US20110294623A1 - Exercise apparatus - Google Patents
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Abstract
An exercise apparatus (1), comprising: a box-shaped element (2) configured to be transported on lorries and provided with a lower wall (3), an upper wall (4) and a lateral wall (5) which together form an inner space (6), with said lateral wall (5) having a plurality of faces (F1, F2, F3, F4) and comprising, on at least one of the faces (F1, F2, F3, F4), at least one portion (7) which is movable between a closed position (C), in which it forms a configuration (B) which minimises the dimensions of the box-shaped element (2), and an open position (A), in which the movable portion (7) projects towards the outside (8) of the box-shaped element (2) and forms an opening (9) in the lateral wall (5) designed to put the inner space (6) in communication with an outside environment (8); at least one exercise machine (10) to allow a user (35) to exercise, said exercise machine (10) being designed to occupy the inner space (6) of the box-shaped element (2) at least while in the configuration (B) of minimum dimensions; means (11) for generating electrical power which can be used for supplying electrical loads of said box-shaped element (2).
Description
- The present invention has as its subject an exercise apparatus.
- Environments are known, for example gymnasiums, where a plurality of exercise machines are arranged to allow users to exercise.
- These environments are usually closed environments provided with windows and/or air conditioning systems to allow ventilation.
- A need particularly long-felt by users of exercise machines during the summer season is to be able to exercise in the open air.
- In the light of this the environment of the gymnasium is perceived in the summer months as a closed and unnatural environment.
- Another need long-felt by users of exercise machines is to be able to train on exercise machines without necessarily having to go to a gymnasium.
- As is well-known, in fact, a user does not always have a gymnasium available in the vicinity of their dwelling; the necessity of having to go to the gymnasium is perceived by such users as an inconvenience.
- However, this need is hard to reconcile with the limited spaces normally available inside dwellings, which in the light of this do not make it possible to house one or more exercise machines, and with the purchase costs of one or more exercise machines for strictly personal use.
- From patent document U.S. Pat. No. 5,667,267A it is known a trailer adapted to provide a mobile fitness centre.
- However, said trailer is disadvantageous, being scarcely ecological and autonomous, since it requires the presence of a motor vehicle coupled thereto, in order to have an energy source.
- An object of the present invention is to make available an exercise apparatus which makes it possible to satisfy the need previously expressed.
- Said object is fully achieved by the exercise apparatus which is characterised by what is stated in the claims set forth below.
- In particular, the apparatus according to the invention comprises:
- a box-shaped element configured to be transported on lorries and provided with a lower wall, an upper wall and a lateral wall which together form an inner space, with said lateral wall having a plurality of faces and comprising, on at least one of the faces, at least one portion which is movable between a closed position, in which it forms a configuration which minimises the dimensions of the box-shaped element, and an open position, in which the movable portion projects towards the outside of the box-shaped element and forms an opening in the lateral wall designed to put the inner space in communication with an outside environment; at least one exercise machine to allow a user to exercise, said exercise machine being designed to occupy the inner space of the box-shaped element at least while in the configuration of minimum dimensions; means for generating electrical power which can be used for supplying electrical loads of said box-shaped element.
- This and other characteristics will be more evident from the following description of a preferred embodiment, illustrated, purely by way of non-limiting example, in the attached drawings in which:
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FIGS. 1 and 2 show respective schematic perspective views of the apparatus which is the subject of the present invention according to a preferred embodiment, in two operative configurations; -
FIG. 3 shows a schematic sectional view of the apparatus for assisted exercising as depicted inFIGS. 1 and 2 ; -
FIG. 4 shows a schematic plan view of the apparatus for assisted exercising according to another embodiment; -
FIG. 5 shows a perspective schematic view of the apparatus for assisted exercising according to yet another embodiment; -
FIGS. 6 and 7 show respective schematic lateral views of a system comprising two apparatuses according to the invention. - With reference to
FIGS. 1-7 ,number reference 1 denotes the exercise apparatus which is the subject of the present invention, hereinafter referred to asapparatus 1. - In the following, the term “user” or “utiliser” will be used interchangeably, with reference to the person who utilises
apparatus 1 to exercise. - In the following, a description will be given by way of non-limiting example of some embodiments of
apparatus 1; in particular a description will be given, first, of a first embodiment shown inFIGS. 1 , 2 and 3; next, of a second embodiment shown inFIG. 4 ; and finally of a third embodiment shown inFIG. 5 . - Each embodiment comprises technical and functional characteristics which will be illustrated in the description of the same embodiment and/or in the attached drawings relating to the same embodiment.
