WO2018203161A1

WO2018203161A1 - Cardio machine that simulates the racing movement of a cheetah

Info

Publication number: WO2018203161A1
Application number: PCT/IB2018/052566
Authority: WO
Inventors: Christian Fernando ZORRILA MUÑOZ
Original assignee: Zorrila Munoz Christian Fernando
Priority date: 2017-05-02
Filing date: 2018-04-12
Publication date: 2018-11-08
Also published as: CO2017004453A1

Abstract

The present invention relates to a cardio machine that has an upper movement mechanism, a lower movement mechanism, an inertia and braking mechanism and a base structure; wherein the upper movement mechanism has a connecting rod anchored to a rotation point, the connecting rod is connected to an intermediate body via the rotation point, the intermediate body is connected to a slide, the slide is adjusted to the slide guide rail, and the intermediate body is simultaneously connected to a pivot bar that pivots on a bearing point. The lower movement mechanism similarly has the same parts as the upper movement mechanism, and the two mechanisms are coupled together by pinions and a chain that rotates the mechanism in a synchronous manner. The inertia mechanism has discs coupled by means of a transmission belt and the braking mechanism acts on one of these discs in order to simultaneously stop the upper and lower movement mechanisms.

Description

CARDIOVASCULAR MACHINE THAT SIMULATES MOVEMENT OF THE CAREER

OF GUEPARDO

FIELD OF THE TECHNIQUE

The present invention relates to the field of mechanical and biomechanical engineering, specifically gymnastic devices to develop or strengthen the muscles or joints of the body through the expiration of resistances, with or without measuring devices, exercise apparatus adapted to the training of the cardiovascular system, to exercise agility or coordination of movements. OBJECT OF THE INVENTION

Provide a device that develops and trains a large part of the muscle groups: trapeziums, deltoids, pectorals, triceps, biceps, forearms, abdominals, serratos, fascia lata, adductors, quadriceps, oblique dorsals, lumbar, buttocks and hamstrings, especially the abdominal muscle group. STATE OF THE TECHNIQUE

There are various types of machines in the state of the art for developing different muscle groups, such as that of US Patent 7,585,263 which discloses an abdominal exercise machine for working an abdominal and oblique muscle group and for isolating an upper and lower abdominal muscle in a biometrically neutral position, the abdominal exercise machine comprising: an abdominal exercise machine frame; an upper body support to provide support to a user; a first swing arm pivotally connected to the frame; a second swing arm pivotally connected to the frame; a stress-reducing knee carriage to reduce the effect of gravity on the user's abdominal muscles during an abdominal exercise, the car being attached to the first swing arm and the second swing arm so that the second swing arm is located in front of the first swing arm. US 6,440,045 discloses an abdominal exercise apparatus that is pivotally adjustable. The apparatus is configured to rest on a floor and support the hands and knees of a user during operation and includes a guide member having at least one elongated rail, a movable support member mounted on the elongated rail to move on it and a stationary base with the guide Being pivotally mounted on the stationary base for angular adjustment of the guide element relative to the stationary base around an axis substantially perpendicular to the ground. The guide member can be pivoted with respect to the stationary base to position the guide element angularly from the stationary base to condition the oblique abdominal muscles. In addition, the guide element can pivot approximately 180 ° to facilitate storage and transport of the apparatus. In one embodiment, control is provided over the sliding resistance between the movable support member and the elongated rail of the guide member. A method for exercising and conditioning the abdominal muscles of a human being is also described.

US 6,645,129 shows an exercise machine to allow a reclined operator to move each operator's foot through an arched curve comprising: a structure, said structure configured to be supported by a support surface; A pair of support links for each said foot, said support links being pivotally connected to said frame; A guide link for each foot, said guide link pivotally connected to said corresponding support links, in which a portion of said guide link follows said arcuate curve; A pair of lower leg contacts for each foot, said lower leg contacts being connected to said part of said corresponding guide link; Said lower leg contacts configured to move relative to said structure when said feet of said reclined operator apply force towards said operator on said guide link, whereby said contacts of the lower part follow said arched curve with the hip of said lying operator located under said arched curve. US patent application 2005/0215402 shows an abdominal bench with a fixed seat and a pivoting torso section, comprising: a) a frame that supports a leg and foot rest, a trunk section and a fixed seat; B) an arm for the legs and footrests, pivotally connected to said frame, which has one end of the footrest and a lower end, said lower end of said arm of the leg and the footrest is rotatably connected to a rod of thrust; C) a push rod pivotably connected at one end to said leg and footrest support and at the other end to a torso support; D) at least one guide rod pivotally connected at one end to said frame and at the other end to the lower end of a leg lever; E) a dog lever, connected at an upper end to said torso clamp, in the center to said torso support and at the lower end to at least one guide bar; F) a short lever, pivotally connected at one end to a torso clamp and pivotally connected at the other end to a torso support; G) a torso clamp connected to said leg and reinforcement of the footrest by means of said push rod, guide rod, bolt lever and short lever; H) a torso cushion secured at the top of said torso reinforcement.

