Exercise apparatus
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1. An exercise apparatus adapted to be supported on a flat support surface for use in exercising a user'"'"'s legs, comprising:
- (a) a base member including a bottom for engaging the flat support surface and having an upwardly opening socket defined by a bottom panel and an upright surrounding socket sidewall; and
(b) a cushion element constructed of a resilient compressible material and including a lower portion sized and adapted to be nestably received in said socket thereby to retain said cushion element in a mounted state with respect to said base member and an upper portion forming a domical structure that projects above said base member when said cushion element is in the mounted state, said domical structure having a top surface operative to engage a foot of a user during use.
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An exercise device for exercising the user'"'"'s legs includes a base member having a bottom for engaging a flat support surface and upwardly opening sockets defined by a bottom panel and an upright surrounding socket with cushion elements constructed of resilient compressible material. The cushion elements have lower portions sized and adapted to be nestably received within the sockets and upper portions forming a domical structure that projects above the base member when the cushion elements are received within the sockets.
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1. An exercise apparatus adapted to be supported on a flat support surface for use in exercising a user'"'"'s legs, comprising:
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(a) a base member including a bottom for engaging the flat support surface and having an upwardly opening socket defined by a bottom panel and an upright surrounding socket sidewall; and (b) a cushion element constructed of a resilient compressible material and including a lower portion sized and adapted to be nestably received in said socket thereby to retain said cushion element in a mounted state with respect to said base member and an upper portion forming a domical structure that projects above said base member when said cushion element is in the mounted state, said domical structure having a top surface operative to engage a foot of a user during use. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An exercise apparatus adapted to be supported on a flat support surface for use in exercising a user'"'"'s legs, comprising:
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(a) a base member including a bottom for engaging the flat support surface and having an upwardly opening socket including an upright surrounding socket sidewall; (b) a cushion element constructed of a resilient compressible material and including a lower portion sized and adapted to be nestably received in said socket thereby to retain said cushion element in a mounted state with respect to said base member and an upper portion forming a domical structure that projects above said base member when said cushion element is in the mounted state, said domical structure having a top surface operative to engage a foot of a user during use; and (c) first and second elastic cords disposed on opposite sides of said base member each including proximal end portions secured thereto, said cords of sufficient length such that the user may grasp distal end portions thereof while standing on the top surface of said cushion element. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An exercise apparatus adapted to be supported on a flat support surface for use in exercising a user'"'"'s legs, comprising:
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(a) a base member operative to engage the flat support surface and including a bottom panel, an upstanding inner wall surrounding a cavity, an upstanding outer wall extending around a perimeter of said base member and an upstanding rib disposed on said bottom panel and positioned so as to separate said bottom panel into first and second bottom panel sections and to separate the cavity into juxtaposed upwardly opening first and second sockets; (b) first and second cushion elements each constructed of a resilient compressible material and each including a lower portion sized and adapted to be nestably received interchangeably in said first and second sockets thereby to retain said first and second cushion elements in a mounted state with respect to said base member and an upper portion forming a domical structure that projects above said base member when said cushion element is in the mounted state, said domical structures each having a top surface operative to engage a respective foot of a user during use. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. An exercise apparatus adapted to be supported on a flat support surface for use in exercising a user'"'"'s legs, comprising:
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(a) a base member including a bottom for engaging the flat support surface and having an upwardly opening socket including an upright surrounding socket sidewall having a recess formed therein; and (b) a cushion element constructed of a resilient compressible material and including a lower portion including a key structure which is sized and oriented to nestably engage the recess thereby to retain said cushion element in a mounted state with respect to said base member and an upper portion forming a domical structure that projects above said base member when said cushion element is in the mounted state, said domical structure having a top surface operative to engage a foot of a user during use.
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29. An exercise apparatus adapted to be supported on a flat support surface for use in exercising a user'"'"'s legs, comprising:
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(a) a base member including a bottom for engaging the flat support surface, an upwardly divergent inner base wall and an upwardly convergent outer base wall, said base member including an upwardly opening socket with a surrounding socket sidewall that is defined by said inner base wall; and (b) a cushion element constructed of a resilient compressible material and including a lower portion sized and adapted to be nestably received in said socket thereby to retain said cushion element in a mounted state with respect to said base member and an upper portion forming a domical structure that projects above said base member when said cushion element is in the mounted state, said domical structure having a top surface operative to engage a foot of a user during use.
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