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ORBIT BALL

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A versatile exercise device is provided in the form of a transparent soft
hollow
ball with an acupuncture grip pad on the opposite sides of the ball. With one
or
more heavier inner balls, or objects that could vary in sizes, weight, shapes
and color. It also has an optional electronic counter that keeps track of the
rotation of the inner ball.

Revendications

Claims
The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege
is
claimed is defined as follow.
1. An exercise ball, comprising:
A transparent hollow outer ball made of a soft plastic that will inflate to
different sizes depending of the desire intensity of the exercise;
a pair of soft grip pads covered with nibs made of soft plastic molded on the
opposite sides of the outer ball, the pads being about the size of a hand
varying
in sizes proportional to the size of the ball and or the individual performing
the
exercise;
one or more inner balls made of solid rubber of various sizes, weights, or
colors;
a valve;
a counter adhered to the outer ball that keeps track of the number of rotation
of the inner ball, number of calories burned, a counter, or a timer.
2. The exercise ball according to claim 1 comprising a pair of soft grip pads,
covered with nibs, made of soft plastic, varying on sizes on the opposite
sides
of the outer balls.
3 The exercise ball according to claim 2 wherein the grip pad is covered with
nibs that can be located according to the hand acupuncture techniques or
randomly covering the entire pad.
4 The exercise ball according to claim 1 comprising one or more inner balls
made of solid rubber varying in weight, shape and color.
The exercise ball according to claim 4 wherein the inner balls can be
substitute for a toy.
6 The exercise ball according to claim 1 comprising a counter glued to the
ball.
7 The exercise ball according to claim 6 wherein the counter can be
programmed to count calories burned, rotation of the inner balls, timer.
8 The exercise ball according to claim 1 wherein the inner layer of the main
ball
could be moulded with ridges to provide more vibration if desired.

Description

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Description
TITLE: ORBIT BALL
Field of the invention
The invention is intended to be use in the fitness, therapeutic or
recreational
field.
BACKGROUND ART:
This invention relates to a new type of exercise device specifically a ball
that
intends to be used in the fitness, therapeutic or recreational field.
With the realization of our society that we need to be more active, exercise
more, eat better. Simply take better care of ourselves comes the increasingly
demand for fitness equipment. Especially equipment that can be used
anywhere, by anybody regardless of fitness abilities or levels.
At the same health techniques like acupuncture are being more popular in our
society.
Hand acupuncture specifically started in Korea where it was noted that you
would find a tender spot on the hand and as you touched it various joint and
back pains were relieve for 6 hours and longer. This led to the development of
hand acupuncture to aid in the treatment of many illnesses. There are also
acupuncture points that stimulate and sedate various meridians. It is believed
that if you press on the appropriate point (acupressure) it could help relieve
pain.
There is also a concern with patients in rehabilitation programs. That need to
exercise but are limited in mobility, noise tolerance etc.
For all of this reason I spent numerous hours to come up with an exercise ball
that can provide with a gentle low impact workout to the upper body, lower
body and abdomen. Help improve eye arm coordination and put pressure on
the specific points of the hand to help sooth or relieve pain.
This new type of exercise has numerous advantages being a quiet, soft, gentle
exercise able to be used in rehabilitation centres, senior homes or hospitals,
if
so desired or used in combination with other type of aerobic exercises in
gyms.
The repetition of the movement also makes it suitable for meditation or
relaxation.
It could also be use for recreational purposes in the toy industry, keeping
the
original way or replacing the ball for another form of toy like a car or
motorcycle.
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SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Orbit ball, is a transparent soft hollow ball with a special type of grip pad
that
we call Acu pad on two sides of the ball. With one or more heavier inner balls
that could vary in sizes, weight, shapes and color. It also has an optional
electronic counter that keeps track of the rotation of the inner ball. The
exercise consists on trying to keep the inner ball (s) travelling. Following a
path
or orbit drawn on the outer ball to give visual guide of the center of
gravity.
The angle in which ball is used is going to give different types of workouts.
The
faster the ball travels the circumference the more force is caused to give a
more intense workout burning more calories.
The orbit ball will be described with reference of the accompanying drawings
in
which.
Fig 1 is a front view of the ball
1 relates to the outer ball. The outer ball is made of a soft plastic that
will
inflate to different sizes depending of the desire intensity of the exercise.
It is
clear so the person can see the trajectory of the inner ball. And try to keep
it
center or in an angle depending of the specific intensity of the exercise. The
ball will have drawn the orbit. This will serve as a guide for the person
doing
the exercise.
2 the grip (Acu grip).One of the novelties of the invention is the grip pad.
The
grip pad is molded on the sides of the outer ball. It has nibs covering the
entire
surface of the pad design to apply pressure on the different points of the
hand
as described in the techniques of the hand acupuncture. This way the grip has
a double function one as a grip pad and the other helping stimulate the
pressure points of the hand as an acupuncture techniques.
3 inner ball is a solid rubber ball. It can vary in sizes, weight, or color.
It could
also have more than one ball. The ball could be divided into two different
colors
like red and yellow so the person doing the exercise can try to get the visual
effect of the color orange to measure the intensity of the workout.
The inner ball can be substituted by any other object like a toy car or
motorcycle.
4 valve
Counter. Noted this counter is optional. The counter will be adhered to the
ball. There are some variations of counters. The orbit ball could have a
counter
that keep track of the number of rotation of the inner ball. It could also
have a
burned calories counter, it could be a timer.
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The counter could be an impact sensor where it would measure every time the
ball hit the sensor. or a motion sensor.
Figure 2 view of the Acu Grip The grip is big enough to accommodate any size
of hand. The surface of the grip is cover with nibs to apply pressure in all
of the
acupuncture points of the hand.
Figure 3 is a side look of the acu grip.
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