Balance kit to improve balance

Abstract

Balance kit for improving balance, characterized in that it consists of a kit of footplates (8), balancing supports (3), balancing objects (4) and balancing rods (5).

Description

[0001] The invention relates to a balance kit for improving balance.

[0002] Improving balance is necessary to develop balance during movement in humans, for example in children, during rehabilitation, and in physiotherapy; to further promote and expand balance in adults and athletes; and to maintain balance in older people. It is also essential to consciously develop, promote, and maintain coordination and the decoupling of the extremities during movement—without losing balance.

[0003] A wide variety of different training devices are known.

[0004] AU2333033 describes a dynamic balance board that includes a means to provide objective measurements of a user's dynamic balance. The balance board comprises a top board, a rocker base, and a variety of force-sensitive transducers strategically positioned on the rocker base. When a user stands on the top board, the rocker base allows the top board to oscillate around a balance position. The force-sensitive transducers then provide output information regarding the angle of the top board and the rotation of the balance board relative to the balance position. By monitoring this output information, the dynamic balance board provides an objective measurement of the user's ability to balance on the top board.

[0005] AU2012201704 A1 describes a foot balancing device comprising at least one adjusting element positioned between the foresole and the rear heel. The adjusting element forms a support point with a base surface equipped with a coupling section 4. The coupling section serves to connect to a corresponding position in a shoe or on a shoe cushion. As such, the force distribution between the heel and the sole is modified to achieve proper weight distribution on the foot and to distribute the force evenly along the circumference of the adjusting element, thereby protecting the foot from injury and improving comfort.

[0006] A method and device for golfers, a training aid for detecting and displaying stance imbalance during the practice swing, is described in US4668446A. The device measures the weight at the outer edge of the user's rear shoe, calibrates or sets the weight detected in a balanced stance as zero, and signals to the user when the weight then exceeds zero.

[0007] US2005048624 A1 discloses a plantar stimulation device comprising a plate with stimulators arranged in a specific pattern on its upper surface. The stimulators are solid, semicircular spheres with a radius of 1.4 mm to 2.4 mm, arranged in a square matrix. The distance between the centers of adjacent rows and columns of stimulators is 6 mm to 10 mm, and the distance between the nearest edges of adjacent rows and columns of stimulators is 3 mm to 5 mm. The device can be manufactured in the form of shoe soles, shoes, or socks to provide gradual stimulation to users with balance problems. When users step on the stimulators, they compress and stimulate the skin, enhancing the ability of receptors in the sole of the foot to detect changes at various levels of mechanical stimulation.The device also provides sensational information and data on load distribution when standing, walking or turning, in order to improve balance.

[0008] The occupational therapy rocker DE9137568 C1 has a balance board on which both feet are pivotally mounted, with adjustable blocks on both sides to limit the maximum tilt angle. The tilt angle limiting blocks can be adjusted independently for each side of the balance board via sliders positioned outside the working area of ​​the balance board.

[0009] The disadvantages of well-known training devices often lie in the requirement for a power supply and complicated and expensive application.

[0010] The task, therefore, was to provide a well-designed, effective, and cost-efficient training device or balance kit.

[0011] The problem could be solved using the features of claim 1.

[0012] The balance kit according to the invention for improving balance consists of a kit of footplates, balancing supports, balancing objects and balancing rods.

[0013] The stepping stones have different heights, shapes, angles, inclines, and curves. They are preferably made of wood, metal, cork, plastic, or ceramic.

[0014] The balance boards come in various combinable shapes and sizes, with or without different cutouts or curves. They are preferably made of wood, metal, cork, plastic, or ceramic.

[0015] The balancing objects come in various combinable shapes and sizes, with or without different cutouts or curves. Preferably, the balancing objects are made of wood, metal, cork, plastics, or ceramics.

[0016] The balancing rods are round, oval, triangular, quadrilateral, pentagonal, and hexagonal, with or without cutouts, which can vary in shape and serve as support surfaces. Preferably, the balancing rods are made of wood, metal, cork, plastic, or ceramic.

