JP2006218058A - Supporter and supporter belt - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a belt structure in a supporter and its belt structure that facilitates the fastening of the belt and the adjustment of the fastening strength not using a rigid material and the supporter using the structure. <P>SOLUTION: The belt structure disposed for fastening the supporter comprises a first belt member and a second belt member. The base ends of both belt members are connected with a supporter main body. The front ends are disposed in a direction where both belt members are lapped. The second belt member has an opening for the first belt member being inserted. The first belt member and the second belt member have retainers rendering the belt members attachable and detachable. The supporter belt structure is able to fix both belt members in a state where the first belt member is inserted into the opening and both belt members are lapped. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a supporter to be worn during exercise and a belt structure thereof, and more particularly to a belt structure that can be easily tightened without using a hard material and can easily adjust the tightening strength, and a supporter using the same.

Conventionally, various supporters have been used for various purposes (ensure safety, rehabilitation after failure, control and fixation of joint movement, heat insulation of muscles, etc.). Many of these supporters have a cylindrical shape in accordance with the corresponding part (knee, elbow, wrist, ankle, waist, etc.) when worn, and by providing a belt member for tightening, the supporter body can be tightened in the circumferential direction. Some of them help.
In these belt members, in order to increase the tightening strength, the belt is wound more than once in the circumferential direction of the supporter, or the belt member is made of plastic or metal ring (D ring, etc.). There are some things that tighten the belt more firmly. (For example, Patent Document 1)
Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 6-20407

  However, the configuration of the belt member as described above has the following problems. In the type that wraps the belt more than once in the circumferential direction of the supporter, the work of winding is troublesome, and the area where the belt overlaps is thick, so depending on the location, it may cause an uncomfortable feeling in use such as preventing joint bending There were drawbacks. In addition, when a ring made of plastic or metal is used for the belt member, there is a drawback that local pain is caused at a site where the ring hits when it comes into contact with another person or an object due to exercise or the like.

  Accordingly, the present invention provides a belt structure arranged for tightening a supporter in the circumferential direction in order to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks, wherein the belt structure is composed of a first belt member and a second belt member, and both belts. The base end portion of the member is connected to the supporter main body, the tip end portion is arranged in a direction in which both belt members overlap, the second belt member has an opening for inserting the first belt member, and the first belt member and the first belt member The two belt members are provided with a latching tool that allows both belt members to be attached and detached, and the first belt member is inserted into the opening and both belt members can be fixed in a state where both belt members are overlapped. A belt structure for a supporter is provided. Further, a supporter provided with one or more belt structures is provided.

The supporter and the supporter belt of the present invention are tightened by the first belt member and the second belt member, so that the supporter is evenly tightened from both sides to improve fit and from the base ends of both belt members. It becomes possible to tighten evenly over the tip. In addition, it is possible to easily perform operations from tightening to fixing and tightening force adjustment. When an auxiliary member such as a sponge is provided between the supporter body and the belt member, the auxiliary member can be effectively pressed by the belt member. Also, since no parts made of metal or plastic are used, there is no sense of incongruity when exercising after wearing, bending or stretching of the body, or pain when landing or touching.

  Next, embodiments of the supporter and belt structure of the present invention will be described. The belt structure for a supporter of the present invention is for assisting the tightening force in the circumferential direction of the supporter, and is composed of a first belt member and a second belt member, and the longitudinal direction of both belt members is the circumferential direction of the supporter. Arranged to be the same.

  The base ends of both belt members are connected to the supporter body by sewing or bonding. Further, the front end portion is arranged so that both belt members overlap in a tightened state. An opening for inserting the first belt member is provided near the tip of the second belt member. The size of the opening needs to be large enough to insert the first belt member.

  The position where the opening is provided is preferably near the tip of the second belt member. This is because if the opening is provided in the vicinity of the distal end, the length from the opening to the base end of the second belt member is increased, and the adjustment range of tightening by the belt member can be widened. Further, in the second belt member, it is sufficient that the tip side of the opening portion has a length (area) sufficient to provide a locking tool.

  The length in the lateral direction of the first belt member and the second belt member may be arbitrary as necessary. However, in order to fix the first belt member and the second belt member with a locking tool provided at the front end of both belt members, at least both belt members It is necessary to have a length that allows the tips to overlap each other.

  In order to tighten the supporter evenly by both belt members, it is preferable that the first belt member and the second belt member are arranged symmetrically and the lengths of both are equal. However, even if the lengths of the first belt member and the second belt member are different due to the tightening position, the ratio of the lateral length of the second belt member to the first belt member is 80% to 120%. % Is preferable. The lateral length of the belt member referred to in the present invention is the length from the base end portion to the tip end portion of the belt member.

  A button, a hook, a hook-and-loop fastener, etc. are used as a locking tool that detachably fixes both belt members. The locking device is arranged so that the back side (wearer side) of the first belt member and the front side of the second belt member, and the front side of the first belt member and the back side of the second belt member are paired.

