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WO2018147840A1 - Dispositif pour flexion-extension des bras et procédé d'utilisation - Google Patents

Dispositif pour flexion-extension des bras et procédé d'utilisation Download PDF

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WO2018147840A1
WO2018147840A1 PCT/US2017/016967 US2017016967W WO2018147840A1 WO 2018147840 A1 WO2018147840 A1 WO 2018147840A1 US 2017016967 W US2017016967 W US 2017016967W WO 2018147840 A1 WO2018147840 A1 WO 2018147840A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B22/00—Exercising apparatus specially adapted for conditioning the cardio-vascular system, for training agility or co-ordination of movements
    • A63B22/14—Platforms for reciprocating rotating motion about a vertical axis, e.g. axis through the middle of the platform
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B21/00—Exercising apparatus for developing or strengthening the muscles or joints of the body by working against a counterforce, with or without measuring devices
    • A63B21/012—Exercising apparatus for developing or strengthening the muscles or joints of the body by working against a counterforce, with or without measuring devices using frictional force-resisters
    • A63B21/015—Exercising apparatus for developing or strengthening the muscles or joints of the body by working against a counterforce, with or without measuring devices using frictional force-resisters including rotating or oscillating elements rubbing against fixed elements
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B23/00—Exercising apparatus specially adapted for particular parts of the body
    • A63B23/02—Exercising apparatus specially adapted for particular parts of the body for the abdomen, the spinal column or the torso muscles related to shoulders (e.g. chest muscles)
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B23/00—Exercising apparatus specially adapted for particular parts of the body
    • A63B23/035—Exercising apparatus specially adapted for particular parts of the body for limbs, i.e. upper or lower limbs, e.g. simultaneously
    • A63B23/12—Exercising apparatus specially adapted for particular parts of the body for limbs, i.e. upper or lower limbs, e.g. simultaneously for upper limbs or related muscles, e.g. chest, upper back or shoulder muscles

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  • the present invention relates generally to exercise devices, and, more particularly, relates to a push-up and/or abdominal exercise device.
  • Exercise devices including devices utilized for push-ups are well-known. However, those known exercise devices do not provide users the ability to support and/or balance themselves on those devices while in a push-up configuration and in an efficient and safe manner that is conducive to providing an effective workout.
  • some known devices and methods utilize a stationary bar that is placed on a ground surface, wherein the bar is raised above the ground surface and enables users to support them on the ground surface.
  • These devices and methods are limited in the muscle groups that they target and do not provide much more muscular strengthening or conditioning than a typical and conventional push-up.
  • These devices and methods also utilize a cumbersome and difficult to store and transport bar structure that many users unappealing and undesirable.
  • the invention provides a push-up device and method of use that overcomes the herein aforementioned disadvantages of the heretofore-known devices and methods of this general type.
  • a push-up or abdominal device having a base assembly having an upper surface and a ball housing with a concave inner surface spanning in a direction away from the upper surface of the base assembly to a lower end, wherein the concave inner surface of the ball housing defining a ball-housing cavity.
  • the device also includes two elongated handle members coupled to the ball housing of the base assembly, wherein each of the two elongated handle members extend outwardly from respective sides of the ball housing in opposing directions to a terminal free distal end.
  • the device also includes a substantially rigid spherical member disposed partially within, and outside of, the ball-housing cavity and having a bottom ground-contact surface opposing the upper surface of the base assembly, wherein the substantially rigid spherical member is operably configured to rotate within the ball housing.
  • an embodiment of the present invention includes a ground-contact plane defined by the bottom ground-contact surface of the substantially rigid spherical member, wherein the ground-contact plane is parallel and non-co-planar with the orientation of the two elongated handle members. Further, the two elongated handle members may be disposed in a co-linear configuration with one another.
  • an embodiment of the present invention also includes the two elongated handle members each having a proximal end and a handle member length separating the proximal end and the terminal free distal end and a user-gripping section disposed along the handle member length, wherein the user-gripping section spanning at least approximately two inches in length and of a diameter at most approximately six inches.
  • an embodiment of the present invention also includes the upper surface of the base assembly also having an upper exterior surface area substantially all of a resilient and a flexible material.
