JP2012139481A - Exercise assisting device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve such a problem that, in health appliances for stimulating soles by rotating rollers, a user needs to rotate the rollers, with the feet placed on the rollers, and therefore, needs to perform the exercise with the body supported such as by sitting on a chair or holding on to handrails.SOLUTION: This exercise assisting device stimulates the soles by rotating the rotatably supported rollers by the soles. This device is installed with a pair of right/left stepping boxes that rotatably support the rollers, on a base on which a back-stretching handrail is erected. The back-stretching handrail that is grasped by the user, with both the hands stretched upward, is height-adjustably supported to the base.

Description

In the present invention, a pair of left and right footstep boxes each provided with a roller that is rotated by the sole of the foot and gives a stimulus are installed on a base in which a back-stretched handrail is supported so that the height can be adjusted by extending both hands upward. It relates to exercise assistance equipment.

  Traditionally, a bamboo tread has been widely used as a health method for the purpose of improving physical condition. In general, Aotake treading is a method of stimulating the sole of the foot by placing the bamboo divided in two on the floor, riding on the arch so that it hits the cylindrical part of the bamboo, and stepping on the spot. It is thought that by stimulating the soles of the feet, the blood flow of the entire body is promoted by applying pressure to the arch where the blood flow tends to stagnate.

There are various types of devices for stimulating the sole, such as a bamboo footstep, but the entire sole can be stimulated by using a rotating roller. For example, there is a health device disclosed in Patent Document 1. This is a structure in which a protrusion-equipped roller is rotatably provided on a frame main body provided with a handrail, and is a method in which the protrusion-provided roller is rotated by the sole of the hand grab. Further, there is a similar structure, as in Patent Document 2, in which an intermediate roller is arranged in the middle of an unsupported belt suspended on a belt sheave that is pivotally supported at both ends of an inclined frame. In addition, like the foot roller stretcher of Patent Document 3, a massage rod having a guide groove is inserted into a massage rod guide on a side plate that is parallel and heightened to an inclined stepping plate, and is stimulated by rolling on the sole of the foot. Some are structured.

Japanese Utility Model Sho 63-14631 Utility model registration No. 3030093 Utility model registration No. 3123647

  The health method that stimulates the soles is a method that massages by applying pressure to the soles using their own body weight, and it is said that it is preferable to perform one treatment continuously for about several minutes. Yes. In a health device that stimulates the sole of the foot by rotating the roller, it is necessary to place the foot on the roller and rotate it, so it is necessary to sit on a chair or grab on a handrail and support the body.

  This is because, unlike the basic concept of Aotake treading, conventional health appliances must be performed not by stepping on the spot but by taking the action of walking with the foot moving back and forth. In this case, the walking action is to place one foot on the roller alternately, and the other foot is in a state of floating in the air, and if you do not sit on a chair or grab it on the handrail, support your body. Because the leg is on the rotating roller, the body cannot be supported.

Therefore, the act of placing only one foot on the rotating roller is very dangerous, and in most cases, it must be performed while supporting the weight with the hand held on the handrail. For this reason, the original effect of applying pressure to the sole using its own body weight as in the conventional green bamboo step is greatly hindered. Moreover, the fact that riding on the roller while supporting the weight is that the stimulation of the sole of the foot by the roller stays only in the leg part, and it is merely a device for assisting the walking motion.

  Therefore, the present inventor has achieved the present invention as a result of earnest research in view of the above problems, and the feature of the present inventor is a device that gives a stimulus by rotating a roller that is rotatably supported by a sole. In this case, a pair of left and right footstep boxes, which support rollers in a rotatable manner, are installed on a base in which a back extension handrail that is supported so as to be height-adjustable by extending both hands upward.

  Here, the “foot box” in the present specification refers to a device that rotatably supports a roller. The means for rotatably supporting the roller is performed, for example, by rolling the roller circumferential surface or the roller shaft, or by supporting the roller rotatably. Alternatively, a stepping roller may be placed on the roller that is rotatably supported and rotated. As a roller for stimulating the sole, round bamboo is generally used, but pipes such as plastic and metal, wood, ceramics, cylinders such as stone, and cylinders may be used.

