This application claims priority to China Application Serial Number 201821372425.5, filed Aug. 24, 2018, which is herein incorporated by reference.
The present disclosure relates to a sporting device. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a sporting device which is multifunctional and convenient to use.
Since fitness exercises are very helpful for physical exercise, a variety of fitness equipment is widely used, for example, an abdominal wheel exerciser allowing a bodybuilder to bend the body to the ground for reciprocating training, and making the abdominal muscles, the waist and the buttocks, as well as the arm and other parts of the body can be exercised, and has the effect of stretching the chest, shoulders, arms and back muscles to promote health. Therefore, the abdominal wheel exerciser is a better product for modern people who want to exercise. However, there are still many shortcomings in the conventional abdominal wheel exerciser for the function or movement thereof.
In general, the abdominal wheel exerciser is mainly composed of a grip for holding by the user and a wheel coupled to the grip. For example, conventional fitness apparatuses have an elastic element and two grips which are foldable or detachable. The grips can be held by the user and when the wheel rotates in a clockwise direction, the elastic element is compressed to rotate the wheel in a counterclockwise direction, at the same time, the restoring force of the elastic element can assist the user return to the posture.
Moreover, skateboarding is also one of the most popular sports equipment nowadays; and skateboards technology is divided into two types of unpowered and powered, and all kinds of skateboards on the market are still only used as skateboarding.
Although the abdominal wheel exerciser and the skateboard can achieve their intended abdominal exercise or exercise purposes, however, they cannot be changed to other sports forms, and there is no other way to change the fitness exercise, which is difficult for the general fitness person to accept. Therefore, the market is still looking for a sports device that can generate more motion modes and changeable motion modes to meet the general public demand.
According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a sporting device includes a fixing structure, a wheel and an elastic assembly. The wheel is disposed on the fixing structure. The elastic assembly is disposed on the fixing structure and selectively linked with the wheel. When the wheel is unlinked with the elastic assembly, the elastic assembly would not be driven by the wheel, when the wheel is linked with the elastic assembly, the elastic assembly storages a force by driving the wheel.
According to another aspect of the present disclosure, a sporting device includes a fixing structure, four wheels and an elastic assembly. The fixing structure includes a board body and two wheel axles, wherein the board body includes two side boards, and the two wheel axles are connected between the two side boards, respectively. Two of the wheels are disposed on two ends of one of the wheel axles, respectively, and the other two of the wheels are disposed on two ends of the other one of the wheel axles, respectively. The elastic assembly is disposed on at least one of the wheel axles and selectively linked with one of the wheels which is disposed on at least one of the wheel axles. When the one of the wheels is unlinked with the elastic assembly, the elastic assembly would not be driven by the one of the wheels, and when the one of the wheels is linked with the elastic assembly, the elastic assembly storages a force by driving the one of the wheels.
The present disclosure can be more fully understood by reading the following detailed description of the embodiment, with reference made to the accompanying drawings as follows:
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The wheel 300 is disposed on the fixing structure 700, the elastic assembly 400 is disposed on the fixing structure 700 and selectively linked with the wheel 300. When the wheel 300 is unlinked with the elastic assembly 400, the elastic assembly 400 would not be driven by the wheel 300, when the wheel 300 is linked with the elastic assembly 400, the elastic assembly 400 storages a force by driving the wheel 300. The details of the elements of the present disclosure will be described as follows.
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In detail, the two side boards 102 are parallel to each other and each of the two side boards 102 includes two pivoting members 1021 and eight guiding holes 1023, wherein each of the pivoting members 1021 has a pivoting hole. Four of the guiding holes 1023 are equidistantly disposed around one of the pivoting members 1021, and each of the guiding holes 1023 is passed through the side boards 102 along the axial direction of each wheel 300. The sporting device 100 includes a connecting assembly 800, the connecting assembly 800 includes at least one guiding element 850, each guiding element 850 is cooperated with each four of the guiding holes 1023, and each guiding element 850 includes four guiding pins 851 which can be slidably limited in each of the guiding holes 1023.
