Device for posture correction and Kegel exercise
View Patent ↗Proposed is a technology which relates to a device for posture correction and Kegel exercises and is employed in a pair of foot-protecting means provided on the left and right feet to enable posture correction and Kegel exercises during walking without significant expense of time and cost. The device includes an upper plate, a lower plate, and a spiral compression part provided between the upper plate and the lower plate, wherein the upper plate rotates relative to the lower plate during vertical compression of the spiral compression part, the spiral compression part is coupled to the foot-protecting means of each of the left and right sides, and rotation directions of the spiral compression parts of the left and right sides are opposite to each other.
1 . A device for posture correction and Kegel exercises, the device being applied to a foot-protecting means that is used while walking and is provided as a pair for left and right sides, the device comprising:
an upper plate;
a lower plate; and
a spiral compression part provided between the upper plate and the lower plate, wherein the upper plate rotates relative to the lower plate during vertical compression of the spiral compression part, the spiral compression part is coupled to the foot-protecting means of each of the left and right sides, and rotation directions of the spiral compression parts of the left and right sides are opposite to each other,
wherein the upper plate is configured to protrude more upwardly than the foot-protecting means, or the lower plate is configured to protrude more downwardly than a bottom surface of the foot-protecting means.
2 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the spiral compression part is made of an elastic material and is provided with a plurality of spiral members connecting the upper plate and the lower plate.
3 . The device of claim 2 , further comprising:
a guide part provided on the inside of each of the spiral members, and coupled to the upper plate and configured to protrude downward from the upper plate, or coupled to the lower plate and configured to protrude upward from the lower plate.
4 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the spiral compression part comprises:
a hollow part in which a spiral groove is formed on a side wall thereof; and
a penetration part in which a protruding jaw that moves spirally along the spiral groove is formed and in which an elastic member is coupled to at least one of lower and upper surfaces thereof,
wherein the hollow part and the penetration part are respectively coupled to either the upper plate or the lower plate.
5 . The device of claim 1 , wherein magnitudes of rotational forces generated from the spiral compression parts coupled to the foot-protecting means are different for the left and right sides.
6 . The device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a partition wall coupled to at least one of the upper plate and the lower plate, provided on the outside of the spiral compression part, and having a smaller elastic modulus than the spiral compression part.
7 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the upper plate or the lower plate is formed integrally with the foot-protecting means.
8 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the foot-protecting means is any one of a shoe, an insole, a slipper, and a sock.