JP2015000112A - Exercise equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide exercise equipment capable of being stably used in the state of being put on a bed and capable of applying an exercise load to a pedal.SOLUTION: Exercise equipment 1 relating to the present invention is used so that a user can perform exercise of his/her legs in a laid posture. The exercise equipment 1 includes a body 10 that comprises a pedal 13 subjected to an exercise load, a countermeasure 50 for countering movement of the exercise equipment associated with depressing of the pedal 13, and a flat plate-like base 20 that is attached to a bottom surface of the body 10 and that is formed in such a shape as to be wider than the body 10.

Description

  The present invention relates to an exercise device.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as an exercise device for maintaining and enhancing leg muscle strength, an exercise device used by being installed on a floor as in Patent Document 1 is known. This exercise apparatus performs a pedaling exercise of a bicycle, and includes a main body provided with a pedal and a chair connected to the main body. The user strokes the pedal and performs an exercise while sitting on the chair.

  On the other hand, unlike a large-scale exercise device such as Patent Document 1, a compact exercise device that can be carried to an arbitrary place such as Patent Document 2 is also known. This exercise apparatus also performs a pedaling exercise of a bicycle. However, for the sake of compactness, this exercise apparatus is not provided with a chair on which a user is seated, and has only a pedal in the main body. A pair of legs extending in a direction orthogonal to the main body is provided at the front and rear ends of the main body, and the main body is supported by the legs. Anti-slip members are attached to both ends of the leg. The user carries the exercise equipment to an arbitrary place, puts the exercise equipment on the floor of the foot of the chair at that place, and exercises by pedaling while sitting on the chair.

  In recent years, there has been a demand for an exercise device that allows a patient receiving treatment while lying on his / her back in bed for a long time, such as a dialysis patient, to perform exercise for maintaining and enhancing leg muscle strength during treatment. An attempt has been made to place a compact exercise apparatus such as that of Patent Document 2 on a bed.

JP 2007-143798 A JP 2004-016528 A

  When an exercise device such as that disclosed in Patent Document 2 is placed on a bed and used in a posture in which the user is sleeping, the force of stepping on the pedal is generated in a substantially horizontal direction with respect to the installation surface on which the exercise device is installed. Therefore, a force is applied to the exercise device in a direction away from the user, causing a problem that the exercise device slides on the installation surface during exercise. However, since the exercise device of Patent Document 2 has only a pair of legs in contact with the installation surface, the contact area between the exercise device and the installation surface is small, and sufficient frictional force cannot be obtained. The above-described problem that the exercise device slides and moves with respect to the installation surface during the exercise cannot be solved. In particular, in the exercise equipment that can give the exercise load to the pedal in accordance with the user's request, since the pedal is stepped with a stronger force, the problem that the exercise equipment is applied with a larger force and the exercise equipment moves is more remarkable. It was.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and provides an exercise apparatus that can be stably used by being placed on a bed and can give an arbitrary exercise load to a pedal.

  An exercise device according to the present invention is an exercise device for exercising a leg in a sleeping posture, and includes a main body provided with a pedal to which exercise load is applied, and a counter means for resisting movement of the exercise device when the pedal is depressed. And a flat base attached to the bottom surface of the main body and formed wider than the main body.

  According to the exercise apparatus of the present invention, the counter means is provided to counter the movement of the exercise apparatus accompanying the depression of the pedal. In addition, the main body is mounted on a flat base that is wider than the main body to increase the area in contact with the installation surface. As a result, the frictional force between the exercise equipment and the installation surface can be increased, and in combination with the counter means, a large resistance force against the movement of the exercise equipment accompanying the depression of the pedal can be obtained. Therefore, even if it is an exercise device with which an exercise load is given to a pedal, an exercise device can be used by applying arbitrary exercise load to a pedal in a sleeping posture. Furthermore, since the base is wider than the main body, the exercise apparatus can be stably placed even in an unstable place on the bed. In addition, an installation surface means the surface where an exercise device is installed, for example, upper surfaces, such as a bed, a futon, and a floor. This point is synonymous throughout this specification.

  In the exercise apparatus, the counter means may be a friction force generation means for generating a friction force between the installation surface on which the exercise apparatus is installed and the base. Thus, by providing the frictional force generating means, a large frictional force can be generated between the exercise equipment and the installation surface together with the frictional force obtained by forming the base in a flat plate shape. Thereby, the exercise apparatus can be easily fixed using the frictional force. In addition, since a large frictional force can be obtained as described above, even an exercise device that applies an exercise load to the pedal can be fixed by a simple operation of simply placing it on the installation surface. Can exercise with a load.

