HK1125880B - Exercise machine - Google Patents

Description

Exercise device

Technical Field

The present invention relates to exercise apparatuses that a user exercises himself or herself, or assists in exercising using a drive mechanism such as one or more motors provided in a drive unit.

Background

A conventional leg-stepping exercise device with pedals includes a saddle fixed to an exercise device body and capable of sitting down with the feet extended, and a pair of pedals provided at positions where both feet can reach when sitting on the saddle and capable of bearing a predetermined load. This exercise device is mainly used for exercising muscles of legs by putting feet on the pedals in a seated posture and performing a left-right alternate leg kicking action (see, for example, patent document 1).

Further, a saddle-riding type exercise device is known in which a seat portion of the exercise device is swung in up and down, front and rear, left and right directions by a coil spring or the like (for example, see patent document 2).

[ patent document 1] Japanese patent application laid-open No. 2000-116818

[ patent document 2] Japanese patent application laid-open No. 2003-190347

In general, exercise apparatuses are desired to have a structure that can exercise muscles of a part to be tightened by directly acting on the part, such as a shoulder, a leg, or an arm, in addition to a whole body exercise with a large energy consumption.

Furthermore, it is desirable to be able to perform stepping exercise while sitting. This is based on the fact that generally stepping exercise is performed in a standing state, but exercise intensity is high and long-term exercise is not suitable for elderly or elderly persons.

However, the above-described leg-kicking type exercise device is mainly used for exercising the shoulder to the leg of the body by applying a load to the muscle by a body function that the body has a function of keeping the body out of balance to be normal by the unstable swing of the seat due to the alternate pedaling action of the two feet placed on the pedals, etc., thereby breaking the body balance, and is not suitable for exercising the muscle of the arm or developing the sense of balance. Further, there is a problem that the exercise amount is too large for a user who is weak in physical strength, such as an elderly person.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide an exercise device which can directly act on a part to be tightened to exercise muscles of the part and can exercise the whole body.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention relates to a exercise device (1 st exercise device) including a support frame, a saddle, a stepping platform and a handle, the saddle, the stepping platform and the handle being respectively disposed at predetermined positions on the support frame, the stepping platform including a pair of pedals, wherein the pair of pedals of the stepping platform are connected to each other via a 1 st air pump.

The present invention also relates to a exercise device (2 nd exercise device) including a support frame, a saddle disposed at a predetermined position on the support frame, a step-on table including a pair of steps, and a handle, wherein the handle includes a 1 st tube and a 2 nd tube rotatably attached to the 1 st tube, a distal end portion of the 1 st tube is connected to the support frame via a 2 nd air pump, and the 2 nd tube extends upward and has a grip portion at a distal end thereof, the grip portion being branched in two directions.

According to the 1 st sporting device of the present invention, a pair of pedals of a stepping deck are connected via an air pump. Therefore, when the user depresses one pedal, the other pedal is raised, and when the user depresses the other pedal, the one pedal is raised. Further, since the pedal is connected to the air pump, a load is applied to the leg of the user during such a pedaling operation. Therefore, by repeating such pedaling operations from the left and right, it is possible to perform natural leg-kicking motions and exercise the legs. In addition, the upper body is also naturally twisted left and right with the leg-kicking movement, and abdominal or shoulder movements, that is, substantially full body movements, can be performed.

Further, according to the 2 nd motion device of the present invention, the handle includes a 1 st tube and a 2 nd tube rotatably attached to the 1 st tube, and the 2 nd tube extends upward and has a grip portion whose distal end is branched in two directions. Therefore, the user can perform the exercise of the upper body or the exercise of the abdomen and the shoulder by holding the holding portion of the 2 nd tube and moving the 2 nd tube in the front-rear direction, thereby performing the exercise of the substantially whole body.

Further, by providing an electric pump (described later) and controlling the pressure reduction and the pressure increase of the entire tube, not only the both pedals can be moved up and down alternately from side to side, but also the both pedals can be moved up and down simultaneously.

Thus, the above-described alternating left and right movements and simultaneous left and right movements can be performed, and the exercise load can be set according to the physical strength of the exerciser depending on the age, sex, and the like.

