EP2796176A1 - Gymnastics apparatus for practising a headstand - Google Patents

Abstract

Shown is gymnastic apparatus for the safe exercise of a headstand, comprising a base frame (1, 8) which can be adjusted to a base, wherein on the base frame two serving for shoulder support bearing surfaces (2) are provided and wherein between the two bearing surfaces (2) a gap is provided in which the head is accommodated in the head, wherein on the base frame (1, 8) above the plane of the support surfaces (2) has a leg catch (3) is provided. In order to further improve the stability of the gymnastic apparatus, it is envisaged - that the base frame (1, 8) comprises two similar side parts (1), each having two legs (4) and a support (7) for the legrest (3), wherein the two side parts (1) by at least two transverse struts ( 8) are interconnected, - That the side parts (1) are each made in one piece from a flat plate and - That the side parts (1) enclose an angle with each other, so that the distance between the side parts (1) on the side of the carrier (7) for the leg catch (3) is smaller than on the opposite side.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The invention relates to a gymnastics apparatus for safe exercise of a headstand comprising a base frame which is adjustable to a base, wherein on the base frame two serving for shoulder support bearing surfaces are provided and wherein between the two bearing surfaces a gap is provided, received in the headstand of the head is, wherein on the base frame over the level of the bearing surfaces a leg catch is provided.

With such a gymnastic apparatus a headstand can be made, ie an inverse vertical posture can be taken where the head is down and the legs are up. More specifically, a shoulder stand is taken because the body rests on the shoulders and the head - unlike a classic headstand on the floor - remains free to move and the body weight does not burden the head or the cervical spine.

The occasional inverse posture can exert a beneficial effect on the constitution of the gymnastics, which is largely explained by vascular reactions, that is, by "vascular training". In addition to the vascular effect, a positive nervous component is also to be assumed, whereby the training of the nerves in the sense of constriction and dilation of the vessels as well as the adaptation of the heart activity surely also establish the positive effect here.

At the leg rest, the legs of the gymnastics can either be supported during the shoulder stand or the leg catch catches the tilting legs and prevents a fall of the gymnast. So it can be angled in the shoulder stand legs in the knee and thus about the calves or feet are supported on the leg rest.

STATE OF THE ART

Gymnastic equipment for exercising a headstand are approximately from the DE 94 12 087 U1 known. There are two, adjustable on a background, box-shaped frame parts are provided which each have a cushion pad for shoulder support in the headstand position, and which are connected in a variable distance such that in the intermediate space formed thereby headstand the head is added.

Even if by the gymnastics of the DE 94 12 087 U1 In principle, there is the possibility that even inexperienced occupy the headstand position over a long period of time, so there is a risk that the person turning from the shoulderstand further tilts over his head and falls to the ground. When gymnastics the DE 94 12 087 U1 the legs or feet can only be supported on another object or a wall or the tilting legs are collected, which would require a correspondingly securely mounted other object or a free wall.

The US 4 133 524 A shows a gymnastics apparatus comprising a base frame with two padded bearing surfaces, which are formed by a U-shaped plate, and with a legrest. In the side parts handle sections are provided.
The US Pat. No. 3,857,561 also shows a gymnastics apparatus comprising a base frame with two padded bearing surfaces and with a legrest, however, the base frame is made of steel tubes, with tube parts serve as a handle in front of the bearing surfaces.

PRESENTATION OF THE INVENTION

It is an object of the present invention to provide a gymnastics apparatus, with which a tilting of the turn ends over the head can be prevented during the head or shoulder stand. In addition, the hold of the gymnastics and the stability of the gymnastic apparatus should be further improved.

• dass die Auflageflächen jeweils zumindest einen Griff in Form eines Ausschnitts aus der Auflagefläche aufweisen, in welchen die Hände des Übenden eingreifen können,
• dass das Grundgestell zwei gleichartige Seitenteile umfasst, die jeweils zwei Beine sowie einen Träger für die Beinraste aufweisen, wobei die beiden Seitenteile durch zumindest zwei Querstreben miteinander verbunden sind,
• dass die Seitenteile jeweils einteilig aus einer ebenen Platte gefertigt sind und
• dass die Seitenteile einen Winkel miteinander einschließen, sodass der Abstand der Seitenteile an der Seite der Träger für die Beinraste kleiner ist als an der gegenüberliegenden Seite.

This object is achieved by a gymnastics apparatus according to claim 1, which is characterized

• that the support surfaces each have at least one handle in the form of a cutout from the support surface, in which the hands of the exerciser can intervene,
• that the base frame comprises two similar side parts, each having two legs and a carrier for the leg catch, wherein the two side parts are connected to each other by at least two transverse struts,
• that the side parts are each made in one piece from a flat plate and
• that the side parts make an angle with each other, so that the distance of the side parts on the side of the leg rest carrier is smaller than on the opposite side.

The feature that the support surfaces each have at least one handle in the form of a section of the support surface, in which the hands of the exerciser can engage, serves to improve the grip of the turn ends on the support surface.

