Patent Application
20140274625
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a tilting inversion exerciser, and more particularly to a tilting inversion exerciser including a catch or latch or lock device or mechanism for selectively catching or latching or locking the supporting table to the supporting stand and for giving some security to the user, and for allowing the users, particularly the elders or disable persons to safely get on and leave the table of the tilting inversion exercisers.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Various kinds of typical inversion suspension exercisers, rotational exercisers, tilting inversion exercisers etc. have been developed and comprise a table rotatably or pivotally attached to an upper portion of a lower or base support or supporting stand with a pivot axle for supporting the user thereon, and rotatable relative to the base support for conducting various inversion or suspension exercises.
For example, U.S. Pat. No. 7,125,372 to Teeter et al., U.S. Pat. No. 7,507,192 to Teeter et al., U.S. Pat. No. 7,585,264 to Wang et al., U.S. Pat. No. 7,625,327 to Teeter et al., and U.S. Pat. No. 7,867,154 to Teeter et al. disclose several of the typical inversion suspension exercisers each comprising a table rotatably or pivotally attached to a base support or supporting stand for supporting the user thereon, and arranged for allowing the users to rotate the table relative to the base support, and to do various inversion or suspension exercises.
However, when the table of the typical inversion suspension exerciser is rotated relative to the base support or supporting stand, the users, particularly the elders or disable persons may feel unsafe and may be afraid that he may have a good chance to fall down to the ground, but the typical inversion suspension exercisers do not have any support devices or catches or latches or lock devices or mechanisms for selectively catching or latching or locking the supporting table to the supporting stand at the required or predetermined positions or locations such that the typical inversion suspension exerciser may not give or provide some security to the user while conducting the inversion exercises.
In addition, the table may not be solidly and stably anchored or secured or retained or secured to the supporting stand at the required or predetermined steady position and may also be swung or pivoted or rotated relative to the lower supporting stand particularly when the elders or disable persons are going to sit or lie or move or get or engage onto the table, or going to leave the table; i.e., the elders or disable persons may feel unsafe.
The present invention has arisen to mitigate and/or obviate the afore-described disadvantages of the conventional tilting inversion exercisers.
The primary objective of the present invention is to provide a tilting inversion exerciser including a catch or latch or lock device or mechanism for selectively catching or latching or locking the supporting table to the supporting stand and for giving some security to the user, and for allowing the users, particularly the elders or disable persons to safely get on and leave the table of the tilting inversion exercisers.
In accordance with one aspect of the invention, there is provided a tilting inversion exerciser comprising a supporting stand including a first column and a second column extended upwardly therefrom, the first and the second columns each including an upper portion, a barrel provided on the upper portion of the first column and including an inclined groove formed in the barrel, a supporting table including a first side element and a second side element pivotally attached to the upper portions of the first and the second columns respectively for allowing the supporting table to be pivoted and rotated relative to the supporting stand, and the supporting table including an anchoring member attached to the first side element, and a lock device including a sleeve rotatably engaged onto the barrel of the first column, the sleeve including a chamber formed therein for rotatably receiving and engaging with the barrel and for allowing the sleeve to slide and to rotate relative to the barrel, the lock device including a latch engaged in the chamber of the sleeve and secured to the sleeve for selectively aligning with the anchoring member of the supporting table, and including an actuating member attached to the sleeve and engaged into the chamber of the sleeve and slidably received and engaged in the inclined groove of the barrel for guiding the sleeve and the latch to move toward and away from the anchoring member of the frame when the sleeve is pivoted and rotated relative to the barrel and the first column, and the latch being actuatable to selectively engage with the anchoring member of the supporting table and to selectively secure and retain the supporting table to the supporting stand to a selected angular position when the sleeve is rotated relative to the barrel and the first column in order to actuate and move the actuating member of the sleeve along the inclined groove of the barrel in an active direction, and the latch being actuatable to selectively disengage from the anchoring member of the supporting table and to selectively release the supporting table from the supporting stand when the sleeve is rotated relative to the barrel and the first column in an opposite direction.
