U.S. patent application number 11/649178 was filed with the patent office on 2008-07-03 for exercising device for simulating skateboarding.
Invention is credited to Shou-Shan Ho.
Application Number | 20080161175 11/649178 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 39584836 |
Filed Date | 2008-07-03 |
United States Patent
Application |
20080161175 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Ho; Shou-Shan |
July 3, 2008 |
Exercising device for simulating skateboarding
Abstract
An exercising device has a base, a sliding bracket and a
supporting board. The base has a bottom frame, two curved rails and
a guiding device. The curved rails are mounted on the bottom frame
and are parallel to each other. The guiding device is mounted on
the bottom frame between the curved rails. The sliding bracket is
slidably mounted on the base and has a cross bar, two side frames
and a driving device. The side frames are attached respectively to
two ends of the cross bar and are slidably and respectively
attached to the curved rails. The driving device is mounted between
the side frames and the curved rails to drive the sliding bracket
to slide along the curved rails. The supporting board is connected
to the guiding device to make the support board being mounted on
the sliding bracket in a swinging manner.
Inventors: |
Ho; Shou-Shan; (Lung-Ching
Hsiang, TW) |
Correspondence
Address: |
JACKSON WALKER, L.L.P.
112 E. PECAN, SUITE 2400
SAN ANTONIO
TX
78205
US
|
Family ID: |
39584836 |
Appl. No.: |
11/649178 |
Filed: |
January 3, 2007 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
482/146 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A63B 22/203 20130101;
A63B 2022/0033 20130101; A63B 69/0022 20130101; A63B 22/14
20130101; A63B 2022/206 20130101; A63B 22/201 20130101; A63B
2208/0204 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
482/146 |
International
Class: |
A63B 22/16 20060101
A63B022/16 |
Claims
1. An exercising device comprising: a base comprising a bottom
frame; two curved rails mounted on the bottom frame and parallel to
each other; and a guiding device mounted on the bottom frame
between the curved rails; a sliding bracket slidably mounted on the
base and comprising a cross bar having two ends; two side frames
attached respectively to the ends of the cross bar and slidably and
respectively attached to the curved rails of the base; and a
driving device mounted between the side frames and the curved rails
to drive the sliding bracket to slide along the curved rails; and a
supporting board rotatably mounted on the sliding bracket and
connected to the guiding device on the base to make the support
board being mounted on the sliding bracket in a swinging
manner.
2. The exercising device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the driving
device comprises multiple rollers rotatably attached to the side
frames and arranged in pairs, wherein the rollers of each pair abut
respectively with a top and a bottom of one of the curved rails;
and a motor attached to one of the curved rails and connected to
and driving one of the rollers.
3. The exercising device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the curved
rails are convex curved rails.
4. The exercising device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the curved
rails are concave curved rails.
5. The exercising device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the guiding
device comprises a guiding frame inclinedly mounted on the bottom
frame and having a top and an oval guiding channel defined in the
top of the guiding frame; and a connecting bar attached to a bottom
of the supporting board and slidably extending into the oval
guiding channel in the guiding frame.
6. The exercising device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the guiding
device comprises a guiding frame inclinedly mounted on the bottom
frame and having a top and an oval guiding channel defined in the
top of the guiding frame; and a connecting bar attached to a bottom
of the supporting board and having a free end slidably held in the
oval guiding channel in the guiding frame.
7. The exercising device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the cross
bar of the sliding bracket has a sleeve; and the supporting board
has a mounting post mounted on the bottom of the supporting board
and rotatably extending into the sleeve on the cross bar.
8. The exercising device as claimed in claim 6, wherein the cross
bar of the sliding bracket has a sleeve; and the supporting board
has a mounting post mounted on the bottom of the supporting board
and rotatably extending into the sleeve on the cross bar.
9. The exercising device as claimed in claim 7, wherein the
supporting board further comprises an I-shaped post holder attached
to the bottom of the supporting board; the mounting post is
attached to a middle of the post holder; and the connecting bar is
attached to one end of the post holder.
10. The exercising device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the
supporting board further comprises an I-shaped post holder attached
to the bottom of the supporting board; the mounting post is
attached to a middle of the post holder; and the connecting bar is
attached to one end of the post holder.
11. The exercising device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the
guiding device comprises a guiding bar inclinedly mounted on the
bottom frame and having a top; a lever rotatably attached to the
top of the guiding bar and having a free end; a guiding tube
secured on the free end of the lever; and a connecting bar attached
to a bottom of the supporting board and rotatably extending into
the guiding tube.
12. The exercising device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the
guiding device comprises a guiding bar inclinedly mounted on the
bottom frame and having a top; a lever rotatably attached to the
top of the guiding bar and having a free end; a guiding tube
secured on the free end of the lever; and a connecting bar attached
to a bottom of the supporting board and rotatably extending into
the guiding tube.
