DE202004016263U1 - Multipart sports-, gymnastics-, training- and rehabilitation apparatus, made from a set of at least three different materials useful for increasing and training individual sensory and motor functions - Google Patents

Abstract

Multipart sports-, gymnastics-, training- and rehabilitation apparatus, made from a set of at least three different materials with different dynamic mechanical properties with respect to loading and unloading, and containing base bodies based on polymer foam, and sensor bodies including a flexible elastic coating and/or textile material. Multipart sports-, gymnastics-, training- and rehabilitation apparatus, made from a set of at least three different materials with different dynamic mechanical properties with respect to loading and unloading, e.g. hardness, elasticity, yielding properties, volume displacement, restoration and/or spring characteristics, and containing base bodies based on polymer foam, and sensor bodies including a flexible elastic coating and/or textile material.

Description

It is already a big one Number of games, sports, fun and exercise equipment based on polymer foams, in particular in the form of a Toys, as gymnastic bodies or blocks, as Mats and Like for various types of games, sports, leisure and training activities are known become. All of these devices, which has long been available in a wide variety of designs the market have come out are either limited to it at all only as unique pieces, So to be available in singular and for the respective activities disposal to stand or else they are part of a set of such each other assigned or belonging together physical Form, the same all mutually the same material-mechanical and have sensor properties.

such multi-part game and training devices are in themselves quite valuable with regard to the whole body or parts or parts of the body, where it is based on sensors or motor skills and their mutual coordination especially arrives, if possible to activate, to train in a casual and playful way and to train, especially in the field of rehabilitation is particularly important and of ever increasing importance.

The The present invention has set itself the task of preferably informal training of motor skills, sensors and. Like., In particular of the extremities, like feet, legs, Hands and Arms and other body parts more intense and for that Device users more fun, interesting and effective than before.

• – von einander verschiedene material-mechanische und/oder material-dynamische Eigenschaften gegenüber Druck-Einwirkung bzw. -Belastung und -Entlastung, insbesondere hinsichtlich Härte, Elastizität, Nachgiebigkeit, Volumsverdrängungs-, Rückstell- und/oder Feder-Charakteristik, aufweisende Grundkörper (11, 21, 31, 41, 51) auf Basis von bzw. aus Polymer-Schaumstoff
• – und jeweils dieselben vollflächig umgebende bzw. umspannende, der Gestalt der Grundkörper entsprechend ausgebildete Umhüllungen bzw. Überzüge (12, 22, 32, 42, 52) aus einem flexiblen und gegebenenfalls elastischen Folienund/oder Textilmaterial umfassenden

The present invention thus relates to a new multi-part game, sports, gymnastics, training and rehabilitation device, which is characterized in that it consists of a set ( 10 ) of at least three assigned to each other,

• - Different material-mechanical and / or material-dynamic properties with respect to the action of pressure or loading and relief, in particular with regard to hardness, elasticity, resilience, volume displacement, resetting and / or spring characteristics, having basic bodies ( 11 . 21 . 31 . 41 . 51 ) based on or made of polymer foam
• - and in each case the same full-surface encompassing or covering, designed according to the shape of the base body or coverings ( 12 . 22 . 32 . 42 . 52 ) from a flexible and possibly elastic film and / or textile material

Sensor bodies ( 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 ) consists.

Either with fun and games as Even with targeted serious training is due to the diversity the mechanical-motoric and sensoric properties of the in A plurality of existing ones, each forming a set of the new device Sensor body the particular advantage given that with the body or parts, especially extremities of the body of the player or trainer coming into contact and or displacing the same stressed, the individual human senses in different ways Is addressed and / or activated. So with every change from a sensor body on the other hand within a device set different types of skill challenges, Tension, strength and movement of individual muscles or muscle groups and metered feeling transfer during training or in the game, and this is preferred in a playfully gentle and inconspicuous way and by the one with the new device Exercisers, often not intended or noticed in practice, which is particularly the case with re-mobilization measures is beneficial in the field of rehabilitation.

Also are due to the diversity of material-intrinsic properties the sensory body within the new device set habituation effects or the like, as in sentences of individual elements with the same properties can, practically excluded.

According to one - the claim 2 to be removed - preferred embodiment it is provided that in each case the coatings of at least two, in particular however, by everyone who makes up the device set Sensor body out– to each other different film and / or textile materials and / or with each other different surface textures, -Textures and / or structures and / or (micro) topography, such as especially roughness, smoothness, Pimples, spikes, grains, Rib, waffle, tangled, velvet, woven or knitted structure or -texture and / or color, pattern, design, printing or the like. trained film and / or Textile materials are formed.

As a result of the variety of different surface topographies which come into direct contact with the skin surface of the respective body part of the person playing or exercising in accordance with this training variant, there is in addition to the volume change experience of the playing or exercising caused by the different resilience of the foam material of the sensor body exercising person to quickly changing different sensory experiences in skin contact, to different massage effects gene and thus also to different skin circulation activations.

