The present invention relates to a fixing equipment and, more particularly, to a hanging kit for suspending and fixing a limb.
Generally, while caring a patient, the patient needs to be moved frequently, such as for posture changing, cleaning, cloth changing, etc. However, such movements of the patient will cause a burden to a person caring the patient. Thus, a displacing machine is frequently used to move the patient. The conventional displacing machine has a suspending arm, and a conventional hanging kit can be hanged to the suspending arm after circling a limb of the patient. Thus, the limb of the patient can be hanged on the suspending arm for caring. Nonetheless, the conventional hanging kit can only hold the limb of the patient, resulting in the limb of the patient being prone to drop from the conventional hanging kit during movement of the suspending arm.
In light of this, it is necessary to improve the conventional hanging kit.
To solve the above disadvantages, it is an objective of the present invention to provide a hanging kit capable of effectively improving a fastness of the hanging kit holding a limb of a patient, preventing the limb of the patient from dropping from the hanging kit hanged on a supporting arm of a displacing machine.
It is another objective of the present invention to provide a hanging kit capable of further improving a safety when moving the limb of the patient.
As used herein, the term “one”, “a” or “an” for describing the number of the elements and members of the present invention is used for convenience, provides the general meaning of the scope of the present invention, and should be interpreted to include one or at least one. Furthermore, unless explicitly indicated otherwise, the concept of a single component also includes the case of plural components.
As used herein, the term “couple”, “assembly”, or similar terms is used to include separation of connected members without destroying the members after connection or inseparable connection of the members after connection. A person having ordinary skill in the art would be able to select according to desired demands in the material or assembly of the members to be connected.
A hanging kit according to the present invention includes a supporting member having at least one fixing portion and two suspending members respectively located at two opposite sides of the supporting member. The fixing portion has two coupling portions configured for coupling with each other. Each of the two suspending members has at least one suspending part and a connecting part, and the connecting part is configured for respectively connecting the two suspending members to the supporting member. The hanging kit further includes a fastening portion adjacent to an end of one of the two suspending members connected to the supporting member, and the fastening portion is configured to position the other one of the two suspending members. A through hole can be formed between the fastening portion and the supporting member. Thus, in a hanging state, the other one of the two suspending members passes through the through hole.
Accordingly, the hanging kit of the present invention can stably fix the limb of the patient on the supporting member with the fixing member, so that the limb of the patient will not drop from the supporting member when the limb of the patient is moved. Thus, the limb of patient can be securely fixed for convenient caring of the patient, such as cleaning, cloth changing, etc. Furthermore, one of the suspending members can be positioned by the fastening portion to prevent the two suspending members from separating from each other when hanging and hence to improve a fastness of the supporting member holding the limb of the patient. Thus, the limb of the patient will not drop from the supporting member to avoid injury of the patient.
In an example, the fixing portion is coupled with a surface of the supporting member by a connecting part located between two ends of the fixing portion. The two coupling portions are respectively located at two opposite sides of the supporting member with respect to the connecting part. Thus, the fixing portion can surround on a circumference of the limb of the patient, and the limb of the patient can be fixed by the two ends overlapping with each other to improve a fixing stability of the hanging kit.
In an example, the two coupling portions are configured to be a hook-and-loop fastener. Thus, the tightness of the fixing portion surrounding the limb of the patient can be conveniently adjusted to improve a convenience of using the hanging kit.
In an example, the two opposite sides of the supporting member are configured for detachably coupling with each other by a plurality of positioning members. Thus, the stability of the supporting member holding the limb of the patient can be improved.
In an example, each of the two suspending members has a plurality of suspending parts arranged at intervals. Thus, the two suspending members can be hanged with the suspending parts at different position, enabling adjustment of a hanging height of the limb of the patient.
The present invention will become clearer in light of the following detailed description of illustrative embodiments of this invention described in connection with the drawings.
When the terms “front”, “rear”, “left”, “right”, “up”, “down”, “top”, “bottom”, “inner”, “outer”, “side”, and similar terms are used herein, it should be understood that these terms have reference only to the structure shown in the drawings as it would appear to a person viewing the drawings and are utilized only to facilitate describing the invention, rather than restricting the invention.
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In summary, the hanging kit of the present invention can stably fix the limb of the patient in the supporting member with the fixing member, so that the limb of the patient will not drop from the supporting member when the limb of the patient is moved. Thus, the limb of patient can be securely fixed for convenient caring of the patient, such as cleaning, cloth changing, etc. Furthermore, one of the suspending members can be positioned by the fastening portion to prevent the two suspending members from separating from each other when hanging. Thus, the limb of the patient will not drop from the supporting member to avoid injury of the patient.
Although the invention has been described in detail with reference to its presently preferable embodiments, it will be understood by one of ordinary skill in the art that various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit and the scope of the invention, as set forth in the appended claims.
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