JP2012122161A - Shock-absorbing clothing - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide shock-absorbing clothing designed so as to prevent shock-absorbing pads from causing displacement when worn even when making small shock-absorbing pads hold a stretchable body fabric covering the waist part to the buttock part.SOLUTION: The shock-absorbing clothing is provided with: a body cloth 2 covering the waist part to the buttock part of a human body; an elastic belt-like body 3 set to the upper end part of the body cloth 2 to tighten the body part; and a pair of shock-absorbing pads P held on the body cloth 2, tactile under the skin and having a size enough to cover the movable areas of right and left greater trochanters. The clothing is structured as follows: the body cloth 2 is made of stretchable fabric; the shock-absorbing pads P are held each to the stretchable fabric in a range covering the ischium from the position of anterior edges of the greater trochanters when a wearer stands at rest; and prescribed-width elongation-stopping members 5 are sewn up from the upper edge part to the lower edge part of the stretchable fabric while being adjacent to the anterior edges of the shock-absorbing pads P.

Description

  The present invention provides a body fabric covering the hips from the lumbar region of the human body, an elastic band-like body that is provided on the upper edge of the body fabric and tightens the torso, and is fixed to the body fabric and can be touched subcutaneously. The present invention relates to a shock-absorbing garment including a pair of shock-absorbing pads sized to cover the movable region of the greater trochanter.

  Many of the elderly fractures are fragile fractures caused by slight external force due to a decrease in bone strength, mainly the femoral neck, spine, humeral neck, distal radius, pelvis, ribs, etc. It becomes a fracture site. And most of them are clinical fractures due to falls, etc., except for vertebral fractures with many asymptomatic vertebral body deformations.

  The femoral neck fracture tends to increase exponentially with age, and is the fracture with the worst life prognosis and functional prognosis among elderly fractures. Resting also weakens healthy upper limbs and unbroken lower limbs and makes it difficult to move and complications such as pneumonia and bedsores are likely to occur.

  Therefore, as shown in FIG. 7, Patent Document 1 includes a buffer body P and a mounting body 2 for the purpose of providing a human body protection device that has an excellent wearing feeling and can prevent a femoral neck fracture. The human body protection device 1 is proposed in which the buffer body P is attached to the mounting body in a state where the longitudinal direction thereof is inclined upward so that the region R where the greater trochanter can move is covered.

  And the case where such a mounting body 2 is clothing, such as trousers, shorts, and sweatpants, is illustrated. Further, in the natural fall process, it is confirmed that the fall to the rear side is the fall mode with the highest occurrence frequency, and it is confirmed that the hip joint is in the external rotation bending position at the time of the fall to the rear side. By positioning it so that it covers the range from the major trochanteric leading edge to the sciatica, the shock absorber absorbs the shock to the greater trochanter when it falls most frequently to the rear side Is disclosed.

JP 2007-131990 A

  When a non-stretchable body fabric such as shorts or the like is used as a mounting body as in Patent Document 1, or when a body fabric having a slight stretchability is used, it is buffered in the mounted state. It is assumed that the shock absorbing pad that is the body does not deviate from the movable range of the greater trochanter, and the shock that appropriately leads to the femoral neck fracture is absorbed.

  However, it is uncomfortable to live with such a shock-absorbing garment at all times, and a shock-absorbing garment that can be easily worn on the underwear or trousers only when necessary is desired. Yes.

  In order to meet such a demand, there is a demand for an impact-absorbing garment in which the body fabric constituting the mounting portion is made of an elastic fabric such as a power net. According to such a shock absorbing garment, it was found that it was very easy to put on and take off even under the underwear or trousers, and it was found to be comfortable. There is a problem that the shock absorbing pad may be deviated from the movable range of the greater trochanter when it is mounted with a posture biased along the left or right side.

  Therefore, it is conceivable to increase the size of the shock absorbing pad so that the shock absorbing pad does not deviate from the movable range of the greater trochanter regardless of the mounted state. There was also a problem that the feeling of discomfort was great, the comfort became worse, and a smart silhouette could not be obtained when pants were worn from above.

