Garment

Abstract

To provide a garment capable of eliminating inconvenience to washing and enhancing an illumination effect on the front surface side of a garment body.SOLUTION: There is provided a garment comprising a garment body 1 having light irradiation holes 7, and light irradiators detachably disposed on the back surface side of the garment body 1. The light irradiation hole 7 has a through hole inner side light reflection surface in at least a part of the inside area of the through hole. At least a part of the light irradiators has a light irradiation element disposed on a portion facing the light irradiation hole 7 in a state where the light irradiators are disposed on the back surface side of the garment body 1.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to exterior illumination of garments or garments for enhancing visibility to the wearer of the garment. [Background technology]

[0002] In order to illuminate the outside of the garment or to increase visibility to the garment wearer, a light irradiator is provided outside the garment itself (for example, Patent Documents 1 and 2). [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-89908 [Patent Document 2] Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 9-209204 [Patent Document 3] Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2018-123462 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] In the prior art described in documents 1 and 2, the light emitting element is provided on the surface side of the clothing body, so that the light emitting element is likely to be damaged by external force applied during activity. In contrast, the device described in prior art document 3 has a light irradiation hole in the clothing body and a light irradiator on the back side of the clothing body opposite this light irradiation hole, which reduces the possibility of the light irradiator being damaged by external forces. However, when a light irradiator is provided on the back side of the clothing body, if the light irradiator is not aligned with the light irradiation hole of the clothing body, the clothing body will be in shadow and the light from the light irradiator will not be effectively irradiated outside the clothing body through the light irradiation hole. Therefore, in Prior Art Document 3, the light irradiator is fixed to the back side of the clothing body in a state where it is aligned with the light irradiation hole of the clothing body. However, if the light irradiator is fixed to the clothing body, the clothing body cannot be washed, which is inconvenient.

[0005] Therefore, the present invention aims to eliminate the inconvenience of washing by making the light emitting element detachable on the back side of the clothing body, and to enhance the lighting effect on the front side of the clothing body. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] In order to achieve this object, the clothing of the present invention comprises a clothing body having a light irradiation hole, and a light irradiator that is removably arranged on the back side of the clothing body, the light irradiation hole having a light reflecting surface within the through hole at least in a part thereof, and the light irradiator having a light irradiation element that is arranged in a part facing the light irradiation hole when the light irradiator is arranged on the back side of the clothing body. Furthermore, the garment of the present invention has a surface-side light reflecting surface provided at the edge of the through-hole opening on the surface side of the garment body of the light irradiation hole. Furthermore, the light irradiation holes of the clothing body in the clothing of the present invention are formed by through holes provided in the clothing body and by grommets arranged on the front and back sides of the clothing body, and the light reflection surface within the through hole is formed in the part of the grommets inside the through hole of the clothing body, and the front side light reflection surface is formed in the edge part of the through hole opening on the front side of the clothing body of the grommets. In addition, the light-reflecting surface on the front side of the eyelet in the clothing of the present invention is configured to have a curved surface that protrudes from the surface side portion of the light-reflecting surface within the through hole of the eyelet toward the front side of the clothing body and curves convexly outward. Furthermore, the light-irradiating element in the clothing of the present invention has a light-emitting element and an outer wall covering the outer periphery of this light-emitting element, and the end of the outer wall on the clothing body side protrudes further toward the clothing body than the light-emitting element, and an outer wall reflective surface is provided on the end of the outer wall on the clothing body side. In addition, the clothing of the present invention has a plurality of light irradiation holes in the clothing body and a plurality of engaging portions on the back side of the clothing body, and the light irradiator is configured to have a band-shaped body on which a plurality of light irradiation elements and a plurality of engaging portions that engage with the engaging portions of the clothing body are arranged. Furthermore, in the garment of the present invention, a plurality of light irradiation holes are provided below the armpits of the garment body. In addition, the belt in the clothing of the present invention is configured by overlapping a front-side belt and a back-side belt, the base of the light-irradiating element is positioned between the front-side belt and the back-side belt, and the light-emitting portion of the light-irradiating element protrudes outside the front-side belt. Furthermore, the opening diameter of the light irradiation hole in the garment of the present invention is larger than the outer diameter of the light irradiation element. [Effects of the Invention]

