Abstract:
Disclosed is a leather belt including a band extending in the longitudinal direction and a buckle engaged with one end the band, the leather belt being adapted such that the leather belt is tightened by having the band put on around a waist of a user, the leather belt comprising: a panel-type heating element attached to the inside of the band; a cover sheet attached to the outside of the panel-type heating element for protecting the panel-type heating element; a case engaged with the outer surface of the band; and a control box received in the case, the control box having a battery built therein and provided with an operation button, wherein the panel-type heating element is connected to the control box by means of an electric wire so as to generate heat.

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
       [0001]    1. Field of the Invention 
         [0002]    The present invention relates to a leather belt adapted to be put on around a waist of a user, and more particular, to a leather belt which has a panel-type heating element attached to the inside thereof and is covered with a cover containing negative ion radiating material to make the lower abdominal portion of the user warm and radiate a large quantity of negative ions and far-infrared rays, thereby improving the health of the user. 
         [0003]    2. Background of the Related Art 
         [0004]    In general, when a user suffers from abdominal pains or menstrual pains, these pains can be treated based on the prescriptions of the doctor. However, if its symptoms are slight, the pains may be cured and stopped if the abdominal portion of the user is kept warm to thereby activate the functions of the bowels. 
         [0005]    Accordingly, it is necessary to warm the abdominal portion of the user by disposing a thermopad, which is warmed by heating the water therein, wrapped by a towel on the abdominal portion of the user or to use the thermopad emitting the heat by means of the electric energy so as to appease the abdominal pains or the menstrual pains. 
         [0006]    However, with regard to the use of the thermopad as described above, there occur problems such that troublesome warming process was required to warm the water, and the thermopad could be used restrictly because it requires a space on which the user could lie to use the thermopad, so it could not be used while the user is in the outside, to thereby make the use very inconvenient. 
         [0007]    Further, with regard to the conventional thermopad, it was impossible to expect such effects as improving the heath of the user by activating the functions of the bowels and facilitating the circulation of the blood through the radiation of the negative ions or the far-infrared rays beneficial to the human body. 
       SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
       [0008]    Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems occurring in the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to provide a leather belt which has a panel-type heating element attached to the inside thereof and is covered with a cover containing negative ion radiating material to make the lower abdominal portion of the user warm and radiate a large quantity of negative ions and far-infrared rays, thereby improving the health of the user. 
         [0009]    To accomplish the above objects, according to the present invention, there is provided a leather belt including a band extending in the longitudinal direction and a buckle engaged with one end the band, the leather belt being adapted such that the leather belt is tightened by having the band put on around a waist of a user, the leather belt including: a panel-type heating element attached to the inside of the band; a cover sheet attached to the outside of the panel-type heating element for protecting the panel-type heating element; a case engaged with the outer surface of the band; and a control box received in the case, the control box having a battery built therein and provided with an operation button, wherein the panel-type heating element is connected to the control box by means of an electric wire so as to generate heat. 
     
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         [0010]    The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be apparent from the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments of the present invention in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which: 
           [0011]      FIG. 1  is a perspective view illustrating an embodiment of the present invention; 
           [0012]      FIG. 2  is an exploded perspective view showing a part of a leather belt of the present invention by enlargement; 
           [0013]      FIG. 3  is a longitudinal cross-sectional view showing an embodiment of the present invention; 
           [0014]      FIG. 4  is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the present invention; 
           [0015]      FIGS. 5   a  and  5   b  are plane cross-sectional views illustrating the operation states of  FIG. 4 ; 
           [0016]      FIG. 6  is an exploded perspective view showing a part of  FIG. 4  by enlargement; 
           [0017]      FIG. 7  is a perspective view showing a part of  FIG. 4  by enlargement; 
           [0018]      FIG. 8  is a cross-sectional view showing a part of a panel-type heating element according to the present invention by enlargement; 
           [0019]      FIG. 9  is a schematic view showing the structure of the panel-type heating element according to the present invention. 
       
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
       [0020]    Reference will now be made in detail to the preferred embodiment of the present invention with reference to the attached drawings. 
         [0021]    As shown in  FIGS. 1 through 9 , a buckle  20  is engaged to one end of a band  10  extending in one directing, so that the band can be tightened by means of the buckle  20  after it is put on around the waist of the user. 
         [0022]    Naturally, the leather belt  1  as constructed above is made based on a well-known technical spirit. However, the most important feature of the present invention resides in that the panel-type heating element  30  is attached to the inside of the band  10  to thereby warm the abdominal portion of the user of the leather belt  1 . 
         [0023]    In other words, the panel-type heating element  30  is attached to the inside of the band  10  positioned to face with the buckle  20 , and a cover sheet  34  is attached to the outside of the panel-type heating element  30  so that it is secured by an adhesive or by means of sewing. 
         [0024]    The panel-type heating element is made of a thin plate type film which is fabricated by printing heating pigments (carbon black) on a heat resistant film such as PET, PEN, and is widely used, so that detailed description thereof is omitted. 
