Lower limb exercise equipment and pedal unit
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsEisuke Aoki, Tomio Ikeda
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Abstract
Supination and pronation of an ankle joint during a lower limb exercise is achieved. A foot-pedaling exercise equipment as a lower limb exercise equipment is a lower limb exercise equipment that enables a lower limb exercise to be performed using a pair of pedal units. Each of pedal units includes: a step part on which a corresponding foot part can be put; a base part; and a joint part that is provided between the step part and the base part and couples the step part to the base part in such a way that the step part can do a pitch turn, a roll turn, and a yaw turn with respect to the base part.
Claims4
A lower limb exercise equipment that enables a lower limb exercise to be performed using a pair of pedal units, each of the pedal units comprising:
- a step part configured to receive a foot of a user;
- a base part;
- and
- a joint part that is provided between the step part and the base part and couples the step part to the base part in such a way that the step part is capable of doing a pitch turn, a roll turn, and a yaw turn with respect to the base part,
- wherein the step part is configured to be screwed to a part of an outsole of a shoe worn by the user, wherein the part of the outsole to which the step part is configured to be screwed faces a rearfoot of the user such that a midfoot of the user is aligned with a pitch axis of the pitch turn.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.