Balance training apparatus for slide and swing exercise and method
The balance training apparatus includes a baseboard and a left-and-right swing module is connected between the front and rear sides of the baseboard. The left-and-right swing module has a driving mechanism pivotally connected to a back-and-forth slide and swing module for driving a back-and-forth slide and swing module to produce back-and-forth slides and up-and-down swings with respect to the left-and-right swing module. A driving mechanism drives an eccentric shaft through a transmission disc, and another end of the spindle eccentric shaft is pivotally connected to a link board module of the base module. The motor drives the eccentric shaft to produce left and right titled swings to the left-and-right swing module baseboard. An adjusting device is installed between the baseboard of the left-and-right swing module and the back-and-forth slide and swing module for driving the back-and-forth slide and swing module to displace back and forth on the baseboard.
The present invention relates to a balance training apparatus for slide and swing exercises and a method thereof, and more particularly to a balance training apparatus having a driving mechanism for driving a swing stand to simultaneously produce back-and-forth slides and up-and-down and right-and-left swings and an adjusting mechanism for changing the swing amplitude of a slide and swing module to provide the effects of slides and swings in different directions.
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In view of the shortcomings of the prior art, the inventor of the present invention based on years of experience in the fitness equipment related industry to conduct extensive researches and experiments, and finally invented a balance training apparatus for slide and swing exercises.
The balance training apparatus for slide and swing exercises in accordance with the invention comprises a base module, a left-and-right swing module, a driving mechanism and a back-and-forth slide and swing module. Both front and rear sides of the base module are pivotally connected to a left-and-right swing module, and the left-and-right swing module has a driving mechanism, and the left-and-right swing module baseboard is pivotally connected to a back-and-forth slide and swing module. The driving mechanism comprises a motor, a decelerating mechanism, a transmission disc driving module and a plurality of driving members. The axle center of the decelerating mechanism is sheathed together with a transmission disc driving module by a transmission shaft, such that both ends of the transmission shaft are pivotally connected to a slide and swing rail stand on the back-and-forth slide and swing module by the plurality of driving members, and the axle center of the transmission disc driven by the transmission disc driving module is sheathed with an eccentric shaft, so that another end of the pivotal shaft is pivotally connected to a link board module of the base module. By the operation of the driving mechanism, the back-and-forth slide and swing module is driven to produce back-and-forth slides and up-and-down swings with respect to the left-and-right swing module. By the rotation of the transmission disc, the eccentric shaft is moved with respect to the link board module, such that the left-and-right swing module baseboard uses the pivotal connecting point of the base module as the center to produce left, right and oblique swings. Both semicircular hole and protruding pillar work together to convert the status of the left-and-right swing inclined towards the front into the back-and-forth swing inclined towards the rear, when the driving mechanism is rotated in a reverse direction, so as to form a multidirectional slide and swing exercise apparatus and simulate different slide and swing situations to give more fun to the exercises.
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A base module 10 has a basic stand 11, two connecting board modules 12 disposed on both sides of the basic stand 11 and pivotally connected to a left-and-right swing module 20, a link board module 13 disposed on a side of the basic stand 11 and having a pivotal ear base 14, and a guide pin base 15 pivotally connected to the pivotal ear base 14 and having a transversal guide slot 16.
A left-and-right swing module 20 has a plurality of pivotal connecting boards and a driving mechanism 30 disposed on a baseboard 21, and a groove hole 25 disposed between the baseboard 21 and the pivotal board 23 for passing the base module 10.
A driving mechanism 30 pre-installs a program and a circuit for controlling and driving and the driving mechanism 30 comprises a motor 31, a decelerating mechanism 32, a transmission disc driving module 34 and a plurality of driving members 37. The decelerating mechanism 32 is driven by the motor 31, and the axle center of the decelerating mechanism 32 is sheathed with a transmission disc driving module 34 by a transmission shaft 33, and the periphery of the transmission disc driving module 34 has a plurality of equidistant protruded poking rods 341, and the periphery of the transmission disc 35 has a plurality of equidistant serrated grooves 351 and a stopping member 353 disposed at the axle hole 352 and having a semicircular hole to form a semicircular axle hole 352, and the poking rod 341 of the transmission disc driving module 34 and the serrated groove 351 of the transmission disc 35 are installed with a ratio of 1:2. A pivotal axle 36 is pivotally connected and fixed onto the pivotal board 23 of the baseboard 21, and an end of the pivotal axle 36 has a quarterly circular eccentric protruding pillar 361 such that the quarterly circular protruding pillar 361 is embedded into an axle hole 352 of the transmission disc semicircular (as shown in
An adjusting mechanism 40 pre-installs a program and a circuit for controlling and driving, and the adjusting mechanism 40 has a motor 41 installed at a side of the baseboard 21 and latched and connected by an axle rod 411 of the decelerating mechanism 412 and a horizontal screw rod 42, and another end of the horizontal screw rod 42 is pivotally connected to the pivotal board 24.
