DE102012010618A1 - Universal training device for training of arm, trunk and spine muscles of user, has freely hanging surface-less seat back portion that is arranged at predetermined distance from support portion provided with training element - Google Patents

Abstract

The training device (10) has a training element (14) that is arranged at a support portion (12) in a displaceable manner. A freely standing or freely hanging surface-less seat back portion (16) is arranged at predetermined distance from the support portion. An upper end of the seat back portion is connected with the support portion through an intersect portion (18).

Description

Technical area

The present invention relates to a training or sports equipment, in particular for training the arms and / or the upper body and the trunk, leg, and / or back muscles. The training device is used in particular to strengthen and strengthen appropriate muscle in the upper body, arm, torso, - leg and / or back.

background

Training and fitness equipment are well known in the art.

For example, describes the DE 20 2010 003 344 U1 a rope training device for training the upper body and the arm musculature by a continuous pulling movement. That rope training apparatus comprises a carrier and a roller rotatably mounted thereon. About the roller also an annularly closed rope is guided, which hangs freely at one end. The rope training device can be fastened to a wall, for example, so that a user can pull on the revolving rope at a distance from the wall and train or strengthen corresponding muscle parts as a result of the pulling movement.

Although the rope training device in different configurations and positions is applicable and operable. However, the device has no influence on the movement of the user. For example, training situations can occur in which the end user assumes a crooked posture, which can possibly be damaging to the back.

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a universal training device, which exerts a positive effect on the body and training posture of the end user. The training device is intended to promote an ergonomic and orthopedic favorable posture of the end user during training as well as to avoid training-related misalignments.

Invention and advantageous embodiments

This object is achieved with a training device according to claim 1, wherein advantageous embodiments are the subject of dependent claims.

Accordingly, a training device for training the arms, the upper body or the back muscles, the leg and / or trunk muscles is provided. This has a support on which at least one training element can be arranged. The carrier is preferably designed for wall mounting and preferably extends substantially vertically. The training element which can be arranged on it can be configured differently and can be arranged interchangeably with the carrier on the respective needs and individual differences of the respective end user.

For example, the training element can be designed as an expander, by means of which, in particular, discontinuous tensile movements can be carried out. Alternatively, however, it is also conceivable that the training element has a circulating braked rope, by means of which continuous pulling movements can be trained.

In addition to the carrier and the training element arranged thereon, the training device further comprises a free-standing or free-hanging seat-free backrest arranged at a predetermined distance from the carrier. The backrest defines a predetermined and advantageous training position for the end user. This should be supported in particular with his back in an upright position on the backrest. The backrest stands or hangs freely in the room. It is therefore formed without seats or without seat or seat, so that the end user in a standing or squatting position must be supported on the backrest and can support. In addition, it is conceivable that the end user also aligns in a sitting or kneeling position on the floor for training purposes to the backrest and / or supported thereon.

The seat-space-free backrest, which is insulated in the room, enforces a largely upright posture and gives the end user a simple and intuitive way of controlling an upright posture of the upper body or the back part.

The backrest is preferably substantially rectilinear and may advantageously extend substantially parallel to the carrier.

In a preferred embodiment, the backrest is connected at its upper end via a boom to the carrier. By means of the boom, the backrest is thus coupled to the carrier. The carrier thus provides a preferably adjustable distance between the backrest and the carrier. About the boom, the backrest thus quasi freely suspended or free standing spaced from the carrier can be arranged freely in space and fixed accordingly.

Separate fasteners for the backrest are therefore not required. Rather, it is sufficient if only the intended for wall mounting support is mounted on a wall and when the backrest is connected via the support arranged on the boom with this. If the backrest is only connected to the carrier via the extension arm, it can hang freely in the room without contact with the ground, so that no base-side attachment means have to be provided for installing the exercise device in an exercise room.

According to a further embodiment, the backrest is connected at its lower end via a bottom strut to the carrier. The bottom-side attachment to the carrier can be done in combination with the upper arm but also independently thereof. The bottom brace provides here, comparable to the boom, a predetermined and defined distance between the backrest and the support ready. In addition, the bottom strut can provide an exclusive support of the backrest relative to the carrier.

Advantageously and according to a further embodiment, the carrier, the backrest, the boom and the bottom strut form a substantially closed surrounding frame, which can protrude into the room when the carrier is mounted on a wall. The substantially circumferential and circumferentially closed training gives the training device increased stability and makes it particularly robust and mechanically strong.

In particular, the carrier, the backrest, the boom and / or the bottom brace can be made somewhat more filigree in a substantially closed circumferential frame design, as would be the case in an unenclosed embodiment. Profile cross-sections and thicknesses of the beam, boom, floor brace and / or backrest can be advantageously reduced in a closed frame-like configuration, so that the total weight of the training device and its manufacturing costs can be reduced in an advantageous manner.

