WO2012044010A2

WO2012044010A2 - Chair having an exercise function

Info

Publication number: WO2012044010A2
Application number: PCT/KR2011/007014
Authority: WO
Inventors: 오민수
Original assignee: Oh Min Soo
Priority date: 2010-09-27
Filing date: 2011-09-23
Publication date: 2012-04-05
Also published as: WO2012044010A3; KR101090536B1

Abstract

The present invention relates to a chair having an exercise function, which enables a user to use the chair in the home or office and conveniently perform exercises as needed while seated in the chair. The chair of the present invention is configured such that a user may sit on a seat unit, wherein the chair comprises: a weight unit arranged beneath the seat unit to provide a workload during exercise; and a frame unit connected to the weight unit for pressing the weight unit so as to apply external force to the weight unit. According to the present invention, the chair having an exercise function has the weight unit, which is arranged beneath the seat of the chair mainly used by office workers or students usually lacking exercise, to provide a resistance force relative to an external force. Thus, a user may frequently exercise while seated in the chair, and may relax muscles that are tense due to fatigue or stress and remain consistently healthy.

Description

Chair with motor function

The present invention relates to a chair, and more particularly to a chair having an exercise function that can be used as a chair in a home or office, and can be easily exercised while sitting on a chair.

Generally, chairs used in homes or offices are mainly fixed or rotary, so if you sit on the chair for a long time and use a computer or learn, the amount of exercise is insufficient. As a result, the arms, shoulders and neck areas are numb or painful, and severely cause movement disorders or paralysis, which can damage health.

In order to solve such a problem, conventionally, the health was maintained by exercising by using an indoor exercise equipment provided separately from a chair in a home or an office. An example of such exercise equipment has been disclosed in the Republic of Korea Public Utility Model Publication (Publication No. 20-2007-0000547, hereinafter referred to as 'quotation literature'), in addition to a variety of exercise equipment has been developed and used.

However, since the exercise equipment according to the reference is complicated and bulky and requires a large installation space and use space, it is somewhat unreasonable to use it in a home or office. In addition, there is an economical unreasonable aspect, such as a high cost to purchase the exercise equipment.

An object of the present invention was devised to solve the above-described problems, having a function in the chair used in the home or office, etc. without having a separate exercise equipment, can be used as a chair in normal times, can be exercised easily if necessary It is to provide a chair having a motor function.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a chair for allowing a user to sit in a home, office, or work room, comprising: a pair of weight parts provided at a lower portion of the seat part to give a load during exercise; A pair of frame portions each connected to the weight portion to transmit external force to the weight portion; And an armrest portion coupled to the frame portion so as to be rotatable, for lifting an arm in normal and lifting up during exercise, and then pressing the arm in a direction facing each other using two arms.

The frame portion includes a pair of rotating portions rotatably coupled to both sides of the base plate positioned below the sheet portion; A pair of connection bars coupled to the rotating part and connected to the weight part; And a connection tab coupled to each connection bar to which the armrest part is rotatably connected.

It is made to adjust the exercise load by changing the position where the weight is connected on the connecting bar.

Connection bar, the support portion is fixed to the connection tab on the top; A male screw portion extending from a lower end of the support portion and having a thread formed on an outer side thereof; A guide part extending to an end of a male screw part and coupled to the rotating part; An adjusting part which is screwed to the outside of the male screw part; And a slider which is slidably installed on an outer side of the guide part, the slider having a connection part rotatably coupled to one end of the guide part and connected to a weight part on the outside.

A guide groove formed on the inside of the slider in the longitudinal direction is slidably inserted into the guide part to form a guide groove for preventing rotation of the slider.

Positioning protrusions are formed on the fixing plate to fix the rotating part, and rotation limiting protrusions are formed on both sides of the rotating part to contact the both sides of the positioning guide part to limit the rotation of the rotating part. do.

The base plate is composed of a front base plate to which one end of the weight part is coupled, and a rear base plate to which the other end of the weight part and the frame part are coupled. The front base plate is coupled to the bottom of the seat part, and the rear base plate is not coupled to the seat part. It is coupled to the back portion for supporting the seat and the back support for supporting the seat, so that when the user leans the back back portion, the frame portion is also turned back together.

