JP2002306557A - Treatment belt - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a treatment belt which is mounted on different parts of a human body to excellently perform a treatment. SOLUTION: V-shape notch parts 2 and 3 are symmetrically arranged in the left and right ends of a belt main body 1 while leaving the center part as it is so as to vertically dividing the belt main body 1 so that a part between the upper and lower parts of a belt 100 is bent with the high degree of freedom. A twist which is concentrated in the center part of the belt main body 1 and which is formed by bending the V-shape notch parts 2 and 3 in an opening direction at the part between the upper and lower parts in a state where the belt 100 is wound around the user's body is absorbed by an oblong hole 8 which is disposed in the center part of the belt main body 1. Thus the belt main body 1 is naturally bent and deformed and also a damage such as a crack which is caused by the concentration of stress to the center part is prevented.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a treatment belt used for an air treatment device or the like for performing a body treatment by inflating and contracting an air bag by air supply and exhaust.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is an air treatment device which performs treatment by pressing / relaxing a treatment target part of a body by expansion and contraction of an air bag by air supply and exhaust. In such an air treatment device, the airbag is attached to a belt with a hook-and-loop fastener, and the treatment belt is wrapped around the body and fixed so that the airbag is applied to a target treatment target part of the body.

[0003] In general, treatment belts for airbags are available in various sizes (widths, lengths) and shapes according to each part of the body such as feet, arms and waist. A belt with the optimal size and shape was selected and used according to the part to be treated. Such a treatment belt can be easily attached and detached, and the user only needs to purchase a belt of a required size and shape. Therefore, there is an advantage that the user who wants to treat only a specific part is economical and easy.

[0004]

On the other hand, when there are a number of parts to be treated, there is a problem that all treatment belts suitable for those parts must be arranged. Also, if there are a number of treatment belts at hand, there is a risk that the user may be confused by the choice of wearing the treatment belt, and may accidentally break the treatment belt that is not suitable for use.

[0005] The present invention has been made to solve such problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a treatment belt which can be worn on various parts of a human body to perform a good treatment.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, a treatment belt according to the present invention comprises a belt body and left and right ends of the belt body so as to divide the belt body into an upper part and a lower part. A pair of cutouts provided symmetrically from the center to the center, and provided at the center of the belt body to absorb the bending that occurs when the belt body is bent between an upper part and a lower part. And a hole for
A plurality of air valves for air treatment attached to the upper part and the lower part of the belt body, respectively.

That is, in the treatment belt of the present invention, the upper and lower portions of the belt main body can be bent with a high degree of freedom by the pair of left and right cutouts. In addition, when this multipurpose treatment belt is wound around the body part and folded between the upper and lower parts in the direction in which the notch is opened, the central part of the belt body tends to concentrate, but the central part of the belt body Is provided with a hole, so that the hole absorbs more and allows the belt body to be bent naturally without a sense of resistance, and damage such as cracks due to stress concentration in the center of the belt body Can be prevented from occurring.

As described above, according to the treatment belt of the present invention, the space between the upper part and the lower part of the belt body can be bent with a high degree of freedom and naturally, so that it can be naturally worn on various parts of the body. it can.

For example, not only on the feet and arms, but also on the heel of the foot from the instep to the inflated shin, between the knees on the inflated shin to the thigh, and on the elbow between the upper arm and the lower arm It can be naturally attached to the part between the joints, such as between.

[0010] Further, by providing a difference between the width of the upper portion and the lower portion of the belt body, the ease of attachment to a portion where the size of the body changes is improved.

Further, by providing a difference between the size of the upper air valve and the size of the lower air valve,
When attached to a part having a different body size such as a part sandwiching the joint, air treatment can be applied to that part on average.

Further, by providing a joining portion capable of joining and separating the upper left and right end portions and the lower left and right end portions of the belt main body vertically independently, for example, two treatment belts are combined. It can also be used, for example, to treat the waist and thighs.

[0013]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a development view of a multi-purpose treatment belt according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a view showing a configuration of an entire treatment apparatus including the multi-purpose treatment belt of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, V-shaped notches 2 and 3 are provided symmetrically at the left and right ends of the belt body 1 of the multipurpose treatment belt 100 according to the present invention, respectively. The hook-and-loop fasteners 4, 5, 6, and 7 are respectively attached to the upper and lower sides of the notches 2, 3 on both the left and right sides. These hook-and-loop fasteners 4, 5, 6, and 7 can be joined by what is provided symmetrically. Therefore, this multi-purpose treatment belt 10
0 is up and down 2 by two sets of hook and loop fasteners 4, 5, 6, 7
It can be used by wrapping it around various parts of the body.

