Yoga stool

• US 10,251,488 B2
• Filed: 11/24/2015
• Issued: 04/09/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/25/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: BOBO Holdings Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Wemesh, LLC
• Inventors: Lan, Lou
• Primary Examiner(s): White, Rodney B
• Application Number:
  US14/950,536
• Publication Number:
  US 20160143444A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,232 Days
• Field of Search: 297 1, 297 3, 2971831, 2971836, 29718808, 29742339, 29742341, 297462, 482142, 482148
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 31/00 Details or accessories for chairs, beds, or the like, not provided for in other groups of this subclass, e.g. upholstery fasteners, mattress protectors, stretching devices for mattress nets
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 9/002 with exercising means or having special therapeutic or ergonomic effects
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 15/00 Massage by means of rollers, balls, e.g. inflatable, chains, or roller chains
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2015/0014 cylinder-like, i.e. rollers
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/0149 Seat or chair
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2205/12 Feet
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/0005 specially adapted for head stands

Abstract

A yoga stool may have a seat portion and a base portion; the base portion having window slot(s) formed in a front side, a rear side, or both; a handle slot formed at least in one side, such as the front side, at or near the top; horizontal gripping slot(s) formed in the left side, the right side, or both, at or near the top; and vertical gripping slot(s) formed in the left side, the right side, or both, at or near the bottom; advantageously four such slots being formed near the bottom corners of the left and right sides. A yoga stool also may have a base portion, and a seat portion on top of the base portion, wherein the seat portion has an internal firm support member such as a solid slat, and preferably softer material such as foam rubber surrounding the support member, at least on the left and right sides.

Claims

1. A yoga stool comprising:

a seat portion and a base portion;

the base portion having opposed top and bottom sides, opposed left and right sides, and opposed front and rear sides;

a window slot formed in at least one of the front side and the rear side;

two horizontal gripping slots formed respectively in upper portions of the left side and the right side;

four vertical gripping slots formed respectively in lower portions of the left side and the right side, two of said slots being near or at the front side and two of the slots being near or at the back side, adjacent to and intersecting the bottom side of the base portion; and

wherein said base portion further comprises a handle slot formed in the upper portion of at least one of the left, right, front and rear sides.

2. A yoga stool according to claim 1, wherein the bottom side is covered with a material for gripping the floor.

3. A yoga stool according to claim 1,

wherein the seat portion has an internal horizontal firm support member, and soft material in the seat laterally surrounding the support member adjacent the left, right, front and rear sides.

4. A yoga stool according to claim 3, wherein the bottom side is covered with a material for gripping the floor.

5. A yoga stool according to claim 1, wherein all of the slots are lined with a material for providing a comfortable gripping contact for a user.

6. A yoga stool according to claim 5, wherein the material is rubber.

7. A yoga stool according to claim 1, wherein each of said vertical gripping slots further extends continuously from said left or right side and into said bottom side of the base portion.

8. The yoga stool of claim 1, wherein a top surface of the seat comprises a gripping material.

9. A yoga stool comprising:

a base having a top side for receiving a seat;

the base having a bottom side opposed to said top side, opposed left and right sides, and opposed front and rear sides;

horizontal handles located respectively at upper portions of two opposed sides of said stool; and

vertical handles located respectively at lower portions of two opposed sides of said stool.

10. The yoga stool of claim 9, said vertical handles being located at the left and right sides of said stool, and near or at the front side or the back side of said stool.

11. The yoga stool of claim 10, wherein said vertical handles are adjacent to and intersect the bottom side of the base of said stool.

12. The yoga stool of claim 9, further comprising a seat disposed on the top side of the base.

13. The yoga stool of claim 9, wherein said horizontal and vertical handles comprise slots formed in said respective sides.

14. The yoga stool of claim 9, wherein a top surface of the seat comprises a gripping material.

15. A yoga stool comprising:

a base having a bottom, and a supporting portion extending upward from the bottom; and

a horizontal seat disposed on top of the supporting portion of the base and extending generally horizontally for being sat upon by a user;

wherein a top surface of the seat comprises a gripping material; and

wherein an interior of the seat below the top surface comprises a soft material.

16. A yoga stool according to claim 15,

wherein the seat has an internal horizontal firm support member, and the soft material in the seat laterally surrounds the support member.

17. A yoga stool according to claim 16, wherein the soft material in the seat overlies the support member.

18. The yoga stool of claim 15, wherein the top surface of the seat comprises a pair of side strips of the gripping material extending across the seat.

19. The yoga stool of claim 18, wherein the pair of side strips extend in parallel from one side to an opposite side of the seat.

20. The yoga stool of claim 19, further comprising a middle strip extending across the seat between the pair of side strips.