Apparatus for performing rotating figures or body exercises, and associated grip member

An exercise apparatus, comprising:

• a lower part (20);
• a non-slipping surface on a lower surface of the lower part, the non-slipping surface effective for preventing the lower part, in use, from slipping on an exercise surface;
• a mobile upper part (10) comprising a gripping piece (100);
• a rotation device (30) rotably interconnecting the lower part and the upper part and allowing the upper part to freely rotate without limit in rotation with respect to the lower part;
• a hollow central part (16), within the gripping piece, having an upper surface having a complimentary palm shape matching a user's palm and conforming to the user's palm placed against the upper surface;
• plural finger recesses extending beyond the central part (16), each recess having a surface conformed with a complimentary finger shape to receive one user finger;
• and
• plural protrusions (11, 12, 13, 14, 15) extending beyond the central part and aligned in a circle arc, sets of two of the protrusions defining each of the finger recesses,
• the outermost protrusions being differential shaped from the innermost protrusions.

An apparatus (1) for making figures or body exercises in rotation by a user turning on himself or herself, comprising:

• a lower part (20) with a non-skipping surface effective for preventing the lower part, in use, from slipping on an exercise surface;
• a mobile upper part (10) freely rotable relatively to the lower part (20) and comprising a gripping piece (100),
• the gripping piece having a hollow central part surrounded by an arc of protrusions and recesses that the gripping piece is shaped to conform to a user's hand,
• the gripping piece having an upper surface having a hand-depression shape matching a shape of a user's (U) hand and configured to conform to the user's hand when placed against the upper surface;
• and
• a coupler (30) coupling in rotation the upper and lower parts (10, 20),
• wherein the gripping piece (100) includes
• a hollow central part (16) shaped to conform to the palm of the user's (U) hand (M),
• a plurality of recesses extending beyond the central part (16) for receiving the user's (U) fingers, and
• two main protrusions (11, 15) respectively placed on one side and the other side of the central part (16) and three inter-digit protrusions (12, 13, 14) located substantially in circle arc between the two main protrusions (11, 15), wherein,
• the two main protrusions are larger and differently shaped than the three inter-digit protrusions, and
• the apparatus (1) makes figures or body exercises in rotation by a user turning on himself or herself.