Patent ID: 6421935
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: A43B

Abstract:
An exercise rocking shoe comprising:a solid, integrally formed, monolithic structure having a first side, a second side, a length, a bottom outer sole surface, a flat, longitudinally and laterally symmetrical upper insole surface, a first end portion with a first tip, an opposite second end portion with a second tip, and an intermediate portion between said first end portion and said second end portion, said monolithic structure fabricated from a solid, impervious block of material selected from the group consisting of wood and plastic; said bottom sole surface having a continuous longitudinal convex curvature from said first end portion to said second end portion; said curvature of said bottom sole having a large radius at said first end portion, a small radius at said second end portion, and an intermediate radius across said intermediate portion, with said curvature continuously and smoothly blending from said first end portion across said intermediate portion to said second end portion; a coating having a high coefficient of friction disposed on said upper insole surface and said bottom sole surface; and means for attaching and reversing the longitudinal orientation of said structure relative to a wearer's foot, whereby said first end portion and said second end portion can be selectively positioned beneath different portions of the wearer's foot as desired for varying exercise by the wearer.