Exercise system with lower limb exercise device and chair

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12330018-B2
Application number	US-202318374011-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 28, 2023
Priority date	Oct 31, 2022
Publication date	Jun 17, 2025
Grant date	Jun 17, 2025

Abstract

An exercise system includes a rowing exercise device and a chair. The rowing exercise device achieves a lower limb exercise which includes repetitive extension and flexion of at least a knee joint and a hip joint. The chair is the one on which a user who performs the lower limb exercise using the lower limb exercise device sits. The chair includes a seat on which the user sits and a support mechanism capable of supporting the seat in such a manner that the seat can carry out a roll oscillation. The seat carries out a roll oscillation during the lower limb exercise, which causes a motion linkage between a lower limb and a trunk.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An exercise system comprising:
a lower limb exercise device configured to achieve a lower limb exercise which includes repetitive extension and flexion of at least a knee joint and a hip joint; and
a chair on which a user who performs the lower limb exercise using the lower limb exercise device sits, wherein
the chair comprises:
a seat on which the user sits; and
a support mechanism configured to support the seat in such a manner that the seat is configured to carry out a roll oscillation,

the seat carries out the roll oscillation during the lower limb exercise, which causes a motion linkage between a lower limb and a trunk,
the support mechanism comprises:
a right-leg-side elastic body that is disposed under the seat and the right-leg-side elastic body is configured to correspond to a right-leg-side ischium, which is an ischium on a right leg side of the user who sits on the seat; and
a left-leg-side elastic body that is disposed under the seat and the left-leg-side elastic body is configured to correspond to a left-leg-side ischium, which is an ischium on a left leg side of the user who sits on the seat,

each of the right-leg-side elastic body and the left-leg-side elastic body is a bag body in which gas is enclosed, and the bag body has a hemispherical shape that is convex downward in a state in which the gas is enclosed therein and has a flat top facing the seat.

2. The exercise system according to claim 1 , wherein the support mechanism is configured to correct a pitch posture of the pelvis of the user.

3. The exercise system according to claim 2 , wherein
the support mechanism further comprises a coccyx elastic body that is disposed under the seat and the coccyx elastic body is configured to correspond to a coccyx of the user who sits on the seat, and
the coccyx elastic body is configured to correct the pitch posture of the pelvis of the user.

4. The exercise system according to claim 3 , wherein the coccyx elastic body is a bag body in which gas is enclosed, or a coil spring.

5. An exercise system comprising:
a lower limb exercise device configured to achieve a lower limb exercise which includes repetitive extension and flexion of at least a knee joint and a hip joint; and
an exercise assisting tool that can be mounted on a seating surface of a chair and on which a user who performs the lower limb exercise using the lower limb exercise device sits, wherein
the exercise assisting tool comprises:
a seat on which the user sits; and
a support mechanism configured to support the seat in such a manner that the seat is configured to carry out a roll oscillation, and

the seat carries out the roll oscillation during the lower limb exercise, which causes a motion linkage between a lower limb and a trunk,
the support mechanism comprises:
a right-leg-side elastic body that is disposed under the seat and the right-leg-side elastic body is configured to correspond to a right-leg-side ischium, which is an ischium on a right leg side of the user who sits on the seat; and
a left-leg-side elastic body that is disposed under the seat and the left-leg-side elastic body is configured to correspond to a left-leg-side ischium, which is an ischium on a left leg side of the user who sits on the seat,

each of the right-leg-side elastic body and the left-leg-side elastic body is a bag body in which gas is enclosed, and the bag body has a hemispherical shape that is convex downward in a state in which the gas is enclosed therein and has a flat top facing the seat.

6. The exercise system according to claim 5 , wherein the support mechanism is configured to correct a pitch posture of the pelvis of the user.

7. The exercise system according to claim 6 , wherein
the support mechanism further comprises a coccyx elastic body that is disposed under the seat and the coccyx elastic body is configured to correspond to a coccyx of the user who sits on the seat, and
the coccyx elastic body is configured to correct the pitch posture of the pelvis of the user.

8. The exercise system according to claim 7 , wherein the coccyx elastic body is a bag body in which gas is enclosed, or a coil spring.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Aoki Eisuke

Classifications

• A63B22/0694

  without integral seat, e.g. portable mini ergometers being placed in front of a chair, on a table or on a bed · CPC title

• A63B2022/0641

  enabling a lateral movement of the exercising apparatus, e.g. for simulating movement on a bicycle · CPC title

• A63B2225/62

  Inflatable · CPC title

• A63B2208/0233

  in 90/90 position, like on a chair · CPC title

• A63B23/02

  for the abdomen, the spinal column or the torso {muscles related to shoulders (e.g. chest muscles)} · CPC title