Sports mat

• US 10,252,104 B2
• Filed: 07/22/2015
• Issued: 04/09/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/23/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Christian Polenz
• Original Assignee: Christian Polenz
• Inventors: Polenz, Christian
• Primary Examiner(s): Lo, Andrew S
• Application Number:
  US15/328,261
• Publication Number:
  US 20170291063A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,357 Days
• Field of Search: 5417
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/00047 Exercising devices not moving during use benches A63B21/4029; isometric exercising devices A63B21/0023; step exercisers A63B23/0458; walk exercisers A63B23/0464
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/028 made of material having high internal friction, e.g. rubber, steel wool, intended to be compressed resistance provided by plastic deformable materials A63B21/00189
• CPC Class Codes: 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
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 23/0458 Step exercisers without moving parts with movable steps A63B22/04
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 6/00 Mats or the like for absorbing shocks for jumping, gymnastics or the like

Abstract

The invention relates to a sports mat which consists of a flexible material and has a longitudinal direction (L) and a transverse direction (Q) perpendicular thereto, comprising a rectangular mat longitudinal subarea (2) and a rectangular mat transverse subarea (3) which intersects the mat longitudinal subarea (2) forming a T shape, an extension of the mat longitudinal subarea (2) in the transverse direction (Q) along a leg section (6) of the T being not more than half the size than a longest transverse extension of the mat transverse subarea (Q).

Claims

1. A sports-equipment arrangement having a sports mat comprising:

a flexible material with a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction provided perpendicularly thereto, having a rectangular longitudinal mat subarea and a rectangular transverse mat subarea intersecting the longitudinal mat subarea in a T-shape;

wherein an extent of the longitudinal mat subarea in the transverse direction along a T-leg portion is no more than half the size of a longest transverse extent of the transverse mat subarea; and

a step wherein the step has a stepping area having a step width and a step length and a transverse extent of the transverse mat subarea corresponds to the step width and a longitudinal extent of the transverse mat subarea corresponds to the step length so that the stepping area has dimensions that corresponds to the dimensions of the transverse mat subarea when the transverse mat subarea is placed on top of the stepping area and the T-leg portion of the longitudinal mat subarea which is remote from the transverse mat subarea is supported on a floor when the step is standing on the floor.

2. The sports-equipment arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the longitudinal mat subarea and transverse mat subarea intersect in a T-shape.

3. The sports-equipment arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the transverse extent of the transverse mat subarea is 1.0 m±

10 cm and a longitudinal extent of the longitudinal mat subarea is 1.8 m±

10 cm.

4. The sports-equipment arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the flexible material is a material selected from the group consisting of:

rubber, cellular rubber, foam rubber and soft rubber.