. When receiving physical examination or nursing care, if the user cannot move the body by himself / herself, the examiner / caregiver may partially lift the user's body or turn the user over. There must be.

[0006] When performing work such as partially lifting the user's body or rolling over the body, it is easier for the examiner and caregiver to carry out the work by bringing the body as close to the user as possible. If you perform such work with your body away from the user, it may be difficult to work because it is difficult to apply force, or the back of the worker may be burdened with a heavy load, and the back may be hurt. There is.

Therefore, when caring for a user, the examiner and caregiver should work with their body as close to the user as possible. However, since the floor plate of the bed apparatus has a predetermined width dimension, when the user is lying on the widthwise central portion or one end portion side in the width direction of the floorboard, the examiner or the caregiver may use the floorboard. It may be necessary to work in a state in which the body cannot be sufficiently brought close to the user from the other end in the width direction of the. As a result, the work was difficult and the back was hurt.

[0008]

As described above, the conventional bed apparatus has a predetermined width dimension when performing a work such as diagnosing or caring for a user lying on the floor board. Depending on the position in which the user is lying down, it is not possible to bring the user close enough to the user to perform the work, and the work may be difficult or the waist may be burdened.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a bed apparatus which allows the body to be brought sufficiently close to the user when the user is examined or cared for. To provide.

[0010]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a bed apparatus having a bed frame, and the floor plate is supported by the bed frame. At least one side portion of the floor plate in the width direction is provided. A first central recessed portion that is recessed inward in the width direction of the bed frame is formed at an intermediate portion in the longitudinal direction of the mattress that is placed on the floor plate .
A second recessed inward in the width direction is formed in the portion corresponding to the central recess.
A central recess is formed, and the second central recess has an upper surface.
On the side fence detachably installed on the side of the bed frame
A first auxiliary mattress is provided which is retained and fills the second central recess .

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, a first end recess is formed at an end of the floor plate in the longitudinal direction.
And corresponding to the first end recess of the mattress.
The second end recess is formed in the
A second auxiliary mattress is detachably provided in the recess of the end of the
It is characterized by being.

According to the present invention, the examiner, the caregiver, etc.
Is the position of the person lying on the floorboard due to the first and second central recesses.
It is possible to bring the body closer to the user, and
By holding the auxiliary mattress of
The second central recess of the mattress with this auxiliary mattress
The buried state of can be reliably maintained.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG.
It will be described with reference to FIGS. The bed apparatus shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 includes a base frame 1 having legs 2 provided at four corners of the lower surface. Mounting portions 3 are provided at the four corners of the base frame 1, and one end of a vertical drive arm 4 is rotatably connected to each mounting portion 3. Each vertical drive arm 4
The other end of is connected to the bed frame 5.

That is, brackets 6 are vertically provided on both ends of the bed frame 5 in the longitudinal direction.
A horizontal shaft 7 is rotatably installed on each pair of brackets 6 corresponding to each other in the width direction of the bed frame 5. The other end of the vertical drive arm 4 is fixed to each horizontal shaft 7.

The pair of horizontal shafts 7 are rotatably driven by a vertical drive mechanism (not shown). When the horizontal shaft 7 is rotationally driven, the vertical drive arm 4 is driven up and down. Thereby, the bed frame 5 connected to the other end of the arm 4 is vertically driven.

The bed frame 5 has a rectangular frame in which ends of a pair of long rods 8 along the longitudinal direction and a pair of short rods 9 (shown in FIG. 3) along the width direction are connected by a connecting member 11. I am in a shape. A headboard frame 12 is attached to the pair of connecting members 11 located on one end side in the longitudinal direction,
A footboard frame 13 is attached to the pair of connecting members 11 located on the other end side.

A floor plate 21 is provided on the upper surface of the bed frame 5.
Is provided. The floor board 21 is divided into five floor portions 22a to 22e along the longitudinal direction of the bed frame 5.
Consists of. A central portion in the longitudinal direction of the floor plate 21 is a fixed floor portion 22a fixed to the bed frame 5, and a waist floor portion 22b and a back floor portion 22c are sequentially rotated on one side of the fixed floor portion 22a. It is movably connected. A first leg floor 22d and a second leg floor 22e are sequentially rotatably connected to the other side of the fixed floor 22a.