The previous applications and patents do not solve the problems of integrating in a single exercise machine simulating the running movement of an animal such as the cheetah or similar, that is adjustable to the individual's measurements, which improves the comfort in the work mainly of the abdominal muscles with respect to the machines that are in the state of the art, also reduce the impact on the joints by distributing the weight more efficiently in the four supports of the machine for arms and legs, and also that other muscle groups can work additional to the abdominal group.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The cardiovascular machine is a new type of exercise machines because it has been developed taking into account the biomechanics of the race of felines such as the cheetah and coupling it to the human being, highlighting the advantages of muscle group development, especially the abdominal group.

The invention consists of a cardiovascular machine that simulates the movement of the cheetah race or the like, which has an upper movement mechanism, a lower movement mechanism, a braking and inertia mechanism and a base structure; where the upper movement mechanism has a connecting rod anchored to a pivot point, the connecting rod is connected to an intermediate body through the rotation point; the intermediate body has a skate connected, the skate is adjusted on the guide rail, the intermediate body is connected to a pivot bar that pivots on a support point. The lower movement mechanism similarly has the same parts as the upper movement mechanism and both mechanisms are coupled by means of pinions and a chain that rotates the mechanisms synchronously. The inertia mechanism has disks coupled by means of a transmission band and the braking mechanism acts on one of these discs to simultaneously stop the upper and lower movement mechanisms.

DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

To complement the description and in order to help a better understanding of the technical characteristics of the invention, the present specification is attached as an integral part thereof, a set of figures defined as follows:

Figure 1 . Isometric view of cardiovascular machine.

Figure 2. Rear view of cardiovascular machine.

Figure 3. Front view of cardiovascular machine.

Figure 4. Top view of cardiovascular machine. Figure 5. Side view of cardiovascular machine.

Figure 6. Rear view of cardiovascular machine with individual silhouette mounted in exercise position. Figure 7. Schematic view of the cardiovascular machine mechanism with the silhouette of an individual mounted in an exercise position.

Figure 8. Schematic view of the mechanism of cardiovascular machine in position 0 of cycle. Figure 9. Schematic view of the cardiovascular machine mechanism in 25% cycle position.

Figure 10. Schematic view of the cardiovascular machine mechanism in 50% cycle position.

Figure 1 1. Schematic view of the cardiovascular machine mechanism in 75% cycle position.

Figure 12. Schematic view of the mechanism of cardiovascular machine in 100% cycle position.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Figure 1 shows an isometric view of the cardiovascular machine (1) having an upper movement mechanism (10), a lower movement mechanism (20), an inertia and braking mechanism (30) and a base structure (40) .

Figures 2 and 3 show a rear and front view of the cardiovascular machine (1), which has an upper movement mechanism (10), a lower movement mechanism (20), an inertia and braking mechanism (30) and a base structure (40).

The upper movement mechanism (10) supports the upper part of the individual's body, that is, resting on the arms the upper part of the individual's body is supported, the upper movement mechanism (10) has a connecting rod (100) anchored to a pivot point (G1), the connecting rod (100) is connected to the intermediate body (1 10) through the rotation point (H); the intermediate body (1 10) behaves like a rigid body, which also has connection points (E) and (B), on the point (E) a skate (140) is connected, the skate (140) can have means of slide or roll, to slide a geometric suitable to perform the function or to roll a wheel or roller; the skate (140) is adjusted on the guide rail (141), the point (B) is connected to the upper support (120), where the arms are normally accommodated, the rotation point (A) connects the pivot bar ( 130) pivoting on the point (P1).

The lower movement mechanism (20) supports the lower part of the individual's body, that is mainly supported on the knees and legs the lower part of the individual's body is supported, the upper movement mechanism (20) has a connecting rod (200) anchored to a pivot point (G2), the connecting rod (200) is connected to the intermediate body (210) through the rotation point (I); the intermediate body (210) behaves like a rigid body, which also has connection points (F) and (C), on the point (F) a skate (240) is connected, the skate (240) can have means to slide or roll, to slide a geometric is used to perform the function or to roll a wheel or roller; the skate (240) is adjusted on the guide rail of the skate (241), the point (C) is connected to the upper support (220), where the individual's knees and legs are normally accommodated, the rotation point (B) connects the pivot bar (230) that pivots on the point (P2).

The cardiovascular machine (1) works by driving the upper (10) and lower (20) movement mechanisms, by means of the movement of approaching and moving away from the upper (120) and lower (220) supports making the support of knees and arms move away and close so that abdominal flexion is done on the middle part of the individual's body, mainly using the abdominal muscles to make an opening and closing effect. When the machine is in motion the connecting rods (130) and (230) rotate on the pivot points G1 and G2 respectively and the pivot bars (130) and (230), pivot on the points P1 and P2.

