Patent ID: 7316637
Filing Date: 2008-01-08
Classification: A61H,A63B

Abstract:
1. A gym apparatus for performing single, alternate, orthogonal and independent movements, the apparatus comprising: a solid sphere having grooves formed on a surface thereof; a support base being interconnected to a guide bolt, said guide bolt received in one of said grooves and movable along the grooves; a solid cylinder having a horizontal axis solidly centered in said sphere; a fork-shaped piece having a pair of arms extending over said surface of said sphere, said guide bolt affixed to one of said pair of arm, the other of said pair of arms having a cavity formed therein, said cavity having a spring mounted therein; a ball positioned against said spring in said cavity so as to be urged against said surface of said sphere, said sphere having a depression formed in said surface thereof opposite said grooves, said ball receivable in said depression when said fork-shaped piece is in a first position, said support base having a pair of legs extending downwardly therefrom, each of said pair of legs having a hole formed therein, said cylinder extending through the holes of said pair of legs; and a foot-supporting plate pivotally mounted on a cylindrical member extending upwardly from said support base, said foot-supporting plate having a pair of anchorages extending downwardly at opposite end thereof, said support base having a separating ring thereover, one of said pair of anchorages connected by a first spring to said separating ring, the other of said pair of anchorages connected by a second spring to said separation ring.