         [0025]    The band  10  is provided with a case  50 , a hanging band  52  provided at the rear of the case  50  is inserted into the band  10  to thereby be engaged with each other detachably, and a cover  51  is provided above the case  50 , so that it is closed after articles are received therein. 
         [0026]    A control box  40  is built in the case  50 , a battery is built in the control box  40 , and an operation button  41  and a display portion  42  are provided at one side of the control box  40 , so that the turning on/off, and the temperature control of the panel-type heating element  30 , and the like can be performed. 
         [0027]    The panel-type heating element  30  is constructed to be connected with the control box  40  by means of an electric wire  45  and a plug  43  so that it can produce heat. 
         [0028]    With regard to the present invention as described above, the leather belt  1  is put on around the waist of the user so that the panel-type heating element  30  is positioned at the abdominal portion of the user, and the button of the control box is operated to turn on the leather belt and set the temperature to a desired temperature to thereby supply the electric power to the panel-type heating element  30  so that it can produce heat. Accordingly, the abdominal portion of the user is maintained to be warm to thereby previously prevent or cure the menstrual pains and the abdominal pains. Also, it is advantageous that the thermo-therapy can be performed while the user is out or at home as the panel-type heating element  30  is attached in the leather belt  1 . 
         [0029]    Meanwhile, the leather belt can be used with the construction that the material radiating the negative ions and the far-infrared rays is contained in the cover sheet  34  for protecting the panel-type heating element  30 . 
         [0030]    With regard to the material  35  for radiating the negative ions and the far-infrared rays, it is constructed of mixtures fabricated by finely pulverizing minerals such as kaolin, zeolite, plagioclase, chlorite, tourmaline, and the like, filtering them with a sieve having a grain size of 400 to 500 mesh to thereby produce fine powder, and mixing the obtained materials at uniform weight. Thus, it is fabricated by spraying dough material obtained by mixing 84 to 88 wt. % of a mixture of the material radiating the negative ions and the far-infrared rays of with 12 to 16 wt. % of a liquefied adhesive uniformly on the cover sheet  34  and drying it. 
         [0031]    A polysol having a strong adhesive force is used as the adhesive, but a starch may be used, if necessary. A mixture of 78 to 82 wt. % of polysol, 10˜14 wt. % of pitch powder, and 7 to 9 wt. % of citric acid may be used as the adhesive. 
         [0032]    The polysol is an adhesive related to the adhesion of the paper and has a property of being well mixed with the starch, and can be made solely by an EVA (Ethylene Vinyl Acetate) or by a copolymer product with an Acryl-EVA. It acts to prevent the reduction of the adhesion force of the starch due to the mineral powder mixed with the starch to thereby increase the entire adhesion strength. 
         [0033]    Meanwhile, the characteristic property of the minerals used in the manufacturing method of the present invention is as follows. 
         [0034]    Kaolin is a mud produced from the decomposition of a rock or a stone by means of chemical reaction between materials such as water, carbonic acid, and the like, principal compositions of which are kaolinite (Al 2 O 3 , 2SiO 2 , 2H 2 O), and haloisite (Al 2 O 3 , SiO 2 , 4H 2 O). 
         [0035]    The kaolin is used as a raw material for a pottery, and is called a white soil, and is known to radiate a large quantity of far-infrared rays at the natural state. 
         [0036]    Zeolite is a general term of the mineral of aluminum silicate hydrate of alkali and alkaline earth. It is produced from a crevice or a cavity of the basic igneous rocks such as basalt, peperino, and the like, and often exists as secondary mineral in the granite and the gneiss. It can absorb other particulates, because the bonding of respective atom is loose in respective of the crystal structure, so that the frame is maintained if the water component filled in the gap between the atoms were emitted by means of high temperature. Thus, it can be used as an absorbent and is known to radiate a large quantity of far-infrared rays. 
         [0037]    Plagioclase is a soda lime feldspar pertaining to a triclinic system, and it is largely found in the metamorphic rocks. Also, it constitutes various types of twin crystal, and the plagioclase made of several compositions represents the structure of laminated bands. The plagioclase is known to radiate a large quantity of negative ions and far-infrared rays at the natural state. 
         [0038]    Chlorite is a mineral pertaining to a monoclinic system, principal composition of which is a hydrated silicate (Mg, Fe, Al) 12 (Si, Al) 8 O 20 (OH) 16  of aluminum, iron, and magnesium. 
         [0039]    The chlorite is largely found in several kinds of sedimentary rock, low temperature metamorphic rock, hydrothermal igneous rocks, and the like, and it is made by degeneration of the ferromagnesian mineral such as mica, amphibole, and pyroxene, and has properties of absorbing and removing the toxicity of the residual agricultural chemicals and stimulative odors by the property of radiating the negative ions and absorbing and decomposing the toxic materials at the natural state. 