The cardiovascular machine (1) has a mechanism of inertia and brake formed by a drive disk (300) that is connected to the connecting rod (200) that drives it with the energy of the individual using the machine, the drive disk (300 ) is connected to a flywheel (301) by means of a transmission band (303) by the central part of it where there is a concentric pulley (305) which transmits the movement towards the flying disc (301). In addition there is a brake mechanism (302) that has the ability to stop the movement in the lower (10) and upper (20) movement mechanism, by applying a force on the brake lever located in one of the handles (122), the way of transmission of the force applied on the brake lever of the lever can be selected between mechanical in the form of a guaya and hydraulic. The flying disc (301) accumulates energy when the machine is in motion making the feeling of exercise in the machine more stable and pleasant. The two handles (122) can have levers to apply the braking force. The transmission band (303) has a tensioner to adequately regulate the tension in the transmission band (303).

The guide rails (141) (241), can be straight linear or have a curve that describes a circle sector. The guide rails (141) (241) could be located inclined and not parallel to the reference floor, while retaining the same principle of operation of the machine disclosed in the present invention.

The upper support (120) has arm supports (121) located in a V-shape but could be located in parallel.

The lower support (220) has leg support (221) with a geometry that ergonomically accommodates the individual's geometry. The lower support (220) has a leg support adjustment mechanism (222) by means of which the position of the legs for each individual can be adjusted.

The connecting rod (100) has the pinion (101) and the connecting rod (200) has the solidarity pinion (201). The pinions (101) and (201) are connected by means of a chain (not shown in the figure) and surrounding the periphery of the pinions (101) (201). The pinion (201) acts as a driving pinion and the pinion (101) as a driven pinion. The chain that connects the sprockets transmits the movement between the upper movement mechanisms (10) and the lower movement mechanism (20), making these two mechanisms work in synchronized fashion.

Figure 4 shows a top view of the cardiovascular machine (1). Figure 5 shows a side view of the cardiovascular machine (1).

Figure 6 shows a rear view of the cardiovascular machine (1), with an individual mounted on the same machine in an exercise position as an example. The arms are supported by the upper movement mechanism (10) and the legs are supported by the lower movement mechanism (20).

A schematic view of the cardiovascular machine (1) is shown in Figure 7, with an individual mounted on the same machine in an exercise position. The arms are supported by the upper movement mechanism (10 ') and the legs are supported by the lower movement mechanism (20'). The view is shown schematically to give greater clarity of the mechanisms and show their concept of operation in a more general way.

Figure 8 shows a schematic diagram of the upper (10 ') and lower (20') movement mechanisms of the cardiovascular machine, where the upper movement mechanism (10 ') supports the upper part of the individual's body, that is, supported by the arms support the upper part of the individual's body, the upper movement mechanism (10 ') has a connecting rod (100') anchored to a turning point (G1), the connecting rod (100 ') is connected to the intermediate body ( 110 ') through the point of rotation (H); the intermediate body (1 10 ') behaves like a rigid body, which also has connection points (E) and (B), on the point (E) a skate (140') is connected, the skate (140 ' ) may have means of sliding or rolling, to slide a geometric suitable to perform the function or to roll a wheel or roller; the skate (140 ') is adjusted on the guide rail of the skate (141'), the point (B) is connected to the upper support (120 '), where the arms are normally accommodated, the rotation point (A) connects the pivot bar (130 ') that pivots on the point (P2).

The lower movement mechanism (20 ') supports the lower part of the individual's body, that is mainly supported on the knees and legs the lower part of the individual's body is supported, the upper movement mechanism (20') has a connecting rod ( 200 ') anchored to a turning point (G2), the connecting rod (200') is connected to the intermediate body (210 ') through the rotation point (I); the intermediate body (210 ') behaves like a rigid body, which also has connection points (F) and (C), on the point (F) a skate (240') is connected, the skate (240 ') can have means to slide or roll, to slide a geometric is used to perform the function or to roll a wheel or roller; the skate (240 ') is adjusted on the guide rail of the skate (241'), the point (C) is connected to the upper support (220 '), where the individual's knees and legs are normally accommodated, the rotation point ( B) connect the pivot bar (230 ') that pivots on the point (P2).

Figure 9 shows a schematic diagram of the upper and lower movement mechanisms, in a 25% cycle position for any of the connecting rods (100 ') (200'). The example paths for points A, B, C and D are shown for better compression of the mechanism.

Figure 10 shows a schematic diagram of the upper and lower movement mechanisms, in a 50% cycle position for any of the connecting rods (100 ') (200'). The example paths for points A, B, C and D are shown for better compression of the mechanism.

