Abstract
The invention comprises an exercise device for back and abdominal muscles to be fastened onto a wheelchair.
Claims
1. A wheelchair exercise device CHARACTERIZED IN that the device consists of a seat (1) made of two separate flat, straight, plate-like, oval-shaped seat plates (1,1), preferably made of hard, light, slippery material, and there is a longish, flexible, preferably pipe-like element (2), with paddy (3) on the top part, mounted onto a ca. 5-15 cm high ferrule (7) or hole integrated approximately in the middle (7A) of the outer edge (4) of those plates (1,1), and the element (2) has a sturdy, wide belt half (5,5A), adjustable up and down (11) the element (2) body and the ends of the belt halves (5,5A), can be fastened onto each other with Velcro (6) and the width (12) and vertical (13) adjustment of those elements (2) is arranged so that the combined measurement of both the width and length of the seat plates (1,1) is smaller than the measurement of the wheelchair (8) seat, thereby allowing the width (12)and vertical (13) adjustment of the location of the seat plates (1,1) on the wheelchair seat.
2. A wheelchair exercise device according to claim 1, CHARACTERIZED IN that the longish element (2) and the seat plate (1), with the edges (4), are such that they can be technically manufactured as one solid entity.
Description
[0021] The following is a presentation of the invention, with reference to the attached drawings, in which
[0022] FIG. 1 shows separate seat plates (1) that have the longish elements (2), with padding (3), attached onto them and the belt halves (5,5 A).
[0023] FIG. 2 illustrates an exercise device mounted on a wheelchair (8) and a person sitting in the natural position (9B) with the straight back about to start abdominal exercise with the elements' (2) padding parts (3) in front of the shoulders (9) and the belt (5,5A) behind the lumbar region.
[0024] FIG. 3 shows a person having started abdominal exercise (9A) by bending the upper body forward.
[0025] FIG. 4 presents a person sitting in the natural position (10B) with the straight back about to start back muscle exercise with the elements' (2) padding parts (3) behind the shoulders (10) and the belt (5,5A) against the lower abdomen.
[0026] FIG. 5 shows a person having started back muscle exercise (10A) by bending the upper body backward.
[0027] FIG. 1 shows an exercise device consisting of two flat seat plates (1) with the high edges (4), and a longish flexible element (2), with padding (3), is fastened onto a ferrule (7) integrated onto both of the edges (4), with the belt halves (5,5A) that can be fastened onto each other with Velcro (6), allowing adjustment up and down (11) the element
[0028] FIG. 2 shows a person sitting in a natural position (9B) in a wheelchair (8) ready to start abdominal muscle exercise, and the paddings (3) are in front of the shoulders (9) and the belt (5,5A) touches the lumbar region. FIG. 3 shows a person having started abdominal muscle exercise (9A) by bending the upper body forwards, thereby allowing the forward-flexing elements (2) to generate resistance against the bending motion with the belt (5,5A) functioning as the counterforce.
[0029] FIG. 4 presents a person sitting in the natural position (10B) in a wheelchair with the straight back about to start back muscle exercise. In the back muscle exercise, the padding parts (3) are behind the shoulders (10) and the belt (5,5A) touches the lower abdomen.
[0030] FIG. 5 shows a person having started back muscle exercising (10A). The upper body is bent backwards and, as the flexible elements (2) bend, they generate resistance to the bending motion with the belt (5,5A) functioning as the counterforce against the abdomen.