  In the exercise apparatus, the frictional force generating means may be a friction member attached to the lower surface of the base. Further, the friction member can be attached to the peripheral edge of the base. By setting the friction member in such a configuration, the attachment to the exercise equipment is facilitated, and the exercise equipment can be easily manufactured.

  In the exercise apparatus, the counter means may include an extension member attached to the main body or the base and extending toward the user side. By providing such an extension member, the exercise apparatus is fixed by the weight of the user simply by placing the exercise apparatus at the place of use, extending the extension member, and sleeping on it. Can be fixed.

  Furthermore, in the exercise apparatus, the extension member can be a cloth. By configuring the extension member with the cloth in this manner, the exercise apparatus can be easily transported because it can be stored simply by rolling or folding the cloth when the exercise apparatus is transported.

  According to the exercise apparatus of the present invention, the exercise apparatus can be stably used while being placed on a bed, and an arbitrary exercise load can be applied to the pedal.

It is a front side perspective view which shows one Embodiment of the exercise equipment of this invention. It is a back side perspective view of the exercise device of FIG. It is a bottom view of the exercise device of FIG.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of an exercise device 1 according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. The exercise device 1 according to the present invention is placed on a bed, a futon, a floor, etc., and the user puts his / her foot on the exercise device 1 in a posture of lying on his / her back and moves his / her leg to exercise. In the following, the vertical direction is defined with the installation surface S side as the lower side, and the front-rear direction is defined with the user side as the front side. In addition, a direction orthogonal to the up-down direction and the front-rear direction is defined as the left-right direction.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the exercise apparatus 1 according to the present invention includes a main body 10 including a pedal 13, a base 20 attached to the bottom surface of the main body 10, and movement of the exercise apparatus 1 when the pedal 13 is depressed. Counter means 50 for suppressing the above. In the present embodiment, the countermeasure means 50 includes a frictional force generating means 30 that generates a frictional force between the installation surface S on which the exercise device 1 is installed and the base 20, and an extension member 40 that is attached to the base 20. I have.

  The main body 10 has a configuration in which a pedal 13 is provided via a crank 12 provided on a rotating shaft 11 protruding from the left and right side surfaces, and has the same configuration as a conventional exercise apparatus. Inside the main body 10, for example, an electromagnetic brake type load means as shown in Japanese Patent Publication No. 06-083729 is provided, and an exercise load is given to the rotation motion of the rotary shaft 11. Thereby, when the user steps on the pedal 13, an exercise load is given. In addition, the structure which applies an exercise | movement load to the main body 10, the pedal 13, and the pedal 13 can employ | adopt known arbitrary structures.

  A load adjuster 14 for adjusting the exercise load of the pedal 13 and a display 15 for displaying the amount of exercise are provided on the front surface of the main body 10. Furthermore, a handle 16 is provided on the upper surface of the main body 10 so that the exercise apparatus 1 can be easily carried.

  The base 20 is formed in a flat plate shape and has a size that allows the entire main body 10 to be placed thereon. In particular, the width in the left-right direction is wider than the width direction of the main body 10. Specifically, the base 20 has a shape in which the width of the front side and the rear side is wide in the front-rear direction and the width of the center is narrow, and the width is such that the main body 10 can be completely placed even at the narrowest center. Yes. Further, the wide front side and the rear side can have any width wider than the width of the main body 10, but preferably have a width 2.5 to 3 times larger than the width of the main body 10. . Thereby, the exercise apparatus 1 can be stably placed even in an unstable place such as on a bed. Moreover, the circumference of the base 20 can be lengthened by narrowing the center width. Therefore, the distance for attaching the friction member 31 described later becomes longer, and the frictional force can be further increased. The base 20 may be integrally attached to the main body 10, that is, the base 10 may be assembled on the base 20, or the main body 10 may be detachably attached to the base 20. There may be. In addition, the shape of the base 20 can mount the whole main body 10 on the base 20, and the width direction of the base 20 should just be longer than the width direction of the main body 10, for example, rectangular shape, circular shape, An elliptical shape is also possible.