  • an embodiment of the present invention also includes the base assembly having a cushion coupled to an upper end of the ball housing, wherein the cushion defines the upper exterior surface.
  • the substantially rigid spherical member is either a metallic or polymeric material.
  • the substantially rigid spherical member may also be operably configured to rotate 360 degrees within the ball housing and be operably configured to rotate any direction.
  • the push-up device is operably configured to move along a ground surface by rotating the substantially rigid spherical member against a ground surface, wherein the substantially rigid spherical member being a singular rotatable member. Additionally, the substantially rigid spherical member may be transversely retained by the ball housing of the base assembly and within the ball-housing cavity.
  • an embodiment of the present invention includes a device frame defining the elongated handle members and an annular center portion, wherein the annular center portion surrounding at least a portion of the ball housing of the base assembly.
  • an embodiment of the present invention also includes the ball housing of the base assembly having a retention member disposed on the ball housing operable to receive and support the annular center portion of the device frame.
  • an embodiment of the present invention also includes a strap, wherein the strap is disposed on the upper surface of the ball housing and coupled to the device frame.
  • an embodiment of the present invention includes the ball housing of the base assembly having at least one ball bearing coupled to the concave inner surface of the ball housing and disposed within the ball-housing cavity.
  • a push-up device in accordance with the invention, includes a device frame having a base assembly having an upper exterior surface area substantially all of a resilient and a flexible material and a ball housing with a concave inner surface spanning in a direction away from the upper exterior surface of the base assembly to a lower end, wherein the concave inner surface of the ball housing defines a ball-housing cavity and wherein the upper exterior surface is defined by a cushion coupled to an upper end of the ball housing.
  • the device may also include two handle members removably coupled to the ball housing of the base assembly, each of the two handle members extending outwardly from respective sides of the ball housing in opposing directions in a co-linear configuration with one another to a terminal free distal end and have a proximal end and a handle member length separating the proximal end and the terminal free distal end.
  • the handle members also have a user- gripping section disposed along the handle member length, wherein the user-gripping section spans at least approximately two inches in length and of a diameter at most approximately six inches.
  • the device frame may also include an annular center portion surrounding at least a portion of the ball housing of the base assembly and include a retention member disposed on the ball housing operable to receive and support the annular center portion of the device frame.
  • the device may also include a substantially rigid spherical member disposed partially within, and outside of, the ball-housing cavity and having a bottom ground-contact surface opposing the upper surface of the base assembly, wherein the substantially rigid spherical member is either a metallic or polymeric material and operably configured to rotate 360 degrees within the ball housing and be omni-directionally rotated.
  • the device may also include a strap disposed on the upper surface of the ball housing and coupled to the device frame.
  • an embodiment of the present invention include the base assembly also having at least one ball bearing coupled to the concave inner surface of the ball housing and disposed within the ball-housing cavity.
  • a method of using a push-up device by a user comprising the steps of providing a push-up device having a base assembly having an upper surface and a ball housing with a concave inner surface spanning in a direction away from the upper surface of the base assembly to a lower end, the concave inner surface of the ball housing defining a ball-housing cavity and having two elongated handle members coupled to the ball housing of the base assembly, wherein each of the two elongated handle members extend outwardly from respective sides of the ball housing in opposing directions to a terminal free distal end.
  • the device also includes a substantially rigid and singular spherical member disposed partially within, and outside of, the ball-housing cavity, wherein the substantially rigid and singular spherical member operably configured to rotate within the ball housing.
  • the method also includes directly coupling each of the user's hands, respectively, to the two elongated handle members, positioning, with the push-up device at a first position along a push-up device translation path, the user's torso over the upper surface of the base assembly, and then propelling the push-up device, with the singular spherical member and a user impetus, from the first position along a push-up device translation path and along a ground surface to a second position along the push-up device translation path with the push-up device removed from underneath the user's torso.
  • FIG. 1 depicts a perspective front view of a push-up device in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the push-up device of FIG. 1 ;
  • FIG. 3 is perspective view of the push-up device of FIG. 1 ;
  • FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the push-up device of FIG. 1 along section line 4-4 of FIG.
  • FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view of the push-up device of FIG. 1 ;
  • FIG.6 is a side elevational view of the push-up device of FIG. 1;
  • FIGS. 7-9 depict fragmentary views of the push-up device of FIG. 1 ;
  • FIGS. 10-11 depict upward-looking and downward-looking perspective views, respectively, of a ball housing used with the push-up device in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 12 depicts a downward-looking perspective view of a ball housing and device frame used with a push-up device in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention
  • FIGS. 13-14 depict exploded views of a push-up device in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIGS. 15-17 depict a method of using the push-up device of FIG. 1 to perform a push-up
  • FIGS. 18-20 depict a method of using the push-up device of FIG. 1 to perform a rolling exercise.
  • providing is defined herein in its broadest sense, e.g., bringing/coming into physical existence, making available, and/or supplying to someone or something, in whole or in multiple parts at once or over a period of time.
  • the terms “about” or “approximately” apply to all numeric values, whether or not explicitly indicated. These terms generally refer to a range of numbers that one of skill in the art would consider equivalent to the recited values (i.e., having the same function or result). In many instances these terms may include numbers that are rounded to the nearest significant figure.
  • the term "longitudinal” should be understood to mean in a direction corresponding to an elongated direction of the device spanning from the terminal free distal end of one elongated handle member to the terminal free distal end of the other elongated handle member.
  • FIG. 1 shows several advantageous features of the present invention, but, as will be described below, the invention can be provided in several shapes, sizes, combinations of features and components, and varying numbers and functions of the components.
  • the first example of a push-up device 100 as shown in FIG. 1, includes a base assembly 102, with an upper surface 104, flanked by two opposing handle members 108 that are operable to support (in whole or in part) a user utilizing the push-up device 100.
  • the device 100 is described in the context of its principle application, i.e., carrying out a push-uplike exercise; however, as described below, the device 100 may be utilized to carry out other exercised and should not be interpreted as necessarily limited to carrying out a push-up.
  • the base assembly 102 may include a ball housing 106 that may house a spherical member 110.
  • spherical includes, but is not limited to, substantially spherical shapes, such as spheres and hemispheres that approximate half of a sphere (where applicable).
  • the push-up device 100 provides the user with enhanced and varied muscle activation and stimulation.
  • the push-up device 100 also permits the user to orient him or herself at an extreme tilt in a safe and effective manner while holding on to the handle members, which an orientation not practically or effectively accomplished with those known push-up devices.
  • the spherical member 110 may be operable to rotate within the ball housing 106 so as to permit the user to translate the device in multi-directional axes or angles on a ground surface, providing even further benefits to a user.
  • the push-up device 100 may include a base assembly 102.
  • the base assembly 102 may have an upper surface 104 and a ball housing 106 with a concave inner surface 402 (FIG. 4) that spans in a direction away from the upper surface 104 to a lower end 404.
  • the concave inner surface 402 of the ball housing 106 may define a ball-housing cavity 1400 (best seen in FIG. 14).
  • the upper surface 104 may include an upper exterior surface area 1318 (FIG. 13) defined by the perimeter of the upper surface 104.
  • the upper exterior surface area 1318 may be substantially all of a resilient and a flexible or soft, yet resilient, material, such as EVA foam, or may be another material, such as a PVC layer that encapsulates EVA foam.
  • the base assembly 102 may include a cushion 1320 (FIG. 13) coupled to an upper end of the ball housing 106, and may define the upper exterior surface area 1318.
  • the cushion 1320 may be removable.
  • the cushion 1320 may be permanently attached to the base assembly 102.
  • the base assembly 102 may include at least one ball bearing (depicted in FIG. 14 as numeral 1402) coupled to the concave inner surface 402 of the ball housing 106 and disposed within the ball-housing cavity 1400.
  • the ball bearing enables the spherical member 110 to effectively and efficiently rotate within the ball-housing cavity 1400.
  • the concave inner surface 402 of the ball housing 106 may also be coated with a material having a low coefficient of friction, such as a ceramic-base coating or other coating.
  • the push-up device 100 may include two handle members 108, which may consist of two separate and independent handles members 108 in one embodiment, or one unitary handle member 108 in other embodiments.
