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US 12,478,838 B2Granted
Balance training device
AssigneeSlackbow LLC
InventorJames E. Klopman
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Abstract
Balance training aids are disclosed. Example embodiments disclose a user placing all or part of their body weight on a top surface of a platform that is sitting atop an unstable base member and attempts to balance or complete a balance challenge. In example embodiments, the user places at least a portion of one foot atop the platform during the balance challenge. Adjustability features can be provided so as to provide a varying degree of adjustability to the unstable base member, and thus, provide a varying degree of balance challenges or levels of difficulty.
Claims18
A balance device comprising:
- a lower base component;
- and
- a rigid upper standing platform configured for placement atop the lower base component,
- wherein the lower base component extends a length between first and second ends and comprises a height defined between an upper surface and a lower surface,
- wherein the lower base component further comprises sides extending from the upper surface to the lower surface along the length thereof,
- wherein the upper surface comprises a first width defined between at least a portion of the sides at about a midpoint of the length,
- wherein the lower surface comprises a second width defined between the sides near the first and second ends thereof, wherein the second width is greater than the first width, and
- wherein the lower base component comprises one or more adjustability features comprising reinsertable plugs that are initially integrally formed with the lower base component and disengageable therefrom by user operation, and reattachable to the lower base component, wherein the reinsertable plugs provide for a user to adjust unstableness of the lower base component.
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A balance device comprising:
- a lower base component and a rigid upper standing platform configured for placement atop the lower base component, the lower base component extending a length between first and second ends and comprising a height defined between an upper surface and a lower surface,
- the lower base component further comprising sides extending between the upper and lower surfaces along the length thereof,
- wherein the upper surface comprises a first width defined between at least a portion of the sides at about a midpoint of the length,
- wherein the lower surface comprises a second width defined between at least a portion of the sides near the first and second ends thereof, wherein the second width is greater than the first width,
- wherein the lower surface has an I-shaped footprint comprising a centrally located narrowed portion and outwardly located widened portions, and
- wherein the lower base component comprises one or more adjustability features comprising reinsertable plugs that are initially integrally formed with the lower base component and disengageable therefrom by user operation, and reattachable to the lower base component, wherein the reinsertable plugs provide for a user to adjust unstableness of the lower base component.
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A balance training device comprising:
- a lower base component;
- and
- a rigid upper standing platform configured for placement atop the lower base component, wherein the rigid upper standing platform has a length about three times its width,
- wherein the lower base component extends a length between first and second ends and comprises a height defined between an upper surface and a lower surface,
- wherein the first and second ends of the lower base component each consist consisting essentially of a trapezoidal cross-sectional shape,
- wherein the lower base component further comprises sides extending between the upper and lower surfaces along the length thereof,
- wherein the upper surface comprises a first width defined between at least a portion of the sides at about a midpoint of the length,
- wherein the lower surface comprises a second width defined between at least a portion of the sides near the first and second ends thereof, wherein the second width is greater than the first width, and
- wherein the lower base component comprises one or more adjustability features comprising reinsertable plugs that are initially integrally formed with the lower base component and disengageable therefrom by user operation, and reattachable to the lower base component, wherein the reinsertable plugs provide for a user to adjust unstableness of the lower base component.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.