Michael W Branson

US Patent:

6908415, Jun 21, 2005

Filed:

May 1, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/427244

Inventors:

Michael Branson - Scottsdale AZ, US

International Classification:

A63B071/00

US Classification:

482 51, 482 95, 434255

Abstract:

An exercise apparatus for recreational and rehabilitative exercise comprising in combination, a substantially square-shaped slide board having a substantially level top surface with a low coefficient of friction, and at least one sliding device for allowing a user to maneuver any combination of his hands, elbows, feet, and knees or posterior torso across the slide board and methods of exercise wherein the individual may use functional movements as well as unilateral and bilateral movements with both upper and lower extremities and wherein the exercise allows the individual's body to move in an anatomical plane that is sagittal, frontal, transverse, oblique or in a combination thereof.