  • the handle members 108 permit the user to grasp or hold onto them in order to use the push-up device 100. Said another way, the handle member 108 enables users to respectively grasp each end of the handle member 108 with their hands and move the device 100 by applying an impetus, e.g., through the user's weight, generated by the user.
  • the handle members 108 may be of a metallic tubing material or other rigid material sufficient to support at least 25 lbs.
  • the handle members 108 may be of the same dimensions, or may be of different dimensions.
  • the handle members 108 may be elongated and may couple to a side of the ball housing 106 of the base assembly 102 using, for example, fasteners, such as clips 1324 that are designed to retain the handle members 108 to the base assembly 102.
  • the clips 1324 may also be utilized to couple and stabilize various components of the base assembly 102.
  • the handle members 108 may be cylindrical cantilever structures extending from the base assembly 102, or may be of a different shape and/or configuration with respect to the base assembly 102.
  • the term "elongated" means having a thickness or diameter that is less than the total length spanning from the side of the ball housing 106.
  • the handle members 108 may be greater than three inches spanning from the side of the ball housing 106 to effectuate a quick and effective handling or grasping of the handle 108 by the user.
  • the handle members 108 may be removable.
  • the handle members 108 may be fixed and nonremovable.
  • the handle members 108 may be telescopic (via a nodule-aperture configuration) to permit the user to store the handle members 108 within the base assembly 102.
  • the handle members 108 may extend outwardly from respective sides of the ball housing 106 in substantially opposing directions. In one embodiment, the handle members 108 may be disposed in a co-linear configuration with one another. Said another way, the handle members 108 may be axially aligned with one another. In another embodiment, the handle members 108 may be disposed in a non-co-linear configuration with one another. In one embodiment, each handle member 108 may extend from the ball housing 106 to a terminal free distal end 1312 (best seen in FIG. 13). In one embodiment, each handle member 108 may include a proximal end 1314 (best seen in FIG. 13). In one embodiment, each handle member 108 may include a handle member length separating the proximal end 1314 and the terminal free distal end 1312.
  • the handle members 108 may include at least one user-gripping section 1316 (best seen in FIG. 13) that allows the user to grip the handle member 108 with comfort and ease.
  • the user-gripping section 1316 may surround the handle members 108 in whole.
  • the user-gripping section 1316 may surround the handle members 108 in part.
  • the user-gripping section 1316 may be on one, both, or neither handle member 108.
  • the user-gripping section 1316 may be cylindrical.
  • each handle member length includes one user- gripping section 1316 that spans at least approximately two inches in length and is of a diameter of at most approximately six inches, providing the user with a comfortable surface to grip while using the push-up device 100.
  • the handle members 108 may have a portion along their length with the diameter, e.g., approximately 1-3 inches, that permits a user to grasp his or her hands at least partially around.
  • one or both handle members 108 may include a cap or nodule 1322 at the terminal free distal end 1312.
  • the cap or nodule 1322 may have portion protruding a length from the outer surface of the handle members 108 or may be a thickness greater than the thickness of the handle members 108 to prevent or inhibit a user's hands from slipping therefrom.
  • the push-up device 100 may include a spherical member 1 10 that allows the user to move the push-up device along a surface by rotating the spherical member 110.
  • the spherical member 1 10 may be substantially rigid, i.e., resist deformation with less than approximately 501bs of compression force subjected thereto.
  • the spherical member 110 may be elastically deformable.
  • the spherical member 1 10 may be made of a polymer-based material, such as plastic, or another material.
  • the spherical member 1 10 is of a metallic material. The material and shape of the spherical member 1 10 allows the user to balance the push-up device 100 on the spherical member 110, using the spherical member 110 to move the push-up device 100 along a surface omnidirectionally.
  • the spherical member 110 has a diameter of approximately four inches, although the diameter of the spherical member 110 may be greater or smaller, depending on the size of the push-up device and, specifically, the ball-housing cavity 1400.
  • the spherical member 1 10 may be disposed partially within and partially outside of the ball-housing cavity 1400 of the base assembly 102.
  • the spherical member 110 may be transversely retained by the ball housing 106 of the base assembly 102 and within the ball-housing cavity 1400.
  • the spherical member 110 may couple with at least one exemplary ball bearing 1402 within the ball- housing cavity 1400, allowing the spherical member to rotate with ease within the ball- housing cavity 1400.
