| 摘要 |
A lower extremity receiving device is disclosed, which facilitates enhanced gluteal muscle engagement, body stability, and range of motion. The device includes a self-standing sling that can stand upright and ready to receive a user's lower extremity and enable them to commence any combination of hip extension or hip abduction with proper form upon inserting their foot, the sling including a heel socket that surrounds and facilitates rotational movement of the user's heel during the applicable hip extension exercise, and a resistance harness connected to the sling and capable of engaging a resistance-transmitting line for exercise, the harness having a clearance space for providing clearance for a user's foot as they alternately insert or remove their foot. This functional framework of elements enables a user to perform full range of combination of hip extension and hip abduction under resistance, via hands-free insertion of either foot into the sling. |
| 主权项 |
1. A lower extremity receiving device for hands-free lower body exercise, the device comprising:
a) a self-standing sling, the sling configured to wrap securely around a portion of a user's lower extremity during exercise, the sling including
i) a supportive scaffold adapted to provide structural support to the sling to help the sling stand up and open, the scaffold enabling the user to alternately engage and disengage the sling for exercise with either leg without any manual effort, the scaffold having
an upper band that is adapted to receive and contain the user's posterior leg above their heel apex for substantial hip extension when upright, and to receive and contain the user's lateral foot for substantial hip abduction when side-lying, andii) a heel socket framed by the scaffold, the socket being adapted to surround and facilitate rotational movement of the user's heel throughout substantial hip extension, and to deform around the user's lateral foot during substantial hip abduction; and b) a resistance harness connected to the sling, the harness being adapted to engage a pullable portion of a resistance-transmitting line, thereby coupling the sling with the line to facilitate delivery of force of resistance from the line to the sling during exercise, the harness being configured to provide
a clearance space positioned substantially opposite the heel socket relative to the sling, the space providing clearance for the user's foot as the user alternately inserts their foot into and removes their foot from the upright or side-lying sling, the lower extremity receiving device thereby enabling the user to perform full range of any combination of hip extension and hip abduction under line resistance via hands-free insertion of either foot into the sling. |
