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Play/athletic training applianceRelated Patent Categories: Exercise Devices, Gymnastic, Bar Or Rope For Balancing UponPlay/athletic training appliance description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20060063646, Play/athletic training appliance. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application is related to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/611,348 filed Sep. 20, 2004 from which priority is claimed, and is hereby incorporated by reference. STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH [0002] Not Applicable. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] The present invention relates to a play/athletic training appliance. The appliance is in the first place intended for use in playgrounds and similar environments, but can also advantageously be used as a training appliance. [0004] Many outstanding sportsmen today perform their training on a ground that is very flexible, for instance training sessions in swamp-like environments. This type of training yields a greater effect on the actual training result. It is time consuming and relatively difficult to find suitable environments for this type of training. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0005] The appliance according to the invention offers to some extent a possibility of such training. The appliance comprises rods constituting a track on which a board for the user to stand on is movably arranged. The track is arranged to be resilient and the user moves back and forth on the track by means of the board. The play/athletic training appliance provides a different and new approach by means of which the user rhythmically moves back and forth along a track and which: [0006] provides a feeling of moving on a flexible base [0007] offers a possible element of competition [0008] satisfies all security requirements placed on a play/athletic training appliance. [0009] The play/athletic training appliance comprises at least two essentially parallel horizontal rods and a board for standing. The board is turnably arranged with at least two (wholly or partly) enclosing means, one for each rod, and the board is movably arranged relative to the rods by the (wholly or partly) enclosing means. [0010] The play/athletic training appliance offers an element of playing and training in which coordination, rhythmic, motor behavior and balance are trained and in which fine motor ability and technique beat brute force. [0011] The foregoing and other features, and advantages of the invention as well as embodiments thereof will become more apparent from the reading of the following description in connection with the accompanying drawings. DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0012] In the accompanying drawings which form part of the specification: [0013] FIG. 1 is a top plan view of the play/athletic training appliance according to the invention, [0014] FIG. 2 is a bottom view of a part included in the appliance, [0015] FIG. 3 shows obliquely from below the appliance in the assembled state, [0016] FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the appliance in FIGS. 1-3, and [0017] FIG. 5 shows the appliance according to a second embodiment of the invention. [0018] Corresponding reference numerals indicate corresponding parts throughout the several figures of the drawings. DETAILED DESCRIPTION [0019] The following detailed description illustrates the invention by way of example and not by way of limitation. The description clearly enables one skilled in the art to make and use the invention, describes several embodiments, adaptations, variations, alternatives, and uses of the invention, including what is presently believed to be the best mode of carrying out the invention. Additionally, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and the arrangements of components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced or being carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology used herein is for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting. [0020] The play/athletic training appliance according to the invention comprises at least two rods designated 2 in the drawing. The rods 2 are advantageously arranged parallel to each other so as to form a track. By "parallel" is here meant parallel with a deviation in terms of tolerances. The rods 2 are arranged horizontally relative to a base. By "horizontally" is here meant horizontally with a deviation of .+-.10.degree.. In a further embodiment, several pairs of rods 2 can be arranged next to each other. [0021] The rods 2 can be comprised of, for instance, some kind of tubular blank or be wholly or partly solid. The rods 2 can also advantageously be circular in cross-section, but can also have a square cross-section or the like. The arrangement of the rods 2 satisfies all safety standards that are applicable to playing appliances. According to the safety standards, there must be at least 230 mm between two parallel elements in order to prevent a child's head from getting caught between the rods 2. In the track according to the invention, the rods 2 are placed in parallel at a distance of about 250-300 mm between each other, preferably about 285 mm. It goes without saying that this distance can be varied within the safety standards according to needs and wishes. The two or more rods 2 which constitute the track are preferably of the same length and have a length of about 1-5 m, preferably about 3 m, but may of course be both shorter and longer according to needs and according to how much room is available. The rods 2 can be made, for instance, of stainless steel, hard metal, rigid plastic or similar hard materials. Continue reading about Play/athletic training appliance... Full patent description for Play/athletic training appliance Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Play/athletic training appliance patent application. ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. Sign up (takes 30 seconds). 2. Fill in the keywords to be monitored. 3. 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