According to a further embodiment, at least one support, which extends transversely or perpendicular to the support, for the at least one training element is arranged on the support. The holder and / or the training element may for example have one or more guide rails along which the training element is variably arranged. It is also conceivable here that the holder has a plurality of spaced mounting locations for the at least one training element to which the respective training element is detachably arranged as needed. In this way, the at least one training element can be positioned to the respective needs of different end users and adjusted accordingly.

Thus, in particular a plurality of vertically spaced-apart brackets, or guide rails can be provided, on which in each case at least one training element is arranged. Since at least one training element can be arranged on each of the holders, arm and leg sections or upper body and trunk sections can also be trained simultaneously or in combination.

According to a development, the holder facing the backrest, concave curved. It can arc-like the backrest facing at a predetermined distance extend around it. For example, the rail-like support may be semicircular. By the training element is fastened to variable and different positions of the holder, by means of one, preferably by means of two, approximately symmetrically arranged to the backrest training elements, a training of the upper body or back part or the arms, legs and / or trunk muscles at different opening angles or Spread angles of the arms, or the legs done.

According to a further preferred embodiment, the holder is arranged variable in height and / or rotatable or pivotable on the carrier. In that regard, the support facing the backrest, or facing away from the mounting wall may have a rail-like guide for the holder. Due to the height adjustability of the holder, the end user can take different training positions, such as a standing or slightly crouched or heavily hocked or even sitting on the ground posture while exercising, for example, the expander-like trained training element z. B. is actuated substantially horizontally aligned.

A rotatable or pivotable mounting of the holder on the carrier is preferably carried out with respect to a parallel to the bottom strut and the boom extending axis of rotation. In that regard, the typically extending in a plane parallel to the ground level bracket can also be rotated out of that level, so that, for example, the left or right arm or leg associated training element can be maintained at different height levels. Due to the rotatability or the pivotable mounting of the bracket on the support and asymmetric or diagonal training and exercise units can be completed.

Finally, it is provided in a preferred embodiment that at least one training element, preferably two training elements is slidably disposed on the holder or are. The advantage here is a continuous adjustment of the training elements provided along the holder. It is also conceivable that the at least one training element can also be arranged detachably on the holder. Thus, several training elements can be replaced universally and replaced with other training elements, which are aimed at the respective training purpose and are tuned to it.

It is also conceivable that a plurality of differently designed training elements are arranged on the holder, which can be taken as needed by the end user and used for intended training purposes. The individual training elements can have different tensile and relaxation behavior, for example as a result of tensile stress. Also, the training elements may be characterized by different sizes and / or handles and be arranged in different orientations on the holder.

In a further embodiment, the backrest has a post or columnar shape with a cross-sectionally substantially round or oval pad. In particular, in a substantially round configuration, the backrest has a profile cross-section of at most 40 cm, preferably of at most 30 cm and more preferably of at most 20 cm.

The backrest is used in this respect exclusively a leaning of the spine. Their comparatively slim and narrow post-like design contributes to the fact that in particular the shoulder portion of the end user remains largely free, so that the training exercises provided for shoulder and arm sections are largely unhindered by the backrest executable.

The preferred round design of the backrest also allows, in combination with a concavely curved holder, that the end user can rest with his back at different positions along the outer periphery of the backrest. In that regard, different training elements can be provided at different locations of the holder. This can turn the end user by the preferred radially symmetrical cross-sectional configuration of the backrest arbitrarily. In that regard, the end user can also be aligned laterally to the carrier and train with such training elements, which are arranged, for example, on a carrier remote from the end of the holder.

According to a further embodiment, the boom is further arranged pivotably on the carrier. If the training device in this case has a closed circumferential frame, advantageously a pivotable arrangement of the preferably parallel to the boom extending bottom strut with respect to the support is provided. Due to the pivotal arrangement of the boom and / or floor brace on the carrier, the other ends attached to the boom and / or floor brace backrest can be transferred from a freely located in the training position training in a wall folded to the basic position or stowed position, in which the training device to save space on a Wall can be stowed.

It is also conceivable to position the exercise device in a pivoted position for training purposes, in which the boom z. B. occupies an angle of about 30 ° or 45 ° to the carrier. Such an arrangement, which is pivoted relative to a basic position, can result in advantageous training positions with respect to the training elements arranged on the holder.

It is also conceivable according to a further embodiment, that the boom is variable in length, in particular telescopic. The same can of course also apply to the floor strut. Due to the telescopic or variable-length configuration of the boom, the backrest can be arranged in different, taking into account the respective needs of the end user respecting distances from the carrier and are fixed in position accordingly. In a retracted or inserted basic position, in which the boom has a minimum length, the space requirement of the training device can be further minimized.