The base plate is integrally formed and coupled to the lower portion of the sheet portion, and one end and the rotating portion of the weight portion are coupled to the base plate.

According to the chair having an exercise function according to the present invention, the exercise is often exercised in a sitting position by mounting a weight portion that provides a relative resistance to external force on the lower portion of the seat of the office workers or students usually lacking exercise By being able to do so, it has the effect of releasing the rigid muscles due to fatigue and stress to maintain health in normal times.

1 is a perspective view showing a chair having an exercise function according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a rear view of FIG. 1.

Figure 3 is a bottom view of the portion excluding the supporting portion in Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a rear view showing a process of lifting the armrest for exercise in accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 5 is a perspective view showing a state gathered in the armrest for exercise in accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 6 is a bottom view showing the remaining portion, except for the support portion in the state of FIG.

7 and 9 are enlarged perspective views showing the operating state of the connecting bar shown in FIG.

8 and 10 are schematic diagrams schematically showing the operating principle of FIGS. 7 and 9.

11 is a bottom view showing a base plate of a chair having an exercise function according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

1: chair 10: seat

20: support part 30: back support part

40: armrest part 50: base plate

60: weight portion 70: frame portion

80: base plate

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a perspective view showing a chair having an exercise function according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

The chair 1 having an exercise function according to the present embodiment is positioned at the rear of the seat part 10, the support part 20 supporting the seat part 10, and the seat part 10 to allow a user to sit down. It includes a backrest portion 30 to support the back, and a pair of armrest portion 40 to place the arm. At this time, the armrest portion 40 is rotatably coupled to the frame portion 70, which will be described later, and usually put the arm up during exercise, lifting up and then facing each other using two arms, that is, the chest Pressure to the side.

Figure 2 is a rear view of Figure 1, Figure 3 is a bottom view of the portion excluding the supporting portion in Figure 1, Figure 4 is a rear view showing a process of lifting the armrest for exercise in accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention. .

Each armrest portion 40 includes a flow bar 410, a flow tab 420, armrest support 430 and the pad 440.

The flow bar 410 is installed to be rotatable in the front-rear direction while sliding through the connection tab 730 to be described later. One end of the two flow bars 410 is formed in the shape of a hollow pipe and the other end is formed in the shape of a pointed protrusion so that the end of the two flow bars 410 are connected to each other when not in motion. At one end of the flow bar 410, a separation preventing protrusion 411 for preventing separation from the connection tab 730 is formed to protrude outward.

The flow tab 420 is formed to extend to the other end of the flow bar 410, it can be fitted or separated in the hollow of the connection tab 730. An end portion of the flow tab 420 is formed to prevent the fitting protrusion 421 to be completely inserted into the hollow of the connection tab 730 protrudes outward. A fixing protrusion (not shown) is coupled to the inside of the connection tab 730 by an elastic member (not shown) to protrude into the connection tab 730, and a fixing protrusion is formed on an outer surface of the flow tab 420. A fixing groove 422 is formed to be inserted when protruding so that the flow tab 420 is fixed to the connection tab 730.

One end of the armrest support 430 extends from the flow tab 420, the other end is bent forward.

The pad 440 is elastic and is inserted into the other end of the armrest supporter 430 so that the hand does not directly touch the armrest supporter 430 when the user presses the hand or presses the hand during exercise and prevents the hand from becoming excessive. do.

The base plate 50 is coupled to the bottom of the seat part 10, and the weight part 60 and the frame part 70 are located at both sides of the base plate 50, respectively. The base plate 50 includes a front base plate 510 to which the weight portion 60 is coupled, and a rear base plate 520 to which the frame portion 70 is coupled. At this time, the front base plate 510 is coupled to the bottom surface of the seat portion 10 and the rear base plate 520 is coupled to the support portion 20 and the backrest portion 30 without being coupled to the seat portion 10. . Therefore, even if the user flips the back portion 30 backward, the frame portion 70 is also flipped rearwards, thereby preventing the back portion 30 from contacting the frame portion 70 and thus damaging the frame portion 70. Can be prevented.

