Walking support

Abstract

To provide a walking supporter in which a caregiver assisting a person with walking difficulty wears the same walking supporter around the waist and grasps the handle of the other person's walking supporter. [Solution] A gripping section (20) at approximately the center of the front side of a belt-shaped mesh fabric comprises a left handle (20L) to which both ends of the belt, which are angled left in the longitudinal direction, are sewn, a center handle (20S) to which both ends of the horizontal belt are sewn, and a right handle (20R) to which both ends of the belt, which are angled right, are sewn, and a shape-maintaining bone is provided on both sides of the left, center, and right handles. A reinforcing band (40) sewn to the left side of the shape-maintaining bone located on the left-hand side of the handle has a reinforcing convex surface fastener (41) on the inside of its tip, and the belt-shaped walking support (10) wrapped around the waist and fastened in front is fastened by overlapping the main body concave surface fastener (hidden) on the left end with the main body convex surface fastener (51) on the right end, and further fastening by overlapping the reinforcing convex surface fastener of the reinforcing band with the reinforcing concave surface fastener on the front right end.

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to walking training for people with walking difficulties. [Background technology]

[0002] Walking training for people with mild walking difficulties is carried out in nursing homes or at home. When a person suddenly experiences walking difficulties in their home life, there are problems regarding who to assist them and how to provide training.

[0003] "People with walking difficulties" refers to those who have difficulty walking independently, and nursing homes and other facilities offer methods to help these people maintain their current state and, if possible, to walk more normally. One method involves the caregiver entwining their arm with the arm of the person with walking difficulties next to them, and the person with walking difficulties grasping the caregiver's clothing from behind and walking alongside them, or the caregiver placing their hand on the small of the person's back, above the gluteus maximus, and the person with walking difficulties grasping the caregiver's arm and walking alongside them. However, people with walking difficulties tend to shuffle when walking, which can lead to falls. Furthermore, although training is initiated at home with the intention of outdoor walking training, many obstacles are experienced. In the aforementioned nursing home training, training outside the facility requires the above-mentioned attention to shuffling gait.

[0004] As an improvement measure, during walking training, the person with walking difficulty wraps the support body around and wears it around their waist, and a walking supporter is provided with a handle on the support body that is primarily designed to prevent the person with walking difficulty from falling.In addition, a caregiver walking alongside the person with walking difficulty wraps the same support around and wears it around their waist and grasps the handle of the person with walking difficulty, and the person with walking difficulty grasps the handle of the caregiver's supporter as they walk, thereby preventing unexpected falls.

[0005] In this proposal, the person with walking difficulty and the caregiver accompanying them in the training wear the same walking support, and each person confirms the purpose of the walking support they are wearing before using it for walking training.

[0006] The person with walking difficulty and their caregiver wear the same type of walking support around their waists, and at each grip, the caregiver mainly grasps the center of the handle of the person with walking difficulty to support and guide them through the passage, while the person with walking difficulty grasps either the left or right handle of the caregiver depending on the situation in the passage and walks forward, with the main focus of this device being to prevent falls if they stumble. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0007] [Patent Document 1] Patent No. 2702668 Public Relations Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0008] The problem to be solved is to get people to act with the goal of "walking on their own two feet even when they are old" by getting help from those around them, and for those around them to learn and implement measures to prevent people with walking difficulties from falling, and also to provide a walking supporter that is useful for walking training to prevent people from falling. [Means for solving the problem]

[0009] This walking support is a wide, front-opening, belt-like waistband that encircles and fastens the waist including the gluteus maximus, and the person with walking difficulty and the caregiver can prevent falls by using the gripping parts of each other, and the use of a fastener eliminates unnecessary unlocking of the engaging parts, making it easy to put on and take off the support regardless of body type.

[0010] The walking support is a wide, belt-like shape, and during walking training, the person with walking difficulty and their caregiver wear the same walking support around their waist, including their gluteus maximus. The walking support has a belt-like support body that can withstand the pulling force applied to the gripping parts provided on the walking support, and the wide, belt-like support body has a gripping part at the center of the front side of the support body. When worn by a person with walking difficulty, the center handle, which is provided horizontally in the longitudinal direction of the gripping part, is primarily grasped by the caregiver to provide support and prevent falls. When worn by the caregiver, the person with walking difficulty can grasp the left and right handles, which are provided on the upward-sloping left and right sides of the gripping part, respectively, depending on the situation. Furthermore, shape-maintaining bones, located on both sides of the left, center, and right handles, maintain the shape of the support body and distribute the force against deformation caused by the constant pulling of the gripping handles. Additionally, reinforcing fabric is sewn to the skin-side of the gripping parts within the shape-maintaining bone arrangement, thereby maintaining the shape of the support body.

[0011] The front-opening, waist-wrapped walking support is made of a mesh fabric body. It is composed of a concave fastener sewn to the left end of the mesh fabric surface, a convex fastener sewn to the right end of the mesh fabric interior, a reinforcing band sewn to the left side of the shape-maintaining bone to the left of the mesh fabric handle, and an engaging section consisting of a convex fastener on the inside tip of the reinforcing band and a reinforcing concave fastener sewn to the right end of the mesh fabric surface.

