JP5814745B2 - Knee supporter - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a knee support used by wrapping around a knee to expect a stable walking motion.

  It is composed of a stretchable material as a whole. There is a structure that is wound and attached to the knee (for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2002-65711 A

  The conventional structure adopts a configuration in which the upper and lower band portions are simply forcibly expanded and contracted by the hand when wound on the knee, so that the operation is complicated, and at the time of winding (tightening) It is difficult to adjust the overpressure strength.

  The present invention was devised for the purpose of providing a knee supporter that is easier to wear than the conventional structure and that can easily adjust the degree of pressure follow-up and that can provide a more stable walking motion. It is a thing.

In order to achieve the above object, the knee support according to the present invention is formed of a cloth body that is stretchable in at least the winding direction, and covers the knee back and the ligaments on both sides thereof when worn. And an upper fastening body and a lower fastening body provided on both left and right sides of the knee backing part, and the left and right upper fastening bodies and the lower fastening body are bifurcated on the left and right sides of the knee backing part. An assembly in which the other fastening body is inserted into the outer surface of the knee backing part of each of the upper fastening body and the lower fastening body of each of the upper and lower fastening bodies on both the left and right sides. the hole is provided on the back surface of the front end portion of the fastener, the knee back hook part or while Ru provided planar fastener male part that releases the engagement surface of each fastener, the upper fastener member and the knee back hook part And the surface fastener on the front surface of the front end portion of each fastening body. A knee support provided with a planar fastener female part to which a male part is engaged and disengaged, wherein either the assembly hole provided in one of the left and right upper fastening bodies or the lower fastening body on both right and left sides The assembly hole provided on either side is configured to be provided at a diagonal position opposite to the left and right sides with respect to the knee lining part . In addition, it is possible to perform further tightening by adding a point where an assembly hole is provided on the base side of one fastening body, and to prevent the twisting of the knee by providing a bone that overlaps the ligament part at the knee backing part. The walking motion can be made even smoother.

  According to the present invention, since it is attached to the knee portion so as to surround the kneecap with the back of the knee, it is possible not only to assist walking but also to make the walking motion even smoother.

In particular, according to the present invention, the knee back abutting part is pressed against the knee, and one of the upper fastening bodies is pulled through the assembly hole provided on the other side and folded, and the other provided with the assembly hole. Separate operation on the thigh side and the shin part side to fix the tip part to the female part of the surface fastener and then to fix the one tip part from the folded shape to the female part of the surface fastener. Thus, it is possible to provide a knee supporter that can be wound and squeezed, can adjust the tightening strength of the thigh side and the shin part, and thus can obtain a wearing state suitable for the wearer.
In particular, the assembly hole provided in either one of the left and right upper fastening bodies and the assembly hole provided in either one of the left and right lower fastening bodies are a pair opposite to the left and right sides of the knee backing part. Because it is provided at the corner position, for example, the lower fastening body applies a force to correct the displacement from the inside of the knee to the outside, corrects the displacement of the joint, and often rotates outward with aging. The fastening body can be easily tightened from the outside to the inside so as to suppress rotation.

The front view of the supporter for knees. The rear view of FIG. The front view at the time of mounting | wearing. The front view at the time of use. The perspective view of a bone.

  The drawings show an embodiment of a knee supporter according to the present invention. In the figure, A is a knee supporter, and the knee supporter A can cover the back of the knee and the ligaments on both sides when worn. A knee support portion 1 having a size and fastening portions 2 and 2 extending on both the left and right sides of the knee support portion 1 are integrally formed of a stretchable cloth body, and the surface of the cloth body is defined as above. The pile fabric to be formed is a planar fastener female portion 4 for fastening the planar fastener male portion 3 provided in the fastening portion 2.

  The knee back abutment portion 1 is formed of a substantially horizontal rectangular sheet having an upper edge 101a and a lower edge 101b opposite to the upper edge 101a in a concave arc shape, and a flexible resin on a wide portion on both the left and right sides. The bones 5 and 5 made of a rod-shaped body are stored in a cloth body and sewn into a gentle arc shape that gradually separates from the upper and lower ends toward the center. And the back surface part of the knee abutment part 1 which has arranged the bone 5 protrudes as a ridge from the other part, and pressure is applied to the ligament part from the other part at the time of wearing so as to press the ligament part. .

  The reason why the upper edge 101a and the lower edge 101b of the knee back abutment part 1 are formed in a concave arc shape is to remove the discomfort at the time of wearing so as to fit the thigh and the shin part.

  The bone 5 includes a main body portion 5a formed of a flexible resin flat rod-shaped body having a flat cross section in which both end surfaces 5 'and 5' opposed to the lateral width direction are concavely curved, and the longitudinal direction of the main body portion is long. A structure in which a core material 5b made of a resin linear body harder than other parts is provided at the center along the direction, and a hollow portion 5c parallel to the core material is provided between the core material 5b and the end surface. It is difficult to be deformed in the winding direction due to its flat shape, and is placed on the surface of the ligament part when worn, so that it functions as an auxiliary material that smoothly performs walking motion, but in the embodiment It is not necessary to limit, and a plastic bone or a metal coil bone may be used.

