WO2021132855A2

WO2021132855A2 - Exercise aid belt

Info

Publication number: WO2021132855A2
Application number: PCT/KR2020/013350
Authority: WO
Inventors: 이민자; 홍의권
Original assignee: (주) 네오아이; (주)미호비즈텍
Priority date: 2019-12-23
Filing date: 2020-09-29
Publication date: 2021-07-01
Also published as: KR102319227B1; KR20210080830A; WO2021132855A3

Abstract

An exercise aid belt of the present invention comprises: a silicone base which consists of a first part, a second part, and a third part; a conductive silicone which is provided on one side of the second part of the silicone base; and a unit controller which is electrically connected with the conductive silicone. The silicone base is stretchable and includes a polishing-treated ground plane at the overlapping portions of both ends, and includes: a first magnet which is formed at one end of the silicone base; a plurality of third magnets which are arranged to be spaced apart from each other at constant intervals along a center line thereof; and a second magnet to be electrically connected with the conductive silicone and fastened to the unit controller in an electrically connecting manner. The conductive silicone is symmetrically arranged in at least two rows in the second part along the center line of the silicone base, and the rear surface of the unit controller includes a fastening magnet which is coupled with the second magnet. The exercise aid belt of the present invention can strengthen the muscles of the abdomen, sides, and waist at the same time, can stimulate muscle strength according to the direction of the muscle fibers so as to more effectively increase muscle strength, and provides a good wearing sensation so as to be convenient to carry. The controller is easily attached to and detached from the exercise aid belt.

Description

exercise belt

The present invention relates to an exercise assisting belt, and more particularly, to an exercise assisting belt comprising conductive silicone provided in a wide range on a silicone base having good elasticity.

As a product similar to the exercise aid belt of the present invention, SLENDERTONE ABS5 has been recognized by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a diet belt that is currently marketed in more than 32 countries. The diet belt is wrapped around the abdomen or waist to raise body temperature in the affected area and massage it to create an environment where fat is easily decomposed. By applying an electric current to the abdomen, it stimulates the motor nerves and contracts the muscles to give an exercise effect similar to a sit-up, increasing the endurance of the abs and making the abdomen flat and firm. Usually, wearing the belt for 30 minutes can strengthen your abs. This belt includes a unit controller that generates an electric current, a waist belt with a patch that receives a low-frequency electric current generated by the controller, and a gel pad that is attached to the patch. It is inconvenient to use the pad because it is attached to the patch and needs to be replaced after using it 20-30 times.

Moreover, if the pad is used several times, the adhesion to the skin becomes weaker, and when electricity is energized, electricity jumps from the edge of the pad, causing pain or itching.

In addition, since the patch on the waist belt is usually restored and provided in 3 areas on both sides, muscle strength cannot be increased for the waist (back). And since the unit controller is inserted and attached to the pin of the belt, it is inconvenient and increases the overall thickness of the belt. It does not function as a waist restraint band to show the slimness of a woman's body.

The above-mentioned Slendertone belt is a product to solve the problem of continuously purchasing and using a consumable gel pad. Brand Brahms is marketing a joint guard that uses an EMS method that directly stimulates muscles with microelectricity. Unlike commercial products that require a separate purchase of a gel pad, the joint guard is a method that uses water on the electrical stimulation surface. It has an effect on wrist pain, stiff shoulder, and knee joint pain, but has little effect on strengthening muscle strength.

EMS products that stimulate muscles by flowing low-frequency waves located between 30 and 100 Hz in frequency include Hungarian X-Body and Japanese MTG Six Pad. In order to see it, you must exercise at the same time. It is a disadvantage that electric pain or discomfort is accompanied by stimulation on the skin surface. For this purpose, there are products that can strengthen the muscles to the inside of the muscles by sending low-frequency waves to the mid-frequency waveform with a frequency of 2000-6000 Hz.

There are also products that emit ultra-low waves to help relieve pain.

