TWI543758B - Get up assisting apparatus - Google Patents

Description

Lifting aid

The present invention relates to a lifting aid, particularly an auxiliary device that can be controlled by a motor to lift and lower to assist a person with reduced mobility to get up and move on the bed.

According to the development of medical technology, the average life expectancy of human beings is prolonging and the population is aging. However, as the age increases, the elderly may become inconvenient due to joint deterioration, and even stay in bed because they have difficulty getting out of bed. For patients who are still in a state of weakness after injury or surgery, it takes a lot of effort to get up when the bed is up. At this time, if there is no one around to help, it is difficult for the elderly or the patient to support the body through their own strength. Even going out of bed to move.

In order to assist people with mobility problems to get up and get out of bed, the Republic of China Patent No. M343483 discloses a "lifting mobile assist device" which is equipped with a lifting mechanism inside the body and on both sides. A support base is provided, and a moving wheel is arranged at the bottom, so that the lifting mechanism can be driven by a control button provided on the main body to drive the support base to rise and fall by using a screw lifting motor or a gear lifting structure. However, the support seat can be placed under the armpit of the user to lift and hold the user's body through the support base and assist in getting up, but the auxiliary device can only assist the user who can sit up or sit in a sitting position. Users in bed cannot provide assistance.

In addition, the Republic of China Patent Publication No. M427152 discloses a "patient moving auxiliary bracket" which is provided with a suspension motor capable of driving the suspension belt to lift and lower, and a suspension is connected below the suspension belt. The shoulder sleeve allows the user to put on the body to control the ascending, descending, advancing, retreating and rotating by means of a suspension motor, thereby achieving the purpose of self-movement. However, although the above auxiliary bracket can assist the user to get up and move by himself, the bracket needs to be placed on both sides of the bed, so that it is bulky and cannot be used in the home space, so that the applicable environment is limited.

In view of the fact that the conventional auxiliary device is only suitable for a user in a specific posture or a specific space environment, the scope of use thereof is limited, and there is still room for improvement.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to utilize a support of an auxiliary device to enable a user of the bed to hold the body to support the body and to assist in supporting the user's body by adjusting the angle of the support body to facilitate turning and getting out of bed.

Another object of the present invention is to control the movement of the support body up and down by the lifting mechanism, and thereby assist the user to support the body to complete the standing up movement, and to support the movement after the body is raised by the auxiliary device.

In order to achieve the foregoing, the present invention provides a lifting aid, which comprises: a base, a plurality of wheels coupled to the bottom; and a lifting mechanism coupled to the base and provided with two supports, and capable of transmitting through The power source drives the support body to move up and down along the height direction of the base.

Based on this, the bed rest or the inconvenient person can be used as a point of application through the support body of the auxiliary device to assist the user to prop up the body on the bed, and after the user turns, control the lifting mechanism to rise to drive the support bodies on both sides. The user's body is provided to assist the user in standing state, and the wheel provided at the bottom of the auxiliary device is used to assist the user to support the movement.

In order to make the reviewers aware of the techniques, means and effects of the present invention in order to achieve the objectives, the remainder of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

First, referring to FIG. 1 and in conjunction with FIG. 2, the auxiliary device 1 includes a base 11 and a lifting mechanism 12; the bottom of the base 11 is combined with a plurality of wheels 111. Preferably, the base 11 is H-shaped. The weight of the user can be supported to prevent the auxiliary device 1 from being tilted, and the lifting mechanism 12 is coupled to the base 11 and provided with two supporting bodies 126, and can drive the supporting body 126 to move up and down along the height direction of the base 11 through a power source. Preferably, the lifting mechanism 12 achieves the lifting effect through the ball screw 121, the steam cylinder or the hydraulic cylinder structure, and the power source is transmitted through electric power or manually, and can be combined with a motor 13 and driven by a battery 14. .

In an embodiment of the present invention, the lifting mechanism 12 achieves a lifting effect through the ball screw 121, and a motor 13 and a battery 14 are fixed on the base 11, and the motor 13 is coupled to the ball screw 121. The electric motor 13 is driven to further rotate the ball screw 121. The ball screw 121 is sleeved with a screw sleeve 122, and a lifting block 123 is fixed outside the screw sleeve 122. The two ends of the lifting block 123 respectively form a rod 124, and the rod 124 can be used for the support body 126 sleeve. Assume. Preferably, the lifting block 123 is provided with a lifting control switch 16, and the motor 13 can be driven by the switch 16 to control the ball screw 121 to rotate clockwise or counterclockwise.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the auxiliary device 1 further includes a sleeve 15 for sleeved on the periphery of the ball screw 121, and an opening 151 is formed on each side of the sleeve 15, and the lifting block 123 The opening 151 is sized to fit inwardly toward the center, so that the lifting block 123 can be moved up and down in the opening 151. An angle adjustment knob 125 having a ratchet structure (not shown) is further disposed on the struts 124 of the lifting block 123. The ratchet structure can fix the pawl and the ratchet to the struts 124 and supports of the lifting block 123 respectively. The body 126 is thereby configured to allow the struts 124 and the support body 126 to be nested with each other, and the support body 126 can be controlled to be unidirectionally pivoted by the angle adjustment knob 125 manually or electrically. Preferably, the support body 126 is further formed with a concave arc segment 127 for the user to firmly abut against the support body 126 to avoid slippage.