[0007] As described above, the clothing of the present invention comprises a clothing body having a light irradiation hole, and a light irradiator that is detachably arranged on the back side of the clothing body, the light irradiation hole having a light reflecting surface within at least a portion of the through hole, and the light irradiator having a light irradiation element that is arranged in at least a portion facing the light irradiation hole when the light irradiator is arranged on the back side of the clothing body, thereby eliminating the inconvenience of washing and enhancing the lighting effect on the front side of the clothing body. That is, in the present invention, the light irradiator is detachably disposed on the back side of the clothing body, so that the clothing body can be easily washed by removing the light irradiator from the clothing body, which is convenient. Furthermore, if the light irradiator is detachably placed on the back side of the clothing body, the axis of the light irradiation hole of the clothing body and the axis of the light irradiator may become misaligned, which may reduce the lighting effect. However, in the present invention, a light reflecting surface is provided in part of the through hole of the light irradiation hole, so that the inside of the light irradiation hole is illuminated by light from the light irradiator, thereby increasing the lighting effect on the front side of the clothing body. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0008] [Figure 1] 1 is a front view of a garment according to an embodiment of the present invention; [Figure 2] Back view of the same garment [Figure 3] FIG. 10 is a front view showing the garment in an open state. [Figure 4] FIG. 10 is a front view showing the garment in an open state. [Figure 5] FIG. 10 is a plan view showing the light emitting body of the clothing [Figure 6] FIG. 10 is an enlarged plan view showing the light emitting body of the clothing; [Figure 7] FIG. 10 is an enlarged side view showing the light emitting unit of the clothing; [Figure 8] A partially enlarged front view of the garment [Figure 9] A partially enlarged rear view of the garment [Figure 10] An enlarged plan view showing the eyelet portion of the garment [Figure 11] An enlarged back view showing the eyelet part of the garment [Figure 12] Enlarged cross section showing the eyelet part of the garment [Figure 13] Enlarged cross section showing the eyelet part of the garment DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0009] (Embodiment 1) An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In Figures 1 and 2, 1 is the main body of the clothing, and the front body 2 can be freely opened and closed with a zipper 3. The clothing body 1 has sleeves 5 at the sides 4 thereof. A feature of this embodiment is that a plurality of light irradiation holes 7 are provided in the front body 2 and the back body 6 of the clothing body 1. Specifically, six light irradiation holes 7 are arranged horizontally at predetermined intervals below the side portions 4 on the front body 2, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 9, four light irradiation holes 7 are arranged horizontally at predetermined intervals below the side portions 4 on the back body 6.

[0010] The light irradiation hole 7 is formed by an eyelet 8 made of brass, aluminum, stainless steel, synthetic resin, or the like. Specifically, as shown in Figure 12, a through hole 9 is provided in the clothing body 1, and first, a rear eyelet member 10 is placed on the rear side of the clothing body 1 at the through hole 9. Next, a front eyelet member 11 is inserted into the through hole 9 from the front side of the clothing body 1, and then the front eyelet member 11 is folded back, and as shown in Figures 10 to 12, the rear eyelet member 10 and the front eyelet member 11 are integrated to form the eyelet 8.

