DUMBBELL DEVICE FOR TRAINING MUSCLES ON A PERSON

Abstract

The present invention relates to a dumbbell device for training muscles on a person, wherein at least one gripping element is adapted and provided to be raised and/or lowered by the person, and further wherein at least one gripping element is mechanically fixedly, releasably or non-releasably, connected to the weight element and is grippable by the person for the purpose of raising and/or lowering, wherein at least one adjusting element displaces and thereby adjusts a center of gravity of the weight element relative to the gripping element by means of an adjusting weight.

Description

This application claims priority to German Patent Application No. DE 10 2020 118 608.8, filed Jul. 15, 2020, the entire disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.

The present invention relates to a dumbbell device for training muscles on a person.

The dumbbell devices known to date, which are also known in particular from fitness studios, are selectable in various sizes, i.e. with various weights and also in various dimensions. In a fitness studio, a whole assortment of different dumbbell devices, in particular dumbbells, is usually stored on a frame in a weight room and sorted according to the weights.

However, such dumbbell devices have, among other things, the disadvantage that only a back-and-forth movement from top to bottom, for example in an eccentric muscle movement, can be trained. This is also for reasons of hypotrophy and other muscle building processes within the body.

However, such dumbbells can only be used in a very one-dimensional manner, especially if the human arm is to be trained in directions other than merely a top-to-bottom and bottom-to-top movement, and especially also if a fascia tissue or other muscle envelope or intermediate muscle tissue is to be trained.

For example, a vibration of the dumbbell device can further train a coordination of the from-bottom-up and from-top-down movements. Also, corresponding transverse movements and transverse torques of the dumbbell device in the hand of the person exercising are conceivable, which form a torsional resistance or prescribe a torsional movement. However, all this is missing from the state of the art. Previous solutions were aimed at using individual vibrating rods to train transverse arm stability. For example, plastic rods, which are elastic and unbendable, were used for this purpose in a direction transverse to the main extension direction of these plastic rods.

Such a division between the different types of training is not only cost-intensive, but also space-consuming. It goes without saying that in a gym, and especially in a weight room, often on Sundays and holidays a very confined volume of space is available to the individual exercising. This space volume can be solved particularly effectively by this two-in-one solution as now presented here according to the invention.

It is therefore the task of the present invention to provide a dumbbell device for training muscles on a person, which makes it possible in a particularly simple and cost-effective manner to train as many muscle groups as possible in a whole multitude of different directions.

This task is solved by the object of claim 1.

According to at least one embodiment, the dumbbell device described herein for training muscles on a person comprises at least one weight element which is arranged and intended to be raised and/or lowered by the person.

In addition, the dumbbell device presented here for training muscles on a person comprises at least one gripping element which is mechanically fixedly, releasably or non-releasably, connected to the weight element and which can be gripped by the person for the purpose of raising and/or lowering, so that at least one adjusting element which is designed and intended for displacing a center of gravity of the weight element relative to the gripping element by means of an adjusting weight and thus for adjusting it.

According to at least one embodiment, the adjustment weight is movable along a main extension direction of the gripping element or at an angle to this main extension direction of the gripping element.

According to at least one embodiment, the adjustment weight is guided at or within, i.e. in a cavity of the gripping element, and/or a cavity of the weight element.

According to at least one embodiment, the adjustment element comprises a guide element by means of which the adjustment weight is movable back and forth relative to the gripping element.

According to at least one embodiment, the guide element is arranged on an outer surface of the gripping element or in an inner space of the gripping element, in particular wherein the adjusting weight is mechanically connected to the guide element.

According to at least one embodiment, both the guide element and the adjustment weight are arranged within the gripping element.

According to at least one embodiment, the adjustment element comprises a drive element by means of which the adjustment weight is movable back and forth relative to the gripping element, in particular along a direction perpendicular to the main extension direction.

According to at least one embodiment, the drive element moves the adjustment weight back and forth along the main extension direction of the gripping element with at least one predeterminable frequency, for example periodically or aperiodically.

According to at least one embodiment, a substantially ellipsoidal and/or substantially circular path around a center point defined within the gripping element is movable the setting weight by means of the drive element.

In particular, the invention relates namely also to this path which traverses only a partial circumference of an ellipse or a circle.

In the following, the invention mentioned here above will be described in more detail on the basis of an embodiment example and associated FIGURE.