  In view of the above-described problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a shock that does not cause a displacement of the shock absorbing pad when worn even when a small shock absorbing pad is held on a stretchable cloth covering the waist and the buttocks. The point is to provide absorbent clothing.

  In order to achieve the above-described object, the first characteristic configuration of the shock absorbing garment according to the present invention is as described in claim 1 of the document of the claims, and the cloth for covering the hip from the waist of the human body, An elastic belt-like body that is provided on the upper edge of the body cloth and fastens the body part, and a pair of shock absorbing pads that are held by the body cloth and cover the movable region of the left and right greater trochanters. The shock absorbing garment, wherein the body cloth is made of a stretchable fabric, and the shock absorbing pad is held on the stretchable fabric from the leading edge position of the greater trochanter when standing and resting to the sciatic side, The stretch preventing member having a predetermined width is sewn from the upper edge portion to the lower edge portion of the stretchable fabric adjacent to the front edge of the absorbent pad.

  According to the above-described configuration, the body cloth covering the hips from the waist extends and contracts, so even if it is from above the underwear or trousers, it can be worn very easily, and unnecessary stretch is avoided by the stretch preventing member. Therefore, the shock absorbing pad fits at an appropriate position in the mounted state. Even if the elastic band that tightens the torso at the time of wearing is largely drawn in either the left or right direction along the waist by the wearer, the upper edge of the elastic fabric is lowered from the lower edge. The stretch-preventing member sewn on the part suppresses unnecessarily routing and avoids the situation where the shock absorbing pad deviates from the range of the leading edge of the greater trochanter when standing and resting from the range covering the sciatic bone. It becomes like this. Therefore, in everyday activities such as walking and rehabilitation exercises when wearing shock-absorbing garments and daily movements, the shock-absorbing pad covers the sciatic bone from the position of the leading edge of the greater trochanter when standing and resting There is almost no deviation from the range, and even a small-sized shock absorbing pad can be effectively protected.

  In the second feature configuration, as described in claim 2, in addition to the first feature configuration described above, one stretch-preventing member is provided on the vertical side line located at the front edge of each shock absorbing pad. Each point is sewn along.

  When the shock absorbing garment is worn, the leg mouth of the body cloth is fixed in a contracted state at the thigh. In this state, the elastic band that tightens the torso is sewn between the right leg opening and the elastic band at the waist even if the wearer pulls the elastic band right around the waist. With the anti-stretching member, the right side of the leg opening prevents the cloth from being stretched, and it only needs to be tilted to the right by a slight angle, and the right shock absorbing pad is in front of the greater trochanter when standing Occurrence of a situation that deviates rightward and rearward from the edge position can be avoided. In this example, the stretch-preventing member sewn between the left leg mouth and the elastic band-like body of the waist part is slightly inclined in a state in which the body cloth is prevented from stretching with respect to the left leg mouth. It is only necessary to incline in the right direction, and it is possible to avoid a situation in which the left shock absorbing pad deviates from the position covering the sciata in the standing rest to the right rear.

  In the third feature configuration, as described in claim 3, in addition to the first feature configuration described above, the pair of extension preventing members are arranged on the vertical side lines located at the front edge of each shock absorbing pad. It is in the point sewn so that it may cross along.

  When the shock absorbing garment is worn, the left and right leg mouths of the body cloth are fixed in a contracted state at the thigh. In this state, even if the elastic band that tightens the torso is drawn to the left or right along the waist by the wearer, the body cloth is stretched in the drawing direction by either one of the pair of stretch preventing members. Thus, the displacement of the shock absorbing pad can be avoided more reliably. For example, when an elastic band that tightens the torso is pulled clockwise by the wearer, the elastic band-like member is pulled clockwise by the stretch preventing member sewn from the lower left front of the right side line to the upper right rear. In contrast, when the cable is routed counterclockwise, the anti-stretching member sewn from the lower right front to the upper left rear of the right side line prevents the counterclockwise routing. Even with respect to the pulling operation in the direction, the displacement of the shock absorbing pad is effectively avoided.

