JP2002369864A - Collapsible bathtub - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fully portable collapsible bathtub provided with the degree of freedom in the selection of an installation place. SOLUTION: A peripheral wall (2) in a square tubular shape is formed by connecting front and back surface plates (5, 6) bendable at a horizontal center part to both end parts of unbendable left and right side plates (3, 4) so a to be turnable and at least the front surface plate (5) so as to be attachable and detachable. An outer container (1) in a blind square tubular shape is formed by mounting the peripheral wall (2) on a bottom plate (7) rectangular in the plane view. Also, a control body (10) controlling the outward movement of the peripheral wall (2) is provided on the outer peripheral edge part of the bottom plate (7). An inner container (12) formed in the blind square tubular shape with a water non-permeable sheet is attachably and detachably housed inside the outer container (1). For the inner container (12), at least a front surface sheet (12c) is connected by a connector (13) with a watertight function separably from each other.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an assembling bathtub in which a bather can take a bath in a wheelchair.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-32307 discloses a conventional technique.
There was an invention described in Japanese Patent Publication No. That is, a box-shaped bathtub main body having an upper surface and a front surface opened by a strength member such as FRP is provided, and a door for opening and closing the front surface of the bathtub body is provided. In some cases, the bath is housed in a bathtub body, and after closing the door, hot water is filled in the bathtub body to bathe the bather.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned conventional apparatus, since the bathtub body is integrally formed by a strength member, the bathtub is poor in portability, the installation place is restricted, and the apparatus becomes expensive. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to obtain a new portable bathtub which is inexpensive and highly portable.

[0004]

Means for Solving the Problems The present invention is configured as follows to achieve the above object. That is, the invention according to claim 1 is provided with a non-bendable left and right side plate and a front and back plate that can be bent at the left and right center portions, and each end of the front and back plate can be turned to the front and rear end of the left and right side plate. And at least the front plate is detachably connected to form a rectangular cylindrical peripheral wall,
The peripheral wall is placed on a rectangular bottom plate in a plan view to form a bottomed rectangular cylindrical outer container, and a regulating body that regulates outward movement of the peripheral wall is provided at an outer peripheral edge of the bottom plate, An inner container formed into a bottomed square cylindrical shape by a water-impermeable sheet is detachably accommodated in the outer container, and the inner container is configured to connect at least the front sheet to be detachable from each other by a connector having a watertight function. Things. The invention according to claim 2 is
The peripheral wall is vertically separable at an intermediate portion in the vertical direction. According to a third aspect of the present invention, one of the left and right side plates is fixed to the bottom plate so as to be able to bend upward at a middle portion of the bottom plate. According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, a water rejecting member that rejects a predetermined volume of water is attached to the upper surface of the inner peripheral portion of the bottom sheet of the inner container.

[0005]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 is a perspective view of an outer container and an inner container of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state of carrying in a bather according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a bathing state of a whole body according to the present invention. 4 is a perspective view showing a bathing state of the lower body according to the present invention, FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a folded state of the outer container according to the present invention, and FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the inner container according to the present invention.

In FIG. 1, 1 is a hard plastic plate,
Alternatively, the outer container is a bottomed rectangular cylindrical outer container formed of a plate material such as a veneer plate, and the left and right side plates 3 and 4 and the front and rear plates 5 and 6 form a rectangular cylindrical peripheral wall 2. It is closed by the bottom plate 7. The peripheral wall 2 can be folded in the left-right direction. That is, the left and right side plates 3 and 4 are formed so as not to be bent, of which the left side plate 3 is fixed to the left edge of the bottom plate 7 and the right side plate 4 is movable in the left and right direction with respect to the bottom plate 7. Place it upright.

The front plate 5 and the rear plate 6 are formed so as to be bent inward at right and left central portions via hinges (not shown). Both ends are connected via columns 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b. The struts 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b are connected to the front and rear ends of the left and right side plates 3, 4 and form Ω-shaped grooves (not shown) on the facing sides thereof. And the left and right ends of the back plate 6 are rotatably connected to be able to be inserted and removed upward. The rear plate 6 may be connected only rotatably, and may not be inserted or removed upward.

