Patent ID: 8827879

Claim:
An omnidirectional exercise platform for facilitating a physical training exercise, comprising: a base member having a thickness bound by a sidewall and extending between a top surface and an opposite bottom surface and a plurality of ball transfer unit receiving apertures arranged in a spaced apart relationship, each ball transfer unit receiving aperture passing through said thickness of said base member, extending from said bottom surface of said base member through said top surface of said base member; a pad member having a top surface, an opposite bottom surface and at least one sidewall disposed there between, said pad member bottom surface being mechanically joined to said base member top surface to provide rotational unison; and a plurality of ball transfer units, each ball transfer unit comprising a primary ball member omnidirectionally retained with a hemispherical housing by a retention member and a mounting feature extending radially outward from the hemispherical housing, an upper half of each ball transfer unit being inserted within each respective ball transfer unit receiving aperture of said plurality of ball transfer unit receiving apertures formed into said bottom surface of said base member and an exposed portion of said primary ball member extending downward, wherein said top surface of said pad member defines an uppermost portion of said omnidirectional exercise platform, thus enabling a user unencumbered access by one of a user's hand or a user's foot to said top surface of said pad member, wherein lower tangents of each of said plurality of said primary ball members form a supporting plane for omnidirectional motion of said omnidirectional exercise platform over a support surface during said physical training exercise.