Patent ID: 8162810
Filing Date: 2012-04-24
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. An exercise equipment comprising: a base fixed in place; and a support portion configured to support a part of a user's body such that at least a part of the user's own weight acts on a leg including a femoral region, wherein said support portion comprises a saddle for supporting the user's buttocks, and said saddle has a pair of curved recesses at its outer periphery, which are configured such that parts of femoral regions of the user fit said curved recesses, wherein the exercise equipment further comprises: a control unit; a drive source controlled by the control unit; and a coupling mechanism to which the drive source is connected, and wherein the coupling mechanism is configured to movably couple said support portion to said base such that a load acted on said leg by the user's own weight varies according to a relative positional displacement between a foot position and a position of a center of gravity of the user, and also configured to limit a movable direction of said support portion such that a direction of the relative positional displacement between the foot position and the position of center of gravity is limited to a direction of flexion and extension of a knee joint of the user, wherein the saddle is oscillated between a position where the saddle is in the upright posture perpendicular to the base and a position where the saddle is inclined and angled relative to the base in at least forward left and forward right directions in front of the user when the user is sitting on the saddle.