JP2004329712A - Health appliance - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a health apparatus for obtaining a massage effect in a whole body by lifting up the back side of the lying body along the curve through the use of cross rods, horizontally rocking both ankles by a driving device, and rocking the whole body linked with the horizontal rocking without excessive force, and also for straightening the distortion of a back bone. <P>SOLUTION: The apparatus includes: a bed 2 wherein the cross rods 5 supported by elastic bodies 4 so as to be abutted on the lying body along the back side curve, are arranged at the same level in the longitudinal direction of the body; and the driving device 3 for supporting both the ankles protruded from the bed 2 and horizontally rocking them in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the body. Thus, acupuncture points are pressurized by the cross rods to be abutted on the back side of the body, and also an S or reverse S shape alternate movement is naturally performed with respect to the body linked with the driving device. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a health device that supports a body by a horizontal rod hitting along a curve of a back when the body is supine, and mechanically swings both ankles horizontally.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, as this kind of health appliance, there is JP-A-8-117359. This product consists of a head rest, a butt rest, and a foot rest, which are put on the rest, head, and feet, respectively. When the foot is shaken consciously in the horizontal direction, the butt rest part with the hips swings in the opposite direction to the foot rest part in conjunction with the swing, and the head rest part with the head It swings without using an electric motor in the opposite direction to the “butt rest”.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, the above-mentioned thing is that when the foot is shaken horizontally, the movement of each part of the head, the buttocks, and the foot ideally repeatedly swings in an S shape or an inverted S shape. In order to achieve such an ideal movement, it was important to take proper timing when the foot was shaken horizontally, but the movement was extremely difficult.
[0004]
In order to solve this difficulty, the inventor of the above-mentioned health appliance has proposed that the “foot rest part” and the “butt rest part” and the “butt rest part” and the “head rest part” move relatively in opposite directions, respectively. It suggests that it is possible to connect using pulleys and ropes in order to be able to perform positively.However, using such connecting means not only could cause many failures, but also Forcibly moving the buttocks and feet in different directions forced the body, rather than being desirable.
[0005]
Furthermore, in the above-mentioned health appliance, only the head, buttocks, and feet are supported by the head rest, the hip rest, and the foot rest, respectively. The whole back, the back of the thighs and shins between the buttocks and feet floats in the air and is uneasy because it is not stably supported, and moreover, the back of the body and the back of the thighs and shins No massage effect was obtained for concentrated acupoints (including loosening muscles).
[0006]
The present invention is intended to solve the above-mentioned various problems at once, and aims at the back, the thigh, and the back of the shin by a horizontal rod that hits evenly along the curve of the dorsal side of the supine body. It is an object of the present invention to provide a health appliance having a massage effect of a concentrated acupoint and a whole body massage function capable of correcting a spine distortion without difficulty by shaking the body in an S-shape or an inverted S-shape in a natural state.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, the health device according to the present invention, when lying down on the body, moves the horizontal rod supported by the elastic body so as to hit along the curve on the back side at the same level in the length direction of the body. A bed that is arranged, and a driver that supports both ankles protruding from the bed and horizontally oscillates in a direction perpendicular to the length direction of the body. The configuration is such that the acupoint pressing by the rod and the S-shaped or inverted S-shaped alternate repetitive movement naturally performed in conjunction with the driver can be obtained.
[0008]
The health appliance according to the invention according to claim 2, wherein the bed is formed by connecting both ends of a rubber hose cut to an appropriate length to a parallel frame having the same height on the left and right sides in a U-shape, The hose is characterized by being composed of a horizontal rod formed by applying a hard material to the lower surface of the U portion of the hose and binding the same to the rubber hose.
[0009]
Furthermore, the health appliance according to the invention as set forth in claim 3 is characterized in that the driver can adjust at least on / off and swing speed by a hand switch. The remote control of the driver can be performed by the preferable timing.
[0010]
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 is a perspective view showing a typical example of the health appliance of the present application, FIG. 2 is a sectional front view schematically showing a use state, FIG. 3 is a plan view schematically showing a use state, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing the horizontal rod and the elastic body supporting the horizontal rod, and FIG. 5 is a local sectional view showing the contact relationship between the horizontal rod and the body.
[0011]
In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a health appliance of the present application. The health device 1 of the present application includes a bed 2 and a driver 3 that supports both ankles protruding from the bed 2 and horizontally swings in a direction perpendicular to the body length direction.