A back-and-forth slide and swing module 50 is pivotally connected by a plurality of board stands, and the first slide base 51 is comprised of front and rear frames 52 and a middle board module 53, and both left and right sides of the front and rear frames 52 separately have a rail 521. The first slide base 51 is pivotally connected to the rails 521 on the front and rear frames 52 through two corresponding pivotal bases 22 of the left-and-right swing module baseboard 21 for pivotally installing the first slide base 51 on the left-and-right swing module 20, and embedding two sideboards 531 of the middle board 53 into the latch grooves 541 on both sides of a driving member 54, and sheathing the driving member 54 on a screw rod 42 of an adjusting mechanism 40. The top of the first slide base 51 is connected to a pivotal connecting point 562 of a second slide base 55 through a board stand, and the second slide base 55 is comprised of a slide and swing rail stand 56, and both left and right sides of the slide and swing rail stand 56 also have a rail 561 separately. A swing stand 57 is a rectangular frame having a support board 571 extended from the bottom of the periphery of the swing stand 57 for pivotally connecting each support board 571 to the second slide base 55 and each rail 561 of the slide and swing rail stand 56. A driving member 37 is pivotally connected to a pivotal connecting position 572 on the right side proximate to two support boards 571 of the driving mechanism 30, and the driving member 37 is a rectangular member with an end having an axial hole 371 pivotally connected to the support board 571 and a pivotal connecting position 572 of the slide base rail 561, and another end having a pivotal hole 372 for passing and fixing the transmission shaft 33.
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(a) using an exercise apparatus A driven by a driving mechanism 30 installed on the exercise apparatus A for training a human body;
(b) pre-installing a program and a circuit in the exercise apparatus A, such that the motor 31 of the driving mechanism 30 drives the transmission shaft 33 to rotate counterclockwise, while driving a second slide base 55 and a swing stand 57 of a back-and-forth slide and swing module 50 to swing back and forth or up and down with respect to a base module 10; or working together with an adjusting mechanism to adjust the back-and-forth slide and swing module 50 to displace horizontally on the baseboard of the base module to change the swinging amplitude of the back-and-forth slide and the swing module;
(c) setting the driving mechanism 30 to simultaneously rotate the transmission disc driving module 34 and drive the transmission disc 35 and its pivotally connected eccentric protruding pillar 361 to link the guide pin base 15, and also pull a baseboard 21 of the left-and-right swing module 20 and use the pivotal connecting point of the base module 10 as a center to produce left, right and tilted swings; so as to form a multidirectional balance training apparatus A for slide and swing exercises.
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The transmission disc driving module 34 and the transmission disc 35 could be a gear mechanism, a belt pulley mechanism or other driving mechanism.
Claims
1. A balance training apparatus for slide and swing exercises, comprising:
- a base module, having a base stand, and a left-and-right swing module pivotally coupled between front and rear sides of the base stand;
- a left-and-right swing module, having a plurality of pivotal connecting boards and a driving mechanism disposed on a baseboard;
- a driving mechanism, for driving a back-and-forth slide and swing module installed to the baseboard to produce back-and-forth up-and-down swings, and an eccentric axle rod driven by the driving mechanism drives the baseboard and uses
- a pivotal connecting point of the base module pivotal as a center to produce left, right and oblique swings;
- a back-and-forth slide and swing module, pivotally coupled to the baseboard of the left-and-right swing module, and formed by pivotally connecting a plurality of board stands, and pivotally coupled to a swing stand;
- such that if the driving mechanism is operated, the swing stand will produce back-and-forth or left-and-right titled swings to simulate sliding and swinging situations in different directions, so as to enhance exercise functions and fun.
