JP2015151653A - Support and method for manufacturing support - Google Patents

Abstract

[PROBLEMS] To easily obtain a wearing state at an appropriate wearing part according to a wearing part of a user, and after removing a supporter once attached in an appropriate state from the wearing part, it is appropriate only by performing a simple re-mounting operation. Provide a supporter that can reproduce the correct wearing state.
A plurality of strip-like body pieces 20 and 30 including at least one strip-like body piece 20 whose length can be adjusted by cutting according to the winding length around the mounting portion can be adjusted in length. After the band-shaped body piece 20 is cut, the band-shaped body 40 is formed by being connected to another band-shaped body piece 30 by an open fastener 50 that is a connecting means, and hook-and-loop fasteners 60 that are locking means are attached to both ends of the band-shaped body 40. It is the supporter 10 characterized by being made.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a supporter and a method for manufacturing the supporter, and more particularly to a supporter and a method for manufacturing the supporter that are attached to the body by winding the belt-like body around the attachment site and then locking both ends of the belt-like body.

  Among the supporters that are used by attaching to the joints of the body, etc., the main supporter is to hold (fix) the attachment part, and the belt-like body is wound around the attachment part and the edges of the belt-like body are faced to each other. 2. Description of the Related Art A structure that is attached to a body by being locked by a locking means such as a fastener is known. Examples of the configuration of such a supporter include those disclosed in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2.

JP 2010-158319 A JP 2012-217699 A

The supporters disclosed in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 are attached to both end edges of the belt-like body so that the hook-and-loop fasteners are paired, and after the belt-like body is wound around the attachment site, It is possible to install with the appropriate tightening condition.
On the other hand, when the same user wears a supporter on the same part, if the supporter is removed in a comfortable wearing state (or appropriate wearing state), the comfortable wearing state (or appropriate wearing state) is removed. Is released, and when it is mounted again, there is a problem that it is necessary to finely adjust the hooking position of the hook-and-loop fastener until a comfortable mounting state (or an appropriate mounting state) is reached.

  Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and the object of the present invention is to set a comfortable wearing state (or appropriate wearing state) for the user according to the wearing part of the user, and once wearing It is to provide a supporter and a supporter manufacturing method capable of reproducing a comfortable wearing state (or an appropriate wearing state) for a user by simply performing a remounting operation even after the removed supporter is removed. .

As a result of intensive studies by the inventor of the present application in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the following configuration has been conceived.
That is, according to the present invention, a plurality of strip-shaped body pieces including at least one strip-shaped body piece whose length can be adjusted by cutting in accordance with the winding length around the mounting site is a strip-shaped body in which the length can be adjusted. After cutting the piece, the supporter is connected to the other band-like piece by a connecting means to be formed into a band-like body, and a locking means is attached to both ends of the band-like body.

  This allows the body to be worn on the body in the same manner as a conventional supporter at the time of first wearing, but the length has been adjusted according to the user's wearing site in advance, so that the fine adjustment has been made When the attached supporter is removed from the attachment site, if it is removed using the connecting means, the finely adjusted state can be maintained. That is, when the supporter is remounted on the same mounting site, it is possible to obtain the mounting state of the supporter immediately after fine adjustment by simply connecting the connecting means.

  Moreover, it is preferable that the said connection means is an open fastener.

  As a result, the supporter can be mounted in a state in which the supporter is appropriately adjusted by simply performing an opening / closing operation of the open fastener.

  Moreover, it is preferable that the said latching means is a hook-and-loop fastener.

  Thereby, the fine adjustment of the position which latches the strip wound around the user's wearing part can be performed very simply.

  Further, a thin sheet material is attached to both ends of the belt-like body in a state where a part of the thin sheet material protrudes from an end of each of the belt-like bodies, and the surface of the thin sheet is projected to the protruding portion. A fastener is preferably attached.

  Thereby, the attachment operation | work of the hook_and_loop | surface fastener to the both ends of a strip | belt-shaped body can be performed easily.

