Exercise apparatus
First Claim
1. Exercise equipment for improving the bodily balance function through active bodily movements comprising:
- a spherical sector-shaped member having an inner surface and an outer surface, said outer surface being adapted to contact the floor surface, a column extending radially from the center of the inner surface of said spherical sector shaped member towards the center of the sphere, a rotatable arm having a base end and a free end, a boss formed at said base end which is rotatably mounted on said column, said rotatable arm extending radially outwardly from said column and projecting beyond the outer periphery of said spherical sector-shaped member, a base plate having a periphery corresponding generally to the periphery of said spherical sector-shaped member and having upper and lower surfaces, said base plate being provided with connecting means at the center of its lower surface adapted to be fitted and secured to said column, and an electric circuit means for detecting and indicating rotation of said arm relative to said base plate.
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Abstract
Exercise equipment is disclosed which comprises a spherical sector-shaped member with an upright column erected therein, a base plate mounted on the upper end of said column, an arm with the base end rotatably carried on said column and the free end projecting outwardly from the gap between the spherical sector-shaped member and the base plate. When the user stands on the base plate bodily movement rotates the rotatable arm. The number of rotations of the rotatable arm is indicated by a display device connected to an electric detection circuit while at the same time an audible signal is sounded every time the rotatable arm makes one rotation so that the user can detect his or her progress related to the dynamic equilibrium while practicing a willful exercise with pleasure.
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1. Exercise equipment for improving the bodily balance function through active bodily movements comprising:
- a spherical sector-shaped member having an inner surface and an outer surface, said outer surface being adapted to contact the floor surface, a column extending radially from the center of the inner surface of said spherical sector shaped member towards the center of the sphere, a rotatable arm having a base end and a free end, a boss formed at said base end which is rotatably mounted on said column, said rotatable arm extending radially outwardly from said column and projecting beyond the outer periphery of said spherical sector-shaped member, a base plate having a periphery corresponding generally to the periphery of said spherical sector-shaped member and having upper and lower surfaces, said base plate being provided with connecting means at the center of its lower surface adapted to be fitted and secured to said column, and an electric circuit means for detecting and indicating rotation of said arm relative to said base plate.
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