(1) Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a structure of a horse riding machine, which is composed of a swinging device and a guiding device. The upper section of the shaft of the swinging device has an inclined eccentric design, the disk body is rotated, the guiding device guides the guiding and restricting link and the support lever to be assembled with each other, and one end of the support lever is formed with a universal joint capable of rotating by 360 degrees. According to the above-mentioned structure, when the motor rotates the rotating assembly, the disk body assembled on the rotating assembly is rotated therewith. Because the shaft of the swinging device is shifted with the rotation of the disk body, the support lever of the guiding device is forced to push the guiding and restricting link to move back and forth. According to the rotation of 360 degrees of the pivoting head, the shaft of the swinging device is moved in an 8-shaped manner, and a back-and-forth motion, a back-and-forth swinging motion, and left-and-right and up-and-down swing motions are produced. In addition, adjusting the adjusting screw at the front end of the support lever can change the swinging amplitude. Thus, the effect of actually riding a horse can be produced, and the effect of overall exercising the buttock, the waist and the leg and the body-shaping effect can be obtained.
(2) Description of the Prior Art
Exercise equipment may have different forms and types according to the parts of exercise and fitness. Because there are many types, detailed descriptions and comparisons cannot be made here. The typical horse riding machine is restricted by the 8-shaped motion toward two sides or the back-and-forth motions, and can only exercise a single part of the user's body, but cannot effectively exercise all part of the body. Thus, the flexibility in usage is restricted, and the economic effectiveness cannot be satisfied. In addition, the back-and-forth motion of the machine provides too-large forces of vibration such that the waist or the vertebra may be hurt, or the elder user tends to be hurt easily. Thus, the conventional horse riding machine has to be improved.
The drawbacks of the conventional horse riding machine cannot be effectively improved such that the fitness equipment is good but not ideal. In view of this, the inventor of the invention makes great research and development to invent this invention.
Accordingly, a main object of the invention is to provide a horse riding machine composed of a swinging device and a guiding device. The swinging device is composed of a shaft, a disk body and a U-shaped seat. An upper section of the shaft tilts eccentrically toward a center of the shaft. The disk body and a rotating assembly are assembled together. An upper section of the shaft of the swinging device is placed in a fitting block of the U-shaped seat. A lower section of the shaft of the swinging device is placed in a shaft hole of the disk body. The U-shaped seat of the swinging device serves as a connection between the shaft of the swinging device and a seat cushion. The upper section of the shaft of the swinging device has the shape tilting toward the center. So, when a motor rotates the rotating assembly, the disk body assembled on the rotating assembly is rotated therewith. Because the shaft of the swinging device is shifted with the rotation of the disk body, the shaft of the swinging device can be moved in an 8-shaped manner.
Accordingly, another object of the invention is that a guiding device is composed of a guiding and restricting link and a support lever. One end of the guiding and restricting link is connected to a pivoting seat. The pivoting seat is fixed on a base. The other end of the guiding and restricting link is formed with a pivoting end. One end of the support lever is formed with a universal joint capable of rotating by 360 degrees. The universal joint at the front end of the support lever of the guiding device is pivoted on the pivoting end at the front end of the guiding and restricting link. So, when the motor rotates the rotating assembly to make the disk body rotate therewith, the shaft of the swinging device is shifted with the rotation of the disk body, and the support lever of the guiding device is forced to push the guiding and restricting link to produce the back-and-forth motion. In addition, the left-and-right and up-and-down swinging motions are produced according to the rotation of 360 degrees of the pivoting head. Thus, the overall machine produces the back-and-forth motion, the swinging motion, and the left-and-right and up-and-down swinging motions are produced, and the 8-shaped motion is simultaneously produced. Thus, the effect of actually riding a horse can be produced, and the effect of overall exercising the buttock and the waist can be obtained.
Accordingly, another object of the invention is to dispose an adjusting screw between the universal joint at the front end of the support lever and the support lever. Adjusting the adjusting screw at the front end of the support lever can change the swinging amplitude.
Further aspects, objects, and desirable features of the invention will be better understood from the detailed description and drawings that follow in which various embodiments of the disclosed invention are illustrated by way of examples.
New characteristics and advantages of the invention covered by this document have been set forth in the foregoing description. It is to be expressly understood, however, that the drawings are for the purpose of illustration only and are not intended as a definition of the limits of the invention. Changes in methods, shapes, structures or devices may be made in details without exceeding the scope of the invention by those who are skilled in the art. The scope of the invention is, of course, defined in the language in which the appended claims are expressed.
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