US 12,357,872 B2
Postural platform training device
David S. Weck, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to BOSU Fitness, LLC, Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by BOSU Fitness, LLC, Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Sep. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/948,604.
Application 17/948,604 is a continuation of application No. 16/913,350, filed on Jun. 26, 2020, granted, now 11,478,678.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/867,383, filed on Jun. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0017303 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. A63B 23/04 (2006.01); A63B 21/00 (2006.01); A63B 22/14 (2006.01); A63B 71/06 (2006.01); A43B 7/24 (2006.01); A63B 22/00 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 23/04 (2013.01) [A63B 21/00178 (2013.01); A63B 21/4039 (2015.10); A43B 7/24 (2013.01); A63B 2022/0038 (2013.01); A63B 22/14 (2013.01); A63B 2071/0694 (2013.01); A63B 2208/0204 (2013.01); A63B 2220/52 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A postural platform configured to redistribute weight of a user in a standing position comprising:
left and right platform portions that are mirror images of one another and are configured to support a left and right foot of the user, respectively, each platform portion including a top contact surface and a bottom surface, the top contact surface having a top plane parallel to a reference plane in an initial orientation, the top plane and reference plane forming a second orientation by tilting the top plane to a first degree about a first axis parallel to the reference plane and then rotating the top plane to a second degree about a second axis orthogonal to the reference plane, wherein the second degree is greater than the first degree, the top contact surface being parallel to the top plane in the second orientation, the bottom surface being parallel to the reference plane in the second orientation, the top contact surface having a fixed orientation relative to the bottom surface based on the second orientation of the top plane relative to the reference plane,
wherein each platform portion comprises an upper inner portion proximate to a central longitudinal axis of the postural platform having a first elevation, a lower inner portion proximate to the central longitudinal axis having a second elevation, wherein the first elevation is greater than the second elevation, an upper outer portion distal from the central longitudinal axis having a third elevation, wherein the second elevation is greater than the third elevation, and a lower outer portion distal from the central longitudinal axis having a fourth elevation, wherein the third elevation is greater than the fourth elevation,
wherein the left and right platform portions are configured such that when a foot of the user is in contact with the top contact surface, a first point of contact on the top contact surface corresponding to an inside of a ball of the foot is higher with respect to the reference plane than a second point of contact on the top contact surface corresponding with an inside of a heel of the foot, the second point of contact being higher with respect to the reference plane than a third point of contact corresponding with an outside of the ball of the foot, the third point of contact being higher with respect to the reference plane than a fourth point of contact corresponding with an outside of the heel of the foot.