This allows the exercise of internal muscles such as the large lumbar muscle, and also allows a person who is elderly or needs rehabilitation after illness to automatically move the pedals up and down by simply putting the feet on the pedals.

As for the exercise using the pedals as described above, the 1 st exercise device and the 2 nd exercise device are both set in a state where the knees are at a position higher than the waist and the thighs are in contact with the chest or the abdomen (when the posture in the upright state is 0 °), that is, the positional relationship with the thighs is 180 ° at maximum.

In this way, the internal muscle group around the lower abdomen such as the large psoas muscle and the ligament group such as the supraspinous ligament/interspinous ligament can be stretched, and thereby strengthening of the internal muscle group and flexibility of the ligament group can be improved, and prevention of lumbago and the like can be achieved while increasing the muscle mass and improving the basal metabolism.

Further, the 1 st tube may be connected to the support frame at a distal end portion thereof via a 2 nd air pump, and may apply a load to the arm or the shoulder of the user during a movement associated with the forward and backward movement of the handle, so that the arm or the shoulder may be exercised.

In particular, according to the device, the biceps brachii muscle or the muscle around the neck can be exercised in a retroverted posture. This eliminates the tension in the lower jaw or the arms in the state of "flesh proud on the upper arm".

Further, a side portion of the 2 nd tube member of the handle may be rotatably attached to the support frame, and the rotation of the 2 nd tube member with respect to the support frame and the rotation with respect to the 1 st tube member may be interlocked. In this case, the movement device for exhibiting the operational effect of the 2 nd movement device can be simplified in structure by simply interlocking the rotation of the 1 st and 2 nd pipes associated with the forward and backward movement of the 2 nd pipe around the fixed portion fixed to the support frame by the user and the pressing of the 2 nd pump by the 1 st pipe associated with the rotation.

Further, the side portion of the 2 nd tube member of the handle is attached to the support frame so as to be movable in the front-rear direction, that is, slidably, so that the movement of the 2 nd tube member in the front-rear direction with respect to the support frame and the rotation with respect to the 1 st tube member can be interlocked. In this case, the rotation of the 1 st and 2 nd pipes in association with the sliding movement in the forward and backward direction of the 2 nd pipe by the user and the pressing of the 2 nd pump by the 1 st pipe in association with the rotation can be easily interlocked, and the structure of the exercise device which can be used to exhibit the operational effect of the 2 nd exercise device can be simplified.

In the first motion device 1, the handle does not necessarily have to be the movable handle as described above, and may be a handle fixed to the support frame. When such a handle is used, the user can safely perform only the natural leg-kicking movement caused by the pedaling action of the pedals and the movement of the abdomen or the shoulder accompanying the leg-kicking movement by holding the handle. In addition, the handle may be provided with an auxiliary handle in addition to the handle for the whole body exercise described in the above-described 2 nd exercise device.

The 1 st motion device and the 2 nd motion device may be configured separately, or may be combined with each other in their characteristic portions. For example, when the pedaling motion is performed with the handle positioned forward, the dorsal muscles and the dorsal muscles of the user can be intensively exercised, and when the pedaling motion is performed with the handle positioned rearward, the abdominal muscles and the ventral muscles of the user can be intensively exercised.

In any of the 1 st and 2 nd motion devices, the saddle may be connected to the support frame via an elastic flexible member. In this case, since the saddle swings in accordance with the pedaling action of the pedals and the forward/backward movement of the handles, the user can cause a more complicated movement from the shoulders to the legs, which is caused by the body functions for maintaining the unbalanced body, in addition to the movement in accordance with the pedaling action and the forward/backward movement of the handles, and thereby, the muscles of the legs and the arms can be exercised more effectively at the same time, and the sense of balance can be more effectively developed.

Further, the saddle may be provided with a driving device for swinging the saddle via the elastic flexible member. In this case, since the swing of the saddle can be freely controlled by the driving device, the saddle can be swung in a complicated manner in addition to the swing caused by the movement accompanying the pedaling motion and the forward/backward movement of the handle, and a more balanced feeling can be developed.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide an exercise apparatus which can directly act on a portion to be tensed to exercise muscles of the portion and perform a whole body exercise.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing a sporting apparatus according to the present embodiment.