The two wheel axles 200 are disposed in the two pivoting members 1021, and the two wheel axles 200 are parallel to each other and are disposed between the two side boards 102. A thread 201 is disposed around each end of each of the wheel axles 200, and each of the wheel axles 200 includes two bearings 202 and a bearing casing 203, wherein the bearings 202 and the bearing casing 203 are disposed around the wheel axle 200.
Each of the four wheels 300 is disposed on each bearing 202. Each of the wheel axles 200 can further include two screw members 301, each of the screw members 301 is connected to the thread 201 of the wheel axles 200, so that each of the wheels 300 is pivotably limited around the outside of each of the pivoting members 1021 and the position of each of the wheels 300 is corresponding to each guiding element 850.
At least one of the wheels 300 can include two arc holes 320 and two tilting grooves 321. Each of the tilting grooves 321 is located on one inner side of each arc hole 320. The connecting assembly 800 of the sporting device 100 includes at least one inserting element 830, and the number of the inserting elements 830 can be one, each inserting element 830 is disposed on each of the wheels 300. Each inserting element 830 includes two inserting rods 831 and two guiding blocks 832, each of the inserting rods 831 is limited in each of the arc holes 320, each of the guiding blocks 832 is connected to an end of each of the inserting rods 831, and each of the guiding blocks 832 is corresponded to each of the tilting grooves 321. The inserting elements 830 is rotated for sliding each of the guiding blocks 832 in each of the tilting grooves 321 so as to displace the inserting elements 830 along the axial direction of each wheel 300 from a first position 831A to a second position 831B. Therefore, the inserting rods 831 of the inserting elements 830 can be selectively positioned in the first position 831A or the second position 831B.
The end of the inserting rods 831 is abutted against the guiding elements 850, and when each inserting rods 831 is moved from the first position 831A to the second position 831B, the guiding elements 850 can be pushed so as to displace the four guiding pins 851 along the axial direction in each guiding holes 1023. The connecting assembly 800 can further include at least one inserting spring 840, each inserting spring 840 is located between each inserting element 830 and each wheel 300. Therefore, the positioning effect of the inserting elements 830 in the first position 831A and the second position 831B can be ensured by the inserting springs 840.
The elastic assembly 400 includes two springs 410 and two gear bases 420, wherein each of the springs 410 has a fixed torque spring structure, and the two springs 410 of the elastic assembly 400 are disposed on the two wheel axles 200, respectively. Each of the springs 410 includes a scrolling end 411 and a rolling end 412. The elastic assembly 400 further includes two cylindrical bushings 4121. Each rolling end 412 is disposed on each wheel axle 200 via the two cylindrical bushings 412. Each of the gear bases 420 is disposed around each of the wheel axles 200, and each of the gear bases 420 includes a plurality of teeth 421 and an embedding slot 422. Each of the scrolling ends 411 is disposed at the embedding slot 422 of each of the gear bases 420.
The connecting assembly 800 further includes a left spring base 810 and a right spring base 820. Each of the left spring bases 810 and each of the right spring bases 820 includes a plurality of positioning teeth 870. The positioning teeth 870 of the left spring base 810 can be selectively and correspondingly engaged with the teeth 421 of the one of the gear bases 420; the positioning teeth 870 of the right spring base 820 can be selectively and correspondingly engaged with the teeth 421 of the other one of the gear bases 420.
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When the inserting elements 830 is rotated, the inserting elements 830 will be displaced along the axial direction of the wheels 300 so as to move from the first position 831A to the second position 831B for pushing the guiding elements 850, so that the four guiding pins 851 can slide in the guiding holes 1023 for pushing the left spring base 810 or the right spring base 820 to be positioned at the meshing position 810B. At this time, the left spring base 810 or the right spring base 820 is engaged with the gear bases 420 and the springs 410 storage the force by rotating the wheels 300 so as to provide a restoring force. The connecting assembly 800 can further include two releasing springs 860, the two releasing springs 860 are located between the one of the gear bases 420 and the left spring base 810 and the other one of the gear bases 420 and the right spring base 820, respectively. Therefore, the positioning effect of the switch of the left spring base 810 at the meshing position 810B and the separating position 810A can be effectively ensured by the releasing springs 860.
