JP2014233426A - Simple toilet bowl - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a simple toilet bowl that facilitates adjustment of height of a leg part.SOLUTION: A simple toilet bowl 10 includes a body part 1 to which a toilet seat 21 is pivotally attached in an openable/closable manner, and a leg part 3 that is provided in a height-adjustable manner in the body part 1. The leg part 3, which can move in a vertical direction along a side part of the body part 1, has means for temporarily holding upper and lower positions of the leg part 3 with respect to the body part 1, and fixing means. Preferably, the temporary holding means slide-holds the upper and lower positions of the leg part 3 with respect to the body part 1 in a phased manner.

Description

  The present invention relates to a simple toilet mainly used indoors, and particularly relates to a leg height adjustment structure.

The main purpose of a simple toilet is to be installed and used by a caregiver or elderly person who is generally difficult to go to the toilet on the bedside.
It is necessary to adjust the height of the toilet seat according to the height and physique of the user, and various adjustment methods have been proposed so far.
Patent Documents 1 and 2 disclose a structure in which a plurality of bolt holes and dowel holes are provided in the vertical direction, and a slit is provided so that the position of the tab hole can be easily seen from the outside when the height position is adjusted with a knob bolt.
Patent Document 3 discloses a structure in which a plurality of bolt holes are provided vertically in a leg plate, and a vertical guide bar is provided that prevents the leg from moving back and forth when the bolt is fixed from the main body frame.
Patent Document 4 discloses a structure in which a plurality of screw attachment holes are provided in the base leg portion in the vertical direction, and a dowel fitting portion is provided on an outer portion of the screw attachment hole.
However, the height adjusting means disclosed in any one of Patent Documents 1 to 4 cannot be adjusted unless the main body and the leg are once separated, or the female screw hole and the bolt are difficult to align. Or something.

JP 2011-218035 A Japanese Patent No. 4427423 Japanese Patent No. 438268 Japanese Patent No. 3837087

  It is an object of the present invention to provide a simple toilet with easy leg height adjustment.

A simple toilet according to the present invention is a simple toilet comprising a body part pivotally attached to a toilet seat and a leg part that can be adjusted in height to the body part, and the leg part is provided on a side part of the body part. It is possible to move in the vertical direction, and has temporary holding means in the vertical position with respect to the main body part of the leg part, and fixing means.
Here, the fact that the leg portion can be moved in the vertical direction along the side portion of the main body portion is different from the conventional one having a dowel hole if the fixing means is released without separating the leg portion from the main body portion once. This means that the leg can be moved up and down as it is.
Moreover, it is preferable that the said temporary holding means slide-holds the vertical position with respect to the main-body part of a leg part in steps.

As an example of the structure as described above, the leg portion has a plurality of female screw holes in the vertical direction, the leg portion connecting portion of the main body portion has a bolt, and the temporary holding means is an interval between the female screw holes in the vertical direction. The leg portion may be slid and held step by step.
Furthermore, the temporary holding means has a recess at a predetermined interval in accordance with the interval between the female screw holes in the leg portion, and the leg connecting portion of the main body portion has a pin member that is urged toward the recess. You may do it.

  In the simple toilet according to the present invention, even if the fixing means is loosened, the temporary holding means slides and holds the legs, so that the height of the legs can be easily adjusted.

The perspective view of the simple toilet bowl which concerns on this invention is shown. The front view of a simple toilet bowl is shown. The side view of a simple toilet bowl is shown. The components block diagram of a toilet bowl part is shown, (a) is in the set state, (b) is in a state in which the toilet seat is flipped up, and (c) is in a state in which the toilet seat receiver and slide member are separated. The slide structure example of a toilet seat is shown, (a) shows a state where the toilet seat is located rearward, and (b) shows a state where it is slid forward. The structural example of the height adjustment of a leg part is shown. (A) shows the state where the height of the leg is increased, and (b) shows the state where the height of the leg is lowered. The structural example which attaches a leg part to a main-body part is shown. (A) shows the state which fixed the leg part to the main-body part, (b) shows the state which loosens a fixing bolt and moves a leg part up and down. The structural example of a back part is shown. (A) shows a state where the backrest is removed from the belt, (b) shows a bottom view of the backrest, (c) shows a cross-sectional view of the state where the backrest is attached to the belt, and (d) shows a DD line. Sectional drawing is shown, (e) shows the attachment state of a belt, (f) shows the connection part of a belt. An example of belt length adjustment is shown, (a) shows a state where the length of the belt is shortened, and (b) shows a state where the length of the belt is lengthened. This is a case where the belt is horizontally arranged in two stages, where (a) shows a state in which the upper belt is relatively long, and (b) shows an example in which the lower belt is relatively long. . An example of an armrest structure is shown. (A) shows the state which locked the armrest, (b) shows the state which raises / lowers the height of an armrest, (c) shows the external view of a lock nail | claw. An example of a vertical slide structure of an armrest is shown. (A) shows a state where the armrest is locked, (b) shows a state where the armrest is released, (c) shows a state where the armrest is lowered, and (d) shows a state where the armrest is lowered most. , (E) shows the locked state in the lowest state.