  In the fourth feature configuration, as described in claim 4, in addition to any one of the first to third feature configurations described above, the stretch-preventing member is a non-stretchable fabric or a stretchable fabric. As the material for the stretch-preventing member, a non-stretchable fabric or a stretchable fabric having a stretchability lower than the stretchability of the body fabric can be suitably used.

  As described above, according to the present invention, even when a small shock absorbing pad is held on a stretchable cloth covering the hips from the waist, the shock absorbing garment does not cause displacement of the shock absorbing pad when worn. Can now be provided.

Explanatory drawing of the shock absorption garment by this invention It is explanatory drawing of the shock absorption clothing by this invention, (a) is a front view, (b) is a side view. It is explanatory drawing of the mounting state of the shock absorption clothing by this invention which shows another embodiment, (a) is a front view, (b) is a side view. It is explanatory drawing of the shock absorption clothing which shows a comparative example, (a) is a front view of the comparative example 1, (b) is a side view of the comparative example 1, (c) is a front view of the comparative example 2. Explanatory drawing which shows the relative position of the shock absorbing pad of the shock absorbing garment according to the present invention and the skeleton in the vicinity of the pelvis including the greater trochanter (A)-(c) is explanatory drawing of the performance experiment of the shock absorption clothing by this invention, (d)-(f) is explanatory drawing of the performance experiment of the shock absorption clothing of a comparative example Illustration of conventional shock absorbing clothing

  The shock absorbing garment according to the present invention will be described below. Shock-absorbing clothing is mainly used by elderly people to absorb the shock applied to the human body during rehabilitation and daily life, mainly when falling backwards, mainly to prevent femoral neck fractures. Used for.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the shock absorbing garment 1 is a pant-type garment, a body fabric 2 that covers the hips from the waist of the human body, and an elastic band that is provided on the upper edge of the body fabric 2 and tightens the torso. A body (waist rubber) 3 and a pair of shock absorbing pads P sized to cover the movable region of the left and right great trochanters that are held on the body cloth 2 and can be touched subcutaneously. 7 is formed, and an opening 6 for urination is formed on the front body side.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the shock absorbing pad P is positioned in a range R covering the rear edge position R <b> 2 of the sciatica 11 from the front edge position R <b> 1 of the greater trochanter 10 in the standing position of the body cloth 2. Is retained. The shock absorbing pad P is accommodated so as to be covered with an accommodating portion sewn with the same cloth as the body cloth. It should be noted that an opening may be provided in the housing portion and the shock absorbing pad P may be detachable from the opening, but a fastener is provided in the opening so that the shock absorbing pad P does not accidentally leave. Is preferred. In the figure, reference numeral 12 denotes a skin surface.

  The shock absorbing pad P has a suitable size and thickness using a material such as a gel-like material such as silicone gel, a low-rebound foam material such as open cell foam made of polyurethane resin, and an ultra-low hardness rubber material. Is formed.

  Returning to FIG. 1, the body fabric 2 is made of a stretchable fabric, and extends from the upper edge portion to the lower edge portion on the back surface of the stretchable fabric 2 adjacent to the front edge of the holding portion 4 that holds the shock absorbing pad P. The stop member 5 is sewn.

  The stretch preventing member 5 is made of a single non-stretchable fabric having a predetermined width on each of the left and right sides, and is sewn along a vertical side line located at the front edge of each shock absorbing pad P. The fabric constituting the stretch preventing member 5 is not limited to the non-stretchable fabric, and may be a stretchable fabric that exhibits lower stretchability than the stretchability of the body fabric.

  As the stretch fabric constituting the body fabric 2, a power net obtained by knitting polyurethane elastic fibers in nylon or the like is preferably used. The power net is a type of raschel knitting, and any of a plurality of types such as a plain power net fabric, a satin power net fabric, a two-way raschel fabric, and a two-weight ricott fabric can be used. The thickness of the ground yarn is preferably about 44 to 78 dtx, and the thickness of the elastic yarn is preferably about 200 to 400 dtx.

  In addition to the power net, any fabric having stretchability can be used as a body fabric. For example, other fabrics such as a milling knitted fabric having stretchability in the lateral direction can also be used.