  For the base 20, for example, an arbitrary plate material such as a wood plate, a metal plate, a glass plate, and a resin plate can be used. Among them, a plate made of a soft material is particularly preferable. By forming the base 20 with a soft material, the adhesion between the base 20 and the installation surface S of the bed is improved, and the installation surface S of the bed mat, sheets, futon, etc. is prevented from being damaged. Thus, the installation surface S can be protected.

  In this embodiment, the frictional force generating means 30 includes a friction member 31 formed of a material having a high frictional force such as rubber, and is attached to the peripheral edge portion 20a of the base 20 so as to go around the outer periphery of the base 20. It has been. Specifically, the friction member 31 has a substantially U-shaped cross section, and is attached so that the U-shaped opening is fitted into the periphery of the base 20. As a result, the peripheral edge portion 20 a of the base 20, that is, the outer peripheral portion of the upper surface 20 b, the outer peripheral edge, and the outer peripheral portion of the lower surface 20 c are covered with the friction member 31. By this friction member 31, a frictional force capable of resisting the movement of the exercise device 1 caused by slipping between the base 20 and the installation surface S caused by stepping on the pedal 13 can be obtained.

  The extension member 40 is attached to the upper surface 20b of the base 20 so as to extend to the front side, that is, the user side. The extension member 40 is formed in such a length that a user using the exercise device 1 can press the extension member 40 with a part of the body. In this embodiment, the extension member 40 is made of cloth, and a pair of left and right holes are formed at one end, and the extension member 40 moves by hooking the holes on the pair of left and right protrusions 21 provided on the upper surface 20b of the base 20. Attached to the instrument 1. In addition to the cloth, for example, a thin plate, a vinyl sheet, a rubber sheet or the like can be used for the extension member 40. In particular, it is preferable to use a sheet having a high frictional force as the extension member 40 because a frictional force can be generated between the extension member 40 and the installation surface S. In addition to being hooked on the protrusion 21, the extending member 40 can be attached using an arbitrary engaging tool such as a hook-and-loop fastener, a button, and a hook. Furthermore, the extension member 40 should just be attached so that it may extend to a user side, for example, may be attached to the lower surface 20c of the base 20, or the main body 10.

  Next, a method for using the exercise apparatus 1 will be described. The user places the exercise apparatus 1 at a position that is a foot on a bed or the like, and extends the extension member 40 on the bed or the like. Then, the user sleeps while holding the extension member 40 with his / her body. This exercises the legs in a sleeping position.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the friction member 31 (frictional force generation) that generates a frictional force that can resist the movement of the exercise device 1 accompanying the depression of the pedal 13 is provided between the exercise device 1 and the installation surface S. Means 30) are provided. In addition, the main body 10 is provided on a flat base 20 wider than the main body 10, and the contact area between the exercise equipment 1 (the base 20) and the installation surface S is large. Thereby, the friction force between the exercise device 1 and the installation surface S can be increased, and the exercise device 1 can be easily fixed by the friction force. As a result, the exercise device 1 can be used in the sleeping posture. Further, since a large frictional force is generated between the exercise device 1 and the installation surface S, even if the exercise device 1 can apply an exercise load to the pedal 13, the exercise device 1 can be simply placed on the installation surface S. 1 can be fixed, and the user can exercise under an arbitrary exercise load. Furthermore, since the base 20 is wider than the main body 10, the exercise apparatus 1 can be stably placed even in an unstable place such as on a bed.

  In the present embodiment, the extension member 40 is attached to the upper surface 20 b of the base 20. Thereby, when a user uses the exercise device 1, the exercise device 1 can be fixed by the weight of the user himself / herself only by sleeping while holding the extension member 40 with the body. Thus, since the exercise apparatus 1 can be fixed by the extension member 40 in addition to the frictional force generating means 30, the exercise apparatus 1 can be fixed more reliably. Furthermore, by forming the extension member 40 with cloth, the extension member 40 can be installed at a place of use with a simple operation of extending the cloth, and can be stored by folding or rolling the cloth during transportation. The instrument 1 can be transported easily.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the friction force generating means 30 is configured by the friction member 31 and the configuration in which the friction member 31 is fitted into the peripheral edge portion 20 a of the base 20 is employed. Thereby, it can attach by fitting the friction member 31 in the base 20, and the exercise device 1 can be manufactured easily. Further, by fitting the friction member 31 into the peripheral portion 20a of the base 20, when the exercise apparatus 1 is placed on a cushioning material such as a bed or a futon, the outer peripheral edge of the base 20 is It can prevent damaging futons. Thereby, a bed, a futon, etc. can be protected.

