JP2006167337A - Reacher - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a reacher for picking up objects dropped on the floor which can pick up small slips of a paper money such as paper monies, plastic cards, tickets, and admission tickets or small objects that are difficult to pick up by narrowing the gaps between claws at the tip, coins by sticking them by an adhesive gel. <P>SOLUTION: An adhesive gel is applied to a method for picking up objects dropped on the floor to enable easy picking up of objects hard to pick up heretofore by a conventional reacher. It is expected to be more effective by forming the gel in a hemispheric shape. Operating switches of lighting fixtures or elevators, which used to be difficult to conduct, is assisted by a non-slippery structure composed of protrusions 6 made of a material with high friction coefficient provided on a center rod 9 with telescopic function and a cover 5. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  In the case of a reacher that picks up an object dropped on the floor, the present invention is difficult to pick up with a small gap between the tips of the nails. It is intended to pick up things that are difficult to pick up with adhesive GEL.

  At present, all of the adhesive GELs used as the mechanism for picking up the reacher are in the form of a sheet, and unless the force is applied vertically to the object to be picked up, the adhesion will deteriorate. The GEL surface must swing freely within a certain range from the vertical to the axis.

  In the case of a sheet-like GEL portion provided at the tip of a conventional reacher, it is somewhat difficult to adjust the angle of the GEL surface to the object to be picked up (see FIG. 1).

  In order to maintain the adhesiveness of the adhesive GEL part for a long time, it is necessary to cover the adhesive GEL surface with a lid so that the surface of the adhesive GEL is not directly touched by the lid when not in use. I want the lid to have another important function of the reacher. In other words, it is a push operation of an elevator button or a wall switch of a room light that is difficult for a handicapped person to reach. However, since the hand and the operation unit are separated, there is a problem that it is difficult to slide and operate.

  For persons with disabilities in the finger's motor function, the strap ring closes quickly and it is often difficult to pass the finger through the strap ring.

  In order to solve the above problem, as a first means, the shape of the adhesive GEL is changed from a planar sheet shape to a hemispherical shape (see FIG. 2). In this way, from any angle, if you press on the object you want to pick up, the GEL will deform in a direction that will increase the contact area, and will easily pick up the object. In the case of an adhesive GEL sheet, if this adhesive GEL sheet is laminated on an arc-shaped elastic substrate (see Fig. 3 and Fig. 4), it can be picked up from whatever angle it is aimed at. When pressed with, the elastic base material and the adhesive GEL sheet are deformed in the direction of expanding the contact area, and the object can be easily picked up.

  As a second means, a rigid cover (= lid) that covers the adhesive GEL part is provided, and when it is not used, the adhesive GEL does not directly touch people's heels or outside air. Employing a large coefficient, such as SBR (synthetic rubber), or providing a protrusion integrally at the center (see FIG. 5), or a large coefficient of friction, such as SBR, at the center of the rigid lid If the manufactured protrusions are formed integrally or assemblable (see FIG. 6), when the push button is pushed with the opposite side of the reacher, it can be operated reliably without slipping.

As a third means, by passing the strap through the hole in the flange portion of the lid, when the lid is opened, the lid is connected to the strap fixed to the handle to prevent the lid from dissipating, and at the same time, the strap ring is at least attached to the lid. Since only the height of the flange is always expanded, the finger can be easily passed through the strap even if there is an obstacle in the movement function of the fingers (see FIG. 5).

  The present invention makes it possible to easily pick up dropped tickets, admission tickets, banknotes, plastic cards, small coins, etc., which have been very difficult for people with physical disabilities. In addition, in the reacher to which the present invention is applied, it is possible to reliably operate an elevator button or a wall light switch that is remote from the hand. In addition, the method of attaching the strap has been devised, and even those with a disability in the movement function of the fingers can easily put their fingers through the strap ring.

Hereinafter, embodiments in which the present invention is applied to a folded western umbrella pattern will be described.
A reacher attachment 3 having a female threaded portion 2 that matches the handle mounting bolt 1 originally attached to the folded western umbrella has a hemispherical adhesive GEL portion 4 on its top, and a lid 5 that fits perfectly on its outer peripheral portion. The lid is made of a material such as SBR having a large friction coefficient, and a projection 6 is formed at the approximate center for easy pressing of a button or the like. Since the strap 7 attached to the handle is attached through the flange portion 8 of the lid 5, the ring of the strap does not always close and forms a space for the finger to enter. Even people with functional disabilities can easily pass their fingers. If only the middle shaft 9 is extended without opening the umbrella, it will turn into a reacher if it has a folded umbrella part.

Schematic cross-sectional view showing the form of a sheet-like GEL provided for a conventional reacher Schematic sectional view showing the form of the adhesive GEL of the present invention Schematic perspective view showing an improved form of the sheet-like GEL of FIG. Schematic cross-sectional view of FIG. The schematic sectional drawing explaining the cover part by preferable embodiment of this invention 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a lid according to still another embodiment of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

1 Handle mounting bolt 2 Female thread part 3 Reacher attachment 4 GEL part
4a Sheet GEL
5 Lid 6 Protruding part 7 Strap part 8 Flange part 9 Middle shaft

Claims (3)

An adhesive GEL is formed in the hemispherical or arc shape at the end of the handle of the folding umbrella or the handle of the foldable reacher, and the plastic cards such as banknotes, cash cards, member cards, etc. dropped on the floor, or railway The structure is such that when the adhesive GEL is pressed to pick up small pieces of paper such as tickets, bus tickets, admission tickets, etc., it is elastically deformed in the direction in which the close contact part expands. Or, a structure that is combined with an elastic body of sufficient thickness as the core material of a film-like GEL material. When not used for picking up, the adhesive GEL part is covered with a lid so that it does not come into contact with people's wrinkles or outside air, and the entire lid is made of a material with a high coefficient of friction such as SBR (synthetic rubber), which has a slightly higher hardness. Alternatively, a structure in which a projection of a material having a large friction coefficient is integrally formed with the lid at the center of the lid made of a highly rigid material. The strap attached to the handle penetrates the flange part provided on the lid to form a ring, and since the opened lid is connected to the handle by the strap, it is released from the worry of losing the lid, and the ring The ring-shaped strap always prevents the ring from coming into close contact with the flange portion, and even a person with a handicap in the function of fingers can easily grasp the strap.

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