The actuating member is engaged with the latch. The sleeve includes a handle attached to the sleeve for rotating the sleeve relative to the barrel and the first column.
The lock device includes a spring biasing member engaged with the latch for biasing and forcing and moving the latch to selectively engage with the anchoring member of the supporting table. The latch includes a peripheral flange extended radially and outwardly therefrom for engaging with the spring biasing member.
The supporting stand includes a stud engaged in the upper portion of the first column and aligned with the anchoring member, the stud includes a bore formed therein, and the latch is slidably received and engaged in the bore of the stud and extendible out of the stud and the first column for selectively engaging with the anchoring member of the supporting table.
The spring biasing member is engaged between the stud of the first column and the latch for biasing and forcing and moving the latch out of the stud and the first column in order to engage with the anchoring member of the supporting table.
The supporting table includes a frame having the first and the second side elements pivotally attached to the upper portions of the first and the second columns respectively with a pivot axle, and a table plate secured and supported on the frame.
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
For example, the frame 20 includes two end or side portions or segments or elements 22 each pivotally or rotatably attached or mounted or secured to the upper portion 12 of the respective column 11 with a pivot axle 23 for allowing the table plate 21 and the frame 20 of the supporting table 2 to be pivoted or rotated relative to the supporting stand 10 to any suitable or selected or predetermined angular positions or locations, and the frame 20 further includes a stud or stop or catch or latch or lock or tube or anchoring member 24 attached or mounted or secured to or provided on or extended from either of the side elements 22 or the first side element 22, best shown in
The supporting stand 10 further includes a cylindrical member or barrel or tube or conduit or stud 14 laterally disposed or attached or mounted or secured or engaged in the upper portion 12 of either the left column 11 or the right column 11 or the first column 11, also best shown in
For example, the lock device 3 includes a conduit or cylindrical member or barrel or sleeve 30 pivotally or rotatably attached or mounted or secured to or engaged onto the barrel 15 of the column 11 of the supporting stand 10, for example, the sleeve 30 includes a bore or chamber 31 formed therein for pivotally or rotatably receiving or engaging with the barrel 15 and for allowing the sleeve 30 to slide and move and pivot or rotate relative to the barrel 15, best shown in
A spring biasing member 34 is disposed or attached or mounted or secured or engaged onto the latch 32 and engaged in the bore 17 of the stud 14 and disposed or contacted or engaged between the stud 14 of the column 11 and the latch 32 for biasing and forcing or moving the latch 32 out of the stud 14 and the column 11 in order to selectively engage with the anchoring member 24 of the frame 20, and thus for selectively attaching or mounting or securing or retaining or positioning or anchoring the table plate 21 and the frame 20 of the supporting table 2 to the supporting stand 10 to any suitable or selected or predetermined angular positions or locations, the latch 32 may include a peripheral flange 35 extended radially and outwardly therefrom for selectively engaging with the spring biasing member 34.
The lock device 3 further includes an anchoring member or lock or tube or latch or stud or stop or catch or follower or actuating member 36 (
In operation, as shown in
When the table plate 21 and the frame 20 of the supporting table 2 are attached or mounted or secured or retained or positioned or anchored to the supporting stand 10 to a selected or predetermined angular position or location, the users, particularly the elders or disable persons may safely get on and leave the table plate 21 of the supporting table 2 without feeling afraid. The latch 32 may be selectively moved away from the anchoring member 24 of the frame 20 by pivoting or rotating the sleeve 30 relative to the barrel 15 and the stud 14 and the column 11 in the other or opposite direction.
Accordingly, the tilting inversion exerciser in accordance with the present invention includes a catch or latch or lock device or mechanism for selectively catching or latching or locking the supporting table to the supporting stand and for giving some security to the user, and for allowing the users, particularly the elders or disable persons to safely get on and leave the table of the tilting inversion exercisers.
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.