- These technical and functional characteristics must not be understood to be associated uniquely with the embodiment of the apparatus in which said characteristics are described and/or illustrated where this is not separately and expressly declared; on the contrary, these technical characteristics may also be associated with other embodiments of the apparatus or variants of the same apparatus which nevertheless come within the protective scope of the present invention.
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Apparatus 1 according to the invention comprises a box-shaped element 2 provided with alower wall 3, anupper wall 4 and alateral wall 5. -
Apparatus 1 further comprises a frame 25 which supports thelower wall 3, theupper wall 4 and thelateral wall 5. - The frame 25 is equipped with a plurality of vertical elements 17 connecting the
upper wall 4 to thelower wall 3, which form housings for the passage of electrical cables. - According to an aspect of the invention, not illustrated, the
upper panels 24S are removably fixable to the frame. - In other words,
upper panels 24S are attachable to/detachable from the vertical elements. - Said vertical elements are furthermore foldable to form a folded configuration of minimum dimensions; the adoption of this folded configuration advantageously makes it possible to further reduce the dimensions of the box-shaped element to facilitate its transportation.
- In the light of this, it should furthermore be observed that the exercise machines can also be transported separately to the box-shaped element and do not necessarily have to be arranged inside it during transportation.
- According to the invention, the
lower wall 3, theupper wall 4 and thelateral wall 5 together form aninner space 6 of the box-shaped element 2. - The box-
shaped element 2 is configured for being transported on lorries. - In other words, this box-
shaped element 2 has dimensions such as to be transported on lorries so as to be advantageously moved, as necessary, and taken to any place accessible by road. - Preferably the box-shaped element is designed so as to be positioned in the open air, for example in a town park, or in a square, or alternatively in a shared garden.
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lateral wall 5 comprises a plurality of faces (F1, F2, F3, F4). - With reference to the preferred embodiment shown in
FIGS. 1 , 2 and 3, i.e. to the first embodiment to which explicit reference will be made in what follows, thelateral wall 5 comprises four faces: a first face F1, a second face F2, a third face F3, and a fourth face F4. - The box-
shaped element 2 has the form of a parallelepiped, preferably of a cube. - The
lateral wall 5, at each face F1, F2, F3, and F4, comprises anupper door 24S and a lower door 24I, movable with respect to the box-shaped element 2. - Each
upper door 24S and lower door 24I is movable between a closed position C, shown inFIG. 1 , and an open position A, shown inFIG. 2 . - The doors (24S, 24I) in their entirety form in the closed position C a configuration B which minimises the dimensions of the box-
shaped element 2. - This configuration B of minimum dimensions, shown in
FIG. 1 , makes it possible to reduce the space occupied by the box-shaped element 2, that is to say, the overall dimensions of the box-shaped element 2 itself; this configuration B of minimum dimensions is advantageously adopted for transportation ofapparatus 1 or in the event that theuser 35, or the operator ofapparatus 1, wants to prevent others from accessing theinner space 6 of the box-shaped element 2. - According to this last aspect of the invention, i.e. with reference to the adoption of the configuration B of minimum dimensions with the aim of preventing access to the
inner space 6, the box-shaped element 2 in the configuration B of minimum dimensions forms a substantially closed environment, in other words it forms an environment not accessible to a person from theoutside 8. - Preferably the doors (24S, 24I) in the closed position C are arranged vertically.
- Preferably, each
upper door 24S and each lower door 24I is configured to rotate around a respective horizontal axis (15, 16). - With reference by way of example to a face F1 of the
lateral wall 5, theupper door 24S of this face F1 is configured to rotate around its ownhorizontal axis 15 in a first direction of rotation W1 between the closed position C and the open position A; similarly the lower door 24I of this face F1 is configured to rotate around its ownhorizontal axis 16 between the closed position C and the open position A in a second direction of rotation W2 opposed to the first direction of rotation W1. - The doors (24S, 24I) in the open position A, shown in
FIG. 2 , project towards the outside 8 of the box-shaped element 2 and form anopening 9 in thelateral wall 5 suitable for putting theinner space 6 in communication with theoutside environment 8. - This
opening 9 formed in thelateral wall 5 advantageously allows auser 35 to access theinner space 6 of the box-shaped element 2. - Preferably the doors (24S, 24I) in the open position A are arranged horizontally.