  The fastening portion 2 extends from the knee back abutment portion 1 with the bone 5 as a boundary with the knee back abutment portion 1. A base 2a is provided to form a bifurcated branch, and upper fastening bodies 2A and 2A 'and lower fastening bodies 2B and 2B' are extended. And each fastening body 2A, 2A '. The vertical fastener male part 3 is sewn to the tip of the back side of 2B and 2B ', and the other upper fastening body 2A' can be inserted into the base side of one upper fastening body 2A. A shaped assembly hole 6A is provided, and a vertical rectangular assembly hole 6B through which one lower fastening body 2B can be inserted is provided on the base side of the other lower fastening body 2B ′.

  Note that 7A is a fabric sheet, that is, a border of the supporter A by overlapping the fabric sheets. By providing the border 7A, the laminated state of the supporter A by the fabric sheet is reliably maintained. Similarly, an edge 7B is provided at the peripheral ends of the assembly holes 6A and 6B to prevent a change with time (due to use).

In the embodiment, the assembly holes 6A and 6B are provided on the base side of one upper fastening body 2A and one lower fastening body 2B '. There is no inconvenience even if it is not provided on the base side. If it is in the in-plane position of the knee abutment part 1, it will interfere with the wearing. Incidentally, the lower fastening member 2B, 2B 'is a force so that the inside of the knee deviation heal outwardly added to correct the deviation of the joint, and because it is often convoluted outside with age, the upper side fastener 2A, 2A 'is swirled suppressed assembling hole 6A to facilitate tightening from the outside to the inside as, are designed 6B to diagonal positions (illustrated shows the case of the right leg).

Then, the tip of one upper fastening body 2A ′ is inserted from the back side into the assembly hole 6A provided in the other upper fastening 2A so that the back side of the knee back abutting portion 1 is in contact with the back of the knee. the tip side fastener 2B, combination is inserted from the back into the assembly hole 6B formed in the other of the lower fastening member 2B ', was inserted into the assembling hole 6A, the upper fastener 2A' of the one pulling as folding, wherein the other of the upper fastening member 2A pulled and tightened thighs, holding the planar fasteners planar fastener male part 3 provided on the upper side fastening member 2A by females該締with state Then, the upper fastening body 2A ′ on the side through which the assembly hole 6A is passed is pulled from the folded state to the straight state, and the thigh is tightened to tighten the surface fastener male at the tip. The part 3 is fastened to the surface fastener female part 4 Ri finish the operation tightening against the thigh. When one lower fastening body 2B passed through the assembly hole 6B provided in the other lower fastening body 2B ′ is folded back and the tip is pulled in the folding direction, it is the same as the above-mentioned thigh side fastening operation. The shin portion is tightened, the lower fastening body 2B ′ is pulled, the shin portion is tightened, and the fastener male material 3 provided on the other lower fastening body 2B ′ is fastened to the fastener female material 4 while maintaining the state. Then, the lower fastener 2B is pulled from the folded state to the straight state and pulled to fasten the shin portion to fasten the planar fastener male portion 3 at the tip thereof to the planar fastener female portion 4. This completes the tightening operation for the shin portion, that is, the assembling operation for the knee portion of the supporter A.

Incidentally, the hole assembly in the embodiment, is provided on one of the upper fastening member 2A and one of the lower fastener 2B' but not provided on one of the upper fastening member 2A and one of the lower fastening member 2B ' It is provided on the other of the upper fastener 2A' and other lower fastener 2B side has good.

However, the assembly holes provided in one side of the attached upper clamping member and a lower fastening member, since it is of inserting the fastening member on the other side of the attached upper clamping member and a lower fastening member, the assembly hole is inserted The length in the longitudinal direction must be longer than the width of the upper fastening body on the side and the lower fastening body, and in order to secure the long part, the upper fastening body on the side provided with the assembly holes and the lower fastening body The width of the base part of the side fastening body will inevitably need to be secured widely, but by forming each part with a stretchable fabric, the upper side tightening on the side that is inserted through the assembly hole The contradiction due to the difference in size (diameter) between the body and the lower fastening body can be absorbed regardless of the appearance.

1 Knee back part 2A, 2A '. 2B, 2B 'Fastener 3 Surface fastener male part 4 Surface fastener female part 6A, 6B Assembly hole

Claims (3)

The upper body is composed of a cloth body that is stretchable at least in the winding direction, and covers the knee back and the ligaments on both sides when worn, and the upper fastening body provided on the left and right sides of the knee back And the upper and lower fastening bodies on both the left and right sides are provided by extending the left and right sides of the knee backing part into a bifurcated branch , and the upper and lower fastening bodies on both the left and right sides. the surface outside of the knee back touching section of each one upper fastener and a lower fastening of the body provided with assembly holes for inserting the other fastener on the back surface of the front end portion of the fastener, the while knee back hook part or Ru is provided planar fastener male part that releases the engagement surface of each fastener, the surface of the knee back hook part and the upper fastener and a lower fastener tip backside of each fastener Supporter for knee provided with a planar fastener female part that engages and disengages the planar fastener male part There is,
The assembly hole provided in either one of the left and right upper fastening bodies and the assembly hole provided in either one of the left and right lower fastening bodies are opposite to the left and right knee support portions The knee supporter is provided at a diagonal position .   The knee support according to claim 1, wherein the assembly hole is provided on the base side of one of the fastening bodies.   The knee supporter according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a bone that overlaps the ligament portion is provided in the knee backing portion.

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