Device for pelvic limb blood flow

Abstract

A structure including left and right footplates and weight shafts provided at left and right sides in a blood circulation exercise interlocking device, providing a pelvic limb blood circulation ankle interlocking device comprising a vertical supporter configured at the center of a lower plate of a main body in a vertical direction, left and right auxiliary vertical supporters configured to be parallel in a vertical direction at left and right sides of the vertical supporter, rotary shafts configured at the same position as the left and right auxiliary vertical supporters in a horizontal direction of the vertical supporter, left and right rotary bars configured at left and right sides of the rotary shaft to be coupled with a rotating device, weights made of heavy metals at the upper ends of the left and right rotary bars, and left and right footplates configured at left and right rotation lower ends.

Claims

1. A device for pelvic limb blood flow comprising: a vertical supporter extending vertically from a lower plate of a main body in a vertical direction; a rotary shaft configured in a form of a bar at a predetermined height on the vertical supporter and extending horizontally from the vertical supporter in; left and right rotary bars each having an upper end and a lower end that are configured to rotate up and downward, respectively, around the rotary shaft; first and second weights provided at the upper ends of the left and right rotary bars, respectively; and left and right footplates provided at the lower ends of the left and right rotary bars, respectively, wherein when a user sequentially presses on the left and right footplates, the first and second weights sequentially rotate upward by a rotation of the left and right rotary bars around the rotary shaft, respectively, and when the user releases pressure off the left and right footplates, the first and second weights rotate downward by gravity to return the left and right footplates back to an initial position.

2. The device for pelvic limb blood flow of claim 1, wherein the device is used with a chair structure.

3. The device for pelvic limb blood flow of claim 1, wherein the device is used with a desk structure.

4. The device for pelvic limb blood flow of claim 1, wherein the device is used with one side of a bed structure.

5. The device for pelvic limb blood flow of claim 1, further comprising a stop shaft configured on the vertical supporter to stop the left and right rotary bars from rotating past the stop shaft.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

(1) The above and other aspects, features, and advantages of the present invention in which:

(2) FIG. 1 illustrates Example 1 of the present invention;

(3) FIG. 2 is an operational diagram of FIG. 1;

(4) FIG. 3 illustrates Example 2 of the present invention.

(5) FIG. 4 is an operational diagram of FIG. 3;

(6) FIG. 5 is an application embodiment of the present invention;

(7) FIG. 6A is a diagram of regional cerebral blood flow of the sole;

(8) FIG. 6B is a diagram for usage of the sole;

(9) FIG. 7A is a diagram at the time of being coupled with a table of the present invention;

(10) FIG. 7B is a diagram at the time of being installed in a transportation means;

(11) FIG. 7C is a diagram at the time of being coupled with a chair; and

(12) FIG. 8 is a reference diagram of venous blood.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

(13) An object of the present invention is to provide a configuration in which passengers who are seated in a narrow seat in an airplane seat, a train, a bus, and a car, a long-time worker in front of a desk, and examinees who study in a reading room, promote the repetitive and steady contraction and relaxation of the calf muscles through the walking, the foot, and the ankle movements to steadily perform blood circulation from the pelvic limb using the same pumping effect as that of walking.

(14) As illustrated in FIGS. 1, 2, 3, and 4, the present invention includes a vertical supporter 2 configured at the center of a lower plate 1 of a main body in a vertical direction,

(15) a rotary shaft 2b configured in a horizontal direction of the vertical supporter 2,

(16) left and right rotary bars 8a and 9a configured at left and right sides of the rotary shaft 2b,

(17) a weight 16 configured at the upper end of the left and right rotary bars 8a and 9a to rotate from the vertical direction to the horizontal direction by gravity acting on its own weight, and

(18) left and right footplates 8 and 9 configured at the lower end of the left and right rotary bars 8a and 9a to automatically rotate in a vertical direction by the gravity action of the weight 16.

(19) When the user releases the pressure of the left and right footplates 8 and 9, the weight 16 rotates downward by the gravity action by its own weight and then the left and right footplates 8 and 9 automatically rotate upward until reaching stop shaft 2e.

(20) When the user releases the pressure of the left and right footplates 8 and 9, the weight 16 rotates downward by the gravity action by its own weight and then the left and right footplates 8 and 9 automatically rotate upward.