The peripheral wall 2 divides the right and left side plates 3 and 4 and the front and rear plates 5 and 6 into upper and lower portions, and forms lower left and right side plates 3a and 4a.
And a lower peripheral wall 2 formed by the front and rear plates 5a and 6a.
1, upper left and right side plates 3b, 4b and a front rear plate 5b,
4b, the lower peripheral wall 2-1 has a height up to the waist of the bather 16 in the wheelchair 15, as shown in FIG.
The height of the peripheral wall 2 including the upper peripheral wall 1 and the upper peripheral wall 2-2 is the height to the shoulder of the bather 16 in the wheelchair 15, as shown in FIG.

A regulating body 10 is attached to the outer peripheral edge of the bottom plate 7 described above. This restricting body 10 fixes an elongated rectangular piece to the entire area of the left and right edges of the bottom plate 7 and the left and right ends of the front and rear edges of the bottom plate 7. Accordingly, the movement of the peripheral wall 2 to the outside is restricted by the restricting body 10, and the wheelchair 15 can enter and exit the peripheral wall 2 from the left and right intermediate portions of the front and rear edges of the bottom plate 7. Further, the bottom plate 7 can be bent upward at a middle portion between the left and right through a hinge (not shown),
As shown in FIG. 5, the right side 7a bent upward can be superimposed on the right side plate 4 of the folded peripheral wall 2.

The inner container 12 is removably accommodated in the outer container 1 formed as described above, and an assembling bathtub A is formed as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 1, the inner container 12 is formed of a flexible and water-impermeable sheet, for example, a fiber-containing vinyl sheet into a bottomed square tubular shape.
The left and right side sheets 12a and 12b and the front and rear sheets 1
2c and 12d are separably connected to each other by connecting members (slide fasteners) 13a, 13b, 13c and 13d having a watertight function, and these are appropriately opened and closed to adjust the volume of the bathtub A (the inner container 12). Wheelchair 15 in bathtub A,
Therefore, the entrance (a) of the bather 16 is formed. In the inner container 12, only the front sheet 12c is connected to the connecting device 1.
The separation may be made by 3a and 13c.

Next, the manner of use of the above embodiment will be described. First, as shown in FIG. 2, the upper and lower front plates 5 a and 5 b of the outer container 1 are removed, and then the left and right connectors 13 a and 13 c on the front side of the inner container 12 are opened to operate the front sheet 12.
c is turned in the front direction to form an entrance (a) on the front side of the bathtub A. Next, the bather 16 in the wheelchair 15 is accommodated in the bathtub A from the entrance (A). Next, after the front sheets 12c are joined to the left and right side sheets 12a and 12b by closing the connecting members 13a and 13c, the upper and lower front plates 5a and 5b are assembled to close the entrance (A) (FIG. 3). . Next, as shown in FIG. 3, the bathtub A is filled with hot water, and the bather 16 is bathed in the whole body.

When a predetermined time has elapsed after the bathing and the bather 16 has been heated, the hot water in the bathtub A is drained until the waist of the bather 16 is immersed. Next, after removing the upper peripheral wall 2-2, that is, the upper left and right side plates 3b, 4b and the front and rear plates 5b, 6b, the respective connecting members 13a, 13b, 13c, 13
The upper part of d is opened to open the upper half of the inner container 12 as shown in FIG. In this state, the caregiver massages the lower abdomen of the bather 16 and massages the upper body.

Next, the hot water in the bathtub A is completely drained, and the bather 16 is wiped with a towel.
a is removed and the front sheet 12c of the inner container 12 is tilted in the front direction to move the bather 16 to the outside.
Note that the massage of the lower abdomen of the bather 16 and the massage of the upper body by the caregiver may be performed before the bather 16 bathes the whole body.

After the bath is completed, the inner container 12 is taken out of the outer container 1 and the lower front plate 5 is removed.
After assembling the upper peripheral wall 2-2 and the upper peripheral wall 2-2, the peripheral wall 2 is folded right and left as shown in FIG.
Fold up. As a result, the outer container 1 is folded small and can be stored in a small space in a bathroom or a storage room.

FIG. 6 shows another embodiment of the inner container. In this embodiment, a water repellent body 14 is attached to the inner peripheral portion of the bottom sheet 12e of the inner container 12 described above. The water rejecting body 14 is made of a seat 15 of a wheelchair 15 by a flexible non-water-permeable sheet.
An air bag having a volume substantially corresponding to the lower space portion a is formed, the lower surface thereof is fixed or detachably attached to the upper surface of the bottom sheet 12e, and the air tube 14a is attached to one side.