However, there is currently no product on the market that realizes both infra-low frequency, low frequency, and low and medium frequency in one product.

In the "ultrasonic belt" of Utility Registration No. 20-0217162, a configuration is known in which the belt is made of cloth or artificial leather and ultrasonic vibrators are arranged at regular intervals therein, and the control unit controls the belt. This is similar to the configuration of the slender tone belt described above.

The "diet belt" of Utility Registration No. 20-0217162 discloses a configuration in which a unit controller equipped with a charging means is detachably attached to the belt using a fixing hook.

In "Low Frequency Therapy Device" of Utility Registration No. 20-0217162, portability is always improved by fastening the body of the low frequency therapy device to the attachment pad with a hook or a magnet. In all of these prior arts, detachment is inconvenient in the configuration of inserting the convex part into the concave part.

The present invention solves the problems of the prior art described above and provides a more effective and portable exercise assisting belt for strengthening muscle strength.

Therefore, a main object of the present invention is to provide an exercise assisting belt containing conductive silicone that can stimulate most of the abdomen and waist to strengthen their muscle strength.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an exercise assisting belt comprising a silicone base including a taste ground plane for strongly fastening both ends of the belt.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an exercise assisting belt including a unit controller that is easily detachable from the belt.

As an exercise assisting belt for achieving the above object, a silicone base consisting of a first part, a second part and a third part, and a conductive silicone provided on one side of the second part of the silicone base and the conductive silicone conducting electricity a unit controller, wherein the silicon base is stretchable and includes a taste ground plane at overlapping portions of both ends, and a first magnet formed at the end of the silicon base and a plurality of third magnets spaced apart from each other along a center line and a second magnet for conducting electricity with the conductive silicon and for fastening with the unit controller in an energized manner, wherein the conductive silicon is arranged in at least two rows in a second portion symmetrically along the center line of the silicon base, the The rear surface of the unit controller includes a fastening magnet coupled to the second magnet.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the conductive silicone is in the shape of a fish spine that can cover muscles of vertical, oblique, and transverse shapes.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a silicone or rubber for strength control is provided along the center line of the silicone base.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a silicone or rubber for strength control is provided symmetrically along the center line of the silicone base.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the maximum width of the thickness of the belt is 15 mm or less.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the belt can selectively generate microcurrent, low frequency and medium frequency.

The exercise assisting belt of the present invention can strengthen the muscles of the abdomen, flanks, and waist at the same time, stimulate the muscle fibers according to the direction of the muscle fibers to increase the muscle strength more effectively, it is comfortable to wear, it is convenient to carry, and the controller is easy to attach Do.

1 is an overall front cross-sectional view and a side cross-sectional view of a waist belt of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line A-A of FIG. 1 .

3 shows a front view, a side cross-sectional view and a top view of the unit controller of the present invention.

4 is a rear view of the unit controller of the present invention.

5 is an overall front cross-sectional view and a side cross-sectional view of a waist belt according to another embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line A-A of FIG. 5 .

Accordingly, the configuration of the present invention will be described in detail so that those skilled in the art can easily understand and reproduce with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Here, parts corresponding to terms and reference numerals used in the drawings use the same names and reference numerals.

Since the principles and actions of EMS (Electrical Muscle Stimulation) are already known, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

First, Figure 1 is an overall cross-sectional view of the waist belt 10 of the present invention. The waist belt consists of three parts. The first portion 11 has a half shape of an elongated ellipse, and a first magnet 15 is provided at the center of the end thereof. The second portion 12 has a rectangular shape, and two second magnets 16 are symmetrically disposed with respect to the center line at the boundary portion with the first portion. The third part 13 has an arc shape. The center line of the second part includes a third magnet 17 provided at a certain distance, in a preferred embodiment, about 8 mm apart, for fastening with the first magnet 15 . The first magnet 15 is fastened with one of the third magnets 17 , and the longer the waist is, the longer it is fastened with the third magnet 17 on the third part 13 side. Therefore, all waist circumferences of 24 to 45 inches can be accommodated.