- The lower doors 24I in the open position
A form flooring 14. - This
flooring 14 forms a treadable surface area, i.e. employable by theuser 35. - The
flooring 14 formed by the lower doors 24I expands the plan surface area which can be treaded by theuser 35. - In fact, when the lower doors 24I are in the closed position C, the surface area that can be treaded by the
user 35 is that which is formed only by thelower wall 3, while when the lower doors 24I are arranged in the open position A, the surface area that can be treaded by theuser 35 is that which is formed by the sum of the plan surface area of thelower wall 3 and the plan surface area of theflooring 14 formed by the lower doors 24I. - The
upper doors 24S in the open position A form acover 12 for a region below. - With reference to the embodiment shown in
FIG. 1 , theupper doors 24S in the open position A form acover 12 for theflooring 14; in fact theupper doors 24S are arranged over the lower doors 24I in their open position A. - This
cover 12 formed by theupper doors 24S makes it possible to obtain the following advantageous technical effects: -
- it enables the region below, including the
lower wall 3, to be sheltered from the rain; - it enables the
user 35 to be shielded from solar radiation.
- it enables the region below, including the
- The lower doors 24I and the
upper doors 24S form in their entirety amovable portion 7 of thelateral wall 5. - In particular, the
upper doors 24S form afirst part 7S of themovable portion 7 of thelateral wall 5, and the lower doors 24I form a second part 7I of themovable portion 7 of thelateral wall 3. - In accordance with the embodiment shown in
FIG. 1 , thefirst part 7S of themovable portion 7 forms acover 12 to cover the second part 7I of themovable portion 7 when both thefirst part 7S and the second part 7I of themovable portion 7 are arranged in the open position A. - The second part 7I of the
movable portion 7 forms flooring 14. -
Apparatus 1 also comprisesexercise machines 10 to allow auser 35 to exercise. - By way of non-limiting example, there are three types of exercise machine represented in
FIGS. 1 to 7 : a first type of exercise machine 10A, a second type of exercise machine 10B and a third type of exercise machine 10C. - The first type of exercise machine 10A is an exercise bicycle, the second type of exercise machine 10B is a treadmill and the third type of exercise machine 10C is a stepper.
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exercise machines 10 are designed to occupy theinner space 6 of the box-shapedelement 2 while it is in the configuration B of minimum dimensions; this advantageously allowsapparatus 1 to be transported easily because theexercise machines 10 are arranged during transportation in theinner space 6 and consequently do not occupy additional space. - Furthermore, the
exercise machines 10 can be arranged inside theinner space 6 also to shelter the machines themselves from adverse weather; in the light of this therefore the box-shapedelement 2 is preferably commuted into the configuration B of minimum dimensions when theexercise machines 10 are arranged in theinner space 6. - Preferably, the
user 35 arranges the exercise machines onflooring 14 in order to exercise, as shown inFIG. 2 where twousers 35 are visible exercising while occupyingflooring 14 formed by two distinct lower doors 24I. - In fact in this way the
user 35 has greater freedom of movement while exercising, not being constrained or obstructed by the frame 25 of the box-shapedelement 2. - In addition according to this aspect the
user 35 advantageously has the sensation of exercising in the open air. -
FIG. 3 shows theexercise machines 10, schematically represented by a rectangle, in the two extreme positions, respectively inside the space 6 (rectangle with continuous line) and on flooring 14 (rectangle with dotted line). - According to the invention,
apparatus 1 comprises a photovoltaic module 23, suitable for converting electromagnetic radiation into electrical power. - Preferably, the photovoltaic module 23 is arranged on the
upper wall 4 on the outside of the box-shapedelement 2. - The photovoltaic module 23 forms electrical power generating means 11 utilisable for supplying electrical loads of said box-shaped
element 2. - Preferably the generating means 11 make it possible to supply the totality of the electrical loads of
apparatus 1; according to this aspect thereforeapparatus 1 is electrically self-sufficient, in other words it does not need to take power from an external source of power, which would complicate the installation of the apparatus, and in addition can be installed anywhere irrespective of the presence or not of an external source of power. - Alternatively or in combination with the photovoltaic module 23, the
exercise machine 10 comprises a dynamo for generating electrical power when theuser 35 exercises on theexercise machine 10 itself. - Preferably, the electrical power generating means 11 are configured for producing power of renewable or assimilable type.