  Moreover, it is preferable that the total thickness dimension of the said thin sheet material and the said surface fastener in the latching part of the said surface fastener is below the total thickness dimension of the said strip | belt-shaped body and the said thin sheet material.

  As a result, the thickness dimension at the locking position of the supporter mounted on the mounting site can be reduced, so that the appearance of the supporter after mounting can be improved, and the user's mobility can be improved by mounting the supporter. Can be minimized.

  In addition, a belt-like body formed by connecting a plurality of belt-like body pieces by a connecting means is wound around a body mounting site, and the both ends in the winding direction of the belt-like body are attached by being locked by a locking means. A method of manufacturing a supporter, the step of adjusting the length dimension of at least one strip-shaped body piece of the plurality of strip-shaped body pieces according to the winding length to the mounting site, In at least two band-shaped body pieces, ie, a band-shaped body piece whose length has been adjusted by cutting, and another band-shaped body piece, a pair of connecting means are connected to ends adjacent to each other among the ends in the winding direction to the mounting site. A pair of locking means that can be locked at an arbitrary position is attached to the other end portion of the end portion in the winding direction of the band-shaped body piece to which the connecting means is attached to the attachment site. Having a process of And features.

  Thereby, at the time of the first wearing, it can equip with a body with the wearing method similar to the conventional supporter. When removing the supporter mounted in a state where the length is adjusted to the mounting part, if the removal is performed using the connecting means, the winding length to the mounting part can be maintained. When the supporter is remounted on the same mounting site, it is possible to obtain the mounting state of the supporter immediately after fine adjustment by simply connecting the connecting means.

  In addition, the step of attaching the locking means to the band-shaped body piece includes winding around the attachment site in at least two band-shaped body pieces of the band-shaped body piece adjusted in length by the cutting and another band-shaped body piece. A part of the thin sheet material is overlapped with the other end portion of the end portions in the direction, and the end portion in the winding direction of the band-shaped body piece to the mounting portion from the other end portion to the mounting portion After attaching the thin sheet material in the winding direction, the thin sheet material is protruded from the other end portion of the strip-shaped body piece from the other end portion of the strip-shaped body piece. It is preferable that it is a process of attaching a hook-and-loop fastener in the state where it is covered.

  As a result, the increase in the thickness of the locking part due to the overlap of the hook-and-loop fastener can be minimized, so the appearance is good when worn, and the decrease in user mobility is minimized. Supporters can be provided.

  By employing the supporter and the supporter manufacturing method according to the present invention, it can be worn on the body in the same manner as a conventional supporter at the time of first wearing. At this time, by using the locking means, the locking position can be finely adjusted, and an appropriate mounting state corresponding to the mounting site of the user can be obtained. When removing the supporter in a state where the winding length around the attachment part is finely adjusted from the attachment part in this way, if the removal is performed using the connecting means, the finely adjusted state is maintained, so the supporter When reattaching to the same attachment site, the supporter can be immediately attached in an appropriate state by simply connecting the connecting means.

It is a front view of the supporter concerning a 1st embodiment. It is a front view of the supporter concerning a 2nd embodiment. It is an enlarged bottom view in the A part and B part in FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state which latched the hook-and-loop fastener attached to the both ends site | part of the supporter shown in FIG. It is a front view which shows the modification of the supporter concerning this invention.

  DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments of a supporter according to the present invention will be specifically described based on the drawings.

(First embodiment)
FIG. 1 is a front view showing a supporter according to the first embodiment. The supporter 10 according to the present embodiment is formed in a belt-like body 40 in which two belt-like body pieces 20 and 30 are connected by connecting means described later.

  At least one of the two strip-like body pieces 20 and 30 is preliminarily adjusted in length by cutting so as to match the winding length at the user's wearing site. Here, the length of the strip 20 was adjusted by cutting. The open fastener 50 as a connecting means is connected to the end portions adjacent to each other in the state in which the strip-shaped body piece 20 whose length is adjusted by cutting in this way and the other strip-shaped body piece 30 are arranged in the winding direction around the mounting portion. Is attached by a known method such as sewing. The open fastener 50 is attached so that it may become a pair in each strip | belt-shaped body piece 20,30.

