AUXILIARY DEVICE FOR EXERCISING ABDOMINAL MUSCLES

• US 20150031513A1
• Filed: 02/20/2013
• Published: 01/29/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kang-Moo Park
• Original Assignee: Kang-Moo Park
• Inventors: Park, Kang-Moo
• Application Number:
  US14/379,679
• Publication Number:
  US 20150031513A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 482/140
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/4029 Benches specifically adapted for exercising for bench press exercises A63B21/078
• 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 21/4039 contoured to fit to specific body parts, e.g. back, knee or neck support arrangements for attaching exercising apparatus to the user's body A63B21/4001; handles, pedals, bars or platforms A63B21/4033
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2208/0228 Sitting on the buttocks
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2208/0252 supine
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2209/14 with form or shape memory materials
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/09 Adjustable dimensions
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 23/0205 Abdomen
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 23/0222 moving torso and lower limbs

Abstract

There is provided an auxiliary device for abdominal muscle exercise, and more particularly, to an auxiliary device for abdominal muscle exercise having a simple shape in which two supports are connected to each other by a board for easily exercising and strengthening the body. To achieve the objects of the present invention, the auxiliary device for abdominal muscle exercise comprises: a first support (3) being of a predetermined height and size sufficient to support the sacral region just beneath the lumbar region in use; a board (5) secured to and extending from the bottom surface of the first support (3); and a second support (7) secured to and positioned on the end of the board (5) opposite to the first support (3). Preferably, the width of the board (5) [the shortest distance between the first support (3) and the second support (7)] and the height and inclination of the second support (7) may be formed to support the lesser trochanter region of the femur. The second support (7) may be connected with adjusting means (77) to adjust the width of the board (5).

Claims

1. An auxiliary device for abdominal muscle exercise comprising:

a first support (3) being of a predetermined height and size sufficient to support only the sacral region just beneath the lumbar region in use; and

a board (5) secured to and extending from the bottom surface of the first support (3),

wherein the material of the board (5) is flexible to permit use of the device on an uneven surface or even surface.

2. An auxiliary device for abdominal muscle exercise comprising:

a first support (3) being of a predetermined height and size sufficient to support the sacral region just beneath the lumbar region in use;

a board (5) secured to and extending from the bottom surface of the first support (3); and

a second support (7) secured to and positioned on the end of the board (5) opposite to the first support (3),

wherein the size of the board (5) and the height and inclination of the second support (7) are formed to support the lesser trochanter region of the femur in use.

3. The auxiliary device for abdominal muscle exercise according to claim 2, wherein the second support (7) is connected with adjusting means (77) to adjust the width of the board (5).

4. The auxiliary device for abdominal muscle exercise according to claim 2, wherein the first support (3), the board (5) and the second support (7) include a cushioning material for their respective parts touching a human body.

5. The auxiliary device for abdominal muscle exercise according to claim 2, wherein the first support (3), the board (5) and the second support (7) are integrally formed, using reinforced plastics (fiber reinforced plastics, FRP) having elasticity.

6. The auxiliary device for abdominal muscle exercise according to claim 2, wherein the height of the first support (3) is 7˜

14 cm from the surface of the board (5), the height of the second support (7) is 5˜

9 cm from the surface of the board (5), and the width of the board (5) [the shortest distance between the first support (3) and the second support (7)] is adjustable within the range of 7˜

15 cm.

7. The auxiliary device for abdominal muscle exercise according to claim 3, wherein the first support (3), the board (5) and the second support (7) include a cushioning material for their respective parts touching a human body.