Device for fixing a test person on a standing surface

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9517156-B2
Application number	US-201514878004-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 8, 2015
Priority date	Feb 20, 2010
Publication date	Dec 13, 2016
Grant date	Dec 13, 2016

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for fixing a test person on a standing surface, wherein at least one rope is tensioned between a hip belt placed on the test person and a retaining plate arranged below the standing surface.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A device for fixing a test person on a standing surface, wherein between a waist belt placed on the test person and a retaining plate arranged below the standing surface at least one rope is tensioned,
wherein at least three deflection rollers are arranged on the retaining plate in such a way that the center of gravity of the area formed by the deflection rollers coincides with the center of gravity of the test person, as projected onto the retaining plate, and one circumferential rope is guided from the waist belt, placed on the test person, across the deflection rollers and back to the waist belt,
wherein the rope is a flexible steel rope.

2. Use of a device as claimed in claim 1 , in weightlessness or in water.

3. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the deflection rollers are arranged uniformly distributed around the center of gravity of the area formed by the deflection rollers.

4. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the deflection rollers are arranged uniformly distributed around the center of gravity of the test person, as projected onto the retaining plate.

5. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each of the deflection rollers has a pivot which is arranged in a common plane.

6. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the circumferential rope is guided from the waist belt, placed on the test person, across the deflection rollers and directly back to the waist belt.

7. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the waist belt comprises at least one inner ring, placed directly on the test person, and at least one outer ring which guides the rope, wherein the inner ring is pivot-mounted at the outer ring.

8. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the rope has a substantially constant length.

9. The device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein a maximum length difference in the rope is 5 mm.

Assignees

• Airbus Ds Gmbh

Inventors

• Marzilger Robert
• Kolb Rolf
• Kübler Ulrich
• Kern Peter
• Jung Steffen
• Gollhofer Albert

Classifications

• A63B21/4009

  to the waist · CPC title

• A61H3/008

  using suspension devices for supporting the body in an upright walking or standing position, e.g. harnesses · CPC title

• A61F5/37

  Restraining devices for the body or for body parts; Restraining shirts · CPC title

• A63B26/003

  for improving balance or equilibrium (balance beams A63B4/00; apparatus for rope dancing A63B7/08; balancing drums, balancing boards or the like A63B22/16) · CPC title

• A63B21/15

  Arrangements for force transmissions · CPC title