EP2022540A1 - Vorrichtung für schmalere wangen - Google Patents

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EP2022540A1
EP2022540A1 EP07743517A EP07743517A EP2022540A1 EP 2022540 A1 EP2022540 A1 EP 2022540A1 EP 07743517 A EP07743517 A EP 07743517A EP 07743517 A EP07743517 A EP 07743517A EP 2022540 A1 EP2022540 A1 EP 2022540A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B23/00—Exercising apparatus specially adapted for particular parts of the body
    • A63B23/025—Exercising apparatus specially adapted for particular parts of the body for the head or the neck
    • A63B23/03—Exercising apparatus specially adapted for particular parts of the body for the head or the neck for face muscles
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B23/00—Exercising apparatus specially adapted for particular parts of the body
    • A63B23/025—Exercising apparatus specially adapted for particular parts of the body for the head or the neck
    • A63B23/03—Exercising apparatus specially adapted for particular parts of the body for the head or the neck for face muscles
    • A63B23/032—Exercising apparatus specially adapted for particular parts of the body for the head or the neck for face muscles for insertion in the mouth
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B21/00—Exercising apparatus for developing or strengthening the muscles or joints of the body by working against a counterforce, with or without measuring devices
    • A63B21/02—Exercising apparatus for developing or strengthening the muscles or joints of the body by working against a counterforce, with or without measuring devices using resilient force-resisters
    • A63B21/028—Exercising apparatus for developing or strengthening the muscles or joints of the body by working against a counterforce, with or without measuring devices using resilient force-resisters made of material having high internal friction, e.g. rubber, steel wool, intended to be compressed
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B2210/00—Space saving
    • A63B2210/50—Size reducing arrangements for stowing or transport