The base material of the belt is natural silicone and includes a taste ground plane at the overlapping portions of both ends. Referring to the drawings, the front side of the first part and the back side of the area where the third magnet of the second part is formed are taste-treated. Therefore, when one of the first magnet 15 of the first part of the base and the third magnet 17 of the second part are engaged, the front surface of the first part and the back surface of the area where the third magnet of the second part is formed overlap each other. It has a strong surface adhesion because it is taste-treated in these areas. The taste contact part has strong traction, so when the position is determined by a magnet, it is strongly adhered in the horizontal direction and does not fall off even if a person pulls in that direction. In order to remove the surface adhesion, it must be pulled in the vertical direction. Therefore, once pressed, it does not release itself.

The belt is provided with silicone or rubber 19 for strength control along the center line, and includes silicone or rubber 20 for strength control and conductive silicone 18 in the shape of a fish thorn, which are additionally arranged symmetrically. The conductive silicone 18 extends in the second portion to mostly cover the abdomen and waist. Conductive silicon 18 is meant to encompass a conductive material, preferably silicon carbon, which conducts electricity well and has elasticity that increases and decreases.

The base material of the belt is natural silicone, which has about 40% elasticity and 30% elasticity. In contrast, the above-described slender tone belt has an elasticity of about 10% and elasticity of about 3%. Therefore, the belt of the present invention has good elasticity, so there is no discomfort even when worn on the waist. This is because bending forward stretches the waist of the belt, and tilting it to the left stretches the right side of the belt more. In other words, the belt of the present invention is comfortable to wear.

As shown in the figure, the conductive silicone 18 is provided on the second part 12 of the base in parallel up and down in at least two rows, and is disposed so as to cover the entire abdomen, flanks and waist. This can strengthen the abdominal muscles, flank muscles, and lumbar muscles at the same time. More specifically, as for the abdominal muscles consisting of a total of 5 muscles, the muscles located perpendicular to the center of the abdomen are the rectus abdominis (rectus abdominis) and trapezius muscles (central trapezius), and the muscles located on the outside of the body rather than the rectus abdominis muscle transversus abdominis), oblique abdominal (internal oblique), and external oblique (external oblique). The rectus abdominis muscle is located in the center of the front of the abdomen and extends vertically from the navel to the left and right. The oblique oblique muscle covers the front of the abdomen from the rectus abdominis muscle to the latissimus dorsi (lat. latissimus dorsi), and the shape of the muscle is oblique from the outside to the inside of the trunk. The oblique oblique muscle is located on the inside of the oblique external oblique muscle and is a thinner and smaller muscle. The muscle branch is the same as the oblique oblique muscle, but it is formed horizontally. The gluteus maximus is a wide, horizontally located muscle on the inside of the oblique oblique abdominis, located on both sides of the abdomen.

And among the abdominal muscles, the transverse abdominis, internal and external obliques extend to the flanks.

The lower back muscle is the erector spinae muscle, which is one of the important stabilizing muscles supporting the spine. It is a long, thick muscle in a vertical shape that extends from the sacrum to the skull in the pelvis. The present invention can strengthen the aforementioned rectus abdominis, transverse abdominis, internal oblique and external oblique and erector spinae muscles at the same time.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the conductive silicone 18 has the shape of a fish thorn. As shown, it is possible to achieve the same effect as one stem or three conductive silicones installed vertically.

Abdominal and flank muscles consist of the vertically stretched rectus abdominis, the oblique oblique and transverse abdominis muscles, and the lower back muscles consist of the vertical erector spinae muscle. Therefore, it is effective in strengthening the muscles of the abdominal muscles with different muscle fiber directions and especially the erector spinae erector spinae.

