U.S. patent application number 13/707447 was filed with the patent office on 2014-06-12 for mini wave exercise machine.
The applicant listed for this patent is Wei-Teh Ho, Willy Ho. Invention is credited to Wei-Teh Ho, Willy Ho.
Application Number | 20140162852 13/707447 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 50070046 |
Filed Date | 2014-06-12 |
United States Patent
Application |
20140162852 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Ho; Wei-Teh ; et
al. |
June 12, 2014 |
MINI WAVE EXERCISE MACHINE
Abstract
An exerciser machine applicable for strengthening a user's
muscles via wave like movements is described. The exerciser can
include a base assembly a resilience member and a seat pan. The
seat pan may be rotatably attached to the base assembly via the
resilience member. The seat pan may have a seat protrusion movably
attached to a top end of the resilience member. The base assembly
may have a base protrusion to secure a bottom end of the resilience
member. A separation distance between the seat protrusion and the
base protrusion along an axis of the resilience member can allow
the resilience member to distort along the separation distance to
provide resilience force with movement of the seat pan. The
resilience force can allow exercising a user's body via the
movement of the seat pan.
Inventors: |
Ho; Wei-Teh; (Taipei,
TW) ; Ho; Willy; (Taipei, TW) |
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Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
Ho; Wei-Teh
Ho; Willy |
Taipei
Taipei |
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TW
TW |
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Family ID: |
50070046 |
Appl. No.: |
13/707447 |
Filed: |
December 6, 2012 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
482/127 ;
482/92 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A63B 21/4035 20151001;
A63B 21/4033 20151001; A63B 2023/003 20130101; A63B 2208/0233
20130101; A63B 23/0216 20130101; A63B 23/0227 20130101; A63B 22/18
20130101; A63B 21/055 20130101; A63B 21/0407 20130101; A63B 21/023
20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
482/127 ;
482/92 |
International
Class: |
A63B 21/02 20060101
A63B021/02; A63B 21/055 20060101 A63B021/055 |
Claims
1. An exerciser comprising: a base assembly; a flexible structure;
and a seat pan rotatably attached to the base assembly via the
flexible structure, wherein the flexible structure has a top end
and a bottom end, wherein the seat pan is movably attached to the
top end of the flexible structure via a seat protrusion, wherein
the base assembly is secured to the bottom end of the flexible
structure via a base protrusion, wherein the flexible structure
provides resilience force to realign the seat protrusion and the
base protrusion when the seat protrusion and the base protrusion
are not longitudinally aligned between the top end and the bottom
end of the flexible structure with movement of the seat pan,
wherein the resilience force to allow exercising a user's body via
the movement of the seat pan.
2. The exerciser of claim one, wherein the seat protrusion has a
first longitudinal direction, wherein the base protrusion has a
second longitudinal direction, and wherein the movement of the seat
pan causes the first longitudinal direction to be not aligned with
the second longitudinal direction.
3. The exerciser of claim 1, wherein the flexible structure
includes a cylindrical spring having opposite ends longitudinal
between the top end and the bottom end of the flexible structure,
and wherein the cylindrical spring is bendable to cause the
resilience force.
4. The exerciser of claim 3, wherein the seat protrusion forms a
circular tube inserted into a first one of the opposite ends of the
cylindrical spring.
5. The exerciser of claim 4, wherein the base protrusion includes a
post inserted into a second one of the opposite ends of the
cylindrical spring and wherein the post and the circular tube are
separated with a distance inside the cylindrical spring to allow
the bending.
6. The exerciser of claim 3, wherein the flexible structure
includes a conical spring encompassing the cylindrical spring
between the top end and the bottom end of the flexible structure,
wherein the conical spring is compressed to cause the resilience
force when the seat protrusion and the base protrusion are not
longitudinally aligned.
7. The exerciser of claim 3, wherein the seat pan is movably
mounted on the flexible structure with a flanged bushing, and
wherein the cylindrical spring is fittingly positioned between the
flanged bushing and the seat protrusion.
8. The exerciser of claim 6, wherein the base assembly includes an
inner base defining a housing chamber to allow distortion movement
of the flexible structure for the resilience force.
9. The exerciser of claim 8, wherein the inner base has an inner
recess, wherein the cylindrical spring is received in the housing
at the bottom end of the flexible structure via the inner recess
and wherein the cylindrical spring is fittingly positioned between
the inner recess and the seat protrusion.
10. The exerciser of claim 8, wherein the inner based has an outer
recess, wherein the conical spring is received in the housing at
the bottom end of the flexible structure via the outer recess.
11. The exerciser of claim 1, further comprising: a pair of handles
fixedly attached to the base assembly to allow the user to hold
with the user's hands to cause the movement of the seat pan.
