Human-bearing inflatable device

• US 20060252601A1
• Filed: 03/24/2005
• Published: 11/09/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Aaron Wolf Baum
• Original Assignee: Aaron Wolf Baum
• Inventors: Baum, Aaron Wolf
• Application Number:
  US11/087,495
• Publication Number:
  US 20060252601A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 482/9
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 20/021 Foot or leg supports
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 4/54 Inflatable chairs connection of valves to inflatable elastic bodies B60C29/00
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0625 Emitting sound, noise or music
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/62 Inflatable
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 23/0211 moving torso with immobilized lower limbs
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 41/125 Large inflatable balls primarily used as body supports for exercising, e.g. balancing
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 43/06 with illuminating devices ; with reflective surfaces

Abstract

An inflatable device serving in one or more roles as furniture and/or equipment for exercise, recreation, and/or therapeutic equipment, or in some combination of these functions is disclosed. The device consists of an inflatable base (2) with one or more cavities or holes, with rounded inflatable spheroid(s) (1) in said cavities or holes. The device may optionally include a system of straps (3 and 4) or a form-fitting covering around the base, which may serve to correct an asymmetry in said base. The device may include a weighted base (11). The device may also include means for generating lights, sound, and/or video (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, and/or 13) responsive to the actions of users on or around the device.

Claims

1. An inflatable device serving in one or more roles as furniture, exercise device, amusement device, recreational device, and/or therapeutic device, comprising:

(a) an inflated form of substantially toroidal shape with a center cavity or hole; and

(b) an inflated form of substantially rounded shape, with a bottom portion fitting securely in said center cavity or hole, placed in said center cavity or hole.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein a plurality of straps or other covering surrounds said toroid.

3. The device of claim 1 wherein a plurality of straps or other covering surrounds said toroid, whereby some deviation in said inflated toroidal form from the ideal toroid shape is at least partially corrected.

4. The device of claim 2 wherein handles are affixed to said straps or other covering.

5. The device of claim 1 incorporating means to control one or more light, sound, and/or video sources in a way responsive to users'"'"' actions on and/or around the device.

6. The device of claim 1 incorporating a weighted bottom.

8. The device of claim 5 incorporating means to control one or more light, sound, and/or video sources in a way responsive to users'"'"' actions on and/or around the device.

9. The device of claim 5 wherein said straps or other covering serve to at least partially correct some deviation from the ideal toroid shape in said inflated toroidal form.

10. The device of claim 2 wherein handles are affixed to said straps or other covering.

11. The device of claim 5 incorporating a weighted bottom.

13. The device of claim 12 wherein straps or other covering surrounds said toroid.

14. The device of claim 12 wherein a plurality of straps or other covering surrounds said toroid, whereby some deviation in said inflated toroidal form from the ideal toroid shape is at least partially corrected.

15. The device of claim 13 wherein handles are affixed to said straps or other covering.

7. An inflatable device serving in one or more roles as furniture, exercise device, amusement device, recreational device, and/or therapeutic device, comprising:

(a) an inflated form of substantially toroidal shape with a center cavity or hole; and

(b) an inflated form of substantially rounded shape, with a bottom portion fitting securely in said center cavity or hole, placed in said center cavity or hole; and

(c) a plurality of straps or other covering surrounding said toroid.

12. An inflatable device capable of bearing the weight of a human being, serving in one or more roles as furniture, exercise device, amusement device, recreational device, and/or therapeutic device, comprising:

(a) an inflated form with one or more cavities or holes; and

(b) one or more inflated forms of substantially rounded shape, each with a bottom portion fitting securely in one of said cavities or holes, placed in said cavities or holes.

16. The device of claim 12 incorporating means to control one or more light, sound, and/or video sources in a way responsive to users'"'"' actions on and/or around the device.

17. The device of claim 12 incorporating a weighted bottom.