  As shown in FIG. 2, in this embodiment, a marquisette having a width of 40 mm is sewn on the back side of the body fabric 2 as the stretch preventing member 5. The stretch preventing member 5 is not limited to a warp knitted fabric, but when a warp knitted fabric is used, any fabric can be used as long as the expansion / contraction rate is smaller than that of the marquisette. It is also possible to use a woven fabric such as a fabric. Furthermore, it is possible to further reduce the expansion / contraction rate by superimposing two of them.

  The range of the stretch preventing member 5 is preferably in the range of about 10 mm to 50 mm, and more preferably 30 mm to 40 mm.

  According to the above-described configuration, the body fabric 2 covering the buttock from the lumbar region expands and contracts, so that it can be worn very easily even from above the underwear, trousers, etc. Therefore, the shock absorbing pad P fits at an appropriate position in the mounted state.

  Then, due to the action of the anti-stretching member 5, the shock absorbing pad can be turned over when standing and resting in everyday operations such as raising and lowering when wearing shock-absorbing clothing, and walking and rehabilitating movements when worn. There is almost no deviation from the range where the sciaticus is covered from the position of the front edge of the child, and even a small-sized shock absorbing pad can be effectively protected, so that a smart silhouette can be realized.

  Even if the elastic band-like body 3 that tightens the torso at the time of wearing is largely drawn in either the left or right direction along the waist by the wearer, the elastic fabric 2 is lowered from the upper edge of the stretchable fabric 2. The stretch preventing member 5 sewn on the edge suppresses unnecessarily routing, and the shock absorbing pad may deviate from the range of the leading edge of the greater trochanter when standing and resting from the range covering the sciatica. It can be avoided.

  This will be described more specifically. When the attachment is completed, the leg mouth 7 of the body cloth 2 is fixed in a contracted state at the thigh. In this state, even if the elastic band 3 for tightening the torso is pulled by the wearer with a force F1 in the left direction along the waist, for example, from the left leg opening 7 to the elastic band 3 on the waist The stretch-preventing member 5 sewn in between causes the force F2 to act on the left leg opening as a reference, thereby preventing the body fabric 2 from being stretched in the vertical direction and suppressing the stretch to the rotation method. It is only necessary to incline to the left by a slight angle (indicated by a broken line 5 'in FIG. 1), so that the right shock absorbing pad P deviates from the position of the leading edge of the greater trochanter at the standing rest to the right rear. The occurrence of a serious situation can be avoided.

  FIG. 6 shows a shock absorbing pad P using a shock absorbing garment in which a plain power net fabric is used for the body cloth 2 and the stretch preventing member 5 is sewn and a shock absorbing garment in which the stretch preventing member 5 is not sewn. The photograph which shows the result of the experiment which confirmed how much the position of was changed is shown. The white circle in the photo indicates the position of the greater trochanter.

  In FIG. 6, (a) to (c) are the results of wearing the shock absorbing garment according to the present invention, and (d) to (f) are the cases of wearing the shock absorbing garment not sewn with the stretch preventing member 5. (A), (d) is a state in a standing resting posture, (b), (e) are states during a hip joint movement in which the hip joint is swung as much as possible, and (c), (f) are The state at the time of the forced maximum shift | offset | difference which grabs the elastic strip | belt-shaped body 3 and carries out the maximum rotation to the right side is shown.

  When wearing an impact-absorbing garment that is not sewn with the stretch stop member 5, as shown in FIG. 6 (f), the impact-absorbing pad P is displaced from the greater trochanter position (white circle) when a forced maximum displacement occurs. On the other hand, when the shock absorbing garment according to the present invention is worn, as shown in FIG. 6 (c), the shock absorbing pad P does not shift from the greater trochanter position (white circle) when the forced maximum displacement occurs. .

  It is impossible to manufacture shock-absorbing garments with different sizes for each wearer, and it is necessary to select the most suitable shock-absorbing garment from a plurality of sizes that are somewhat different in size. Even in such a case, with the shock-absorbing garment according to the present invention, a state in which the shock-absorbing pad is displaced from the movable region of the greater trochanter does not occur depending on the wearing state.

