Crawling exerciser

Abstract

The current invention relates to an exerciser, especially a crawling exerciser, comprising two hand slides each containing a wheel and two leg slides each containing a wheel, characterized in that, characterized in that it also contains components of a linear parallel track, wherein both the hand slides and the leg slides slide in the track and a damping structure is installed on the wheels or between the wheels and the track. The exerciser of the current invention is convenient, flexible, easy to control, and is easy to perform alternate movements of the hands and legs. It does not damage the floor, carpet or ground, and is very appropriate for indoor application.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This is a CIP of International Application No. PCT / CN2011 / 001678, with an international filing date of Oct. 8, 2011 claiming priority to Chinese Application No. 201110071902.0, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates to an exerciser, especially to a crawling exerciser.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Crawling exercises have become a more and more popular modern exercise. Crawling exercises belong to horizontal movement (which mainly means that the human spine is horizontal to the ground during the movement). In comparison with the vertical position movements, the human spine is being protected due to low pressure, because the gravity can be reduced or completely eliminated during the horizontal movement. In addition, since the human brain and human heart are at the same horizontal level during the movement, the blood supply from the heart toward the brain...

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Benefits of technology

[0006]The aim of the current invention is to provide a crawling exerciser which overcomes the shortcomings of the exercisers in the state of the art. The exerciser of the current invention is convenient, easy to control and is easy to perform alternate exercise between hands and legs. It does not damage the floor, carpet or ground and is appropriate to be used indoors.

[0027]In comparison with the exerciser in the state of the art, the exerciser of the current invention has the following advantages and beneficial effects:

[0028]a. A damping structure is provided on the slides, so that the user can effectively control the slides.

[0029]b. The slides are furnished with track components so that the slides will not move astray, the ground (floor or carpet) can be protected and the wheels will not be damaged.

[0030]c. The tracks can be folded or rolled, which leads to a reduced volume of the exerciser. The exerciser is easy to be stored.

Problems solved by technology

Since crawling exercises are very easily limited by the conditions of the location and the weather, it is hence necessary to develop an exerciser which can simulate crawling movements and overcome the limits of the location and the weather.

Although the crawling exerciser in the state of the art can theoretically have the workout effect by crawling movement, it has the following flaws practically: First, it is hard to stop the movements.

Since such an exerciser does not have a damping structure, and the body can move toward an arbitrary direction on the ground, therefore, one can only use hands and legs to stop the movements, that is, let the wrist laid down so that the front part of the hand controlling part touches the ground to stop the leg controlling part, and let the toes touch the ground to stop the leg controlling part Secondly, the exerciser can only facilitate smooth movements when the body takes up a bow-like form as shown in FIG. 5.

But when the alternate crawling movements as demonstrated in FIG. 4 is desired, the four limbs are hard to be controlled and it is easy to fall down.

Thirdly, since the wheels of the hand controlling parts and the leg controlling parts have direct contact with the ground, the friction can induce damages toward the floor, carpet or grounds, and therefore, it is not appropriate to use the exerciser indoors.

Lastly, since the wheels of the hand controlling parts and the leg controlling parts do not have tracks for direction, their direction cannot be easily controlled.

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