Patent ID: 7819777

Claim:
An exercise alignment mat system, comprising: a single-layer mat of a homogenous material and of a generally flat structure having a top surface, bottom surface and a thickness, a major longitudinal axis and a minor longitudinal axis orthogonal to the major longitudinal axis, a central groove formed in the top surface and having a first width, the central groove extending along the minor axis so as to bisect the mat, a first set of equally spaced grooves formed in the top surface and having a second width less than the first width, the first set of grooves extending along the minor axis parallel to the central groove, a second set of equally spaced grooves formed in the top surface and equal in width to the first set of grooves, the second set of grooves extending along the major axis orthogonal to the central groove, wherein intersections of the central groove, first set and second set of grooves defines a plurality of equal sized panels, each panel including a set of concentric squares indicia thereon to facilitate hand placements for exercise, each set of squares further defined by a plurality of squares that reduce in width toward the center of its corresponding panel so as to be concentrically nested within outer larger-width squares of its panel.