WO2018074656A1

WO2018074656A1 - Vertical stepper exercise machine

Info

Publication number: WO2018074656A1
Application number: PCT/KR2016/013785
Authority: WO
Inventors: 장병택
Original assignee: 장병택
Priority date: 2016-10-18
Filing date: 2016-11-28
Publication date: 2018-04-26
Also published as: KR101825309B1

Abstract

The present invention relates to an exercise machine, called a vertical stepper, for performing total body exercise including leg exercise and arm exercise. According to the exercise machine of the present invention, a user can appropriately move both the upper body and the lower body in association with each other so as to build a well-proportioned body, or can freely exercise the upper body independently of stepper exercise for the lower body, so as to perform various motions.

Description

Vertical stepper exercise equipment

The present invention relates to an exercise device, in particular a vertical stepper for performing the whole body movement, including leg and arm movements.

In general, the leg exercise adopts a method of stepping on the pedal cross to the left and right legs, by stepping on the pedal to strengthen the thigh and calf muscles, in addition to aerobic exercise to burn fat to keep the body slim.

On the other hand, the arm movement is mainly performed by a method of causing a position displacement by applying a force such as a rod having elastic resistance, thereby strengthening the upper body and strengthening the muscular strength.

In addition, when the leg exercise and the arm exercise is performed together, the range of the exercise is extended, and thus the whole body exercise can be performed because the accompanying movement of the pelvis and the waist is accompanied.

The vertical stepper is generally configured to use a wire and pulley, etc. to build a fixed pulley or a pulley shape, and to vertically move up and down by sliding a pedal over a standing rail provided.

In connection with the present invention, in the prior art, Korean Patent No. 123948 (2015.11.04.) Is known.

All of the components are integrated into a mechanical system designed to generate a constant and coordinated ascending and descending movement to secure the pedal's system and then slide over a vertical structure that supports two square profiled sections that are used as auxiliary grips. It works in a harmonious way. In this way, all of the components are integrated for a single purpose to provide stability, support, and coordination when the proposed daily life and exercise are performed to avoid possible accidents and potential hazards. The mechanical system also includes all of its components, i.e. metal cables, pulleys covered by plastic layers; Pedal system; Two parallel rectangular profiled sections; Two square profiled sections used from the handle; Two rails; And three wheels are provided to perform suitable functions.

On the other hand, in the case of the published patent is provided to perform the upper body movement at the same time with the lower body movement to perform the stepper movement, the movement trajectory is simple and other operations other than one repeated operation is not easy to perform the problem have.

The exercise device of the present invention promotes the effect of exercise by inducing the active activity of the whole body in addition to the vertical vertical stepper exercise of the conventional vertical stepper, to solve the above problems,

The upper body including the lower body can be interlocked at the same time to operate properly, or the upper body movement to maximize the degree of freedom independent from the stepper movement of the lower body to perform a variety of movements, through these movements forget the boredom of the movement and generate interesting elements I want to make it possible to continue the exercise.

Vertical stepper exercise device of the present invention for solving the above technical problem,

A rail frame consisting of left and right rails which are spaced apart from each other in a standing position; An auxiliary frame having a top coupled to an upper end of the rail frame and spaced apart from a lower end of the rail frame; A lower support frame including; and a spacer frame disposed at the front and rear ends of the rail frame and spaced apart from each other so as to have a delta shape as a whole.

Left and right pad units disposed on the left and right rails, respectively, supporting the left and right feet of the user, and sliding up and down along the guide of the rail frame; Wires each having left and right ends fixed to the left and right pad parts; And a pulley rotatably mounted on the upper end of the lower support frame such that the upper and lower movement directions of the left and right pad parts are opposite to each other by performing a role of a fixed pulley with the wire. Unit,

In the vertical stepper exercise device comprising a; is disposed on the upper end of the support frame;

It further comprises an upper support frame is fixed to the lower end is fixed to the top of the lower support frame,

The means is a swing handle unit, the swing handle unit,

It is disposed horizontally on the upper end of the upper support frame, the swing shaft portion is formed in the middle of the body, and includes a swing handle that can swing left and right up and down with the swing shaft portion as the rotation axis.

