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US 5,643,154 AGranted
Water and land therapy and fitness device
OwnerBrian J. Awbrey, Kipp K. Dyeinventors
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Abstract
A device designed for use on land solely as a rehabilitative balance board apparatus and in water (e.g., a swimming pool) as a rehabilitation and/or fitness apparatus. The invention may be used terrestrially as a proprioception (balance) board and aquatically as a kickboard, as a proprioception (balance) board, and/or as a general exercise board that provides added resistance and/or buoyancy for the exerciser.
Claims4
A device for use as an aquatic training board, comprising:
- a rigid or semi-pliable, non-skid platform having a periphery, an upper surface, a lower surface, a plurality of flow-through openings therethrough, and at least two handles formed by diametrically opposed disposition about said periphery of at least two apertures capable of accommodating an adult human hand,
- at least one conventional strap inserted through at least one of said flow-through holes such that an individual can insert at least one hand or foot through said at least one strap, and
- at least one modular flotation cell attached to said at least one conventional strap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.