[0012]
As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the bed 2 moves up and down independently along the curve on the back side when the body A is laid on its back (supine) (scapula appearing as a bulge on the back side of the body). The horizontal rods 5 supported by the elastic body 4 so as to sunk particularly deeply at the parts a, buttocks b, calf parts c, etc.) are arranged at the same level in the length direction of the body A at small intervals 6. . The specific numerical value of the small interval 6 can be freely determined, but it is preferable to arrange the small interval 6 as finely as possible (for example, an interval of about 5 cm).
[0013]
The elastic body 4 can be used as long as it has elasticity, such as a rubber string, a coil spring, or the like. In the embodiment, the elasticity of a "rubber hose widely used for home watering" is used. That is, a rubber hose cut to an appropriate length is formed into a U-shape, and both ends 4 ′ and 4 ′ are looped to form left and right parallel frames 7, 7 which are not necessarily the same height. It is preferable that the neck of the loop is tightened and fixed using a binding tool 8 such as a strong string or a ring-shaped metal fitting. Of course, if there is a method of fixing both ends of the rubber hose to the parallel frames 7, 7 by any other method, the method can be freely applied.
[0014]
As shown in FIG. 4, a hard material 9 made of wood, hard plastic, or the like is applied to the lower surface of a U portion (bottom portion) 4 ″ of the rubber hose. The hard material 9 may be fastened and fixed to the hard material 9 using a binding tool 8 ′ such as a strong string or a ring-shaped metal fitting. As shown in FIG. 5, in the lateral rod 5 having such a shape, the U portion 4 ″ of the rubber hose hits the back of the body, and the elasticity thereof is regulated by the hardness of the hard material 9, and the synergistic effect of the two causes the body of the body to move. This is because it functions effectively to effectively stimulate the dorsal points.
[0015]
The driving device 3 includes an ankle receiving portion 3a and a driving portion 3b. This can be satisfied by using what is generally marketed as so-called goldfish exercise equipment as it is. The ankle receiving portion 3a of the driver 3 is provided with two recesses in which both ankles protruding from the bed 2 when the body A lies on the bed 2 are accommodated. The driving unit 3b of the driving unit 3 can be turned on / off at least by the hand switch 10 and the swing speed (90 to 150 times / minute) of the horizontal swing can be adjusted. In addition, in the case of the driver 3 used now, the swing width of the ankle receiving portion 3a is fixed at 3.5 cm, but may be adjusted. This hand switch 10 is effective not only when the subject is lying on the bed by himself and remotely controls the driver according to his / her preferred timing, but also when the subject and the operator are different persons. It is.
[0016]
Next, the operation will be described. First, the patient lies on the bed 2 of the health appliance 1 of the present application. In this case, the user approaches the end of the bed 2 from the side on which the driver 3 of the health appliance 1 of the present application is installed, faces backward, and sits down on the end of the bed 2 (dashed line in FIG. 2). Next, the user slowly sleeps while shifting his waist backward (solid line in FIG. 2). At this time, the pillow 11 may be used as shown in FIG. 2, or a towel blanket (not shown) may be laid on the bed 2 in advance.
[0017]
The horizontal rod 5 supported (arranged) at the same level by the elastic body 4 when the body A is laid down is entirely lowered, so that it is deformed along the curve on the back side of the body A as shown in FIG. (Approximately evenly along the back curve). That is, the scapula part a, the buttocks b and the calf part c appearing as bulges (convex parts) on the dorsal side of the body A sink correspondingly deeply.
[0018]
Thereafter, both ankles are placed on the ankle receiving portion 3a of the driver 3. Thus, preparations for using the health appliance 1 of the present application are completed. Next, the operator operates the hand switch 10 to operate the prime mover 3b of the driver 3. In the early stage of driving of the driver 3, only the both ankles "horizontally oscillate", but the horizontal oscillating motion constitutes the bed 2 on which the lower back, the scapula, and the head of the body are placed over time. This gradually spreads to each of the horizontal rods 5.
[0019]
As a result, the body A lying on the horizontal rod 5 is repeatedly and alternately rocked in an S-shape (dashed line in FIG. 5) or an inverted S-shape (dashed line in FIG. 3) with the back muscles in a natural state. It will be. Therefore, when there is a distortion in the back muscle (spine), the distortion of the back muscle (spine) can be corrected without difficulty, and the acupoints of the body to which the horizontal rod 5 is hit are effectively stimulated (including loosening of muscles). ) To exert full body massage function.
[0020]
In the description of the above embodiment, the elastic body 4 supporting the horizontal rod 5 uses a rubber hose bound to the left and right parallel frames 7, 7. However, the elastic body 4 is a coil spring or a leaf spring that rises from the floor. It goes without saying that the horizontal rod 5 may be pushed up and supported.
