JP2000237344A - Health instrument - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To effectively massage and loosen muscles, to accelerate blood circulation and to easily remove muscle pains and fatigue by providing an attaching member freely attachably and detachably attachable to the calf or the like with a pressurizing medium filling part capable of clamping desired muscles at the time of filling a pressurizing medium. SOLUTION: In the case of applying this health instrument 1 to the calf, at the time of use, of vertical cylinder parts 3a and 3b of the pressurizing medium filling part 3 are positioned on both sides of the calf, the attaching member 2 is wound to the leg, an engaging tape material 5 and a locking tape material 6 facing each other are connected and it is fixed to the leg. Then, an air supply hose 9 is connected to an air filling nozzle part 8, air is filled by a manual air pump or an air compressor and the pressurizing medium filling part 3 is expanded. Thus, the vertical cylinder parts 3a and 3b on both sides of the pressurizing medium filling part 3 act so as to clamp the muscle of the calf from both sides, pressurize the muscle, exert a finger pressure massage effect to the muscle of the calf, improve the blood circulation and contribute to fatigue recovery.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a health device for promoting muscle circulation by rubbing and loosening muscles of the calf and other parts of the foot.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, various types of health appliances have been developed and used as a health appliance which can massage and loosen muscles to improve blood circulation and maintain / promote health.

For example, as a conventional health appliance which can be easily used by anyone, a leg or arm is inserted into a central through hole, filled with air and inflated so that the leg or arm muscle can be pressed from the surroundings. Cylindrical (not shown),
There are those as shown in FIGS. The illustrated health appliance 101 is formed in a cylindrical shape so that a foot can be inserted, and a plurality of communicating vertically long air-filled bag portions 102 are provided so as to uniformly press around the inserted foot. A filling port 103 for filling the bag 102 with air and a filling port opening / closing cap 104 are provided. Further, a fastener 105 is provided in a part as shown in the figure, and the fastener 105 is easily opened when a foot is inserted. The fastener 105 can be fixed to the foot (the part of the shin and the calf) by closing the fastener 105.

When the health appliance 101 is used, it is attached to a foot as shown in FIG.
Each air-filled bag 102 is filled with air by a manual air pump (not shown) or the like, and each air-filled bag 102 is inflated to press muscles by each air-filled bag 102 inflated from around the foot. In addition, the muscles of the legs were stimulated to reduce muscle fatigue.

[0005]

However, in the structure of the conventional health appliance 101 as shown in the figure, each muscle is pressed by each air-filled bag portion 102 inflated from around the foot. It was not possible to pick muscles and massage them effectively. Also, when this health appliance 101 was used by attaching it to an arm, it was not possible to pinch desired muscles and massage it effectively similarly to the case where it was attached to a foot.

Also, a person who complains of muscle fatigue such as legs or arms due to exercise or the like wants to massage and relax a muscle at a desired site. At present it is not possible to massage.

[0007] The present invention has been developed in view of the above-mentioned problems, and has as its object the purpose of a simple structure and to effectively massage and relax muscles to promote blood circulation;
An object of the present invention is to provide a health device that can easily remove muscle pain and fatigue.

[0008]

In order to effectively achieve the above object, the health appliance of the present invention according to the first aspect of the present invention includes a mounting member which can be removably mounted on a desired part of a body,
A pressurized medium filling portion provided on the mounting member and capable of sandwiching a desired muscle when the pressurized medium is filled, and a filling port for filling the pressurized medium into the pressurized medium filled portion are provided. It has a configuration.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a health device comprising a belt-shaped mounting member which can be wrapped around a foot, an arm or a shoulder to be removably mounted, and provided on the belt-shaped mounting member when a pressurized medium is filled. The pressurizing medium filling portion capable of sandwiching a desired muscle and a filling port for filling the pressurizing medium into the pressurizing medium filling portion are provided.

