Abstract: A game playing method and apparatus for partners generally comprises a playing surface including a plurality of targets and selection means for selecting a target. Each target includes a depiction of a person performing a physical interaction with a partner or an object specifying the physical interaction to be performed by the partner should that target be selected. In a preferred embodiment, the targets are arranged in a matrix. Each target may include a unique identifier, such as a number. Preferably, the playing surface is a sheet material, such as bed clothes, such as a sheet, upon which the physical activity can be performed by the partners. A target may be selected by skill, such as by tossing an object, such as a bean bag on a target, or by chance, such as by using a spinner, dice, or a drawing bag.

Abstract: The present invention improves on prior art abdominal exercisers with horizontally slidable members by providing a large contact area for a subject's abdomen that maximizes the size of the abdominal region that is exercised and increases user comfort compared to prior art devices. In the preferred embodiment, the contact device comprises a substantially convex shape with respect to the vertical dimension of a subject's abdomen, a substantially flat shape with respect to the horizontal dimension of a subject's abdomen, and an outline that is shaped like a disk with a flattened top and bottom, thereby engaging a larger abdominal area than prior art devices. A vertical channel and two horizontal channels divide the device into six sections that make separate contact with a subject's abdomen. In a preferred embodiment, the individual sections have padded surfaces to increase user comfort.

Abstract: An exercise apparatus for strengthening the abdominal muscles, upper legs, and back comprises a large engagement surface and a pair of handles angled away from a body to provide stability. The portable exercise apparatus utilizes a slide member slidably positioned in a channel of a yoke and biased in one direction by an elastic cord. A base, which is positioned at one end of the slide, is placed against the abdomen or the buttocks while the user pulls the yoke towards the abdomen or buttocks by grasping the handles mounted astride the slide. The user contracts the abdominal or buttocks muscles while pulling the hands toward the abdomen or buttocks to hold the apparatus stationary. Strengthening of the abdominal or buttocks muscles is achieved by moving the abdomen or buttocks against the biasing force of the elastic cord.