According to a further preferred embodiment, the backrest is further arranged pivotably on the boom and / or pivotally mounted on the bottom strut. The backrest can in this case be pivoted with respect to a pivot axis, which coincides substantially with the longitudinal extent of the arm. It is also conceivable that the backrest is arranged pivotably on the bottom strut with respect to a pivot axis extending substantially parallel to the floor strut.

Such a pivoting movement with respect to the boom and / or floor strut requires that the boom and the floor strut have different pivoting angles relative to the support so that the backrest no longer extends parallel to the substantially vertically extending support but obliquely thereto.

It is additionally or alternatively also conceivable that the backrest is also pivotable about a pivoting position. or axis of rotation is pivotable, which extends substantially perpendicular to the plane which is spanned by the boom and the carrier or by the carrier and the bottom strut. In that regard, the backrest can also be oriented inclined to the vertical, so that instead of a vertical and upright posture also at a predetermined angle forward or backward inclined training postures can be taken on the backrest.

Leaning against the backrest proves to be particularly advantageous in terms of posture and body tension during exercise and provides the end user with excellent postural control. As a result, any malformations or misalignments and orthopedic unfavorable training postures can be effectively and easily counteracted.

Brief description of the figures

Other objects, features and advantageous applications will become apparent from the following description of an embodiment with reference to FIGS. Hereby show:

1 viewed from the side a cross-section through a wall mounted training device,

2 an isolated perspective view of the training device and

3 a top view of the training device viewed from above.

Detailed description

In 1 is that on a wall 1 mounted exercise equipment 10 shown. It is essentially vertical, on the wall 1 along extending support 12 on. On the carrier 12 is a, trained in the form of an expander training element 14 intended. The training element 14 is here at an in 2 only hinted at, in 3 from above shown curved bracket 20 arranged adjustable.

The training element 14 can, as in 3 through the different arm positions of the user 3 indicated at various positions along the rail-like bracket 20 be releasably attached. In the illustration according to 3 are also two symmetrical to each other can be arranged training elements 14a . 14b shown, with the training element 14a from a left hand or from the left arm of the user 3 and the training element 14b corresponding to the right arm of the user 3 is operable. The training elements can be equally provided here for legs and / or feet and designed to be actuated accordingly.

The training elements 14a . 14b can be found between the right, near the carrier 12 lying basic position 14a . 14b in one of the free ends 22 the holder 20 facing end position 14a ' . 14b ' along the bracket 20 be moved.

As in 1 shown points the exerciser 10 Furthermore, a seatless, free-standing or freely hanging backrest 16 on. This may have approximately the shape of a post or pile and a substantially round or oval, the backrest in the circumferential direction completely enclosing pad 17 exhibit. The user 3 For example, in a crouched posture with his backbone on the backrest 16 support and in the perched posture with the at least one training element 14 perform appropriate strengthening or muscular exercises.

The backrest 16 is like in the 2 and 3 shown both over a boom 18 as well as one on the ground 2 along running floor strut 28 with the wall-side support 12 connected. The floor brace 28 can, as in 2 shown, similar to the carrier 12 be formed in two parts.

The carrier 12 branches in 2 for example in a left carrier 12a and in a right-hand carrier 12b , At the bottom of each carrier 12a . 12b close in this respect a left floor strut 28a or a right-hand bottom strut 28b at. The two floor struts 28a . 28b run here in a holder of the backrest 16 together. At the top of the carrier 12 is a swiveling boom 18 intended. This is about an approximately parallel to the longitudinal extent of the support 12 ongoing axis of rotation 24 pivotally mounted on the carrier.

The same can be said for the floor brace 28 or their left and right floor strut 28a . 28b hold true. By means of the swiveling bearing, the seat-free backrest, standing free in the room, can be used 16 when not in use on the wall 1 be folded or pivoted.

The boom 18 which covers the overhead ends of the backrest 16 and the vehicle 12 connects together, can be telescopically extendable and accordingly two or more telescoping jib parts 18a . 18b exhibit. In 1 are two jib parts for illustrative purposes only 18a . 18b shown according to the request of the user 3 for variable positioning the backrest 16 opposite the carrier 12 are mutually displaceable.

In a similar or identical way, of course, the bottom strut 28 be formed variable in length.

As in 2 The boom can be shown 18 by means of one at an upper end portion of the carrier 12 provided joint 24 be mounted pivotably or rotatably. One from the joint 24 provided pivot or rotation axis 26 in this case preferably extends parallel to the longitudinal extension of the carrier 12 or its two parallel left and right carriers 12a . 12b ,

Furthermore, the two carrier halves 12a . 12b at its upper end over a cross strut 15 connected to each other, at which the joint 24 approximately in the middle between left and right support 12a . 12b facing the backrest 16 is arranged.

