JP7304652B2 - Anti-snoring belt - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a simple device for anti-snoring measures.

Various proposals have been made for anti-snoring devices.
Patent Literature 1 discloses a “muscle reinforcing band around the mouth and neck”.
Patent Literature 2 discloses a "snoring prevention tool" for suppressing lowering of the lower jaw during sleep.
Patent Literature 3 proposes a novel "anti-snoring device" that expands a portion of the user's neck.
Further, Patent Literatures 4, 5, and 6 propose anti-snoring devices that are worn in the mouth.

JP-A-2004-89662 Registered Utility Model No. 3106876 JP 2008-302223 A Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2006-20986 Japanese translation of PCT publication No. 2011-519598 Registered Utility Model No. 3194178

Although the above-mentioned conventional anti-snoring devices are effective to some extent, they are troublesome to wear, troublesome to wear, and difficult to use.
By the way, it is said that the cause of snoring is mouth breathing due to mouth opening during sleep. Mouth breathing causes the tongue to drop and the "tongue root" to drop into the throat, narrowing the airway and causing noise (snoring) when the airway and tongue root meet. On the other hand, when the mouth is closed, the airway from the nose is secured, and snoring does not occur when breathing through the nose.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide an anti-snoring belt that prevents mouth breathing during sleep and prevents snoring.

The present invention is intended to achieve the above objects, and the invention according to claim 1 is a chin belt including a longitudinal belt-like body that abuts on the lower part of the chin of the user and lifts the chin to close the mouth. and a lower lip belt that is formed separately from the chin belt and includes a longitudinal band that abuts along the lower edge of the user's lower lip to prevent the lower lip from falling and opening the mouth. an elastic belt-like body connecting one end in the longitudinal direction of the chin belt and one end in the longitudinal direction of the lower lip belt; the other end in the longitudinal direction of the chin belt and the longitudinal direction of the lower lip belt; The other elastic band connecting the other end, one small annular ring through which the one band is passed and engaged at an arbitrary position in the longitudinal direction of the one band, and the other band The other small annular ring through which the body is passed and engaged at an arbitrary position in the longitudinal direction of the other belt-shaped body, and the head attachment part attached to the user's head, which is downward from both left and right sides. The one-side connecting portion is connected to the one small annular ring, and the other-side connecting portion is connected to the other small annular ring. and a head mounting part for applying tension to both ends of the chin belt and the lower lip belt through the one belt-shaped body and the other belt-shaped body . be.

In the invention according to claim 2 , the upper side of the longitudinal band-shaped body of the lower lip belt that abuts along the lower edge of the lower lip of the user is curved along the lower edge of the lower lip. A lower lip receiving portion is formed with a gentle concave curve downward in the center of the width direction, and a mouth receiving portion gently rising upward in a chevron shape is formed on both sides of the lower lip receiving portion when viewed in the length direction of the upper side. An anti-snoring belt according to claim 1 , characterized in that it is formed of :
The snoring according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the chin belt strip and the lower lip belt strip are made of polyurethane having raised back surfaces. It is a belt for prevention.

ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, it can mount easily, and can implement|achieve snoring prevention and snoring prevention. In addition, it is possible to provide an anti-snoring belt that also serves as a countermeasure against apnea.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the overall configuration of an anti-snoring belt 10 according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a front view of the doll model with the anti-snoring belt 10 attached. FIG. 3 is a right side view of the doll model with the anti-snoring belt 10 attached. FIG. 4 is a view showing the configuration of an anti-snoring belt 30 according to another embodiment of the present invention, and is a view of the state of being attached to a doll model viewed from the right side.

Embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the overall configuration of an anti-snoring belt 10 according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a front view of the anti-snoring belt 10 attached to the doll model, and FIG. 3 is a right side view of the anti-snoring belt 10 attached to the doll model. is.

The anti-snoring belt 10 will be described with reference to FIGS.
The anti-snoring belt 10 includes three members: a chin belt 11 , a lower lip belt 12 and a head mounting portion 13 .
The chin belt 11 abuts on the lower portion of the user's chin, lifts the chin, and functions to close the user's mouth. To that end, the chin belt 11 includes a longitudinal band 111. As shown in FIG. As an example, at least the surface of the strip 111 that comes into contact with the skin may be made of polyurethane that is soft to the touch, with very small naps formed on the surface, or that is soft and finely textured. Alternatively, the strip 111 may be made of a material such as cotton, polyester, nylon, acrylic, or the like.

The lower lip belt 12 abuts along the lower edge of the user's lower lip, and has the function of preventing the lower lip from falling and opening the mouth (allowing breathing through the mouth). To that end, the lower lip belt 12 includes a longitudinal strip 121. As shown in FIG. The upper edge 122 of the strip 121 is curved to follow the lower edge of the user's lower lip. As an example, the upper side 122 is formed with a lower lip receiving portion 123 whose lengthwise central portion is gently concave downward. A mouth receiving portion 124 may be formed that gently swells toward the mouth.

As an example, the lower lip belt 12 may also be made of polyurethane that is soft against the skin, with at least the surface that comes into contact with the skin being finely raised or softly textured. Also, the band-shaped body 121 may be made of a material such as cotton, polyester, nylon, acrylic, or the like.
One end of the chin belt 11 , that is, one end 112 of the belt-like body 111 , and one end of the lower lip belt 12 , that is, one end 125 of the belt-like body 121 , are connected by one elastic belt-like body 14 . On the other hand, the belt-like body 14 may be formed of a fabric rubber belt 14, for example. One end of the fabric rubber band 14 and one end 112 of the strip-shaped body 111 are joined together, and the other end of the fabric rubber strip 14 and one end 125 of the strip-shaped body 121 are joined together. For example, the joining can be performed by sandwiching the ends of the cloth rubber band 14 with the ends of the band-shaped body 121 and connecting them by adhesion or welding. Alternatively, the connection may be made by suturing.