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  • the present invention relates to a cheek-thinning instrument designed to burn off fat of a face, in particular of sagging cheeks, by a muscular exercise of the entirety of facial muscles.
  • Conventional face-slimming tools for example the one disclosed by Japanese published unexamined application JP-A-2003-135 624 , are known for inserting a spring-assisted cheek-slimming tool, which expands the mouth of a user horizontally, and then the user makes exercises to close the tool using his buccinator muscles, applying a load to his cheeks or the entire face.
  • the face-slimming tool as described in the above Japanese published unexamined application JP-A-2003-135 624 is designed to burn off the fat by muscle exercise with the tool being held between the lips. Therefore, the tool exercises peripheral muscles of the lips, e.g. the buccinator muscles, while providing a small amount of exercise effect to the levator anguli oris muscles, the zygomaticus major muscles and the depressor anguli oris muscles, all of which work to tone up the face.
  • the cheek-thinning instrument of the present invention comprises a shaft and a pair of pushing portions which can be inserted into between an upper gum and right and left cheeks, or between a lower gum and the right and left cheeks. It can apply a load to the entirety of facial muscles, in particular the levator anguli oris muscles, the zygomaticus major muscles and the depressor anguli oris muscles, all of which work to tone up the face, by opening and closing exercise of lips while the shaft is being pulled upward or downward of a face.
  • the entirety of facial muscles expressed in the present invention means the above-mentioned levator anguli oris muscles, the zygomaticus major muscles and the depressor anguli oris muscles, and further include risorius muscles in central cheeks as well as buccinator muscles, forehead muscles and jaw muscles.
  • the present invention provides various effects which are explained in detail below.
  • FIGS. 1 to 3 A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3 .
  • a pair of prong-shaped pushing portions 2 is formed at one end of an elongated shaft 1.
  • a finger grip part 3 is provided at the other end to help the fingers to grip around.
  • the shape of the shaft 1 is preferably either bent or curved. With a bending or a curvature provided thereof, it can easily apply a load to the entirety of facial muscles, in particular the levator anguli oris muscles, the zygomaticus major muscles and the depressor anguli oris muscles, by opening and closing exercise of lips while the shaft 1 is being pulled upward or downward of a face.
  • the shaft 1 can be made of any kind of material such as metal or wood for example. However, it is preferably made of plastic including polypropylene, urethane, elastomer, etc. in terms of easy processability such as integral-moldability. Further preferably, tips of the pushing portions 2 are made of a smooth-surfaced and elastic material, such as rubber or silicone, which deforms a little under a load.
  • the shaft 1 is made of a bowable and elastic material, such as rubber or silicone, which unbends or uncurves a little under a load so as not to hurt the interior of the oral cavity. Because it is formed by such a material, the pushing portions 2 and the shaft 1 can be deformed without hurting the interior of the oral cavity.
  • a bowable and elastic material such as rubber or silicone
  • the two prong-shaped pushing portions 2 formed as described above, are placed between the right and left inner cheek surfaces 4 and an upper gum 6 near the right and left levator anguli oris muscles 8 and the zygomaticus major muscles 9, followed by closing of the upper and lower teeth, grabbing the finger grip part 3 with fingers 7 to apply a load upward on the levator anguli oris muscles 8 and the zygomaticus major muscles 9, thereby doing exercise of opening and closing the lips and entire cheeks repeatedly.
  • the pushing portions 2 are placed between the inner cheek surfaces 4 and the lower gum 6 near the right and left depressor anguli oris muscles 10, followed by closing of the upper and lower teeth, grabbing the finger grip part 3 with fingers 7 to apply a load upward to the depressor anguli oris muscles 10, doing exercise of opening and closing the lips and entire cheeks repeatedly.
  • a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 4A and 4B , and is distinguished from the first embodiment by the fact that the shaft 1 is not integrally made, but has a hinge 12 at its central portion as shown in FIG. 4A .
  • the cheek-thinning instrument is foldable at shaft 1, as shown in FIG. 4B , into a compact configuration when it is not in use.
  • the above-described structure has the same advantages as the first embodiment.
  • the shaft 1 can be separated in two to be interconnected with each other with a screw when it is in use; and when it is not in use, it can be folded by loosening the screw. It is further possible to provide a mechanical joint, as shown in FIG. 5 , wherein a convex portion 13 is inserted into a concave portion 14 for interconnecting same. When it is not in use, the mechanical joint can be disconnected to divide the instrument into two parts for compact storage.
  • a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 6 , and is distinguished from the first embodiment by the fact that the pushing portions 2 and the shaft 1 are interconnected with an interconnection 11.
  • the above-described structure provides the same advantages as the first and the second embodiments.
  • a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 7 , and is distinguished from the third embodiment that the finger grip part 3 is formed in a ring shape.
  • the above-described structure provides the same advantages as the first and the second embodiments.
  • the tips of the pushing portions 2 of the present invention are made of a smooth-surfaced and elastic material, such as rubber or silicone, which deforms a little under a load so as not to hurt the interior of the oral cavity when a load is applied to the entirety of facial muscles, in particular the levator anguli oris muscles, the zygomaticus major muscles and the depressor anguli oris muscles, by opening and closing exercise of the lips while the shaft is gripped with fingers and being pulled upward or downward of the face
  • the pushing portions 2 are neither limited to the shapes described in FIGS. 1 to 6 nor to the aforementioned materials.
  • the material of the pushing portions 2 needs to be free of harmful heavy metals, and preferably is sterilizable by boiling water or the like.
  • the shaft 1 of the present invention can apply a load to the entirety of facial muscles, in particular the levator anguli oris muscles 8, the zygomaticus major muscles 9 and the depressor anguli oris muscles 10, by opening and closing exercise of the lips while the shaft 1 is gripped with fingers and being pulled upward or downward of the face.
  • the shaft 1 can be made of any kind of material such as metal or wood for example.
  • the shaft 1 is either bent or curved so that it can easily apply a load to the entirety of facial muscles, in particular the levator anguli oris muscles, the zygomaticus major muscles and the depressor anguli oris muscles, by opening and closing exercise of lips while the shaft lis being pulled upward or downward of the face.
  • it is made of a bowable and elastic material, such as rubber or silicone, which unbends or uncurves a little under a load so as not to hurt the interior of an oral cavity. Still further preferably, it has a finger grip part 3 which helps the fingers to grip around easily.
  • the finger grip part 3 is neither limited to the shapes described in FIGS. 1 to 6 nor to the aforementioned materials.
  • the pushing portions 2 and the shaft 1 are interconnected by the interconnection 11. Because the interconnection 11 is not meant to be put into the oral cavity, any material can be used including plastic, wood and metal. However, it has a mechanical joint mechanism such as a screw to interconnect or joint the pushing portions 2 with the shaft 1.
  • the cheek-thinning instrument of the present invention is basically meant to be used in such a manner that the pushing portions 2 are inserted into between an upper gum and the right and left cheeks, or between a lower gum and the right and left cheeks, however, it is also highly effective to use this instrument in such a manner that either the right or the left portion of the pushing portions 2 are put on a risorius muscle or a buccinator muscle, upper and lower teeth being closed, finger grip part 3 being gripped with fingers to apply a load to the risorius muscle or the buccinator muscle where the pushing portions 2 are put on, and do exercise of opening and closing the lips and the entire cheeks repeatedly .

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US1389436A (en) * 1919-04-28 1921-08-30 William J Cameron Retractor
US3744485A (en) * 1971-11-19 1973-07-10 G Worthy Exercising device for the lip and cheek area
WO1993020900A1 (en) * 1992-04-10 1993-10-28 Rosa Anna Fraser Jaw muscle exerciser
US20010034474A1 (en) * 2000-03-01 2001-10-25 Ryan Bruce P. Tongue lifter
US6436034B1 (en) * 1998-08-31 2002-08-20 Hiroyuki Funatogawa Intrabuccal stretcher

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US1389436A (en) * 1919-04-28 1921-08-30 William J Cameron Retractor
US3744485A (en) * 1971-11-19 1973-07-10 G Worthy Exercising device for the lip and cheek area
WO1993020900A1 (en) * 1992-04-10 1993-10-28 Rosa Anna Fraser Jaw muscle exerciser
US6436034B1 (en) * 1998-08-31 2002-08-20 Hiroyuki Funatogawa Intrabuccal stretcher
US20010034474A1 (en) * 2000-03-01 2001-10-25 Ryan Bruce P. Tongue lifter

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WO2007132904A1 (ja) 2007-11-22
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