According to the exercise device of the present invention, in addition to the vertical stepper exercise to induce the user to actively operate the entire body to maximize the effect of the exercise,

Including the lower body, the upper body can be linked simultaneously and properly operated to build a balanced body, or independently of the lower body stepper movement, the upper body can be freely performed to perform various motions.

Through the operation of the exercise described above to forget the boredom of the exercise for a long time to add fun to continue to perform the exercise.

1 is an exploded perspective view.

2 is an assembled perspective view.

Figure 3 is a state diagram illustrating an operating state in the front.

4 is an exemplary view showing the utilization of the exercise equipment as a symbol.

5 is an enlarged view of a portion, FIG. 5A is an exploded perspective view seen from the bottom; 5B is an assembled bottom view; 5C is a side view;

6 is an enlarged view of another portion, and FIG. 6A is an exploded perspective view of one portion; 6B is an exploded perspective view of the other part with the other part assembled;

7 is an exploded perspective view of another part in the assembled state to FIG. 6B.

In vertical stepper exercise equipment,

The means is a swing handle unit, the swing handle unit,

It is disposed horizontally on the upper end of the upper support frame, the swing shaft portion is configured in the middle of the body, it is provided with a swing handle that can swing left and right up and down with the swing shaft portion as the rotation axis.

add,

A fixed handle fixed to an upper end of the lower support frame and disposed horizontally from side to side, so as to be gripped by a hand; And

The rear support frame, the folding means for folding the rail frame and the auxiliary frame to reduce the volume; is further provided.

In the example of Figures 1 and 2 the exercise device of the present invention,

A lower support frame taking a delta of a triangle when viewed from the side; An upper support frame 140 is fixed to the upper end of the lower support frame, coupled (f1) erected; Support frame 100 and including,

A stepper unit 200 including a left and right pad part 240 on which the foot is mounted so as to perform vertical sliding movement up and down from the front of the lower support frame;

A fixed handle 150 formed on the upper end of the lower support frame, i.e., the left and

right fixing handles

150a and 150b so as to be horizontally fixed to the lower end of the upper support frame 140 so as to be gripped by the left and right hands. ,

It is arranged horizontally on the upper end of the upper support frame 140, the swing shaft portion 320 is configured to swing the left and right in the vertical direction in the middle of the body to swing the left and right up and down by using the swing shaft portion 320 as the rotation axis It consists of a swing handle unit 300, including a swing handle 310 that can be.

In more detail,

The lower support frame is erected in a state in which the two

rails

120a and 120b in total are erected in pairs in parallel to each other in the front and vertically (that is, inclined in the front and rear direction with a predetermined inclination). It refers to the vertical of the form that is) a rail frame 120 is disposed. The left and right pads are assembled to perform sliding movements up and down along the guides of the

rails

120a and 120b.

In order to keep the rail frame 120 in an upright position, the auxiliary frame 130 is disposed vertically (referring to the vertically disposed to be obliquely inclined as described above) at the rear of the rail frame 120. As a foldable folding means, the upper end of the rail frame 120 and the upper end of the auxiliary frame 130 are coupled through a hinge, the lower end of the rail frame 120 and the lower end of the auxiliary frame 130 To be inclined in a direction corresponding to each other to maintain a constant distance in the direction.

The spacer frame 113 is disposed between the lower end of the rail frame 120 and the lower end of the auxiliary frame 130 and both ends thereof are fixed. As a folding means, there may be a collapsible hinge in the center of the spacer frame 113, the entire lower support frame together with the hinge configured on the upper end of the rail frame 120 and the auxiliary frame 130. It may be provided to fold down to reduce volume.

In addition, the lower support frame is fixed to the lower end of the rail frame 120 and the lower end of the auxiliary frame 130, or extends in the left and right direction to support the support frame 100 does not fall sideways ( 111) 112. The bottom frames 111 and 112 form a support frame 110 together with the spacer frame 113.

