Swivel foot assembly for a force plate or balance plate
AssigneeBertec Corporation
InventorsNecip Berme, Sasan Ghassab
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Abstract
A swivel foot assembly for a force plate or balance plate is disclosed herein. The swivel foot assembly includes a foot attachment component including a stem portion and a body portion, the stem portion of the foot attachment component configured to be attached to a force plate or balance plate; and a foot base component including a receptacle for receiving the body portion of the foot attachment component, the foot base component configured to be disposed on a support surface. The swivel foot assembly is configured to accommodate an uneven support surface on which a force plate or balance plate is disposed so that a force measurement accuracy of the force plate or balance plate is not adversely affected by stresses resulting from the uneven support surface.
Claims20
A swivel foot assembly for a force plate or balance plate, the swivel foot assembly comprising:
- a foot attachment component including a stem portion and a body portion, the stem portion of the foot attachment component configured to be attached to a force plate or balance plate;
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- a foot base component including a receptacle for receiving the body portion of the foot attachment component, the foot base component configured to be disposed on a support surface the foot base component further including a central collar portion and a peripheral rim portion surrounding the central collar portion, and the receptacle is disposed in the central collar portion;
- wherein the swivel foot assembly is configured to accommodate an uneven support surface on which a force plate or balance plate is disposed so that a force measurement accuracy of the force plate or balance plate is not adversely affected by stresses resulting from the uneven support surface.
A force plate or balance plate with a swivel foot assembly, the force plate or balance plate comprising:
- a top surface for receiving at least one portion of the body of a person;
- at least one force transducer, the at least one force transducer configured to sense one or more measured quantities and output one or more signals that are representative of forces and/or moments being applied to the top surface of the force plate or balance plate by the person;
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- at least one swivel foot assembly, the at least one swivel foot assembly including:
- a foot attachment component including a stem portion and a body portion, the stem portion of the foot attachment component attached to the force plate or balance plate, the stem portion of the foot attachment component of the at least one swivel foot assembly comprising a fastener stud that attaches the foot attachment component to the force plate or balance plate, and the stem portion of the foot attachment component of the at least one swivel foot assembly further comprising a collar portion disposed at a bottom of the fastener stud that limits an insertion depth of the fastener stud into a component of the force plate or balance plate;
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- a foot base component including a receptacle for receiving the body portion of the foot attachment component, the foot base component configured to be disposed on a support surface;
- wherein the at least one swivel foot assembly is configured to accommodate an uneven support surface on which the force plate or balance plate is disposed so that a force measurement accuracy of the force plate or balance plate is not adversely affected by stresses resulting from the uneven support surface.
A force plate or balance plate with a swivel foot assembly, the force plate or balance plate comprising:
- a top surface for receiving at least one portion of the body of a person;
- at least one force transducer, the at least one force transducer configured to sense one or more measured quantities and output one or more signals that are representative of forces and/or moments being applied to the top surface of the force plate or balance plate by the person;
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- at least two swivel foot assemblies disposed beneath the at least one force transducer, each of the at least two swivel foot assemblies including:
- a foot attachment component including a stem portion and a body portion, the stem portion of the foot attachment component attached to the force plate or balance plate;
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- a foot base component including a receptacle for receiving the body portion of the foot attachment component, the foot base component configured to be disposed on a support surface;
- wherein the at least two swivel foot assemblies are configured to accommodate an uneven support surface on which the force plate or balance plate is disposed so that a force measurement accuracy of the force plate or balance plate is not adversely affected by stresses resulting from the uneven support surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.