Exercise devices – Miscellaneous
Patent
1997-05-27
1998-12-08
Crow, Stephen R.
Exercise devices
Miscellaneous
482 51, 482109, A63B 2102
Patent
active
058461710
ABSTRACT:
In a competitive balance exercise game played by two participants an elongated game device is employed in the form of an elongated rod having a pair of opposite end portions and a middle portion disposed between and integrally connected with the opposite end portions, and a pair of gripping sleeves each disposed over and attached to one of the opposite end portions of the rod. The material of the rod can vary from being relatively inflexible or stiff to semi-rigid and semi-flexible so that it will bend during play of the game. Each gripping sleeve is long enough to receive both hands of the participant and is comprised of a substantially rubber material. In playing the competitive balance exercise game, the two participants stand in a desired spaced positional relationship to one another at the start of the game, place the rod between them, grip the respective opposite ends of the rod with both hands, and move their toward and away from their bodies at the front and sides thereof until a loss of balance is experienced by a first one of the two participants. Also, the game may utilize at least one and preferably a pair of flat mats. Each flat mat is for one participant to stand on while playing the game. An alarm device may be mounted to the mat to detect when the participant standing thereof lifts a foot off the mat.
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Crow Stephen R.
Flanagan John K.
Flanagan John R.
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