  In the case of a structure in which the peripheral surface of the roller rolls, the roller rolls in the foot box. In that case, it is necessary to raise the inner wall of the foot box and to restrict the movement (left-right movement) in the direction perpendicular to the rolling direction of the rollers. Then, in reality, either end of the roller rolls while being pressed against the inner wall of the foot box. That is, only one of the left and right ends of the roller receives frictional resistance. Since this also hinders a smooth rolling operation, it is preferable to take countermeasures. For example, a ridge is placed on a part of the inner wall of the foot box (near the height of the central axis of the roller), so that the roller contacts only this ridge and does not touch the inner wall of the foot box at all. Then, it can be solved by making the material of the ridges have a small friction coefficient. Alternatively, for example, a ring body made of a material having a small friction coefficient may be provided at both ends of the roller, or both the ridge body and the ring body may be provided.

  In the present invention, a pair of right and left is installed on the footstep box. The pair of left and right refers to a structure in which at least two independent rollers are provided to place the left and right feet, respectively. For this reason, as a foot box, there are cases where independent rollers are provided in parallel in one foot box or two foot boxes are installed on a base. When two foot pedal boxes are installed, they may be placed at any position on the base, and may be connected by a hinge or the like so that the angle can be adjusted. Also, it is preferable to provide rubber or the like on the surface of the base or the bottom surface of the foot box so that it does not move during exercise. Furthermore, if a heater is provided inside the foot box, this will heat the roller, and it will not be cold in winter.

  The “back-extending handrail” is a handrail for the user to hold and hold both hands upward, and is gripped as the user hangs forward above the footstep box. In this case, since the weight hardly gets on the roller if the height is completely hung, it is preferable that both feet ride on the roller and extend their hands upward to extend the spine. For this reason, it supports so that height adjustment is possible so that it may match a user's height. The means for supporting the height adjustment is not particularly limited. For example, a back-stretching handrail may be provided on a telescopic strut having a telescopic structure. Thereby, for example, it is possible to cope with a height exceeding 190 cm. In addition, the intensity of stimulation to the sole can be adjusted by adjusting the height. The support supports the body load, and the body load is subjected to torsional force because the center of gravity moves repeatedly according to the operation of rotating the roller with the sole. Therefore, it is preferable to connect and fix the two struts with a reinforcing plate. In addition, in the case of a device having a hanging function, if there is a roller at the position of both feet, there is a risk of falling if the hand is accidentally removed. Therefore, the belt body is fixed to one of the support columns, and when the user gets on, the other end of the belt assembly is hooked on the other support column so as to wrap the body, so that the fall is prevented. Also good.

  Further, a handle bar having a length of about 40 cm may be rotatably provided in the vicinity of the center of the back-stretched handrail that connects the columns to each other, thereby making it possible to simplify the “twisting motion” of the body. Although there is no particular limitation on the structure that can be rotated, it is preferable to use a connecting metal fitting having excellent strength.

The exercise assisting device according to the present invention may be purchased by an individual and used at home, but a plurality of exercise assisting devices may be installed in a rehabilitation facility or a nursing home for the elderly. In that case, the exercise itself with this device tends to be relatively monotonous, and there are some parts that are difficult to use continuously. Therefore, it is preferable to arrange a plurality of them in a circular shape so that the users can exercise while talking with each other. Therefore, a coupling mechanism may be provided at the corner portion of the apparatus.

  The exercise assisting device according to the present invention is provided with a pair of left and right footstep boxes that rotatably support the rollers, so that it is easy to put the weight of the user on the sole and enhance the massage effect. This is because the left and right feet of the user can be placed on the roller at the same time by arranging a pair of foot boxes. That is, unlike the conventional method in which one foot is alternately placed on the roller and the roller is rotated on the sole, it is not necessary to raise the other foot. For this reason, it is possible to perform reciprocating motion by rotating the rollers alternately without substantially supporting the body, and it is possible to concentrate the weight on the sole and massage almost the entire sole.

Moreover, in the exercise assistance device according to the present invention, a back-stretched handrail to be in a hanging state is provided above the foot box. Since the foot massage is performed by hanging the weight while hanging, the effect of promoting blood flow can be exerted on the entire body, and effects such as posture correction and relaxation of stiff shoulders can be obtained at the same time. In other words, the exercise assisting device according to the present invention can perform an exercise of alternately moving back and forth by placing both feet individually on a roller as a sole massage, with the back stretched in a state where the back is stretched. It has an extremely beneficial effect in practice.