  Therefore, the size of the shock absorbing pad can be made as small as the movable area of the greater trochanter, making it comfortable to wear and ensuring a smart silhouette when wearing pants, etc. it can.

  FIG. 3 shows another embodiment of the shock absorbing garment 1 according to the present invention. A pair of stretch preventing members 5 are sewn so as to intersect along the vertical side line located at the front edge of each shock absorbing pad P.

  In this way, when the stretch preventing member 5 is sewn in a substantially X shape along the side line, the elastic band-like body 3 for tightening the torso is drawn by the wearer to the left or right along the waist. In addition, since any one of the pair of anti-stretching members 5 prevents the body cloth from being stretched in the drawing direction, it is possible to more reliably avoid the displacement of the shock absorbing pad P.

  For example, when the elastic band-like body 3 that tightens the body portion is drawn clockwise by the wearer, the elastic band-like body 3 is rotated clockwise by the stretch preventing member sewn from the lower left front of the right side line to the upper right rear. When the drawing is prevented, and conversely, when the drawing is done counterclockwise, the anti-stretching member sewn from the lower right front to the upper left back of the right side line prevents the anticlockwise drawing. Even with respect to the routing operation in this direction, the displacement of the shock absorbing pad is effectively avoided.

  FIG. 4 shows a comparative example in which the stretch preventing member 5 is sewn at a position different from that in FIGS. 4 (a) and 4 (b) show an example in which the extension preventing member 5 is sewn in the horizontal direction so as to connect the left and right shock absorbing pads P. FIG. 4 (c) shows the front gusset portion, This is an example in which the stretch preventing member 5 is sewn so as to extend inside the hem.

  In the example shown in FIGS. 4 (a) and 4 (b), the stretchability in the lateral direction is hindered, the attachment / detachment operation is difficult, and the comfort is not good. The posture of wearing the shock-absorbing garment easily changes due to movement, walking, rehabilitation, etc. while wearing, and the shock-absorbing pad is larger from the range of the leading edge of the greater trochanter when standing up and covering the sciatica If the operation deviates and the elastic band-like body 3 is pulled around along the waist at the time of wearing, the entire body rotates together with the elastic band-like body 3 and the shock absorbing pad P is greatly displaced. . In addition, in the example shown in FIG. 4C, the effect of suppressing the positional fluctuation of the shock absorbing pad P is somewhat observed, but a result that the deviation is larger than any of the above-described embodiments is obtained. Accordingly, it has been found that the embodiment of the stretch preventing member 5 shown in FIG. 2 or 3 is preferable.

  The wound-type shock absorbing device according to the present invention is used for avoiding a femoral neck fracture that occurs due to a fall to the rear side or the like in rehabilitation or daily life of an elderly person regardless of gender.

1: Shock-absorbing clothing 2: Body fabric (elastic fabric)
3: Elastic band-like body 4: Holding part 5: Stretching prevention member 6: Opening part 7: Leg port P: Shock absorbing pad

Claims (4)

A body cloth that covers the hips from the lower back of the human body, an elastic band that is provided on the upper edge of the body cloth and tightens the torso, and is held by the body cloth and covers the movable region of the left and right greater trochanter A shock absorbing garment comprising a pair of shock absorbing pads of a size,
The body fabric is composed of a stretch fabric, and the shock absorption pad is held from the position of the leading edge of the greater trochanter during standing rest to the sciatic side, and adjacent to the front edge of the shock absorption pad. An impact-absorbing garment in which a stretch preventing member having a predetermined width is sewn from the upper edge portion to the lower edge portion of the stretchable fabric.   The impact-absorbing garment according to claim 1, wherein one stretch-stop member is sewn along a vertical side line located at a front edge of each impact-absorbing pad.   The impact-absorbing garment according to claim 1, wherein the pair of stretch-preventing members are sewn so as to intersect along a vertical side line located at a front edge of each impact-absorbing pad.   The impact-absorbing garment according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the stretch preventing member is a non-stretchable fabric or a stretchable fabric having a stretchability lower than that of the body fabric.