  • the spherical member 110 may be operable to be removed and used by the user when desired or to be exchanged with a spherical object of another dimension or another type of outer surface that has a greater or lower coefficient of friction, or another component having a curved surface. In another embodiment, the spherical member 1 10 may not be operable for removal. In one embodiment, the spherical member 1 10 may be fixedly attached within the ball-housing 106 of the base assembly 102. In one embodiment, the spherical member 110 may be operably configured to rotate within the ball housing 106 of the base assembly 102.
  • the spherical member 110 may be operably configured to rotate approximately 360 degrees within the ball housing 106 of the base assembly 102. In one embodiment, the spherical member 110 may be operably configured to be substantially omni-directionally rotated. In one embodiment, the spherical member 110 may be a singular rotatable member of the push-up device 100.
  • the push-up device 100 may be operably configured to move along a ground surface by rotating the spherical member 1 10 against the ground surface.
  • the spherical member 1 10 may include a bottom ground-contact surface 1 12 that opposes the upper surface 104 of the base assembly 102.
  • the bottom ground-contact surface 112 may define a ground-contact plane.
  • the push-up device 100 may be operably configured to balance on the spherical member 110, in that the user can tilt his or her body, as well as the push-up device 100, at varying angles with respect the ground surface while balancing the push-up device on the spherical member 110.
  • the ground-contact plane may be parallel and non-co- planar with the orientation of the two elongated handle members 108.
  • the ground-contact plane may not be parallel and non-co-planar with the orientation of the two elongated handle members 108, such as when the user tilts the push-up device 100 at an angle with respect to the ground surface.
  • the bottom ground-contact surface 1 12 of the spherical member 1 10 may include all points disposed on it approximately equidistant to a fixed (and perhaps imaginary) point on the spherical member 110.
  • the bottom ground-contact surface 112 of the spherical member 1 10 may include all points disposed on it within approximately +/- 25% range deviation from one another to a fixed (and perhaps imaginary) point on the spherical member 110. In preferred embodiments, the deviation will be no more than approximately +/- 10%.
  • the push-up device 100 may include a device frame 700 (depicted in FIG. 7).
  • the device frame 700 may define the elongated handle members 108 and an annular center portion 702 (best seen in FIG. 7) as a single unit, i.e., it is unitary.
  • the annular center portion 702 may be disposed in the center of mass of the device or on or about the centroid of the push-up device 100.
  • the annular center portion 702 may surround and/or rest on at least a portion of the ball housing 106 of the base assembly 102.
  • the device frame 700 forms part of the base assembly 102 of the push-up device 100.
  • the ball housing 106 of the base assembly 102 may include a retention member 1000 (best seen in FIG. 10) disposed on the ball housing 106 that is operable to receive and support at least a portion of the annular center portion 702 of the device frame 700.
  • retention member includes, but is not limited to, a flange, lip, or shelf, that is operable to receive and/or retain the annular center portion.
  • the retention member 1000 continuously or discontinuously surrounds the perimeter of the ball housing 106 and may be of a concave surface or recess that may be shaped and sized to receive a portion of the convex or tubular portion of the device frame 700. Said another way, the retention member 1000 may define a retention member recess that may frictionally retain and/or support a portion of the device frame 700. In other embodiments, fasteners may be used to facilitate in retaining the device frame 700 to the ball housing 106 and/or retention member recess. In one embodiment, a strap 1200 (as depicted in FIG.
  • the strap 1200 may be disposed on the upper surface of the ball housing 106 and may be coupled to the device frame 700 by resting on the device frame 700 or attaching to the device frame 700.
  • the strap 1200 may be disposed on the upper surface of the ball housing 106 but not coupled to the device frame 700. The strap 1200 operates to keep the pressure exerted by a user on the push-up device 100 off of the base assembly 102, providing the push-up device 100 with additional structural security.
  • the strap 1200 may be of vinyl or other flexible material, allowing the strap 1200 to be moved with ease on the ball housing 106 or device frame 700. Exemplary Methods of Use
  • the method of using the push-up device 100 to perform a rolling push-up may begin at step 1800, where a user 1502 is positioned substantially parallel and non-co-planar with the push-up device 100 in a first position.