  Although the structural example of the chair type simple toilet bowl which concerns on this invention is demonstrated based on drawing below, this invention is not limited to this.

FIG. 1 shows an external perspective view of the simple toilet 10.
The simple toilet 10 includes a main body 1 that houses the toilet 5 as shown in FIG. 4, a back 2 that is erected from the main body, a leg 3, and an armrest 4.
The main body 1 formed a frame body with left and right side members 11, a front member 12, and a rear member 13.
In the present embodiment, the pair of left and right side members 11 and 11 are formed in a substantially L shape, and the side surface portion 11a of the main body 1 and the side portion 11b of the back portion 2 are integrated. It may be connected as a body.

In the simple toilet 10, the height of the leg portion 3 and the height of the armrest portion 4 can be adjusted.
Further, in this embodiment, the depth and depth of the backrest 14 can be adjusted as shown in FIGS. 8 to 10, and the toilet seat 21 can be slid in the front-rear direction by the slide member 24 as shown in FIGS. ing.

As shown in FIG. 4, the toilet part 5 has a side part on the rear side of the toilet seat 21 pivoted on the rear part of the toilet seat receiver 22 by a pivot shaft 21b, and the front end part 21c side of the toilet seat 21 jumps backward and the toilet seat. It can be attached to and detached from the receptacle 22.
The toilet seat receptacle 22 has a container storage portion 23 for mounting a waste container (not shown) on the lower side.
The toilet seat receiver 22 is attached to a substantially U-shaped slide member 24 having a slider 24b and a stopper 24c on both left and right sides in a plan view.
In this embodiment, a boss-like protrusion 22b is formed on the lower side of the front portion of the toilet seat receiver 22, and is inserted into and installed in the insertion hole 24d provided on the upper surface of the slide member 24. Absent.
5 shows a side view of the side member 11. Inside the main body of the side member 11, there are slide rails 11h and 11i made of bar materials parallel to each other as shown by dotted lines in FIG. The sliders 24b on both sides of the slide member 24 are inserted, and the slide member 24 can be advanced until the stopper 24c comes into contact with the rear end of the upper slide rail 11i as shown in FIG. 5B.
Thus, the toilet seat 21 can slide in the front-rear direction together with the toilet seat receiver 22.

Next, a structural example of the leg 3 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 1, the leg portions 3 are movable up and down while being slid and held by the guide portions 19 a along the outer side surfaces of the side members 11.
The leg 3 has legs 15 standing up and down at two front and rear positions from a plate-like grounding member 16 that is long in the front-rear direction, and a plurality of female screw holes 15 b are provided in the vertical direction on the inner surface of the leg 15.
The state is shown in FIGS.
A bolt 31 with a knob 30 can be screwed into the female screw hole 15b from the inside of the leg connecting portion 11c of the side member 11.
A number of internal thread holes are formed in the vertical direction of the legs, and the height of the legs has been adjusted so far by fixing the legs to the body side with bolts etc. in the internal thread holes of a predetermined height. It is known.
However, if a plurality of female screw holes are simply provided at the top and bottom, the positioning of the bolt tip and female screw hole is difficult, or the legs move up and down with their weights, so the height is adjusted and fixed with bolts as they are. It was hard.
Accordingly, a plurality of recesses 15a are provided on at least one of the front and rear sides of the leg 5 in accordance with the interval between the female screw holes, and a pin member 19d biased by an elastic material 19c such as a spring is disposed toward the recess 15a. did.
In the present embodiment, a guide portion 19a of the leg 5 is provided in a holding portion 19 of an armrest strut 18, which will be described later, and a pin member 19d is protruded toward the recess 15a via a support member 19b provided inside the holding portion 19. .
Accordingly, when the leg 5 is moved up and down by hand, the pin member 16d protrudes for each recess 15a, and the leg 5 is temporarily held.
As a result, the pin member 19d and the female screw hole 15b of the leg 5 are temporarily held with their positions aligned, so that the height of the leg 5 can be easily adjusted by turning the knob 30 as shown in FIG. And can be fixed.
In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7, the male thread portion of the knob-equipped bolt 31 is divided into a shaft portion 31b in which no male thread is formed between the distal male thread portion 31a and the root on the knob side. Yes.
Further, the leg connecting portion 11c side has a through hole 111d having no female screw on the outer side of the inner female screw portion 11d.
Thus, when the knob 30 is turned from the fixed state of FIG. 7A and the screw is loosened, the tip male thread portion 31a of the bolt 31 is detached from the female screw hole 15b on the leg side, so that the bolt 31 is rattled from side to side. become.
Thereby, connection with the leg 5 can be cancelled | released, hold | maintaining the bolt with a knob in the leg part connection part 11c.
Further, in this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, a wheel 16a is attached in the vicinity of the rear end of the grounding member 16, and the simple toilet 10 is easily moved by the wheel 16a only by being slightly inclined rearward.