A gas spring is used as the weight part 60, and an end of the cylinder 610 of the gas spring is rotatably coupled to the front base plate 510, and an end of the piston 620 of the gas spring is connected to the frame part 70. It is rotatably combined. Meanwhile, in addition to the gas spring, the weight part 60 may use a hydraulic cylinder, a gas cylinder, a pneumatic cylinder, a compression spring, or the like.

The frame part 70 includes a rotating part 710, a connection bar 720, and a connection tab 730.

The rotation part 710 is rotatably coupled to the bottom of the rear base plate 520 and one end of the connection bar 720 is coupled. Positioning protrusions 741 protrude from the fixing plate 740 that rotatably fixes the rotating part 710, and

rotation limiting protrusions

711 and 712 are formed on both sides of the rotating part 710. Accordingly, the rotation part 710 is limited in rotation angle by both

rotation limiting projections

711 and 712. That is, since the rotation is limited when the

rotation limiting projections

711 and 712 contact the location guide protrusion 741, the rotation is limited by the range occupied by the location guide protrusion 741.

One end of the connection bar 720 is coupled to the rotating part 710 and the other end is bent upward. The lower side of the connecting bar 720 is formed with a connecting portion 721 to which the piston 620 end of the gas spring is rotatably connected.

The connection tab 730 is coupled to the top of the connection bar 720, the hollow is formed in the lateral direction.

On the other hand, in order to exercise, as shown in FIG. 4, the armrest part 40 is moved outwards and then lifted up. That is, while holding the pad 440 and moving outwards, the pad 440 is lifted up.

In this process, the flow tab 420 extending to the flow bar 410 is separated from the connection tab 730 and slides outward, and the armrest part 40 is rotated up around the connection tab 730.

Figure 5 is a perspective view showing a state gathered into the armrest portion for exercise in accordance with the first embodiment of the present invention, Figure 6 is a bottom view showing the remaining portion other than the support in the state of FIG.

When the user grabs the pad 440 and presses the pair of armrests 40 with both hands to face each other, that is, toward the chest, the connection bar 720 connected to the armrests 40 also rotates the 710. It will rotate forward to the center.

At this time. As the piston 620 of the gas spring connected to the connecting portion 721 of the connecting bar 720 is inserted into the cylinder 610, the resistance force when the gas is compressed in the cylinder 610 to have a load during exercise As a result, the exercise effect.

When the force pressurizing the armrest portion 40 is removed, the piston 620 is pushed by the gas pressure in the cylinder 610 of the gas spring, the frame portion 70 and the armrest portion 40 is rotated backwards It is returned to its original state.

As described above, by repeatedly pressing and releasing the pad 440 toward the chest, the user can continuously exercise.

After the movement, the two flow bars 410 are moved in the opposite direction to fix the flow tab 420 extending to the flow bar 410 to the connection tab 730. At this time, the ends of the two flow bars 410 are connected to each other.

7 and 9 are enlarged perspective views showing the operating state of the connecting bar shown in Figure 3, Figures 8 and 10 is a schematic diagram showing the operating principle of Figures 7 and 9.

The connection bar 720 is a support tab 722 is fixed to the upper end and the bottom is bent support 722, the lower end of the support 722, the external thread portion 723, the external thread portion 723 is formed with a thread on the outside Guide portion 724 extending to the end of the coupling portion 710 is coupled to the rotating portion 710, the adjustment portion 725 is screwed to the outside of the male screw portion 723, and the adjustment portion 725 is rotatably coupled to the other end And a slider 726 having a connection portion 721 formed at an end thereof.

A guide groove 724a is formed on the outside of the guide part 724 to be slidably inserted into the guide protrusion (not shown) formed inside the slider 726 in the longitudinal direction to prevent rotation of the slider 726. .