  Further, a hook-and-loop fastener 60 as a locking means is attached to the other end of the two strip-shaped body pieces 20 and 30 by a known method such as sewing. The hook-and-loop fastener 60 is attached so that it may become a pair in each strip | belt-shaped body piece 20 and 30. FIG. The hook-and-loop fastener 60 is for locking the both ends of the belt-like body 40 at arbitrary positions after the belt-like body 40 is wound around the user's body (mounting site). Is attached over a required range along the direction in which the wire is wound around the mounting site.

  In this way, the two strips 20 and 30 having the open fastener 50 attached to one end and the surface fastener 60 attached to the other end are connected by the open fastener 50 so that a pair is attached to both ends. A belt-like body 40 (supporter 10) as shown in FIG. 1 to which the hook and loop fastener 60 is attached can be obtained.

  The user winds the belt-like body 40 (supporter 10) around the attachment site, and then finely adjusts the tightening degree by the belt-like body 40 (supporter 10) in the wound portion, and the belt-like body 40 (supporter 10) with the hook-and-loop fastener 60. ) Are positioned and locked, and the belt-like body 40 (supporter 10) can be attached.

  In this way, when the supporter 10 mounted in a state (appropriate state) fitted to the user's mounting site is removed, the open fastener 50 may be opened and returned to the belt-shaped body 40. The belt-like body 40 in a state where the open fasteners 50 are located at both ends in the winding direction to the mounting site is not particularly illustrated, but the two belt-like body pieces 20 and 30 are locking means at adjacent end portions. It is in a state of being locked (connected) by the hook-and-loop fastener 60. After the belt-like body 40 in such a state is wound again around the same wearing part of the same user, the supporter 10 is fitted to the user's wearing part by tightening the open fasteners 50 at both ends of the belt-like body 40. It can be reattached in the state where

(Second Embodiment)
FIG. 2 is a front view showing a supporter according to the second embodiment. FIG. 3 is an enlarged bottom view of portions A and B in FIG. FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing a state in which hook-and-loop fasteners attached to both ends of the supporter shown in FIG. 2 are locked.

In the present embodiment, the same configurations as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals used in the first embodiment, and detailed description thereof is omitted here.
As shown in FIG. 2, the supporter 10 according to the present embodiment is characterized by a structure in which the hook-and-loop fastener 60 is attached to the two strip-shaped body pieces 20 and 30. Here, when attaching the hook-and-loop fastener 60 to a specific end portion of the band-shaped body pieces 20 and 30 whose length is adjusted by cutting, at least one of the band-shaped body pieces 20 and 30 is attached to the surface fastener 60. A thin sheet material 70 is attached to the end. This thin sheet material 70 is in a state where a part of the thin sheet material 70 is overlapped with the end portion of the belt-like body piece 20, 30 to which the surface fastener 60 is attached, and the thin sheet material 70 is attached from the end portion of the belt-like body piece 20, 30 to which the surface fastener 60 is attached. The material 70 is attached in a protruding state.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the thin sheet material 70 is attached to the mounting surface side (the upper surface side of the strip-shaped body piece 20 in FIG. 3) to the mounting portion of the supporter 10 with respect to the strip-shaped body piece 20. The belt-like body piece 30 is preferably attached to the outer surface side of the supporter 10 (the lower surface side of the belt-like body piece 30 in FIG. 3). Although the thin sheet material 70 is not particularly limited, it is preferable that the thickness dimension t1 of the thin sheet material 70 is sufficiently thin with respect to the thickness dimension of the strip-shaped body pieces 20 and 30.