Next, a structural example of the back part 2 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 8, the lower side belt attachment with two slits cut in the vertical direction in the same manner as the upper belt attachment portion 11 d with two slits cut in the vertical direction on the side portions 11 b arranged opposite to the left and right. The portion 11e is formed in two stages.
Inserted into the upper belt attaching portion 11d so that both ends of one belt 41 are folded back from the front slit to the inner side of the rear side through the rear slit, and freely between the both end portions 41a and 41b. The hook-and-loop fasteners are attached to each other, and the belt length between the belt attachment portions on the left and right sides can be adjusted.
Similarly to the upper belt 41, the lower belt 42 is attached to the lower mounting portion 11e, and the length can be adjusted by the free surface fasteners 42a and 42b at both ends.
When the belts 41 and 42 are shortened so as to be straight between the left and right belt attachment portions (11d, 11d) and (11e, 11e), the position where the back hits is the frontmost side.
On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 9, when the lengths of the belts 41 and 42 are increased so that the centers of the belts 41 and 42 are bent backward, the depth of the backrest becomes deeper, and the position where the user hits the back when the user is sitting is rearward. Move to.
As a method of adjusting the depth of the backrest when the user is sitting, it can be adjusted by the tension between the attachment portions of the left and right side portions 11b, 11b using a stretchable belt, In this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 8A and 8B, a cover-like backrest 14 is attached so as to sandwich the front and rear of the belt.
A sectional view thereof is shown in FIG. 8C, and a sectional view taken along the line DD is shown in FIG.
The backrest 14 includes a front surface member 14a having cushioning properties and a back surface member 14b which can be attached and detached with a hook-and-loop fastener 14c and the like.
The depth of the backrest will be described with reference to FIG.
When the user sits toward the hole 21a of the toilet seat 21, at a distance between the sciatic nodule 21d and the backrest 14 which is generally about 250 mm from the tip of the hole, the relative position as shown in FIG. By shortening the length of the belt and reducing the looseness, the distance when the backrest depth is the shallowest is L _{1. As} shown in FIG. 9B, the length of the belt is lengthened and the looseness is increased. the distance in the case of the deepest depth of the backrest by an L _2.
The distance L ₁ was set to about 110 mm, preferably set the distance _{L 2} to about 180 mm.
State of L ₁ is not placed emphasis on rest of, is a position that put the subjectivity to keep a good posture to support the lumbar region.
L ₂ puts the subjectivity rest property and hips With this distance is also suitable for users who do not sit and not sit deeply curved.
Moreover, in the intermediate distance 140-160 mm, resting property and posture maintenance can be appropriately maintained according to the user's physique and body shape.
Further, by making the belt two steps up and down, the angle of the backrest can be adjusted as shown in FIG.
FIG. 10A shows that the upper belt 41 is loosened longer, so that when the cover-like backrest 14 is attached, the upper side tilts backward, and the lower belt 42 is moved as shown in FIG. 10B. Looseness makes it easier for a user with a curved back.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 9, a reinforcing bar 11f is disposed between the left and right side portions 11b and 11b of the back portion 2 with an attachment member 11g, and a space portion is formed below the reinforcing bar 11f. As shown in FIG. 5, a curved shape portion 11j is formed by cutting out the front side between the seat portion of the side portion 11b and the backrest 14 in a curved shape.
In this way, the rear portion of the space portion S _1, consists space S ₂ side easily enter the hand of the caregiver, easily the care of the caregiver.

