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US 2015/0165273 A1Published application
Hop balls
OwnerGeorge M. Kesslerinventor
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Abstract
Exercise and play apparatus in the form of hop balls are described. The balls beneficially may omit conventional handles, hence avoiding transfer of balance-maintenance responsibility to users' hands and arms. Instead, users' thighs engage a generally-spherical upper portion of the hop balls for balance, leading to higher core muscle engagement and greater caloric loss than does play on existing balls.
Claims8
A hop ball comprising:
- a. a base;
- and
- b. an upper portion configured in use so as to be contacted by thighs, but not grasped by fingers, of a user.
A method of exercising comprising:
- a. sitting atop a hop ball with buttocks in contact with a base of the hop ball and thighs in contact with and squeezing an upper portion of the hop ball;
- and
- b. causing the hop ball to bounce on a surface while continuing to sit atop the hop ball.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.