JP2003265556A - Athletic equipment used on bed and arrangement structure of the athletic equipment to bed - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide athletic equipment used on a bed reducing the bodily load to a person, usable on a bed having no foot board and not having possibility damaging the bed while ensuring a firm reaction part. <P>SOLUTION: The athletic equipment 1 is equipped with connection parts 8 connected to the side frames 6 of the bed 2 so as to set the side frames 6 to reaction parts. The athletic equipment 1 comprises an arm revolving type one enabling a person lying on the bed 2 with the face upward to bend and stretch his leg parts and also has mechanisms 21, 22 and 23 for suppressing the up and down replacement of a foot receiver 15 in such a process that the foot receiver 15 moves forwardly and rearwardly. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an exercise machine used in a bed and a structure for installing the same on the bed.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Actions for elderly people whose physical functions have declined are made possible, elderly people requiring nursing care can walk on their own, and bedridden elderly people can take an independent posture even temporarily. For the purpose of recovering power, various exercise equipments have been proposed for performing bending and stretching of the legs while lying on the bed, but in order to perform exercises using the equipments, , The device must be fixed somewhere, and as a measure to secure the reaction force part for that, conventionally, one that uses the exerciser himself as the reaction force part or one that uses the foot boat of the bed as the reaction force part Etc. are provided.

[0003]

However, the exercise equipment having the exercising person himself / herself as the reaction force portion is difficult to use for a person who is weak due to a large load on the person.

In addition, the exercise equipment using the footboard of the bed as a reaction force portion cannot be used in a bed without the footboard, and the footboard is raised upward from the upper surface of the bed and its upper end side. Is free, the use of such a footboard as a reaction part of the exercise equipment may damage the footboard.

In view of the above problems, the present invention has a small physical burden on a person, can be used in a bed without a footboard, and can secure a firm reaction force portion while the bed is being secured. It is an object of the present invention to provide an exercise equipment used in a bed and a structure for installing the equipment on the bed, which is free from the risk of damage to the equipment.

[0006]

The above-mentioned object is to provide a motion for use in a bed, characterized in that it is provided with a connecting portion which is connected to the side frame of the bed so that the side frame serves as a reaction force portion. Solved by the equipment.

In this exercise equipment, the side frame serves as a reaction force portion of the exercise equipment by connecting the connecting portion to the side frame of the bed. Therefore, the physical load on the person is small, and the bed can be used without a footboard. By using the side frame of the bed as the reaction force portion, a firm reaction force portion can be secured, and there is no risk of damaging the bed.

Further, the exercise equipment is provided with a connecting portion, and the connecting portion is connected to the side frame of the bed so that the side frame serves as a reaction force portion.
The same problem can be solved by the structure in which the exercise equipment used in the bed is installed in the bed.

Further, the reaction material for exercise equipment used in a bed is characterized in that it is provided with a connecting portion connected to the side frame of the bed so that the side frame serves as a reaction portion. It can also be solved with reaction materials. By connecting the connecting portion of the reaction force member to the side frame of the bed, the side frame becomes the reaction force portion of the exercise equipment.

In the case where the above-mentioned exercise equipment is for a person lying on his / her back on the bed to perform bending and stretching movements of the legs, the bending direction of the legs and the axial direction of the side frame of the bed are in the same direction. Therefore, this side frame can be used as a firm reaction force part.

In this exercise equipment, the lower end side is the center of rotation,
A rotating arm that is raised upward from the connecting portion to the bedside and has an upper end side that rotates in the front-rear direction, and a rotating arm that is provided on the upper end side of the rotating arm and maintains a state of being separated from the bed upper surface above the bed upper surface. However, it is preferable that a footrest that rotates the rotating arm to reciprocate in the front-rear direction is provided.

In this exercise equipment, the bed-side mounting portion can be made compact, yet the legs can be bent back and forth with a sufficient stroke. Moreover, the equipment is not placed on the upper surface of the bed, and since the upper surface of the bed exists under the footrest, the footrest may be located near the upper surface of the bed to reduce lifting of the lower half of the body. Also, when the legs are extended by bending and stretching,
The back portion of the leg does not hit the device, and the bending and stretching movement of the leg can be performed with less resistance.
In addition, it can be realized by a simple mechanism of rotating the arm.

