The present disclosure relates to an eye exerciser, wherein an object is moved in selected directions and a user's eye(s) follow the movement of the object and the movement of eye(s) results in eye exercise. Particularly, the present disclosure relates to a mechanical eye exerciser that has an object and the movements of the object are controlled to move in selected directions.
Eye strain reducing devices are known in the prior art, for example from patent documents U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,139,149, 7,255,439, 2,224,776 and 1,464,075, which when observed by user's eyes relieves eye strain. The device to reduce eye strain of the patent document U.S. Pat. No. 6,139,149 discloses visual elements freely suspended and moves by movement of the surrounding air and hence there is no controlled movement of visual elements. Uncontrolled movements may result in lack of focus, consistency, and preciseness. The eye diversion assembly and method of U.S. Pat. No. 7,255,439 though has controlled movement but has multiple panels rotating that may disturb the user. Also, the rotation of panels is a simple rotation in one plane and hence does not provide adequate eye exercise. The eye exercising device of the patent document U.S. Pat. No. 2,224,776 discloses rolling of object in a trackway by tilting the trackway by manipulating a handle. The object is observed from a chin rest provided on the device which causes inconvenience to adjust height between the user and the device. The eye-exercising device of U.S. Pat. No. 1,464,075 is a hand-operated device that swings object in an arc. Hand-operation may not remain stable during operation and therefore disturb the eye concentration on the object.
The known eye strain reducing devices, however, does not provide a controlled movement of object in one or more plane(s) which increases exercising efficiency because of the movement preciseness and consistency. Further, the known devices may require operation with human touch that may result in less focus for performing multiple operations.
Some of the objects of the arrangement of the present disclosure are aimed to ameliorate one or more problems of the prior art or to at least provide a useful alternative and are listed herein below.
An object of the present disclosure is to provide an eye exerciser that has controlled movement of object any without manual intervention resulting in increased focus.
Another object of the present disclosure is to provide an eye exerciser that enable movement of a user's eyes in a single and multiple planes.
Still another object of the present disclosure is to provide an eye exerciser that is portable and easy to operate.
Yet another object of the present disclosure is to provide a method for eye exercising by an eye exerciser that provides desired eye rotation because of controlled movement of object.
Still another object of the present disclosure is to provide a method for eye exercising and relieving eye strain that increases focus and concentration of the user.
Other objects and advantages of the present disclosure will be more apparent from the following description when read in conjunction with the accompanying figures, which are not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure.
The eye exerciser according to the invention in comparison has the advantages to provide better exercising efficiency by way of achieving more focus, consistency, and preciseness because of provision of controlled movement and selected movement. The eye exerciser includes an object and a movement mechanism. The movement mechanism is configurable to direct controlled movement to the object such that the object attains at least one selected movement. The selected movement of object is selected from the group consisting of: a rotational movement, a revolutionary movement, a simultaneous rotational movement and a revolutionary movement, a vertical movement, a horizontal movement and an oscillating movement. The rotating movement is rotation of the object around the object's rotational axis and revolutionary movement is revolution of the object around the defined-axis of the motion mechanism. In an operative configuration, the movement mechanism configured to provide the selected and controlled movements to the object and a user moves an eye or eyes following the selected and controlled movements of the object thus rendering the eye or the eyes exercise.
In one embodiment, the movement mechanism includes a base arrangement, a first rotating arrangement, an extending rod, a second rotating arrangement and a suspended rod. The base arrangement is positionable on a horizontal surface or fixable on a vertical surface. The first rotating arrangement is supported by the base arrangement. The extending rod is connected to the first rotating arrangement and extends from the base arrangement. The extending rod is controllably rotated by the first rotating arrangement. The second rotating arrangement is disposed at the extended edge of the extending rod. The suspended rod is in connection with the second rotating arrangement and suspends therefrom. The suspended rod at the free end is provided with the object. In an operating configuration, the first rotating arrangement rotates the suspended rod such that the object attains revolutionary movement around the extending rod and the second rotating arrangement rotates the suspended rod and the object to attain rotating movement. The simultaneous revolutionary movement and the rotating movement render the eye or the eyes (12) exercise.
In one embodiment, the movement mechanism includes a track which is replaceable with the suspended rod and is to be connected with the second rotating arrangement. The slider arrangement is movable on the track. The slider arrangement is connected with the object (10). The track is connected with the second rotating arrangement in at least one of: a vertical configuration to achieve the vertical movement and a horizontal configuration to achieve the horizontal movement.