1 to 3 and especially FIG. 5, in the stepper unit 200, the pad part 240 including left and

right pad parts

240a and 240b includes left and

right rails

120a and 120b. Each of the plurality of rollers 241 disposed on the rail frame 120 and arranged to surround both sides of each cross section of the rail (120a, 120b) so as to slide each while reducing friction in the attached, coupled state do. In the example of the figure, four rollers 241 are arranged in a quadrangular shape so as to slide on the

rails

120a and 120b in a state in which the

rails

120a and 120b are stably wrapped. The roller 241 is supported by the roller bracket 242 and is fixed to rotate. The pad 243 on which the foot rests is fixed to the outer top of the roller bracket 242 (f3a). At this time, the inclination angle θ as shown in FIG. 5C between the roller bracket 242 and the pad 243 so as to correspond to the inclined slope of the

rails

120a and 120b or the rail frame 120. It is desirable to keep the pad 243 horizontal.

On the other hand, instead of using the rolling roller 241, the non-sliding sliding member having very little friction can be used.

In addition, the configuration of connecting the wires 230 to the opposite direction to the movement of the left and

right pad portion

240a, 240b in the stepper unit 200 is required. 1 to 3, each end of both ends of the wire 230 is fixed (f3b) inside each roller bracket 242 of the left and

right pad portions

240a and 240b, and the body of the wire 230 is formed. Is configured to wrap and rotate the poly 220. The wire 230 and the poly 220 serve as a fixed pulley so that the left and

right pad portions

240a and 240b always slide in opposite directions. In FIG. 2, it can be seen that the poly 220 is rotatably supported on the upper end of the rail frame 120 (or the lower support frame) f2a. 1 and 2, the poly 220 is illustrated to be coupled to and fixed to the rail frame 120 through the poly bracket 210 (f2b), and the poly bracket 210 is a pair of front and rear poly brackets. It is composed of a flat plate (210a) (210b) so that each of the left and right ends are attached to the left and right rails (120a, 120b), respectively. The front and rear pairs of poly bracket

flat plates

210a and 210b are provided to surround the poly 220 in the front and rear directions and to receive the bearing f2a.

1 and 2, the upper support frame 140 is vertically arranged so that the lower end is coupled in such a way that interposed between the upper left and right rails (120a, 120b) of the rail frame 120. Can be. The upper support frame 140 may have a length adjusting means 140 to adjust the length according to the height or preference of the user, in the example of the figure, the upper portion of the upper support frame 140 is the upper support frame ( It is provided to move up and down while sliding from the bottom of the 140, a plurality of fixing grooves (143b) is formed in the upper portion of the upper support frame 140 along the length to be fixed after the length adjustment and the upper support frame The lower portion of the 140 is provided with a fixing projection (143a) for sewing and fixing the fixing groove (143b).

The swing handle unit 300 and the swing handle 310; Swing shaft 320; Is done.

2 to 3, 6 and 7, the swing handle 310 includes left and right swing handles 310a and 310b so that a user can hold each of the left and right hands, and the body is placed horizontally to take a rod. The middle of the upper support frame 140 is coupled to the upper end of the swing shaft 320 to enable a swing movement.

The swing shaft part 320 serves as a rotation shaft and a bearing of the swing handle 310 to allow the left and right swing handles 310a and 310b to swing in the vertical direction opposite to each other, and the swing shaft part 320 The bottom of the) is configured to be attached to the top of the upper support frame 140.

In addition, by configuring a pivot between the lower end of the swing shaft portion 320 and the upper end of the upper support frame 140, or by configuring a pivot (pv) in the body of the upper support frame 140, as shown in FIG. A function of allowing the swing handle 310 to rotate horizontally in the horizontal direction (ro2) may be added.

Swing handle unit 300 is more specifically,

1 and 6A, the handle fixing hole 311 is drilled in the front-rear direction in the middle of the rod-shaped swing handle 310 arranged horizontally in the horizontal direction. After each other hole is drilled one by one in the adjacent left and right sides of the handle fixing hole is provided with a locking projection 312 is inserted into the hole. That is, one of the holes on the left and right side is fitted with a front locking projection 312a protruding in the front direction, and the other side of the hole is fitted with a rear locking projection 312b protruding in the rear direction. Here, the front locking protrusion 312a and the rear locking protrusion 312b may be formed by protruding (extending) the front and rear directly from the swing handle 310, respectively, and the left and right holes are omitted.