In the case where a mechanism for suppressing or eliminating the vertical displacement of the footrest in the process of reciprocating in the front-rear direction is provided, the arm can be rotated and the bending and stretching motion of the legs can be applied to the body. It can be effectively done without unnecessary burden.

[0014]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

In the first embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, 1 is an exercise machine, 2 is a bed, and in the bed 2, 3 is a mat, 4 is a headboard, 5 is a hood board, and 6 is a reaction force section. It is a side frame as.

The left and right side frames 6 (the other frame is not shown) of the bed 2 have a rectangular cross section, and the front and rear sides for connecting and attaching the exercise equipment 1 to the upper surface portion near the rear portion thereof. The mounting holes 7 and 7 are opened. The mounting holes 7 and 7 may be holes that are originally formed in the bed 2, or may be provided if such holes are not provided in advance.

The exercise equipment 1 is used by a person lying on his / her back on the bed 2 for bending and stretching the legs. The exercise equipment 1 is connected to the left and right side frames 6 of the bed 2, and the lower end side. Is provided as a center of rotation, and the left and right connecting portions 8 and 8 are respectively provided with rising arms which rise upward and whose upper ends rotate in the front-rear direction.

Each of the connecting portions 8 and 8 is provided with a connecting base material 10, and the base material 10 includes a horizontal plate portion 10a placed on the upper surface portion of the side frame 6 and a side surface on the outer side of the side frame 6. It is made of an L-shaped material having a vertical plate portion 10b along the portion.

The horizontal plate portion 10a of the base material 10
The front and rear pin portions 11 for inserting into the front and rear mounting holes 7, 7 formed in the side frame 6 of the bed 2,
11 is provided so as to protrude downward, and the base member 10 is installed on the side frame 6 by inserting these pin portions 11 and 11 into the holes 7 and 7 on the upper surface of the side frame 6, and the levers 12 and 12 are installed. If the pins 11 and 11 are tilted down, the pin portions 11 and 11 cannot come out of the holes 7 and 7, and the base member 10 is fixedly connected to the side frame 6.

Bearings 13 are provided on the upper surfaces of the horizontal plate portions 10a of the respective base members 10 of the left and right connecting portions 8 and 8, and the lower end side of the rotating arm 9 is pivotally attached to the bearings 13. These rotating arms 9 and 9 have a length dimension that extends above the upper surface of the mat 3 of the bed 2, and the left and right rotating arms 9 and 9 have bar 14 at the upper end.
And the foot rest 15 is attached to the central portion of the bar 14, whereby both feet are placed on the foot rest 15 and the legs are bent and extended in the front-rear direction.
Is rotated in the front-back direction.

The foot support 15 is of a type that receives both feet by itself, and is of an L-shape in side view, which has a part to which the sole of the foot is applied and a part to which the heel is placed. The foot rest 15 is attached to the bar 14 so as to be able to swing up and down so as to follow changes in the direction of the foot during flexion and extension of the legs. In the foot rest 15, the part on which the sole of the foot rests and the part on which the heel is placed may be configured as separate parts.

As shown in FIG. 5B, the foot rest 15 is provided with an energizing device 16 so that the person who is exercising can visually and audibly convey the results and rhythm of the exercise. Has been done. Specifically, for example, the device may be configured to be capable of counting the number of leg kicks and displaying the movement rhythm of the leg kicks by voice or the like. The encouragement device 1
The footrest 6 may be fixedly provided on the footrest 15, may be detachably attached, or may be provided on a place other than the footrest 16.

The exercise equipment 1 of this embodiment is provided with a load mechanism 17 for applying a load to the legs during this bending and stretching exercise. In the load mechanism 17, for example, an oil damper or a gas damper 17a is connected to the rotating arm 9 and the connecting portion 8a.
It is configured to be connected to the base material 10 of FIG. 1 and is expanded and contracted by rotating the rotating arm 9 in the front-rear direction, and a load is applied to the legs by this expansion and contraction.

