Activating platform
View Patent ↗An activating platform is disclosed. The platform includes a curved support plate. The support plate is divided into a standing area and a sitting area, the sitting area including a chair with a mounting arrangement and a seat. The curved shape of the support plate is meant to provoke the balance of a user standing or sitting on the platform, i.e. that the user has to use the muscles actively to hold the balance. Naturally, the user will rock around in a small angle around a middle position and flex in the hips and back to maintain the balance.
1. An activating platform, comprising:
a base including an elongated support plate that extends along a longitudinal axis, the elongated support plate having a first end, a second end, a standing portion adjacent the first end, and a sitting portion adjacent the second end; and
a chair comprising a support arrangement with a seat mounted thereon, the support arrangement extending upward from the sitting portion of the elongated support plate,
wherein the base has a lower surface that contacts a ground surface beneath the activating platform when the activating platform is in use, the lower surface of the base being curved in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis to permit the activating platform to move from side to side.
2. The activating platform as recited in claim 1 , wherein the lower surface of the base is a bottom surface of the elongated support plate.
3. The activating platform as recited in claim 2 , wherein the bottom surface of the elongated support plate has a cylindrical curvature.
4. The activating platform as recited in claim 1 , wherein the lower surface of the base comprises at least one curved runner disposed below the elongated support plate.
5. The activating platform as recited in claim 1 , wherein the lower surface of the elongated support plate is curved with a radius between 800 millimeters (mm) and 1200 millimeters (mm).
6. The activating platform as recited in claim 5 , wherein the lower surface of the elongated support plate is curved with a radius of about 1000 mm.
7. The activating platform as recited in claim 1 , wherein the seat comprises a saddle-shaped configuration.
8. An activating platform, comprising:
a base comprising a rear portion that defines a sitting area and a front portion extending forward from the rear portion that defines a standing area, the front portion being adjacent a first end of the base and the rear portion being adjacent a second end of the base, the first end being located opposite the second end,
wherein the base has an underside with at least one curved surface that contacts a ground surface beneath the activating platform when in use, the at least one curved surface being curved along at least a portion of a width of the base, enabling the base to move laterally from side to side along the at least one curved surface in a defined rocking movement.
9. The activating platform as recited in claim 8 wherein the base is elongated along a longitudinal axis.
10. The activating platform as recited in claim 8 wherein the sitting area comprises a seat coupled to a support arrangement, the support arrangement extending upward and coupled to the rear portion of the base.
11. The activating platform as recited in claim 8 , wherein the at least one curved surface comprises a cylindrical curvature.
12. The activating platform as recited in claim 8 , wherein the at least one curved surface of the base comprises at least one curved runner.
13. The activating platform as recited in claim 8 , wherein the at least one curved surface is curved with a radius between 800 millimeters (mm) and 1200 millimeters (mm).
14. The activating platform as recited in claim 13 , wherein the at least one curved surface is curved with a radius of about 1000 mm.
15. The activating platform as recited in claim 8 , wherein the seat comprises a saddle-shaped configuration.