In FIG. 6, the swing shaft part 320 is composed of a pair of a front swing shaft part 320a and a rear swing shaft part 320b that are respectively disposed in the front and rear direction by taking a disc shape, and the swing handle 310 in the horizontal direction in the middle thereof. Swing handle seating groove 321 is dug in a form corresponding to the body of the swing handle 310 to surround the body.

In the center of the swing shaft 320, that is, the middle of the swing handle seating groove 321 is inserted into the handle fixing hole 311, the rotating fixed shaft (sp) that serves as a rotating shaft and a fixing screw therein A handle fixing protrusion 322 that takes the shape of a perforated pipe to be inserted is configured. More specifically, the handle fixing protrusion 322, the handle fixing protrusion 322a to be inserted into the handle fixing hole 311 protrudes from either the front swing shaft portion 320a or the rear swing shaft portion 320b. The handle fixing hole 322b is formed on the other side of the handle fixing protrusion to meet on the same line as the end of the handle fixing protrusion.

Front and rear of the swing shaft portion 320 is provided with an elastic body 320s necessary for the return of the rotation angle displacement by the swing of the swing handle 310, respectively. In the example of the figure, the elastic body is a L-shaped spring wound in the middle. The center of the spring is disposed on the same line as the center of the handle fixing protrusion 322, the winding center is sewed and fixed by the rotation fixing shaft (sp) as shown in FIG.

The elastic body 320s includes a front elastic body 320s1 provided at the front of the front swing shaft part 320a and a rear elastic body 320s2 provided at the rear of the rear swing shaft part 320b. The applied loads of the front elastic body 320s1 and the rear elastic body 320s2 are placed in different directions. That is, one of the front elastic body 320s1 and the rear elastic body 320s2 is disposed so that one end of the elastic body 320s faces the left side L, and the other end has the one end of the elastic body 320s right side (R). To face up. This arrangement method is such that one end of the elastic body (320s) is coupled to the engaging projection 312, and in the future, after being assembled with the swing shaft fixing bracket (320c) to the other end to the following vertical wall engaging projection (320c2). Will be. Accordingly, the one acts to add an elastic force to the load rotating to the left (or right) and the other acts to add an elastic force to the load rotating to the right (or left), resulting in an elastic force to both the left and right rotations. While always giving the swing handle 310 is always to maintain a horizontal role to prevent the inclination to either side.

In this regard, in the example of FIG. 6B, one end of the front elastic body 320s1 is caught by the front locking protrusion 312a, and the other end of the front elastic body 320s1 is positioned by the front vertical wall locking protrusion 320c2a. Is scheduled. On the contrary, in the case of the rear elastic body 320s2, one end of the rear elastic body 320s2 is caught by the rear locking protrusion 312b, and the other end thereof is to be positioned by the rear vertical wall locking protrusion 320c2b.

In addition, the swing shaft portion 320 includes a U-shaped swing shaft fixed bracket 320c having vertical walls c1 and c2, which are respectively standing in front and rear of the horizontal bottom flat plate c3. The bracket fixing grooves 320c1 are drilled in the vertical walls c1 and c2 so that the rotation fixing shaft sp is inserted and fixed in the front and rear directions. The front vertical wall locking projection 320c2a protrudes toward the rear side so that the other end of the front elastic body 320s1 is caught in the vicinity of the bracket fixing groove 320c1 drilled in the front vertical wall c1. And correspondingly, in the vicinity of the bracket fixing groove 320c1 drilled in the rear vertical wall c2 (the lower left figure in the drawing), the rear vertical wall locking projection 320c2b is caught by the other end of the rear elastic body 320s2. ) Is formed to protrude forward.

Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 7, in the assembled state, the bottom flat plate c3 of the swing shaft fixing bracket 320c is fixed to the upper end 140c of the upper support frame 140 by welding, riveting, or the like.