Accordingly, when the adjusting part 725 is screwed along the male screw part 723, that is, rotated back and forth, the slider 726 is moved forward and backward in a straight line along the guide part 724. As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, when the slider 726 moves forward in the direction of the rotation part 710, the distance between the rotation part 710 and the connection part 721 supporting the pressure becomes close, and the connection part 721 and the armrest part 40 are close to each other. The distance between the) is away from the lever to generate a lot of torque with a small force when rotating the frame 70 in principle can be easily rotated.

On the other hand, as shown in Figures 9 and 10 when the slider 726 backwards behind the rotating part 710, the distance between the rotating part 710 and the connecting part 721 supporting the pressure is far, and the connecting part 721 Between the armrest portion 40 is close to require more force when rotating the frame portion 70.

As such, by adjusting the distance between the rotating part 710 and the connecting part 721 by using the adjusting part 725, the load applied to the frame part 70 and the armrest part 40 may be increased or decreased to freely adjust the load during exercise. Will be.

According to the chair having the exercise function according to the second embodiment of the present invention, the base plate 50 is coupled to the bottom of the seat portion 10, the weight portion 60 and the frame portion 70 to the base plate 50 ) Are located on each side. Only one base plate 50 is provided so that both the weight part 60 and the frame part 70 are combined. The base plate 50 is coupled to the support part (not shown) and the backrest part 30 in addition to the seat part 10.

Hereinafter, since the rest of the configuration is the same as in the first embodiment, description thereof will be omitted.

As described above, the present invention has been described based on the preferred embodiment, but the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments, and those skilled in the art can change within the scope described in the claims. Can be.

Claims

In a chair that allows the user to sit at home, in the office, or in the workplace,

A pair of weight parts provided under the seat part to give a load during exercise;

A pair of frame parts connected to the weight parts to transmit external force to the weight parts, respectively; And

The armrest portion is coupled to each of the frame portion rotatably, the armrest portion configured to press the arms in the direction facing each other after lifting up in normal exercise and lifting up during exercise.
The method of claim 1,

The frame portion,

A pair of rotation parts rotatably coupled to both sides of the base plate positioned below the seat part;

A pair of connection bars coupled to the rotating part and connected to the weight part; And

And a connection tab coupled to each of the connection bars so that the armrest part is rotatably connected.
The method of claim 2,

Chair having an exercise function, characterized in that for adjusting the exercise load by changing the position of the portion connected to the weight on the connecting bar.
The method of claim 3,

The connecting bar,

A support part at which the connection tab is fixed;

A male screw portion extending from a lower end of the support portion and having a thread formed on an outer side thereof;

A guide part extending to an end of the male screw part and coupled to the rotating part;

An adjusting part screwed to an outer side of the male screw part; And

And a slider which is slidably installed at an outer side of the guide part, the slider having one end thereof rotatably coupled to the adjusting part, and a connecting part having an outer side connected to the weight part.
The method of claim 4, wherein

The guide has a chair having an exercise function, characterized in that the guide projection formed on the inside of the slider in the longitudinal direction is slidably inserted into the guide portion to prevent the rotation of the slider.
The method according to any one of claims 2 to 5,

Positioning protrusions are formed on the fixing plate for fixing the rotating part, and both sides of the rotating part are provided with rotation limiting protrusions which contact both sides of the position guide protrusion to limit the rotation of the rotating part, and the rotating part occupies the position guide protrusion. Chair having an exercise function, characterized in that the rotation is limited by the range.
The method of claim 2,

The base plate is composed of a front base plate to which one end of the weight portion is coupled, and a rear base plate to which the other end and the frame portion are coupled, wherein the front base plate is coupled to the bottom surface of the sheet portion, and the rear base plate is a sheet. A chair having an exercise function, which is coupled to a support part supporting the seat part and a back support part supporting the back part without being coupled to the part, so that the frame part is also flipped backward together when the user flips the back support part backward. .
The method of claim 2,

The base plate is integrally formed to be coupled to the lower portion of the seat portion, the chair having an exercise function, characterized in that the one end and the rotating portion is coupled to the base plate.