CN109044738B - Telescopic body-building chair - Google Patents

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CN109044738B
CN109044738B CN201811031420.0A CN201811031420A CN109044738B CN 109044738 B CN109044738 B CN 109044738B CN 201811031420 A CN201811031420 A CN 201811031420A CN 109044738 B CN109044738 B CN 109044738B
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Abstract

A telescopic body-building chair belongs to the technical field of body-building equipment. It includes chair frame, bedplate and back, its characterized in that: the left side and the right side below the seat plate are provided with tilting rods with the front ends tilting upwards; the backrest is fixed on the chair frame through a backrest rotating shaft and can be turned over within a backward 90-degree range, rollers are arranged on the left side and the right side below the backrest, the rollers are in rolling contact connection with the rear end of the tilting rod, and the rollers press the tilting rod to enable the tilting rod to rotate around the tilting rod rotating shaft when the backrest is turned over, so that the front end of the tilting rod is driven to move up and down; the front end of the warping rod is provided with a foot support mechanism for supporting the legs to gradually bend the legs when the backrest is turned over. According to the invention, through the overturning motion of the chair back, the tilting rod is driven to enable the body of a person sitting on the chair to be stretched and contracted, and the design of the massage plate and the massage wheels on the pedals enables the back, the neck, the head and the soles of the person to be massaged while the chair back is overturned.

Description

Telescopic body-building chair
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of fitness equipment, and particularly relates to a telescopic fitness chair.
Background
Along with the continuous improvement of the economic level, the living conditions of people are greatly improved, but the living rhythm of the corresponding people is also continuously accelerated, the living pressure is correspondingly increased, and the pressure of work and study influences the physical health of a plurality of people, so that more and more people are in a sub-health state. For this reason, people begin to pay attention to healthy life style to improve physical condition of people, and physical exercise is the least cost-effective way; the body-building equipment of physical training among the prior art is various, but its function is more single, can not collect shank lacing wire, back and neck massage in an organic whole, and need consume a large amount of physical power when using, be unfavorable for the old man to use.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide an exercise machine which is specially used for leg joints and muscles and crotch joints and abdomen exercise, and can stretch tendons of ankle joints, knee joints and crotch joints through mechanical movement and massage the back and neck.
The invention aims at realizing the following technical scheme, namely a telescopic body-building chair, which comprises a seat plate and a backrest which are arranged on a chair frame, and is characterized in that: the left side and the right side below the seat plate are provided with tilting rods with the front ends tilting upwards, and the tilting rods are fixedly arranged at the left side and the right side of the chair frame through tilting rod rotating shafts; the backrest is fixed on the chair frame through a backrest rotating shaft and can be turned over within a backward 90-degree range, rollers are arranged on the left side and the right side below the backrest, the rollers are in rolling contact connection with the rear end of the tilting rod, and the rollers press the tilting rod to enable the tilting rod to rotate around the tilting rod rotating shaft when the backrest is turned over, so that the front end of the tilting rod is driven to move up and down; the front end of the tilting rod is provided with a foot support mechanism for supporting legs to gradually bend the legs when the backrest is turned over, and the foot support mechanism consists of a turning frame, a rotating shaft arranged at the front end of the turning frame and a pedal arranged on the rotating shaft; the turnover frame is fixedly arranged at the front end of the tilting rod through a turnover frame rotating shaft, and the rear end of the turnover frame is provided with an adjusting knob for adjusting the rotation angle of the turnover frame; the back rest driving mechanism is arranged at the rear of the chair frame.
Preferably, the backrest driving mechanism consists of a backrest driving rod connected with the lower part of the backrest, a push rod motor for driving the backrest driving rod to stretch back and forth and a cylinder rod connected with the middle of the backrest for auxiliary support of the backrest.
Preferably, the adjusting knob passes through the turnover frame and is connected with a turnover frame rotation angle adjusting hole arranged at the front end of the warping rod; the front end of the seat board is provided with a transverse baffle for preventing a human body from sliding off the seat board.
Preferably, the backrest is provided with a massage plate, and a neck massage wheel is arranged in the middle of the upper part of the massage plate.
Preferably, one surface of the pedal is a plane, and the other surface is provided with sole massage wheels; the chair frame is provided with a motor starting switch.
The invention has the beneficial effects that: through the overturning motion of the chair back, the warping rod is driven to stretch and shrink the body of a person sitting on the chair, so that the movements of ankle joints, knee joints and crotch joints are promoted, tendons of the ankle joints, the knee joints and the crotch joints are stretched, the abdomen is extruded, and the back, the neck, the head and the soles of the person are massaged while the chair back is overturned by the aid of the massage plate and the pedal massage wheels.
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Fig. 1: the structure of the invention is schematically shown in perspective view.
Fig. 2: fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a rear view.
Fig. 3: the invention is a schematic perspective view of the structure when the body is contracted during use.
Fig. 4: the invention is a schematic perspective view of the structure when the body is stretched in the use process.
In Figs. 1-4, 1-chair frame, 2-seat plate, 3-backrest, 4-tilting bar, 5-tilting bar rotating shaft, 6-backrest rotating shaft, 7-roller, 8-foot rest mechanism, 9-turnover frame, 10-rotating shaft, 11-pedal, 12-turnover frame rotating shaft, 13-adjusting knob, 14-turnover frame rotating angle adjusting hole, 15-backrest driving mechanism, 16-backrest driving bar, 17-push rod motor, 18-cylinder bar, 19-transverse bar, 20-massage plate, 21-neck massage wheel, 22-sole massage wheel, 23-motor start switch.
Detailed Description
The invention is further described below with respect to the embodiments shown in fig. 1-4: the multifunctional chair comprises a chair frame 1, a seat board 2 and a backrest 3 which are arranged on the chair frame 1, wherein the left side and the right side below the seat board 2 are provided with tilting rods 4 with the front ends tilted upwards, and the tilting rods 4 are fixedly arranged on the left side and the right side of the chair frame 1 through tilting rod rotating shafts 5; the backrest 3 is fixed on the chair frame 1 through a backrest rotating shaft 6 and can be turned over within a backward 90-degree range, rollers 7 are arranged on the left side and the right side below the backrest 3, the rollers 7 are in rolling contact connection with the rear end of the warping rod 4, and when the backrest 3 is turned over, the rollers press the warping rod 4 to enable the warping rod 4 to rotate around the warping rod rotating shaft 5, so that the front end of the warping rod 4 is driven to move up and down; the front end of the warping rod 4 is provided with a foot support mechanism 8 for supporting legs to gradually bend when the backrest 3 is turned over, and the foot support mechanism 8 consists of a turning frame 9, a rotating shaft 10 arranged at the front end of the turning frame 9 and a pedal 11 arranged on the rotating shaft 10; the turnover frame 9 is fixedly arranged at the front end of the tilting rod 4 through a turnover frame rotating shaft 12, an adjusting knob 13 for adjusting the rotating angle of the turnover frame 9 is arranged at the rear end of the turnover frame 9, and the adjusting knob 13 penetrates through the turnover frame 9 to be connected with a turnover frame rotating angle adjusting hole 14 arranged at the front end of the tilting rod 4; the back driving mechanism 15 is arranged at the rear of the chair frame 1, and the back driving mechanism 15 consists of a back driving rod 16 connected with the lower part of the back 3, a push rod motor 17 for driving the back driving rod 16 to move back and forth, and a cylinder rod 18 connected with the middle of the back 3 for auxiliary support of the back 3. The front end of the seat board 2 is provided with a transverse bar 19 for preventing a human body from sliding off the seat board 2. The backrest 3 is provided with a massage plate 20, and a neck massage wheel 21 is arranged in the middle above the massage plate 20. The pedal 11 has one planar surface and the other surface is provided with a sole massage wheel 22. The chair frame 1 is provided with a motor starting switch 23.

