Stationary child exercise apparatus with bouncing pad
First Claim
1. A children'"'"'s exercise apparatus for providing exercise functionality for a small child, said apparatus comprising:
- one or more legs supported on a floor;
a seat supported by the legs and being structured to support the child while allowing the child'"'"'s legs to extend downwardly below the seat; and
a resilient support surface suspended generally horizontally from at least one of the legs and positioned vertically between the seat and the floor, said resilient support surface having a resiliency that is adapted for allowing the child to bounce vertically by pushing its legs downwardly against the resilient support surface.
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Abstract
The invention is directed to a stationary exercise apparatus for small children. The apparatus includes an activity table adapted for receiving one or more children'"'"'s activity items, one or more legs, a seat supported by the legs, and a resilient support surface suspended generally horizontally from at least one of the legs. The seat has a pair of leg openings that allow the child to touch the resilient support surface with its legs, and the resilient support surface has a resiliency that allows the child to bounce vertically by pushing its legs downwardly against the resilient support surface. Furthermore, the distance between the resilient support surface and the seat can be increased or decreased to account for the height of the child placed within the apparatus by moving the resilient support surface, and a tension element of the resilient support surface can be adjusted to account for the child'"'"'s strength.
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23 Claims
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1. A children'"'"'s exercise apparatus for providing exercise functionality for a small child, said apparatus comprising:
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one or more legs supported on a floor;
a seat supported by the legs and being structured to support the child while allowing the child'"'"'s legs to extend downwardly below the seat; and
a resilient support surface suspended generally horizontally from at least one of the legs and positioned vertically between the seat and the floor, said resilient support surface having a resiliency that is adapted for allowing the child to bounce vertically by pushing its legs downwardly against the resilient support surface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A children'"'"'s exercise apparatus for providing exercise functionality for a small child, said apparatus comprising:
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one or more legs supported on a floor;
a resilient support surface suspended generally horizontally from at least one of the legs and positioned above the floor, said resilient support surface having a resiliency that is adapted for allowing the child to bounce vertically by pushing its legs downwardly against the resilient support surface; and
at least one element under tension to provide the resiliency for the resilient support surface, wherein;
at least one of said one or more legs defines a mounting portions said mounting portion being adapted for securing said resilient support surface to each of said legs at a distance above the floor; and
said one or more legs are positioned to extend outwardly and downwardly towards the floor such that the tension of the element increases when the resilient support surface is secured closer to the floor and the tension of element decreases when the resilient support surface is secured farther from the floor. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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