Title:
Wheelchair cushion
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP6286245
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a wheelchair cushion, in which: the hardness/softness and the shape of the cushion can be partly adjusted; the hardness thereof can be adjusted according to the body of a user of the wheelchair; and the hardness and the shape thereof can be adjusted to be suitable for the user according to the state of disabilities and the like of the user.SOLUTION: A wheelchair cushion 1 comprises: a seat part 4 that has a femur support part 2 on the front side and a hip support part 3 on the rear side, which are formed into one lump comprising at least three layers, the layers being obtained by pasting together an outer shell member 11 formed of a rigid foam, surface layer members 12, 13 formed of a soft foam, a gel member 7 softer than the surface layer member 12, and inner soles formed of a semirigid foam, which are interposed between a femur part seating surface part 12b and the outer shell member 11 and between the surface member 13 constituting a back face and the outer shell member 11; and a rear support part 5 and a pair of right and left side support parts 6, which are provided so as to extend toward the upper side of a seating face at a peripheral edge part of the hip support part 3 of the seat part 4 in such a manner as to support the hip (pelvis) from three directions.
Inventors:
Ryosuke Akabane
Tomoaki Ichikawa
Takeshi Kashiwara
Hiroyo Takano
Gosei
Tomoaki Ichikawa
Takeshi Kashiwara
Hiroyo Takano
Gosei
Application Number:
JP2014064146A
Publication Date:
February 28, 2018
Filing Date:
March 26, 2014
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Takano Co., Ltd.
International Classes:
A61G5/10
Domestic Patent References:
| JP9051918A | ||||
| JP55108359A | ||||
| JP2139549U | ||||
| JP6075454U | ||||
| JP2011098182A | ||||
| JP46039415B1 | ||||
| JP2007143835A |
Foreign References:
| US4682818 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Kazumi Murase