[0012] The belt-shaped walking supporter is worn around the waist with an opening in the front, and the concave fastener on the left end of the mesh surface side is overlapped and fastened with the convex fastener on the right end inside the mesh surface near the approximate center of the abdomen. The reinforcing band sewn to the left side of the shape-maintaining bone on the left side of the handle on the mesh surface side and the convex fastener on the inside of the tip of the reinforcing band are overlapped and fastened with the concave fastener on the right end of the mesh surface side, and the reinforcing band is overlapped so that the engaging portion does not come loose.

[0013] The belt-shaped supporter body has a gripping portion located approximately in the center of the front side, and has detachable covers on the center, left, and right handles, which are frequently used. [Effects of the Invention]

[0014] The walking support of the present invention is designed for outdoor training, and judges the degree of difficulty of the person with walking difficulty and the condition of the passageway. The person with walking difficulty can either have both hands free or hold on to the caregiver's left or right handle. The caregiver supports the person with walking difficulty by grasping the center of the walking support handle, predicting and sensing the behavior of the person with walking difficulty by sight and touch, helping to prevent falls while walking and making it easier to judge the situation on the walkway. Furthermore, depending on the training situation, it is preferable to release the center of the handle and move forward while continuing training. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0015] [Figure 1] 1 is a front view of a walking supporter that is wrapped around the waist according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 2] FIG. 2 is a rear view of a walking supporter that is wrapped around the waist according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 3] 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention wrapped around the waist, with the front gripping portion and both end engagement portions of the walking supporter aligned in front. FIG. [Figure 4] This is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention in which the garment is wrapped around the waist, with reinforcing fabric sewn to the skin side of the gripping portion, and the shape-retaining bone and both end engagement portions are joined together at the front. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0016] During training, the caregiver has the person with walking difficulty hold either the left handle 20L or the right handle 20R of the walking support 10 worn by the caregiver, and then the caregiver grasps the center handle 20S of the person with walking difficulty and begins training. The caregiver, walking alongside the person with walking difficulty, mainly grasps the center handle 20S of the walking support 10 worn by the person with walking difficulty, sensing the person's movements visually and with their touch, which helps them predict what will happen next and determine the situation in the aisle they are walking in. The caregiver can also respond to the situation by going around behind the person with walking difficulty and changing their grip on the center handle 20S to change position, which helps them determine the situation. [Example]

[0017] Example 1 will be explained below with reference to the drawings. Fig. 1 is a front view of the front side of a belt-shaped walking support 10, which is approximately symmetrical, and has a gripping portion 20 located approximately in the center of the front side of the walking support 10, with a central handle 20S for sewing together both ends of the belt that are horizontal in the longitudinal direction, a left handle 20L for sewing together both ends of the belt that are angled leftward to the left of the central handle 20S, and a right handle 20R for sewing together both ends of the belt that are angled rightward to the right of the central handle 20S (see Fig. 1).

[0018] Similarly, Figure 1 shows that the gripping portion 20 has shape-maintaining bones 30 arranged vertically on both sides of the left handle 20L, center handle 20S, and right handle 20R, and cotton tape is used to cover and secure each sewn part of the left handle 20L, where both ends of the belt are sewn upward to the left, the center handle 20S, where both ends of the belt are sewn horizontally, and the right handle 20R, where both ends of the belt are sewn upward to the right, as well as the shape-maintaining bones 30, to ensure secure attachment (see Figures 1 and 2).

[0019] In Figure 3, the main body convex surface fastener 51 at the inside right end of the mesh fabric 48 is fastened to the main body concave surface fastener 52 (hidden in the figure) at the left end of the front side of the mesh fabric 48, and on top of that, the reinforcing convex surface fastener 41 sewn to the inside of the reinforcing band 40 sewn to the left side of the shape maintaining bone 30 on the left side of the left handle 20L is fastened to the reinforcing concave surface fastener 54 at the right end of the front side of the mesh fabric 48, thereby forming a double fastening state between the main body concave surface fastener 52 and the main body convex surface fastener 51, maintaining fastening strength (see Figures 3 and 4).

[0020] The wide, belt-shaped mesh fabric 48 has shape-maintaining bones 30 that maintain its shape, and reinforcing fabric 32 sewn to the skin side of the gripping portion 20 within this arrangement, and the outer periphery of the support body 60 is sewn with cotton tape to withstand pulling forces and maintain its shape (see Figures 1 and 2).

[0021] The support body 60, made of mesh fabric 48, has the left handle 20L, center handle 20S, and right handle 20R sewn together with cotton tape on the gripping portion 20, the arrangement of a stiff shape-maintaining bone 30, reinforcing fabric 32 on the skin-side of the gripping portion 20, a long reinforcing band 40 sewn to the left edge of the shape-maintaining bone 30, a main body concave fastener 52 on the left end of the support body 60, a main body concave fastener 54 on the right end, and a main body convex fastener 51 on the inside, showing a walking support 10 that maintains its shape by using a mixture of hard and soft materials on the mesh fabric 48 (see Figures 1 and 2).