In the illustrated embodiment, the carrier form 12 , the boom provided at its upper end 18 The backrest, which extends substantially vertically downwards, as well as the lower end of the backrest 16 with the lower end of the carrier 12 connecting floor strut a substantially encircling and closed frame 11 , This can be the training device 10 give the necessary structural rigidity and strength as well as mechanical stability, so that a high degree of user safety with low weight of the training device 10 can be provided.

By means of the frame 11 and the closed embodiment of the exercise device 10 can the ground brace 28 and the upper boom 18 always parallel to the carrier 12 be pivoted, so that the frame forming elements, carrier 12 , Boom 18 , Backrest 16 and ground brace 28 always in a common plane.

Alternatively, it can also be provided that boom 18 and ground brace 28 are independently pivotable. In this way, for example, the orientation of the backrest 16 opposite the substantially vertical support 12 be tilted slightly to the side. In that regard, a rotation about an angle c with respect to a rotation axis 30 which essentially correspond to the longitudinal extension of the boom 18 or with the longitudinal extent of the ground strut 28 coincides.

Such an oblique or slightly inclined arrangement of the backrest 16 can be beneficial for special training exercises.

In addition, it is alternatively or additionally also conceivable that the boom 18 and the bottom brace 28 are designed independently of each other variable in length. In that regard, the backrest 16 be pivoted by an angle b relative to the vertical, so that a forward or backward inclined orientation of the backrest 16 results.

In addition, also the holder 20 for the training elements 14a . 14b rotatable or sheared on the carrier 12 be arranged. Here, in particular, a rotation about a in 2 indicated, essentially parallel to the carrier 18 or to the floor brace 28 extending axis of rotation 32 prove beneficial. As a result, for example, the holder 20 from an in 3 shown, extending out of the frame plane out configuration are rotated into the frame plane, so that the training device can be arranged accordingly space-saving, especially in a non-use position and stored.

The rotatable arrangement of the holder 20 concerning the vehicle 12 can also be useful and accordingly provided for the aforementioned training purposes.

The seatless or seat-free design of the post or rod-like designed backrest 16 requires an approximately upright training position, which is advantageous from an ergonomic point of view in relation to an otherwise possibly curved or bumpy training position.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

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wall

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floor

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user

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exerciser

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frame

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carrier

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training element

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crossmember

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backrest

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pad

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boom

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free end

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joint

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swivel axis

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bottom brace

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swivel axis

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swivel axis

QUOTES INCLUDE IN THE DESCRIPTION

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Cited patent literature

• DE 202010003344 U1 [0003]

Claims (12)

Training device comprising: - a carrier ( 12 ), on which at least one training element ( 14 ) can be arranged, and - one at a predetermined distance from the carrier ( 12 ), free-standing or free-hanging, seatless backrest ( 16 ). Training device according to claim 1, wherein the backrest ( 16 ) at its upper end via a boom ( 18 ) with the carrier ( 12 ) connected is. Training device according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the backrest ( 16 ) at its lower end via a bottom strut ( 28 ) with the carrier ( 12 ) connected is. Training device according to claim 2 and 3, wherein the carrier ( 12 ), the backrest ( 16 ), the boom ( 18 ) and the bottom brace ( 28 ) a substantially closed peripheral frame ( 11 ) form. Training device according to one of the preceding claims, wherein on the carrier ( 12 ) at least one, transversely or perpendicular to the carrier ( 12 ) extending bracket ( 20 ) for the at least one training element ( 14 ) is arranged. Training device according to claim 5, wherein the holder ( 20 ) of the backrest ( 16 ) facing concavely curved or bent is formed. Training device according to claim 5 or 6, wherein the holder ( 20 ) adjustable in height and / or rotatable on the carrier ( 12 ) is arranged. Training device according to one of the preceding claims 5 to 7, wherein the training element ( 14 ) displaceable on the holder ( 20 ) is arranged. Training device according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the backrest ( 16 ) a post or columnar shape with a cross-sectionally substantially round or oval pad ( 17 ) having. Training device according to one of the preceding claims 2 to 9, wherein the boom ( 18 ) pivotable on the carrier ( 12 ) is arranged. Training device according to one of the preceding claims 2 to 10, wherein the boom ( 18 ) variable in length, in particular telescopic. Training device according to one of the preceding claims 2 to 11, wherein the backrest ( 16 ) pivotable on the boom ( 18 ) and / or pivotable on the bottom strut ( 28 ) is arranged.

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