When the inserting elements 830 is rotated in the reverse direction, the inserting elements 830 will be moved from the second position 831B to the first position 831A, the two releasing springs 860 will push the left spring base 810 and the right spring base 820, respectively, and the left spring base 810 and the right spring base 820 will push the guiding elements 850, respectively, so as to slide the four guiding pins 851 in the guiding holes 1023. Thus, the left spring base 810 can be restorably positioned in the separating position 810A. At this time, the left spring base 810 or the right spring base 820 is kept disengagement with the gear bases 420 by the releasing springs 860, and the elastic assembly 400 cannot storage the force by rotating the wheels 300, which is in a state without the restoring force.
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Therefore, the linking relationship between the wheels 300 and the elastic assembly 400 can be switched by the connecting assembly 800. The sporting device 100 can be used as a reciprocating exercise device by selectively generating the restoring force, or can be used as a free roller without the restoring force. Moreover, the user can switch an one-way restoring force operation mode or a two-way restoring force operation mode by the two springs 410 of the elastic assembly 400 and the opposite arrangement structure of the left spring base 810 and the right spring base 820.
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According to the 2nd embodiment of the present disclosure, the sporting device 100T includes a fixing structure (its reference numeral is omitted), four wheels 300T and two elastic assemblies 400T. The same or similar structures of the 2nd embodiment and the 1st embodiment are not described herein again.
The fixing structure includes a board body (not shown), the board body includes two side boards 102T, the two side boards 102T are parallel to each other and each of the two side boards 102T includes two pivoting members 1021T and eight guiding holes (its reference numeral is omitted), wherein each of the pivoting members 1021T has a pivoting hole. Four of the guiding holes are equidistantly disposed around one of the pivoting members 1021T, and each of the guiding holes is passed through the side boards 102T along the axial direction of each wheel 300T. The sporting device 100T can include a connecting assembly (not shown), the connecting assembly includes at least one guiding element 850T, each guiding element 850T is cooperated with each four of the guiding holes, and each guiding element 850T includes four guiding pins (not shown) which can be slidably limited in each of the guiding holes, the structure of the guiding elements 850T are the same as the guiding elements 850 of
The two wheel axles 200T are disposed in the two pivoting members 1021T, and the two wheel axles 200T are parallel to each other and are disposed between the two side boards 102T. The connecting assembly can further includes at least one steering base 600T, at least one guiding spring 610T and at least one guiding pin 620T. The steering bases 600T are rotatably sleeved on each wheel axle 200T, each steering base 600T includes a plurality of left meshing teeth 601T and a plurality of right meshing teeth 602T and the left meshing teeth 601T and the right meshing teeth 602T are positioned at each end of the steering bases 600T, respectively. Each steering base 600T includes two tilting guiding grooves 603T on the opposite sides, the guiding pins 620T are vertically and fixedly passed through the wheel axles 200T, and the ends of the guiding pins 620T are disposed in the tilting guiding grooves 603T, and the guiding springs 610T are disposed around the steering bases 600T.
Each of the four wheels 300T is disposed on each wheel axle 200T, so that, each of the wheels 300T is pivotally limited around the outside of each of the pivoting members 1021T and the position of each of the wheels 300T is corresponding to each of the guiding elements 850T. The connecting assembly of the sporting device 100T includes at least one of inserting elements 830T, and the number of the inserting elements 830T can be one, each of the inserting elements 830T is disposed on each of the wheels 300T. The structure of the inserting elements 830T is the same as the inserting elements 830 shown in
Each of the elastic assemblies 400T includes a spring 410T. The connecting assembly includes at least one left spring gear base 810T, at least one right spring gear base 820T and at least one protecting sleeve 870T, and each spring 410T is disposed on each wheel axle 200T. Each spring 410T has a torsion spring structure and each end of each spring 410T is fixed to each left spring gear base 810T and each right spring gear base 820T. The left spring gear bases 810T and the right spring gear bases 820T are both cylindrical and movably disposed between the protecting sleeves 870T and the wheel axles 200T. Each left spring gear base 810T includes a plurality of left teeth 811T, and each right spring gear base 820T includes a plurality of right teeth 821T; the left teeth 811T of the left spring gear bases 810T can be selectively engaged with the left meshing teeth 601T of the steering bases 600T, the right teeth 821T of the right spring gear bases 820T can selectively engage with the right meshing teeth 602T of the steering bases 600T. The left spring gear base 810T includes a plurality of positioning teeth 812T which are configured to engage with one of the single direction teeth 1024T in the opposite side, the right spring gear base 820T includes a plurality of positioning teeth 822T which are configured to engage with the other one of the single direction teeth 1024T. In addition, each guiding spring 610T is located between the left spring gear base 810T and the right spring gear base 820T.
