Swivelled Foot Platform Patents (Class 482/146)
  • Patent number: 5125880
    Abstract: Exercise apparatus comprising a support, arranged for supporting a standing person, and an axle including a guide roller, arranged for providing guided rolling support to the support, at least one wheel member and an axle support, wherein said apparatus further comprises an axle twisting member arranged to cause the axle to twist about a second axis, lying across a first axis disposed along the length of the axle, in response to rotation of the axle about the first axis, caused when the support is moved across the axle in guided rolling engagement with the guide roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1992
    Assignee: Ski Jive Limited
    Inventor: Julian D. Peters
  • Patent number: 5116045
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sports mat, especially a judo mat, of an elastic foam-like material (4) and possibly a sheath (7). According to the invention, the elastic foam-like material (4) is arranged on a stiff approximately circular plate (3) which has a central projection (5) on the underside and is fitted so as to "float" on a yielding foam (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1992
    Inventor: Frantisek Jahoda
  • Patent number: 5112045
    Abstract: A kinesthetic diagnostic and rehabilitation device enables the user to measure the extent of kinesthetic impairment resulting from a bodily injury, particularly an injury to the lower limbs, and also enables the user to rehabilitate the injury. The device is provided with a rigid platform resting atop an unstable support. The ability of the patient to maintain a fixed position on the platform as a function of the instability of the support enables quantification of the patient's kinesthetic impairment. The device further provides rehabilitative exercise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1992
    Assignee: Breg, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey T. Mason, Bradley R. Mason, Mark E. Howard