JPH08196586A - Health appliance for lower leg - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To exercise the straddling motion of a lower leg or the massage of the lower leg by oneself as adjusting the degree of straddling and the strength of massage, etc., by providing a wheel compression case and a knee compression case at right angles to the longitudinal direction of a base plate and a driving means for travel in a foot compression case by a driving means for compression. CONSTITUTION: This appliance is used by housing the foot and the knee in the foot compression cases 3a, 3b and the knee compression cases 2a, 2b, respectively and closing the outside walls of the cases. Thin strip base plates 1, 1 are expanded/restored by rotating wheels 8a, 8b in the forward/backward direction by the driving means 7a, 7b for travel, which exercises the straddling motion of the lower leg. Also, pressure is applied to the foot and the knee via a cushioning material by the driving means for compression, which gives an acupressure effect to the foot and the knee. The speed and angle of the expansion/restoration of the thin strip base plates 1, 1 are adjusted by a controller, and a user can set a motion with the highest training effect by oneself. Similarly, as for the degree of compression, the user can set the degree of comression with the highest acupressure effect by oneself.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is capable of performing leg opening exercise, which is a basic training for sports in general, and as a so-called health tool, is capable of performing leg and knee compression and leg opening exercise for relaxing the whole body. The present invention relates to a health equipment for lower limbs.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a basic training for sports in general, an open leg posture is taken on the floor and pushed by a person from behind to perform the open leg training. There is no known device that allows this training to be done alone.

[0003] Further, it is performed in massage or the like to remove the stiffness of the lower limbs and to relax the whole body by acupressure and open leg exercises. An apparatus which allows such acupressure and open leg exercises by one person. Is also unknown.

[0004]

When performing the above-mentioned training or massage, a person who pushes from the back or a masseur does not fully communicate with one another, and a sufficient training effect or massage effect is obtained. There was a problem that it did not exist.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and is for a lower limb in which one person can perform leg opening movement or lower limb massage by himself while adjusting the degree of opening leg and the strength of massage. The purpose is to provide health equipment.

[0006]

According to the present invention, which has been made based on the above-mentioned object, two strip-shaped base plates are superposed on each other at their base ends so as to be expandably connected to each base. A knee compression case is provided at an intermediate portion of the plate, a foot compression case is provided at a tip end portion thereof, and a wheel is provided at a tip end portion of each base plate at a right angle to a longitudinal direction of the base plate. The foot compression case is provided with compression drive means, and the wheels are provided with travel drive means.

The knee compression case and the foot compression case are each provided with a cushion material on the inner wall of the outer case, and a jack is installed between the opposing cushion materials.
This is a health equipment for lower limbs in which a compression drive means is configured by connecting a motor to a screw rod of this jack via a speed change gear.

Further, there is provided a health equipment for lower limbs in which one or a plurality of protrusions are provided on the surface of the cushion material.

[0009]

The health equipment for lower limbs of the present invention is used by placing the lower limbs on the base plate along the base plate, accommodating the knees in the knee compression case and the feet in the foot compression case.

By rotating the wheels forward and backward through the drive means for traveling and repeating the expansion and return of the base plate, the lower limbs can be opened. Further, pressure can be applied to the knees and feet of the knee compression case and the foot compression case via the compression drive means.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIGS. 1 and 2 show a health appliance for lower limbs of an embodiment, in which two strip-shaped base plates 1 and 1 each having an L-shaped plane are superposed on each other at their base ends and connected by a pin 20. It can be opened freely. A knee compression case 2 is provided at an intermediate portion between the base plates 1 and 1.
a and 2b are provided, and foot compression cases 3a and 3b are provided at the tip. Further, wheels 8a and 8b are further provided at the front end portions of the base plates 1 and 1 at right angles to the longitudinal direction of the base plates, and the wheels 8a and 8b are motors 7a and 7b for running. It can be rotated by.

The knee compression cases 2a and 2b have the structure shown in FIG. 4, and the cushion material 1 is provided on the inner walls of the cylindrical outer boxes 21a and 21b which can open and close the outer walls 9a and 9b.
1 is provided so that it can be fitted to the knee portion of the body. Further, jacks 12a and 12b are installed between the opposing cushion materials of the cushion material 11 via an L-shaped material 22, and a motor 15 is provided at an end portion of a screw rod 13 constituting the jack via a speed change gear 14. Are connected to form a compression drive means. The compression drive means allows compression of the knee portion by bringing the cushion material 11 closer. In the figure, 4a and 4b are locks for fixing the outer walls 9a and 9b in the closed state.

