Patent ID: 7060085

Claim:
An abdominal muscle and spine exercising device, the device comprising: a frame for placement on a floor and having a top surface and a bottom surface; a first generally concave surface disposed on said top surface having a flat center portion initially disposed parallel to said floor; a first inflatable bladder disposed on the first generally concave surface center portion, for directly bearing against lower thoracic and upper lumbar vertebrae of a user's spine in a first direction; a second inflatable bladder disposed, on the first generally concave surface center portion, for directly bearing against the mid-lumbar and lumbo-sacral vertebrae of the spine in a second direction, said first and second direction being divergent along a sagittal plane of the user in order to enhance an elliptical arc in the thoraco-lumbar/lumbo-sacral spinal region; and a second arched projection disposed on said bottom surface for enabling said frame and bladders to be rocked by the user in the direction transverse to a longitudinal axis of said frame.