[0017] In a particular embodiment, the balancing rods have clips.

[0018] Preferably, the balancing poles have a hand guard or loop handle, or the handle is vertical.

[0019] The invention also relates to a method for improving balance using the balancing kit according to the invention in a course by picking up and placing balancing objects from or onto balancing surfaces using balancing rods and subsequent forward and backward movements on footplates in the course.

[0020] The invention also relates to the use of the balancing kit according to the invention for improving balance.

[0021] The general handling of the training device according to the invention is as follows: A course consisting of stepping stones of varying heights, shapes, angles, and curves is to be traversed by one person, moving forwards and backwards, while picking up balancing objects from the balance platforms using balancing poles. At the midpoint of the course, the balancing object is exchanged; that is, one object is placed down and another is picked up. This is repeated until the end of the course, at which point the person walks back backwards.

[0022] Balancing rods come in various shapes. For example, they can be round, oval, triangular, quadrilateral, pentagonal, or hexagonal, with or without cutouts, which can vary in shape and serve as a support surface. This depends on whether the balance kit is intended for beginners, intermediate, or advanced users. Balancing rods are made from various materials, such as wood, metal, cork, plastic, or ceramic. They can also be fitted with clips to improve the stability of round balancing objects.

[0023] The balancing objects come in various combinable shapes and sizes, with or without different cutouts, curves, etc., and are made of various materials, for example wood, metal, cork, plastics or ceramics.

[0024] The balancing trays come in various combinable shapes and sizes, with and without different cutouts, curves, etc., and are made from a wide variety of materials, such as wood, metal, cork, plastics or ceramics.

[0025] The stepping stones have different heights, shapes, angles, inclines and curves and are made of various materials, such as wood, metal, cork, plastics or ceramics.

[0026] The clips for the balancing rods can be open or closed at the bottom.

[0027] The handles of the balancing poles may have a hand guard or a loop handle, or the handle may be vertical.

[0028] The balancing objects must be picked up from the balancing platforms while standing with one foot on a footplate.

[0029] To proceed forward along the course, it is necessary to go around corners, where the stepping stones may have different heights, shapes, angles, inclines and curves.

[0030] At the end of the course, the balancing object must be put down. Then another balancing object must be picked up and the course must be traversed backwards.

[0031] The demands increase with the different combinations of balancing objects.

[0032] The balance kit features variable and expandable numbers and shapes of footplates, balance boards, and balancing objects. It can also be set up in pairs or multiples side-by-side, allowing the balancing objects to be passed or exchanged between people. This enables several people to interact simultaneously (teamwork). Drawings Fig. Figure 1 shows the footplates of the balance kit according to the invention in a side view. Fig. Figure 2 shows the balancing supports of the balance kit according to the invention in a side view. Fig. Figure 3 shows balancing objects of the balance kit according to the invention in side view and in cross-section. Fig. Figure 4 shows balancing rods of the balance kit according to the invention in side view and in cross-section. Fig. Figure 5 shows clips for the balancing rods of the balance kit according to the invention in side view and in cross-section. Fig. Figure 6 shows the balancing rods of the balance kit according to the invention in a side view. Fig. Figure 7 shows balancing rods of the balance kit according to the invention in side and top view with hand protection. Fig. Figure 8 shows balancing rods of the balance kit according to the invention in side and top view. Fig. Figure 9 shows a balance kit according to the invention in a top view. Fig. Figure 10 shows a balance kit according to the invention in a top view.

[0033] In Fig. Figure 1 shows the footplates 8 of the balance kit according to the invention in a side view. These are various geometric and imaginative shapes. Curves 2 on several footplates 8 are also visible.

[0034] In Fig. 2 The balancing supports 3 of the balance kit according to the invention are shown in side view, as well as the recesses 1.

[0035] In Fig. Figure 3 shows the balancing elements 4 of the balance kit according to the invention in side view and in cross-section. Recesses 1 are also shown.