In addition, the fish thorn-shaped conductive silicone 18 of the present invention extends almost vertically to the muscles of the upper abdomen, overlapping and lower abdomen as well as the muscles of the back and the back, so it is possible to delicately control the muscles of the vertical form and stimulate them efficiently so it can be strengthened. In the present invention, there is no crunch mode of a separate upper abdominal exercise. The conductive silicone 18 is in close contact with the human skin by elasticity. Its elasticity is slightly weaker than that of the silicone base. This way you can pump your muscles without using the gel.

The present invention can strengthen muscle strength without using a gel, but for a greater effect, a gel for ultrasound examination or a massage gel can be rubbed onto the conductive silicone 18 and used. In this case, since electrical stimulation is applied not only to the epidermis layer but also to a depth of about 10 mm below it, muscle strength can be strengthened very effectively. Since the belt of the present invention is made of silicone without using cloth or leather, if sweat or gel is soaked after exercise, it can be washed with water.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line A-A of FIG. 1 . As shown in Figure 2, the lower surface of the third magnet 17, the surface in contact with the human body uses a silicone or rubber 19 for adjusting the first strength that is different from the elasticity of natural silicone as a base material. And at regular intervals on both sides of the silicone or rubber 19 for strength control, the second strength control silicone or rubber 20 is disposed. The hardness of the silicone or rubber 20 for controlling the second strength is set to an intermediate value between the natural silicone as a base and the silicone or rubber 19 for adjusting the first strength. In this way, since the waist shape of the human body is usually > <, when the belt is tightened to the waist, the entire body is exposed to a certain pressure according to the waist shape of the human body. Therefore, rather than pressing a specific part of the body, all parts receive almost the same compression force, so there is no discomfort.

As shown in Figure 2, the maximum width (d) is 15mm or less, so it can be used as a compression band to show a slim body, and when worn, abdominal obesity can be hidden to some extent.

3 shows a front view, a side cross-sectional view and a top view of the unit controller 30 of the present invention. As shown in the front view of Figure 3, the power button to turn on / off the exercise assisting belt of the present invention, a button to select an exercise program, for example, health, jogging, climbing, walking, massage and muscle pain buttons and these programs The Up and Down buttons for adjusting the intensity are shown. And the back (rear) includes a fastening magnet 31 for fastening with the second magnet 16 of the belt. Preferably, the fastening magnet 31 includes a member for guiding the contact point of the disk electrode 32 . And, it includes a PCB, a battery, a battery charging port and a disk electrode.

4 is a cross-sectional view showing a rear view of the unit controller 30 of the present invention and the disk electrode 32 connected to the battery. All magnets are conductive, so they conduct current well. The disk electrode 32 is placed under the fastening magnet 31, and the current charged in the battery flows through the disk electrode 32, the fastening magnet 31, and the second magnet 16 in order to the conductive silicon 18. can send. When the fastening magnet 31 and the second magnet 16 are electrically connected, a member for guiding the contact point of the above-described disk electrode 32 is included so that the current does not flow to the outside. The unit controller 30 flows a microcurrent of 20 to 900 microamperes for massage and muscle pain mode, and a low frequency of 900 to 1,200 Hz for climbing and walking mode and a medium frequency of 4,000 to 7,000 Hz for fitness and jogging mode. Includes circuit diagrams controlling the frequency and current generated.

5 is an overall cross-sectional view of a waist belt 10 of another preferred embodiment of the present invention. The same components as those of the embodiment of FIG. 1 are cited and omitted here. It is an overall cross-sectional view of the waist belt 10 of the present invention. The waist belt consists of three parts. The first portion 11 has a half shape of an elongated ellipse, and a first magnet 15 is provided at the center of the end thereof. The second portion 12 has a rectangular shape, and two second magnets 16 are symmetrically disposed with respect to the center line at the boundary portion with the third portion. The third part 13 has an arc shape. The center line of the second part includes third magnets 17 provided at regular intervals to engage with the first magnets 15 .