- The term ‘renewable power’ is intended to mean power produced from sources which regenerate themselves, while ‘power assimilable to renewable’ is intended to mean those power sources, such as that generated by the
user 35 while exercising, which have substantially nil environmental impact. - According to this aspect, therefore, in addition to the advantages already described and to those which will be further explained as the description continues,
apparatus 1 makes it possible to supply one's own electrical loads with power sources with substantially nil environmental impact. - Compared with traditional gymnasiums, therefore,
apparatus 1 makes it possible to greatly reduce the emission of polluting substances. - In the light of this,
apparatus 1 is preferably also provided with means for storing the power produced, such as for example a battery. - According to another aspect of the invention not illustrated by means of the drawings,
apparatus 1 comprises further photovoltaic modules arranged on the outer surfaces of theupper panels 24S. - When the
upper panels 24S are arranged in the open position, these photovoltaic modules are oriented so as to receive the sun's light. -
Apparatus 1 further comprises a plurality of adjustable support elements 26, fixed below thelower wall 3. - These adjustable support elements 26 form means 27 for adjusting the set-up of the
lower wall 3 with respect to theground 19 below. - The adjustment means 27 make it possible to adjust the set-up of the
lower wall 3 so that, irrespective of the conformation of theground 19 below, thelower wall 3 can be arranged substantially at a horizontal set-up. - According to another aspect of the invention,
apparatus 1 comprises a track (28, 29, 34) which forms a pre-established path P on which to move theexercise machine 10. -
FIG. 2 shows three tracks, respectively afirst track 28 for a stepper 10C, asecond track 29 for the treadmill 10B, and athird track 34 for another stepper 10C. - The track (28, 29, 34) forms guide means 20 which form a pre-established path P for moving the
exercise machine 10. - Preferably, a first portion (28A, 29A, 34A) of the
track 28 is arranged at thelower wall 3 of the box-shapedelement 2, and a second portion (28B, 29B, 34B) is arranged on the inner surface of the lower door 24I. - The first portion (28A, 29A, 34A) of the track (28, 29, 34) forms a pre-established path P′ for moving the
exercise machine 10 within theinner space 6; the second portion (28B, 29B, 34B) of thetrack 28 forms a pre-established path P″ for moving theexercise machine 10 onflooring 14. - The guide means 20 therefore advantageously make it possible to move easily the
exercise machine 10 along the path P without requiring excessive effort of theuser 35. -
FIG. 4 shows a second variant ofapparatus 1. - In accordance with this variant,
apparatus 1 comprises a single type of door 24I, i.e. doors having the same characteristics as the lower doors 24I described with reference to the first embodiment. - Each door 24I extends preferably so as to occupy substantially the entire area of a face (F1, F2, F3, F4) of the
lateral wall 5. -
Apparatus 1 in accordance with the second variant, for given volumetric dimensions of the box-shapedelement 2 commuted into the configuration B of minimum dimensions, forms alarger flooring 14 by comparison with that of the apparatus shown inFIG. 1 when the doors 24I are arranged in the open position A. -
FIG. 5 shows a third variant ofapparatus 1, in whichapparatus 1 comprises a single type ofdoor 24S, i.e. doors having the same characteristics as theupper doors 24S described with reference to the first embodiment. - Each
door 24S extends preferably so as to occupy substantially the entire area of a face (F1, F2, F3, F4) of thelateral wall 5. -
Apparatus 1 in accordance with this variant, for given dimensions of the box-shapedelement 2 commuted into the configuration B of minimum dimensions, forms acover 12 having an area of extension greater than that of theapparatus 1 ofFIGS. 1-3 when thedoors 24S are arranged in the open position A. -
Apparatus 1 is also provided with one or more extractable fold-awayelements 31, movable between a retracted position (not shown) and an extracted position (shown inFIG. 5 ) in which they form aflooring 32. - The
flooring 32 can advantageously be occupied by theexercise machine 10 to allow the user to exercise. - Preferably, the
flooring 32 is covered by thecover 12 formed by one of thedoors 24S. - According to yet another aspect, a plurality of
apparatuses 1 are set up one next to the other to form asystem 33 for exercising. - In particular, as shown by way of example in
FIG. 6 , in which twoapparatuses 1 are represented, respectively afirst apparatus 1A and asecond apparatus 1B, theapparatuses 1 are arranged with respect to each other so that themovable portion 7 of thelateral wall 5 of one of the two apparatuses 1 (with reference toFIG. 6 , thesecond apparatus 1B) forms aflooring 14 which connects together thelower walls 3 of the twoapparatuses 1 when it is arranged in the open position A. - In addition, the
movable portion 7 of thefirst apparatus 1A forms acover 12 for theflooring 14. - The two
apparatuses large flooring 14, consisting of the entire surface area of one face, for bothusers 35 of the various apparatuses, and at the same time make available acover 12 for this surface. -
FIG. 7 shows a variant of the exercisingsystem 33 described above. - One advantage of the present invention consists in making available an exercise apparatus which makes it possible to exercise in the open air and which can be arranged in a plurality of places: squares, gardens, parks, etc.