[0036] In Fig. Figure 4 shows the balancing rods 5 of the balance kit according to the invention in side view and in cross-section. Recesses 1 are also shown in the side view of a balancing rod 5.

[0037] In Fig. Figure 5 shows clips 6 for the balancing rods of the balance kit according to the invention in side view and in cross-section. The cross-section also shows clips that are open and closed at the bottom.

[0038] In Fig. Figure 6 shows a balancing rod 5 of the balance kit according to the invention, once without and once with cutouts 1. Both are shown in side view.

[0039] Fig. Figure 7 shows balancing rods 5 of the balance kit according to the invention in a side view with and without recesses 1 and with clips 6. Balance rods 5 with round objects, combined objects and rectangular objects 4 are also shown in a top view.

[0040] Fig. Figure 8 shows balancing rods 5 of the balance kit according to the invention in side view with and without hand guard 7 as well as in top view with vertical handle 9 and with bow handle 10.

[0041] A balancing pole 5 is hexagonal and has several support surfaces.

[0042] In Fig. Figure 9 shows a top view of a balance kit according to the invention. Footplates 8, balance supports 3, and two rods 5 with hand guards 7, here with a round balance object 4, are shown.

[0043] In Fig. Figure 10 shows a balance kit according to the invention in a top view. Footplates 8, balancing supports 3, and two sets of two rods 5 with hand guards 7 are shown, here with a round balancing object and combined objects 4. List of designations 1 recess 2 Curvature 3 Balancing trays 4 Balancing object 5 balancing poles 6 clips 7 Hand protection 8 Footplate 9 vertical handle 10 Handlebar

[0044] The balance kit according to the invention makes it possible to provide an elegant and inexpensive solution for improving balance. QUOTES INCLUDED IN THE DESCRIPTION

[0000] This list of documents cited by the applicant was automatically generated and is included solely for the reader's convenience. The list is not part of the German patent or utility model application. The DPMA accepts no liability for any errors or omissions. Cited patent literature

[0000] AU 2333033

[0004] AU 2012201704 A1

[0005] US 4668446A

[0006] US 2005048624 A1

[0007] DE 9137568 C1

[0008]

Claims

[1] Balance kit to improve balance, characterized by , that it consists of a kit of footplates (8), balancing shelves (3), balancing objects (4) and balancing poles (5). [2] Balance kit for improving balance, according to claim 1, characterized by , that the stepping stones (8) have different heights, shapes, angles, inclinations and curvatures (2). [3] Balance kit for improving balance according to claim 1 and / or 2, characterized by , that the stepping stones (8) are made of wood, metal, cork, plastics or ceramics. [4] Balance kit for improving balance according to one or more of claims 1 to 3, characterized by , that the balancing supports (3) have different shapes and sizes that can be combined with each other, with or without different recesses (1) or bulges (2). [5] Balance kit for improving balance according to one or more of claims 1 to 4, characterized by, that the balancing supports (3) are made of wood, metal, cork, plastics or ceramics. [6] Balance kit for improving balance according to one or more of claims 1 to 5, characterized by , that the balancing objects (4) have different shapes and sizes that can be combined with each other, with or without different recesses (1) or bulges (2). [7] Balance kit for improving balance according to one or more of claims 1 to 6, characterized by , that the balancing objects (4) are made of wood, metal, cork, plastics or ceramics. [8] Balance kit for improving balance according to one or more of claims 1 to 7, characterized by , that the balancing rods (5) are round, oval, triangular, quadrilateral, pentagonal and hexagonal, with or without cutouts (1). [9] Balance kit for improving balance according to one or more of claims 1 to 8, characterized by, that the balancing rods (5) are made of wood, metal, cork, plastics or ceramics. [10] Balance kit for improving balance according to one or more of claims 1 to 9, characterized by , that the balancing rods (5) have clips (6). [11] Balance kit for improving balance (1) according to one or more of claims 1 to 10, characterized by that the balancing poles (5) have a hand guard (7) or bow handle (10) or the handle is vertical (9).

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