# US 2014/0194265 A1 · Dual-Mode Pushup Exercise Device

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- Number: US 2014/0194265 A1
- Document ID: US20140194265A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/737,663
- Filed: 2013-01-09
- Published: 2014-07-10
- Earliest claimed: 2013-01-09
- Inventors: Julio R. Torres
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140194265A1

## CPC

- A63B 23/02: for the abdomen, the spinal column or the torso {muscles related to shoulders (e.g. chest muscles)}
- A63B 22/18: with elements, {i.e. platforms,} having a circulating, {nutating} or rotating movement, generated by oscillating movement of the user, {e.g. platforms wobbling on a centrally arranged spherical support}(hoop exercising apparatus A63B19/00; {eccentric weights put into orbital motion by nutating movement of the user A63B21/0608; pots rotating or rocking by moving the whole body A63G23/00})
- A63B 23/1236: {Push-ups in horizontal position, i.e. eccentric movement}
- A63B 2208/0295: on hands and feet
- A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H)

## Abstract

An exercise device employed to increase the level of difficulty of the standard pushup, while increasing strength, endurance, and flexibility. The device may include a flat, circular plate formed with a dome on one side and a low-friction pad affixed to the other side. The device has two modes of employment and is typically used in a pair, one device gripped in each hand during a pushup exercise. In one mode, the dome side is placed on the floor, forcing the user to stabilize his hands, arms, and upper body over inherently unstable, dome-shaped, high-friction surface during a pushup. The second manner of employment requires the user to stabilize the hands, arms, and upper body over the flat side of the device that has negligible friction against a floor. The devices further have embedded magnets that assist in compact storage when not in use.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A dual-mode pushup exercise device comprising:
a plate having a flat side disposed opposite a dome side;
a hemispherical dome formed onto said dome side of said plate; and
a low friction pad affixed to said flat side.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The dual-mode pushup exercise device of claim 1, wherein said hemispherical dome covers at least a portion of said dome side, the size of said hemispherical dome corresponding substantially to the size of the palm of a person's hand.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The dual-mode pushup exercise device of claim 1, wherein said low friction pad exhibits low friction characteristics when in contact with a hard, smooth surface.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The dual-mode pushup exercise device of claim 2, wherein the low friction pad is composed of a hard, low-friction plastic.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The dual-mode pushup exercise device of claim 1, where in a magnet is formed in said flat side beneath said low friction pad.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The dual-mode pushup exercise device of claim 5, wherein the magnet of a first of said dual-mode pushup exercise devices is magnetically coupled with the magnet of a second of said dual-mode pushup exercise devices for storage.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The dual-mode pushup exercise device of claim 1, wherein said dome side is coated in a high friction material, exhibiting high friction characteristics when in contact with a surface.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The dual-mode pushup exercise device of claim 1, wherein said plate is a circle.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The dual-mode pushup exercise device of claim 1, wherein said plate is an ergonomic shape adapted to the hand of a user.