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US 2008/0176727 A1Published application
Ball and frame exercising apparatus
OwnerCharles J. Heitzmaninventor
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A resilient exercising ball is confined within a frame which defines a space around the ball so that the ball has limited universal movement. The ball may be normally centered within the frame by elastic cords having end portions attached to the frame or by a bottom panel attached to the frame. The ball stretches the cords until the ball contacts a floor surface or a flexible bottom panel connected to the frame, and the ball rolls horizontally within the space in response to movement of the person's body. The frame may be in the form of rigid tubular sections forming arm rests or in a circular configuration with a flexible ball support pad connected to the frame by elastic cords. The frame may also have a V-shaped configuration or may have tubular sections connected by socket couplings or by interfitting end portions.
Exercising apparatus comprising a resilient ball adapted to support a person's body, a frame adapted to be supported by a floor surface and receiving said ball, said frame having frame members defining a horizontal space between said ball and said frame, said frame members including spaced lower frame members spaced above the floor surface, a ball receiving member extending between and connected to said lower frame members, said frame and said space providing for universal horizontal rolling movement of said ball within said frame and on said ball receiving member without contacting said frame members when said ball is supporting the person's body and while said ball is supported within said frame, and said space also providing for vertical movement of said ball without contacting said frame members when said ball is supporting the person's body.
Exercising apparatus comprising a resilient ball adapted to support a person's body, a frame adapted to be supported by a floor surface and receiving said ball, said frame defining a horizontal space between said ball and said frame, said frame including horizontally spaced arm members defining said space therebetween, said frame and said space providing for universal horizontal rolling movement of said ball within said frame without contacting said frame when said ball is supporting the person's body and while said ball is supported within said frame, and said space also providing for vertical movement of said ball without contacting said frame when said ball is supporting the person's body.
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