Lower limb exercise device and lower limb exercise system
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsEisuke Aoki, Tomio Ikeda, Tadashi Odashima, Takahiro Takeda
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Abstract
A lower limb exercise device that enables a user to perform a lower limb exercise effectively is achieved. A lower limb exercise device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure enables a user to perform a lower limb exercise while the user is seated on a chair. The lower limb exercise device includes exercise equipment for the user to perform the lower limb exercise, and a restriction mechanism configured to restrict movement of at least one caster of the chair from a reference arrangement range of the caster during the lower limb exercise.
Claims10
A lower limb exercise device for enabling a user to perform a lower limb exercise while the user is seated on a chair, the lower limb exercise device comprising:
- exercise equipment for the user to perform the lower limb exercise;
- and
- a restriction mechanism configured to restrict movement of at least one caster of the chair from a reference arrangement range of the caster during the lower limb exercise,
- wherein the restriction mechanism includes a contact part where the caster that moves away from the exercise equipment is brought into contact,
- wherein a position of the contact part relative to the exercise device is constrained in a region on a side moving away from the exercise equipment in a front-rear direction of the lower limb exercise device,
- wherein an upper end of the contact part is arranged higher than a center of the caster with the caster arranged inside the reference arrangement range and the contact part arranged at an uppermost position, and
- wherein the contact part is a movable plate that can move in an up-down direction of the lower limb exercise device and is energized upward of the lower limb exercise device.
A lower limb exercise device for enabling a user to perform a lower limb exercise while the user is seated on a chair, the lower limb exercise device comprising:
- exercise equipment for the user to perform the lower limb exercise;
- and
- a restriction mechanism configured to restrict movement of at least one caster of the chair from a reference arrangement range of the caster during the lower limb exercise,
- wherein the restriction mechanism includes a grounding part of the caster, a position of the grounding part relative to the exercise equipment is constrained in a region on a side moving away from the exercise equipment in a front-rear direction of the lower limb exercise equipment, and a frictional force on the side moving away from the exercise equipment is greater than a frictional force on the side of the exercise equipment,
- wherein the grounding part includes a projection that is inclined upward of the lower limb exercise device toward the exercise equipment, and
- wherein the projection is made of an elastic body and a plurality of the projections are arranged in the front-rear direction of the lower limb exercise device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.