The waist belt 30 is provided with a silicone or rubber 19 for strength control along the center line, and a zigzag-shaped conductive material 18 and an electrical stimulation member 21 are provided in a plurality of folds symmetrically.

6 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line A-A of FIG. 5 . The fastening magnet 31 of the controller 30 is connected to the two second magnets 16 to supply and control electricity to the electrical stimulation member 21 .

Next, a method of using the exercise assisting belt of the present invention will be described.

The first magnet 15 is placed on one of the third magnets 17 by putting the belt around the waist and stretching it to fit the waist circumference. Then, the first magnet 15 and the third magnet 17 are attached by magnetic force and contact each other on the taste ground surface of the silicon base to maintain a strong grip.

In this state, it is worn as a compression band. This is possible because in the present invention, the maximum width of the belt is as slim as 15 mm or less.

If you want to exercise, attach the fastening magnet 31 of the unit controller 30 to the second magnet 16, press the button of the desired program, and start the movement.

As an example, if a strong exercise program such as fitness is used, the medium frequency is generated to stimulate the muscles to increase the muscle mass. In the case of using the exercise aid belt of the present invention, when used twice a day for 20 minutes for 8 weeks, the muscle strength of the waist and abdomen is increased by 120%. As another example, people who commute by using public transportation such as a bus or subway do not have enough time to exercise. In this case, if you wear the belt you saw at home and select the walking program and use it for 15 minutes to board the bus or subway, you can see the effect of exercising for more than 3 hours a day. Therefore, there is no need for a separate aerobic exercise.

As another example, when the pain relief button is pressed, a microcurrent may flow and be used to relieve pain.

Since the conductive silicone 18 of the present invention covers most of the abdomen, flanks and waist, it is possible to strengthen the overall muscle strength or relieve pain.

EMS increases muscle mass by stimulating the muscles with low and medium frequencies, so if you use it, you can exercise for 5 hours with just 20 minutes of exercise. Since EMS applies electricity to the human body, it is recommended to use it for 20 minutes or less 3 times a day. And heart disease, pregnant women or diabetic patients are advised to avoid use.

The present invention has been described above based on several embodiments, but this is intended to illustrate the present invention. Those of ordinary skill in the art will be able to change or modify the above embodiment in other forms. Therefore, since the scope of the present invention is defined by the claims, such variations or modifications can be construed as being included in the claims below.

Claims

An exercise assisting belt comprising a silicone base consisting of a first part, a second part and a third part, a conductive silicone provided on one side of the second part of the silicone base, and a unit controller conducting electricity with the conductive silicone,

The silicon base is stretchable and includes a taste ground plane at overlapping portions of both ends, and a first magnet formed at the end of the silicon base and a plurality of third magnets spaced apart from each other along a center line and the conductive silicon conduct electricity and a second magnet for fastening with the unit controller in an energized manner,

The conductive silicone is arranged in at least two rows in the second portion symmetrically along the center line of the silicon base,

The rear side of the unit controller is an exercise assisting belt comprising a fastening magnet coupled to the second magnet.
The method of claim 1,

The conductive silicone is an exercise aid belt in the shape of a fish thorn that can cover muscles of a vertical, oblique, and horizontal shape.
The method of claim 1,

An exercise assistance belt provided with silicone or rubber for strength control along the center line of the silicone base.
The method of claim 1,

An exercise assisting belt provided with silicone or rubber for strength control symmetrically along the center line of the silicone base.
The method of claim 1,

The maximum width of the thickness of the belt is 15mm or less of the exercise assistance belt.
2. The method of claim 1

The belt is an exercise aid belt that can selectively generate microcurrent, low frequency and medium frequency.
2. The method of claim 1

In the belt, the second magnet is provided at the boundary between the second part and the third part, the conductive silicon includes a plurality of folds in a zigzag shape, and an electric stimulation member is provided in the folds.