A method for performing a user's eye or eyes exercise. The method includes:
In one embodiment, the method includes performing simultaneous revolutionary movement and rotational movement of the object by:
In additional embodiment, the method includes performing the step of the vertical movement and the horizontal movement of the object by:
The present disclosure will now be described with the help of the accompanying drawings, in which:
Referring now to the drawings,
The object (10) can be of any shape, size, configuration, color, material and texture. In typical illustration of Figures, the object is spherical shaped. The object (10) is desired to be of the size which is visible by a human/a user (11) by naked eyes (12). The object (10) can be three-dimensioned (as illustrated in Figures) or two-dimensioned like an eye-catcher drawing having a big spot.
The movement mechanism (20) provides different movements to the object (10). The different movements of the object (10) can be selected by the requirement of the user (11). The different movements which the user can select are a rotational movement, a revolutionary movement, a simultaneous rotational movement, a vertical movement, a horizontal movement and an oscillating movement. After selection of the movement, the user (11) can configure the movement mechanism (20) to achieve the selected movement of the object (11). Herein, the rotating movement is rotation of the object (11) around the object's rotational axis (X) and the revolutionary movement is revolution of the object (11) around the defined-axis (Y) of the motion mechanism (20).
In accordance with one embodiment, the movement mechanism (20) is configured with the use of a base arrangement (21), a first rotating arrangement (24), an extending rod (25), a second rotating arrangement (26) and a suspended rod (27). The base arrangement (21) can be positioned on a horizontal surface (22)(as illustrated in
In one embodiment, only the first rotating arrangement (24) is actuated that provides the revolutionary movement to the object (10) around the extending rod (25) to achieve a revolutionary movement of the eye or the eyes (12) of the user (11) by following the revolutionary movement of the object (10). Alternatively, only the second rotating arrangement (26) is actuated that provides the rotational movement of the object (10) to achieve a rotational movement of the eye or eyes (12) of the user (11) by following the rotational movement of the object (10). In another embodiment, both of the first rotating arrangement (24) and the second rotating arrangement (26) are actuated to achieve simultaneous revolutionary movement and rotational movement of the object (10). The simultaneous movement of the object (10) provides left to right, right to left, up to down, down to up, clockwise, counter clockwise, near and far movements of the eye or eyes (12) of the user (11). The simultaneous movement of the object (10) is the best operating mode as the eye or eyes (12) achieve the maximum continuous movements of left to right, right to left, up to down, down to up, clockwise, counter clockwise, near and far, thus rendering the most effective reduction of the eye(s) (12) strain.
In an optional embodiment, the movement mechanism (20) further includes a track (28) and a slider arrangement (29). The track (28) is replaced with the suspended rod (27) and connected with the second rotating arrangement (26). In one embodiment, the track (28) has a connector (30) that is connected with the second rotating arrangement (26) on which two copper sleeves (31) are fitted. The connector (30) has two carbon brushes therewithin and a copper strip is mounted behind the track (28). A carbon brushed set (32) is disposed in the slider arrangement (29). The slider arrangement (29) includes a four V-shaped pulleys (33) that enables guided movement on the track (28) and a pinion gear (34) that engages with a rack (35) provided on the track (28). The track (28) can be curved (as illustrated in
In accordance with other embodiment, the movement mechanism (20) can only be provided with the configuration that provides only the rotational movement, the revolutionary movement and simultaneous rotational movement and revolutionary movement. In still another embodiment, the movement mechanism (20) can only be provided with the configuration that provides the horizontal movement, the vertical movement and the oscillating movement. In yet another embodiment, the movement mechanism (20) can be provided with a configuration that provides forward and reverse movement to the second rotating arrangement (26) so that the second rotating arrangement (26) can provide oscillating movement to the suspended rod (27). The second rotating arrangement (26) can be provided with a timer-based controller system that enables oscillation. Typically, the timer-based controller system (such as a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) is well known in the art and the timer-based programming is easily programmed by a person skilled in the art) which includes an operating panel for providing the forward and reverse movement, a potentiometer and a recycle timer for setting the oscillation time. The programming of the timer-based controller can be altered as per the need of the movements of the object (10). The various configurations of the movement mechanism (20), as disclosed herein, can be selected based the need of the consumers and the commercial value at which the customer agrees to buy the product.
