Balance board
OwnerSeth R. Deforeinventor
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Abstract
Improved balance boards feature a combination of components that increases versatility and challenges with use. An elongated deck has a lower surface with a lengthwise recess configured to receive ground-contacting apparatus enabling a user to practice balancing on the board while standing on the upper surface of the deck. The ground-contacting apparatus may be balls of different sizes, rolling pins, or inserts with rollers, wheels, or non-rotating skateboard trucks. The inserts may have a peripheral edge that corresponds to the peripheral outline of the recess, and may be held in position using hook-and-loop fasteners, magnetic elements, or fasteners that extend through the insert and the deck.
Claims17
A balance board, comprising:
- an elongated deck having an upper surface, a lower surface, and opposing front and back ends, wherein the lower surface of the elongated deck includes a lengthwise recess;
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- at least two ground-contacting apparatus interchangeably received by the lengthwise recess facilitating movement of the elongated deck relative to a ground surface, thereby enabling a user to practice balancing on the balance board while standing on the upper surface of the elongated deck,
- wherein a first one of the ground-contacting apparatus is a spherical ball or cylindrical pin that rolls front-and-back lengthwise within the lengthwise recess as the user maintains their balance while standing on the upper surface of the elongated deck,
- wherein a second one of the ground-contacting apparatus is a skateboard insert including an elongated panel with a lower surface, front rollers or skateboard trucks mounted the lower surface of the elongated panel, and back rollers or skateboard trucks mounted to the lower surface of the elongated panel, wherein the elongated panel is held in place within the lengthwise recess as the user maintains their balance while standing on the upper surface of the elongated deck, and
- wherein in use the user can modularly interchange the first ground-contacting apparatus and the second ground-contacting apparatus into the lengthwise recess for different balancing challenges.
A balance board, comprising:
- an elongated deck having an upper surface, a lower surface, and opposing front and back ends, wherein the lower surface of the elongated deck includes a lengthwise recess;
- a cylindrical pin that is receivable by the lengthwise recess facilitating movement of the elongated deck relative to a ground surface, thereby enabling a user to practice balancing on the balance board while standing on the upper surface of the deck, wherein the cylindrical pin rolls front-and-back lengthwise within the lengthwise recess as the user maintains their balance while standing on the upper surface of the elongated deck;
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- a skateboard insert that is receivable by the lengthwise recess facilitating movement of the elongated deck relative to a ground surface, thereby enabling a user to practice balancing on the balance board while standing on the upper surface of the elongated deck, wherein the skateboard insert includes a single elongated panel with a lower surface, front skateboard trucks mounted to the lower surface of the single elongated panel, and back skateboard trucks mounted to the lower surface of the single elongated panel, wherein the single elongated panel is held in place within the lengthwise recess as the user maintains their balance while standing on the upper surface of the elongated deck, wherein the front and back skateboard trucks are mounted onto the single elongated panel, which is received into the lengthwise recess in the elongated deck,
- wherein in use the user can interchange the cylindrical pin and the skateboard insert into the lengthwise recess for different balancing challenges.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.