[0011] What is important about the eyelet 8 of this embodiment is that its surface, particularly the surface of the front eyelet member 11, is formed with a light-reflecting surface, either made of the material itself (metal surface) or by plating. That is, a light reflecting surface is formed by the surface of the eyelet 8 on the inner surface of the light irradiation hole 7 shown in FIG. To explain this part in more detail, the inner part of the through hole 9 of the clothing body 1 of the eyelet 8 forms a light-reflecting surface 8a within the through hole, the edge part of the opening of the through hole 9 on the surface side of the clothing body 1 of the eyelet 8 forms a light-reflecting surface 8b on the surface side, and the edge part of the opening of the through hole 9 on the back side of the clothing body 1 of the eyelet 8 forms a light-reflecting surface 8c on the back side. 12, the front-side light reflecting surface 8b has a curved surface that protrudes from the front-side portion of the light reflecting surface 8a inside the through-hole of the eyelet 8 toward the front surface of the clothing body 1 and is curved in an outward convex shape. In other words, in a cross section that appears when the eyelet 8 is cut in the axial direction of the through-hole 9, the front-side light reflecting surface 8b protrudes from the light reflecting surface 8a inside the through-hole toward the front surface of the clothing body 1 and is curved in a convex arc shape. In FIG. 12, 12 denotes a resin O-ring, and 13 denotes a strip-shaped member. In this embodiment, the belt-shaped member 13 is also fixed to the back side of the clothing body 1 by the eyelets 8.

[0012] As shown in Figure 4, the belt-shaped member 13 is arranged on the same line as multiple horizontally arranged eyelets 8 on the back side of the front body 2 and the back side of the back body 6 of the clothing body 1, and convex snap buttons 14 are arranged on both sides of adjacent eyelets 8 as an example of a fastening portion. Using the convex snap button 14, the light emitting body 15 is detachably arranged on the back side of the clothing body 1 as shown in FIG. The specific configuration of the light irradiator 15 is shown in FIGS.

[0013] As shown in Figure 5, the light irradiator 15 is configured by arranging a plurality of light irradiating elements 17 and a concave snap button 18, which is an example of a fastening portion that engages with the convex snap button 14 of the clothing body 1, on a band-shaped body 16. The interval between adjacent concave snap buttons 18 is set to be the same as the interval between adjacent convex snap buttons 14. The interval between adjacent light irradiation elements 17 is set to the same as the interval between adjacent light irradiation holes 7 . The plurality of light emitting elements 17 in FIG. 5 are supplied with power from a battery (not shown) via lead wires 19, a switch 20, and a power plug 21, and are turned on and off.

[0014] The light emitting element 17 will now be described in detail. 6 and 7, the light irradiation element 17 is disposed in a portion facing the light irradiation hole 7. The light irradiation element 17 has a light emitting element 17a such as an LED and an outer peripheral wall 17b covering the outer periphery of the light emitting element 17a, and the end of the outer peripheral wall 17b on the clothing body 1 side protrudes further toward the clothing body 1 than the light emitting element 17a. The outer peripheral wall 17b is provided with an outer peripheral wall reflecting surface b on the entire surface, including the end portion on the clothing body 1 side. With this configuration, the light emitted from the light emitting element 17 a is prevented from diffusing outward and is allowed to travel toward the light irradiation hole 7 .

[0015] In this embodiment, as shown in Figure 13, the opening diameter of the light irradiation hole 7 is made larger than the outer diameter of the light irradiation element 17, making it easier for the light irradiated from the light irradiator 15 to travel to the light irradiation hole 7. Furthermore, if the opening diameter of the light irradiation holes 7 is made larger than the outer shape of the light irradiation elements 17, there is a risk that the light irradiation elements 17 will penetrate the light irradiation holes 7 and become exposed to the outside of the clothing body 1. However, in this embodiment, the light irradiation elements 17 are fixed to the band 16, and concave snap buttons 18 are provided on both sides of the light irradiation elements 17 on the band 16 and are engaged with convex snap buttons 14 on the clothing body 1, thereby preventing the light irradiation elements 17 from protruding toward the surface of the clothing body 1 through the light irradiation holes 7. In other words, each light irradiation element 17 is restrained on both sides by the band 16 toward the concave snap buttons 18, preventing the light irradiation elements 17 from protruding toward the surface of the clothing body 1 through the light irradiation holes 7.