Reference numeral 17b is a load adjusting portion, and as shown in FIG. 4, by selecting one of a plurality of mounting holes provided therein and connecting the ends of the damper 17a, the load is adjusted. The size can be adjusted. The damper 17a may be replaceable, and dampers having different loads may be selectively or additionally attached.

The load by the load mechanism 17 may be applied only when the legs are extended during flexion and extension of the legs, or only when the legs are bent. This may be done, or it may be done in both extension and refraction. If a load is applied in the extension direction when the legs are bent, it is preferable to equip the foot rest 15 with a band for fastening the foot, although not shown. Further, as a load mechanism, a bearing 13 is provided with a spring, and by this spring the arm 9 is biased in the leg bending direction so that the leg can be automatically bent. It may be adopted, and various types of load mechanisms may be adopted.

The exercise equipment 1 of the present embodiment is further provided with a mechanism for suppressing the vertical displacement of the footrest 15 in the process of reciprocating in the front-rear direction. That is, each rotating arm 9 includes an outer cylinder 21 and an inner rod portion 22 slidably inserted into the outer cylinder 21, and the outer cylinder 21 is pivotally attached to the bearing 13 of the base member 10. , Load mechanism 1
7 is also connected to the outer cylinder 21. And the inner rod portion 22
Is slidable in the axial direction in the outer cylinder 21 without being pivotally attached to the bearing 13, the bar 14 is connected to the upper end portion, and one end of the link 23 is connected to the lower end of the inner rod portion 22. Side is pivotally attached, and the other end side of this link 23 is the base material 10.
Is pivotally attached to the side surface of the vertical plate portion 10b.

As a result, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4,
When the outer cylinder 21 rotates and the footrest 15 tries to rise, the inner rod portion 22 is pulled downward by the link 23, and the footrest 1
5 is suppressed, and when the outer cylinder 21 is rotated to lower the footrest 15, the inner rod portion 22 is pushed upward by the link 23, and the lowering of the footrest 15 is suppressed. ing. By providing such a vertical displacement suppressing mechanism, even if the exercise machine 1 is of the arm rotating type as described above, the bending exercise of the legs can be effectively performed without applying an unnecessary burden to the body. be able to. Moreover, it can be realized by a simple mechanism using the link 23 as described above. Note that this mechanism may be configured as a vertical non-displacement mechanism in which the footrest 15 makes horizontal linear motion in the front-rear direction.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, in the exercise equipment 1 described above, the base members 10, 10 of the left and right connecting portions 8, 8 are installed on the left and right side frames 6 of the bed 2, and at this time, the connecting members are connected. The pins 11 of the parts 8 and 8 are connected to the holes 7 and 7
, And the levers 14 are tilted so that they are fixedly connected to the left and right side frames 6 of the bed 2 and can be easily attached to the bed 2.

After mounting in this way, as shown in FIG. 5, the legs may be bent and extended while lying on the bed 2 with their feet resting on the foot rests 15. This exercise equipment 1
Since the arm is rotatable, the mounting portion on the bed 2 side can be made compact as described above, yet the legs can be bent back and forth with a sufficient stroke.

In this bending and stretching exercise, while the legs are extended, a force pushing the exercise equipment 1 backward acts, but the exercise equipment 1 is fixedly connected to the side frame 6 of the bed 2. Since the side frame 6 serves as a reaction force portion, the backward movement of the exercise equipment 1 is firmly prevented. Of course, the exercise equipment 1 does not move forward.

As described above, in this exercise equipment 1, since the connecting portion 8 is connected to the side frame 6 of the bed 2, the side frame 6 serves as a reaction force portion of the exercise equipment 1, and a person can react to this reaction force. Since it does not have to be a part, the burden on the person can be reduced, and the footboard 5 is not overloaded, and although not shown, it can be applied to a bed without a footboard. Can be installed.

Further, since the side frame 6 of the bed 2 is used as the reaction force portion, a firm reaction force portion can be secured, and there is no fear of damaging the bed 2.
That is, during the bending and stretching motion of the legs, the side frame 6 of the bed 2 is
, A force mainly acts in the axial direction thereof, and even if the exercise equipment 1 is attached to this bed and a bending and stretching motion is performed, the bed does not bounce. Of course, even if the load by the load mechanism 17 is set to be large, the bed 2 does not bounce likewise.

