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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2007
Kazuhiro Ochi, Osaka, JP;
Youichi Shinomiya, Ibaraki, JP;
Takahisa Ozawa, Katano, JP;
Takao Goto, Hirakata, JP;
Atsuhiro Saitou, Hirakata, JP;
Haruo Sugai, Hikone, JP;
Kazuhiro Ochi, Osaka, JP;
Youichi Shinomiya, Ibaraki, JP;
Takahisa Ozawa, Katano, JP;
Takao Goto, Hirakata, JP;
Atsuhiro Saitou, Hirakata, JP;
Haruo Sugai, Hikone, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A housing is adapted to be placed on a floor and is provided on its top face with a left foot supportand a right foot supportsrespectively bearing left and right feet of a user. A drive unitis provided to displace the left and right foot supportsandin a mutually linked manner. The drive unitis configured to reciprocate the left and right foot supportsandin a forward/rearward direction respectively along individual travel paths La, Lb, while varying a lateral distance between said left and right foot supports with regard to representative points of the left and right foot supports. The lateral distance between forward ends of the travel paths is made greater than the lateral distance between rearward ends of the travel paths.