In order to facilitate a long and comfortable standing on the shoulders, it can be provided that the support surfaces are each at least partially covered with a cushion, in particular their mutual distance is variable. For example, the upholstery can be plugged into slots of the support surfaces by means of corresponding extensions. If there are two or more slots spaced apart in the width direction per pad, the mutual spacing of the pads can be set to the respective shoulder width of the turn end.

The bearing surfaces may be formed by a single, substantially U-shaped plate, wherein the opening of the plate is directed away from the legrest. If the bearing surface is formed in this way, it can simply be cut out of a plate. The one-piece shape also serves to stabilize the gymnastics apparatus because, in addition to the base frame, it connects the two sides of the gymnastics apparatus. The open side of the U-shaped plate is at the side where you climb the gym equipment, not to the movement of the head hamper, the closed side, so the curvature of the U-shaped plate, is on the side of the leg rest.

Also, the stability of the gymnastics device is used when the base frame has legs, wherein at least one leg at its, the support surfaces facing away from the end of another leg is removed than at the end that faces the support surfaces. In other words, the legs of the gymnastic apparatus are spread. You can only be spread in one direction, about the front and back, or to the left and right, or in both directions from the support surface down.

A feature of the base frame is that it comprises two similar side parts, each having two legs and a leg rest carrier, the two side parts being interconnected by at least two cross braces. A side panel is easily in one piece from a flat plate, such as a wooden plate manufactured.

Since the side parts make an angle with each other, so that the distance of the side parts on the side of the carrier for the legrest is smaller than on the opposite side, the footprint of the gymnastic apparatus at the side where the turn end climbs the device, wider than at the Side where the legrest is located. This prevents a lateral tilting of the gymnast when climbing through the gymnastics.

The cross struts, which connect the two side parts, can attack in the, in particular lower, region of the legs, so that a spreading apart of the legs is reliably prevented. The legrest can connect the supports of the side parts at or near the free ends of each other and thus also serve the stability of the gymnastic apparatus. Of course, there may also be further leg rests or cross connections between the side parts in the region of the carrier.

WAYS FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

Fig. 1

ein erfindungsgemäßes Turngerät in Seitenansicht zeigt,

Fig. 2

eine Ansicht der Auflageflächen des Turngeräts,

Fig. 3

die Vorderansicht des Turngeräts und

Fig. 4

nochmals die Seitenansicht aus Fig. 1 mit einem Turnenden.

The invention will be explained in more detail with reference to schematic figures, which represent a possible embodiment, wherein

Fig. 1

a gymnastics apparatus according to the invention in side view,

Fig. 2

a view of the bearing surfaces of the gymnastic apparatus,

Fig. 3

the front view of the gymnastic apparatus and

Fig. 4

again the side view Fig. 1 with a turn ends.

In Fig. 1 a gymnastics apparatus according to the invention is shown, of whose basic frame only the two side parts 1 are visible here. A side part 1 each has two legs 4, the back or front (in Fig. 1 So left and right) are splayed. Between the side parts 1, a part of the U-shaped plate 2 can be seen, which serves as a shoulder pad and on which the pad 5 are attached. The pad 5 are outside of the side panels 1 still supported by their own pad supports 9, which widen the support surface for the pad 5 to the outside. The upholstery supports are attached laterally to the side parts 1.

Each side part 1 has a carrier 7 for the not visible here leg catch 3. The carrier 7 is that part of the side part 1 which extends upwards beyond the U-shaped plate 2.

In Fig. 2 It can be seen that the bearing surfaces are formed by a single U-shaped plate 2. The open side of the plate 2 is located at the front of the gym equipment, from where the end of the gym rises to the gymnastic apparatus. The closed side of the plate, so the curved part of the U, located at the back of the gymnastics device, where the side panels 1 pass into the carrier 7 for the leg rest. The space between the straight legs of the plate 2 is free, so that the movement of the head is not hindered during the ascent to the device and during the head or shoulder stand.

In the bearing surfaces, which are formed by the legs of the U-shaped plate 2, a handle 6 is provided in the form of a section of the support surface in each case. The hands of the practitioner reach into the cutout and embrace the part of the U-shaped plate 2 lying within the cutout. Of course, instead of the section of the plate 2, a tab or similar means for holding on the plate 2 could be mounted.

If the gymnast is placed on a level horizontal surface, the support surfaces, ie the U-shaped plate 2, should also be aligned horizontally.

In Fig. 3 the entire gymnastic apparatus is shown from the front, that is, from the side, where you climb on the device. The side parts 1 are flat and not parallel, but slightly obliquely aligned with each other, so that the front, in particular the front legs here 4, have a greater distance from each other than the side parts 1 on the back of the gymnast. The two transverse struts 8 connect the front and the rear legs 4 with each other. The cross struts 8 are arranged in the lower half of the legs 4, so that the headroom of the Turnenden is not limited.