Moreover, since the exercise equipment 1 is not placed on the upper surface of the bed 2, and the upper surface of the mat 3 of the bed 2 exists below the foot support 15, the foot support 15 is used to reduce lifting of the lower half of the body. Even if you place it near the top of the bed,
When the legs are extended by the bending movement, the back portion of the leg does not hit the equipment, and the bending movement is performed by the equipment 1.
It can be done with less feeling of resistance. In addition, it can be realized by a simple mechanism of rotating the arm.

As shown in FIG. 5, when the bed 2 is a nursing care bed, the rise in body displacement during exercise can be laid on the back with the body slightly raised.
It is also good to prevent it by adjusting.

Alternatively, as shown in FIGS. 8A and 8B, it is also possible to use a misalignment prevention tool 30. This slip-up prevention tool 30 prevents the slip-up of the body by supporting both shoulders of the person by using the head boat 4 of the bed 2 as a reaction force. The gap between the position of the head boat 4 and the position of the shoulder of the person. There are provided a mechanism for adjusting the size and a mechanism for adjusting the width according to the size of a person's shoulder width.
That is, the left and right blocks 3 to be brought into contact with the headboard 4
2, 32 are connected by a rod 33, and each block 32, 3
2, the rods 34, 34 extend in the shoulder direction, and the rod 3
Shoulder pads 35, 35 are attached to the tip portions of 4, 34. Then, the left and right blocks 3 along the rod 33
The width of the shoulder pads 35 and 35 can be adjusted according to the size of the shoulder width of a person by moving the screws 2 and 32 closer to and away from each other by a screw feed mechanism. The distance between the position of the head boat 4 and the position of the person's shoulder can be adjusted by moving the blocks 32, 32 toward and away from each other by a screw feeding mechanism or the like. By using such a shift-up prevention device 30, it is possible to prevent the shift-up of the body during exercise even in a general bed that is not a nursing care bed.

Further, the above-mentioned exercise equipment 1 is provided with a mechanism that allows the arm 9 to be locked at the pivot position on the side of the footboard 5 as shown by the solid line in FIG. 4 when the flexion / extension movement is not performed. If such a mechanism is provided, the exercise equipment 1 does not hinder the daily use of the bed 2, and the burden of removing and attaching the exercise equipment 1 one by one can be eliminated.

The exercise equipment 1 of the second embodiment shown in FIG.
The bed 2 is configured so as to be connected and attached only to one side frame 6 of the bed 2, and has a structure including one rotating arm 9. Others are the same as the above-mentioned embodiment.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 7A, the bar 14 is used.
However, the length dimension can be adjusted. That is, the bar 14 is provided with a center bar 14b and left and right side bars 14a, 14a, and is of a plug-in type so that the length dimension can be changed to a desired length. Screw size 25,25
It can be fixed with. As a result, the exercise equipment 1 can be widely used for various beds having different width dimensions.

The embodiment shown in FIG. 7B shows an example of the reaction material of the present invention. The reaction material 27 has a pair of front and rear insertion holes 28, 28 to which the exercise equipment 1 is attached. , A plurality of pairs of mounting holes 29 corresponding to the holes 7, 7 formed in the side frame 6 of the bed 2, and using any one of the mounting holes 29 ... 27 can be attached to the side frame 6. As a result, even if the positions of the holes 7, 7 of the side frame 6 and the mounting position of the exercise equipment 1 along the side frame 6 do not match, the mounting position of the exercise equipment 1 can be set in multiple steps in the front-rear direction. The exercise equipment 1 can be adjusted to the side frame 6
The holes 7 and 7 can be mounted at a proper position without being restricted.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to this, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the device 1 for arm bending type leg bending and stretching exercises.
However, it is not limited to the arm rotation type.
It may be a rail type or the like. Further, the present invention is not limited to leg bending and stretching, but may be for upper body exercise. The present invention includes a connecting portion connected to the side frame of the bed so that the side frame serves as a reaction force portion. Any exercise equipment may be used, and it can be widely applied to various exercise equipment such as those used on a bed. In addition, in the above-described embodiment, the exercise equipment 1 provided with the load mechanism 17 is targeted. However, for example, when the exercise equipment 1 is used for bending, stretching, and stretching exercises of a leg of a weak person, the load mechanism is It may be configured as 17 omitted exercise equipment. Further, the exercise equipment may be divided into a device main body and a connecting part, and the side frame of the bed may serve as a reaction force part of the device main body through the connecting part. An example is also shown in FIG. 7B. Is.