In addition, the swing shaft portion case (ca) may be attached and applied to the front and rear of the swing shaft portion 320 to conceal the internal structure and to decorate the exterior. At this time, the case coupling protrusion ca1 may protrude from the upper end of the swing shaft case ca so as to couple each of the front and rear sides of the swing shaft case ca.

At the same time, the case coupling protrusion ca1 may serve as a stopper to limit the swing rotation ro1 of the swing shaft part 320 so that the swing handle swings only up to a certain limit. On the upper end of the case by digging an elliptical groove through which the case coupling protrusion ca1 can pass in response to the trajectory of the ellipse during the swing rotation of the case coupling protrusion ca1 around the rotation fixed shaft sp. Insert the coupling protrusion (ca1). Accordingly, the swing rotation ro1 is allowed only to the left and right ends of the elliptical groove.

Next, look at the operating state of the exercise device of the present invention in conjunction with Figures 3 and 4 through the above-described configuration in more detail.

As shown in FIG. 3A, the user places the left and right legs (foot) on the left and

right pad portions

240a and 240b, respectively, and performs stepper movement in the up and down directions opposite to each other. At the same time, the left and right swing handles 310a and 310b are gripped with both arms and hands to perform a swing rotation (ro1) movement. Since the swing rotation (ro1) movement causes both vertical displacement (a1) and horizontal displacement (a2) at the same time, the dynamic effect of stimulating arm muscles, which is more dynamic and not normally used, in particular, the horizontal It is possible to generate the effect of the whole body movement while moving the center of gravity of the waist and pelvis through the direction displacement (a2).

Looking in more detail that the arm movement of the vertical displacement (a1) is combined with the leg movement through Figure 4,

4A operation in which the left arm is linked with this when the upper arm is up (1) and the right arm is lowered with the lower arm (4), and when the left leg is lowered with the left arm (7);

Conversely, the FIG. 4B operation in which the left arm is down (3), the right arm is up (2), the left leg is up (5) and the right leg is down (8);

4C operation again with the left arm up (1) and the right arm down (4), but with the left leg up (5) and the right leg down (8); And

4D operation with the left arm down (3), the right arm up (2), the left leg down (7) and the right leg up (6); In addition to the exercise method provided in a total of four combinations of the horizontal displacement (a2) of Figure 3A is very dynamic and can produce a variety of motion radius.

In the industrial applicability, the exercise device of the present invention,

In addition to the vertical stepper exercise, the whole body of the user can be actively induced to maximize the effect of the exercise, and the body can be built in a balanced manner, but the boredom of the long time exercise can be forgotten and fun can be performed continuously. In addition, the industrial utilization is very large.

Claims

A rail frame consisting of left and right rails which are spaced apart from each other in a standing position; An auxiliary frame having a top coupled to an upper end of the rail frame and spaced apart from a lower end of the rail frame; A lower support frame including; and a spacer frame disposed at the front and rear ends of the rail frame and spaced apart from each other so as to have a delta shape as a whole.

Left and right pad units disposed on the left and right rails, respectively, supporting the left and right feet of the user, and sliding up and down along the guide of the rail frame; Wires each having left and right ends fixed to the left and right pad parts; And a pulley rotatably mounted on the upper end of the lower support frame such that the upper and lower movement directions of the left and right pad parts are opposite to each other by performing a role of a fixed pulley with the wire. Unit,

In the vertical stepper exercise device comprising a; is disposed on the upper end of the support frame;

It further comprises an upper support frame is fixed to the lower end is fixed to the top of the lower support frame,

The means is a swing handle unit, the swing handle unit,

Vertically disposed on the upper end of the upper support frame, a vertical swing shaft portion is configured, the vertical stepper exercise device, characterized in that it comprises a swing handle that can swing left and right up and down with the swing axis portion as the rotation axis.
The method of claim 1,

A fixed handle fixed to an upper end of the lower support frame and disposed horizontally from side to side, so as to be gripped by a hand; And

Vertical stepper exercise equipment further comprises a; folding means for reducing the volume by folding the rail frame and the auxiliary frame to the rear support frame.