Title:
BED-LEAVING CONFIRMATION DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2016135385
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bed-leaving confirmation device which is inexpensive and can be easily attached to and detached from a bed, and the maintenance of which can be easily performed.SOLUTION: An elastic member (butterfly-shaped spring 23) provided in a bed 20 applies energy to the lower surface of a mattress 21 upward, which allows a gap 25 to be formed between the lower surface of a mattress 21 and the floor material of the bed 20 on which the mattress 21 is placed in the state that a person is not staying on the mattress 21. A bed-leaving confirmation device 1 is placed in the gap 25 of the bed 20. The bed-leaving confirmation device includes: a strip-shaped substrate 4 fitted into the floor or beam of the bed; a plurality of tactile switches 6 disposed inside the strip-shaped substrate 4; and a controller 3 for detecting whether the person is staying on the mattress or not, and/or a change in the position of the person on the mattress from the ON/OFF of the tactile switches.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Inventors:
HANADA EISUKE
HATA KOJI
HATA KOJI
Application Number:
JP2016090432A
Publication Date:
July 28, 2016
Filing Date:
April 28, 2016
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SANIN SEIGYO CORP
International Classes:
A61G12/00
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2005152616A | 2005-06-16 | |||
| JP2007202847A | 2007-08-16 | |||
| JPH06304209A | 1994-11-01 | |||
| JP2006263454A | 2006-10-05 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Taji U.S. Patent Office