         [0040]    Tourmaline is a mineral pertaining to a hexagonal system, principally made of complicated borosilicates composed of aluminum, iron, magnesium, and alkaline metals, and generates electricity by means of friction, and electrifies both ends to be negative and positive poles by the heating. 
         [0041]    The tourmaline is known to have functions of neutralization of the toxicity, deodorization, and the like by radiating the negative ions and the far-infrared rays at the natural state too. 
         [0042]    Therefore, the blood circulation is facilitated by the effect of radiating the negative ions and the far-infrared rays from the material  35  for radiating the negative ions and the far-infrared rays, which is composed of mineral components such as kaolin, zeolite, plagioclase, chlorite, and tourmaline, and the like sprayed on the cover sheet  34  to thereby improve the health of the user of the leather belt  1 , in addition to the advantages of obtaining the effect of deodorization for absorbing and removing the odor, the effect of removing the moisture for absorbing the sweat and the effect of sterilization, and the like. 
         [0043]    Further, when the material  35  for radiating the negative ions and the far-infrared rays, which is a mineral component, is heated with being face-contacted with the panel-type heating element  30 , the effect of radiating the negative ions and the far-infrared rays is maximized so that the negative ions and the far-infrared rays are permeated deep into the skin of the user to thereby facilitate the blood circulation, resulting in the great improvement of the health of the user of the leather belt  1 . 
         [0044]    Meanwhile, the buckle  20  can be variously constructed. For instance, as shown in  FIG. 4 , the buckle  20  can be constructed that the band  10  is wound around the ring  21  secured to one side of the rear surface thereof, and is secured by means of a clip  22 , the distal end of the band  10  is entered through a guide groove  23  formed at the other side of the rear surface thereof, a cylindrical rotation tube  24  engaged with the rear surface of the buckle  20  by means of a hinge  24   a  is elastically supported by a spring  27  secured in the tube, and a stopper  26  secured to the rotation tube  24  makes the distal end of the band  10  passing through the rotation tube  24  and the buckle  20  to be secured and passed when a lever  25  of the rotation tube  24  is operated. In this regard, the buckle  20  is characterized in that, it can be used in a structure that the distal end of the band  10  passes through the guide groove  23  formed at the rear surface of the buckle  20  and the stopper  26  of the rotation tube  24 , and then enters into the rear surface of the band  10  to thereby be close contacted with the abdominal portion of the user, and the panel-type heating element  30  is attached to the distal end of the band  10  contacting with the abdominal portion of the user. 
         [0045]    As described above, the panel-type heating element  30  having a size of about 30 cm is attached to the distal end of the band  10  which is in close contact with the abdominal portion. 
         [0046]    In other words, as shown in  FIG. 8  and  FIG. 9 , the panel-type heating element  30  is constructed that it is made by sewing a heating wire  31  as a warp with a cotton yarn  32  as a weft, a conductive wire  33  is sewn as a weft to thereby make the heating wire  31 , which is a warp, to be electrical contacts, both conductive wires  33  are respectively connected to terminals of a jack  44 , a plug  43  connected to the control box  40  is engaged with a joint hole  44   a  to thereby apply electric power to the conductive wires  33  to make the heating wire  31  to produce heat, and the jack  44  is constructed to pass through the band  10  to project to the front surface. 
         [0047]    Accordingly, when the plug  43  connected to the control box  40  is inserted into the engagement hole  44   a  of the jack  44  projected to the front of the band  10 , the panel-type heating element  30  can be very easily connected to the control box  40 , so that the heating wire  31  produces heat, when the electric power is turned on by operating the button of the control box  40  and the temperature is set to a desired level, to thereby supply the electric power of the battery to the conductive wire  33 . 
         [0048]    The reference numeral “60” in the drawing, which is not explained, represents a charger for charging the battery built in the control box  40 . 
         [0049]    As described above, according to the leather belt of the present invention, since the leather belt  1  is put on so that the panel-type heating element  30  is positioned at the abdominal portion of the user, and the button of the control box is operated to turn on the leather belt with the temperature being set to a desired temperature, so that the electric power is supplied to the panel-type heating element  30  to produce heat, the abdominal portion of the user is maintained to be warm to thereby prevent or treat the menstrual pains and the abdominal pains previously. Also, it is advantageous that the thermo-therapy can be performed irrespective of the place of use while the user is out or at home as the panel-type heating element  30  is attached to the leather belt  1 . Further, when the material  35  for radiating the negative ions and the far-infrared rays, which is a mineral component, is heated by the panel-type heating element  30 , the effect of radiating the negative ions and the far-infrared rays is maximized so that the negative ions and the far-infrared rays are permeated deep into the skin of the user to thereby facilitate the blood circulation, resulting in the great improvement of the health of the user of the leather belt  1 . 
         [0050]    While the present invention has been described with reference to the particular preferred embodiments, it is not restricted by the embodiments but only restricted by the appended claims. Also, it is to be understood that those skilled in the art can change or modify the embodiments without departing from the scope and spirit of the present invention, and such modifications are wholly pertained to the scope of the appending claims.