(21) Further, an auxiliary rotary shaft 2d is provided at the upper end of the vertical supporter 2, rotary weights 16a are provided at both sides of the auxiliary rotary shaft 2d, respectively, and a moving surface (not illustrated) is formed at the lower end of the weight 16a.

(22) Left and right wheels 5 and 6 made of an elastic material configured by one of urethane, silicon, or rubber are configured at the upper ends of the left and right rotary bars 8a and 8b.

(23) The structure may be coupled with a chair structure or coupled with a desk structure or a bed structure.

(24) This will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

(25) That is, as illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 4, when the user presses the front foot downward by the left footplate 8 based on the heel 14a, the calf muscles on the left footplate 8 are contracted and when the left footplate 8 is lowered, the calf muscles are relaxed.

(26) In the same principle, when the right footplate 9 is pressed downward, the calf muscles on the right footplate 9 are contracted and when the right footplate 9 is lowered, the calf muscles are relaxed.

(27) By repeating this sequence, the left and right calf muscles on the left and right footplates 8 and 9 are sequentially contracted and relaxed to sequentially and continuously promote blood circulation in the pelvic limb and maintain venous circulation such as cardiac pumping.

(28) Further, since the above blood circulation needs to be constantly continued for a long time, the structure itself is configured by a structure with no noise.

(29) The present invention will be described in detail in the following Examples with reference to the drawings.

(30) As illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2, the vertical supporter 2 is configured at the center of the lower plate 1 of the main body in the vertical direction.

(31) Left and right auxiliary vertical supporters 2a are configured at left and right sides of the lower plate 1 of the main body to be parallel to the vertical supporter 2 in the vertical direction.

(32) The rotary shaft 2b is configured in the horizontal direction at the same position of the vertical supporter 2 as the auxiliary vertical supporters 2a.

(33) The left and right rotary bars 8a and 9a, as shown in FIG. 5, are configured at a predetermined proper height of the vertical supporter 2 in a horizontal direction, and are provided at both the left and right sides of the rotary shaft 2b, which is formed in the shape of a bar respectively, to be coupled with a rotating device 2c such as a bearing.

(34) The weights 16 made of a material having a large weight density such as metals such as heavy iron and plastic are configured at the upper ends of the left and right rotary bars 8a and 9a, respectively.

(35) The left and right footplates 8 and 9 are configured at the lower ends of the left and right rotary bars 8a and 9a and the weights 16 are configured at the upper ends of the left and right rotary bars 8a and 9a, respectively.

(36) The weight of the weight 16 may be adjusted depending on user's physical strength.

(37) A method of adjusting the weight of the weight 16 depending on user's physical strength is a method of selectively adjusting the weight itself of the weight 16 and as another method, the weight may be adjusted by varying a position of the weight 16.

(38) The left and right footplates 8 and 9 are formed in a shape having a downward angle based on the vertical supporter 2 as illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2.

(39) That is, when the user presses the left and right footplates 8 and 9 based on the heel, the left and right footplates 8 and 9 move to the lower plate 1 of the main body by rotating the left and right rotary bars 8a and 9a and each of the weights 16 at the upper ends of the left and right rotary bars 8a and 9a is configured to be vertically close to each other and configures the angular range so as not to exceed the vertical state.

(40) That is, the left and right rotary bars 8a and 9a are formed in an S shape as illustrated in FIG. 2, the weight 16 is formed at the upper end of the S shape, and the left and right footplates 8 and 9 are formed at the lower end of the S shape. When the left and right footplates 8 and 9 are pressed based on the rotary shaft 2b to rotate downward by forming the rotary shaft 2b at the center of the left and right rotary bars 8a and 9a, the weight 16 rotates upward and when the user releases the pressure from the left and right footplates 8 and 9, the weight 16 automatically rotates downward by the gravity by its own weight until reaching the stop shaft 2e.

(41) As such, in the configuration of the present invention, as illustrated in FIG. 2, when the user sequentially presses the left and right footplates 8 and 9 with front surfaces of the left and right foots based on the left and right heels 14a, each of the left and right rotary bars 8a and 9a rotates based on the rotary shaft 2b and then the upper weight 16 rotates.

