Patent ID: 7568998

Claim:
A balance beam assembly, comprising: a. an elongated beam member; b. a rectangular shaped frame; c. said rectangular shaped frame having a bottomside connected to a first lateral side of said frame, a first end side of said frame, a second lateral side of said frame, and a second end side of said frame; d. said first end side being connected to said first lateral side at a first end of said first lateral side and being connected to said second lateral side at a first end of said second lateral side; e. said second end side being connected to said first lateral side at a second end of said first lateral side and being connected to said second lateral side at a second end of said second lateral side; f. said rectangular shaped frame serving to house said elongated beam member; g. a first plurality of elastic straps each affixed at first ends thereof to said first lateral side and at second ends thereof to said second lateral side nearer to said first end side than to said second end side; h. a second plurality of elastic straps each affixed at first ends thereof to said first lateral side and at second ends thereof to said second lateral side nearer to said second end side than to said first end side; i. said elongated beam member being partially housed within said rectangular shaped frame while positioned atop said so affixed first plurality of elastic straps and atop said so affixed said second plurality of elastic straps; j. a first helical tension spring affixed at a first end thereof to inner walling of said first end side and affixed at a second end thereof to a first end side of said elongated beam member, and; k. a second helical tension spring affixed at a first end thereof to inner walling of said second end side and affixed at a second end thereof to a second end side of said elongated beam member.