Trousers for physically handicapped person or care receiver

Abstract

To provide trousers which can easily be put on and taken off when a person who has difficulty in putting on or taking off a garment due to poor physical movement changes the garment by oneself or when a caregiver helps a person requiring care to change the garment, and which can be used when changing diapers for the person requiring care while lying down without fastener parts pressing on a wearer's body when sitting on a floor or turning over in a bed.SOLUTION: Since fasteners provided on both leg parts open from both a waist side and ankle sides, and parts of proximal and distal sides of the trousers, which are separated by attaching the fasteners, are always connected by the closed fasteners, a distance which legs need to pass through the trousers when wearing the trousers is shortened and the trousers can be worn. A fastener slider has only a body portion without having a portion connecting a pull tab part and a body portion and the pull tab part, or a material of a pull tab is made of a deformable soft material containing silicone, so that the body is not compressed even if a wearer changes a posture.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to trousers that are easy to put on and take off when a person with a physical disability or difficulty in putting on and taking off clothes changes clothes by themselves or when a caregiver makes the care recipient change clothes, and can also be used when changing the diaper of a bedridden care recipient.

Background Art

[0002] There are trousers that are devised to facilitate the caregiver in assisting the dressing of a person with a physical disability or a care recipient who needs assistance in changing clothes or diapers, such as those who are bedridden, by fully opening the front and sides of both legs of the trousers with open fasteners so that the body of the trousers separates left and right in the front or on the side.

Prior Art Documents

Patent Documents

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Patent Document 1

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Patent Document 2

Summary of the Invention

Problems to be Solved by the Invention

[0005] When the trousers are fully opened with open fasteners as in the prior art, the trousers open and separate left and right due to gravity. The open fastener requires the operation of passing the butterfly bar of the fastener opener at the ankle through the box bar in order to close the slider of the fastener. Whether it is the person wearing the trousers or the caregiver doing the work, they have to assume a hunched posture and use their fingertips to do the work.

[0006] In addition, since a normal slider of a fastener has protrusions at the pulling part and the part connecting thereto, when a person wears the fastener and turns over in bed or takes a sitting position on the floor, if the protrusion of the slider presses against the ankle or the thin part of the front of the ankle, the wearer will feel pain.

[0007] In the case of trousers with a design in which the fastener is on the side of the leg, when the wearer lies on the side, the fastener hits the leg or the waist and compresses the skin. In the case of trousers with a design in which the fastener is on the front of the leg, when sitting on a chair, sitting upright, or bending the knees, the fastener rubs against or compresses the skin. Compression of the skin can cause pain or bedsores.

Means for Solving the Problem

[0008] From the end of the waist part 1 of the trousers to the end of the ankle part 2 of both legs Without using an open fastener, A fastener 3 is provided so that it can be opened and closed from both the waist part 1 and the ankle part 2, and the inner thigh side 8 and the outer thigh side 9 of the trousers A part of which is by the closed fastener 3 between the upper slider 4 and the lower slider 5 are connected in design.

[0009] The fastener 3 attached to both legs and connecting from the end of the waist part 1 to the end of the ankle part 2 is arranged between the center line 14 of the front of the leg and the crotch line 15 in the circumferential direction of the leg.

[0010] For the fastener slider, The handle part 11 made of a soft material Having Upper slider 4 And not having the pulling part 11 and the connecting part 10 with the pulling part Lower slider 5 Was used.

Effect of the Invention

[0011] As shown in FIG. 2, when the waist part 1 is opened by the fastener 3, it becomes easy to change clothes or diapers for a person with physical disabilities who has difficulty changing clothes. Also, Ankle part 2 When it opens, the inner circumference of the trousers becomes larger than the surrounding size of the heel of the foot, and for the trousers The ankle part 2 becomes easier for the foot to pass through .

[0012] Moving the upper slider 4 of the fastener 3 from the waist part 1 and the lower slider 5 from Ankle part 2 towards each other makes the length of the closed fastener 3 shorter. As a result, the distance that the foot passes through the tubular interior of the leg part of the trousers becomes shorter, and the wearer can easily put on the trousers over the entire leg. Therefore, for those who can change clothes by themselves, the time for changing clothes can be shortened, and even for those who need assistance to change clothes and whose hip joints and knee joints remain bent, the caregiver can easily pass the legs through the trousers. Care recipient Also, since the inner thigh side 8 and the outer thigh side 9 of the trousers do not separate, the operation of closing the fastener 3 after passing the leg through the inside of the trousers takes a shorter time compared to trousers that completely separate.

[0013] Figure 6 As shown in as By designing the lower slider 5 of the fastener 3 without the pulling component 11 and the connection part 10 with the pulling component, when wearing and turning over in bed or taking a seat on the floor, the slider 5 can be worn without pressing on the ankle or the thin part of the front of the instep.

[0014] By designing the fastener 3 to be arranged between the center line 14 of the front of the leg and the inseam line 15 in the circumferential direction of the leg, even when assuming postures such as kneeling on the floor, sitting upright, sitting cross-legged, or turning over to a side-lying position, the elements 13 of the fastener 3 and the slider 5 can be worn without pressing on the knees, the bulges of the inner ankles, or the thin parts of the front of the insteps of the wearer.

