Walking stick holder

Abstract

To provide a walking stick holder which enables a user to perform required actions at any place while holding a walking stick by himself or herself using both hands freely. [Solution] A walking stick holder 1 that detachably holds a walking stick on a part of a user's body (specifically, the gap between trousers and a belt) comprises a holder body 10 having an insertion part 11 that is inserted between the trousers and belt worn by the user and a holding part 12 formed integrally with the insertion part 11, and a notched cylindrical shaft holding part 20 held by the holding part 12 of the holder body 10. Here, the holder body 10 is a member that is bent in an L-shape when viewed from the side, and the holding part 12 is a member that extends at a right angle from the upper end of the insertion part 11.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to a walking stick holder for detachably holding a walking stick by a part of the user's own body.

[0002] Walking sticks used to assist the walking of the elderly, disabled, etc. are usually leaned against an umbrella stand at the entrance or a corner of the wall. When needed, the user goes out for a walk or the like using the leaned walking stick. In this case, the user passes their wrist through a strap attached to the grip of the walking stick to prevent the walking stick from leaving their hand.

[0003] However, for example, when purchasing tickets outdoors or paying for goods in a store, if the user passes their hand through the strap of the walking stick, the walking stick will wobble and become unstable. Moreover, since both hands cannot be used, not only can the operations such as purchasing tickets or paying for goods not be performed smoothly, but also the tip of the walking stick may touch the hem of the user's trousers, causing hygienic problems.

[0004] Therefore, if the user performs operations such as purchasing tickets or paying for goods with both hands while keeping the walking stick away from their hand without passing their wrist through the strap, there is a possibility of knocking over the walking stick or forgetting to take it.

[0005] For example, Patent Documents 1 and 2 propose walking stick holders that can be installed on a desk, bed, chair, table, toilet room, etc. According to such a walking stick holder, various operations can be performed smoothly with both hands, and the walking stick can be prevented from falling over or being forgotten.

Prior Art Documents

Patent Documents

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Patent Document 1

Patent Document 2

Summary of the Invention

Problems to be Solved by the Invention

[0007] However, the walking sticks holders proposed in Patent Documents 1 and 2 are installed on desks, beds, chairs, tables, toilet rooms, etc., which are fixtures provided indoors. Therefore, the places where they can be used are limited, and there is a problem that they cannot be freely used at any moving place including the outdoors of the user.

[0008] The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and its object is to provide a walking stick holder that enables a user to freely use both hands to perform required operations while holding the walking stick on a part of the user's body.

Means for Solving the Problems

[0009] The present invention for achieving the above object is a walking stick holder that detachably holds a walking stick on a part of the user's body, and includes a insertion part that is inserted between the trousers and the belt worn by the user, and a holder body including a holding part formed integrally with the insertion part, and a notch cylindrical shaft holding part held by the holding part of the holder body.

Effects of the Invention

[0010] According to the present invention, the walking stick holder is detachably held on a part of the user's body. Specifically, it is held by inserting the insertion part of the holder body into the gap between the trousers and the belt. Then, by fitting the shaft part of the walking stick into the shaft holding part of the walking stick holder thus held by a part of the user's body, the walking stick is easily and surely held by the walking stick holder.

[0011] Therefore, as described above, when necessary (for example, when the user goes out to buy a ticket or pays for goods in a store), the user can hold the walking stick in the walking stick holder attached and held by himself / herself, so that he / she can freely use both hands to perform the required tasks with good workability. And such an operation can be freely performed by the user at any location without being restricted by location. Also, since there is no need to lean the unused walking stick against something, problems such as the walking stick falling over or being left behind can be reliably prevented, and the tip of the walking stick will not touch the hem of the user's trousers, thus avoiding any hygiene problems.

Brief Description of the Drawings

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Modes for Carrying Out the Invention

[0013] Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described based on the accompanying drawings.

[0014] [Configuration of the Walking Stick Holder] First, the configuration of the stick holder 1 according to the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5. In the following description, the arrow directions shown in FIGS. 1 to 5 are defined as the "left - right" direction, "front - back" direction, and "up - down" direction, respectively.

[0015] The stick holder 1 according to the present invention is for removably holding a stick 50 (see FIG. 7) on a part of the user's body, and mainly includes a metal holder body 10 and a resin - made shaft holding portion 20 held on the holder body 10 for removably holding the shaft 52 (see FIG. 7) of the stick 50. Hereinafter, the configurations of the holder body 10 and the shaft holding portion 20, which are the main components of the stick holder 1, will be described respectively.

[0016] (Holder body) The metal holder body 10 is, in this embodiment, formed by bending a round bar made of stainless steel (SUS), and is composed of a rectangular - frame - shaped insertion portion 11 that stands vertically and a holding portion 12 composed of a pair of left - and - right parallel metal bars 12a that extend horizontally and integrally along the front - back direction from the upper end of the insertion portion 11. In this embodiment, the holder body 10 is integrally formed by a round bar made of stainless steel (SUS), but it may also be formed by other metal bars or resin, similar to the shaft holding portion 20.