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1. The utility model provides a flexible body-building chair, it includes seat board (2) and back (3) that chair frame (1) set up on chair frame (1), its characterized in that: the left side and the right side below the seat plate (2) are provided with tilting rods (4) with the front ends tilting upwards, and the tilting rods (4) are fixedly arranged at the left side and the right side of the chair frame (1) through tilting rod rotating shafts (5); the backrest (3) is fixed on the chair frame (1) through a backrest rotating shaft (6) and can be turned backwards within a range of 90 degrees, rollers (7) are arranged on the left side and the right side below the backrest (3), the rollers (7) are in rolling contact connection with the rear ends of the tilting rods (4), and when the backrest (3) is turned, the rollers (7) press the tilting rods (4) to enable the tilting rods (4) to rotate around the tilting rod rotating shaft (5), so that the front ends of the tilting rods (4) are driven to move up and down; the front end of the tilting rod (4) is provided with a foot support mechanism (8) for supporting legs to gradually bend when the backrest (3) is turned over, and the foot support mechanism (8) consists of a turning frame (9), a rotating shaft (10) arranged at the front end of the turning frame (9) and a pedal (11) arranged on the rotating shaft (10); the turnover frame (9) is fixedly arranged at the front end of the tilting rod (4) through a turnover frame rotating shaft (12), and an adjusting knob (13) for adjusting the rotating angle of the turnover frame (9) is arranged at the rear end of the turnover frame (9); a backrest driving mechanism (15) is arranged behind the chair frame (1); a massage plate (20) is arranged on the backrest (3), and a neck massage wheel (21) is arranged in the middle of the upper part of the massage plate (20); one surface of the pedal (11) is a plane, and the other surface is provided with a sole massage wheel (22).
2. A telescopic exercise chair according to claim 1, wherein: the backrest driving mechanism (15) consists of a backrest driving rod (16) connected with the lower part of the backrest (3), a push rod motor (17) for driving the backrest driving rod (16) to stretch back and forth and a cylinder rod (18) connected with the middle of the backrest (3) for supporting the backrest in an auxiliary mode.
3. A telescopic exercise chair according to claim 1 or 2, wherein: the adjusting knob (13) passes through the turnover frame (9) and is connected with a turnover frame rotation angle adjusting hole (14) arranged at the front end of the tilting rod (4); the front end of the seat board (2) is provided with a transverse baffle (19) for preventing a human body from sliding off the seat board (2).
4. A telescopic exercise chair according to claim 1 or 2, wherein: the chair frame (1) is provided with a motor starting switch (23).
5. A telescopic exercise chair according to claim 3, wherein: the chair frame (1) is provided with a motor starting switch (23).
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