# US 7,465,263 B1 · System for exercise and child development

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- Number: US 7,465,263 B1
- Document ID: US7465263B1
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B1
- Application number: 11/244,977
- Filed: 2005-10-06
- Granted: 2008-12-16
- Earliest claimed: 2005-10-06
- Assignees: StrollerFit, Inc.
- Inventors: Curt Conrad; Elizabeth A. Brougher; Debbie A. Schmidt; Susan E. Sherman
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7465263B1

## CPC

- A63B 21/4037: {Exercise mats for personal use, with or without hand-grips or foot-grips, e.g. for Yoga or supine floor exercises (mats for absorbing shocks A63B6/00)}
- A63B 2208/12: specially adapted for children
- A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H)

## Abstract

A system and a method for exercise and/or child development for use by an adult and a child. The system and method utilize a mat or other surface upon which exercises are performed. Such a surface is sized to permit an adult to perform exercises thereon. Such a surface has a plurality of indicia marked thereon. The system and method further utilize instructions describing at least one exercise and/or child development activity. The exercise and/or child development activity incorporates the mat and its indicia.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for adult exercise and child development for concurrent use by an adult and a child, the method comprising the steps of:
providing a prompt;
providing a mat comprising a first surface, said first surface sized to permit an adult to perform exercises and a child to engage in a child development activity concurrently thereon, said first surface comprising a first plurality of indicia;
providing instructions describing at least one combined adult exercise and child development activity using said first surface; and
directing performance of said at least one combined adult exercise and child development activity in accordance with said instructions, wherein said adult and said child are facing each other during at least a portion of said at least one combined adult exercise and child development activity, and wherein said at least one combined adult exercise and child development activity comprises placing at least one body part of said adult in contact with at least one of said first plurality of indicia and instructing said child to react to said prompt that corresponds to said at least one of said first plurality of indicia.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of:
providing a second surface, said second surface sized to permit a child to perform exercises thereon, said second surface comprising a second plurality of indicia.