12. An exerciser comprising: a base assembly; a resilience member;
and a seat pan rotatably attached to the base assembly via the
resilience member, wherein the resilience member has a top end and
a bottom end, wherein the seat pan has a seat protrusion movably
attached to the top end of the resilience member, wherein the base
assembly has a base protrusion to secure the bottom end of the
resilience member, wherein a separation distance between the seat
protrusion and the base protrusion along an axis of the resilience
member allows the resilience member to distort along the separation
distance to provide resilience force with movement of the seat pan,
wherein the resilience force to allow exercising a user's body via
the movement of the seat pan.
Description
FIELD OF INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates generally to physical training
machines, and in particular, exercise machines structured for wave
like movements to exercise a user's muscles.
BACKGROUND
[0002] With the growing awareness of health problems caused by lack
of exercise, popularity of exercising machines has been
continuously increasing. For example, waist twist machines are
fitness devices commonly used for users to twist waist and
abdominal muscles to achieve exercise effects. However, traditional
fitness devices are either inconveniently bulky or constrained to
allow simple rotational or linear movements. Thus, the conventional
fitness devices require further improvements.
SUMMARY OF THE DESCRIPTION
[0003] An exerciser or exercise machine applicable for
strengthening a user's muscles via wave like movements can include
a base assembly a resilience member and a seat pan. The seat pan
may be rotatably attached to the base assembly via the resilience
member. The seat pan may have a seat protrusion movably attached to
a top end of the resilience member. The base assembly may have a
base protrusion to secure a bottom end of the resilience member. A
separation distance between the seat protrusion and the base
protrusion along an axis of the resilience member can allow the
resilience member to distort along the separation distance to
provide resilience force with movement of the seat pan. The
resilience force can allow exercising a user's body via the
movement of the seat pan.
[0004] Other advantages and features of the present invention will
become manifest to those versed in the art upon making reference to
the detailed description and the accompanying sheets of drawings in
which a preferred structural embodiment incorporating the
principles of the present invention is shown by way of illustrative
example.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0005] The present invention is illustrated by way of examples and
not limitations in the figures of the accompanying drawings, in
which like references indicate similar elements and in which:
[0006] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an exercise machine assembly
according to one embodiment of the present invention;
[0007] FIGS. 2A-2B are cross sectional views of an exercise machine
assembly according to one embodiment of the present invention;
[0008] FIG. 3 is an exploded view of an exercise machine assembly
according to one embodiment of the present invention;
[0009] FIGS. 4A-4D show examples of applications for an exercising
machine according to one embodiment of the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0010] In the following description, numerous specific details are
set forth, such as examples of external surfaces, named components,
connections between components, etc., in order to provide a
thorough understanding of the present invention. It will be
apparent, however, to one skilled in the art that the present
invention may be practiced without these specific details. In other
instances, well known components or methods have not been described
in detail but rather in a block diagram in order to avoid
unnecessarily obscuring the present invention. Further specific
numeric references such as first, second, third, etc., may be made.
However, the specific numeric references should not be interpreted
as a literal sequential order but rather interpreted as references
to different objects. Thus, the specific details set forth are
merely exemplary. The specific details may be varied from and still
be contemplated to be within the spirit and scope of the present
invention.
[0011] Reference in the specification to "one embodiment" or "an
embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or
characteristic described in connection with the embodiment can be
included in at least one embodiment of the invention. The
appearances of the phrase "in one embodiment" in various places in
the specification do not necessarily all refer to the same
embodiment.
[0012] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an exercise machine assembly
according to one embodiment of the present invention. Exercise
machine (or device) 100 can include seat pan 101 tiltably or
movably mounted to a base assembly including seat base 105. Seat
pan 101 may be shaped concaved in a certain shape to receive a
user's body at a sitting position. Handle bars 103 may be
detachably coupled to seat base 105. In one embodiment, seat pan
101 may be tilted against seat base 105 along the edge to provide a
user recoil force or resisting force back to untilted positions.
The user may hold handle bars 103 in the course of waist, abdominal
or pelvic rotation exercise while tilting seat base 101 in a wavy
manner.
[0013] FIGS. 2A-2B are cross sectional views of an exercise machine
assembly according to one embodiment of the present invention as
shown in FIG. 1. Turning now to FIG. 2A, view 200A may include seat
pan 101 rotatably attached to a base assembly via a flexible
structure. The base assembly may include seat base 105 housing
inner base 221 which provides chamber 225 inside the base assembly
to allow movement of the flexible structure. A pair of handler bars
103 may be fixedly attached to the base assembly to allow a user to
use the hand holds to cause movement of seat pan 101.
[0014] The base assembly may include base protrusion 219 to secure
the bottom end of the flexible structure. For example, base
protrusion 219 may comprise a post or tube secured to inner base
221 via screw 223. Inner base 221 may have recesses and protrusion
structures, such as inner recess 229 and outer recess 231, formed
at the bottom to house the flexible structure. For example,
cylindrical spring 211 and conical spring 217 may be fittingly
positioned inside inner base 221 at the bottom end of the flexible
structure separately via inner recess 229 and outer recess 231.
