Rocking Bed. Sleep Tight & Lose Weight.
I use to belong to a category of people who suffer from sleeping disorders. After several close calls of falling asleep behind the wheel I stopped taking sleeping pills and decided to do something about my problem… I decided to use rocking motion. Rocking motion is a natural way to help a person to fall asleep. For thousands of years mothers were rocking their babies in their arms in order to help babies fall asleep. Later someone built the first cradle… We also know, that the rocking motion of hammocks and rocking chairs affects the adults the same way that the rocking motion of the cradle affects infants. Adults become relaxed and often fall asleep. This happens despite the fact that hammocks and rockers are not intended and are inconvenient for the deep, long sleeping. I decided to combine a bed, which is a device intended for sleeping, and the relaxing rocking motion. I took a regular twin-size bed and built a rocking platform for it. I am very pleased with the results. I sleep much-much better now… The first gear motor I installed was faster, and while it did not help me a lot with my sleeping problem, I noticed that I started loosing weight. I kind of expected that because I knew rocking motion suppresses appetite. (Do you remember being on a boat and how the wave action strongly affected you in the form of motion sickness? You were not hungry, were you?) We all spend hours a day watching TV. You watch TV while sitting on the couch; I was watching TV while being on my bed. Believe it or not, I lost some significant weight simply because I did not want to make late night trips to my fridge. Losing weight was not my goal and thus I switched to the slower gear motor.
Further modifications.
In my bed I am now using a slower and a much quieter gear motor than what is shown in the video. I am currently working on installing a stepper motor to work with the bed. With the stepper motor, the rocking system would offer dozens of distinctive rocking motions defined by adjustable amplitudes and adjustable speeds. The stepper motor would also be significantly quieter than the current setup. Among the dozens of rocking motions the user will always be able to pin point the motions that do not cause motion sickness and, at the same time, help the user to sleep well and/or loose weight. Also, the bed I am currently using hydrochlorothiazide 25 mg provides side-to-side motion only. However the suspension of the bed allows me to easily enhance the bed performance. An additional stepper motor drive can be installed on the bed in order to provide head to toe motion, allowing for dozens of motion trajectories between the two synchronized motors. All this will give us literally thousands of combinations of trajectories, speeds, amplitudes, and timing. Medical studies will have to be conducted to help the user to choose the appropriate type of the motion or switch to a different motion, if necessary.
Vestibular apparatus.
The vestibular apparatus is the part of our inner ear that gets affected by the rocking motion. Rocking action on the apparatus causes our reactions such as relaxation or motion sickness. There is no need to rock the whole human body in order to get the reactions. While considering the design of my system, I decided to make a less expensive bed that swings about a point at the footboard area. The headboard area however still swings at full amplitude (10 inch stroke).
Safety.
To eliminate excessive forces, I used as weak of a drive as possible. I have chosen to suspend the bed on chains as they can hold 2,000 lb. The headboard end of the bed is suspended on longer chains. Longer chains give the ability to move the bed from side to side and do very little work against gravity. Such a design allows rocking of 500 pounds while using a relatively weak drive. Safety guards will eliminate pinch point hazards. As a precaution the bed should not be installed close to the walls or heavy objects.
Noise.
Another advantage of stepper motors is that they do not have gears and they do not make noise. The suspension of the bed makes no noise at all. The gear motor I am using now makes barely detectable, low frequency monotonic noise. Such a sound can be easily covered with low, relaxing music, sounds of ocean tide, rain, etc.
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Tags: bed, disorders, invention, loss, machine, motor, Natural, overweight, remedy, rocking, sleep, sleeping, stepper, weight
August 25th, 2008 at 8:20 am
it moves to slow, …
it moves to slow, its gotta move so fast that ur falls off! haha like a rollercoaster kinda thing! haha
August 25th, 2008 at 8:20 am
if you do decide to …
if you do decide to manufacture them i would buy a faster one because i thnik i could get to sleep better on it
August 25th, 2008 at 8:20 am
i hope you have a …
i hope you have a patten on your invention.