(42) When the pressure is released from the left and right footplates 8 and 9, each upper weight 16 rotates downward by the gravity action by its own weight and the left and right footplates 8 and 9 automatically rotates upward.

(43) When the left and right footplates 8 and 9 are sequentially pressed, an effect of walking continuously is obtained.

(44) The shapes of the left and right rotary bars 8a and 9a are not limited to the S shape and may be configured in various shapes such as a Z shape, an L shape, and the like. However, in a basic principle, when the left and right footplates 8 and 9 are pressed based on the rotary shaft 2b and rotating device 2c and rotates downward, the weight 16 rotates upward, and when the user 12 releases the pressure from the left and right footplates 8 and 9, the weight 16 is configured to automatically rotate and move downward by the gravity by its own weight.

(45) That is, the feature of the present invention is an automatic blood circulation ankle exercise device that operates by gravity force using a weight of the weight 16.

(46) The material of the weight 16 may use a plastic material as well as heavy iron and metals.

(47) Accordingly, the configuration angle of the weight 16 is set within a vertical form, that is, an angle of less than 90, that is, a vertical angle within 89 based on a horizontal direction at the time of rotating and within 0 based on the horizontal direction at the time of moving downward.

(48) For this reason, when the weight 16 fall down at more than 90 with respect to the vertical direction and the associated left and right footplates 8 and 9 cross the rotary shaft 2b at 0 or less in the horizontal direction, and thus, vertical interlocking action becomes impossible.

(49) In the actual configuration of the present invention, the upper and lower rotation directions of the weight 16 are preferably set to be between 15 and 45 upward. Therefore, the movement width of the left and right footplates 8 and 9 is preferably 45 to 15 downward.

(50) The reason for configuring this is that the object of the present invention is not muscular movement of breeding the muscle like a conventional stepper.

(51) The muscle exercise device can not be used for a long time like walking. An object of the present invention is to provide a pelvic limb venous blood circulation through an ankle exercise by obtaining an effect of walking continuously for a long time without human effort as if a person is walking for a long time.

(52) Another example will be described.

(53) As illustrated in FIG. 3, a structure in which a vertical supporter 2 is configured at the center of a lower plate 1 of a main body in a horizontal direction, auxiliary vertical supporters 2a are provided at left and right ends thereof, and a rotary shaft 2b is provided based on the vertical supporter 2 is the same as the structure of FIG. 1.

(54) However, the configuration of the weight 16 is different.

(55) That is, an upper rotary shaft 2d is further configured at the upper end of the vertical supporter 2 in a horizontal direction, and rotary weights 16a are provided at left and right ends of the rotary shaft 2d, respectively.

(56) A rear configuration of the rotary weight 16a is associated with the upper rotary shaft 2d by coupling the rotary shaft 17 with the bearing and the like and the front end of the rotary weight 16a is formed by the weight 16 made of a metal having a large weight.

(57) A moving surface 16b is formed at the lower surface of the rotary weight 16a to smoothly rotate and move without friction with the left and right wheels 5 and 6 made of an elastic material such as urethane, silicon, or rubber provided at the upper end of the left and right rotary bars 8a and 8b.

(58) In the present invention, as illustrated in FIG. 4, when a user 12 releases pressure from the left footplate 8 or the right footplate 9, the rotary weight 16a descends by the gravity action with the weight force of each weight 16.

(59) In this case, since the wheel itself rotates while the left and right wheels vertically rotate and move, the bottom of the rotary weight 16a softly rotates without friction and noise.

(60) Accordingly, when the left and right footplates 8 and 9 are sequentially pressed, the user has the same effect as walking by the action of the left and right rotary weights 16a and pelvic limb blood circulation pumping is enabled like a heart pump.

(61) As illustrated in FIG. 6A, a dented portion at the upper middle part of the sole is called a regional cerebral blood flow 11a.

(62) The regional cerebral blood flow 11a is medically known as a blood aperture in which aura nerves, blood vessels of the whole body gather in one place.

(63) The regional cerebral blood flow is the most important portion of the sole and when the regional cerebral blood flow is messaged, it helps to relieve fatigue by improving the blood circulation in the whole body and recovering vitality.

(64) However, conventional acupressure-related products have many ridges on the floor to allow the user to feel the pain of the sole and thus are not used for a long time.