  In the present embodiment, the sum of the thickness dimension t3 of the thin sheet material 70 and the thickness dimension t2 of the one surface fastener 60A is the sum of the thickness dimension of the strip-shaped body piece 20 and the thickness dimension of the thin sheet material 70. It was made to become less than half of T. Further, the sum of the thickness dimension t3 of the thin sheet material 70 and the thickness dimension t3 of the other surface fastener 60B is not more than half of the sum T of the thickness dimension of the strip-shaped body piece 30 and the thickness dimension of the thin sheet material 70. It was made to become. In addition, the thickness dimension of the strip | belt-shaped body pieces 20 and 30 in this embodiment is an equal thickness dimension, respectively.

  A pair of hook-and-loop fasteners 60 </ b> A and 60 </ b> B are attached to the end edges of the thin sheet material 70 attached to the belt-like body pieces 20 and 30 in this way. The pair of hook-and-loop fasteners 60 </ b> A and 60 </ b> B are attached to the thin sheet material 70 at positions separated from the end positions of the strip-shaped body pieces 20 and 30 so as not to overlap with the strip-shaped body pieces 20 and 30. The pair of hook-and-loop fasteners 60A and 60B attached through the thin sheet material 70 in this way is compared with the first embodiment in the thickness dimension of the locking portion in a state where the locking surfaces are locked. Can be made much thinner.

  In the present embodiment, the thickness dimension (that is, the pair of hook-and-loop fasteners 60A and 60B (t2 + t3) and the two thin-walled fasteners) in a state where the hook-and-loop fastener 60A and 60B are locked. It is particularly preferable that the total thickness dimension of the sheet material 70 (t1 × 2) is equal to or less than the thickness dimension of the belt-like body piece 20 and the thin sheet 70. By adopting such a configuration, the engaging portions of the pair of hook-and-loop fasteners 60A and 60B when the supporter 10 is mounted can be in a smart appearance, and the engaging portions of the pair of hook-and-loop fasteners 60A and 60B This is advantageous in that a decrease in user mobility due to the increase in thickness can be minimized.

  As for the supporter 10 in this embodiment, the first mounting method to the user's mounting site, the removing method of the supporter 10 from the mounted state, and the mounting method and removing method of the supporter 10 for the second and subsequent times are the same as in the first embodiment. The same can be done.

(Manufacturing method of supporter)
Next, a supporter manufacturing method in the present embodiment will be described.
First, the length dimension of at least one of the two belt-like body pieces 20 and 30 (here, the belt-like body piece 20) is cut according to the winding length around the mounting site. Adjust the length. Next, one of the end portions in the winding direction of the band-shaped body piece 30 and the band-shaped body piece 20 whose length is adjusted by the cutting in the winding direction (separation between the band-shaped body piece 20 and the band-shaped body piece 30) A pair of open fasteners 50, which are connecting means, are attached to the ends) by a known method such as sewing.

  Subsequently, the other end portion (the end portion at the position facing the mounting end portion of the open fastener 50) of the end portions in the winding direction around the mounting portion of the two strip-like body pieces 20 and 30 to which the open fastener 50 is attached. 1), a belt-like body 40 (supporter 10) as shown in FIG. 1 can be obtained by attaching a pair of hook-and-loop fasteners 60A and 60B as locking means that can be locked at an arbitrary position.

  Moreover, when attaching a pair of hook-and-loop fastener 60A, 60B to the strip | belt-shaped body pieces 20 and 30, a part of thin sheet | seat material 70 is attached to the edge part equivalent to the both ends in the winding direction to the mounting | wearing site | part of the strip | belt-shaped body 40. Is attached by a known method such as sewing so as to overlap the end portions of the belt-like body pieces 20 and 30. At this time, the thin sheet material 70 is attached in a state in which the thin sheet material 70 protrudes from the end portions corresponding to both end portions in the winding direction of the belt-like body 40 to the attachment site. Next, a pair of hook-and-loop fasteners 60A and 60B are attached to the protruding portions of the thin sheet material 70 from the end portions of the strip-shaped body pieces 20 and 30, respectively, in a state separated from the end portions of the strip-shaped body pieces 20 and 30. A belt-like body 4 (supporter 10) as shown in FIG. 2 can be obtained.