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Mode for Carrying Out the Invention

Example

[0016] In FIG. 1, the attachment position of the fastener 3 is at a position closer to the midline avoiding the patella of the knee joint of the wearer's leg, and the medial malleolus is Avoid arranged at a position closer to the front.

[0017] The trousers of the present invention have an upper opening / closing part 6 and a lower opening / closing part 7 using a fastener 3 which is a hook-and-loop fastener from the waist part 1 to Ankle part 2 thereby. An upper slider 4 having a locking function that opens from Waist part 1 is provided on the Waist part 1 of the fastener 3. Ankle part 2 A lower slider 5 without a locking function that opens from Ankle part 2 is provided on the

[0018] When the upper slider 4 and the lower slider 5 are moved to the position around the wearer's knee which is also the midpoint of the length of the ankle-length trousers, the circumference of the part of the trousers where the fastener 3 is closed by the upper slider 4 and the lower slider 5 is In general trousers larger than the circumference of the ankle part It is often the case . Therefore, it becomes easy to pass the ankle through the trousers. For this reason, when a person with a disabled limb who can change clothes by themselves wears them, the circumference of the trousers through which the foot passes is wide and the distance through which the foot passes is short, so the entire leg can easily fit inside the trousers and the trousers can be put on. In addition, just by moving the slider by a distance equal to half of the length of the trousers, that is, lowering the lower slider 5 to the ankle part and pulling up the upper slider 4 to the waist part, the fastener 3 of the trousers can be closed. Since a slider with a locking function is used for the upper slider 4, the upper slider 4 does not move unless the pulling part 11 is pulled.

[0019] For those who need assistance to change clothes with their hip and knee joints bent, move the upper slider 4 and the lower slider 5 to a position where the feet can pass through according to the physical condition of the person in need of assistance. Move the leg of the wearer Then, the zipper 3 of the trousers can be easily passed through. After that, the zipper 3 of the trousers can be closed by moving the upper slider 4 and the lower slider 5.

[0020] When changing diapers while lying on the back on the bed, move the upper slider 4 above the knees of the person in need of assistance. Towards the ankle part 2 Let the left and right knees of the person in need of assistance protrude from the upper opening part 6 of the zipper 3 of the trousers. By arranging the attachment position of the zipper 3 at a position closer to the center avoiding the patella of the knee joint of the wearer's leg and at a position closer to the front avoiding the medial malleolus, even if the knees of the person in need of assistance protrude from the trousers and the zipper of the trousers does not need to be fully opened to the ankle part, the part from the waist to the knees of the person in need of assistance protrudes from the trousers, and the caregiver can easily change the diaper. Also, when changing the diaper, the person in need of assistance needs to be in the lateral lying position as shown in Fig. 8 in addition to the supine position. However, considering the attachment position of the zipper 3, the zipper 3 will not compress the waist, legs, or feet even when in the lateral lying position.

[0021] Install a lower slider 5 without a locking function on the slider at the ankle part 2 of the zipper 3, and make the lower slider 5 only for the body part, so as to consider that the protruding part of the zipper will not harm the body when wearing or during wearing. Even if the lower slider 5 is pressed against the body when sitting sideways or turning over, it will not affect the body. Then remove the handle part 11 and the connection part 10 with the handle part of the slider By using a slider without a locking function on the slider, the zipper 3 can be opened and closed by pinching and moving the lower slider 5 with the finger as shown in. A smooth protrusion 12 can also be provided as a place to put the finger.

[0022] By using a slider without a locking function on the slider, Figure 7 the zipper 3 can be opened and closed by pinching and moving the lower slider 5 with the finger as shown in. A smooth protrusion 12 can also be provided as a place to put the finger.

Explanation of Signs

[0023] 1 Waist part 2 Ankle part 3 Fastener 4 Upper slider 5 Lower slider 6 Upper opening / closing part 7 Lower opening / closing part 8 The inner thigh side of the trousers 9 The outer thigh side of the trousers 10 Connection part with the pulling part 11 Pulling part 12 Protrusion 13 Element 14 Center line of the front of the leg 15 Crotch line

Claims

1. A pair of trousers aimed at enabling a person with physical disabilities or a person requiring care to change clothes and wear them easily and safely. A fastener (3) connecting the end of the waist part (1) to the end of the ankle part (2) can be opened and closed from both the waist part (1) and the ankle part (2). When the fastener (3) is in a closed state between the upper slider (4) and the lower slider (5), a part of the inner side (8) and the outer side (9) of the trousers is always connected by the fastener (3). The pair of trousers is characterized by this.

2. The pair of trousers according to Claim 1, characterized in that the fastener (3) connecting the waist part (1) to the ankle part (2) and attached to both leg parts is arranged between the center line (14) of the front and the crotch line (15) in the circumferential direction of the leg part.

3. The pair of trousers according to Claim 1 or Claim 2, characterized in that a fastener slider having a soft handle part containing a fiber or silicon material is attached to the upper slider (4), and a fastener slider is attached to the lower slider (5) characterized by having no connection part (10) between the handle part (11) and the handle part.

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