  Moreover, in the exercise apparatus supported by the leg part like the conventional patent document 2, it was necessary to raise the position of the pedal so that the foot placed on the pedal may not hit the leg part. However, in this embodiment, since the base 20 is configured in a flat plate shape, it is only necessary that the foot placed on the pedal 13 can pass on the base 20, and the position of the rotary shaft 11 to which the pedal 13 is attached is a conventional exercise equipment. Can be lower. Thereby, the exercise apparatus 1 whole can be reduced in size. Further, it is not necessary to raise the legs in a sleeping position, and the user can use the exercise apparatus 1 more easily.

  As mentioned above, although one Embodiment of this invention was described, this invention is not limited to the said form, A various change is possible unless it deviates from the meaning. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the friction member 31 is attached over the entire periphery of the peripheral edge portion 20 a of the base 20, but may be attached to a part of the peripheral edge portion 20 a of the base 20, for example. Specifically, the friction member 31 is attached only to the front edge and the rear edge of the base 20, the friction member 31 is attached only to both side edges of the base 20, and the peripheral edge 20a of the base 20 is set at predetermined intervals. For example, the friction member 31 may be attached. Further, it is not always necessary to attach to the peripheral edge portion 20 a of the base 20, and it may be attached to the lower surface 20 c of the base 20. Specifically, the friction member 31 can be attached to the entire lower surface 20 c of the base 20. Also, the friction member 31 can be attached to the front third and rear third of the base 20. Further, the friction member 31 can be attached to the lower surface 20 c of the base 20 along the outer periphery of the base 20. In any case, it is only necessary that a frictional force can be generated between the base 20 and the installation surface S to resist the movement of the exercise device 1 due to the slippage accompanying the depression of the pedal 13. Also in these embodiments, the friction member 31 serves as the frictional force generating means 30.

  In the above embodiment, the counter means 50 includes the friction member 31 (friction force generation means 30) and the extension member 40, and the friction member 31 (friction force generation means 30) is attached to the base 20, and the extension member 40, for example, it is sufficient that the counter means 50 includes any one of the friction member 31 (friction force generating means 30) and the extension member 40. That is, the friction member 31 (friction force generation means 30) or the extension member 40 provided in the exercise apparatus 1 can constitute the counter means 50 alone.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the frictional force generation means 30 is comprised as the friction member 31, it does not necessarily need to be set as the said structure. For example, the base 20 itself can be formed of a material having a high frictional force, or the bottom surface 20c of the base 20 can be roughened to increase the frictional force. In this case, the base 20 itself becomes the frictional force generating means 30. In this case, it is not necessary to provide both the friction member 31 and the extension member 40. In any case, it is only necessary that a frictional force can be generated between the base 20 and the installation surface S to counter the sliding movement of the exercise device 1 due to the depression of the pedal 13.

  In the above embodiment, the exercise device 1 is configured as a device that can perform a pedaling exercise of a bicycle. However, the present invention is not limited to this configuration. It can also be set as the instrument which can move and move a leg in a direction (direction which bends and extends a leg in a sleeping posture).

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Exercise equipment 10 Main body 13 Pedal 20 Base 20a Peripheral edge part 20c Bottom surface of base 30 Friction force generation means 31 Friction member 40 Extension member 50 Countermeasure means S Installation surface

Claims (7)

An exercise device that exercises the legs in a sleeping position,
A body with a pedal to which exercise load is applied;
Counter means for countering movement of the exercise equipment accompanying depression of the pedal;
An exercise apparatus comprising: a flat base attached to a bottom surface of the main body and formed wider than the main body.   The exercise device according to claim 1, wherein the counter means is a friction force generation unit that generates a friction force between an installation surface on which the exercise device is installed and the base.   The exercise apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the frictional force generating means is a friction member attached to a lower surface of the base.   The exercise device according to claim 3, wherein the friction member is attached to a peripheral portion of the base.   The exercise device according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein the counter means further includes an extension member attached to the main body or the base and extending toward a user side.   The exercise device according to claim 1, wherein the counter means is an extension member attached to the main body or the base and extending toward a user side.   The exercise device according to claim 5, wherein the extension member is a cloth.

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