WO2007147173A1

WO2007147173A1 - A method and apparatus of lumbar vertebra therapy at sitting posture by transversal swing hips

Info

Publication number: WO2007147173A1
Application number: PCT/ZA2006/000078
Authority: WO
Inventors: Chyn-Herng Hwu
Original assignee: Chyn-Herng Hwu
Priority date: 2006-06-14
Filing date: 2006-06-14
Publication date: 2007-12-21

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus of lumbar vertebra therapy, it is capable of making hips swing along the transversal direction at sitting posture; Therein a mechanism so called as a swing module is used as a fixed connection in and between a multi-legs central pole module and a chair seat module within a chair set. It causes the chair seat module to be able to have the swaying function along the transversal direction. A step further, it also may be constructed by the guiding rails or some other ways. This invention provides the benefit from the method and apparatus of lumbar vertebra therapy by transversal swing hips at sitting posture; and to relax body of the user for the goal.

Claims

Claims:

1. This invention is about a method and an apparatus of lumbar vertebra health care or therapy at sitting posture by transversal swinging hips;

A lumbar vertebra health care or therapy apparatus is with the characteristic by using an apparatus, of which this apparatus is a chair seat or a seat pad of a chair to be able to transversal swing; the person is sit on the chair, his/her hips follow the chair seat or seat pad, to be able to make reciprocal transversal swing motion;

A lumbar vertebra health care or therapy method is with the characteristics by using the chair seat or seat pad to make transversal swing motion as fore mentioned, then to drive his/her hips transversal swing motion, for the purpose of as a tool for passive exercise and to activate lumbar vertebra; because of sitting for long time or by the improper sitting posture, hence the body accumulated tense, fatigue, sore or pain, is able to use the method by transversal swing hips, to relax his/her back, waist and legs at sitting posture, then getting the beneficial result of lumbar vertebra health care or therapy;

2. According to the method and apparatus in claim 1 : A swing module:

Within a transversal swing office chair, an embodiment of this invention comprising a seat module, a connecting module, and a multi-legs central pole module, among which the connecting module with the characteristic to be substituted by a swing module;

A step further, a transversal swing office chair, wherein the connecting module except that with the characteristic of the swing module, it is able to attach more additional characteristics of a bidirectional module, an electrical module or both of them;

The swing module proposed here, is capable to let the chair seat or the seat pad with a function of reciprocal swing along the transversal direction, it makes this transversal swing office chair with the characteristics of possessing and matching the method and apparatus in claim 1;

3. According to the method and apparatus in claim 1:

A transversal swing office chair, an embodiment of this invention as showed in Fig. 18, therein with a pair of four connecting bars, to be inserted in a traditional office chair, in and between the chair frame and the seat pad; the seat pad through this pair of four connecting bars is able to let the hips of the person who

12 / 18 sit on the pad, swing along transversal direction; it makes this transversal swing office chair with the characteristics of possessing and matching the method and apparatus in claim 1;

4. According to the swing module in claim 2:

Therein a kind of guiding rails transversal swing module, an embodiment of this invention with the characteristics of:

The swing module with the characteristics: therein it comprising a fixed connecting set 21, four sliding wheels 8OA, 8OB, 8OC, and 8OD, a swing seat 64, a seat supporter 22 and two rails 4; for each part with the characteristics:

The fixed connecting set 21, including a fasten ring 29, a fixed bolt 27, a fixed nut 28, to be capable fixed connected with the upper end of central pole 301 of the multi-legs central pole module 3;

Next the fixed connecting set 21, therein two side plates is fixed connected with the two guiding rails 4;

These sliding wheels 8OA, 8OB, 8OC, and 8OD, separated pivotally connected both sides of a swing carriage 64 by 4 shafts 81A, 81B, 81C, and 81D, the sliding wheel which to be restricted within these two guiding rails 4 its two ends slightly bend upward, and with the characteristics to let the swing carriage 64 to be capable of the reciprocal swing motion;

The swing carriage 64 and the seat supporter 22 are with the characteristics of perpendicular and fixed connecting;

Therein the seat supporter 22 with 4 fasten holes, is with the characteristics to be capable of fixed connected with the seat module 1;

This guiding rails transversal swing module, is with the characteristics of possessing and matching the function of transversal swing in claim 2;

5. According to the swing module in claim 2:

A transversal swing module 2B, an embodiment of this invention with the characteristics it containing the parts:

A fixed connecting set 21, four swing bars 23A, 23B, 23C, 23D, a swing seat 24, and a seat supporter 22;

The characteristic of each part is:

The fixed connecting set 21, with the characteristics of it comprising the fixed bolt 27, the fixed nut 28; the fasten ring 29 and the upper end of central pole