- Another advantage of the present invention consists in making available an exercise apparatus on which a plurality of machines, even different machines, can be arranged, making the apparatus extremely versatile.
- The invention thus conceived is evidently susceptible of industrial application; it can also be the subject of numerous modifications and variants, all falling within the scope of the inventive concept; all the details are furthermore replaceable by technically equivalent elements.
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1) An exercise apparatus (1), characterised in that it comprises, in combination:
a box-shaped element (2) configured to be transported on lorries and comprising a lower wall (3), an upper wall (4) and a lateral wall (5) which together form an inner space (6), the lateral wall (5) comprising a plurality of faces (F1, F2, F3, F4), at least one of the faces (F1, F2, F3, F4) having at least one portion (7) which is mobile between a closed position (C), in which it forms a configuration (B) which minimises the dimensions of the box-shaped element (2), and an open position (A), in which it projects towards the outside (8) of the box-shaped element (2) and creates an opening (9) in the lateral wall (5) designed to put the inner space (6) in communication with an outside environment (8);
at least one exercise machine (10) occupying the inner space (6) of the box-shaped element (2) at least in the configuration (B) of minimum dimensions;
means (11) for generating electrical power which can be used for supplying electrical loads of the box-shaped element (2).
2) The apparatus (1) according to claim 1 , wherein the electrical power generating means (11) comprise a dynamo (22) mechanically connected to the exercise machine (10) and which can be operated by the user (35) while exercising.
3) The apparatus (1) according to claim 1 , wherein the electrical power generating means (11) comprise a photovoltaic module (23), positioned on an outer surface of the upper wall (4).
4) The apparatus (1) according to claim 3 , wherein the photovoltaic module (23) is also positioned on an outer surface of the mobile portion (7) of the lateral wall (5) designed to form an extension of the upper wall (4) when it is in the open position (A).
5) The apparatus (1) according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one face (F1, F2, F3, F4) comprises at least one mobile portion (7) configured in such a way that in the open position (A) it forms a cover (12) for a region (13) below.
6) The apparatus (1) according claim 1 , wherein the at least one face (F1, F2, F3, F4) comprises at least one mobile portion (7) configured in such a way that in the open position (A) it forms flooring (14).
7) The apparatus (1) according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one of said faces (F1, F2, F3, F4) comprises:
a first part (7S) of the mobile portion (7) configured in such a way that in the open position (A) it forms a cover (12) for a region (13) below;
a second part (7I) of the mobile portion (7) which in the open position (A) forms flooring (14).
8) The apparatus (1) according to claim 7 , wherein the first part (7S) and the second part (7I) of the mobile portion (7) form two half-portions of the face (F1, F2, F3, F4), in such a way that they are substantially one above the other when they are in the respective open positions (A).
9) The apparatus (1) according to claim 1 , wherein the mobile portion (7) is configured for rotating about an axis (15, 16) parallel with one side of the lower wall (3), between the closed position (C) and the open position (A).
10) The apparatus (1) according to claim 1 , comprising a frame (25) equipped with a plurality of vertical elements (17) connecting the upper wall (4) to the lower wall (3), the vertical members forming housings for the passage of electrical cables.
11) The apparatus (1) according to claim 1 , comprising means (27) for adjusting a set-up of the lower wall (3) relative to the ground (19) below supporting the box-shaped element, the adjusting means being interposed between the lower wall (3) and the ground (19) below.
12) The apparatus (1) according to claim 1 , comprising guide means (20) associated with the lower wall (3) and with at least one face (F1, F2, F3, F4) comprising a mobile portion (7) configured in such a way that in the open position (A) it forms flooring (14).
13) The apparatus (1) according to claim 1 , comprising at least one extractable fold-away element (31), associated with the lower wall (3), for allowing the treadable surface area of the lower wall (3) to be increased.
14) The apparatus (1) according to claim 1 , wherein the box-shaped element (2) is configured in such a way as to be coupled with at least one other box-shaped element (2) to form a modular exercising system (33).
15) The apparatus (1) according to claim 14 , wherein the mobile portion (7) of the face (F1, F2, F3, F4) of the lateral wall (5) is equipped with connecting elements which can be coupled to corresponding connecting elements of the box-shaped element (2) of another apparatus (1) coupled there, when the respective mobile portions (7) are in the open position (A).
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