August 25th, 2008 at 8:20 am
I was thinking …
I was thinking about using steel wire ropes. Chains work better for me. It is easier to get the length you need, they do not stretch (and bed does not bounce), they are flexible enough in all directions, and installation is a snap.
August 25th, 2008 at 8:20 am
my bed is held up …
my bed is held up to the roof by strong metal cords so it can rock its awesome
August 25th, 2008 at 8:20 am
You should patent …
You should patent this.
August 25th, 2008 at 8:20 am
Good idea, but the …
Good idea, but the motor noise would keep me awake all night.
August 25th, 2008 at 8:20 am
i think that would …
i think that would make me sick
and how would u lose weight?
August 25th, 2008 at 8:20 am
that bed dont look …
that bed dont look confortable
August 25th, 2008 at 8:20 am
Best most …
Best most energizing sleep I’ve ever gotten was on boats in marinas, so yeah, I think there really is something to this.
August 25th, 2008 at 8:20 am
is it steel or …
is it steel or aluminum
August 25th, 2008 at 8:20 am
I would love to …
I would love to have one of these! My bed vibrates in an unpleasant way because of large trucks, but a gentle rocking would obscure it and I would sleep so much better.
August 25th, 2008 at 8:20 am
Neat idea, and well …
Neat idea, and well done. Anything for a better nights sleep. Thanks for sharing this.
August 25th, 2008 at 8:20 am
KICK ASS!
KICK ASS!
August 25th, 2008 at 8:20 am
Kudos to you man.
Kudos to you man.
August 25th, 2008 at 8:20 am
I’ve always wanted …
I’ve always wanted something like this, and now have decided maybe to make it a goal to HAVE one of these. In fact, rather than a rotational movement, how about a pendulum-like movement? Oh, and I can think of a material strong, light AND cheap enough for this to become a reality (and it’s not carbon fibre!)
August 25th, 2008 at 8:20 am
oh, i would def. …
oh, i would def. sleep with that noise; it would help me! Reminds me of a fan at night, going from side to side. ever since i’ve had the fan on, i can’t sleep without noise!
August 25th, 2008 at 8:20 am
good job but you …
good job but you have to work hard to eliminate that noise!
August 25th, 2008 at 8:20 am
damn, i would like …
damn, i would like to have this kind of bed, u must feel like falling asleep on a cruiseboat in the carribean every night!
August 25th, 2008 at 8:20 am
Dear Vikki. Thank …
Dear Vikki. Thank you for your interest in my little invention. Let me try to boost performance of my bed first. If folks like improved bed and think it is affordable I will consider manufacturing, selling or renting my beds out. I do not produce them at this time.
August 25th, 2008 at 8:20 am
i have been an …
i have been an insomiac for years. However, whenever I’m in the car I fall asleep i believe this has to do with the rocking motion of car. I really want to try one of these. I’ve looked on the internet and not find any for purchase, are you the only person that’s making them right now? Please let me know thanks,
VIKKI( I’m the girl in the videos)
August 25th, 2008 at 8:20 am
I have no doubt you …
I have no doubt you are correct in your theory. From a different angle, I never slept better than on a full-wave waterbed. I find myself putting on foot on the stable sideboards and rocking myself to sleep! If only someone would invent a wave-making machine for my waterbed… hint, hint.
August 25th, 2008 at 8:20 am
Thanks. I’ll get …
Thanks. I’ll get info and see if it works for me.
August 25th, 2008 at 8:20 am
Sumitomo Cyclo… …
Sumitomo Cyclo… Inline reducer with no Gears. Very quiet, not cheap, very quiet. Use a dc motor with a PWM controller board and a Cyclo reducer. it will be a Whisper. I also make a product for under a bed. Not the same idea as yours though.
August 25th, 2008 at 8:20 am
That is incredible! …
That is incredible! I have an adjustable bed that enables me to find a comfortable position that is easier for me. I would love to have a bed that rocks me to sleep! Only I wish it would rock from side to side like a hammock or maybe not only swing from side to side, but to move forward and then backward. Oh yeah, Baby!