2. A method of using a balance training apparatus for slide and swing exercises comprising the steps of:
- (a) using an exercise apparatus driven by a driving mechanism installed on the exercise apparatus for training a human body;
- (b) pre-installing a program and a circuit in the exercise apparatus, while driving a swing stand of a back-and-forth slide and swing module to swing back and forth or up and down with respect to a-base module; or working together with an adjusting mechanism to adjust the back-and-forth slide and swing module to displace horizontally on the baseboard of the left-and-right swing module to change the swinging amplitude of the back-and-forth slide and the swing module;
- (c) setting the driving mechanism to simultaneously pull a baseboard of the left-and-right swing module and use the pivotal connecting point of the base module as a center to produce left, right and tilted swings;
- so as to form a multidirectional balance training apparatus for slide and swing exercises.
3. The balance training apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a base module disposed between the base module of the left-and-right swing module and the back-and-forth slide and swing module, for adjusting the back-and-forth slide and swing module to a horizontal position on the baseboard to change the swing amplitude of the back-and-forth slide and swing module.
4. The balance training apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein the adjusting mechanism has a motor installed at a lateral side of the left-and-right swing module baseboard, and the motor is latched and connected to a screw rod with an end pivotally connected to a baseboard of the left-and-right swing module through an axle rod of a decelerating mechanism, and a driving member is fixed onto the bottom of the back-and-forth slide and swing module and sheathed onto a screw rod of the adjusting mechanism.
5. The balance training apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the base module has a link board module with a pivotal ear base disposed on a lateral side of the base stand, and a guide pin base with a guide slot pivotally connected to the pivotal ear base.
6. The balance training apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the driving mechanism comprises a motor, a decelerating mechanism, a transmission disc driving module and a plurality of driving members, and a transmission disc driving module is sheathed into the axial center of the decelerating mechanism by a transmission shaft, and a driving member is installed separately on both ends of the transmission shaft, and another end of the driving member is pivotally coupled to the back-and-forth slide and swing module.
7. The balance training apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the transmission disc driving module has a plurality of poking rods protruded equidistantly from the periphery of the transmission disc driving module, and the transmission disc driving module has a transmission disc, and a plurality of serrated grooves disposed equidistantly on the periphery of the transmission disc driving module for latching a poking rod with a corresponding transmission disc serrated groove.
8. The balance training apparatus as claimed in claims 5, wherein the transmission disc has a semicircular axle hole, for passing an eccentric protruding pillar protruded from an end of a pivotal axle into a semicircular axle hole of the transmission disc, and another end of the pivotal axle is passed correspondingly into a guide slot of the guide pin base of the link board module.
9. The balance training apparatus as claimed in claim 7, wherein the number of poking rods of the transmission disc driving module and the number of serrated grooves of the transmission disc are installed in the ratio of 1:2.
10. The balance training apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the back-and-forth slide and swing module comprises first and second slide bases and a swing stand pivotally coupled with each other, and the first and second slide bases are formed by connecting a plurality of board stands, and the first slide base is pivotally coupled to the left-and-right swing module baseboard, and the middle of the top of the first slide base is connected to the second slide base through a plurality of board stands, and the top of the second slide base is pivotally coupled to a swing stand.
11. The balance training apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the swing stand is in the form of two parallel swing stands and operated by the driving mechanism, such that if the motor drives the transmission shaft to rotate counterclockwise, an eccentric protruding rod at an end of the transmission shaft will be displaced to pull a swing stand at another end to swing parallelly to a predetermined distance; and the driving mechanism is operated to swing or slide the two swing stands in a parallel or an intersectional manner, so as to form a balance training apparatus for slide and swing exercises and a method thereof for a snow skiing.
12. The balance training apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an external casing base, and a saddle seat disposed on the external casing base and provided for a user to ride or a platform disposed on the external casing base and provided for a user to stand, so as to achieve a balance training effect.
13. The balance training apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the transmission disc driving module and the transmission disc mechanism could be a gear mechanism, a belt pulley mechanism or other driving mechanism.
Type: Application
Filed: Dec 26, 2006
Publication Date: Sep 6, 2007
Inventors: Cheng-Hsun Huang (Sioushuei Township), Yu-Chu Chen (Sioushuei Township), David Shih (Sioushuei Township)
Application Number: 11/645,053
International Classification: A63B 22/00 (20060101);