Body-stimulating apparatus with an oscillating footplate

• US 8,057,366 B2
• Filed: 01/15/2010
• Issued: 11/15/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Johanna Hendrica Maria Van Den Hoogen
• Original Assignee: Johanna Hendrica Maria Van Den Hoogen
• Inventors: Koene, Franciscus Leonardes, Schippers, Rowdy Arjan
• Primary Examiner(s): CROW, STEPHEN R
• Application Number:
  US12/688,608
• Publication Number:
  US 20100184568A1
• Time in Patent Office: 669 Days
• Field of Search: 482 51- 52, 482/1, 482/92, 482/148, 601/35, 601/65, 601/90, 601/105
• US Class Current: 482/92
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 1/003 Rocking or oscillating around a horizontal axis transversal to the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 1/005 Moveable platform, e.g. vibrating or oscillating platform for standing, sitting, laying, leaning
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 1/006 Apparatus for applying pressure or blows for compressive stressing of a part of the skeletal structure, e.g. for preventing or alleviating osteoporosis
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2203/0406 Standing on the feet
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 23/0263 using rotating unbalanced masses

Abstract

An apparatus for the stimulation of the body has a footplate, which is connected to two oscillation devices and that are present on a supporting plate, which each have a driven shaft. Braces are fastened on the extremities of the shafts, which are eccentric with respect to the shafts. Plates are fastened on the footplate, which are provided with slots in which the braces can be moved. The apparatus also has guiding elements fastened on the supporting plate, which can be moved in vertical guides that are formed by slots present in the plates.

Claims

1. A body-stimulating apparatus comprising:

a supporting plate;

a user occupied footplate above the supporting plate;

two driven shafts;

at least one motor for driving said driven shafts

two oscillation devices driven by said driven shafts present at a distance from each other on the supporting plate and connected to the footplate for the oscillation of the footplate;

guiding devices via which the footplate is connected to the supporting plate, which guiding devices guide the footplate mainly in a vertical direction, wherein the guiding devices comprise at least one generally vertical guide fastened on the supporting plate, and at least one guiding element that is connected to the footplate and which works with the guide; and

ball bearings fastened to the bottom of the footplate to support the footplate above the supporting plate, and which roll over the supporting plate during the oscillation of the footplate, so that a horizontal component of the oscillation of the footplate is allowed, and so that the movement that one of the oscillation devices makes is out of phase with and/or has another amplitude than the movement of the other oscillation devices, such that during the use of the footplate does not pivot around a horizontally fixed pivot axis with respect to the supporting plate.