Exercise device with suspended inertial core
First Claim
1. An inertial exercise apparatus, comprising:
- an inner ball elastically and concentrically suspended inside a hollow outer ball by a plurality of opposing suspension members,wherein the inner ball is fillable with a fluid consisting of a liquid, gel, oil, or particulate from outside the hollow outer ball, and wherein at least one of the opposing suspension members comprises a neck segment through which the fluid can be delivered to the inner ball.
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Abstract
An inertial exercise device includes a hollow outer ball and a weighted inner ball elastically suspended inside the outer ball by at least two opposing suspension members. The weighted inner ball may contain a fluid mass. The hollow outer ball, the weighted inner ball and the at least two opposing suspension members may all be integrally formed with each other. In one embodiment, the outer ball, the inner ball, and the suspension members are all formed from integral segments of a pliant tube. The hollow outer ball is formed by everting first and second end segments of the tube over the middle segment of the tube and joining the first and second end segments of the tube together at their openings. The weighted inner ball is formed from the middle segment of the tube which, in one embodiment, is a bulge in the tube.
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21 Claims
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1. An inertial exercise apparatus, comprising:
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an inner ball elastically and concentrically suspended inside a hollow outer ball by a plurality of opposing suspension members, wherein the inner ball is fillable with a fluid consisting of a liquid, gel, oil, or particulate from outside the hollow outer ball, and wherein at least one of the opposing suspension members comprises a neck segment through which the fluid can be delivered to the inner ball. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An exercise kit, comprising:
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an inertial exercise apparatus comprising; an inflatable outer chamber having an inner wall; a fluid fillable inner chamber elastically and concentrically attached to the inner wall of the inflatable outer chamber by a plurality of opposing suspension members, at least one of the two opposing suspension members having a neck segment through which a fluid can be delivered to the fluid fillable inner chamber from outside the inflatable outer chamber; a fill valve in fluid communication with the fluid fillable inner chamber and accessible from outside the inflatable outer chamber; and a pump comprising a pump chamber in fluid communication with a pump hose, the pump hose terminating in a fitting engageable with the fill valve; wherein the pump chamber is configured to enclose the apparatus when the inflatable outer chamber is deflated and the fluid fillable inner chamber is empty of fluid. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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21. An inertial exercise apparatus, comprising:
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an inner chamber elastically suspended inside a hollow outer chamber by a plurality of opposing suspension members, wherein the inner chamber is fillable with a fluid consisting of liquid, gel, oil, or particulate from outside the hollow outer chamber, and wherein at least one of the opposing suspension members comprises a neck segment through which fluid can be delivered to the inner chamber.
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