  Examples of the material constituting the first belt member and the second belt member include nylon and polyurethane. Since it is necessary for the belt member to assist the tightening force of the supporter body, it is preferable that the belt member has a lower lateral expansion rate than the supporter body when a certain amount of force is applied in the tightened state.

  The material constituting the supporter body is not particularly limited as long as it is a material used for a normal supporter, but it is preferably composed of a stretch material that is stretchable in all directions.

  The supporter of the present invention is characterized in that one or more of the belt structures are provided. By providing the belt member, a supporter that can be uniformly tightened from the base end portion to the tip end portion of both belt members is obtained.

Next, the wearing method of the supporter of this invention is demonstrated. First, as shown in FIG. 1, the supporter body is worn on the corresponding part in a state where the belt member is opened or the belt member is sufficiently loosened. Next, both belt members are pulled from the state in which the first belt member is inserted into the opening in the second belt member, and both belt members are overlapped with each other by a locking tool so that the belt members overlap with each other while maintaining the necessary tightening force. Fix the belt member.
By being tightened by the first belt member and the second belt member, the supporter is equally applied with tightening force from both sides to improve fit. In addition, it is possible to easily perform operations from tightening to fixing and tightening force adjustment.

  In the description of the present invention, the horizontal direction is the circumferential direction of the supporter body, and the vertical direction is the direction perpendicular to the circumferential direction of the supporter body.

  Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 1 and 2 show a knee support using the belt structure of the present invention. FIG. 1 shows a state in which the belt member is opened, and FIG. 2 shows a state in which the belt member is fixed.

The first belt member 1 and the second belt member 2 are made of nylon and polyurethane, and the supporter body 11 is made of three layers using nylon for the front and back layers and chloroprene rubber or polyurethane sponge for the intermediate layer. The supporter body 11 is provided with a hole 6 for smooth bending of the knee joint, and a thick part 7 made of sponge is provided around the hole 6 as an auxiliary member for stabilizing the movement of the patella. The thick portion 7 is arranged so that a part is sandwiched between the supporter body and the belt member when the belt member is fixed. Since the lower part of the patella is a portion where fatigue is likely to accumulate, the lower part 7a of the patella in the thick part 7 can be made thicker by overlapping two sponges or the like. It becomes possible to press and fix more strongly.
The supporter 10 of this embodiment has a belt structure composed of the first belt member 1 and the second belt member 2 at two locations, the upper and lower portions of the knee joint portion, and the configuration of both belt structures is the same. The first belt member 1 and the second belt member 2 are arranged so that the longitudinal direction is the lateral direction.
The lateral lengths of the first belt member and the second belt member were both 100 mm along the longitudinal center line of the belt member. The length in the vertical direction was 30 mm.

  The base end portion 1a of the first belt member and the base end portion 2a of the second belt member are connected to both sides of the supporter body 11 by sewing. Further, the front end portions 1b and 2b of the respective belt members are arranged in a direction in which the belt members 1 and 2 overlap in the tightened state.

  An opening 3 for inserting the first belt member is provided in the vicinity of the distal end portion 2b of the second belt member. Specifically, a position of 35% from the front end side (position of 35 mm from the front end side) and a vertical center line of the opening 3 in the center line in the longitudinal direction of the second belt member are provided. The opening 3 has a rounded rectangular shape with a length of 32 mm in the vertical direction and a width of 3 mm in the horizontal direction.

  A male surface 5a of a hook-and-loop fastener is disposed on the back side (wearer side) front end portion of the first belt member and the back side front end portion of the second belt member, and a surface is provided on the front side of the first belt member and the front side of the second belt member. A female surface 5b of the fastener was provided. As for the front end portions of the belt members, the belt member is not locked at this portion, so that it is not necessary to provide a female surface of the hook-and-loop fastener.

  Although the knee supporter is shown in this embodiment, it is of course not limited to the knee support, and other parts of the supporter such as the elbow, upper arm, wrist, waist, thigh, lower limb, ankle, etc. A belt structure can be applied.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a state in which a belt member is opened in a supporter of an embodiment. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which the belt member is tightened and fixed in the supporter of the embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Supporter 11 Supporter main body 1 1st belt member 2 2nd belt member 1a, 2a Base end part 1b, 2b Tip part 3 Opening part 5a Male surface of surface fastener 5b Female surface of surface fastener 6 Hole 7 Thick part

Claims (4)

A belt structure arranged for tightening in a circumferential direction of a supporter, wherein the belt structure is composed of a first belt member and a second belt member, and base ends of both belt members are connected to a supporter body, Is arranged in the direction where both belt members overlap,
The first belt member has an opening for inserting a first belt member, and the first belt member and the second belt member are provided with a locking tool that allows both belt members to be attached and detached, and the first belt member is provided in the opening. A belt structure for a supporter, characterized in that both belt members can be fixed in a state where the belt members are overlapped with each other.   The belt structure for a supporter according to claim 1, wherein the opening is provided near the tip of the second belt member.   The belt structure for a supporter according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a ratio of a lateral length of the second belt member to the first belt member is 80% to 120%. A supporter comprising one or more belt structures according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

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