Each of the floor portions 22a to 22e is formed by blow molding a synthetic resin into a hollow shape, and the end portions rotatably connected to each other are recessed portions 23a and raised portions 23b as shown in FIG. And are alternately formed to have an uneven shape. That is, the adjacent floors incorporate the concave portions 23a and the convex portions 23b, and the portions are rotatably connected by a connecting shaft (not shown). Furthermore, on the upper surface of the floor plate 21, convex strips 23c are formed along the longitudinal direction at predetermined intervals in the width direction.

A first central recess 24 as a first recess having a trapezoidal planar shape is formed in the central portion in the longitudinal direction on both sides in the width direction of the floor plate 21, and the floor plate 21 has a triangular planar shape at both ends. A first end recess 25, which is also similarly removed as a first recess, is formed.

That is, the first central concave portion 24 is formed over the fixed floor portion 22a and the waist floor portion 22b and the first leg floor portion 22d connected to both sides of the fixed floor portion 22a, and the pair of first end concave portions is formed. One of the two 25 is formed in the back floor 22c, and the other first end recess 25 is formed in the second leg floor 22e.

The space between the pair of long rods 8 of the bed frame 5 is set to be substantially the same as the width dimension of the fixed floor portion 22a. As a result, the long rod 8 does not project into the first central recess 24 and the first end recess 25.

As shown in FIG. 2, the bed frame 5 described above is used.
A back-raising drive mechanism 41 is provided on the lower surface side of the. The back-raising drive mechanism 41 has a box 42 provided with the drive source 40 on one side surface, and an axis line is arranged along the width direction of the bed frame 5 on one end side and the other end side of the box 42, respectively. A first drive shaft 43 and a second drive shaft 44 are provided.

One end of a first arm 45 is fixed to the first drive shaft 43 located on the headboard frame 12 side. At the other end of the first arm 45, a pair of first rollers 46 are rotatably provided at predetermined intervals. The roller 46 is rotatably engaged with a rail 47 having a U-shaped cross section provided on the lower surface of the back floor portion 22c.

The second arm 4 is attached to the second drive shaft 44.
One end of 8 is connected. A second roller 49 is rotatably provided at the other end of the second arm 48.
The second roller 49 is in contact with the lower surface of the first leg floor portion 22d.

The first drive shaft 43 and the second drive shaft 44
Is driven to rotate. First drive shaft 43
When the first arm 45 is driven to rotate in the rising direction, the waist floor portion 22b and the back floor portion 22c are raised. The second drive shaft 44 is rotationally driven to drive the second arm 4
When 8 rotates in the rising direction, the first leg floor 22d is driven in the rising direction, and the first leg floor 22d is interlocked with the second leg floor 22e. A link 38 is rotatably provided between the second leg floor portion 22e and the bed frame 5. Thereby, the second foot 22d interlocking with the first floor 22d
Foot floor 22e of the first foot floor 2
2d and so on are held in a substantially V-shape.

A mattress 51 is placed on the floor plate 21. The first central concave portion 2 formed in the floor plate 21 is formed at both ends in the width direction of the mattress 51 in the longitudinal direction.
A second central concave portion 52 as a second concave portion is formed in a position corresponding to 4 in the same shape as the first concave portion 24,
Further, second end concave portions 53 as second concave portions having a shape corresponding to the first end concave portion 25 are formed on both sides in the width direction of both longitudinal end portions.

The second central recess 52 and the pair of second end recesses 53 formed on both sides of the mattress 51 are
The shape is symmetrical in the left-right direction and the front-back direction. Thereby, even when the mattress 51 placed on the floor plate 21 is turned upside down or used by changing the front-back direction, the first central recess 24 and the first end recess 25 of the floor plate 21 are used.
On the other hand, the positions of the second central concave portion 52 and the second end concave portion 53 of the mattress 51 are prevented from being displaced.

