ES2283166B2 - CABINET CONTAINER OF GYM APPLIANCES. - Google Patents

Abstract

The gymnastics storage cabinet is a new device consisting of the joint joining of one or several gymnastics devices together with a closet that encloses them all. It is mainly intended for private homes and aims to reduce the space committed by fitness equipment, foldable or not, in addition to facilitating entertainment during the exercise and expert control by physiotherapists, as it also has a multimedia terminal With video camera for Internet connection during exercise. It preferably consists of a metal structure closed by wooden panels and doors where the devices are housed, which can be linked to the closet itself, such as a weight training equipment, or simply be housed, such as a folding exercise bike, a climbing apparatus, a set of weights, etc. The invention allows various configurations in the described line.

Description

Storage cabinet gym equipment.

Object of the invention

The present invention relates to the union joint of a closet containing a variety of appliances gymnastics, together with these devices. It is an invention that belongs, within the area of mechanics, to the field of equipment of fitness, gymnastics or bodybuilding, not being a new apparatus as such, but in a new way of containing and presenting existing equipment, with the main purpose of being used In private homes.

Background of the invention

There are currently numerous devices that They help maintain and improve fitness, such as exercise bikes, climbing equipment or steppers, treadmills running, weights, or electrostimulation equipment, for example. In addition, manufacturers offer different models as they are intended for use in gyms or private homes, according to the use will be intensive or occasional, for professional use or amateur.

Medium and large sized devices intended for private homes, such as bicycles static or treadmills, usually have the characteristic of can be folded, to occupy as little space as possible when they are not used This characteristic, together with a smaller weight, It makes them suitable for home gymnastics.

Many of these devices are protected by patent or utility model, and are mainly collected in the Heading A63B of the International Patent Classification. At state of the art there are also numerous versions whose Design is protected by Industrial Models and many others collections of models that, without being protected by titles of industrial property, are listed in commercial catalogs and can acquired in specialized stores and department stores.

In none of these sources consulted has appeared no closet specially designed to house different devices for the practice of gymnastics in homes such as the one described below.

In sections A47B and A47F of the same International Patent Classification found cabinets or furniture in general prepared to contain different devices Mechanical and electrical Nor in these sections has it been found no antecedent similar to the one described below.

Returning to devices intended for use private homes, most of them have some type of inadequacy to the use to which they are intended. As has published in specialized magazines about fitness, a high percentage of them are discontinued after a few months, and another considerable percentage is tried to sell in magazines of Second hand before the year of being bought.

To understand the reason for this situation and try to alleviate it as much as possible, a statistical research consisting of monitoring during six months to 87 buyers of such devices, most of them of exercise bikes and climbing devices or steppers. The data obtained ratified approximately those offered by the magazines of the sector.

Among the most argued reasons for the decreasing use of these devices and, where appropriate, the attempt to get rid of them by selling, three highlighted:

Reason 1.- Because of the high volume they still occupy folded, and because they are poorly integrated into the furniture environment of A room or a lounge.

Reason 2.- For boredom during use, already that users usually perform the only exercise that normally allows the device in a solo room.

Reason 3.- Finally, and together with reason previous, for lack of will, since the realization of a effort individually or in isolation caused continuous relaxation of the practice before it was consolidated as a habit.

The invention described below, although simple in appearance, it has developed following the analysis of surveys and conversations held with people object of this investigation, and after understanding the causes from the inadequacy of these devices to the use for which they are destined Together with this, we have sought to satisfy others usual needs in people who practice this type of solo gymnastics.

The general objectives sought with the invention are to increase the use of gym equipment, bodybuilding and fitness for private homes, increase the practice of maintenance sport in homes, allow the exercise of several residents of the home simultaneously reduce the global space that these occupy appliances and adapt them to the furniture environment of the unit where they are installed when they are not used.

Two other objectives are to increase the entertainment of the person exercising in your home, and online advice from physiotherapists to the athlete on how to perform the exercises, increasing expert monitoring and reducing injuries resulting from uncontrolled exercise. With this also aims to strengthen the habit of exercise, entertainment and The fun during your practice.

Description of the invention

The invention that is proposed to solve the exposed problems and meet the stated objectives is a cabinet type furniture that gathers in a closed and tidy one or preferably several devices collected and folded where appropriate, so that they are taken out for use, and after which they return to be introduced back into it, being all housed in a reduced environment and integrated with the furniture of the room where install

On this point, we want to stand out again that the object of the invention is not a cabinet with capacity for to house gym equipment, nor a specific device with A closet to store it. The object of this invention is the combination of some gym equipment together with the closet which saves them, allowing special applications and offering advantages of use that these devices do not have by themselves.

Any combination in the aforementioned line is in principle possible, whereby the invention materializes in a variety of potential configurations, although preferably the furniture must contain different devices that guarantee a complete and balanced physical exercise of the entire human body, and that allows two or more people to use them in a way
simultaneous.

