Yoga mat with body contact placement indicia
View Patent ↗A yoga mat is provided having a symmetrical body placement guide on an upper surface of the mat. The body placement guide is configured to aid a yoga practitioner to properly align the practitioner's body during yoga postures. The body placement guide includes a patterned design defining a longitudinal axis substantially extending the length of and bisecting the upper surface of the mat. The patterned design also defines a transverse axis bisecting the longitudinal axis. The longitudinal axis and transverse axis define four equal quadrants. Each quadrant is adjacent to other quadrants, the pattern design in each quadrant being a mirror image of the pattern design of the two adjoining quadrants. The pattern design also includes step indicia within each quadrant.
1. A yoga mat, comprising:
an elongated mat having an upper surface and a lower surface; and
a symmetrical body placement guide on the upper surface of the mat and configured to aid a yoga practitioner to properly align the practitioner's body during yoga postures, the body placement guide including:
a patterned design defining a longitudinal axis substantially extending the length of and bisecting the upper surface, the patterned design further defining a transverse axis bisecting the longitudinal axis, and indicia positioned from the longitudinal axis at a forty-five degree angle comprises a line extending from the longitudinal axis at a forty-five degree angle; and
four equal quadrants defined by the longitudinal axis and the transverse axis, each quadrant being adjacent to two other quadrants, the patterned design in each quadrant being a mirror image of the patterned design of the two adjoining quadrants.
2. The yoga mat of claim 1 , wherein the patterned design includes indicia positioned from the transverse axis at a forty-five degree angle comprising a line extending from the transverse axis at a forty-five degree angle, perpendicular to the line extending from the longitudinal axis at a forty-five decree angle.
3. The yoga mat of claim 1 , wherein the patterned design defines multiple segments of equal area parallel to the transverse axis.
4. The yoga mat of claim 1 , wherein the patterned design defines multiple segments of equal area parallel to the longitudinal axis.
5. The yoga mat of claim 1 , wherein the patterned design includes step indicia within each quadrant.
6. The yoga mat of claim 5 , wherein the step indicia are created by intersecting lines forming a ninety degree angle.
7. A yoga mat, comprising:
an elongated mat having an upper surface and a lower surface; and
a symmetrical body placement guide on the upper surface of the mat and configured to aid a yoga practitioner to properly align the practitioner's body during yoga postures, the body placement guide including:
a patterned design defining a longitudinal axis substantially extending the length of and bisecting the upper surface, the patterned design further defining a transverse axis bisecting the longitudinal axis; and
four equal quadrants defined by the longitudinal axis and the transverse axis, each quadrant being adjacent to two other quadrants, the patterned design in each quadrant being a mirror image of the patterned design of the two adjoining quadrants;
wherein the patterned design includes indicia positioned from the longitudinal axis at a forty-five degree angle comprising a line extending from the longitudinal axis at a forty-five decree angle; and
wherein the patterned design includes indicia positioned from the transverse axis at a forty-five degree angle comprising a line extending from the transverse axis at a forty-five degree angle, perpendicular to the line extending from the longitudinal axis at a forty-five degree angle.
8. The yoga mat of claim 7 , wherein the patterned design defines multiple segments of equal area parallel to the transverse axis.
9. The yoga mat of claim 7 , wherein the patterned design defines multiple segments of equal area parallel to the longitudinal axis.
10. The yoga mat of claim 7 , wherein the patterned design includes step indicia within each quadrant.
11. The yoga mat of claim 10 , wherein the step indicia are created by intersecting lines forming a ninety degree angle.
12. A yoga mat, comprising:
an elongated mat having a rectangular configuration, an upper surface and a lower surface; and
a symmetrical body placement guide on the upper surface of the mat and configured to aid a yoga practitioner to properly align the practitioner's body during yoga postures, the body placement guide including:
a patterned design defining a longitudinal axis substantially extending the length of and bisecting the upper surface, the patterned design further defining a transverse axis bisecting the longitudinal axis; and
four equal quadrants defined by the longitudinal axis and the transverse axis, each quadrant being adjacent to two other quadrants, the patterned design in each quadrant being a mirror image of the patterned design of the two adjoining quadrants;
wherein the patterned design includes indicia positioned from the longitudinal axis at a forty-five degree angle comprising a line extending from the longitudinal axis at a forty-five degree angle;
wherein the patterned design includes indicia positioned from the transverse axis at a forty-five degree angle comprising a line extending from the transverse axis at a forty-five degree angle, perpendicular to the line extending from the longitudinal axis at a forty-five degree angle; and
wherein the patterned design includes step indicia within each quadrant.
13. The yoga mat of claim 12 , wherein the patterned design defines multiple segments of equal area parallel to the transverse axis.
14. The yoga mat of claim 12 , wherein the patterned design defines multiple segments of equal area parallel to the longitudinal axis.
15. The yoga mat of claim 12 , wherein the step indicia are created by intersecting lines forming a ninety degree angle.