Fig. 2 is a side view of the sporting apparatus shown in fig. 1 as viewed from an arrow a side.

Fig. 3 is a front view of the exercise apparatus shown in fig. 1, as viewed from the arrow B side.

Fig. 4 is a rear view of the sporting apparatus shown in fig. 1 as viewed from an arrow C side.

Fig. 5 is a view showing a modification of the grip of the exercise apparatus shown in fig. 1 to 4.

Fig. 6 is a view showing a modification of the saddle of the exercise device shown in fig. 1 to 4.

Fig. 7 is a perspective view showing a modified example of the exercise device.

Fig. 8 is a side view of the sporting apparatus shown in fig. 7 as viewed from the arrow a side.

Fig. 9 is a front view of the exercise device shown in fig. 7, as viewed from the arrow B side.

Fig. 10 is a rear view of the sporting apparatus shown in fig. 7 as viewed from the side of an arrow C.

Description of the reference numerals

10 exercise device

11 supporting frame

12 saddle

13 a pair of pedals

14 handle

17 st air pump

18 nd 2 air pump

19 auxiliary handle

28 control box

Detailed Description

Other features and advantages of the present invention will be described below based on the best mode for carrying out the invention.

Fig. 1 to 4 are diagrams showing an example of the exercise device of the present invention. Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing a sporting apparatus according to the present embodiment, and fig. 2 is a side view of the sporting apparatus as viewed from an arrow a side. Fig. 3 is a front view of the exercise apparatus shown in fig. 1 as viewed from the arrow B side, and fig. 4 is a rear view of the exercise apparatus shown in fig. 1 as viewed from the arrow C side.

As shown in fig. 1 to 4, the exercise device 10 of the present embodiment includes: a support frame 11 made of a pair of pipes having a substantially flat central portion, a front portion bent downward, and a rear portion bent downward to hold the entire device; a saddle 12 disposed above the rear portion of the support frame 11; a pair of pedals 13 disposed in front of the support frame 11. The saddle 12 is attached to the rear of the support frame 11, and is supported by an auxiliary member 11A extending rearward of the support frame 11 and bent at a rear end portion to extend upward. Further, an コ -shaped 1 st air pump 17 is attached to the support frame 11 via an attachment member 18A in front of the support frame 11. The end of the pedal 13 is fitted into the 1 st air pump 17 and attached to the support frame 11 via the air pump.

Further, the exercise device 10 includes a handle 14, the handle 14 includes a 1 st tube 14A and a 2 nd tube 14B, and a grip portion 14C made of a tubular member provided perpendicularly to the 2 nd tube 14B is attached to a distal end of the 2 nd tube 14B. Further, a 2 nd air pump 18 extending rearward is provided in front of the support frame 11, and the distal end portion of the 1 st tube member 14A is fitted into the 2 nd air pump 18. The 1 st tube member 14A and the 2 nd tube member 14B are rotatably attached to each other at the connection portion 14D. Further, the 2 nd pipe material 14B is rotatably attached to the support frame 11 via a connection portion 14E. Therefore, the handle 14 is attached to the support frame 11 via the 2 nd air pump 18 and the connection portion 14E.

An auxiliary handle 19 is fixed to the support frame 11 and extends upward from the support frame 11 between the saddle 12 and the handle 14. The auxiliary handle 19 is provided so as not to contact the saddle 12 and the handle 14.

In using the exercise apparatus shown in fig. 1 to 4, a user sits on the saddle 12 and places his feet on the pedals 13. As shown in fig. 1 and 2, since the distal end portion of the pedal 13 is cylindrical, the foot and the pedal 13 can be fixed by inserting the toe portion into the cylindrical portion. On the other hand, the user holds the grip portion 14C of the grip 14 with both hands to fix the body with respect to the exercise apparatus 10.

