Abdominal exercise device
OwnerPhillip N. Williamsinventor
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Abstract
An exercise device (10) having a frame (12) with a base member (30) and a handle member (20). The base member (30) includes spaced-apart cage members (32, 34) with respective curved midsections (40, 42) for holding a ball (14) therebetween in a deformed manner. The frame (12) also includes a handle member (20) with curved portions thereof which define handles (16, 18) for gripping by the user. The midsection of the handle member (20) has a curved portion (28) which forms a stop against which the deformed ball (14) abuts.
Claims17
An exercise device, comprising:
- an object having resilient properties so as to be deformable;
- and
- a hand-held frame having opposing handles for gripping by a user of the device, where said opposing handles are immovable with respect to each other during use, said frame having rigid spaced apart members adapted for squeezing therebetween said deformable object during use and during nonuse by a user of the device and to contain said deformable object within said frame and prevent rotation of said deformable object, said hand-held frame constructed with a size and weight adapted to be grasped and held with said deformable object above a body of the user while lying in a supine position so that said deformable object can be repeatedly moved up and down against the body of the user, and said handles each having a longitudinal axis, and the axes of said handles are located in a plane, and said plane intersects said deformable object, whereby the user can grip the handles and pull the deformable object against the body of the user.
An exercise device, comprising:
- a resilient ball that is deformable;
- a frame having opposing hand grips adapted for gripping by a user of the device, said frame including members spaced apart less than a diameter of said ball for compressing said ball to form two lobes so that at least one lobe of said ball is exposed for pushing against a body part of the user, said spaced apart members compressing said ball to prevent rotation thereof and to maintain deformation of the ball into the two lobes when the ball is not compressed against the body of the user;
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- wherein said ball is inserted and captured in a compressed manner between said spaced apart members, at least a portion of said ball protruding from said spaced-apart members for engagement against the muscles of the user, and wherein said frame members are formed with tubing.
A method of exercising abdominal muscles of a person, comprising the steps of:
- placing a deflated ball in a frame having spaced-apart members;
- inflating the ball so that the ball balloons out from the spaced-apart frame members and forms two lobes, whereby the inflated ball is captured between the spaced-apart frame members and rotation of said ball is prevented;
- grasping opposed handles of the frame;
- pulling the exercise device toward the abdomen of the person so that one lobe of the ball engages the abdomen of the person;
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- causing the movement of the frame to compress the resilient ball against the abdomen of the person.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.