Patent Application
20060234834
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an exerciser, and more particularly to an exerciser having an adjustable seat for being easily adjusted by users.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Various kinds of typical exercisers, such as cycle exercisers have been developed and comprise a seat disposed thereon for supporting users. For allowing the users to be comfortably supported on the seat, various kinds of typical cushioning devices have been provided to cushion the seat, and thus to cushion the users.
For example, U.S. Pat. No. 6,089,656 to Hals discloses one of the typical cycle exercisers comprising a seat pivotally disposed or supported thereon with a parallelogrammic structure for supporting users, and a spring-biasing cushioning device disposed in the parallelogrammic structure for cushioning the seat and thus the users.
However, the parallelogrammic structure may not be solidly secured to the seat or to the other supporting bases, such that the seat may not be solidly secured to the supporting bases, and such that the users may not be stably supported on the supporting bases with the parallelogrammic structure.
The applicant has developed another typical cycle exerciser which has been allowed and issued as U.S. Pat. No. 6,565,487 to Kuo, and which also comprises a seat pivotally disposed or supported thereon with a parallelogrammic structure for supporting users, and a lock rod for locking the parallelogrammic structure to the supporting bases at any selected heights or positions.
However, when it is required to adjust the parallelogrammic structure to the supporting bases at the selected heights or positions, the users have to move away from the seat, and then have to actuate the lock rod and to move or adjust the parallelogrammic structure relative to the supporting bases to the required or selected heights or positions, and then to release the lock rod, to allow the lock rod to lock the parallelogrammic structure to the supporting bases at the required or selected heights or positions.
The cited typical cycle exercisers have no support devices to solidly support the parallelogrammic structure relative to the supporting bases at the required or selected heights or positions, and have no adjusting device for allowing the users to easily and readily adjust the parallelogrammic structure relative to the supporting bases to any required or selected heights or positions.
The present invention has arisen to mitigate and/or obviate the afore-described disadvantages of the conventional cycle exercisers.
The primary objective of the present invention is to provide an exerciser including an adjustable seat for being easily adjusted by users.
The other objective of the present invention is to provide an exerciser including an adjustable seat having a parallelogrammic structure that may be solidly supported relative to the supporting bases at any required or selected heights or positions.
In accordance with one aspect of the invention, there is provided an exerciser comprising a base, a parallelogrammic supporting device rotatably supported on the base, to allow the parallelogrammic supporting device to be rotated and adjusted relative to the base to selected angular position, a seat device disposed on the parallelogrammic supporting device, to allow the seat device to be adjusted relative to the base to selected position with the parallelogrammic supporting device, the seat device including a first handle disposed thereon, a first actuator coupled between the parallelogrammic supporting device and the base, to adjustably support the parallelogrammic supporting device and thus the seat device to the base at selected position, and a first hand grip pivotally attached to the first handle, and coupled to the first actuator, to control the first actuator to adjust the parallelogrammic supporting device and the seat device relative to the base, and for allowing users to operate the first actuator without departing the seat device.
The parallelogrammic supporting device includes two bars rotatably attached on the base with pivot axles, and a rod pivotally secured to upper portions of the bars with pivot pins, to form a parallelogrammic structure.
The seat device includes a sleeve slidably and adjustably disposed on the rod, to adjustably secure the seat device to the rod of the parallelogrammic supporting device. The seat device includes a seat member rotatably attached onto the sleeve with a pivot shaft, to allow the seat member to be rotated and adjusted relative to the sleeve to selected angular position.
The seat member includes an extension having a slot formed therein, to slidably receive a fastener which is extended from the sleeve, to limit a rotational movement of the seat member relative to the sleeve.
The seat device includes a pivotal seat back disposed thereon, and a second actuator coupled to the seat back, to adjust and to support the seat back relative to the seat device at selected angular positions. The seat back includes a plurality of orifices formed therein for air circulation purposes.
The seat device includes a second handle disposed thereon, a second hand grip pivotally attached to the second handle, and coupled to the second actuator, to control the second actuator to adjust the seat back relative to the seat device, and for allowing users to operate the second actuator without departing the seat device.
The seat device may also include a remote control device attached on the first handle, for controlling the first actuator. A post may further be provided and extended from the base, and a pair of foot pedals coupled to the post with cranks, for conducting cycle exercises.
Further objectives and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from a careful reading of the detailed description provided hereinbelow, with appropriate reference to the accompanying drawings.