  • the first position may also include the user's 1502 torso disposed over the upper surface 104 of the base assembly 102.
  • the user 1502 may directly couple to at least one of the elongated handle members 108 of the push-up device 100 by gripping, holding, or grasping the elongated handle members 108.
  • a portion of the user's 1502 body may contact a ground surface, allowing the user 1502 to balance the push-up device 100 against a ground surface on the spherical member 110, and tilt the push-up device 100, as well as the user's 1502 torso, at an angle with respect to the ground surface.
  • the push-up device 100 may be in a first position along a push-up device 100 translation path.
  • the method of using the push-up device to perform a rolling push-up exercise 100 may proceed from step 1800 to step 1900, in which the user 1502 propels the push-up device 100, with the spherical member 110 and a user impetus, from the first position along a push-up device 100 translation path to a second position along a push-up device 100 translation path.
  • the push-up device 100 may be propelled along a ground surface between the positions along the push-up device 100 translation path.
  • the second position along a push-up device 100 translation path may be an extended position away from the user's 1502 torso. At the second position along a push-up device 100 translation path, the push-up device may be removed from underneath the user's 1502 torso.
  • the method of using the push-up device to perform a rolling push-up exercise 100 may proceed from step 1900 to step 2000, in which the push-up device 100 may be returned from the second position along the push-up device 100 translational path to the first position along the push-up device 100 translational path.
  • the user's 1502 torso may also return from the second position to the first position.
  • the user 1502 may repeat steps 1800- 2000 to perform the rolling push-up exercise more than one time.
  • the user 1502 may generally use the method of performing a rolling push-up exercise to perform a traditional push-up, as depicted in FIGS. 15-17.
  • the method of performing a traditional push-up is substantially similar to the method of performing a rolling push-up exercise, beginning at step 1500, wherein a user's 1502 torso is at a first position, elevated from the push-up device, and wherein the user 1502 grips the handle members 108 of the push-up device 100, balancing the push-up device 100 on the spherical member 110.
  • the method of performing a traditional push-up may proceed from step 1500 to step 1600, in which the user 1502 lowers his or her torso from a first position to a second position, the second position being closer to the push-up device 100 as compared with the first position. Said another way, the user's 1502 torso, in the second position, is closer to the push-up device 100 and to a ground surface.
  • the method of using the push-up device 100 may then proceed from step 1600 to step 1700, in which the user 1502 is raised from the second position to the first position, completing a traditional push-up.
  • the push-up device 100 may remain in substantially the same position during this method of using the push-up device 100, and the push-up device 100 may balance on the spherical member 110 throughout the method of using the push-up device 100.
  • a push-up device 100 and method of use has been disclosed that employs the use of a spherical member 110 that makes contact with a ground surface and supports the weight of a user 1502 when the user 1502 grasps handle members 108 of the push-up device 100 and/or rests thereon.
  • the user 1502 can balance on the push-up device 100, and can move the pushup device 100 along the ground surface by rotating the spherical member 1 10 of the push-up device 100, allowing the user 1502 to perform stimulating muscle exercises.

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L'invention concerne un dispositif pour flexion-extension des bras et un procédé d'utilisation, qui utilisent un élément sphérique en contact avec la surface de sol et supporte le poids d'un utilisateur lorsque celui-ci saisit les éléments poignées du dispositif de flexion-extension et/ou repose sur ceux-ci. L'utilisateur peut se balancer sur le dispositif pour flexion-extension des bras pendant l'exercice. Le dispositif pour flexion-extension des bras peut être actionné pour permettre un déplacement ou une translation du dispositif dans diverses directions ou selon divers angles lorsque l'utilisateur repose sur celui-ci, par une rotation omnidirectionnelle de l'élément sphérique. Ainsi, l'utilisateur peut non seulement stimuler les muscles de sa poitrine et/ou d'autres muscles de la partie supérieure du corps, mais également ses muscles abdominaux ou d'autres muscles de la partie inférieure du corps, ce qui lui permet de stimuler une plus grande variété de muscles par le balancement de son corps sur le dispositif pour flexion-extension des bras, par l'intermédiaire de la surface courbée de l'élément sphérique.
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