U.S. patent application number 10/374269 was filed with the patent office on 2003-09-25 for twisting exerciser.
Invention is credited to Chin, Hsiao-Yi.
Application Number | 20030181300 10/374269 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 27765121 |
Filed Date | 2003-09-25 |
United States Patent
Application |
20030181300 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Chin, Hsiao-Yi |
September 25, 2003 |
Twisting exerciser
Abstract
A twisting exerciser includes a base with a tubular extension
and multiple first adjusting holes defined through a periphery of
the tubular extension. A cushion has a cylindrical bottom received
in the tubular extension and provided with multiple second
adjusting holes defined to correspond to the first adjusting holes
and multiple legs extending out therefrom. A pin extends into one
of the first adjusting holes and one of the second adjusting holes
to secure engagement and a relative position between the tubular
extension and the cylindrical bottom. A stepping board is securely
mounted on and supported by the cushion. The stepping board is able
to be twisted and rocked so as to provide an exercising effect to a
user.
Inventors: |
Chin, Hsiao-Yi; (Taipei,
TW) |
Correspondence
Address: |
BACON & THOMAS, PLLC
625 SLATERS LANE
FOURTH FLOOR
ALEXANDRIA
VA
22314
|
Family ID: |
27765121 |
Appl. No.: |
10/374269 |
Filed: |
February 27, 2003 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
482/146 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A63B 22/18 20130101;
A63B 22/16 20130101; A63B 22/14 20130101; A63B 2022/0033
20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
482/146 |
International
Class: |
A63B 022/16; A63B
022/14 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
Mar 22, 2002 |
TW |
091203550 |
Claims
What is claimed is:
1. A twisting exerciser comprising: a base with a tubular extension
formed on a center of the base and having multiple first adjusting
holes defined through a periphery of the tubular extension; a
cushion having a cylindrical bottom received in the tubular
extension and provided with multiple second adjusting holes defined
in an outer face of the cylindrical bottom to correspond to the
first adjusting holes of the base and multiple legs formed on a top
face of the cylindrical bottom and extending out therefrom, wherein
the cylindrical bottom has a height larger than that of the tubular
extension so that the legs extend out outside the tubular
extension; a pin extending into one of the first adjusting holes
and one of the second adjusting holes to secure engagement and a
relative position between the tubular extension and the cylindrical
bottom; and a stepping board securely mounted on and supported by
the cushion, whereby the stepping board is able to be twisted and
rocked so as provide an exercising effect to a user.
2. The twisting exerciser as claimed in claim 1, wherein the
stepping board has a protrusion formed on a bottom face of the
stepping board and the cushion has a recessed area defined in a top
face of the cushion to receive therein the protrusion.
3. The twisting exerciser as claimed in claim 2, wherein multiple
cutouts are defined in a peripheral edge of the stepping board and
a securing rod is securely mounted in a corresponding one of the
cutouts.
4. The twisting exerciser as claimed in claim 1, wherein the
stepping board has multiple oppositely formed handles on a
peripheral edge of the stepping board.
5. The twisting exerciser as claimed in claim 2, wherein the
stepping board has multiple oppositely formed handles on a
peripheral edge of the stepping board.
6. The twisting exerciser as claimed in claim 3, wherein the
stepping board has multiple oppositely formed handles on the
peripheral edge of the stepping board.
7. The twisting exerciser as claimed in claim 3 further comprising
a pair of elastic elements oppositely and detachably connected to
the securing rods on the stepping board.
8. The twisting exerciser as claimed in claim 6 further comprising
a pair of elastic elements oppositely and detachably connected to
the securing rods on the stepping board.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to an twisting exerciser, and
more particularly to an twisting exerciser which is simple in
structure and able to provide various operation statuses.
[0003] 2. Description of Related Art
[0004] A conventional exerciser is shown in FIGS. 8, 9 and 10. The
conventional exerciser includes a base (40), a supporting seat
(50), a twisting seat (60) and a top cover (70).
[0005] The base (40) is placed on a plane to support the weight of
the other components of the exerciser. The supporting seat (50) has
multiple extensions (52) extending outward and spatially apart from
each other. Multiple first adjusting blocks (54), second adjusting
blocks (56) and third adjusting blocks (58) are concentrically and
annularly formed on the supporting seat (50). Each of the first
adjusting blocks (54) has a maximum height. Each of the third
adjusting blocks (58) has a minimum height and each of the second
adjusting blocks (56) has a medium height when compared with the
first and the third adjusting blocks (54,58).
[0006] The twisting seat (60) is mounted on top of the supporting
seat (50) and has multiple receiving holes (621) each defined in a
corresponding one of supporting blocks (62) formed on a bottom face
of the twisting seat (60). The top cover (70) is mounted on top of
the twisting seat (60) to function as a stepping pad for the users.
After the first adjusting blocks (54), the second adjusting blocks
(56) or the third adjusting blocks (58) are received in the
receiving holes (621) of the supporting blocks (62) and the top
cover (70) is placed on top of the twisting seat (60), the user is
able to stand on the top cover (70) and exercise.
[0007] Because the first, second and third adjusting blocks
(54,56,58) are made of rubber, when the first adjusting blocks (54)
are received in the receiving holes (621) of the supporting blocks
(62) the user needs minimum effort to twist the twisting seat (60).
When the third adjusting blocks (58) are received in the receiving
holes (621) of the supporting blocks (62) the user needs maximum
effort to twist the twisting seat (60). When the second adjusting
blocks (56) are received in the receiving holes (621) of the
supporting blocks (62) the user needs medium effort to twist the
twisting seat (60).
[0008] Although the conventional exerciser does provide the user an
exercising function, the conventional exerciser suffers from the
following drawbacks:
[0009] High Cost
[0010] Because the conventional exerciser contains up to four
elements and for each of the four a separate mold is required, the
cost for making the elements is high.