[0010] In the above configuration, a pressurized medium filling section and a filling port may be provided on both surfaces of the mounting member. Further, a pressurized medium filling section communicating with both sides of the mounting member may be provided, and a filling port may be provided at a desired position of the pressurized medium filling section. Further, the attachment member may be formed of a belt-like body, formed of a plurality of cords, or may be detachably attached to the body. Further, as a member for connecting both ends of the band-shaped body or the like, a member for providing a button, a fastener, a magic tape (registered trademark), a string, or the like may be used. Furthermore, the attachment member is not limited to one attached to the foot or arm, and may be one attached to another part of the body such as the torso or neck.

The shape of the pressurized medium filling portion that can sandwich the desired muscle is not particularly limited, and one or more muscles of the body can be formed by the pressurized medium filled portion swelled by the pressurized medium. Any shape (for example, H-shape, U-shape, C-shape, ring, ellipse,
Substantially square, or two straight lines, crescents, circles, or ellipses facing each other at a predetermined interval),
Also, the size is not particularly limited, and may be formed to an appropriate size. Further, the desired body part sandwiched by the pressurized medium fillings may be made available for any part of the body, such as feet, arms, shoulders, torso, neck or chest. In this case, the shape and size of the mounting member, the locking structure, and the like may be variously changed according to each part of the body to be used.

The pressurized medium filling portion is not particularly limited as long as it has a sealing property and flexibility. For example, a sealing nonwoven fabric made of a plastic such as polyester, nylon or polyurethane, a synthetic resin fiber Or a material formed into a hollow bag from a sheet-like material such as rubber or plastic.

Further, the pressurized medium may be a gas such as air, a liquid such as water or oil, or a sol-like semi-solid. It is not particularly limited as long as it has a good mobility.

The filling port may be provided at any place as long as the pressurized medium can be filled in the pressurized medium filling section.

[0015]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of a health appliance according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a health appliance according to the present invention, in which a pressurized medium is supplied while being attached to a foot. FIG.
FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the health device according to the present invention shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a rear view of a state in which the health device according to the present invention is deployed. FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a state in which the health appliance according to the present invention is developed.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, a health device 1 according to the present invention has a belt-shaped mounting member 2 which can be wound around the puff and shin portion of the foot by about one turn, and this mounting member 2 A pressurized medium filling section 3 which is provided on one side of the pressurized medium and expands when the pressurized medium is filled, a filling port 4 for filling the pressurized medium filled section 3 with a pressurized medium, and both ends of the mounting member 2 Tape material 5 and locking tape material 6 provided on the front side and the back side of both ends of the mounting member 2 so that
And is constituted by.

That is, the attachment member 2 is made of a material formed of a non-woven fabric or a synthetic resin fiber, and can be wound around a shin or a thigh (or an arm) of a foot, and the both ends are slightly overlapped. It is a band-like one formed in a rectangular shape.

An H-shaped pressurized medium filling portion 3 made of a flexible and airtight material is provided at the center of the belt-shaped mounting member 2 on the back side (see FIG. 3).
The pressurized medium filling unit 3 has an internal space 7 that can be filled with air, and this internal space 7 communicates in an H shape. And
When it is not filled with air, it is in a withered state. The opposed vertical cylindrical portions 3a and 3b of the H-shaped pressurized medium filling portion 3 are such that when the attachment member 2 is wound around the foot as shown in FIG. Are provided at appropriate intervals. The part of 3c is
It is a connecting portion for connecting the internal spaces 7 of the vertical cylinder portions 3a and 3b to each other.

The filling port 4 is provided on the front side of the mounting member 2 so as to communicate with the pressurized medium filling section 3 and directly communicates with the vertical cylindrical portion 3b. The filling port 4 has an air filling nozzle 8 so that an air supply hose 9 can be connected thereto.

The engaging tape member 5 and the engaging tape member 6 provided on the front surface and the back surface of both ends of the mounting member 2 are so-called,
This is generally called Magic Tape (registered trademark). The engaging tape member 5 has an infinite number of loops, and the locking tape member 6 has an infinite number of hooks which can be detachably engaged with the loop. Of course, contrary to the illustration, the engaging tape member 5 may be provided at the position of the engaging tape member 6, and the engaging tape member 6 may be provided at the position of the engaging tape member 5.