Regarding the dynamic behavior essentially come for the main body of the foams new sensor body sets in question, which essentially the property categories listed in claim 3 belong.

About which Types and qualities of foams in the context of the invention for the different from each other body the sensory body are preferred to use, claim 4 provides further information.

It It should be pointed out here that the information in the claim 3 a very wide range of property values for the basic body of the paint over the foams provided for the new sensor body, however, these are from low to extremely rich Differences in charm and value of the sensor body set according to the invention.

The Claim 5 counts some of the preferred forms of the new within the scope of the invention Sensor body on which especially when they are in contact with the soles of the feet or with larger parts of the body are provided, for example also as thick mats or as a mat body are and can be described as such.

Especially in children and younger People with popular and motivating for training are sets of sensory bodies with Forms which - by no means exhaustive - are used 6 are mentioned.

at for one Contact with the soles of the feet or with larger parts of the body, so for a committing or for gymnastic exercises provided sensor bodies it is advantageous if they have a contour shape which a mosaic-like assembly to a larger closed area enable, as can be seen from claim 7.

To this may be beneficial for this purpose be when on the side walls the joinable Prism plates or the like. Adhesive or connecting elements, such as e.g. Velcro elements are arranged.

What the coatings or wrappings the basic body the sensory body of the new game and training device, so are Many types or variants are possible here: this is how the claim reveals 8 a form of training in which the coating on the surface of the Foam body either at all integral in one piece or materially, e.g. e.g. is integrated by gluing, which has the advantage that there are no shifts or slips between the coating and body while the use of the sensor body and there can be no wrinkling of the coating. The disadvantage is that changing the cover in case of wear or for Cleaning purposes not possible is.

According to one Another variant of the invention, as can be seen in claim 9 is the coating like a cushion cover from the main body be separated, what the changing of the same after wear and tear Soiling and its cleaning independent of the foam core body.

The Type of closures for the openings of the coatings practically no limits, except that the same if possible should be flexible and if possible when using and using the sensor body little annoying should be.

About preferred Materials for the coatings of the new ones Sensor body gives the claim 10 closer Information desk .

Finally is the claim 11 for what basic types of play and training the new multi-part game and exercise machine is particularly suitable.

The invention is explained in more detail with the aid of the drawings, in which: 1 and 2 each a complete set of the multi-part game, sports and training device according to the invention and the 3 to ...... - by no means exhaustive - some examples of each one - belonging to a set of at least three sensor bodies with different shapes.

This in 1 shown game and training device 100 for circular-disc-like sensor bodies for the same dimension and shape 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 whose main body 11 . 21 . 31 . 41 . 51 five different qualities, such as different strengths, elasticities, densities, resilience and spring characteristics, etc., are formed from foam bodies, which are indicated by different types of hatching, and these basic bodies are provided with coatings whose outer shape is adapted, for example textile 12 . 22 . 32 . 42 . 52 made of different materials, and here with each other different internal structure and in particular surface texture, texture, topography or the like. Envelope, each of which has an opening, here along an edge of the base body enveloped by them 6 for inserting and removing the core body, which by means of flexible zipper Enough 60 , Velcro, buttons or the like. Can be closed.

The surfaces of the coatings 12 . 22 . 32 . 42 . 52 are here in turn with round nubs, small closely spaced waves, parallel ribbed ribs, with a kind of waffle structure and a tangled fiber structure.

It can be provided that now those surfaces that are mainly used, that is to say in the case of the device 100 the 1 , the circular top and bottom surfaces 101 the sensory body 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 or the same assigned surfaces of the transitions are provided with the different special surface structure or texture and that the outer surfaces 102 the coatings do not have such a special structure.

The one in the 2 - With otherwise constant reference sign meanings - shown game, sports and training device 100 is a sentence 10 of regularly sized and equally thick hexagonal prismatic plates or mats as a sensor body 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 shown, which with their side or lateral surfaces 102 or with those of their coatings lying flat against one another, can be arranged in the manner of mosaic stones. By different hatching is in the 2 indicated that the sensor body shown here 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 with covers 12 . 22 . 32 . 42 . 52 are provided with different colors.

Finally they show 3 to 8th - Meanings of the reference symbols which are otherwise the same - Different forms or shapes of the new sensor body 1 to 5 , namely cuboid, cube, dumbbell, ring, crest, and roller.