[0021]
In the above embodiment, the horizontal rod 5 is configured to effectively stimulate the acupoint on the back of the body by the synergistic effect of the elasticity of the rubber hose and the hardness of the hard material 9. A rod, a rod having a cross-section of a semicylindrical shape, a rod having a polygonal cross section, or a rod in which these rods are covered with a rubber coating may be used. Needless to say, it may be constituted, or may be provided with a rubber-like rib protrusion continuous on the upper surface of the hard material 9 in the length direction, or the like.
[0022]
【Example】
Now, the parallel frames 7, 7 are assembled with wood to a height of 80 cm, a width of 64 cm, and a length of 240 cm, and a rubber hose cut in advance to 180 cm is bent into a U-shape on the parallel frames 7, 7 at both ends 4 ′. , 4 'wrapped and tied with a durable string, and a hard material 9 made of wood was applied to the lower surface of the U part of the rubber hose, and tied with a durable string to the hard material 9 on both sides of the U part Were arranged at the same level at small intervals (5 cm intervals) to form a bed 2, and at the end of the bed 2, a driving device 3 commercially available as a so-called goldfish exercise device was used to complete the health device 1 of the present application. .
[0023]
Next, a total of eight neighbors (two males in their 50s, two females, two males in their 60s, and two females) who visited the clinic of the present applicant were given a total of eight persons, The patient was supine on the bed 2 and both ankles were rocked by the driver 3 at an amplitude of 3.5 cm and a rocking speed of 110 times / minute for 15 minutes to be treated. The following good results were obtained.
[0024]
・ Acute back pain was removed.
・ I felt tired for one day.
・ Back pain improved.
-Heartburn has improved.
・ I feel relaxed and sleepy.
[0025]
From the above, the health device of the present invention under the above conditions relaxes the muscles of the whole body, restores the distortion of the spine, relieves pain in the lower back and back, promotes the circulation of tissue fluid, lymph and blood, recovers fatigue and acupressure effect Was confirmed to be high.
[0026]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, in the health appliance according to the present invention, when the body is supine, the horizontal rods supported by the elastic bodies are arranged at the same level in the body length direction so as to hit along the curve on the back side. Bed, and a driver that supports both ankles protruding from the bed and swings horizontally in a direction perpendicular to the length direction of the body, so that the horizontal rod hits the back of the body Acupressure points are concentrated on the back, thighs and shins by pressing the acupuncture points, and massage effect of the acupuncture points can be obtained. It has various excellent effects such as the ability to correct distortion.
[0027]
The health appliance according to the invention according to claim 2, wherein the bed is formed by connecting both ends of a rubber hose cut to an appropriate length to a parallel frame having the same height on the left and right sides in a U-shape, The hose is characterized by being composed of a horizontal rod formed by applying a hard material to the lower surface of the U portion of the hose and binding the rubber material to the hose. Therefore, since a rubber hose is used for the elastic body and the horizontal rod, favorable elasticity as an elastic body is obtained. Not only that, it has excellent effects such as an effective acupoint pressing effect on the body due to a synergistic effect with a hard material applied to the lower surface as a horizontal rod.
[0028]
Furthermore, the health appliance according to the third aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the driver can adjust at least on / off and swing speed by a hand switch, so that the driver lies alone on the bed. An advantageous effect is obtained that the driver can be remotely controlled according to his / her preferred timing.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a typical example of the health appliance of the present application.
FIG. 2 is a sectional front view schematically showing a use state.
FIG. 3 is a plan view schematically showing a use state.
FIG. 4 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing a horizontal rod which is a constituent unit of a bed and an elastic body supporting the horizontal rod.
FIG. 5 is a local sectional view showing a contact relationship between a lateral rod and a body.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Health equipment 2 Bed 3 Drive 4 Elastic body 4 'Both ends of rubber hose 4 "U part of rubber hose 5 Horizontal rod 6 Small interval 7 Left and right parallel frames 8, 8' Binding part 9 Hard material 10 Hand switch 11 Pillow A Body a Scapula b Buttocks c Calf

Claims (3)

A bed in which horizontal bars supported by an elastic body are arranged at the same level in the body length direction so as to hit along the curve on the back side when the body is supine, and both ankles protruding from the bed And a driver that horizontally swings in a direction perpendicular to the length direction of the body. The bed is formed by bonding both ends of a rubber hose cut to an appropriate length to a parallel frame having the same height on the left and right in a U-shape, and connecting a hard material to the lower surface of the U portion of the hose. The health device according to claim 1, comprising a horizontal rod worn. The health device according to claim 1, wherein the driving device can adjust at least on / off and a swing speed by a hand switch.

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