  Although the supporter 10 according to the present invention has been specifically described above based on the embodiment, the supporter 10 according to the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and each is within a range not changing the gist of the invention. It is also possible to adopt an embodiment in which the configuration is appropriately changed. For example, in the above embodiment, although the strip | belt-shaped body piece 20 and 30 by which the length dimension was adjusted by cutting at least 1 sheet | seat is connected with a connection means, embodiment which forms the strip | belt-shaped body 40 is described. An embodiment in which the belt-like body 40 is formed by connecting three or more belt-like body pieces whose length dimensions are adjusted by cutting at least one of them can also be adopted.

  Moreover, although the embodiment which employ | adopted the hook_and_loop | surface fastener 60 as a latching means is demonstrated in the above embodiment, the other well-known latching represented by the structure of the belt 80 and the buckle 82 as shown in FIG. Means may be employed in place of the hook-and-loop fastener 60. In short, any locking means that can lock both end edges of the belt-like body 40 (supporter 10) in the winding direction at an arbitrary position may be used.

Moreover, although the open fastener 50 is illustrated as a connection means in the above embodiment, it is also possible to employ | adopt a button etc. as a connection means instead of the open fastener 50. FIG.
In addition, it is also possible to employ a configuration in which the embodiments and modifications described above are appropriately combined.

10 Supporters 20, 30 Band-shaped body piece 40 Band-shaped body 50 Open fastener (connection means)
60 (60A, 60B) Hook fastener (locking means)
70 Thin sheet material 80 Belt 82 Buckle

Claims (7)

A plurality of strip-shaped body pieces including at least one strip-shaped body piece whose length can be adjusted by cutting according to the winding length to the mounting site, after cutting the strip-shaped body piece capable of length adjustment, It is connected to the other band-shaped piece by a connecting means and formed into a band-shaped body,
A supporter characterized in that locking means are attached to both ends of the belt-like body.   The supporter according to claim 1, wherein the connecting means is an open fastener.   The supporter according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the locking means is a hook-and-loop fastener. At both ends of the strip, the thin sheet material is attached in a state where a part of the thin sheet material protrudes from the end of each of the strips,
The supporter according to claim 3, wherein the hook-and-loop fastener is attached to a protruding portion of the thin sheet.   The total thickness dimension of the said thin sheet | seat material and the said hook_and_loop | surface fastener in the latching | locking part of the said hook_and_loop | surface fastener is below the total thickness dimension of the said strip | belt-shaped body and the said thin-walled sheet | seat material. Supporter. A supporter to be mounted by winding a band formed by connecting a plurality of band-shaped pieces by a connecting means around a body mounting site, and locking both ends in the winding direction of the band by a locking means. A manufacturing method comprising:
A step of adjusting the length dimension of at least one of the plurality of strip-shaped body pieces by cutting according to the winding length to the mounting site; and
In at least two belt-like body pieces, ie, the belt-like body piece whose length is adjusted by the cutting, and the other belt-like body piece, a pair of connecting means is paired with an end portion adjacent to each other in an end portion in the winding direction to the mounting site. Attaching and
A step of attaching a pair of locking means that can be locked at an arbitrary position to the other end portion in the winding direction to the attachment site of the band-shaped body piece to which the coupling means is attached;
The supporter manufacturing method characterized by having. The step of attaching the locking means to the strip is
A part of the thin sheet material at the other end of the end portions in the winding direction to the attachment site in at least two pieces of the strip-shaped body piece adjusted in length by the cutting and the other strip-shaped body piece And attaching the thin sheet material in a state where the thin sheet material protrudes from the other end portion in the winding direction to the mounting portion among the end portions in the winding direction to the mounting portion of the strip-shaped body piece. ,
The step of attaching a hook-and-loop fastener to the protruding portion of the thin sheet material from the other end portion of the strip-shaped body piece in a state separated from the other end portion of the strip-shaped body piece. 6. A method for producing a supporter according to 6.

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