Further, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the exercise equipment 1 itself is provided with the connecting portion 8 for connecting to the side frame 6 of the bed 2, but such exercise equipment is provided with such a connecting portion. Non-equipment, using a reaction material with a connecting part that is connected to the side frame of the bed,
The connecting portion of the reaction force member is connected to the side frame of the bed, and the exercise equipment is installed so that the reaction force member serves as the reaction force portion. The force section may be used, and an example thereof is shown in FIG. 7B, but it goes without saying that other types of reaction material may be used.

[0042]

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION Since the present invention is as described above, the physical burden on a person is small, it can be used in a bed without a footboard, and a firm reaction force section can be secured. However, there is no risk of bed damage.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an exercise machine of a first embodiment, FIG. 1 (a) is an overall perspective view showing the exercise machine and a bed in a separated state, and FIG. 1 (b) is an enlarged view of the exercise machine attached to the bed. It is a perspective view.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing the exercise equipment and the bed in a separated state.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing a state where the exercise equipment is attached to the bed.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing a state in which the legs are extended during bending and stretching exercises.

FIG. 5 (a) is an overall side view during flexion / extension movement, FIG.
FIG. 3 is a front view of a footrest.

FIG. 6 shows an exercise machine of a second embodiment, FIG. 6 (a) is an overall perspective view showing the exercise machine and the bed in a separated state, and FIG. 6 (b) is an enlarged view of the state in which the exercise machine is attached to the bed. It is a perspective view.

FIG. 7A is an exploded perspective view showing an exercise machine of another embodiment, and FIG. 7B is an exploded perspective view showing one embodiment of a reaction force material.

8A and 8B show an embodiment of a slip-up preventing tool, wherein FIG. 8A is a perspective view of the same and FIG. 8B is a perspective view of a usage state.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Exercise equipment 2 ... bed 6 ... Side frame 8 ... Connection part 9 ... Rotating arm 15 ... foot rest 21 ... Outer cylinder (vertical displacement suppressing mechanism) 22 ... Inner rod (vertical displacement suppressing mechanism) 23 ... Link (vertical displacement suppressing mechanism)

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Takahito Takeuchi             4-7-11 Izumicho, Nishi-Tokyo, Tokyo (72) Inventor Kentoshi Ishii             4-9-5 Koenji Kita, Suginami-ku, Tokyo F-term (reference) 4C040 AA23 HH04 JJ06

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An exercise equipment for use in a bed, comprising a connecting portion connected to the side frame of the bed so that the side frame serves as a reaction force portion. 2. The exercise equipment for use in a bed according to claim 1, wherein the exercise equipment is used for a person lying on his / her bed to perform bending and stretching movements of the legs. 3. A bed, which has a lower end side as a center of rotation and which rises upward from a connecting portion to the bedside and has an upper end side which rotates in the front-rear direction, and which is provided on an upper end side of the rotating arm. The exercise for use in a bed according to claim 2, further comprising: a footrest that rotates the rotating arm to reciprocate in the front-rear direction while maintaining a state of being separated from the bed upper surface above the upper surface. machine. 4. The exercise equipment for use in a bed according to claim 3, further comprising a mechanism for suppressing or eliminating the vertical displacement of the footrest during the reciprocating movement in the front-rear direction. 5. An exercise equipment used in a bed, wherein the exercise equipment is provided with a connecting portion, and the connecting portion is connected to the side frame of the bed so that the side frame serves as a reaction force portion. Installation structure on the bed. 6. A reaction force material for exercise equipment used in a bed, comprising a connecting portion connected to the side frame of the bed so that the side frame serves as a reaction force portion. Reaction material.