[0016] Furthermore, even if the light irradiation element 17 is caused to protrude toward the surface of the clothing body 1 through the light irradiation hole 7 due to mischief or the like, the outer peripheral wall 17b provided on the outer periphery of the light emitting element 17a protrudes further forward than the light emitting element 17a, thereby preventing hands or the like from touching the light emitting element 17a.

[0017] In addition, in this embodiment, a plurality of light irradiation elements 17 and concave snap buttons 18 are arranged on a band 16 that constitutes the light irradiation body 15, and this band 16 is configured by overlapping a front side band and a back side band, with the base of the light irradiation element 17 being arranged between the front side band and the back side band, and the light emitting portion of the light irradiation element 17 protruding outside the front side band. In other words, if the light-irradiating element 17 is made of an LED, the temperature of the base of the light-irradiating element 17 is likely to rise. However, if the base of the light-irradiating element 17, which is likely to rise in temperature, is positioned between the front-side band and the back-side band that make up the band 16, there is no risk of thermal effects on the human body wearing the clothing body 1.

[0018] In the above configuration, in this embodiment, the strip-shaped light irradiator 15 shown in Figures 5 to 7 is placed on the inner surface of the clothing main body 1 shown in Figure 4, and the concave snap buttons 18 of the light irradiator 15 are engaged with the convex snap buttons 14 on the inner surface of the clothing main body 1, so that the light irradiator 15 can be easily placed on the inner surface of the clothing main body 1 as shown in Figure 3. In this state, the light emitting elements 17 of the light emitting body 15 can be brought into a state corresponding to the light emitting holes 7 of the clothing body 1 as shown in FIG. Therefore, light from the light emitting element 17 can be effectively emitted to the outside of the clothing body 1 through the light emitting hole 7 .

[0019] Furthermore, when washing the clothing body 1, the light irradiator 15 can be removed from the clothing body 1 by releasing the engagement between the concave snap button 18 of the light irradiator 15 and the convex snap button 14 on the inner surface of the clothing body 1, which makes it easy to wash the clothing body 1 and is highly convenient.

[0020] Furthermore, by making the light irradiator 15 detachable from the clothing body 1, even if there is a slight misalignment between the light irradiating element 17 and the light irradiation hole 7 of the clothing body 1, the light is reflected by the light irradiation hole 7 and travels outside the clothing body 1 as the light reflecting surface 8a inside the through hole is provided on the inner surface of the light irradiation hole 7, resulting in a high illumination effect and high visibility from outside. Furthermore, the front light reflecting surface 8b is formed on the outside of the clothing body 1 of the light irradiation hole 7, which enhances the lighting effect and visibility from the outside. In other words, the front light reflecting surface 8b can also be made to shine, which improves the lighting effect and visibility.

[0021] Furthermore, the entire surface, including the end of the outer wall 17b of the light-emitting element 17 on the clothing body 1 side, is provided with an outer wall reflective surface b, which prevents the light emitted from the light-emitting element 17a from diffusing outward and instead travels to the light-emitting hole 7, resulting in a high lighting effect and improved visibility from the outside.

[0022] In this embodiment, the clothing body 1 is worn while working, and six light irradiation holes 7 are arranged at predetermined intervals below the armpit portion 4 on the front body 2, as shown in Figures 1 and 8, so that even when the user bends over, the illumination range does not move significantly, making it easy to use. In other words, if the light irradiation holes 7 of the front body 2 are positioned above the side parts 4, the lighting range will move significantly depending on the amount of bending, but if the light irradiation holes 7 of the front body 2 are positioned below the side parts 4, the lighting range will not move as significantly as the amount of bending, resulting in ease of use. Furthermore, four light irradiation holes 7 are arranged at predetermined intervals below the side portions 4 on the back body 6, thereby improving visibility from behind. In other words, if the four light irradiation holes 7 are positioned above the side portions 4 on the back body 6, the light will be emitted upward when the user is bending over, making it difficult to ensure visibility from behind. However, if the four light irradiation holes 7 are positioned below the side portions 4 on the back body 6 at a predetermined interval, the user can be seen from behind regardless of how much he or she bends over.