The water rejector 14 serves to reduce the amount of effective hot water to be supplied into the bathtub A. As shown in FIG. In the above, air is supplied into the water-repellent body 14 via an air tube 14a by a pump, and the water-repellent body 14 is inflated to form an air chamber in a space below the seat 15a of the wheelchair 15. Hot water is supplied into the bathtub A. If it does in this way, seat 15a which becomes play space
Is no longer filled with hot water, the effective supply of hot water into the bath tub A is reduced, and the heat radiation of the hot water in the bath tub A is reduced due to the heat insulation of the air in the water rejector 14. In addition, the water drainage body 14 may be configured such that a foamed resin formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape is fixedly or detachably attached to the upper surface of the bottom sheet 12e.

[0017]

As is apparent from the above description, claim 1
The invention according to the present invention is characterized in that a peripheral wall of a strong plate-made outer container is foldable and a front plate is detachable, and an inner container made of a non-water-permeable sheet is detachably accommodated in the outer container, Since the front wall of the container can be separated by a connector having a watertight function, it is highly portable and has a high degree of freedom in selecting an installation place, and can be obtained at low cost. In the invention according to claim 2, since the peripheral wall can be vertically separated at the middle part in the vertical direction, the whole body bath and the lower body can be bathed, and the lower abdomen can be easily washed when the lower body is bathed. According to the third aspect of the present invention, one of the left and right side plates is fixed to the bottom plate so that the left and right middle portions of the bottom plate can be bent upward. Will be done. According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since a water repellent body for rejecting a predetermined volume of water is attached to the upper surface of the inner peripheral portion of the bottom sheet of the inner container, the water repellent body is located below the seat of the wheelchair accommodated in the bathtub. Rejects the hot water arriving at the club,
The amount of effective hot water supplied into the bathtub is reduced, and the supply and discharge of hot water into the bathtub can be performed quickly.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an outer container and an inner container of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which a bather is carried in according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a bathing state of the whole body according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a lower body bathing state according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a folded state of the outer container according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the inner container according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A Assembling bathtub 1 Outer container 2 Peripheral wall 2-1 Lower peripheral wall 2-2 Upper peripheral wall 3 (3a, 3b) Left panel 4 (4a, 4b) Right panel 5 (5a, 5b) Front panel 6 (6a, 6b) Back Face plate 7 Bottom plate 7a Right side of bottom plate 8a, 8b Column 9a, 9b Column 10 Regulator 12 Inner container 12a Left sheet 12b Right sheet 12c Front sheet 12d Back sheet 12e Bottom sheet 13 (13a to 13d) Connector 14 Air repellent 14a Tube 15 wheelchair 15a seat 16 bather

Claims (4)

[Claims] An unbendable left and right side plate (3, 4) and a front back plate (5, 6) that can be bent at the left and right center portions are provided, and both ends of the front back plate (5, 6) are connected to each other. A rectangular cylindrical peripheral wall (2) is formed by connecting the front and rear plates (5) to the front and rear ends of the left and right plates (3, 4) in a rotatable manner, and the peripheral wall (2) is viewed in plan. A bottomed square tubular outer container (1) is formed on a square bottom plate (7), and the bottom plate (7) is formed.
A regulating body (10) for regulating the outward movement of the peripheral wall (2) is provided on the outer peripheral edge of the inner container, and the inner container is formed in the outer container (1) into a bottomed square cylindrical shape with a water-impermeable sheet. An assembling bathtub, wherein the inner container (12) is detachably accommodated, and the inner container (12) has at least a front sheet (12c) detachably connected to each other by a connector (13) having a watertight function. 2. The assembled bathtub according to claim 1, wherein the peripheral wall (2) is vertically separable at an intermediate portion in the vertical direction. 3. One of the left and right side plates (3, 4) is fixed to a bottom plate (7) in an upright position, and a left and right intermediate portion of the bottom plate (7) can be bent upward. Assembling bathtub. 4. A water repellent body (14) for repelling a predetermined volume of water on an inner peripheral surface of a bottom sheet (12e) of an inner container (12).
The assembly type bathtub according to claim 1, 2, or 3, further comprising: