Apparatus for instructing biomechanical movements

Abstract

The invention relates to an apparatus for visually instructing biomechanical and ergonomic movements, such as instructions for operating fitness equipment, postures for office workers, and other activities that require proper body posture and manipulation to be performed. The invention comprises a lenticular panel capturing at least two images of the biomechanical movements, wherein each of said at least two images capturing a body posture and at least one muscle group affected by the biomechanical movements. The first one of the images captures a start posture and the last captures a finish posture. The images are overlaid on top of each other for a user to easily identify and implement proper body postures and movements by altering his or her angle of viewing perspective and by comparing the images.

1 . An apparatus for instructing biomechanical movements comprising: 
 a lenticular panel comprising at least two images of said biomechanical movements;    wherein each of said at least two images captures a body posture and at least one muscle group affected by said biomechanical movements;    wherein a first of said images captures a start posture and a last of said at least two images captures a finish posture; and    wherein said at least two images are overlaid on top of each other for a user to easily identify and implement proper body postures and movement.    
   
   
       2 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein said lenticular panel includes a fastening means at the rear side of said lenticular panel for fastening said lenticular panel to a surface of an object.  
   
   
       3 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein said at least two images include shading for preventing ghosting effect.  
   
   
       4 . The apparatus of  claim 1  including a housing, and a pair of guiding rails in said housing for slidably supporting said lenticular panel.  
   
   
       5 . The apparatus of  claim 4  including driving means for periodically and automatically sliding said lenticular panel back and forth at a predetermined or adjustable rate.  
   
   
       6 . The apparatus of  claim 5 , wherein said predetermined or said adjustable rate of sliding said lenticular panel is for showing said user an optimal rate of said biomechanical movements.  
   
   
       7 . The apparatus of  claim 1  including a housing, and tilting means tiltably attaching said lenticular panel to said housing.  
   
   
       8 . The apparatus of  claim 7  including driving means for periodically and automatically tilting said lenticular panel back and forth at a predetermined or adjustable rate.  
   
   
       9 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein said lenticular panel includes two images, wherein a first of said two images captures a start posture and a second of said two images captures a finish posture.  
   
   
       10 . A method for instructing biomechanical movements to a user comprising showing at least two images of said biomechanical movements in a sequence; 
 wherein said at least two images are captured in a lenticular panel, and each of said at least two images captures a body posture and at least one muscle group affected by said biomechanical movements;    wherein a first of said at least two images captures a start posture and a last of said at least two images capturing a finish posture; and    wherein said images are overlaid on top of each other for a user to easily identify and implement proper body postures and movement.    
   
   
       11 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein said lenticular panel includes fastening means at a rear side thereof for fastening said lenticular panel to a surface of an object.  
   
   
       12 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein said images include shading for preventing ghosting effect.  
   
   
       13 . The method of  claim 10  including a housing, and a pair of guiding rails in said housing for slidably supporting said lenticular panel.  
   
   
       14 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein said lenticular panel is manually slid by said user.  
   
   
       15 . The method of  claim 13  including driving means for periodically and automatically sliding said lenticular panel back and forth at a predetermined or adjustable rate.  
   
   
       16 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein said predetermined or adjustable rate of sliding said lenticular panel is for showing said user an optimal rate of said biomechanical movements.  
   
   
       17 . The method of  claim 10  including a housing, and tilting means tiltably attaching said lenticular panel to said housing.  
   
   
       18 . The method of  claim 17  including driving means for periodically and automatically tilting said lenticular panel back and forth at a predetermined or adjustable rate.  
   
   
       19 . The method of  claim 18 , wherein said predetermined or adjustable rate of said tilting said lenticular panel is for showing said user an optimal speed of said biomechanical movements.  
   
   
       20 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein said lenticular panel includes two images, wherein a first of said two images captures a start posture and the second of said two images is captures a finish posture.