Further, an elliptical hole 8 is formed in the center of the belt body 1 to absorb the distortion generated when the belt is worn on the body. Airbags 11 and 12 for air treatment and planar electrodes 13 and 14 for pulsation are respectively attached and fixed to upper and lower portions with the portion 8 interposed therebetween.

The valves 11a, 11a,
12a is connected to the tip of an air hose 202 derived from an air supply device 201 in the controller 200 shown in FIG.
Pressurization, pressurization maintenance, and depressurization of 1 and 12 are repeated.

Further, the terminals 13 of the planar electrodes 13 and 14
a and 14a can be electrically connected to a pulse power supply 203 in the controller 200 shown in FIG. 2 through a cable 204, and treatment by a pulse current is possible. In addition, treatment with pulse current is mainly called drainage, which has the effect of stimulating the surface of the human body with a pulse in a specific frequency band to promote the flow of lymph and remove edema, and lower frequencies. There is a so-called toning, which stimulates deep parts of the body with band pulses to contract muscles, promotes blood circulation and activates metabolism.

The planar electrodes 13 and 14 are formed by coating conductive carbon ink on the surface of a flexible urethane resin, or by bonding aluminum to the surface of a flexible insulating strip. Alternatively, a member made of conductive rubber or silicon can be used.

By the way, the V-shaped notch 2, provided in the multipurpose treatment belt 100 of the present embodiment,
3 and the oval hole 8 are elements that enable the multipurpose treatment belt 100 to be worn on various parts of the body.

The left and right V-shaped notches 2 and 3 are provided symmetrically so as to divide the belt main body 1 up and down except for a central portion including a hole 8. It is possible to bend between the upper part and the lower part with a high degree of freedom. Also, when the multi-purpose treatment belt 100 is wound around the body and the upper and lower portions are bent in the direction in which the V-shaped cutouts 2 and 3 are opened, the central portion of the belt body 1 is concentrated. Rather, it is absorbed by an oval hole 8 provided in the central portion of the belt body 1. This makes it possible to naturally bend and deform the belt main body 1 and prevent breakage such as a crack due to stress concentration on the central portion.

Next, an example of mounting the multi-purpose treatment belt 100 of the present embodiment to various parts of the body will be described.

FIG. 3 shows an example in which the multipurpose treatment belt 100 of the present embodiment is mounted on the instep and calf. The heel is exposed from the V-shaped cutouts 2 and 3, and the upper part of the belt is attached to the instep, and the lower part of the belt is attached to the inflatable shin. Multipurpose treatment belt 1 of the present embodiment
00 has a degree of freedom in bending the upper and lower portions of the belt body 1 as described above, so that the ankle can be bent naturally, and the airbags 11, 12 can be bent even if the ankle is bent.
Also, the degree of adhesion between the planar electrodes 13 and 14 and the body does not decrease.

In the multi-purpose treatment belt 100 of the present embodiment, the upper and lower widths of the belt body 1 and the size (area) of the upper and lower airbags 11 and 12 are different. In this example, the width of the lower portion of the belt and the size of the lower airbag 12 are larger than the width of the upper portion of the belt and the size of the upper airbag 11. This enhances the flexibility of attachment to various parts of the body.

FIG. 4 shows an example in which the multipurpose treatment belt 100 of the present embodiment is mounted on an inflatable shin. In this case, by applying the larger airbag 12 to the upper part of the inflatable shin and the smaller airbag 11 to the lower part of the inflatable shin, it is possible to perform an average air treatment on the entire inflatable shin. it can. Of course, depending on the purpose, for example, when air treatment is to be performed locally, the large and small airbags 11 and 12 may be reversed and applied to the upper and lower parts of the inflated shin.

FIG. 5 shows an example in which the multi-purpose treatment belt 100 of this embodiment is worn on the inflated shin and the thigh. The knee portion is exposed from the V-shaped cutouts 2 and 3, and, for example, the larger airbag 12 is applied to the thigh and the smaller airbag 11 is applied to the inflated shin.
Average air treatment can be performed. Of course, similarly to the above, depending on the purpose, for example, when performing a local treatment, the large and small airbags 11 and 12 may be mounted in reverse. Also in this mounting example, since the upper and lower parts of the belt body 1 are freely bent, the knees can be bent naturally. The degree of adhesion between 13, 14 and the body surface does not decrease. Therefore, air treatment and pulse treatment can be performed favorably.