The foot compression cases 3a and 3b have the same structure and have the structure shown in FIG. That is, the outer walls 10a, 10
The cushioning material 11 is provided on the inner walls of the outer boxes 23a and 23b that can open and close the b so that they can fit to the feet of the body. Then, the jack 16 is installed between the cushioning materials facing each other, and the motor 1 is mounted on the end portion of the screw rod 17 constituting the jack 16 via the speed change gear 18.
9 are connected to form a compression drive means. The cushioning member 11 can be brought close to the compression drive means to compress the foot portion. 5a and 5b are closed outer walls 10
It is a lock for fixing a and 10b.

A control device (not shown) is connected to each of the motors of the traveling drive means 7a and 7b and the motors 15 and 19 of the compression drive means so that they can be rotated normally and reversely in accordance with a command from the control device. .

FIG. 3 shows a state of use of the health equipment for lower limbs of the embodiment. The feet and knees are housed in the foot compression cases 3a and 3b and the knee compression cases 2a and 2b, respectively, and the outer side walls of the cases are closed for use.

Wheels 8a, 8 are driven by the driving means 7a, 7b for traveling.
By reversing b in the normal direction, the strip-shaped base plates 1, 1
It is possible to open and restore the legs and perform leg movements. In addition, the compression drive means can apply pressure to the foot and knee through the cushioning material, and can exert an acupressure effect on the portion.

The user can set the exercise that produces the most training effect by adjusting the speed and angle of expansion and return of the strip base plates 1 and 1 by the control device. The degree of compression is the same, and the user can set the degree of the highest acupressure effect by himself.

On the surface of the cushion material 11,
The acupressure effect can be further enhanced by providing a convex portion of the cushion material or a protrusion formed by a convex member attached to the cushion material at a position facing the so-called “pot” of the body.

It is also conceivable that the cushion member is a tubular member, and a fluid having air or water name is pressed into the tubular member to compress the foot and knee, but these require a compressor or pump. It will be a large scale.
In this respect, the structure can be simplified by using the cushion material and the jack as in the embodiment. In the case of a cushion material, the hardness can be adjusted.

[0021]

As described above, according to the present invention, there is an effect that it is possible to provide a health equipment for the lower limbs that enhances exercise capacity and obtains a high massage effect.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a state in which the case of the embodiment is also opened.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the working example of the same embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a view for explaining the structure of the knee compression case of the embodiment as well, in which (a) is a perspective view and (b) is a perspective view without an outer box.

5 (a) and 5 (b) are views for explaining the structure of the foot compression case of the embodiment, where (a) is a front view and (b) is a sectional view.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 strip-shaped base plate 2a, 2b knee compression case 3a, 3b foot compression case 4a, 4b lock 5a, 5b lock 7a, 7b driving means for running 8a, 8b wheels 9a, 9b outer side wall 10a, 10b outer side wall 11 cushioning material 12a , 12b Jack 13 Screw rod 14 Speed change gear 15 Motor 16 Jack 17 Screw rod 18 Speed change gear 19 Motor 20 Pin 21a, 21b Outer box 22 L-shaped member 23a, 23b Outer box

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. Two strip-shaped base plates are superposed on each other at their base end sides and connected by a pin so as to be able to expand, and a knee compression case is provided at an intermediate portion of each base plate and a foot compression case is provided at a distal end portion thereof. Wheels are provided at the tip of each base plate at right angles to the longitudinal direction of the base plate, and the knee compression case and the foot compression case are provided with compression drive means, respectively. A lower limb health appliance, characterized in that it is provided with a driving means. 2. The knee compression case and the foot compression case,
A cushion member is provided on the inner wall of the outer case, and a jack is installed between the cushion members facing each other. A motor is connected to the threaded rod of the jack via a speed change gear to form compression drive means. The health device for lower limbs according to claim 1. 3. The health equipment for lower limbs according to claim 2, wherein one or a plurality of protrusions are provided on the surface of the cushion material.