DK155870B - EXERCISE EXERCISE - Google Patents

Description

DK 155870B

The invention relates to an apparatus for physical development.

The need and benefit of participating in exercise exercises at regular intervals to maintain good health and increase muscle strength is recognized by both lay people and professionals.

For example, jogging is a form of exercise of ever-increasing popularity to strengthen body muscles and increase fitness. However, it has been shown that a group of people do not bet on the exercise exercises despite the fact that they actually realize that it is also necessary for them.

This can have several causes. Weather conditions can prevent outdoor exercise. In densely populated areas, lack of time or insufficient space can make it difficult to maintain a physical exercise program. There are many exercise machines available in the market, but people who buy one of these can use the device for a short time and then put it aside because they do not have sufficient knowledge to use the device properly or to set up an exercise program that suits their special needs.

Commonly known exercise machines are often used only to develop certain muscles. Furthermore, such devices often require a lot of space, either on the floor or on the wall, and they are usually fastened with screws or similar fastening means, which leave unsightly marks when the device is taken down.

It is the object of the present invention to provide an apparatus which is easy to fasten and install in all housings and which does not need screws for the attachment and furthermore does not leave unsightly marks on walls or doors when the apparatus is disassembled. Furthermore, it is important that the device can be easily taken and used at any time at home, in a holiday home, at the hotel, etc. No special gym is required for the use of the device.

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Several other important considerations have been taken into account in the construction of the apparatus according to the invention. A large selection of exercises can be performed with the device so that the user can train all the muscles in the body. Furthermore, the construction of the apparatus allows exercises in a training program to be adapted to the apparatus, so that this can be used, for example, in connection with a training program from a letter school or the like.

The device also allows individual adjustment of the load while performing exercises for strength training, endurance training and movement training, so that the device and the exercise program can be adapted to everyone regardless of age or gender. It is also important that the exercise machine can be supplied at a relatively low cost so that everyone can afford it.

The above conditions are fulfilled by the exercise exercise apparatus according to the invention, which comprises a yoke or similar elongate body, which at both ends is detachably connected to counter-force means, preferably brake means or spring means, which are arranged to deliver a force opposite to the yoke of a uses applied force, which exercise exercise apparatus is characterized in that the counter-force means is connected at one end to a clamping rod, which is arranged to be placed in clamps in a door opening or the like with an opening provided with vertical side walls.

This provides an exercise device that can be easily installed, for example, in a doorway, and the device can be used to strengthen the muscles for the whole body, as the user places the yoke over his shoulders and presses up against the yoke or pulls in the yoke for training arm muscles etc.

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Furthermore, footrests are provided which can be turned around the tensioning means, so that the tensioning means can be used to keep the legs immobile when performing exercises for strengthening the abdominal muscles and the like.

It is also possible to fasten the clamping member higher up in the door opening so that it can be used as a horizontal rod.

The yoke, which is detachable from the clamping member, is designed so that it can also be used as a yoke to carry water buckets, for example at a holiday cabin. This added benefit may prove to be quite useful, since it is virtually impossible today to obtain such yokes.

The invention will be explained in more detail below in connection with an embodiment and with reference to the drawing, in which fig. 1 shows the clamping means with the yoke clamped in an opening, and fig. 2 a footrest in cross section.

FIG. 1 shows a clamping member known per se, which consists of a pipe 1 with rubber blocks 4 at the ends attached to a bolt 5 on the pipe 1, and where the pipe 1 together with clamping mechanisms 2, 3 constitutes the clamping member. The length of the rod 1 can be varied by turning the clamping mechanisms designed as rings 2, 3. On the clamping means are placed footrests 18, one of which can be seen on a larger scale in fig. 2. The footrests can be turned around the clamping means to form a comfortably rounded edge for the legs when the legs are inserted under the bar.

Near the edges at both ends of the tube 1, fastening means 11 are attached to the tube. The fastening means have holes which cooperate with a wire or cord 6 and a yoke 12

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4 also has fastening means 15 corresponding to the fastening means 11, so that the cord 6 can be displaced laterally in the opening. A counter-force means, for example in the form of a coil 10 with or without spring force meter, is arranged on the cord 6.

The counter-force means used can be, for example, a coil 10 of the type which has a drum with the cord 6 wound around it, the drum being mounted in a housing connected to the clamping means 1. On one side the drum is provided with a friction coating 9 This side engages a disc 8 provided with a friction coating which is pressed against the friction coating of the drum by means of an adjusting screw 8 on the outside of the drum housing. By increasing or decreasing the pressure of the friction disc against the drum by means of the adjusting screw 7, the counterforce during the pulling of the cord can be increased or decreased.

On the opposite side of the drum, a return spring is provided for rewinding the cord. A scale 16 may also be provided on the housing to indicate the preset counterforce load.

The counter-force means can also be a spring means (not shown), which consists of a helical spring, a protective housing and an adjustable fastening strap, which is arranged between the fastening means 11 and the fastening means 15.

The clamping means can of course be made to be clamped in any opening and is not limited to use in door and window openings.

Claims (4)

Exercise apparatus comprising a yoke (12) removably connected at both ends to counter-force means, preferably braking means (10) or spring means which emit a force opposite to a force delivered to the yoke, characterized in that it one end of each counter-force means (10) is connected to a clamping rod (1) which is arranged to be placed in clamps in a door opening or similarly designed opening. Apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that two footrests (18) are arranged on the clamping bar (1) and which can be turned around the bar to form a comfortably rounded edge for the legs when these are inserted under the bar for exercise exercises requiring immobility of the legs. Apparatus according to claims 1 and 2, characterized in that the counter-force means (10) is connected to the yoke (12) and the clamping rod (1) via cords (6) or similar traction transmission means, and comprises a coil (10) arranged e: tet to allow the cord to be pulled out during over winding of a preset braking force. Apparatus according to claims 2 and 3, characterized in that the counter-force means (10) is a helical spring with adjustable fastening straps for connection to the yoke (12) and the clamping rod (1).