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  Automobile exercises and method and apparatus for performing the sameUSPTO Application #: 20080103033Title: Automobile exercises and method and apparatus for performing the same Abstract: A method of engaging in a physical exercise, while driving a motor vehicle, includes providing instructions for exercising in a vehicle, the instructions including an exercise routine, sitting down in the vehicle driver seat, and following the instructions to engage in the exercise routine. The exercise routine can also be followed by a passenger, and when the vehicle is not in motion. (end of abstract) Agent: Dinesh Agarwal, P.C. - Alexandria, VA, US Inventor: Prem K. Agarwal USPTO Applicaton #: 20080103033 - Class: 482131 (USPTO) The Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20080103033. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001]The present application claims priority on prior U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/877,136, filed Dec. 27, 2006, and U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/855,366, filed Oct. 31, 2006, both are hereby incorporated herein in their entirety by reference. FIELD AND BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002]The present invention is generally directed to health and recreation, and more particularly to physical exercises that can be carried out in a motor vehicle by a driver or a passenger. [0003]In ancient times, humans walked, ran after the animals, waded in ponds, natural lakes or rivers, rode horses, elephants, donkeys, and other animals. By necessity, all of these activities functioned as one form of physical exercise or another. [0004]As various developments over the last thousands of years took place and humans moved away from forests and jungles to live in more organized, rural and urban environment, alternative forms of transportation and machinery were developed. In this connection, industrial revolution of the twentieth century brought about many significant changes that resulted in highly advanced machineries and motor vehicles that are ever so more comfortable than the previous ones. This also brought about urbanization and the birth of many cities and large metropolitan areas surrounded by concentrated population. Building of roads and highways provided easy access to various metropolitan areas, cities, urban and suburban developments. [0005]As the population grew around these areas, people began to spread out further away resulting in longer commuting distances. For example, it is not uncommon these days for people working in the downtown Washington D.C. area, to commute from an hour away by motor vehicle, or otherwise from faraway places that are even two to three hours. [0006]One would readily appreciate that while driving long distances in a motor vehicle, the choices of activities that, for instance, a driver can engage in, are rather limited. In order to keep mentally occupied, stay alert, and to utilize the significant time spent in commuting, many modern day drivers listen to the radio, pre-recorded audio tapes and, more recently, talk on the cell phones. Although these activities make a good use of otherwise idle time lost during driving, the concept of physical exercise that was inherent in ancient times without the motor vehicles and other motorized transportation vehicles, such as trains, is slipping away or getting lost. [0007]The above observations led me to develop exercises that can be carried out in a motor vehicle, and more particularly the physical exercises that a driver can engage in while driving a motor vehicle. OBJECTS AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0008]The principal object of the present invention is to provide a method of engaging in a physical exercise in a motor vehicle. [0009]Another object of the present invention is to provide a method of engaging in a physical exercise while driving a motor vehicle. [0010]Another object of the present invention is to provide a method of using a motor vehicle to engage in a physical exercise. [0011]Another object of the present invention is to provide a method of using a motor vehicle to engage in physical exercise while driving the vehicle. [0012]Another object of the present invention is to provide a method of engaging in a physical exercise by a passenger in a motor vehicle. [0013]Another object of the present invention is to provide a method of engaging in a useful activity while driving a motor vehicle, which activity results in or produces useful, tangible, and concrete result in the form of improved physical and mental health. In particular, by engaging in an activity in accordance with the present invention, a person utilizes his/her time that may otherwise be lost and enhances his/her physical mental health. [0014]Another object of the present invention is to provide a method of engaging in a physical exercise in a motor vehicle, while driving or not, which does not require any addition or alteration to the motor vehicle, or the use of any additional part or component. [0015]Another object of the present invention is to provide a method of engaging in physical exercise in a motor vehicle which is not dependent on the vehicle's speed or its movement. In other words, the exercise can be done whether the vehicle is moving, idling, or stationary. [0016]In summary, the main object of the present invention is to provide a method of engaging in a physical exercise in a motor vehicle, by a driver or a passenger, while the vehicle is in motion or is stationary. The vehicle is not only used as a mode of transportation, but also as an apparatus for performing physical exercises which leads to better utilization of the time that would otherwise be lost. The beneficial use of the vehicle in this manner results in useful, concrete and tangible result in the form of better and improved mental and physical health of a driver and/or a passenger. [0017]One of the above objects is met, in part, by the present invention which in one aspect includes a method of engaging in a physical exercise while driving a motor vehicle, which includes providing instructions for exercising in a vehicle, the instructions including an exercise routine, sitting down in the vehicle driver seat, and following the instructions to engage in the exercise routine. [0018]Another aspect of the present invention includes a motor vehicle equipped with a steering device, a driver seat, a floor, and a driver side arm rest, wherein a method of using the vehicle to engage in a physical exercise, while driving the vehicle, includes providing instructions for exercising in a vehicle, the instructions including an exercise routine, sitting down in the vehicle driver seat, and following the instructions to engage in the exercise routine. [0019]Another aspect of the present invention includes a method of engaging in a physical exercise in a motor vehicle, which includes providing instructions for exercising in a vehicle, the instructions including an exercise routine, sitting down in the vehicle driver or passenger seat, and following the instructions to engage in the exercise routine. [0020]Another aspect of the present invention includes a motor vehicle equipped with a steering device, a driver seat, a passenger seat, a floor, a driver side arm rest, and a passenger side arm rest, wherein a method of using the vehicle to engage in a physical exercise, includes providing instructions for exercising in a vehicle, the instructions including an exercise routine, sitting down in the vehicle driver or passenger seat, and following the instructions to engage in the exercise routine. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Continue reading... Full patent description for Automobile exercises and method and apparatus for performing the same Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Automobile exercises and method and apparatus for performing the same patent application. ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. Sign up (takes 30 seconds). 2. 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