Measurement device with a support plate mounted on measurement cells and intended for a person to stand on

• US 7,107,832 B2
• Filed: 03/04/2004
• Issued: 09/19/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Otto Bock HealthCare GmbH (OTTO BOCK Holding GmbH & Company KG)
• Original Assignee: Otto Bock HealthCare GmbH (OTTO BOCK Holding GmbH & Company KG)
• Inventors: Hollaschke, Walter, Klingebiel, Karl-Heinz, Blumentritt, Siegmar
• Primary Examiner(s): Gibson, Randy W.
• Application Number:
  US10/792,275
• Publication Number:
  US 20040238234A1
• Time in Patent Office: 929 Days
• Field of Search: 177199-200, 600/587, 600/592, 731/72
• US Class Current: 73/172
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1036 Measuring load distribution, e.g. podologic studies
• CPC Class Codes: G01G 19/44 for weighing persons

Abstract

A measurement device with a support plate (1) mounted on measurement cells, and with a display device for displaying a force action line (7) for a person standing on bearing surfaces (10, 10′) of the support plate (1), permits monitoring of the force action line during a correction or optimization of the position of the person standing on the support plate (1) by virtue of the fact that lifting devices (9) are arranged underneath the bearing surfaces (10, 10′) and above the support plate (1).

Claims

1. A measurement device with a support plate (1) mounted on measurement cells, and with a display device for displaying a force action line (7) for a person standing on bearing surfaces (10, 10′

) of the support plate (1), wherein lifting devices (9) are arranged underneath the bearing surfaces (10, 10′

) and above the support plate (1),

wherein the bearing surfaces (10, 10′

) are arranged parallel to one another on both sides of a center plane, and

wherein at least three lifting devices (9) are in each case present on both sides of the center plane.

2. The measurement device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the lifting devices (9) are designed to be steplessly adjustable.

3. The measurement device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the lifting devices (9) are designed to be individually adjustable.

4. The measurement device as claim in claim 1, wherein the lifting devices (9) are designed to be electrically adjustable.

5. The measurement device as claim in claim 1, wherein the bearing surfaces (10, 10′

) can be varied by means of the lifting devices (9) in a bearing angle parallel to the center plane.

6. The measurement device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bearing surfaces (10, 10′

) can be varied by means of the lifting devices (9) in a bearing angle transverse to the center plane.

7. The measurement device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the lifting devices (9) for the bearing surfaces (10, 10′

) are arranged symmetrically with respect to the center plane.

8. The measurement device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the lifting devices (9) consist of a central hollow spindle screw (22) in engagement with at least one sleeve part (15, 19) which is rotationally fixed and has an internal thread (17, 21) cooperating with the spindle screw (22).

9. The measurement device as claimed in claim 8, wherein a drive mechanism of the spindle screw (22) is formed with a toothed ring arrangement (27, 28) arranged in the inside of the spindle screw (22) and in engagement with an internal toothing (25) of the spindle screw (22).

10. The measurement device as claim in claim 9, wherein the toothed ring arrangement (27, 28) has a planetary gear configuration.

11. The measurement device as claimed in claim 9, wherein a drive motor of the toothed ring arrangement (27, 28) is also arranged in the inside of the spindle screw (22).

12. The measurement device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the lifting device (9) has upper and lower rotationally fixed sleeve parts (15, 19) which cooperate with oppositely directed external thread sections (23, 24), respectively, of the spindle screw (22).

13. The measurement device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the spindle screw (22) has a diameter of greater than 5 cm.

14. The measurement device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the display of a line of the center of gravity is formed by projection of part of a plane of the center of gravity over the support plate (1).

15. The measurement device as claimed in claim 14, wherein a laser beam (7) oscillating perpendicularly with respect to the support plate (1) is provided in order to project part of the plane of the center of gravity.

16. The measurement device as claimed in claim 14, wherein, in order to project part of the plane of the center of gravity, a light beam is formed linearly by means of a lens optical system.

17. The measurement device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the spindle screw (22) has a diameter of greater than 10 cm.