[0015] The base assembly may include ring cover 215 secured on top
of inner base 221. Mounting structures between seat pan 101 and
seat base 105 may be covered with side cover 213 sitting on top of
ring cover 215. Side cover 213 may be made of flexible material in
a tube like forms to allow tilting or other movements of seat pan
101 relative to seat base 105.
[0016] The flexible structure may include one or more resilient
members situated longitudinally between a top end and a bottom end
to provide elastic forces when the flexible structure is deformed.
For example, the flexible structure may include cylindrical spring
211 positioned within conical spring 217. Cylindrical spring 211
may have opposite ends longitudinally between the top end and the
bottom end of the flexible structure.
[0017] Various resilient forces may be provided by different
resilient members in the flexible structure. For example, the
flexible structure may be configured for cylindrical spring 211,
which may be bendable longitudinally, to be bended to provide
bending force via movement of seat pan 101. Alternatively or
additionally, conical spring 217 may be compressed to provide
recoil force via movement of seat pan 101. Conical spring 217 may
be shaped, for example, to increase stability with less
vibration.
[0018] Seat pan 101 may be movably attached to the top end of the
flexible structure via a seat protrusion. For example, seat pan 101
may be affixed with seat plate 207 at the bottom side of seat pan
101. Seat plate 207 may include protruded portion 227 which may
form a circular tube. Flanged bushing 209 may have a sleeve
inserted with (or encompassing) cylindrical spring 211
longitudinally and a flange extended for the top end of conical
spring 217 perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. The seat
protrusion may comprise protruded portion 227 and/or flanged busing
209.
[0019] For example, seat pan 101 may be engaged with the flexible
structure with protruded portion 227 inserted into the inner side
of cylindrical spring 211. Thus, seat pan 101 may be engaged with
the flexible structure with conical spring 207, flanged bushing
209, conical spring 217 and protruded portion 227 sandwiched and
fittingly positioned between each other having a common
longitudinal direction to allow the flexible structure to provide
resilience force to support wavy (or wave like) movement of seat
pan 101.
[0020] In one embodiment, seat protrusion may be configured with a
longitudinal length suitable to allow the flexible structure to
exert an amount of resistant force when deformed via movement of
seat pan 101. The longitudinal length of seat protrusion may be
based on, for example, the sleeve length of flanged bushing 209
and/or longitudinal length of protrusion portion 227 of seat plate
207. The flexible structure my provide resilience force to realign
the seat protrusion and the base protrusion 219 when the seat
protrusion and the base protrusion are not longitudinally aligned
between the top end and the bottom end of the flexible
structure.
[0021] For example, the seat protrusion, such as protrusion portion
227, may have a first longitudinal direction. Base protrusion 219
may have a second longitudinal direction. Movement of seat pan 101
may cause the first longitudinal direction to be not aligned with
the second longitudinal direction to deform the flexible structure.
The resilience force provided by the deformed flexible structure
may allow a user to exercise the user's body by moving (e.g.
tilting, rotating etc.) seat pan 101. The seat protrusion and the
base protrusion may be separated with a distance inside the
flexible structure, e.g. cylindrical spring 211, to allow movements
or changes of shaped such as bending of cylindrical spring 211
and/or compressing/stressing of conical spring 217, to provide the
resilience force.
[0022] Turning now to FIG. 2B, view 200B illustrates a separate
cross sectional view as view 200A of FIG. 2A along a different
direction crossing the exercise machine (or exerciser), such as
device 100 of FIG. 1.
[0023] FIG. 3 is an exploded view of an exercise machine assembly
according to one embodiment of the present invention as shown in
FIG. 1. Note that seat plate 207 may include protrusion portion 227
opposite to the side of seat plate 207 as shown in FIG. 3.
[0024] FIGS. 4A-4D show examples of applications for an exercising
machine according to one embodiment of the present invention.
Turning now to FIG. 4A, a user may hold on to handle bars of an
exercise device, such as device 100 of FIG. 1, while making
movements on seat pan in a sitting position. The user can slide
seat pan back and forth between positions 401, 403 using waist
muscles with the upper body of the user remaining stationary. As
similarly shown in FIG. 4B, the user can slide seat pan left and
right between positions 405, 407.
[0025] Turning now to FIG. 4C, the user can rotate or tilt the seat
pan around in a wave like manner via waist movement. For example,
the seat pan may be rotated in a counter clockwise direction
following positions 409, 411, 415 and 415 repeatedly.
Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 4D, the user can perform waist
rotating movement in a clockwise direction following positions 417,
419, 421 and 423 repeatedly.
[0026] Many modifications and other embodiments of the invention
set forth herein will come to mind to one skilled in the art to
which the invention pertains having the benefit of the teachings
presented in the foregoing description and the associated drawings.
Therefore, it is to be understood that the invention is not to be
limited to the specific embodiments disclosed and that
modifications and other embodiments are intended to be included
within the scope of the appended claims. Although specific terms
are employed herein, they are used in a generic and descriptive
sense only and not for purposes of limitation.
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