Profile for a balance board
View Patent ↗A balance board profile has an upper profile surface and a lower profile surface axially space from the upper profile surface. A channel depends upwardly from the lower profile surface. The balance board profile may be attached to a balance platform to form a balance board. The channel in the profile may have safety features.
1 . A balance board, the balance board comprising:
a platform body, the platform body having a bottom platform panel and a top platform panel axially spaced from the bottom platform panel;
a channel depending upwardly from the bottom platform panel, at least a portion of the channel disposed at a balance midpoint, the channel in alignment with a longitudinal axis;
the channel having a curvature that retains at least a portion of each of a plurality of spherical balance objects while permitting longitudinal movement within the channel.
2 . The balance board of claim 1 , wherein a viewing slot is disposed in the platform body.
3 . The balance board of claim 1 , wherein a center rest is disposed in the channel at the balance midpoint.
4 . The balance board of claim 1 , wherein at least two stability grooves are disposed in the channel.
5 . The balance board of claim 1 , wherein at least one channel rest is disposed in the channel.
6 . The balance board of claim 1 , wherein the channel has a substantially elliptical shape relative to the longitudinal axis.
7 . The balance board of claim 1 , wherein a retention lip is disposed in the channel.
8 . The balance board of claim 1 , wherein an insertion indent is disposed on the bottom platform panel.
9 . A balance board profile, the balance board profile comprising:
a profile body having an upper profile surface, a lower profile surface axially spaced from the upper profile surface;
a channel depending upwardly from the lower profile surface, at least a portion of the channel disposed at a balance midpoint, the channel in alignment with a longitudinal axis;
the channel having a curvature that retains at least a portion of each of a plurality of spherical balance objects while permitting longitudinal movement within the channel.
10 . The balance board profile of claim 9 , wherein the profile body has at least one fastener wing.
11 . The balance board profile of claim 9 , wherein a predetermined section of the channel has a larger curvature.
12 . The balance board profile of claim 9 , wherein the profile body has two channels, the two channels intersecting at the balance midpoint.
13 . The balance board profile of claim 9 , wherein a viewing slot is disposed in the upper profile surface.
14 . The balance board profile of claim 9 , wherein a center rest is disposed in the channel at the balance midpoint.
15 . The balance board profile of claim 9 , wherein at least two stability grooves are disposed in the channel.
16 . The balance board profile of claim 9 , wherein at least one channel rest is disposed in the channel.
17 . The balance board profile of claim 9 , wherein the channel has a substantially elliptical shape relative to the longitudinal axis.
18 . The balance board profile of claim 1 , wherein a retention lip is disposed in the channel.
19 . The balance board profile of claim 9 , wherein an insertion indent is disposed on the lower profile surface.
20 . A balance board profile, the balance board profile comprising:
a profile body having an upper profile surface, a lower profile surface axially spaced from the upper profile surface;
a channel depending upwardly from the lower profile surface, the channel having two channel longitudinal sides, two channel lateral sides and a plurality of channel layers extending between the longitudinal sides, the channel allowing a plurality of balance objects to have longitudinal and lateral movement within the channel;
a center channel layer disposed in lateral alignment with a balance midpoint, each of the remaining plurality of layers disposed such that each of the plurality of balance objects travel to the center channel layer.
21 . The balance board profile of claim 20 , wherein each of the plurality of channel layers is substantially rectangular.
22 . The balance board profile of claim 20 , wherein the plurality of channel layers is adapted to accept a cylindrical rod.
23 . The balance board profile of claim 20 , wherein the plurality of channel layers is adapted to accept a sphere.
24 . The balance board profile of claim 20 , wherein a notch is disposed in each of the channel longitudinal sides in substantial alignment with the balance midpoint.
25 . The balance board profile of claim 20 , wherein a center rest is disposed in the channel at the balance midpoint.