Patent ID: 7300329

Claim:
A symmetrical poi, for enabling the performance of safe juggling moves such as moves around a juggler's body or around a part of a juggler's body, or close to a juggler's body, or by throwing into the air, or throwing into the air and catching, by one juggler or by more than one juggler, the symmetrical poi comprising: (a) a flexible long strap, wherein the dynamic friction coefficient between said flexible long strap and the skin of said juggler is at least 0.4, and wherein the length of said flexible long strap is at least 40 centimeters and is at most 120 centimeters; (b) a first weight disposed at one end of said flexible long strap, said first weight having a reversibly deformable soft structure and having dimensions that fit in a human hand for easy grasping, easy releasing and easy catching, having a cross-section that is substantially identical to the cross-section of said flexible long strap in the contact area with said flexible long strap, and wherein said first weight has cross-section areas that change gradually, forming a tangential three dimensional shape with said flexible long strap; and (c) a second weight disposed at the second end of said flexible long strap having a substantially identical mass to said first weight, having a reversibly deformable soft structure having dimensions that fit in a human hand for easy grasping, easy releasing and easy catching.