Therefore, the sporting device 100T can be used as a reciprocating exercise device by selectively generating a restoring force, or can be used as a free roller without the restoring force. Moreover, the user can switch the one-way restoring force operation mode or the two-way restoring force operation mode by the two springs 410T of the elastic assemblies 400T and the opposite arrangement structure of the left spring gear bases 810T and the right spring gear bases 820T.
The sporting device 100T can switch the restoring force by rotating the inserting elements 830T of the wheels 300T. In detail, when the inserting element 830T on the right side is rotated and displaced along the axial direction of the wheel 300T, the inserting element 830T on the right side will be switched to the second position. The end of the inserting rod of the inserting element 830T is abutted against the guiding element 850T so as to displace the guiding element 850T along the axial direction of the wheel 300. At this time, the right spring gear base 820T is separated from the single direction teeth 1024T by pushing the guiding element 850T, since each end of the guiding pin 620T are disposed in the tilting guiding groove 603T, when the wheels 300T drive the wheel axle 200T rotating, the guiding pin 620T guides the steering base 600T disposing to the position as shown in
On the contrary, when the inserting element 830T on the left side is rotated to be displaced along the axial direction of the wheel 300T, the inserting element 830T on the left side will be switched to the second position, the end of the inserting rod is abutted against the guiding element 850T for sliding in the axial direction the wheel 300T. At this time, the left spring gear base 820T is pushed by the guiding element 850T for separating from the single direction teeth 1024T, therefore, when the wheels 300T drive the wheel axle 200T rotating, the guiding pin 620T will guide the steering base 600T displacing to the position as shown in
When each inserting element 830T of each wheel 300T is rotated to the second position, the steering bases 600T will be kept disengagement with the left spring gear bases 810T and the right spring gear bases 820T, and neither the left spring gear bases 810T nor the right spring gear bases 820T will mesh with the single direction teeth 1024T, so as to achieve the effect of the free rotation of the wheels 300T.
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Each grip can include a flexible positioning mechanism 501, each flexible positioning mechanism 501 includes two protruding positioning portions 502, and each grip 500 further includes a controlling element 503 having a recovery spring 504. The controlling elements 503 protrude from the end of each grip 500 for pressing. When the user holds the grips 500, the controlling elements 503 can be pressed to push the flexible positioning mechanisms 501 for retracting the two protruding positioning portions 502. Therefore, the two grips 500 are effectively to be folded or unfolded and are for storage or operation.
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It can be known from the above embodiments, the present disclosure has the following advantages:
First, the sporting device can provide the operation with one-way restoring force.
Second, the sporting device can also switch to the free operation without the restoring force during exercise.
Third, the direction of the restoring force can be changed, or the sporting device can provide the restoring force on both two directions.
Although the present disclosure has been described in considerable detail with reference to certain embodiments thereof, other embodiments are possible. Therefore, the spirit and scope of the appended claims should not be limited to the description of the embodiments contained herein.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made to the structure of the present disclosure without departing from the scope or spirit of the disclosure. In view of the foregoing, it is intended that the present disclosure cover modifications and variations of this disclosure provided they fall within the scope of the following claims.
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201821372425.5 | Aug 2018 | CN | national |