The leg catch 3 connects the two supports 7 near each other from their free ends. It is located approximately at the level where the upper half of the thigh of a shoulder-mounted turntable 10 is located, see Fig. 4 , The legrest 3 is in this example also outside the gap between the two bearing surfaces for the shoulders, ie outside the interior of the U-shaped plate 2, and approximately over the curved end of the plate. 2

The gymnastic apparatus according to the invention can - except for the upholstery 5 - be produced entirely from flat wooden panels, which are connected to one another by suitable wood connections, such as wooden dowels. Thus, the gymnast with his four legs and the straps with the leg rest, which resembles the shape of a backrest, more like a chair and thus looks like a piece of furniture, so that the gymnastics device does not disturb visually in the living area.

The U-shaped plate 2 can basically be designed in two ways: according to Fig. 1 If it can be arranged entirely between the side parts 1, that is, it is laterally connected to the side parts 1 from the inside on its straight outer sides. In a second embodiment, it lies in the region of its straight outer sides on the straight upper sides of the side parts 1, as in the Fig. 2 and 3 shown. In In this case, there is an edge attached to the outside of the plate 2, with which it additionally surrounds the side parts 1.

• die Höhe des Turngeräts beträgt etwa 1,4 m,
• wobei sich der die U-förmige Platte 2 bzw. die Polster 5 auf einer Höhe von etwa 0,5 m befinden und der Träger 7 über der Platte 2 etwa 0,9 m misst,
• die Tiefe (gemessen vom vorderen (links) zum hinteren (rechts) Bein 4 eines Seitenteils 1 in Fig. 1) beträgt etwa 0,8 m,
• die Breite (gemessen zwischen den beiden vorderen Beinen 4 in Fig. 3) beträgt etwa 0,5 m,
• und der Abstand zwischen den Trägern 7 im Bereich der Beinraste 3 etwa 0,3 m beträgt.

The dimensions of the gymnastic apparatus according to the invention are as follows in this example:

• the height of the gymnastics apparatus is about 1.4 m,
• wherein the U-shaped plate 2 and the pad 5 are at a height of about 0.5 m and the carrier 7 measures about 0.9 m above the plate 2,
• the depth (measured from the front (left) to the rear (right) leg 4 of a side part 1 in Fig. 1 ) is about 0.8 m,
• the width (measured between the two front legs 4 in Fig. 3 ) is about 0.5 m,
• and the distance between the carriers 7 in the region of the legrest 3 is about 0.3 m.

The dimensions can of course vary, for example by up to 10 cm. The leg catch 3 will usually be between 0.7 and 1.0 m above the bearing surfaces, ie the plate 2.

The use of the gymnastic apparatus can be performed on the basis of yoga instructions, namely with a triangular forearm and the skull positioned in the hands, with slowly raising and stretching the legs, so that a "straight column" is given, with the cervical spine held in kyphosis.

The shoulders are placed on the upholstery 5 at the rear of the support surfaces 2, ie at the rear of the legs (the "armrests"), the hands include the handles 6 front of the support surfaces 2. The legs are slowly moved upwards with a slight swing so that they eventually assume a position perpendicular to the floor or to the bearing surfaces 2. The stability of the Turnenden is given by the square shoulder-hands, the security against a possible overturning back through the - in contrast to a chair - raised "backrest", so the carrier 7 and the leg rest. 3

Additional training effects, such as on the back muscles, can be achieved by circling or straddling the legs.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

1

side panel

2

U-shaped plate

3

leg detent

4

leg

5

pad

6

Handle

7

Carrier for legrest

8th

crossmember

9

cushion support

10

Turn Ender

Claims (6)

Gymnastics apparatus for the safe exercise of a headstand, comprising a base frame (1, 8) which is adjustable to a base, wherein on the base frame two serving for shoulder support surfaces (2) are provided and wherein between the two bearing surfaces (2) is provided a gap , in which the head is accommodated in the head, wherein on the base frame (1, 8) above the plane of the support surfaces (2) is provided a leg catch (3), characterized - That the bearing surfaces (2) each have at least one handle (6) in the form of a section of the support surface (2), in which the hands of the practitioner can intervene, - that the base frame (1, 8) comprises two similar side parts (1), each having two legs (4) and a support (7) for the legrest (3), wherein the two side parts (1) by at least two transverse struts ( 8) are connected to each other, - That the side parts (1) are each made in one piece from a flat plate and - That the side parts (1) enclose an angle with each other, so that the distance between the side parts (1) on the side of the carrier (7) for the leg catch (3) is smaller than on the opposite side. Gymnastics apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the bearing surfaces (2) are each at least partially covered with a pad (5), wherein in particular their mutual distance is variable. Gymnastics apparatus according to one of claims 1 to 2, characterized in that the bearing surfaces (2) are formed by a single, substantially U-shaped plate, wherein the opening of the plate of the leg notch (3) is directed away. Gymnastic apparatus according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the base frame (1, 8) legs (4), wherein at least one leg at its, the support surfaces (2) facing away from the end of another leg is removed than at the End that faces the bearing surfaces (2). Gymnastic apparatus according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the transverse struts (8) engage in the, in particular lower, region of the legs (4). Gymnastics apparatus according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the leg catch (3) connects the supports (7) of the side parts (1) at or near their free ends.

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