Kinetic chain energy movement pilates strap pad

Abstract

Provided is a kinetic chain energy movement (KEM) Pilates strap pad. The KEM Pilates strap pad includes a pad body for supporting a foot, a support belt extending from two opposite sides of the pad body and provided with a connection link at a portion thereof located above the pad body so as to connect the pad body to an exercise machine, and an elastic unit extending from a portion of the support belt located above the pad body to a rear portion of the pad body so as to elastically connect the support belt and the pad body. The KEM Pilates strap pad supports a user's hand or foot so as to produce the same effect as when the user performs exercise on the floor, thereby effectively achieving correction of bones and muscles of the user's body.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A kinetic chain energy movement (KEM) Pilates strap pad comprising:
 a pad body for supporting a foot;   a support belt extending from two opposite sides of the pad body and provided with a connection link at a portion thereof located above the pad body so as to connect the pad body to an exercise machine; and   an elastic unit extending from a portion of the support belt located above the pad body to a rear portion of the pad body so as to elastically connect the support belt and the pad body.   
     
     
         2 . The KEM Pilates strap pad according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a heel support belt having two opposite end portions connected to the support belt so as to surround and support a heel.   
     
     
         3 . The KEM Pilates strap pad according to  claim 1 , wherein the pad body is provided in a pair, and
 the KEM Pilates strap pad further comprises:   a stance adjustment plate to which the pair of pad bodies is mounted.   
     
     
         4 . The KEM Pilates strap pad according to  claim 3 , wherein the stance adjustment plate has a stance adjustment slot formed in a middle portion thereof in a longitudinal direction, and
 the pad body includes a bolt, extending from a bottom surface thereof so as to be fitted through the stance adjustment slot, and a nut, configured to be engaged with or disengaged from the bolt so as to secure or remove the pad body to/from the stance adjustment plate,   and wherein a distance between the pair of pad bodies or an angle of the pad body is adjusted to correspond to an exercise condition by engagement or disengagement between the bolt and the nut.   
     
     
         5 . The KEM Pilates strap pad according to  claim 1 , wherein the elastic unit includes an elastic band connection member, connected to the connection link provided at the support belt at a middle portion thereof and extending a predetermined length in bilateral directions of the pad body from the middle portion thereof, and a pair of elastic bands, each having one end connected to an end of the elastic band connection member that is spaced apart from the connection link and an opposite end connected to a rear portion of the pad body, thereby elastically connecting the support belt and the pad body. 
     
     
         6 . The KEM Pilates strap pad according to  claim 4 , wherein the stance adjustment plate has distance adjustment gradations formed therein so as to check a distance between the pair of pad bodies coupled to the stance adjustment plate and adjust the distance between the pair of pad bodies to a desired value, and angle adjustment gradations formed therein so as to check an angle of the pad body and adjust the angle of the pad body to a desired value. 
     
     
         7 . The KEM Pilates strap pad according to  claim 6 , wherein the distance adjustment gradations and the angle adjustment gradations are formed on both a top surface and a bottom surface of the stance adjustment plate.