Exercise devices – User manipulated force resisting apparatus – component... – Utilizing fluid resistance
Patent
1996-09-26
1997-12-30
Apley, Richard J.
Exercise devices
User manipulated force resisting apparatus, component...
Utilizing fluid resistance
482112, 441129, A63B 21008
Patent
active
057023310
ABSTRACT:
A buoyant body shaped substantially as a short, flexible, columnar buoyant body, constructed from polyethylene expanded foam material having a coloring substance added to produce a colored buoyant body to enhance their use, and to facilitate color coordination with an exerciser's swimwear. The buoyant body includes a port for receiving a hand, or foot, appropriately for the particular device to be used. The port is provided centrally positioned on the buoyant body, and defines a cavity, sized for receiving the exerciser's hand or foot in a relaxed and extended manner, and thus facilitates a non-gripping securement and grip-free manipulation of the buoyant body to produce resistance in a water exercising environment. For a hand manipulated buoyant body, the defined cavity is a rectangular shaped, tapered through-hole that dimensionally conforms to the tapered shape of a hand from finger tips to beyond the knuckles and part of the palm without including the thumb. The fit is snug and relaxed without an exerciser having to exert a gripping force on the buoyant body while manipulating the buoyant body. The feel to the hand during use is a snug, relaxed, and secure feeling, and reflects a compressed deformation of the pliable foam material. The feel to the foot for a corresponding buoyant body is substantially the same.
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Apley Richard J.
Pothier Denise
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