JP4879786B2 - Underwater walking pool - Google Patents

Description

  This invention is effective for improving health, enhancing physical strength, improving metabolic efficiency, and reducing the influence of body weight on exercise therapy for adult diseases such as hypertension and hyperlipidemia, or rehabilitation after surgery, etc. It relates to an underwater walking-ready pool.

Conventionally, in an athletic club, underwater walking (walking exercise) is performed in which the buoyancy of water is used to walk in a pool in a state where a burden is not applied to the knees and waist (see Patent Document 1, for example). According to this underwater walking, it is quite popular to increase muscle strength by water resistance without imposing an unnecessary burden on the body. In other words, the underwater walking enthusiasts are very pleased with the utility of actually improving their physical condition.
In the underwater walking, one end of a plurality of swimming courses separated by course ropes in the pool is assigned as a walking course, and students walk within the lesson time within this walking course. Walk back and forth. Here, when the student walks along the course rope and makes a round trip, the student will pass the other student who comes back.
However, there is a problem that a difference between the other students may feel psychologically cramped depending on the students, and some improvement is desired in the structure of the pool. Also, if the person walking in front was slow, I couldn't overtake in space, so I felt stressed behind.
JP-A-10-52514

  Therefore, the present invention is intended to provide an underwater walking pool having a structure that is easier to use than conventional ones.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention takes the following technical means.
(1) The pool for underwater walking according to the present invention has a plurality of courses set as walking courses, and floats on the bottom of the pool along a dividing line that appropriately divides each other in the plurality of courses. There are several dredging function units, and the float is connected to the dredging function unit on the bottom of the pool and has a structure that exists on the pool water surface. It is possible to walk.
(2) This swimming pool for underwater walking allows users to reciprocate within multiple walking courses (for example, 2 courses) with the float as a landmark. Even when facing a person, there is a sufficient width (for example, for two courses) and it is difficult to feel psychological cramping. Also, even if the person walking in front is slow, there is enough width, so you can shortcut or overtake from the side and you will not feel stress.
Here, the walking course and other swimming courses can be partitioned by a course rope or the like as usual. In addition, the float can be provided, for example, at intervals of 5 m along a dividing line that divides a plurality of courses, and the user can form two courses of walking courses in a zigzag 8-shape with the float as a mark. You can also walk.
(3) In the case where a pool is newly established, the float function portion of the float on the bottom surface of the pool can be embedded with a screw or the like (so that there is no protruding protruding).
Moreover, when applying to the existing pool, it is good also as a weight body detained on the pool bottom face. It is preferable that the weight body has a flat shape that is difficult for a person who performs walking exercise to crawl.

The present invention is configured as described above and has the following effects.
Since it is difficult to feel the psychological cramps, it is possible to provide an underwater walking-ready pool with a structure that is more convenient than conventional ones.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, in the underwater walking pool of this embodiment, three courses beside the pool side of courses in the pool are set as walking courses 1. Other than the walking course 1 is a normal swimming course 2, and the course rope 3 separates each other. Here, when the walking course 1 at the end of the pool side has a structure (not shown) having a staircase, the user (student) can easily go down to the pool and become an elderly user. Will also be easier to use.

Between the three courses for walking is the pool bottom surface 6 along the dividing line that divides the two course widths 4 on the pool side (may be one course width) and the one course width 5 on the inside. A plurality of dredging function portions 8 of the float 7 are disposed at a plurality of locations, and the float 7 is connected to the dredging function portion 8 of the pool bottom surface 6 and has a structure existing on the pool water surface 9. The floats 7 are installed at intervals of about 5 m along the lane markings. The partition line is a hypothetical line connecting a plurality of floats 7 and may not be displayed on the bottom surface 6 of the actual pool. The pool bottom surface 6 is tiled as a whole.

The heel function portion 8 of the float 7 on the pool bottom surface 6 is embedded by a screw structure 10 (so that there is no protrusion from the pool bottom surface 6 that crawls). Specifically, a stainless steel embedded socket 11 is embedded in the pool bottom surface 6 in advance, and a stainless steel dedicated cap that is screwed into the embedded socket 11 is formed as the heel function portion 8 of the float 7.

The float 7 is a spherical body made of a synthetic resin containing air (having a structure floating on the water surface 9), and the insertion hole 13 of a rigid linear connecting body (stainless wire) 12 is located at the center of the spherical body. The stainless steel wire 12 formed through the insertion hole 13 is connected and fixed to the heel function portion 8. The meeting place of the stainless steel wire 12 through the insertion hole 13 of the spherical body of the float 7 and other appropriate places are covered with vinyl 14. In addition, since the stainless steel wire 12 has rigidity, the float 7 does not necessarily have a structure that floats on the water surface 9.
The user can reciprocate within the three courses 1 of the walking course 1 using the float 7 as a mark.

Next, the usage state of the underwater walking pool according to this embodiment will be described.
This pool for walking underwater allows users to walk back and forth within the walking course 1 using the float 7 as a landmark, so it is sufficient when facing other users who come back when walking back and forth. There is an advantage that it is wide and difficult to feel psychologically cramped and is easier to use than before. In addition, even if the person walking in front is slow, there is an advantage that it is possible to shortcut or overtake from the side and not feel stressed. The user can also walk the course width of the walking course 1 in a zigzag shape with the float 7 as a mark.

Here, if 2 (or 3) course widths with a course rope are used for walking, if you try to avoid entering other courses when facing other users, you must not go underwater to pass through the rope. In this embodiment, the problem of wetting the head as described above can be avoided, and there is an advantage that the number of courses is not merely increased. On the other hand, if 2 (or 3) course widths that do not have a course rope are used for walking, there will be no signs that will be actively used when walking, so the users' walking exercises will be chaotic and confusing. However, in this embodiment, the above-described confusion can be avoided, and there is an advantage that the number of courses is not merely increased.

Further, since the float 7 and the heel function portion 8 are connected by a linear connecting body (stainless steel) 12 having rigidity, the linear connecting body 12 exists almost immediately below the float 7 existing on the water surface 9. For example, it is possible to prevent an unexpected crossing between the user and the linear connector 12 such as when the float 7 flows obliquely and is displaced from the original position (a linear shape is not directly under the float). If there is a connected body, there is a possibility that the user may make a mistake in the measurement), and there is an advantage that safety can be ensured.
In addition, when applying this underwater walking corresponding pool to the existing pool, it can be set as the weight which detains the heel function part of a float on the pool bottom face. It is preferable that the weight body has a flat shape that is difficult for a person who performs walking exercise to crawl.

  By having a structure that is easier to use than before, it can suitably contribute to the improvement of health, physical fitness, improvement of metabolic efficiency of many people, exercise therapy for adult diseases such as hypertension, hyperlipidemia, or It can be applied to the use of an underwater walking pool that can perform post-operative rehabilitation and the like while reducing the influence of weight.

The photograph explaining embodiment of the pool for underwater walking of this invention. The front view explaining the structure around the float of the pool for underwater walking of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

1 Walking course 6 Pool bottom 7 Float 8 錨 Functional part 9 Pool water surface

Claims (1)

A plurality of courses among the courses in the pool are set as walking courses 1, and the heel function sections 8 of the floats 7 are arranged at a plurality of locations on the pool bottom surface 6 along a dividing line that appropriately divides the plurality of courses. The float 7 is connected to the pool function part 8 of the pool bottom surface 6 and has a structure existing on the pool water surface 9. The user can reciprocate within the plurality of courses 1 of the walking course 1 with the float 7 as a mark. An underwater walking pool that is characterized by