[0022] Next, as a means for cushioning the shock received by the body when the grip portion 20 is pulled, the support body 60 is provided with shape-maintaining bones 30 on both sides of the left handle 20L, the center handle 20S, and the right handle 20R, and reinforcing fabric 32 is sewn to the skin-side of the grip portion 20 within the arrangement of the shape-maintaining bones 30, thereby cushioning the shock received and maintaining the shape of the support body 60 (see Figures 1 and 2).

[0023] Next, on the street, the person with walking difficulty and their caregiver fasten the same type of walking support 10 around their waists, and the caregiver takes into consideration the walking balance of the person with walking difficulty and grasps the center handle 20S of the gripping part 20 near the center of the back to support them and prevent them from falling. The caregiver uses either the left handle 20L or the right handle 20R of the walking support 10 worn by the person with walking difficulty depending on the person's circumstances, such as the state of the aisle or obstacles, and the person with walking difficulty continues walking while holding on. The left handle 20L, with both ends of the band sewn to the left of the walking support 10, and the right handle 20R, with both ends of the band sewn to the right, are positioned and shaped to be easy for the person with walking difficulty to grasp (see Figures 1 and 3).

[0024] The belt-like wide walking support 10 is used as a waistband that opens in the front, with the gripping portion 20 positioned around the back of the waist including the sacrum. On the left side where it wraps around the waist, there is a concave surface fastener 52 on the left end of the mesh fabric 48 (hidden in Figures 3 and 4), and on the right side there is a convex surface fastener 51 on the inside of the right end of the mesh fabric 48. There is also a reinforcing band 40 sewn to the left side of the shape-maintaining bone 30 on the left side of the left front handle 20L, a reinforcing convex surface fastener 41 on the inside of the left tip of the reinforcing band 40, and a concave surface fastener 54 on the outside of the right end of the mesh fabric 48, and an engaging portion that overlaps approximately near the center of the abdomen (see Figures 3 and 4).

[0025] The reinforcing band 40 originates from the left side shape-maintaining bone on the left side of the front handle 20L and fastens to the concave fastener 54 on the right end of the front side with the reinforcing convex fastener 41 located on the inside left end of the reinforcing band 40. The most important feature of this design is that it has a double fastening part so that the front-attached engagement parts at both ends of the support body 60 wrapped around the waist will not come loose during use in the event of an unexpected incident during walking practice (see Figures 3 and 4).

[0026] The left handle 20L, center handle 20S, and right handle 20R of the gripping portion 20, which are frequently used, are provided with detachable covers (not shown).

[0027] The belt-shaped wide walking supporter 10 is made mainly of mesh fabric 48 because it is used throughout the year and worn for long periods of time, which can trap heat. [Industrial Applicability]

[0028] The sight of both the person with walking difficulty and the caregiver wearing the walking supporter 10 and undergoing walking training appeals to society, and is easy to put into practice as a concrete example of caring for the person with walking difficulty, and the provided parts such as the grasping part allow the caregiver to learn the tricks of assisting with each training session. [Explanation of symbols]

[0029] 10 Walking Support 20 Grasping part 20L handle left 20S handle center 20R handle right 30 Shape-retaining bones 32 Reinforcement fabric 40 Reinforcement belt 41 Reinforced convex fastener 48 mesh fabric 51 Main body convex fastener 52 Main body concave fastener 54 Reinforced Concave Fastener 60 Supporter body

Claims

1. The supporter is a wide, open-front waistband that wraps around the waist, including the gluteus maximus, and has a gripping section to prevent falls. The left handle sews both ends of the belt, which are angled upwards to the left in the longitudinal direction of the supporter body, A handle center where both ends of the belt horizontally sewn to the supporter body longitudinal direction; The right handle sews both ends of the belt, which are angled upwards to the right in the longitudinal direction of the supporter body, Positioned perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the supporter body, shape-maintaining bones are placed on both sides of the left, center, and right sides of the handle, and A walking supporter made entirely of mesh fabric, with reinforcing fabric on the skin side of the gripping portion within the arrangement of the shape-maintaining bones.

2. The mesh fabric; A concave fastener is sewn to the left end of the mesh supporter body on the ground surface side. A convex fastener is sewn to the right end of the inner mesh of the supporter body, A reinforced concave fastener is sewn to the right end of the mesh on the ground surface of the supporter body, A walking supporter as described in claim 1, having an engagement portion consisting of a reinforcing band sewn to the left side of the shape-maintaining bone on the left side of the outer handle of the supporter body gripping portion, and a reinforcing convex fastener sewn to the inside of the right end of the reinforcing band.

3. The walking supporter according to claims 1 and 2, in which a belt-shaped walking supporter is worn around the waist with an opening in the front, and a convex fastener on the right end of the inside of the mesh is overlapped and fastened to a concave fastener on the left end of the mesh surface side near the approximate center of the abdomen, and a reinforcing band is sewn to the left side of the shape-maintaining bone on the left side of the handle, and a reinforcing convex fastener on the inside of the tip of the reinforcing band is fastened to the concave fastener on the right end of the mesh surface side.

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