Second central recess 52 of the mattress 51
A first auxiliary mattress 55 and a second auxiliary mattress 56 are detachably provided in the second end recess 53 and the second end recess 53, respectively.

The first auxiliary mattress 55 is attached to side fences 57 provided at central portions in the longitudinal direction on both sides in the width direction of the bed frame 5, and can be attached and detached together with the side fences 57. In other words, the bed frame
A pair of attachments 61 for detachably attaching the side fences 57 are provided at predetermined intervals in the middle of the long rod 8 of the frame 5 in the longitudinal direction.

As shown in FIG. 4, one end of an upper member 62 and a lower member 63, which are bent in a substantially V-shape, are connected to each other by a pin 64 so that the fixture 61 can be opened and closed. Recesses 62a and 63a are formed at corresponding positions at one end of each of the members 62 and 63.
The long rod 8 is clamped by a.

A fixing screw 65 is provided at the other end of each of the members 62 and 63 for fixing the two members 62 and 63 in a joined state, that is, in a state where the long rod 8 is sandwiched. An insertion hole 66 is formed at the other end of each member 62, 63, and the lower ends of the legs 57a formed on both sides of the side fence 57 are detachably inserted and supported in the insertion hole 66. ing.

As shown in FIG. 5, an upper lateral member 67 and a lower lateral member 68 are provided between the pair of leg portions 57a, and the lower lateral member 59 has a trapezoidal shape corresponding to the second central recess 52. The mounting plate 69 is mounted substantially horizontally. This mounting plate 6
The first auxiliary mattress 55 is provided on the upper part 9. The first auxiliary mattress 55 includes a core material 55a made of an elastic material such as urethane foam, and the core material 55a.
Is formed by the exterior material 55b.

When the side fence 57 is attached to a pair of fittings 61 provided on the sides of the bed frame 5, the first auxiliary mattress 55 fills the second central recess 52 of the mattress 51. It has become.

The second auxiliary mattress 56 is formed in a triangular shape corresponding to the second end concave portion 53 of the mattress 51, and a pair of first velvet fasteners 71 are provided on one side surface thereof. There is.

A pair of second velvet fasteners 72 that engage with the first velvet fasteners 71 are provided on the side surface of the second end recess 53 of the mattress 56 in which the second auxiliary mattress 56 is provided. ing. Therefore, the second auxiliary mattress 56 is detachably attached to the second end recess 53.

According to the bed apparatus having the above structure, the floor plate 21
The first and second central concave portions 2 which are recessed in the width direction are formed in the central portion and both end portions of the mattress 51 and the longitudinal direction, respectively.
4, 52 and the first and second end recesses 25, 53 are formed, and the recesses 52, 5 formed in the mattress 51.
3 is filled with a first auxiliary mattress 55 and a second auxiliary mattress 56.

Therefore, the mattress 51 has an ordinary rectangular shape in which the recesses are not formed on both sides when the auxiliary mattresses 55 and 56 are provided in the second central recess 52 and the second end recess 53, respectively. Since it can be used as a mattress, the effective use area of the mattress 51 can be sufficiently secured.

The first auxiliary mattress 55 filling the second central recess 52 at the longitudinal center of the mattress 56 is provided on the mounting plate 69 provided on the side fence 57. Therefore, even if the user's load is applied to the first auxiliary mattress 55, it does not fall off,
The part of the first auxiliary mattress 55 can be reliably used.

The second auxiliary mattress 56, which fills the second end recess 53, includes the first and second velvet fasteners 7.
Since it is held by the engagement of Nos. 1 and 72, it does not have sufficient attachment strength against the load. However, since the load of the user is rarely applied to the second end concave portions 53 formed at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the mattress 56, almost no problem occurs even if the mounting strength is not high. There is no such thing.

On the other hand, when examining or caring for a user, such as an elderly person or a sick person, who is not lying down on the mattress 51, the first auxiliary mattress 55 provided in the second central recess 52 is used as a side fence. The central recess 52 and the end recess 53 can be opened by removing together with 57 or removing the end mattress 56 provided in the second end recess 53.