The present disclosure also includes a method for performing a user's (11) eye or eyes (12) exercise, in accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure. The method is initiated by providing the eye exerciser (100) that has the object (10) and the movement mechanism (20). The movement mechanism (20) is configurable to direct controlled movement to the object (10) such that said object (10) attains at least one selected movement. The movement can be selected from the simultaneous rotating movement and revolutionary movement of object, the rotating movement, the revolutionary movement, the vertical movement, the horizontal movement and the oscillating movement. The provided eye exerciser (100) can either be positioned on the horizontal surface (22) (as illustrated in
After providing and positioning the eye exerciser (100), the next step is actuating the movement mechanism (20) to attain the selected movement of the object (10) and the controlled movement of the object (10). The movement can be selected from the simultaneous rotating movement and revolutionary movement of object, the rotating movement, the revolutionary movement, the vertical movement, the horizontal movement and the oscillating movement. Herein, the rotating movement is rotation of the object (10) around the object's (10) rotational axis (X) and revolutionary movement is revolution of the object (10) around the defined-axis (Y) of the motion mechanism (20). In one embodiment, the method includes actuating the first rotating arrangement (24) such that the first rotating arrangement (24) rotates the extending rod (25) which is extending from the base arrangement (21). The base arrangement (21) supports the first rotating arrangement (24). The method further includes actuating the second rotating arrangement (26) such that the second rotating arrangement (26) rotates the suspended rod (27). The second rotating arrangement (26) is disposed at the extended edge (25bii) of the extending rod (25). The rotation of the suspended rod (27) provides rotational movement to the object (10) connected at the free end of the suspended rod (27). The rotation of the extending rod (25) results in revolutionary movement of the suspended rod (27) and thereby the object (10) around the defined-axis (X) of the extending rod (25).
In one embodiment, only the first rotating arrangement (24) is actuated that provides the revolutionary movement to the object (10) around the extending rod (25) to achieve a revolutionary movement of the eye or the eyes (12) of the user (11) by following the revolutionary movement of the object (10). Alternatively, only the second rotating arrangement (26) is actuated that provides the rotational movement of the object (10) to achieve a rotational movement of the eye or eyes (12) of the user (11) by following the rotational movement of the object (10). In the best working mode, both of the first rotating arrangement (24) and the second rotating arrangement (26) are actuated to achieve simultaneous revolutionary movement and rotational movement of the object (10).
The next step is following the controlled movement and the selected movement of the object (10) by the eye or eyes (12) of the user (12) who is at a distance from the object (10). The following of the eye or eyes (12) to the movement of the object (10) render eye or eyes (12) exercise. Further, the simultaneous movement of the object (10) provides left to right, right to left, up to down, down to up, clockwise, counter clockwise, near and far movements of the eye or eyes (12) of the user (11). The simultaneous movement of the object (10) is the best operating mode as the eye or eyes (12) achieve the maximum continuous movements of left to right, right to left, up to down, down to up, clockwise, counter clockwise, near and far, thus rendering the most effective reduction/relieving of the eye(s) (12) strain.
In an optional embodiment, the method includes performing the step of the vertical movement and the horizontal movement of the object (10) by:
In one embodiment, the first rotating arrangement (24), the second rotating arrangement (26) and the slider arrangement (29) can be manually operated. In another embodiment, the first rotating arrangement (24), the second rotating arrangement (26) and the slider arrangement (29) can be operated by the timer-based controller system such as the Programmable Logic Controller (PLC). The timer-based controller system provides oscillating movement to the suspended rod (27) to achieve the oscillating movement. The first rotating arrangement (24), the second rotating arrangement (26) and the slider arrangement (29) can be of a configuration that can provide rotation of the first rotating arrangement (24) and the second rotating arrangement (26) or the sliding movement of the slider arrangement (29) at a constant speed or at variable speeds. The selection of the first rotating arrangement (24), the second rotating arrangement (26) and the slider arrangement (29) thus can be made on the bases whether there is requirement of the constant speed or the variable speeds.
The foregoing description conveys the best understanding of the objectives and advantages of the present invention. Different embodiments, steps or alternatives may be made of the inventive concept of this invention. It is to be understood that all matter disclosed herein is to be interpreted merely as illustrative, and not in a limiting sense.
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202021023077 | Jun 2020 | IN | national |
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PCT/IN2021/050511 | 5/26/2021 | WO |