It is a perspective view which shows one Example of the exercise assistance instrument which concerns on this invention. Example 1 (A), (b), (c), and (d) each show another example of a foot pedal box, (a) and (b) are longitudinal sectional views, (c) are rear views, and (d) is a plan view. It is. (Example 2) It is a side view which shows the other Example of the exercise assistance apparatus which concerns on this invention. (Example 3) It is a side view which shows the further another Example about the exercise assistance apparatus which concerns on this invention. (Example 3) It is a perspective view which shows the further another Example of the exercise assistance instrument which concerns on this invention (Example 4). FIG. 5 is a front view showing a state in which (a) is hung on a back extension handrail and (b) is gripped by a front handrail and massages a sole by the exercise assisting device shown in FIG. 4. It is a side view which shows the state which sits down on the chair of the exercise assistance apparatus shown in FIG. 4, and massages a sole. It is a front view which shows the state which lowered the back extension handrail of the exercise assistance apparatus shown in FIG. 4 to the lowest end. It is a schematic plan view which shows the example regarding the arrangement | positioning method of the exercise assistance instrument which concerns on this invention. (A) (b) shows an example regarding the incidental equipment of the exercise assistance equipment concerning the present invention, (a) is a schematic side view, and (b) is a schematic back view. (A) and (b) are all schematic front views showing other examples of the exercise assisting device according to the present invention.

The present invention provides an exercise assisting device for performing foot massage, comprising a foot box that rotatably supports a roller on a base in which a back extension handrail that is supported so as to be able to adjust both heights is extended. The above-mentioned problem was solved by installing a pair of left and right.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of an exercise assisting device 1 according to the present invention. A foot 3 rotatably supports a roller 41 on a base 3 on which a back extension handrail 2 provided so as to be adjustable in height is erected. This is a structure in which a pair of left and right step boxes 4 are installed. The back-stretched handrail 2 can be adjusted in height by being telescopically inserted into a pipe-like column 31 provided on the base 3, and is fixed with a tightening screw 21. The foot box 4 uses round bamboo as the roller 41 and rolls it onto the bottom plate 42. Further, a step 43 is provided on the upper surface of the rear part of the foot box 4 to provide a foothold before and after exercise. In this example, in order to prevent the two struts 31 from being twisted during use, a reinforcing plate 32 for connecting the struts 31 to each other is provided, but this is not an essential member of the present invention and can be omitted. is there.

  The foot box 4 can be given resistance when it is rolled on the sole by inclining the bottom plate 42 as shown in FIG. The inclination angle may be adjusted to an arbitrary angle up to about 10 °. In this example, it is provided so that the front side is high and the rear side is low, but it may be provided in a V shape or in an arc shape as shown in FIG. Further, the pair of left and right foot pedal boxes 4 may be rotatably connected so that the opening degree can be adjusted by a hinge 44 in FIG. 5C or a pin 45 in FIG.

  In the case of a mechanism in which round bamboo is used as the roller 41 and rolls on the bottom plate 42 in the foot box 4, the right end or the left end of the roller 41 comes into contact with the inner wall of the foot box 4, and the rolling is smooth. It may be difficult to operate. Therefore, it is preferable to adopt a structure as shown in FIGS. One is a method of providing the protrusions 46 at both ends of the inner wall of the foot box 4 as shown in FIG. This ridge 46 is a plate that is horizontally disposed near the height of the central axis of the roller 41. For example, even if it is a simple iron plate, a certain degree of effect can be expected. An iron plate in which a plastic (PTFE: polytetrafluoroethylene) having a small coefficient was added to the surface layer was used.

Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 6B, a method of installing a member for reducing the friction coefficient on the roller 41 side may be employed. That is, the ring body 47 is fitted and fixed to both ends of the roller 41, respectively. By adopting either one or both of the diagrams (a) and (b), the above-mentioned problem is solved.
In addition, it is preferable to arrange a heater in the foot box 4 so that the roller 41 can be warmed, because the winter exercise becomes comfortable (not shown).

Since the step 43 is a standing position before and after the backrail 2 is gripped, it can be more stabilized by providing it on the base 3 as shown in FIG. Moreover, the foot massage effect while stretching the body can be further enhanced by lowering the roller 41 of the foot box 4 below the platform 43.