[0011] Dull
[0012] The conventional exerciser can only provide a single
exercising method, which is below the expectation of the user.
Normally when purchasing an exerciser, the user expects the
exerciser to provide various exercising functions so that the user
may choose from different options instead of being stuck with a
single exercising method. The conventional exerciser in FIGS. 8, 9
and 10 is the type of exerciser that provides only one exercising
method.
[0013] To overcome the shortcomings, the present invention tends to
provide an improved exerciser to mitigate and obviate the
aforementioned problems.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0014] The primary objective of the present invention is to provide
an improved twisting exerciser which is simple in structure and
provides different exercising methods.
[0015] Another objective of the present invention is to provide an
improved twisting exerciser which is able to provide the user with
a torso twisting effect and an aim exercising effect.
[0016] Other objects, advantages and novel features of the
invention will become more apparent from the following detailed
description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying
drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0017] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the twisting exerciser of
the present invention;
[0018] FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the twisting
exerciser in FIG. 1;
[0019] FIG. 3 is a side plan view of the twisting exerciser in FIG.
1 in partial section;
[0020] FIG. 4 is a schematic view showing the pivoting of the
twisting exerciser of the present invention;
[0021] FIG. 5 is a schematic view showing the twisting of the
twisting exerciser of the present invention;
[0022] FIG. 6 is a schematic view showing that a pair of ropes is
detachably attached to the twisting exerciser of the present
invention;
[0023] FIG. 7 is a side plan view showing the engagement between
the ropes and the twisting exerciser;
[0024] FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a conventional
exerciser;
[0025] FIG. 9 is an exploded perspective view of the conventional
exerciser in FIG. 8, wherein the top cover is removed for clarity;
and
[0026] FIG. 10 is a side plan view showing the adjusting blocks are
received in the receiving holes of the supporting seat.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
[0027] With reference to FIGS. 1 and 2, the twisting exerciser in
accordance with the present invention has a base (10), a cushion
(20) and a stepping board (30).
[0028] The base (10) is placed on a plane and includes a tubular
extension (12) formed on a center of the base (10) and provided
with multiple first adjusting holes (14) defined through a
periphery of the tubular extension (12) to receive therein a pin
(16).
[0029] The cushion (20) has a cylindrical bottom (22) with multiple
second adjusting holes (24) defined in an outer face of the
cylindrical bottom (22) to correspond to the first adjusting holes
(14) and multiple legs (26) extending outward from a top face of
the cylindrical bottom (22) of the cushion (20). Multiple securing
holes (261) are defined in a top face of the cushion (20). A
recessed area (262) is defined in a center of the top face of the
cushion (20).
[0030] The stepping board (30) has a protrusion (301) (shown in
FIG. 3) formed on a bottom face of the stepping board (30) to
correspond to the recessed area (262), multiple cutouts (32)
defined in a peripheral edge of the stepping board (30), multiple
securing rods (34) each mounted in a corresponding one of the
cutouts (32) and multiple pairs of oppositely formed handles (36)
formed on the peripheral edge of the stepping board (30).
[0031] With reference to FIG. 3, when the twisting exerciser is in
assembly, the cylindrical bottom (22) is received in the tubular
extension (12) and the first adjusting holes (14) corresponds to
the second adjusting holes (24). A first screw (11) is used to
extend through a bottom of the base (10) and into a bottom of the
cylindrical bottom (22) to secure engagement between the base (10)
and the cushion (20). The protrusion (301) is inserted into the
recessed area (262) and then four second screws (31) are used to
extend through the stepping board (30) and into the securing holes
(261) on the top face of the cushion (20) to secure engagement
between the cushion (20) and the stepping board (30).
[0032] It is noted from the drawing of FIG. 3 that the cylindrical
bottom (22) has a height larger than that of the tubular extension
(12) such that after the cylindrical bottom (22) is received in the
tubular extension (12), a portion of the cylindrical bottom (22)
extends out of the tubular extension (12). After the finding that a
portion of the cylindrical bottom (22) extends out of the tubular
extension (12), the top face of the cushion (20) including the legs
(26) extends outside the tubular extension (12).
[0033] Therefore, with reference to FIG. 4, after the foregoing
assembly, the user is able to stand atop the stepping board (30).
Because the cushion (20) is made of rubber, the user standing on
top of the stepping board (30) is able to rock. FIG. 5 shows that
the user is able to use the elasticity of the cushion (20) to
swing. However, when the user feels that the effort required to
rock or twist the stepping board (30) is too large, the user may
readjust a relative position between the tubular extension (12) and
the cylindrical bottom (22) by realigning one of the first
adjusting holes (14) with a different one of the second adjusting
holes (24) so that the effort required to rock or twist the
stepping board (30) is changed.
[0034] With reference to FIGS. 6 and 7, it is noted that the pair
of ropes (40) may be provided to the twisting exerciser of the
present invention. Each of the ropes (40) is provided with an
elastic element (42) with two distal ends. One distal end of the
elastic element (42) is provided with a hook (44) and the other
distal end of the elastic element (42) is provided with a holder
(46). The hook (44) is detachably hooked to one of the securing
rods (34). Preferably, the two hooks (44) are hooked to two
opposite securing rods (34) so that the user not only is able to
stand on the stepping board (30) to twist or rock, but also is able
to have an arm exercise.
[0035] It is to be understood, however, that even though numerous
characteristics and advantages of the present invention have been
set forth in the foregoing description, together with details of
the structure and function of the invention, the disclosure is
illustrative only, and changes may be made in detail, especially in
matters of shape, size, and arrangement of parts within the
principles of the invention to the full extent indicated by the
broad general meaning of the terms in which the appended claims are
expressed.
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