Therefore, the examiner or the caregiver may use the first and second central concave portions 24 and 52 or the first and second end concave portions 2.
By getting into areas 5 and 53, it is possible to get close enough to the user, so when the user's body is partially lifted or the user rolls over, the examiner and caregiver will bear a strain on the waist. The work can be easily carried out in a state in which there is no trouble.

Further, when a user whose legs are weak gets off the mattress 51, he / she should go down from the second central recess 52. As a result, when the user stands up, the thigh of the user is held by the inner side surface of the recess 52, so that stability when standing up is obtained compared to the case where the user is not held.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the invention. For example, the recesses are formed on both sides of the floor plate and the mattress in the width direction, but the recesses may be formed on only one side.

Further, although the floor plate and the mattress are formed with the central concave portion and the end concave portion, the central concave portion alone may be used. The first auxiliary mattress 55 is shown in FIG.
As shown in (1), the core material 55a and the mounting plate 69a are integrally covered with the exterior material 55b. The mounting plate 69a is provided with a pair of dogleg-shaped leg members 57b, and these leg members 57b can be removably mounted in the through holes 66 of the mounting tool 61 shown in FIG.

According to this structure, even when it is not necessary to provide the side fence 57 on the bed frame 5, the auxiliary mattress 55 is provided with the second central recess 52 of the mattress 51.
Can be provided.

Further, as shown in FIG. 8, a plurality of first velvet fasteners 8 are provided on the side surface of the first auxiliary mattress 55.
1 is provided, and a plurality of second velvet fasteners 82 are also provided on the side surface of the second central recess 52, and the velvet fasteners 81 and 82 are attached to the first auxiliary mattress 55 so that It may be detachably provided in the central recess 52.

[0047]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, first and second central concave portions are formed inwardly in the width direction of the bed frame in the longitudinal midway portion of at least one side of the floor plate and the mattress. I did it.

Therefore, the examiner, the caregiver, etc. can bring the body close to the user lying on the floorboard by the first and second central recesses, so that the work such as the examination and the care can be carried out on the waist. It can be easily done without burdening.

[0049]

Moreover, since the first auxiliary mattress is held by the side fence, the second auxiliary mattress is formed on the mattress with sufficient strength against the load.
It can be provided in the central recess. Therefore, the portion of the mattress filled with the first auxiliary mattress can be used reliably and effectively.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a bed device showing an overall configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the bed apparatus along the width direction.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of an attachment tool for attaching the side fence to the bed frame.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a side fence similarly provided with a first auxiliary cushion body.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a second auxiliary mattress that is also attached to the second end recess.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a modified example of the attachment structure of the first auxiliary mattress.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing another modified example of the attachment structure of the first auxiliary mattress.

[Explanation of symbols]

5 ... Bed frame 21 ... Floorboard 24 ... First central recess 25 ... First end recess 51 ... Mattress 52 ... Second central recess 53 ... Second end recess 55 ... First auxiliary mattress 56 ... Second auxiliary mattress 57 ... Side fence

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-56-70717 (JP, A) Actually open 61-21523 (JP, U) Actually open 4-114322 (JP, U) Actually open 6- 46721 (JP, U) (58) Fields surveyed (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) A61G 7/00 A47C 19/00 A47C 27/00

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A bed apparatus having a bed frame, and a floor board supported by the bed frame, wherein at least one side portion of the floor board in the width direction is long.
A first central recessed portion that is recessed inward in the widthwise direction of the bed frame is formed at a middle portion in the hand direction, and a portion corresponding to the first central recessed portion of the mattress that is placed on the floor plate has a widthwise direction. Has a second central recess that is recessed inward,
The second central recess is attached to the side of the bed frame.
The second central recess is held by a side fence that is detachably provided.
A bed apparatus, wherein a first auxiliary mattress for filling the part is provided. 2. A first end is provided at an end portion in the longitudinal direction of the floor board.
A concave portion is formed, and the first end concave portion of the mattress is formed.
A second end recess is formed in a portion corresponding to the portion.
Then, the second auxiliary mattress is attached to the second end recess.
The bed according to claim 1, wherein the bed is detachably provided.
Device.