Thereby, FIG. 1 shows a holding device 100, wherein at least one weight element 1, which is lifted and/or lowered by the person, is shown, and further wherein at least one gripping element 2, which is mechanically fixedly, releasably or non-releasably connected to the weight element 1 and which can be gripped by the person for the purpose of lifting and/or lowering, so that at least one adjusting element 3 displaces and thus adjusts a center of gravity of the weight element 1 relative to the gripping element 2 by means of an adjusting weight 31.

Moreover, it is shown that the adjustment weight 31 is movable along a main extension direction H2 of the gripping element 2 or at an angle to this main extension direction H2 of the gripping element 2.

This adjustment weight 31 is guided on or within, i.e. in a cavity 11 of the gripping element 2, and/or a cavity 11 of the weight element 1.

The adjusting element 3 has a guide element 32, by means of which the adjusting weight 31 can be moved back and forth relative to the gripping element 2 and which is arranged on an outer surface of the gripping element 2 or in an interior 33 of the gripping element 3, in particular wherein the adjusting weight 3 is mechanically connected to the guide element 32. Thereby, both the guide element 32 and the adjustment weight 31 are shown inside the gripping element 2.

In addition, it is shown that the adjusting element 3 has a drive element 35 by means of which the adjusting weight 31 can be moved back and forth relative to the gripping element 2, in particular along a direction H3 running perpendicular to the main extension direction H2.

This drive element 35 moves the adjustment weight 31 back and forth along the main extension direction H2 of the gripping element 2 or at an angle to this main extension direction H2 of the gripping element 2 with at least one predeterminable frequency, for example periodically or aperiodically. By means of this drive element 35, a substantially ellipsoidal and/or substantially circular path around a center point defined within the gripping element 2 can move the adjusting weight 31, wherein this path traverses only a partial circumference of an ellipse or a circle.

LIST OF REFERENCE SIGNS

1 Weight element

2 Gripping element

3 Adjustment element

11 Cavity

31 Adjustment weight

32 Guide element

33 Interior

35 Drive element

100 Dumbbell device

H2 Main extension direction

H3 vertical direction

Claims

1. A dumbbell device (100) for exercising muscles on a person, comprising

at least one weight element (1), which is arranged and intended to be lifted and/or lowered by the person,

at least one gripping element (2) which is mechanically fixedly, releasably or non-releasably, connected to the weight element and which can be gripped by the person for the purpose of lifting and/or lowering, characterized in that at least one adjusting element (3) which is designed and intended for displacing and thus adjusting a center of gravity of the weight element (1) relative to the gripping element (2) by means of an adjusting weight (31).

2. The dumbbell device (100) according to claim 1,

characterized in that

the adjusting weight (31) is movable along a main extension direction (H2) of the gripping element (2) or at an angle to this main extension direction (H2) of the gripping element (2).

3. The dumbbell device (100) according to claim 2,

characterized in that

the adjusting weight (31) is guided on or within, i.e. in a cavity (11) of the gripping element (2), and/or a cavity (11) of the weight element (1).

4. The dumbbell device (100) according to claim 1,

characterized in that

the adjusting element (3) has a guide element (32) by means of which the adjusting weight (31) can be moved back and forth relative to the gripping element (2).

5. The dumbbell device (100) according to claim 4,

characterized in that

the guide element (32) is arranged on an outer surface of the gripping element (2) or in an inner space (33) of the gripping element (2), in particular wherein the adjusting weight (3) is mechanically connected to the guide element (32).

6. The dumbbell device (100) according to claim 5,

characterized in that

both the guide element (32) and the adjusting weight (31) are arranged within the gripping element (2).

7. The dumbbell device (100) according to claim 6,

characterized in that

the adjusting element (3) has a drive element (35) by means of which the adjusting weight (31) can be moved back and forth relative to the gripping element (2), in particular along a direction (H3) running perpendicular to the main extension direction (H2).

8. The dumbbell device (100) according to claim 7,

characterized in that

the drive element (35) moves the setting weight (31) back and forth along the main extension direction (H2) of the gripping element (2) or at an angle to this main extension direction (H2) of the gripping element (2) with at least one predeterminable frequency, for example periodically or aperiodically.

9. The dumbbell device (100) according to claim 8,

characterized in that

by means of the drive element (35) a substantially ellipsoidal and/or substantially circular path around a center point defined within the gripping element (2) the adjusting weight (31) is movable.

10. The dumbbell device (100) according to claim 9,

characterized in that

said path traverses only a partial circumference of an ellipse or circle.