DE29607150U1 - Multi-variable, active dynamic meditation stool - Google Patents

Description

Description of the "multivariable!!, active-dynamic meditation stool"

The meditation seating aids currently available on the market are very simple items, such as cushions, upholstery, stools, blocks, etc.

For most Western Europeans, however, even with the aid of the aids mentioned, it is rather difficult to find a relaxed, open sitting position in which the poles of activity and calm, stability and liveliness are expressed equally and in a balanced relationship.

Tension and pain along the spine are a well-known problem for many people (and not just those who meditate).

The invention described in the claims is intended to remedy this by enabling the body to adopt pleasant, relaxing sitting positions and encouraging an interplay between statics and dynamics.

This is achieved by the solution specified in claim 1, with specific embodiments of the invention being described in the subclaims.

If the seat element is used separately, this cylinder section with the curve towards the floor is used as a support for the buttocks when sitting in the tailor or lotus position. The curve allows for easy tilting forwards and backwards (see drawing Ib).

If you want to use the seat element in combination with the base, there are various variation options:

You either sit astride the upwardly curved surface of the seat element, in the so-called heel seat. The substructure described in claim 2 now allows different freedom of movement - depending on the alignment of its two curved surfaces to each other:

- With parallel alignment, the tilting option already mentioned in claim 1 forwards and backwards is slightly increased again; (Drawing 5). - If the two individual parts of the base are turned 90° against each other, this allows the seat (and thus the pelvis) to be tilted in all (!) directions (Drawing 6). It is also possible to sit on the stool not astride but across its width. The lower legs then run under the seat element to the right and left of the base. Tilting option as already described.

From a human anatomical point of view, the tilting backwards and downwards and sideways backwards and downwards is of particular value, as this stretches and lengthens the lower part of the back in the area of the lumbar spine. This area in particular is severely affected in many people in Western Europe. Stretching and relaxing this lower section of the back automatically has a relaxing effect on the upper areas of the spine.

The elastic dowel (3 a, b, c), which connects the two elements of the substructure, stimulates the body to "play with the possibilities" through its gentle tendency towards the middle position. A dynamic search for optimal statics begins.

Application for registration as a utility model

Gabriele Wander, Schwaigerweg 2 Rgb, 85625 Baiern / Glonn

The attached drawing illustrates the design and function of the invention:

1. Upper part of the meditation stool: "seat element" (off-center cylinder longitudinal section),

which either as

a) stable, or b) flexible seat for sitting in the tailor or lotus position.

c) On the flat side there are drill holes for removable wooden dowels for connection to the substructure (2).

2. Base of the meditation stool,

a,b) consisting of two further, but shorter, eccentric cylinder longitudinal sections,

c) with drill holes on the flat side for the removable wooden dowels for connection to the seat element

d) with one drill hole in the middle of each curved side, for the elastic dowel (3) for the flexible connection of the two halves of the substructure to each other.

3. Elastic dowel, here in the form of a spiral spring.

Alternatively, stretched rubber bands or a flexible plastic pin can be used.

The elastic dowel holds the two halves of the substructure together, allows room for movement for the pelvis while at the same time tending towards the middle position.

4. Removable wooden dowels for connecting the seat element (1) to the base (2), as well as the base (2) and the washers for individual height adjustment (7).

5. If the two halves of the base are aligned parallel to each other, it is possible to tilt in two directions (front and back, if you sit astride the stool in the heel seat);

6. When they are rotated by 90° against each other, there is room for movement forwards, backwards, right, left and diagonally: the pelvis can be tilted in all directions!

7. Individual height adjustment is ensured by square washers of variable number and thickness. The connection is also made here using removable wooden dowels (4).

Application for registration as a utility model

Gabriele Wander, Schwaigerweg 2 Rgb, 85625 Baiern / Glonn

Claims (5)

•••j·· ··· Protection claims Multivariable, active-dynamic meditation stool, characterized in that 1. the seat element (1) is shaped like an elongated, off-center cylinder section; 2. the seat element (1) can be supplemented by a special substructure (2), which in turn is composed of two shorter, off-center cylinder longitudinal sections (2a and 2b), wherein the two curved surfaces face each other and are connected in the middle by an elastic dowel (3); 3. a) a spiral spring is used as an elastic dowel b) tensioned rubbers are used as elastic dowels c) a flexible plastic pin is used as an elastic dowel; 4. the seat element (1) can be connected to the substructure using simple, removable wooden dowels (4), 5. The height of the stool can be individually varied using additional washers of different thicknesses (7). Application for registration as a utility model Gabriele Wander, Schwaigerweg 2 Rgb, 85625 Baiern / Glonn