(65) Further, the regional cerebral blood flow is a part having an effect when the entire portion needs to be pressed like a message and has no effect when being pressed like a conventional needle.

(66) The present invention is configured by one ridge hemisphere 11 to press the entire portion of the regional cerebral blood flow like the message for blood circulation on the surfaces of the left and right footplates 8 and 9 as illustrated in FIG. 6B by considering the disadvantage.

(67) The ridge hemisphere having the whole hemispherical shape is an elastic material and there is an effect that the user does not cause the pain even if the ridge hemisphere is used for a long time.

(68) In more detail, the material of the ridge hemisphere 11 is composed of a soft elastic material with high self-elasticity such as silicon, rubber, and urethane, and the shape is formed so that the effect of acupressure on the regional cerebral blood flow is generated by the elasticity of its own material, as if it is gently massaged by pressing the whole part of the regional cerebral blood flow of the soles 14 in the elastic material of the hemisphere.

(69) Accordingly, the present invention is applied to all of the Examples if necessary, and as illustrated in FIG. 5, the effect is enhanced by combining the acupressure exercise in the regional cerebral blood flow and the blood circulation movement in the left and right interlocking exercise.

(70) In the Example, the vertical rotation angle of the front foot of the user based on the vertical supporter 2 is not limited, but preferably within 50. The angle is more preferably about 20.

(71) The reason is that when the angle is greater than or equal to 50, the excessive force of the ankle ligaments is caused and brought about the pain, and thus blood circulation interlocking exercise for a long time is difficult.

(72) As such, according to the present invention, in order to compensate for a gap between left and right pelvic limbs depending on the user's physique, as shown in FIG. 5, the vertical supporter 2 of FIGS. 1 and 3 is divided into two parts, and thus the left and right rotary bars 8a and 9a, the left and right footplates 8 and 9, the left and right weights 16 and the main body board 1 are separated into left and right parts, and a general gap adjustment device 10a is configured therebetween to adjust the left and right gaps. Instead of using stop shaft 2e, as seen in FIG. 5, stopping device 18 can be used, which includes a protrusion and rotating arm 18a to control the rotation of the left and right footplates 8 and 9 and rotary shaft 2b.

(73) Due to vertical pump exercise that maintains the pelvic limb blood continued for a long time instead of the muscle exercise, noise may occur when a small amount of shock is accumulated during exercise and since used places of the product are spaces where multiple people live simultaneously like offices, reading rooms, and apartments, the noise needs not to occur. An object of the present invention is to prevent noise from occurring.

(74) In the structure of the present invention, the vertical supporter is provided at the front end of the lower surface of the main supporting plate 1, and when the vertical supported is rotated and erected, the user of the present invention may use the vertical supporter in a square shape at a convenient angle and carry the vertical supporter to be folded when not in use.

(75) Further, in the present invention, it is possible to perform blood circulation exercise without difficulty to examinees or office staffs who sit at a desk for a long time as illustrated in FIG. 7A, and airplane, train, bus, and car passengers traveling in narrow spaces for long periods of time, pregnant women with swollen legs that can not circulate blood, patients with cardiovascular disease in which a physical exercise is dangerous, and patients with diabetes who need a steady blood circulation as illustrated in FIGS. 7B and 7C.

(76) As illustrated in FIG. 7C, several occupational workers sitting in chairs can continue blood circulation exercise like walking while working or studying without a separate exercise time by installing the structure under the desk, thereby promoting studying concentration and fatigue recovery with the working effect.

(77) In addition, when the whole structure of the present invention is attached to one side of the bed in hospitals and the like, the patient may take a pelvic limb blood circulation exercise even while lying down.

(78) Therefore, the present invention is a device which allows the user to perform blood circulation without strength for a long time to stimulate pelvic limb muscles like walking by using gravity based on the ankle base as well as muscle exercise that applies force to physically unreasonable muscles, such as absorbers like a conventional stepper, springs, elastic devices, and air compressors.

(79) Therefore, examinees and desk workers who do not have time to exercise and users who do not have time to exercise study or work without a separate exercise time or work while working, traveling, or watching TV and have a light walking exercise effect to promote pelvic limb blood circulation, thereby restoring fatigue, preventing accumulation of fatigue, and preventing pulmonary embolism.