Patent ID: 7108635
Filing Date: 2006-09-19
Classification: A63B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A yoga mat, comprising: an elongated mat having an upper surface and a lower surface; and a symmetrical body placement guide on the upper surface of the mat and configured to aid a yoga practitioner to properly align the practitioner's body during yoga postures, the body placement guide including: a patterned design defining a longitudinal axis substantially extending the length of and bisecting the upper surface, the patterned design further defining a transverse axis bisecting the longitudinal axis, and indicia positioned from the longitudinal axis at a forty-five degree angle comprises a line extending from the longitudinal axis at a forty-five degree angle; and four equal quadrants defined by the longitudinal axis and the transverse axis, each quadrant being adjacent to two other quadrants, the patterned design in each quadrant being a mirror image of the patterned design of the two adjoining quadrants.