Balance board

• US 5,048,823 A
• Filed: 08/27/1990
• Issued: 09/17/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 08/27/1990
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Bernardino Alvarado
• Original Assignee: Bernardino Alvarado
• Inventors: Bean, John A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Apley, Richard J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): TSO, LAURA K
• Application Number:
  US07/572,693
• Time in Patent Office: 386 Days
• Field of Search: 272/93, 272/111, 272/146, 441/74, 114/346, 114/355, 114/357, 280/18, 280/18.1
• US Class Current: 482/146
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2022/0033 Lower limbs performing together the same movement, e.g. on a single support element
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/0004 Exercising devices moving as a whole during exercise bar bells or dumb bells A63B21/072; on wheels A63B22/20
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 22/18 with elements, i.e. platforms, having a circulating, nutating or rotating movement, generated by oscillating movement of the user, e.g. platforms wobbling on a centrally arranged spherical supporthoop exercising apparatus A63B19/00; eccentric weights put into orbital motion by nutating movement of the user A63B21/0608; pots rotating or rocking by moving the whole body A63G23/00

Abstract

A balance board for exercise and amusement having a gyrating and rocking user platform. The balance board simulates the sensation of sports, such as, for example surfing, skiing, etc. The device is constructed of two principle components, namely, a base having a half semi-bulbous shape having a larger dimension at one end tapered toward the other end with a curvilinear smooth outer surface and a generally planar user support platform forming an upper surface of and attached to the base. The user support platform is angled slightly upwardly at one end. The base can be constructed of a smooth plastic or the like and the user platform of plastic, wood or the like with a non-slip user outer surface covering.

Claims

1. A balance board simulator comprising:

an upper user surface member having a curvilinear front nose surface and a rectilinear back tail surface, said tail surface having a width smaller than the diameter of said nose surface;

a lower semi-bulbous base portion having a front nose portion and a rear tail portion, said lower base portion having a greater vertical elevation at said front nose portion than said tail portion thereof, said base portion having curvilinear indentations spacedly positioned along the upper periphery thereof;

a curvilinear rail member having an extended lip around its inner periphery; and

fastening means for securing together into a unitary structure said base portion, said lip of said rail member and said upper surface member.

2. The invention as defined in claim 1 wherein said upper user surface further comprises means for roughening the upper exposed surface thereof.

3. The invention as defined in claim 2 wherein said means for roughening said exposed surface comprises providing discrete areas of non-slip strip material adhesively bonded to said upper exposed surface thereof.

4. The invention as defined in claim 1 wherein the tail surface of said upper user surface has an upwardly extending tip.

5. The invention as defined in claim 1 wherein said upper surface member is constructed of plastic.

6. The invention as defined in claim 1 wherein said upper surface member is constructed of wood.

7. The invention as defined in claim 1 wherein said fastening means is screws and said screws pass through the base portion within said indentations, through said lip and into said upper surface member.

8. The invention as defined in claim 1 wherein said base portion is hollow.

9. The invention as defined in claim 1 wherein said base portion is constructed of plastic.

10. The invention as defined in claim 1 wherein said rail member is molded from plastic.

11. The invention as defined in claim 1 wherein said rail member additionally comprises a gripping surface on the base portion adjacent under surface.