13. The exercising device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the cross
bar of the sliding bracket has a sleeve; and the supporting board
has a mounting post mounted on the bottom of the supporting board
and rotatably extending into the sleeve on the cross bar.
14. The exercising device as claimed in claim 12, wherein the cross
bar of the sliding bracket has a sleeve; and the supporting board
has a mounting post mounted on the bottom of the supporting board
and rotatably extending into the sleeve on the cross bar.
15. The exercising device as claimed in claim 13, wherein the
supporting board further comprises an I-shaped post holder attached
to the bottom of the supporting board; the mounting post is
attached to a middle of the post holder; and the connecting bar is
attached to one end of the post holder.
16. The exercising device as claimed in claim 14, wherein the
supporting board further comprises an I-shaped post holder attached
to the bottom of the supporting board; the mounting post is
attached to a middle of the post holder; and the connecting bar is
attached to one end of the post holder.
17. The exercising device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the
guiding device comprises a guiding frame inclinedly mounted on the
bottom frame and having a top and an oval guiding channel defined
in the top of the guiding frame; and a connecting bar attached to a
bottom of the supporting board and having a free end slidably held
in the oval guiding channel in the guiding frame.
18. The exercising device as claimed in claim 17, wherein the
supporting board further comprises an I-shaped post holder attached
to the bottom of the supporting board; and the connecting bar is
attached to one end of the post holder.
19. The exercising device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the
guiding device comprises a guiding bar inclinedly mounted on the
bottom frame and having a top; a lever rotatably attached to the
top of the guiding bar and having a free end; a guiding tube
secured on the free end of the lever; and a connecting bar attached
to a bottom of the supporting board and rotatably extending into
the guiding tube.
20. The exercising device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cross
bar of the sliding bracket has a sleeve; and the supporting board
has a mounting post mounted on the bottom of the supporting board
and rotatably extending into the sleeve on the cross bar.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to an exercising device, and
more particularly to an exercising that can simulate
skateboarding.
[0003] 2. Description of Related Art
[0004] Indoor exercisers, such as exercising bikes, treadmills,
stepping exercisers and so on, are widely used and allow a user to
take exercise conveniently. The conventional indoor exercisers are
always composed of mechanical components or levers to simulate an
exercising action. However, the conventional indoor exercisers have
complex structures, costly and take large spaces for storing or
operation. Additionally, the conventional exercisers cannot
simulate sophisticated exercising actions, and the uses and
operations of the conventional exercisers are limited and not
versatile.
[0005] To overcome the shortcomings, the present invention tends to
provide an exercising device to mitigate or obviate the
aforementioned problems.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0006] The main objective of the invention is to provide an
exercising device that can simulate skateboarding and is versatile
in use.
[0007] The exercising device comprises a base, a sliding bracket
and a supporting board. The base has a bottom frame, two curved
rails and a guiding device. The curved rails are mounted on the
bottom frame and are parallel to each other. The guiding device is
mounted on the bottom frame between the curved rails. The sliding
bracket is slidably mounted on the base and comprises a cross bar,
two side frames and a driving device. The side frames are attached
respectively to two ends of the cross bar and are slidably and
respectively attached to the curved rails of the base. The driving
device is mounted between the side frames and the curved rails to
drive the sliding bracket to slide along the curved rails. The
supporting board is rotatably mounted on the sliding bracket and is
connected to the guiding device on the base to make the support
board being mounted on the sliding bracket in a swinging
manner.
[0008] 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
[0009] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of an
exercising device in accordance with the present invention;
[0010] FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the exercising
device in FIG. 1;
[0011] FIG. 3 is an operational perspective view of the exercising
device in FIG. 1;
[0012] FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of a second
embodiment of an exercising device in accordance with the present
invention;
[0013] FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of a third embodiment
of an exercising device in accordance with the present invention;
and
[0014] FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of a forth embodiment
of an exercising device in accordance with the present
invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
[0015] With reference to FIGS. 1 and 2, an exercising device in
accordance with the present invention comprises a base (10), a
sliding bracket (20) and a supporting board (30). The base (10)
comprises a bottom frame (11), two curved rails (13) and a guiding
device (14). The bottom frame (11) is rectangular and is composed
of two longitudinal side bars, a middle bar and two lateral end
bars mounted between the longitudinal side bars. Multiple
supporting posts (12) are mounted respectively on ends of the
longitudinal side bars.
[0016] The curved rails (13) are mounted on the bottom frame (11)
and are parallel to each other. In practice, the curved rails (13)
are mounted on the supporting posts (12) and respectively
correspond to and are parallel with the longitudinal side bars. In
the first embodiment, the curved rails (13) are convex curved rails
(13).