[0017] By the way, in this embodiment, the insertion portion 11 of the holder body 10 is formed in a rectangular - frame shape by a metal bar, but instead, it may be formed by a metal or resin plate. In this case, it is desirable that the plate has a shape that slightly curves along the user's torso.

[0018] Also, as shown in FIG. 2, the holding portion 12 has openings at its front end and rear end, and the shaft holding portion 20 is fitted and attached and held inside it.

[0019] (Shaft holding portion) As shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, the shaft holding portion 20 is a member that is fitted and held inside the holding portion 12 of the holder body 10, and is configured as a two-piece structure by connecting and integrating two notched cylindrical members 21 and 22 with different diameters, one larger and one smaller.

[0020] Here, as shown in FIG. 6, the cane 50 used by elderly people, disabled people, etc. includes a grip 51 bent in a U shape and a pipe-shaped shaft 52 extending linearly from the grip 51. The grip 51 is made of wood or resin, and the shaft 52 is made of lightweight and high-strength carbon, stainless steel (SUS), etc.

[0021] By the way, the shaft 52 of the cane 50 has two types: an S type with a relatively small outer diameter of φ16 mm to φ19 mm and an L type with a relatively large outer diameter of φ19 mm to φ22 mm. In this embodiment, the shaft holding portion 20 is configured by connecting and integrating two notched cylindrical members 21 and 22 so that it can be applied to any of the canes 50 equipped with these S-type and L-type shafts 52. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the inner diameter φD of the large-diameter member 21 of the shaft holding portion 20 is set to φ18 mm, and the inner diameter φd of the small-diameter member 22 is set to φ15.5 mm.

[0022] As shown in FIG. 2, the large-diameter member 21 of the shaft holding portion 20 made of an elastically deformable resin has an opening 21b with a predetermined width (a width smaller than the inner diameter of the large-diameter shaft 52 of the cane 50) formed in a part (front end portion) thereof, and support brackets 21A project integrally on the left and right of its outer periphery, respectively. And as shown in FIG. 1, circular fitting holes 21a (only one is shown in FIG. 1) are respectively formed through each support bracket 21A along the front-rear direction.

[0023] On the other hand, as shown in Fig. 2, a member 22 on the small-diameter side of the shaft holding portion 20 has an opening 22b with a predetermined width (a width smaller than the inner diameter of the shaft 52 on the small-diameter side of the plug 50) formed in a part thereof (the connecting portion with the member 21 on the large-diameter side). Further, support brackets 22A are integrally projected on the left and right of the outer periphery of the member 22 on the small-diameter side, respectively. And as shown in Fig. 3, circular fitting holes 22a are respectively formed through the support brackets 22A along the front-rear direction (the direction perpendicular to the plane of Fig. 3).

[0024] Thus, the shaft holding portion 20 is held by the holding portion 12 by press-fitting each of a pair of left and right metal bars 12a constituting the holding portion 12 of the holder body 10 into fitting holes 21a and 22a formed through the support brackets 21A and 22A projected on the left and right of the outer peripheries of the two members 21 and 22 having different diameters, the larger diameter and the smaller diameter, respectively.

[0025] [Usage method of the plug holder] Next, the usage method of the plug holder 1 configured as described above will be described below with reference to Figs. 6 to 8.

[0026] When using the plug holder 1 according to the present invention, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8, the user inserts the insertion portion 11 of the holder body 10 of the plug holder 1 from above into the gap between the trousers 100 and the belt 101 that the user is wearing. Then, the plug holder 1 is held by a part of the user's body (specifically, the gap between the trousers 100 and the belt 101). In this embodiment, the case where the user is male will be described. However, when the user is female, the plug holder 1 is held by the gap between the slacks and the belt.

[0027] As described above, when the walking stick holder 1 is held by a part of the user's body, for example, when the user goes out to purchase a ticket or pay for something at a store, the user can use the walking stick holder 1 to hold the walking stick 50 by a part of the user's body by fitting the shaft 52 of the walking stick 50 into one of the two members 21, 22 of the shaft holding part 20 of the walking stick holder 1 attached and held by the user. This allows the user to use both hands freely to perform required tasks with good workability and ease. Such actions can be freely performed at any place by the user without being limited to a specific location. In addition, since there is no need to lean the walking stick 50 when not in use against something, it is possible to reliably prevent the walking stick 50 from falling over or being left behind.

[0028] Here, a method for fitting the large diameter (L type) shaft 52 of the walking stick 50 into the large diameter member 21 of the shaft holding portion 20 of the walking stick holder 1 will be described with reference to Fig. 6(a).