  In the exercise assisting apparatus 1 according to the present invention, by providing a pair of foot boxes 4 on both the left and right sides, both feet are always on the roller 41, and the body weight can be laid on the roller 41 almost without supporting the body. . For this reason, by providing not only the back extension handrail 2 as shown in FIG. 4 but also the front handrail 5 that is grasped with the hand in front, not only the hanging state by the back extension handrail 2 in FIG. The foot massage can be performed while being grasped by the front handrail 5 as shown in FIG. The front handrail 5 has almost no effect of supporting the body with a hand like the handrails provided on both sides, and is intended to prevent falling and anxiety when riding on the roller 41.

  The exercise assisting device 1 shown in this example is provided with a chair 6 on the base 3 in addition to the back handrail 2 and the front handrail 5 so that the foot massage can be performed even when sitting on the chair 6 as shown in FIG. I have to. Further, as means for enabling the height adjustment of the back extender handrail 2, a rope 23 provided with a weight 22 can be moved up and down evenly. As shown in the figure, the child support column 25 over which the handrail 2 is suspended is supported by the parent support column 24 erected on the left and right sides of the base 3 so that the child support column 25 can be moved up and down. The attached rope 23 is wound around a rotating rod 27 spanned over a parent support 24 via a pulley 26 and is balanced by a weight 22.

  As a result, when the handle 28 provided on the rotating rod 27 is turned, the two struts 25 move up and down at the same time, and the height can be easily adjusted while keeping the back extension handrail 2 in a horizontal state. FIG. 7 shows a state where the back extender handrail 2 is lowered to the lowest end. The child support column 25 is provided with a scale 29 to facilitate resetting. The backrail 2 is fixed by tightening the tightening knob 30.

The weight 22 is illustrated as a spherical iron ball, but it may be replaced with an iron array (not shown). In this case, it is convenient to exercise using an iron array (not shown).

The exercise assisting apparatus 1 according to the present invention may be purchased by an individual and used at home, but it is also preferable to use a plurality of exercise assisting apparatuses 1 installed in a rehabilitation facility or a nursing home for the elderly. In that case, a plurality of these may be arranged separately. For example, as shown in FIG. 9, the connecting metal fitting 7 is attached to the corner portion of the device 1 of the present invention, and an appropriate number (six in the illustrated example) is set. When connected, it is also preferable that users can talk with each other while exercising.

FIGS. 10A and 10B show a side view and a rear view of another example of the present invention, and shows an example in which the safety belt 8 is attached to the support 31. Although it is not dangerous if the safety belt 8 is not provided, when performing the back stretching exercise using the exercise assisting device 1 according to the present invention, the roller 41 exists under the foot and the user has got on it. It becomes a state. The presence of the safety belt 8 is reliable for a user who feels this unstable.

11 (a) and 11 (b) show still another example of the present invention. In other words, the handle bar 9 having a length of about 40 cm is rotatably provided via a connecting fitting 91 provided near the center of the back extender handrail 2. As a result, the “twisting exercise” of the body can be easily performed, so that complex exercise is possible. For example, when performing various exercises using the exercise assisting device 1 according to the present invention after taking a bath. When this twisting exercise is applied, the body relaxes and the exercise effect increases.
In this example, an iron array is used as the weight 22 so that it can be used for exercise. However, a spherical weight may be used.

1 Exercise assisting equipment 2 Back extension handrail
21 Tightening screw
22 weights
23 rope
24 Parent support
25 child prop
26 pulley
27 Rotating rod
28 Handle
29 scale
30 Tightening knob 3 Base
31 prop
32 Reinforcement plate 4 Foot box
41 Laura
42 Bottom plate
43 platform
44 Hinge
45 pin
46 Projections
47 Ring body 5 Handrail 6 Chair 7 Connecting bracket 8 Safety belt 9 Handle bar
91 Connecting bracket

Claims (2)

  A device that gives a stimulus by rotating a roller that is rotatably supported by the sole of the foot, and that holds both hands upwards and grips them. An exercise assisting device, wherein a pair of left and right foot pedal boxes that rotatably supports the foot is installed.   Back extension handrail height adjustment device is a structure that supports the child struts that extend the back handrails on the main struts standing on the left and right of the base so as to be able to move up and down, and each child strut with one end provided with the back handrails It is attached to the lower end of 13 and wound around a rotating rod that spans the parent strut via a pulley, and is balanced with a rope provided with a weight at the other end. The rotating rod is rotated by a handle. The exercise assisting device according to claim 1, wherein the height is adjusted.

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