The pair of pedals 13 of the stepping deck are connected via an air pump 17. The 1 st air pump 17 has no valve in the pump, and therefore when a user depresses one of the pedals, the other pedal is raised because the internal pressure in the pump is kept constant, and when the other pedal is depressed, the one pedal is raised. Further, since the pedal is connected to the air pump, a load is applied to the leg of the user during the pedaling operation. Therefore, by repeating such pedaling operations from the left and right, natural leg-kicking motions can be performed, and leg exercises can be performed. In addition, the upper body is also naturally twisted left and right along with the leg-kicking movement, and abdominal or shoulder movements, that is, movements of substantially the whole body, can be performed.

The 1 st air pump 17 is pressurized when the pair of pedals 13 are simultaneously stepped on, and returns to the original internal pressure when the stepping on is stopped.

In addition, by holding the assist grip 19 fixed to the support frame 11, for example, only the pedaling motion by such pedaling can be safely performed.

Further, when the user grips the grip portion 14C of the handle 14 and moves the handle in the front-rear direction, a load is applied from the 2 nd air pump 18 during the exercise, so that the upper body exercise, the abdomen exercise, and the shoulder exercise can be performed, and the exercise of the substantially whole body can be performed. Further, since the 2 nd air pump 18 has a check valve inside, the internal pressure is not increased and is restored when the 2 nd air pump 18 is pulled. Therefore, the 2 nd air pump can be used for the adjustment of the internal pressure.

In addition, the above-described pedaling motion and the motion of moving the handle forward and backward can be combined. For example, if the pedaling motion is performed with the handle 14 positioned at the front, the dorsal muscles and the dorsal muscles of the user can be intensively exercised, and if the pedaling motion is performed with the handle 14 positioned at the rear, the abdominal muscles and the ventral muscles of the user can be intensively exercised.

Further, the side portion of the 2 nd tube member 14B of the handle 14 is rotatably attached to the support frame 11, and the rotation of the 2 nd tube member 14B with respect to the support frame 11 and the rotation with respect to the 1 st tube member 14A can be interlocked. In this case, the movement device 10 using the handle 14 and the pedal 13 can be simplified in structure by simply interlocking the rotation of the 1 st tube member 14A and the 2 nd tube member 14B associated with the forward and backward movement of the 2 nd tube member 14B by the user about the fixed portion fixed to the support frame 11 and the pressing of the 1 st tube member 14A against the 2 nd air pump 18 associated with the rotation.

Further, the side portion of the 2 nd tube member 14B of the handle 14 is attached to the support frame 11 movably in the front-rear direction, that is, slidably, so that the above-described front-rear direction movement of the 2 nd tube member 14B with respect to the support frame 11 and the rotation with respect to the 1 st tube member 14A can be interlocked. In this case, the movement device 10 using the handle 14 and the pedal 13 can be simplified in structure by simply interlocking the rotation of the 1 st tube member 14A and the 2 nd tube member 14B in accordance with the sliding movement in the front-rear direction of the 2 nd tube member 14B by the user and the pressing of the 2 nd air pump 18 by the 1 st tube member 14A in accordance with the rotation.

The side portion of the 2 nd tube member 14B of the handle 14 is slidably attached to the support frame 11 so as to be movable in the front-rear direction, and the 2 nd tube member 14B is movable in the front-rear direction with respect to the support frame 11 and is interlocked with the rotation of the 1 st tube member 14A. In this case, the rotation of the 1 st and 2 nd tube members 14A, 14B in accordance with the sliding movement of the 2 nd tube member 14B in the front-rear direction by the user and the pressing of the 2 nd air pump 14B by the 1 st tube member 14A in accordance with the rotation can be easily interlocked, and the configuration for exhibiting the operational effect of the exercise device 10 can be simplified.

Therefore, in the exercise device of the present embodiment, the muscles of the region to be tensed can be exercised by directly acting on the region, and the whole body can be exercised.

Fig. 5 is a view showing a modification of the grip 14 of the exercise apparatus shown in fig. 1 to 4. As can be seen from the figure, in the grip 14 shown in fig. 5, the grip portion 14C is formed of a pair of pipe materials which are continuous with the 2 nd pipe material 14B, branched upward, and bent forward (rearward of the movement device). In this case, the user can also perform the above-described pedaling motion and/or the motion of moving the handle back and forth by gripping the grip portion 14C of the handle 14.

