Abstract

The standing step trainer is a device that allows a user to engage in movement that is similar to walking, although less strenuous. The standing step trainer assists users in raising their center of mass after it has been lowered via plantar flexion, ankle flexion, dorsiflexion, and knee flexion. Because users receive an assist in returning to an upright, neutral standing position, they are able to move on the standing step trainer for extended periods of time. This type of movement has been shown to provide myriad health benefits including an increase in the flow of nitric oxide throughout the blood. The methods of the present invention disclose using the standing step trainer to attain these and many other health benefits while working at a desk, watching television, attending class, or any other activity that has heretofore been done from a sitting or standing position.

IPC Classes  ?

• A63B 22/16 - Platforms for rocking motion about a horizontal axisBalancing drumsBalancing boards or the like
• A63B 22/00 - Exercising apparatus specially adapted for conditioning the cardio-vascular system, for training agility or co-ordination of movements
• A63B 5/08 - Spring-boards
• A63B 5/00 - Apparatus for jumping