[0017] The guiding device (14) is mounted on the bottom frame (11)
between the curved rails (13). In the first embodiment, the guiding
device (14) comprises a guiding frame (142) and a connecting bar
(34). The guiding frame (142) is inclinedly mounted on the bottom
frame (11) near one end of the bottom frame (11) and has a top and
an oval guiding channel (143) defined in the top of the guiding
frame (142). The connecting bar (34) is attached to the bottom of
the supporting board (30) and slidably extends into the oval
guiding channel (143) in the guiding frame (142).
[0018] To inclinedly mount the guiding frame (142) to the bottom
frame (11), two supporting columns (141) in different lengths are
mounted respectively on one of the lateral end bars and the middle
bar of the bottom frame (11), and the guiding frame (142) is
mounted on the supporting columns (141).
[0019] The sliding bracket (20) is slidably mounted on the base
(10) and comprises a cross bar (22), two side frames (21) and a
driving device. The cross bar (22) has two ends. The side frames
(21) are attached respectively to the ends of the cross bar (22)
and are slidably and respectively attached to the curved rails (13)
of the base (10).
[0020] The driving device is mounted between the side frames (21)
and the curved rails (13) to drive the sliding bracket (20) to
slide along the curved rails (13). In a preferred embodiment, the
driving device comprises multiple rollers (23,24) and a motor (26).
The rollers (23,24) are rotatably attached to the side frames (21)
at sides facing to each other and are arranged in pairs. In an
alternative embodiment, the rollers (23,24) are rotatably attached
to the side frames (21) at sides opposite to each other. The
rollers (23,24) of each pair abut respectively with a top and a
bottom of one of the curved rails (13). The motor (26) is attached
to one of the curved rails (13) and is connected to and drives one
of the rollers (24). When the motor (26) is switched on, the roller
(24) connected to the motor (26) will be rotated, such that the
sliding bracket (20) will be driven to slide along the curved rails
(13).
[0021] The supporting board (30) is rotatably mounted on the
sliding bracket (20) and is connected to the guiding device (14) on
the base (10) to make the support board (30) being mounted on the
sliding bracket (20) in a swinging manner. To rotatably mount the
supporting board (30) on the sliding bracket (20), a sleeve (27) is
mounted on the cross bar (22) of the sliding bracket (20), and a
mounting post (33) is mounted on the bottom of the supporting board
(30) and rotatably extends into the sleeve (27) on the cross bar
(22). In addition, the supporting board (30) may further comprise
an I-shaped post holder (32) attached to the bottom of the
supporting board (30), and the mounting post (33) and the
connecting bar (34) are respectively attached to a middle and one
end of the post holder (32).
[0022] With further reference to FIG. 3, when the motor (26) is
switched on and the sliding bracket (20) move along the curved
rails (13), the supporting board (30) will move with the sliding
bracket (20) along the curved rails (13) in a curved track. With
the curved movement of the supporting board (30), the connecting
bar (34) will move along the oval guiding channel (143) in the
inclined guiding frame (142). With the inclined arrangement of the
guiding frame (142) and the oval guiding channel (143), the
supporting board (30) will swing during the movement. With the
curved movement and swinging motion of the supporting board (30),
muscles of hands, legs and waist of a user can be trained when the
user intents to keep balance on the swinging supporting board (30).
Accordingly, the exercising device in accordance with the present
invention can simulate a skateboarding action to provide a
versatile and exciting exercising effect to a user who stands on
the supporting board (30).
[0023] With reference to FIG. 4, in a second embodiment, the curved
rails (13') are concave curved rails (13'). The length of the
sleeve (27') of the sliding bracket (20') is prolonged to keep the
supporting board (30) bumping with the curved rails (13').
[0024] With reference to FIG. 5, in a third embodiment, the guiding
device (15) comprises a guiding bar (151), a lever (152), a guiding
tube (153) and a connecting bar (34). The guiding bar (151) is
inclinedly mounted on the bottom frame (11) and has a top. The
lever (152) is rotatably attached to the top of the guiding bar
(151) and has a free end. The guiding tube (153) is secured on the
free end of the lever (152). The connecting bar (34) is attached to
the bottom of the supporting board (30) and rotatably extends into
the guiding tube (153).
[0025] When the supporting board (30) moves with the sliding
bracket (20) along the curved rails (13) in a curved track, the
connecting bar (32) will drive the lever (152) to rotate relative
to the inclined supporting bar (151). With such a guiding device
(15), the supporting board (30) will be swung on the sliding
bracket (20).
[0026] With reference to FIG. 6, the guiding device (15')
comprising an inclined guiding bar (151'), a lever (152') and a
guiding tub (153') can be applied on an exercising device having a
base (10') with concave curved rails (13'). In the fourth
embodiment of the exercising device in accordance with the present
invention, the length of the sleeve (27') on the cross bar (22) of
the sliding bracket (20') is prolonged to keep the supporting board
(30) from bumping with the curved rails (13').
[0027] 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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