Fig. 6 is a view showing a modification of the saddle 12 of the exercise device shown in fig. 1 to 4. As is apparent from the drawing, in the present embodiment, the saddle 12 is attached via an auxiliary member 11A extending from the support frame 11 and a coil spring 12A. Therefore, the saddle 12 swings in accordance with the pedaling action of the pedals and the forward and backward movement of the handles, and therefore, the user can induce a more complicated movement from the shoulders to the legs, which is realized by the body function for maintaining the body out of balance, in addition to the movement in accordance with the pedaling action and the forward and backward movement of the handles, whereby the muscles of the legs and the arms can be exercised simultaneously more effectively, and the sense of balance can be developed more effectively.

Although not particularly shown, the saddle 12 may be provided with a driving device for swinging the saddle 12 three-dimensionally via a coil spring 12A. In this case, since the swing of the saddle 12 can be freely controlled by the driving device, the saddle 12 can be swung not only by the movement accompanying the pedaling motion and the forward/backward movement of the handle but also by a complicated swing, and a better balance feeling can be developed.

Fig. 7 to 10 are views showing modifications of the exercise device shown in fig. 1 to 4. Fig. 7 is a perspective view showing the exercise device according to the present embodiment, and fig. 8 is a side view of the exercise device as viewed from the arrow a side. Fig. 9 is a front view of the exercise apparatus shown in fig. 7 as viewed from the arrow B side, and fig. 10 is a rear view of the exercise apparatus shown in fig. 7 as viewed from the arrow C side.

In this example, the difference is that an electric pump and an air pump are used instead of the air pump. Specifically, the control box 28 is disposed between the コ -shaped 1 st air pump 17 provided on the front side of the support frame 11, and the air is sucked into the air pump 17 by using the suction/discharge pump in the control box 28 to increase the pressure, and the pressure in the air pump 17 is decreased by discharging the air. By continuing this series of operations, the pedal can be moved up and down. Therefore, the control box 28, in which the intake/exhaust pump is incorporated, functions as an electric pump.

In this case, it is conceivable to provide two pumps for suction and discharge, but if suction and discharge can be performed by one pump, one pump may be used. In addition, the electric pump is connected with the air pump through a pipe, and the pressure can be increased or decreased through a manual switch. Therefore, it is possible to adopt both a scheme of increasing the air pressure in the air pump by using the manual handle 14 (pump) of fig. 1 and a scheme of increasing or decreasing the pressure by a manual switch.

The present invention has been described in detail with reference to the above specific examples, but the present invention is not limited to the above specific examples, and various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.

Claims (6)

1. A sports apparatus comprises a support frame, a saddle, a stepping platform and a handle, wherein the saddle, the stepping platform and the handle are respectively arranged at a preset position on the support frame, the stepping platform comprises a pair of pedals,

the pair of pedals of the pedaling stand are embedded in a 1 st air pump and are mutually connected through the 1 st air pump, the handle comprises a 1 st pipe material and a 2 nd pipe material which is rotatably installed on the 1 st pipe material, the tail end part of the 1 st pipe material is connected with the supporting frame through the 2 nd air pump, and the 2 nd pipe material extends upwards and is provided with a holding part which is branched towards two directions at the tail end.

2. The exercise apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the side portion of the 2 nd tube of the handle is rotatably attached to the support frame, and the 2 nd tube is linked to the rotation of the support frame and the rotation of the 1 st tube.

3. The exercise apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a side portion of the 2 nd tube of the handle is movably attached to the support frame in a front-rear direction, and the 2 nd tube is movable in the front-rear direction with respect to the support frame in association with rotation with respect to the 1 st tube.

4. Exercise apparatus according to claim 1, including an auxiliary handle fixed relative to the support frame.

5. Vehicle according to claim 1, characterized in that the saddle is connected to the support frame via a resiliently flexible element.

6. The exercise apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the 1 st and 2 nd air pumps can adjust the exercise load by increasing or decreasing the pressure in the tubes.