[0029] To fit the large diameter (L type) shaft 52 into the large diameter member 21 of the shaft holding portion 20, as shown in Fig. 6(a), the shaft 52 is moved in the direction of the arrow relative to the member 21 as indicated by the chain line. Then, the outer circumferential surface of the shaft 52 comes into contact with both left and right edges of the opening 21b of the member 21, and when the shaft 52 is further pushed into the member 21, the shaft 52 pushes open both left and right edges of the opening 21b of the member 21 as shown by the chain lines and passes through the opening 21b, and as shown by the solid lines, the shaft 52 is fitted into the large-diameter member 21 and held by the member 21. Therefore, the walking stick 50 having the large-diameter (L-type) shaft 52 is held by the walking stick holder 1, and the walking stick 50 is held by a part of the user's body via the walking stick holder 1.

[0030] In order to fit the other, small-diameter (S-type) shaft 52 into the member 22 on the small-diameter side of the shaft holding portion 20, as shown in FIG. 6(b), the shaft 52 is moved in the direction of the arrow with respect to the member 22 as shown by the chain line. Then, the shaft 52 passes through the member 21 on the large-diameter side, and its outer peripheral surface abuts on the left and right end edges of the opening 22b of the member 22 on the small-diameter side. After that, when the shaft 52 is further pushed into the member 22 side, the shaft 52 expands the opening edge of the member 22 as shown by the chain line and passes through the opening 22b. As shown by the solid line, the small-diameter (S-type) shaft 52 is fitted into the member 22 on the small-diameter side and held by the member 22. For this reason, the plug 50 provided with the small-diameter (S-type) shaft 52 is held by the plug holder 1, and by extension, the plug 50 is held by a part of the user's body via the plug holder 1.

[0031] Therefore, according to the plug holder 1 according to the present embodiment, as described above, at an arbitrary location, the user can freely use both hands in a state where the user holds the plug 50 by himself / herself and perform the required operations with good workability. And in this case, since the plug 50 does not rattle and the tip of the shaft 52 does not touch the hem of the trousers 100, no hygienic problems occur. Also, since there is no need to lean the unused plug 50, it is surely possible to prevent problems such as the plug 50 falling over or being forgotten.

[0032] By the way, the form in which the plug 50 is held by a part of the user's body by the plug holder 1 according to the present invention reminds one of the image of tucking a jitte or a knife into the waist, so it can be transformed from a minor image as a nursing care product to a fashionable accessory, contributing to the improvement of the user's mental state and also contributing to the improvement of the image of the plug 50.

[0033] Furthermore, according to the chopstick holder 1 according to the present embodiment, since the shaft holding portion 20 is configured as a two-piece structure in which members 21 and 22 having different diameters are connected and integrated, it can be applied to two types of chopsticks 50 having shafts 52 with large diameters (L size) and small diameters (S size), and its versatility is enhanced.

[0034] Note that the shaft holding portion 20 may be configured only by the large-diameter side member 21 that holds the large-diameter (L size) shaft 52 or the small-diameter side member 22 that holds the small-diameter (S size) shaft 52. By doing so, the chopstick holder 1 can be made smaller, more compact, and lighter.

[0035] Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and it goes without saying that various modifications are possible within the scope of the technical idea described in the utility model registration claims, the specification, and the drawings.

Explanation of Reference Numerals

[0036] 1 Chopstick holder 10 Holder body 11 Insertion portion 12 Holding portion 20 Shaft holding portion 21 Small-diameter side member 21A Support bracket for small-diameter side member 21a Fitting hole of support bracket 21b Opening of small-diameter side member 22 Large-diameter side member 22A Support bracket for large-diameter side member 22a Fitting hole of support bracket 22b Opening of large-diameter side member 50 Chopstick 51 Grip of chopstick 52 Shaft of chopstick 100 Trousers 101 Belt

Claims

1. A walking stick holder for removably holding a walking stick on a part of a user's body, A holder body including an insertion portion to be inserted between the trousers and belt worn by a user and a holding portion formed integrally with the insertion portion; a notched cylindrical shaft holding portion held by the holding portion of the holder body; A walking stick holder comprising:

2. 2. The walking stick holder according to claim 1, wherein the holder body is a member that is bent in an L-shape when viewed from the side, and the holding portion is a member that extends at a right angle from an upper end of the insertion portion.

3. 2. The walking stick holder according to claim 1, wherein the shaft holding portion is formed by integrally connecting two notched cylindrical members having different diameters, one large and one small.

4. 2. The walking stick holder according to claim 1, wherein the holder body is made of metal, the shaft holding portion is made of resin, and the two are integrally connected to each other.

5. A cane holder as described in claim 1, characterized in that support brackets are integrally protruding from the left and right sides of the shaft holding portion, and the shaft holding portion is held by the holding portions by pressing a pair of the left and right holding portions of the holder body into mating holes formed through each support bracket.

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