In the health appliance 1 having the above configuration, when used, the vertical cylinder portions 3a and 3b of the pressurized medium filling portion 3 are provided on both sides of the calf as shown in FIGS. The mounting member 2 is wound around the foot so as to be positioned, and the engaging tape material 5 and the locking tape material 6 facing each other are joined and fixed to the foot.

After the above, the air supply hose 9 is connected to the air filling nozzle portion 8 and pressurized by a manual air pump or an air compressor (not shown) capable of automatically supplying and exhausting air. The medium filling section 3 is filled with air to expand the pressurized medium filling section 3. As a result, the vertical cylindrical portions 3a and 3b on both sides of the pressurized medium filling portion 3 act so as to sandwich the calf muscle from both sides, and press the muscle to exert the effect of acupressure massage on the calf muscle. To improve blood circulation and contribute to recovery from fatigue. Further, the pressurized medium filling unit 3 is filled with air,
The operation of intermittently releasing the air from the body is repeated, and the muscles of the calf are intermittently inserted into the vertical cylinder portions 3a
By pinching or relaxing with 3b, the same effect as rubbing a muscle with a finger can be obtained.

The charging port 4 has an instantaneous exhaust valve (not shown).
May be provided. When the instantaneous exhaust valve (not shown) is provided, the air of the air pressure set in the air compressor (not shown) is supplied to the pressurized medium filling unit 3 through the air supply hose 9, and a predetermined amount is supplied. After a lapse of time, the air filled in the pressurized medium filling unit 3 can be instantaneously discharged to the outside by the above-mentioned instantaneous exhaust valve (not shown).

The time during which the health appliance 1 is maintained in the inflated state may be arbitrarily determined according to the preference of the person using the health appliance 1, and the compressed air to be filled to inflate the health appliance 1 may be used. May be arbitrarily adjusted.

The health appliance 1 also has the effect of promoting blood circulation by the warming effect by filling the pressurized medium into the pressurized medium filling section with the pressurized medium being warmed or using it with the feet immersed in a hot tub. Because of the addition, it is possible to further recover the fatigue of the leg muscles.

[0026]

As is clear from the above description, in the health appliance of the present invention, the pressurized medium filling section is attached to a desired part of the body and the pressurized medium filling section is filled with the pressurized medium. Will swell and pinch the desired muscle. Therefore, by repeatedly supplying the pressurized medium to the pressurized medium filling section and discharging the pressurized medium from the pressurized medium filled section,
Muscles at the desired site can be massaged and loosened to promote blood circulation, and muscle fatigue can be more effectively removed.

Further, the H-shaped pressurized medium filling portion wound around the foot or arm is fixed at a position where the desired muscle can be easily rubbed,
By filling the pressurized medium filling portion with the pressurized medium and inflating the pressurized medium filled portion, the desired muscle can be more effectively pinched by the H-shaped pressurized medium filled portion, and The muscles can be massaged and loosened to promote blood circulation and more effectively remove muscle fatigue.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a use state of a health appliance according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a rear view of a state in which the health device according to the present invention is deployed.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a state in which the health appliance according to the present invention is developed.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a use state of a conventional health appliance.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a state in which air is filled in a conventional health appliance as viewed from above.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 health equipment 2 mounting member 3 pressurized medium filling section 4 filling port

Claims (2)

[Claims] An attachment member detachably attachable to a desired part of a body, a pressurized medium filling section provided on the attachable member and capable of sandwiching a desired muscle when the pressurized medium is filled, A health device comprising a pressure medium filling section and a filling port for filling the pressure medium. 2. A band-shaped mounting member which can be wrapped around a foot, an arm or a shoulder and can be detachably mounted thereon, and a pressurization provided on the band-shaped mounting member so as to sandwich a desired muscle when a pressurizing medium is filled. A health appliance comprising a medium filling section and a filling port for filling the pressurized medium into the pressurized medium filling section.