Figure 1 1 shows a schematic diagram of the upper and lower movement mechanisms, in a 75% cycle position for any of the connecting rods (100 ') (200'). The example paths for points A, B, C and D are shown for better compression of the mechanism. Figure 12 shows a schematic diagram of the upper and lower movement mechanisms, in a 100% cycle position for any of the connecting rods (100 ') (200'). The example paths for points A, B, C and D are shown for better compression of the mechanism.

The preferred material of the cardiovascular machine (1) is steel, aluminum, alloys, with plastic parts that include thermoplastics and thermosets, more specifically among materials such as resins, HDPE, LDPE, LDPE, PVC, PET, Polypropylene, ABS, polyethylenes. also polyurethanes, expanded foams and polycarbonates. The terms "lower", "upper", refer to the normal and absolute positioning of the machine on the floor, that is, when "lower" is defined, it means that it is in a position closer to the ground and "superior", to a position further from the ground, placing the machine in a normal operating position as shown in the figures of the description.

The terms such as "support, pivot bar, intermediate body, skate, connecting rod, etc ..." are identified, related and numbered unequivocally in the description, the above terms could assign other equivalent terms but it is considered irrelevant, as the terms defined in the present description have sufficient clarity and are congruent with the subject matter described in the present invention. Finally it is clarified that the horizontal reference plane is equivalent to the floor.

The above description can only be taken as a reference and not limitative in its components or in its explicit relationship, but they have been described to provide a clear idea about the general conformation of the subject matter of the claimed invention.

REFERENCE LIST

1 Cardiovascular machine

10 Upper movement mechanism

20 Lower movement mechanism

30 Mechanisms of inertia and braking

40 Base structure

100 connecting rod

101 Pinion 1 10 Intermediate body 120 Upper support

121 Arm support

122 Manigueta

130 Pivot Bar

140 skate

141 Skate Guide Rail

200 connecting rod

201 Pinion

210 Intermediate body

220 Bottom Bracket

221 Leg support

222 Leg support adjustment mechanism 230 Pivot bar

240 skate

241 Guide rail

300 Fly disk

301 Drag Disc

302 Brake

303 Timing Belt

304 Tensioner

Claims

Cardiovascular machine (1) that has an upper movement mechanism (10), a lower movement mechanism (20), an inertia and braking mechanism (30) and a base structure (40), characterized in that the upper movement mechanism ( 10) has a connecting rod (100) anchored to a turning point (G1), the connecting rod (100) is connected to the intermediate body (1 10) through the rotation point (H); the intermediate body (1 10) which also has connection points (E) and (B), on the point (E) a skate (140) is connected; the skate (140) is adjusted on the guide rail (141), the point (B) is connected to the upper support (120), the rotation point (A) connects the pivot bar (130) that pivots on the point (P1). The lower movement mechanism (20) has a connecting rod

(200) anchored to a pivot point (G2), the connecting rod (200) is connected to the intermediate body (210) through the rotation point (I); the intermediate body (210) has connection points (F) and (C), on the point (F) a skate (240) is connected, the skate (240), the skate (240) is adjusted on the guide rail of skate (241), the point (C) is connected to the upper support (220), the rotation point (B) connects the pivot bar (230) that pivots on the point (P2).

Cardiovascular machine according to claim 1, characterized in that the connecting rod (100) has the pinion (101) integral and the connecting rod (200) has the pinion integral

(201); the pinions (101) and (201) are connected by means of a chain.

Cardiovascular machine according to claim 1, characterized in that the guide rails (141) (241) both or some are straight or curved linearly describing a circle sector.

Cardiovascular machine according to claim 1, characterized in that the guide rails (141) (241) both or some are located parallel to the horizontal reference plane.

5. Cardiovascular machine according to claim 1, characterized in that the guide rails (141) (241) both or some are located in reference planes not parallel to the horizontal plane.

6. Cardiovascular machine according to claim 1, characterized in that the inertia mechanism has a drive disk (300) that is connected to the connecting rod (200), the drive disk (300) is connected to a flying disk (301 ) by means of a transmission band (303) by the central part of it where there is a concentric pulley (305) which transmits the movement towards the flying disc (301). 7. Cardiovascular machine according to claim 1, characterized in that the brake mechanism (302) is in the form of transmission the brake lever of the hinge (122) can be selected from mechanical in the form of a guaya and hydraulic.

8. Cardiovascular machine according to claim 1, characterized in that the upper support (120) has support for the arms (121).

9. Cardiovascular machine according to claim 8, characterized in that the arm support (121) has handles (122).

10. Cardiovascular machine according to claim 1, characterized in that the lower support (220) has leg support (221). eleven . Cardiovascular machine according to claim 1, characterized in that the lower support (220) has a leg support adjustment mechanism (222).