Inflatable elastic exercising device

• US 6,719,676 B1
• Filed: 05/13/2003
• Issued: 04/13/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Cheng-Hsiung Hsu
• Original Assignee: Cheng-Hsiung Hsu
• Inventors: Hsu, Cheng-Hsiung
• Primary Examiner(s): Lucchesi, Nicholas D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Amerson, L
• Application Number:
  US10/436,287
• Time in Patent Office: 336 Days
• Field of Search: 482/146, 482/147, 482/121-130, 482/126, 482/148, 482/907, 482/90-8, 482/79, 482/77, 482/34, 446/220, 273/58.R, 273/458, 473/52, 472/116, 472/134
• US Class Current: 482/121
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2022/0033 Lower limbs performing together the same movement, e.g. on a single support element
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/027 using player's own weight, e.g. on a platform
• 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 21/0442 Anchored at one end only, the other end being manipulated by the user
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/0552 Elastic ropes or bands
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/0557 Details of attachments, e.g. clips or clamps
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2210/50 Size reducing arrangements for stowing or transport
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/62 Inflatable
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 23/03575 Apparatus used for exercising upper and lower limbs simultaneously

Abstract

An inflatable elastic exercising device includes a deflatable collapsible elastic body and a base seat composed of assembled outer frames and reinforcing boards. The elastic body is formed with a fixing flange. The thickness of the fixing flange plus the thickness of the reinforcing board is just the height of a restricting channel of the outer frame, so that the reinforcing boards and the elastic body can be firmly fixed and enclosed by the outer frames. A user can stably and safely stand on it for doing balance exercise. After the elastic body is deflated and collapsed and the reinforcing boards and the outer frames are disassembled and stacked, it can be stored in a narrow space and conveniently transported.

Claims

1. An inflatable elastic exercising device comprising:

an elastic body having a top face, an outer circumference of the elastic body being formed with a fixing flange with a certain thickness, the elastic body defining therein a receiving section for containing air, a bottom of the elastic body being formed with a vent; and

a base seat including;

(A) multiple outer frames that can be assembled into an annular structure, an inner circumference of each outer frame being recessed and formed with a restricting channel with a certain height, two ends of the outer frame slightly outward extending to form two abutting sections for connecting with adjacent outer frames; and

(B) multiple reinforcing boards which can be assembled into a circular board, a lateral side of each reinforcing board having a horizontally projecting upper connecting plate, while the other lateral side thereof having a projecting lower supporting plate corresponding to the upper connecting plate, whereby the upper connecting plate can be overlaid on the lower supporting plate of an adjacent reinforcing board and connected therewith to fix the reinforcing boards with each other, inner side of the reinforcing board being formed with an inner arch, the outer circumference of the reinforcing board having a certain thickness, whereby when the reinforcing boards are assembled, the inner arches together define a small circle at the center to communicate with the vent, the thickness of the fixing flange plus the thickness of the outer circumference of the reinforcing board substantially being the height of the restricting channel of the outer frame, whereby the reinforcing boards and the elastic body can be firmly enclosed by the outer frames.

2. The inflatable elastic exercising device as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

the abutting section of the outer frame is formed with multiple transverse fixing through holes, whereby a fixing member can pass through each fixing hole and lock with a fastening member to cooperatively connect the adjacent outer frames together;

the upper connecting plate of the reinforcing board is formed with at least one upper hole and the lower supporting plate is formed with at least one lower hole, whereby a fixing member longitudinally passes through the upper hole and the lower hole and fixed with a fastening member to interconnect the reinforcing boards; and

each reinforcing board is formed with at least one stepped hole, a slipproof member being inlaid in the stepped hole for achieving a slipproof effect.

3. The inflatable elastic exercising device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising at least one externally connected rope section cooperating with the elastic body, the rope section having at least one connecting member formed with a through hole for a fixing member to pass therethrough for connecting with the abutting section, the rope section having an elongated pull rope, a free end of the pull rope being equipped with a handle for a user to pull.