Referring to the drawings, and initially to
A post 20 is disposed on or extended upwardly from the front portion 14 of the base 10, and includes a display 21 or the like disposed thereon for showing various information of the exerciser, and includes a pair of foot pedals 22 coupled thereto with cranks 23, for allowing users to conduct cycle exercises. The cycling mechanism of the exerciser is typical and shielded within a housing 24, and will not be described in further details.
A parallelogrammic supporting device 30 includes one or more front bars 31 and one or more rear bars 32 each having a lower portion rotatably or pivotally secured to the rear portion 15 of the base 10 with a pivot axle 17, 18, and includes a rod 33 rotatably or pivotally secured to the upper portions of the bars 31, 32 with pivot pins 34, in order to form a parallelogrammic structure, and for allowing the parallelogrammic supporting device 30 to be rotated relative to the base 10, and to be adjusted forwardly and downwardly, or rearwardly and upwardly relative to the base 10.
An extendible or adjustable actuator 35, such as a bolt-and-tube adjusting device, a hydraulic or pneumatic cylinder, or the like, may further be provided and coupled between the base 10 and the parallelogrammic supporting device 30, such as the rod 33 of the supporting device 30, in order to adjust and to support the rod 33 of the supporting device 30 relative to the base 10 at any selected angular positions or heights. For example, the bolt-and-tube adjusting device may include a bolt and a tube threaded together and coupled between the base 10 and the supporting device 30, to adjust and to support the supporting device 30 relative to the base 10.
A seat device 40 includes a sleeve 41 slidably and adjustably attached onto the rod 33 of the parallelogrammic supporting device 30, and fixable to the rod 33 with fasteners or latches (not shown), for allowing the seat device 40 to be adjusted along the rod 33 of the parallelogrammic supporting device 30 to any selected position. The seat device 40 includes a seat member 42 pivotally or rotatably attached onto the sleeve 41 with a pivot shaft 43, for allowing the seat member 42 to be rotated or adjusted relative to the sleeve 41 to any selected angular position (
The seat member 42 includes a front extension 44 having an oblong and/or curved slot 45 formed therein, to slidably receive a fastener 46 which is extended from the sleeve 41, in order to limit the rotational movement of the seat member 42 relative to the sleeve 41. The fastener 46 may secure the extension 44 of the seat member 42 to the sleeve 41, in order to adjustably secure the seat member 42 to the sleeve 41 to any selected angular position (
The seat device 40 includes a seat back 48 pivotally or rotatably disposed thereon, such as pivotally or rotatably attached to the seat member 42 with a pivot pole 49, to allow the seat back 48 to be rotated or adjusted relative to the seat member 42 or relative to the seat device 40 to any required or selected angular position (
An extendible or adjustable actuator 53, such as a bolt-and-tube adjusting device, a hydraulic or pneumatic cylinder, or the like, may further be provided and coupled between the seat member 42 or the parallelogrammic supporting device 30, such as the rod 33 of the parallelogrammic supporting device 30, and the seat back 48, in order to adjust and to support the seat back 48 relative to the seat member 42 or the parallelogrammic supporting device 30 at any selected angular positions.
The seat device 40 may further include two handles 60, 61 disposed thereon, such as attached on the seat member 42, and two control hand grips 62, 63 pivotally attached to the handles 60, 61 respectively, and coupled to the actuators 35, 53 with cables 64, 65 respectively, in order to control the actuators 35, 53 respectively, and so as to adjust the seat device 40 and the parallelogrammic supporting device 30 relative to the base 10, and to adjust the seat back 48 relative to the seat member 42 or the seat device 40 respectively.
It is to be noted that the control hand grips 62, 63 are pivotally attached to the handles 60, 61 and may thus be easily and readily operated or actuated by the hands of the users that hold or grasp the handles 60, 61 respectively, such that the users may actuate the actuators 35, 53 to adjust the seat device 40 relative to the base 10, and to adjust the seat back 48 relative to the seat member 42 without departing from the seat device 40.
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Accordingly, the exerciser in accordance with the present invention includes an adjustable seat for being easily adjusted by users, and having a parallelogrammic structure that may be solidly supported relative to the supporting bases at any required or selected heights or positions.
Although this invention has been described with a certain degree of particularity, it is to be understood that the present disclosure has been made by way of example only and that numerous changes in the detailed construction and the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed.