Claims (11)

Multi-part game, sport, gymnastics, training and rehabilitation device, in particular for increasing and training the individual sensory and motor sensation, for sensory and motor training and u. Like., characterized in that it consists of a sentence ( 10 ) of at least three mutually assigned, - mutually different material-mechanical and / or material-dynamic properties with respect to the action of pressure or loading and relief, in particular with regard to hardness, elasticity, resilience, volume displacement, return and / or spring -Characteristic, basic body ( 11 . 21 . 31 . 41 . 51 ) on the basis of or made of polymer foam - and in each case the same full-area surrounding or encompassing envelopes or coverings designed according to the shape of the base body ( 12 . 22 . 32 . 42 . 52 ) from a flexible and possibly elastic film and / or textile material comprising sensor bodies ( 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 ) consists. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the coatings ( 12 . 22 . 32 . 42 . 52 ) of at least two, but in particular of everyone who makes a sentence ( 10 ) of the device ( 100 ) forming sensor body ( 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 ) from different foil and / or textile materials and / or from different surface textures, textures and / or structures and / or (micro) topographies, such as in particular roughness, smoothness, nubs, spikes, grains , Ribbed, waffle, tangled fiber, velvet, woven or knitted structure or texture and / or color, pattern, design, printing or the like. Formed film and / or textile materials are formed. Device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that it contains at least three sensor bodies ( 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 ) on the basis of differently exerting resistance in their mechano-dynamic properties to pressure and differently regenerating shapes when pressure is released ( 11 . 21 . 31 . 41 . 51 ) is formed from correspondingly different polymer foams of the following material property basic categories: 1.hard, little to unyielding, low return travel; preferably polyethylene (PE) foam; 2.soft, resilient, long reset travel, medium reset force, medium reset time; preferably polyurethane (PU) foam; 3rd as 2nd, but with different property values; 4. medium hard, resilient to a certain extent, medium resetting distance, medium resetting force, medium resetting time; preferably (PU) composite foam; 5. easy to push in, resilient, low restoring force, long restoring time; preferably viscoelastic foam; 6. resilient elastic; 7. outer soft with hard core; 8. Hard on the outside with a soft core. Device according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the individual base bodies ( 11 . 21 . 31 . 41 . 51 ) the sensor body ( 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 ), in each case preferably different from one another, a) from a PU foam of the quality: N1850, W2520, W2530, W2550, W3050 or H2090, or with a quality that deviates from these parameters, where N = normal foam, W = soft foam, H = Rigid foam and in each case the first two digits following the letters mentioned the numerical value of the compression hardness in kPa and the last two digits the density in kg / m ³ mean; b) from a PE foam with a density between 10 and 100 kg / m ³ , preferably from 20 to 90 kg / m ³ , in particular with 20, 30, 40 or 90 kg / m ³ ; c) from a composite foam, such as PU / PE foam, with a density between 50 and 220 kg / m ³ , preferably from 60 to 220 kg / m ³ , in particular with 65, 80, 100, 120, 150 or 200 kg / m ³ ; d) is formed from a viscoelastic foam with different compression hardnesses or e) from a combination or from a combination of at least two of the foams mentioned under a) to d). Device according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the base body ( 11 . 21 . 31 . 41 . 51 ) or the sensor body ( 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 ) as, preferably flat disc, plate or mat-like, preferably regular, triangular to octagonal prisms, as such circular or ellipsoidal cylinders, rollers or rings, as cubes, cuboids, board-like bodies, strand-like elongated structures, as domes, shells , Balls, ellipsoids, bone or dumbbell-shaped saddle bodies or the like are formed. Device according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the base body ( 11 . 21 . 31 . 41 . 51 ) or the sensor body ( 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 ) in the manner of cut cookies, shapes, motifs or shapes of the environment, the living environment, media, film, theater, literature and / or imagination, such as the shape of the moon and stars, suns, hearts, animals, feet , Hands or the like Device according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the base body ( 11 . 21 . 31 . 41 . 51 ) or the sensor body ( 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 ) with their side or lateral surfaces ( 102 ) From side to side, they can be rolled out or joined together in a mosaic-like manner. Device according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the coatings ( 12 . 22 . 32 . 42 . 52 ) the sensor body ( 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 ), preferably by gluing materially or in one piece in the manner of an integrated skin or bark, with base body ( 11 . 21 . 31 . 41 . 51 ) are connected. Device according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the coatings ( 12 . 22 . 32 . 42 . 52 ) the sensor body ( 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 ) the shape and dimension of the envelope or surface of its base bodies ( 11 . 21 . 31 . 41 . 51 ) designed accordingly and adapted, not connected to them and each with one, preferably by means of a flexible, in particular zip or Velcro fastener ( 60 ) closable, slit-like elongated opening ( 6 ) for inserting the base body ( 11 . 21 . 31 . 41 . 51 ) or for its application, especially when changing the covers. Device according to one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the coatings ( 12 . 22 . 32 . 42 . 52 ) the sensor body ( 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 ) - from the base body ( 11 . 21 . 31 . 41 . 51 ) peelable - are each formed from a textile material based on, preferably polymer-coated, polyester or as a polymer coating, in particular PVC coating, that is integrally or integrally connected to the base body. Device according to one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the sensor body ( 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 ) a sentence ( 10 ) the same, possibly different from one another, for hand and / or foot sensors and motor technology, in particular for gripping, kneading, walking, hand and foot surface massage and the like. The like. And / or for climbing, walking, jumping, for a sole massage u. Like. Or are dimensioned for laying on or beds of parts or parts of the body or the entire body.