Next, please refer to the figures 3~6, which is a schematic diagram of the present invention to assist the user to get up on the bed. When the user wants to get up from the bed 2, the angle of the rear support body 126 is adjusted by the angle adjustment knob 125. The rear end support body 126 is vertical, and then the user is placed in a semi-sitting position by adjusting the lifting angle of the bed (as shown in FIG. 4). At this time, the user can hold both hands on the front end support body 126. The body is slightly tilted forward by the support body 126 as a point of application (as shown in Fig. 5), and then the angle of the rear support body 126 is adjusted back to the horizontal state (as shown in Fig. 6), and can be used. The back of the person is abutted, thereby assisting the user to get up and put it in a sitting position, and then use the front and rear support bodies 126 to assist the user to turn the body to facilitate getting out of bed.

Next, please refer to the figures 7-9, which is a schematic diagram of the present invention to assist the user to get up and move. When the user turns the body and sits on the edge of the bed, the concave arc segment 127 of the two support bodies 126 can be provided to the user. The two sides are abutted against each other. At this time, the switch 16 can be pressed (refer to FIG. 1) to electrically drive the motor 13 to rotate the ball screw 121 clockwise and simultaneously raise the lifting block 123 and the support body 126 (eg, 8th) As shown in the figure, the user's body can be propped up by the ascending action of the support body 126 until it is in a standing state. Then, the auxiliary device 1 is used to support the user's body, and the wheel 111 provided by the base 11 is used to assist the use. In the case of migration (as shown in Fig. 9), it is worth mentioning that the top end of the sleeve 15 of the auxiliary device 1 can be combined with a drop frame 152 for hanging drops 3, so that the injured or the still weak state after the operation. The patient can use the auxiliary device 1 to prop up the body and get out of bed without having to rely on others to assist.

When the user wants to return to the sitting position or the lying state, please refer to FIG. 10, which is a schematic diagram of the present invention for assisting the user to return to the sitting posture, which is to press the switch 16 to electrically drive the motor 13 to rotate the ball screw 121 counterclockwise and Simultaneously lowering the lifting block 123 and the support body 126 (refer to FIG. 1) allows the user to slowly sit back to the bed and adjust the angle of the support body 126 to assist the user in returning to the sitting or lying position.

Therefore, the auxiliary device 1 of the present invention can obviously achieve the following effects: 1. The auxiliary device 1 of the present invention has a base 11 in a flat H shape, so that it can be easily pushed into the bottom of the bed 2 or next to the seat. The auxiliary device 1 can be close to the bedside for the use of the inconvenience, and the H-shaped base 11 is used to prevent the user from falling due to the shift of the center of gravity when the lifting block 123 is raised or lowered. 2. The auxiliary device 1 of the present invention can assist the person with reduced mobility to prop up the body in a lying state and adjust to the sitting position by controlling the angle and lifting of the support body 126, and can abut the support body 126 in the sitting position. The user is squatted on both sides, and then the support body 126 is used to lift and lower to help the user adjust to the standing position or return to the sitting position, and the auxiliary device 1 can be used to support the movement after getting up, so that the user can achieve the purpose of self-operation.

The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. All changes and modifications that do not depart from the technical spirit of the present invention are covered by the scope of the present invention.

In summary, the present invention has indeed broken through the tradition and has improved and innovative creation content and can be specifically implemented, which should meet the statutory requirements of the invention patent, and file a patent application according to law, and invite the examination committee of the bureau to grant legal patent rights. Creation, to the sense of virtue.

The present invention: 1 auxiliary device 11 base 111 wheel 12 lifting mechanism 121 ball screw 122 screw sleeve 123 lifting block 124 pole 125 angle adjustment knob 126 support body 127 concave arc segment 13 motor 14 battery 15 sleeve 151 opening 152 drop frame 16 switch 2 beds 3 drops

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the present invention. Figure 2 is a side view of the invention. Figures 3 to 6 are schematic views of the present invention which assists the user in getting up on the bed. 7 to 9 are schematic views of the present invention for assisting a user to get up and move. Figure 10 is a schematic diagram of the present invention assisting a user in returning to a sitting position.

1 Auxiliary device 11 Base 111 Wheel 12 Lifting mechanism 121 Ball screw 122 Screw bushing 123 Lifting block 124 Strut 125 Angle adjustment knob 126 Support body 127 Concave arc 13 Motor 14 Battery 15 Sleeve 151 Opening 152 Drip stand 16 Switch

Claims (8)

A lifting aid includes: a base coupled to a plurality of wheels at the bottom; and a lifting mechanism coupled to the base and provided with two supporting bodies, the lifting mechanism capable of driving the supporting body along the base through a power source Lifting action in the height direction, and comprising a ball screw and a corresponding sleeve, a lifting block is fixed on the outer periphery of the screw sleeve, and a rod is respectively formed on both ends of the lifting block for the support body to be fixed And the ball screw is coupled to a motor and is driven by a battery, and a sleeve is disposed on the periphery of the ball screw, and an opening is formed on each side of the sleeve, so that the lifting block can be up and down in the opening Slip. The lifting aid according to claim 1, wherein the lifting mechanism is a steam cylinder or a hydraulic cylinder. The lifting aid according to claim 1, wherein the strut is provided with an angle adjusting knob for adjusting the angle of the supporting body. The lifting aid according to claim 1, wherein the lifting block is provided with a lifting control switch for driving the ball screw to rotate. The lifting aid according to claim 1, wherein the tip end of the sleeve is coupled with a drop holder. The lift assist device of claim 1, wherein the power source is manually or electrically driven. The lifting aid according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the base is H-shaped. The body assisting device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the support body is formed with a concave arc segment.