13 / 18 301 of the multi-legs central pole module 3;

The fixed connecting set 21, with the characteristics of it contained 4 pivot holes 21a, 21b, 21c, 21d, are pivotally connected with the relevant of the pivot holes 23A-a, 23B-a, 23C-a, 23D-a at the upper end of swing bar 23A, 23B, 23C, 23D;

And with the characteristics of pivotally connected the pivot holes 23A-b, 23B-b, 23C-b, 23D-b at the lower end of the swing bar 23A, 23B, 23C, 23D with the relevant pivot holes 24a, 24b, 24c, 24d at the lower end of the swing seat 24;

With the characteristics of it is fixed connected the swing seat 24 and the seat supporter 22;

And by fixed connected of the fixed connecting set 21 and the upper end of central pole 301 of the multi-legs central pole module 3, and by the way of fore mentioned other pivotally connected, it forms a pair set of 4 connecting bars mechanism, this pair set of 4 connecting bars mechanism is able to let the swing seat 24 swings in the range to be preset;

And with the characteristics by the reason of the seat supporter 22 is perpendicular to the swing direction, then it can generate swing on transversal direction, that is the chair seat 1 with the function on left-right swing;

This transversal swing module, is with the characteristics of possessing and matching the function of transversal swing in claim 2;

6. According to the transversal swing module in claim 2:

Therein it mentioned the transversal swing module, and the bidirectional swing module:

A bidirectional swing module 2C, an embodiment of this invention with the characteristics of including a swing module, and a bi-direction module, it comprising the parts:

A fixed connecting set 21, four swing bars 23A, 23B, 23C, 23D, a swing seat 34 and a bidirectional seat supporter 32, a direction locating bar 35, a direction locating pin 36, spring 37, bolt 33 and nut 38;

Therein the swing module, its parts with the characteristics are the same as fore mentioned in claim 4, thus not repeat it again in this claim, only for the swing seat 24 have to matching with the bidirectional swing module then

14 / 18 modified it as a swing seat 34 >

In the bidirectional swing module, with the characteristics of the parts:

At the upper part of the swing seat 34 and the lower part of the bidirectional seat supporter 32, each of it by punching press to form an opposite pair of convex surface 34A and 32A; By using a bolt 33 and a nut 38, and with a pivot hole 39a of the bidirectional seat supporter 32, a pivot hole 39b of the swing seat 34 pivotally connected; it with the characteristics of making interchange 90 degrees from 2C to 2C irection;

With the characteristics by using a pivot hole 35a at the direction locating bar 35, a pivot hole 32f at the bidirectional seat supporter 32, and relevant pin, washer, and retaining ring, pivotally connected;

With the characteristics by inserting a spring 37 to upper end 36A of the direction locating pin 36 and a fasten hole 32e at the bidirectional seat supporter 32, to provide replacement force; let lower end 36B of the direction locating pin 36 could keep within and at a fasten holes 34e relative at 2C position, and a fasten holes 34f relative at 2C?position.

With the characteristics of the fasten holes on the bidirectional seat supporter 32, is capable fixed connected relevant to the seat module 1;

With the characteristics of the bidirectional seat supporter 32 is capable to adjust its direction depend on the user need; it can locate at longitudinal or transversal, thus with the characteristics of the seat module 1 to be able to both on the front-rear or the left-right swing;

As seat supporter 32 its orientation hold in the fasten holes 34f corresponding to 2C?direction, with the function of transversal swing;

This bidirectional transversal swing module, with the characteristics of possessing and matching the function of transversal swing module in claim 2;

7. According to the transversal swing module in claim 2:

Therein mentioned above the bidirectional swing module, and the electrical swing module:

An electrical bidirectional swing module, an embodiment of this invention with the characteristics of comprising a swing module, a bi-direction module, and an electrical module;

Therein it is including the parts:

A decelerated motor 50, a rotating arm 52, a connecting bar 51, a fixed

15 / 18 connecting set 21, three swing bars 23A, 23B, 23C, a swing pushing bar 43D, a swing seat 34, a bidirectional seat supporter 32, a direction locating bar 35, a direction locating pin 36, spring 37, bolt 33, nut 38;

The bidirectional swing module is the same as bidirectional swing module in claim 5, thus not repeat it again in this claim;

Within the electrical module, the characteristics of the rest parts:

It is with the characteristics of that cause of the fixed connecting set 21, have to match the electrical module, thus at one end of the fixed connecting set 21 in perpendicular direction extending it to form an extension plate 21A, at this extension plate 21A, makes four bolt holes 21A-a, 21A-b, 21A-C, 21A-d, install a decelerated motor 50, for each of the decelerated motor 50 makes four holes 50a, 50b, 50c, 50d, with a bolt, nut set, 53A, 54A; a bolt, nut set 53B, 54B; a bolt, nut set 53C, 54, and a bolt, nut set 53D, 54D to fix connected;

