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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4323234 | Jump reach physical training system A jump and reach physical training system is disclosed for measuring vertical height attained by a person jumping vertically from a standing position. A board is included, having visually perceptible full size scale with equally spaced increments thereon.... | 04/06/1982 |
| 4319748 | Sports training device A sports training device adapted to improve the peripheral vision, footwork and upper body and head agility of a user is disclosed. The preferred embodiment of the device comprises a pair of angularly adjustable oscillating pendular members adapted to swi... | 03/16/1982 |
| 4307880 | Device for yoga exercising A device for exercising Yoga has an elongated resiliently deformable element movable between a first position in which it is concave so that a practitioner resting on the inside of said elements would assume a bow-like posture. A connecting device is posi... | 12/29/1981 |
| 4264069 | Therapeutic apparatus Therapeutic apparatus comprising a supporting base adapted to rest on a floor or similar surface and including three arm members each releasably connected at one end to an arcuate connecting member at spaced locations therealong, all disposed in substanti... | 04/28/1981 |
| 4257589 | Abdominal exercise device A method and apparatus of using a conventional bowling ball for toughening up a person's stomach muscles comprises obtaining a medium weight bowling ball of conventional type, making a small bore hole therein, attaching an adjusting component to the ball ... | 03/24/1981 |
| 4232863 | Fitness bar A fitness bar for supporting a person during the performance of physical exercise includes a base bar that is normally disposed along a horizontal surface to support one end of the fitness bar. A pair of support arms extend generally upwardly from the dis... | 11/11/1980 |
| 4218093 | Massage ottoman A floor supported furniture piece comprising a cylindrical shell, whose lateral wall extends curvilinearly about a major longitudinal axis and is adapted to engage and be supported and in rolling contact with a supporting floor and having two pairs of fee... | 08/19/1980 |
| 4208050 | Jump measuring apparatus Apparatus is provided for measuring the ability of an athlete to jump vertically from a standing or running position. Such apparatus is useful, for example, in enabling coaches to determine the ability of athletes for such sports as basketball, volleyball... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4193595 | Rhythmic exercising apparatus A rhythmic exercising apparatus formed of an annular body with a hole large enough to receive a foot therethrough and being provided with an index orientation member integral therewith for directing the position of the apparatus with respect to the travel... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4192000 | Electronic calorie counter An electronic calorie counter is disclosed which provides a digital readout of the rate of caloric consumption with exercise by the user by sensing the vertical component of the motion of the user, and translating that motion into electronic impulses. The... | 03/04/1980 |
| 4126308 | Combination pommel horse and rotatable wheel mounted leg support device An athletic training and exercising device, particularly for developing and training the body in connection with gymnastics and exercise on the pommel horse. The invention utilizes a pair of simulated pommels in combination with a supporting structure, mo... | 11/21/1978 |
| 3991510 | Toy exercising device A toy for operator enjoyment and demonstration of skill is disclosed. The toy is capable of transferring the kinetic energy of the operator's hand motion into a small mass which transverses a rod from one end to the other in a cyclic manner. The kinetic e... | 11/16/1976 |
