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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
May. 21, 2004
Takahisa Ozawa, Neyagawa, JP;
Youichi Shinomiya, Ibaraki, JP;
Kazuhiro Ochi, Osaka, JP;
Yuritsugu Toyomi, Hikone, JP;
Kouichi Ishino, Hikone, JP;
Minoru Kawamoto, Hikone, JP;
Takahisa Ozawa, Neyagawa, JP;
Youichi Shinomiya, Ibaraki, JP;
Kazuhiro Ochi, Osaka, JP;
Yuritsugu Toyomi, Hikone, JP;
Kouichi Ishino, Hikone, JP;
Minoru Kawamoto, Hikone, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A leg training equipment has a base fixed in place, a support portion configured to support a part of a user's body, and a coupling mechanism provided between the base and the support portion. The coupling mechanism movably couples the support portion to the base such that a load applied to a leg of the user by the user's own weight changes by a relative positional displacement between a foot position and a position of center of gravity of the user. In addition, the coupling mechanism limits a movable direction of the support portion such that at least when the load applied to the leg increases, a direction of the relative positional displacement between the foot position and the position of center of gravity is substantially limited to a direction of flexion and extension of knee joint. Thereby, it is possible to efficiently provide the user with an exercise that applies less load on the knee joint.