[0023] In this embodiment, the base of the light-irradiating element 17 is positioned between the front-side and back-side bands that make up the band 16, so that the band-shaped light-irradiating element 15 removed from the clothing body 1 can be worn on the body like a belt or a sash and used as a lighting fixture, without having to worry about the thermal effects of the light-irradiating element 17. However, when the belt-shaped light emitting body 15 removed from the clothing body 1 is attached to the body like a belt or a sash and used as a lighting fixture, it is necessary to place fastening devices on one end and the other end of the light emitting body 15.

[0024] Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. Various design modifications of the present invention are possible without departing from the scope of the claims. In other embodiments of the present invention, the position of the light irradiation hole is arbitrary. Furthermore, the opening diameter of the light irradiation hole is arbitrary, and may be the same diameter as the outer diameter of the light irradiation element or smaller than the outer diameter of the light irradiation element. [Explanation of symbols]

[0025] 1 Clothes body 2 Front 3 Zipper 4 Side area 5 Sleeves 6 Back 7 Light irradiation hole 8 Eyelets 8a Light reflecting surface inside the through hole 8b Front side light reflecting surface 8c Back side light reflective surface 9 Through holes 10 Back side eyelet material 11 Front eyelet member 12 O-rings 13 Belt-shaped member 14 Convex snap button 15 Light irradiator 16 Band 17 Light emitting element 17a Light-emitting element 17b Outer wall 18 Concave snap button 19 Lead wire 20 Switch 21 Power plug b Outer wall reflective surface

Claims

1. A clothing body having a light irradiation hole; A light irradiator detachably arranged on the back side of the clothing body, The light irradiation hole is configured such that a light reflecting surface within the through hole is provided at least in a part of the through hole, The clothing is configured such that the light irradiator has a light irradiating element, at least a part of which is arranged opposite the light irradiation hole, when the light irradiator is arranged on the back side of the clothing body.

2. 2. The garment according to claim 1, wherein a surface-side light reflecting surface is provided at an edge of the through-hole opening on the surface side of the garment body of the light irradiation hole.

3. The garment described in claim 2, wherein the light irradiation hole of the clothing body is composed of the through hole provided in the clothing body and grommets arranged on the front and back sides of the clothing body, the light reflection surface within the through hole being formed in the part of the grommets inside the through hole of the clothing body, and the front side light reflection surface being formed in the edge part of the opening of the through hole on the front side of the clothing body of the grommets.

4. The garment according to claim 3, wherein the surface-side light-reflecting surface of the eyelet protrudes from the light-reflecting surface within the through hole toward the surface side of the garment body and is curved in a convex arc shape in a cross section along the axial direction of the through hole.

5. The garment described in claim 4, wherein the light-emitting element has a light-emitting element and an outer wall covering the outer periphery of the light-emitting element, the end of the outer wall on the clothing body side protruding further toward the clothing body than the light-emitting element, and the end of the outer wall on the clothing body side having an outer wall reflective surface.

6. A plurality of the light irradiation holes are provided on the clothing body, and a plurality of engaging portions are provided on the back side of the clothing body, The garment according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the light irradiator is configured to have a plurality of the light irradiating elements and a plurality of fastening portions arranged on a belt-shaped body, the fastening portions being fastened to the fastening portions of the garment body.

7. The garment according to claim 6, wherein the plurality of light irradiation holes are provided below the armpits of the garment body.

8. The garment described in claim 7, wherein the band is configured by overlapping a front side band and a back side band, the base of the light-illuminating element is positioned between the front side band and the back side band, and the light-emitting portion of the light-illuminating element protrudes outside the front side band.

9. The garment according to claim 8 , wherein the opening diameter of the light irradiation hole is larger than the outer shape of the light irradiation element.

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