(19)
(11) EP 1 829 585 A8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION
published in accordance with Art. 158(3) EPC

(15) Correction information:
Corrected version no 1 (W1 A1)

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
24.10.2007 Bulletin 2007/43

(43) Date of publication:
05.09.2007 Bulletin 2007/36

(21) Application number: 04819884.0

(22) Date of filing: 02.12.2004
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A63B 23/00(2006.01)
 A63B 22/14(2006.01)
(86) International application number:
PCT/JP2004/017926
(87) International publication number:
WO 2005/053799 (16.06.2005 Gazette 2005/24)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

(30) Priority: 05.12.2003 JP 2003407972

(71) Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD.
Kadoma-shi, Osaka-fu 571-8686 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • OZAWA, Takahisa c/o Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Kadoma-shi, Osaka 571-8686 (JP)
  • SHINOMIYA, Youichi c/o Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Kadoma-shi, Osaka 571-8686 (JP)
  • OCHI, Kazuhiro c/o Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Kadoma-shi, Osaka 571-8686 (JP)

(74) Representative: Appelt, Christian W. 
FORRESTER & BOEHMERT Anwaltssozietät Pettenkoferstrasse 20-22
80336 München
80336 München (DE)

   


(54) SADDLE FOR EXCERCISE APPARATUS USING THE SAME


(57) A saddle for an exercise equipment for allowing a user to perform an exercise in a sitting posture is provided, which has the capability of suppressing variations in sitting posture to achieve stable exercise effects. The exercise equipment has a base, the saddle for supporting the user's buttocks, and a coupling mechanism configured to movably couple the saddle to the base such that a load acted on a leg by the user's own weight varies according to a relative positional displacement between a foot position and a position of center of gravity of the user, and also configured to limit a movable direction of the saddle 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 knee joint. The saddle has a pair of curved recesses at its outer periphery, which are configured such that parts of the femoral regions of the user fit the recesses.