Similarly, the other end of the chin belt 11, that is, the other end 113 of the band 111 and the other end of the lower lip belt 12, that is, the other end 126 of the band 121 are connected by the other elastic band 15. It is
The head mounting portion 13 includes one side band 21 having one end connected to the one side band 14, the other side band 22 having one end connected to the other side band 15, the other end of the one side band 21 and the other side band. and a crown band 23 connected to the other end of 22 .

A small annular ring 24 is used to connect the one-side band 21 to the one-side band 14 that connects the ends of the chin belt 11 and the lower lip belt 12 . The small annular ring 24 is, for example, a ring made of resin, and the one band 14 is passed through the ring 24 . One end side of the one-side band 21 is passed through the small annular ring 24 . One side band 21 is provided with a length adjuster 25 for adjusting its length.

The connection between the other band 15 connecting the other ends of the chin belt 11 and the lower lip belt 12 and the other side band 22 is also achieved by the small annular ring 24 in the same manner as described above.
Small annular rings 24 are also used to connect the other ends of the one-side band 21 and the other-side band 22 to the crown band 23, respectively. In this embodiment, the parietal band 23 has a front parietal band 231 and a rear parietal band 232, and the two parietal bands 231 and 232 are configured to be securely attached to the front and rear of the parietal region.

In addition, instead of the configuration of this embodiment, the head-mounted portion 13 may have the following configuration.
FIG. 4 is a view showing the configuration of an anti-snoring belt 30 according to another embodiment of the present invention, and is a view of the state of being attached to a doll model viewed from the right side.
Referring to FIG. 4, head-mounted portion 31 of anti-snoring belt 30 includes a mesh cap (or net cap) 32 and connecting portions 33 extending downward from left and right sides of mesh cap 32 . may be

Note that the connection between the connecting portion 33 and the chin belt 11 and the lower lip belt 12 shows an example in which the small annular ring 24 is used as in the above-described embodiment. Each end may be directly connected to the connecting portion 33 of the mesh cap 32 .
According to the anti-snoring belts 10, 30 according to the present invention, when the anti-snoring belts 10, 30 are worn, the chin belt 11 is tensioned so that both ends thereof are pulled up by the head attachment parts 13, 31. Given. Therefore, the user wearing the anti-snoring belts 10 and 30 does not inadvertently lower his chin and open his mouth while sleeping. The lower lip belt 12 provided separately from the chin belt 11 is also tensioned so that both ends thereof are pulled up by the head mounting portions 13 and 31 . Therefore, the user wearing the anti-snoring belts 10 and 30 does not inadvertently lower the lower lip and open the lip to breathe through the mouth during sleep.

In other words, the user does not open his/her mouth and breathe through his/her nose while sleeping, so that snoring caused by mouth breathing can be effectively prevented.
The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and various modifications are possible within the scope of the configuration described in the claims.

Reference Signs List 10, 30 Anti-snoring belt 11 Chin belt 12 Lower lip belt 13, 31 Head mounting part 14 One band (rubber band made of fabric)
15 other band 21 one side band 22 other side band 23 parietal band 24 small annular ring 25 length adjuster 32 mesh cap 33 connecting part 111, 121 band 112, 125 one end 113, 126 other end 122 upper side 123 lower lip Receiving part 124 Mouth receiving part 231 Front side parietal band 232 Rear side parietal band

Claims (3)

a chin belt including an elongated strip that abuts the lower portion of the user's chin to lift the chin and close the mouth;
a lower lip belt that is formed separately from the chin belt and includes a longitudinal strip that abuts along the lower edge of the user's lower lip to prevent the lower lip from dropping and opening the mouth;
an elastic band-like body connecting one longitudinal end of the chin belt and one longitudinal end of the lower lip belt;
an elastic band-like body connecting the other longitudinal end of the chin belt and the other longitudinal end of the lower lip belt;
one small annular ring through which the one belt-shaped body is passed and which engages at an arbitrary position in the longitudinal direction of the one belt-shaped body;
the other small annular ring through which the other belt-shaped body is passed and which engages at an arbitrary position in the longitudinal direction of the other belt-shaped body;
A head-mounted part to be worn on the head of a user, which has a one-side connecting part and the other-side connecting part extending downward from both left and right sides, wherein the one-side connecting part is connected to the one small circle. The other side connecting portion is connected to the other small annular ring, and tension is applied to both ends of the chin belt and the lower lip belt through the one belt-like body and the other belt-like body . a head-mounted part for
An anti-snoring belt comprising: The upper side of the long strip of the lower lip belt that contacts along the lower edge of the lower lip of the user has a curved shape along the lower edge of the lower lip , and the central portion in the length direction of the upper side points downward. A gently concavely curved lower lip receiving portion is formed on the upper side, and mouth receiving portions are formed on both sides of the lower lip receiving portion when viewed in the length direction of the upper side, and gently swell upward in a chevron shape. The anti-snoring belt according to claim 1 , wherein 3. An anti-snoring belt according to claim 1 , wherein said chin belt strip and said lower lip belt strip are made of polyurethane with raised back surfaces.

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