FIG. 6 shows an example in which the multipurpose treatment belt 100 of this embodiment is worn on an arm. In this case, the elbow portion is exposed from the V-shaped cutouts 2 and 3, and, for example, the larger airbag 12 is applied to the upper arm, and the smaller airbag 11 is applied to the lower arm, whereby the entire arm is exposed. The air treatment can be performed on average. Also in this mounting example, since the upper and lower parts of the belt body 1 are freely bent, the elbow can be bent naturally, and even if the elbow is bent, the airbags 11, 12 and the planar electrodes 13, Since the degree of adhesion between the body 14 and the body surface does not decrease, air treatment and pulse treatment can be performed favorably.

FIG. 7 shows an example in which the multipurpose treatment belt 100 according to the present embodiment is attached to the waist and the thigh.

As shown in the figure, by using two multi-purpose treatment belts 100a and 100b in combination, it is possible to perform treatment on the waist and the thigh. For example, each surface fastener 4 on the upper part of two multipurpose treatment belts 100a and 100b.
5, the two belts 100a and 100b are joined to each other and attached around the waist.
The lower part of 00b is wrapped around the left and right thighs and mounted.

The multipurpose treatment belt 100a, 1
V-shaped notch portions 2 and 3 between the upper and lower portions of 00b
Is given a high degree of freedom, so that a natural walking motion in a state of wearing is possible, and the degree of adhesion between the airbags 11, 12 or the planar electrodes 13, 14 and the body surface is improved by the walking motion. Since it does not decrease, it is possible to perform air treatment and pulsation well, and it can be expected to have an effect on the correction of the bone bag.

[0031]

As described above, the treatment belt of the present invention has the following excellent effects.

Since the space between the upper part and the lower part of the belt body can be bent with a high degree of freedom and naturally, it can be naturally worn on various parts of the body. For example, for the feet and arms, of course, between the instep and the inflated shin with the heel of the foot in between, from the inflated shin to the thigh with the knee in between, and from the upper arm to the lower arm with the elbow in between It can be naturally attached to the part where the indirect is sandwiched.

Further, by providing a difference between the width of the upper portion and the width of the lower portion of the belt main body, it is possible to freely attach the belt main body to a portion where the body size changes.

Further, by providing a difference between the size of the upper air valve and the size of the lower air valve,
When attached to a part having a different body size such as a part sandwiching the joint, air treatment can be applied to that part on average.

Further, by providing a joining portion capable of joining and separating the upper and lower end portions of the belt main body and the left and right end portions of the lower portion independently of each other vertically, for example, two treatment belts are combined. It can also be used, for example, to treat the waist and thighs.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a development view of a multipurpose treatment belt according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of an entire treatment apparatus including the multipurpose treatment belt of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a view showing a state in which the multipurpose treatment belt of the present embodiment is worn on the instep and inflated shin.

FIG. 4 is a view showing a state in which the multipurpose treatment belt of the present embodiment is worn on an inflatable shin.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a state in which the multipurpose treatment belt of the present embodiment is worn on the inflated shin and the thigh.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a state in which the multipurpose treatment belt of the present embodiment is worn on an arm.

FIG. 7 is a view showing a state in which the multipurpose treatment belt according to the present embodiment is worn on a waist and a thigh and is worn.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Belt main body 2, 3 ... V-shaped notch part 4, 5, 6, 7 ... Surface fastener 8 ... Hole part 11, 12 ... Airbag 13, 14 ... Planar electrode 100 ... Multipurpose treatment belt

Continued on the front page F term (reference) 4C053 BB03 BB23 BB36 JJ02 JJ24 JJ36 4C100 AA00 AD31 BC05 BC11 BC14 CA20 DA05 DA06 DA08 DA09 DA10 EA05

Claims (5)

[Claims] A belt body; and a pair of notches provided symmetrically from right and left ends of the belt body to a center so as to divide the belt body into an upper part and a lower part. A hole portion provided at a central portion of the belt body for absorbing a twist generated when the belt body is bent between an upper portion and a lower portion; and a hole portion attached to the upper portion and the lower portion of the belt body, respectively. A treatment belt, comprising: a plurality of air valves for air treatment. 2. The treatment belt according to claim 1, further comprising a plurality of planar electrodes for pulsation attached to the upper portion and the lower portion of the belt body, respectively. 3. The treatment belt according to claim 1, wherein the width of the upper portion and the width of the lower portion of the belt main body are different from each other. 4. The treatment belt according to claim 3, wherein the size of the upper air valve is different from the size of the lower air valve. 5. The belt body according to claim 1, further comprising a joining portion capable of vertically joining and detaching the left and right ends of the upper portion and the left and right ends of the lower portion independently. 5. A treatment belt according to any one of claims 4 to 4.