Among the devices that are preferably included in the closet are a folding weight bench and attached to the closet, a folding exercise bike, a device rowing, a treadmill or a treadmill, a stepper or device climbing, weights and dumbbells, a flex bar, a rope, aerobic step or step, etc.

The closet has several drawers where they can accommodate other saved accessories, such as a mat, a scale, weight gloves, ballast wristbands, appliances electro - stimulation, etc.

The closet may consist of a internal metal structure strong enough to withstand the weights and mechanical solicitations of the devices that contain and have their use conferred. This structure would be coated on its lateral, upper, lower and rear sides by wood panels, and on the front by one or two doors. From this way the internal structure, which is the configure the closet, and the external wooden enclosure will be varied both in style and color, etc., to adapt to the environment Where it is installed.

The main utility of this typology of cabinets is that although the volume enclosed by it may be higher that of each of the devices taken individually, the space involved in the unit where you are staying is smaller within it that they were loose, just like the integration of the furniture in the enclosure is better than that of the devices alone.

With this configuration the set objectives of adapting the presence of these devices in private homes, to stay in the space that compromises a single device, such as an exercise bike, several appliances together, allowing exercise to be performed several residents of the house simultaneously, and to adapt them to the furniture environment of the unit where they are installed When they are not used. All this results in the increase of joint adaptation to its use and to increase the sport practice of  home maintenance.

The invention also has a radio and a television with video, which facilitates the viewing of programs and videos of guided exercises or training courses or physical maintenance while practicing sport. This way the entertainment of the person performing is increased exercise.

It also has an accessory with a terminal multimedia with video camera for the recording of the athlete, and it allows remote connection, for example via the Internet, with a monitor that advises and controls the exercises in real time. This terminal allows online connection and viewing of the different rooms of a gym arranged to assist in Direct to aerobics and other sports classes.

Description of the drawings

To complement the description that is being performing and in order to help a better understanding of the characteristics of the invention, according to two examples preferred for practical realization thereof, it is accompanied as integral part of that description, a set of drawings in where, for illustrative and non-limiting purposes, it has been represented the next:

Figure 1.- Shows a medium configuration of closet, consisting of a folding exercise bike with several more devices, like a stepper, a set of weights, etc., all in inside a piece of furniture that encloses them and that has a terminal multimedia.

Figure 2.- Shows one more configuration complete closet with numerous appliances and a bench of bodybuilding attached to the closet.

Preferred Embodiment of the Invention

In view of these figures you can see how a medium configuration has a tall closet medium (1), with internal metal structure (2) and drawers (3). Inside they house a folding exercise bike (6), a team of climbing or stepper (7), various weights and dumbbells (8), a barbell flexion (9) hanging on the door, hand grips or appliances strengthening of the wrists (10), an aerobic step or step (11), and other accessories stored in drawers, such as a mat, a scale, weight gloves, wristbands ballast, electro-stimulation devices, etc. It is also observed a multimedia terminal (12), with video camera, which in the image It is deployed on a sliding tray.

A more complete or large configuration capacity has a larger piece of furniture (4) and its corresponding structure (5) that encloses, in addition to the apparatus of the previous configuration, a foldable weight training bench (13) attached the closet.

Following in this line you could follow increasing the capacity of cabinets to include other appliances usual in gyms, such as rowing equipment or a tape for run, or decrease the number of devices presented in these settings.

Claims (1)

1. Gymnastics container storage cabinet, characterized by comprising the combination of several independent gymnastic household appliances, such as a weight bench, an exercise bike, a treadmill, a climbing or stepper, weights, dumbbells, a rope, a step aerobics or step, a mat, a scale, weight gloves, ballast wristbands, a flex bar and / or electro-stimulation devices, together with a piece of furniture that collects them inside collectively and if folded, so that these are deployed, and normally removed, from the furniture for use, and left again in the same after use, constituting the devices, together with the closet and its adjacent space in front of it, a private gym primarily for housing, which allows a complete and balanced exercise for different parts of the human body, and that allows two or more people to make use of them simultaneously, each person using an individual device, the furniture being able to have an internal resistant structure, for example of metal pipes, that supports the solicitations of the devices that it incorporates and that are physically attached to it, and covering said structure by doors and an external enclosure made of wood or other similar material, so that the enclosure can be adapted to the style and color of the rest of the furniture in the room where it is to be installed, keeping its structure constant, and containing the whole, preferably within the furniture, audiovisual equipment for listening and viewing content on digital media and a multimedia terminal with video camera that allows online contact through different media, such as the Internet, with a sports consultant who can see the way in which the user performs the exercise, and at the same time show him on screen the appropriate way to do it, as well as with other users of similar equipment from remote points, all of whom can see and be seen and heard by others while performing physical exercises.