Next, the relationship between the position of the toilet seat and the backrest will be described.
In the simple toilet 10 according to the present invention, the position of the sciatic node 21d is set to about 250 mm from the tip of the hole of the toilet seat, and the distance between the sciatic node 21d and the backrest is set to L ₁ = about 110 mm at a minimum. In the state where the front end side of the toilet seat 21 hits the backrest 14 as shown by a two-dot chain line in a), the toilet seat 21 is tilted forward, so that the toilet seat 21 is closed again when the hand is released.
Therefore, as shown in FIG. 5B, when the toilet seat 21 is flipped up after the slide member 24 is moved forward until the stopper 24c hits the rear end of the slide rail 11i, the tip of the toilet seat 21 is tilted rearward. It comes to hit the backrest 14 and can maintain the toilet seat in the open state.
Thereby, taking in and out of a waste container becomes easy.

In this embodiment, the armrest 17 can also be adjusted in height.
11 shows a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 2 and a cross-sectional view taken along line BB in FIG. 3, and FIG. 12 shows a cross-sectional view taken along line CC in FIG.
The armrest 17 is connected to the lower armrest strut 18, and the lower end portion of the armrest strut 18 is inserted and held in a cylindrical holding portion 19.
On the inner side surface of the armrest support 18, a lock hole 18 d is provided in the vertical direction at predetermined intervals.
A lock pin 18f is urged toward the inside of the holding portion 19 by an elastic member 18g.
Inside the armrest column 18, a lock release bar 18 a is disposed while being urged upward by an elastic member 18 h at the bottom of the holding portion 19.
The lock release bar 18a alternately has convex portions 18b for retracting the lock pins 18f outward and concave portions 18c that allow the lock pins 18f to protrude.
As shown in FIG. 11, a case body 17a is provided on the back surface (lower surface) of the armrest 17, and an operation portion 17b protruding downward from the case body 17a is provided.
Between the upper end of the lock release bar 18a and the pressing portion 17e provided on the operation portion 17b, there is an actuator 17f that performs a seesaw operation with a rotating shaft 17g.
When the operating portion 17b is pushed upward, the actuator 17f is pressed upward by the pressing portion 17e, and the action point 17h opposite to the rotating shaft 17g opposes the unlocking bar 18a against the urging force of the elastic member 18h. And push it down.
Thereby, as shown in FIG. 12, the protrusion 18b of the unlocking bar 18a is aligned so as to block the lock hole 18d.
In this state, the lock pin 18f can move along the outer surface 18e on the inner side of the armrest strut 18 without the lock hole 18d and the lock hole 18d, so that the height of the armrest 17 can be adjusted, and FIG. When the hand is released from the operation portion 17b as shown in (e), the lock release bar 18a is raised by the elastic material 18h, the lock hole 18d is aligned with the recess 18c, and the lock pin 18f protrudes toward the lock hole 18d and is locked. Is done.
Further, as shown in FIG. 11, the operation portion 17b has an operation lock 17c spring-biased by an elastic material 17i, and a lock claw 17d on the opposite side of the operation lock 17c.
A component diagram of the operation lock 17c is shown in FIG.
When the operation lock 17c is pushed in, the lock claw 17d is disengaged from the lock part 117d of the case body, and the push-in operation of the operation part 17b is enabled.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main part 2 Back part 3 Leg part 4 Armrest support | pillar 5 Toilet part 10 Simple toilet 11 Side member 12 Front member 13 Back member 14 Backrest 15 Leg 16 Grounding member 17 Armrest 18 Armrest support | pillar 19 Holding part 19a Guide part 21 Toilet seat 22 Toilet seat receiver 23 Container storage unit 24 Slide member 24b Slider 24c Stopper

Claims (4)

A simple toilet with a body part pivotably attached to the toilet seat and a leg part that can be adjusted in height to the body part,
The leg can move up and down along the side of the body,
A simple toilet having a temporary holding means in a vertical position relative to a main body of a leg and a fixing means.   The simple toilet according to claim 1, wherein the temporary holding means slides and holds the vertical position of the leg portion relative to the body portion in a stepwise manner. The leg has a plurality of female screw holes in the vertical direction,
The leg connecting part of the main body has a bolt,
The simple toilet according to claim 2, wherein the temporary holding means slides and holds the leg portion step by step according to the interval between the female screw holes in the vertical direction. The temporary holding means has concave portions at predetermined intervals according to the interval between the female screw holes in the leg portion,
The simple toilet according to claim 3, wherein the leg connecting portion of the main body has a pin member protruding and urged toward the concave portion.

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