And with the characteristics of that the fixed connecting set 21 including four pivot holes 21a, 21b, 21c, 21d, pivotally connected with relevant pivot holes 23A- a, 23B-a, 23C-a, 43D-a of the upper end of the swing bar 23A, 23B, 23C, and the swing pushing bar 43D;

And with the characteristics by pivotally connected the pivot holes 23A-b, 23B-b, 23C-b, 23D-b at the lower end of the swing bar 23A, 23B, 23C, and the swing pushing bar 43D, with the pivot holes 34a, 34b, 34c, 34d at the lower end of the swing seat 34;

And with the characteristics that the shaft 50A of decelerated motor 50, and a rotating arm 52, is fixed connected by a fixed bolt 55A and a hole 52a;

And with the characteristics that a hole 52b at the other side of the rotating arm 52, and the hole 51b of connecting a bar 51, is pivotally connected by a relevant pin, washer, and retaining ring. Hole 51a at the other side of the connecting bar 51, and a hole 43D-C of the swing pushing bar 43D, and a relevant pin, washer, and retaining ring is pivotally connected.

And with the characteristics of that by the rotation of the shaft 5OA of the decelerated motor 50 and the rotating arm 52, the push connecting bar 51, make reciprocate motion and the swing pushing bar 43D around the pivot holes 43D-a reciprocate swing. Then push the swing seat 34 to do reciprocate swing, also let the bidirectional seat supporter 32 of the bidirectional swing module above it, and the seat module 1 to do reciprocating swing. Its direction is depending upon the direction setting of the bidirectional seat supporter 32 of the bidirectional swing module.

16 / 18 And with the characteristics of the bidirectional seat supporter 32 is capable to adjust its direction depend on the user need; it can locate both at longitudinal or transversal, thus with the characteristics of the seat module 1 to be able to both on the front-rear or the left-right swing;

As seat supporter 32 its orientation hold in a fasten holes 34f corresponding to 2C?direction, with the function of transversal swing;

This electrical bidirectional transversal swing module, with the characteristics of possessing and matching the function of transversal swing module in claim 2;

8. According to the method and apparatus in claim 1:

A transversal swing office chair, an embodiment of this invention, within it including a guiding rails swing module, and with the characteristics using this guiding rails swing module to be a fixed connected component;

The swing carriage 64 is installed within the guiding rails 4 by four wheels 8OA, 8OB, 8OC, 8OD; the guiding rails is fixed connected on the fixed connecting set 21, and the fasten ring 29, is fixed connected with the upper end 301 of central pole of the multi-legs central pole module 3;

And with the characteristics that the fixed connected of the seat module 1 and seat supporter 22;

And with the characteristics that the swing carriage 64 swinging in the guiding rails 4, let seat module 1 of the office chair is able to make transversal swing;

This transversal swing office chair, with the characteristics that possessing and matching the method and apparatus in claim 1;

9. According to the method and apparatus in claim 1:

With the characteristics that a transversal swing office chair, an embodiment of this invention, it comprising the four connecting bar swing module in any of each of the swing module 2B, 2C or 2D, and by using this swing module to fix connected with the modules described under below;

And with the characteristics that a swing seat 24 or a swing seat 34, is able to use the four connecting bars 23A, 23B, 23C, 23D or the swing pushing bar 43D as connector, pivotally connected on a fixed connecting set 21, and fixed connected to the upper end of the central pole 301 of the multi-legs central pole module 3, with a fasten ring 29 of the fixed connecting set 21;

And with the characteristics that the seat module 1 is fixed connected with the seat supporter 22 or the seat supporter 32;

As the swing module is 2B, or the swing module is 2C or 2D, placed on 2C? direction, it let the seat module 1 of the office chair is able to function on transversal swing;

This transversal swing office chair with the characteristics of possessing and matching fore mentioned the method and apparatus in claim 1;

10. For each of the swing modules, the embodiments of this invention with the characteristics that on the swing seat 24 or the swing seat 34, additionally installed a inhibiting swing pin set 25 and 26, wherein the fasten pin 26 is accepted in the fasten pin sleeve 25, and is allowed to insert in the fasten hole 21e placed on the side of the fixed connecting set 21; let the swing seat 24 or the swing seat 34 to be restricted to prevent swinging; when transport the office chair, does not get any inconvenience by swing from the connecting module;

11. This invention method and apparatus of lumbar vertebra therapy at sitting posture by transversal swinging hips? its essence and characteristics is based on the contents in claim 1;

For these embodiments described above, this invention, it shall or may not be limit and restricting on improper.

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