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US 9,282,786 B2Granted
Foot exercise device
OwnerGerrard Farrellinventor
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Abstract
A device (10) for exercising a foot (12) has a base (16) onto which the foot (12) to be exercised is located and an upper (18). A number of resilient members (20) are secured to the upper (18) and on moving the foot (12) between an extended position and a retracted position, the resilient members (20) provide a resistive force on the foot (12) which opposes the movement of the foot (12) between the extended and retracted positions.
Claims18
A foot exercise device for exercising the muscles of a foot, the device comprising:
- a base for receiving a foot to be exercised thereon, the base being substantially inflexible in that it permits the foot to work against the base without causing the base to flex;
- and
- a resilient member adapted to exert a resistive force on an upper portion of the foot as the foot is moved from an extended position where the toes of the foot are directed towards a front portion of the base to a retracted position where the toes are pulled towards the heel of the foot,
- wherein the base for receiving the foot thereon comprises an upwardly directed front portion which supports the toes in a dorsiflexed position and against which the foot can work.
1 more element
A method for exercising the muscles of a foot, the method comprising:
- providing a base and locating a foot to be exercised on the base, the base being substantially inflexible in that it permits the foot to work against the base without causing the base to flex;
- and
- providing a resilient member adapted to exert resistive force on an upper portion of the foot when the foot is moved from an extended position where the toes of the foot are directed towards a front portion of the base to a retracted portion where the toes are pulled towards the heel of the foot;
- and
- said method further comprising at least one of:
- supporting the toes in a dorsiflexed position;
- supporting the toes in a dorsiflexed position and exercising the foot by moving the toes of the foot from a dorsiflexed position to a plantarflexed position;
- inclining the toes relative to the base;
- and
- inclining the toes relative to the base and working the foot against the incline when moving between the extended and retracted positions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.