Balance trainer

Abstract

A balance trainer on which a user can perform various modes of movement that make it possible for the actual environment to simulate an imagined environment, providing an enhanced training effect. The balance trainer comprises a trainer board that has a top surface on which the user stands, and a bottom surface facing the floor, and rollbar that supports the trainer board while allowing the trainer board to yaw, pitch and roll with respect to the floor surface. By changing the position of his center of gravity, the user can perform many types of movement with the balance trainer.

1 . A balance trainer, comprising: a trainer board having a top surface mounted by a user and a bottom surface facing a floor surface; and a rollbar with a flange-shaped center portion disposed between a guide channel having a plurality of stop attachment locations recessed therein that is provided on the bottom surface and the floor surface that supports the trainer board so that the trainer board can yaw, pitch and roll with respect to the floor surface.  
   
   
       2 . The balance trainer according to  claim 1 , wherein the rollbar comprises a flange-shaped longitudinally center portion and flange-shaped end portions, the center portion and end portions each having the same diameter, with the rollbar being formed with a taper that tapers from the flange-shaped center portion to each of the flange-shaped end portions  
   
   
       3 . The balance trainer according to  claim 1 , wherein a guide channel with an opening that faces the floor surface is provided on the bottom surface of the trainer board and the flange-shaped center portion of the rollbar can be positioned at a desired location along the guide channel.  
   
   
       4 . The balance trainer according to  claim 1 , wherein two of the plurality of attachment locations recessed into the guide channel of the trainer board are disposed on a line passing through the center of the bottom surface on opposite sides of the center attachment location.  
   
   
       5 . The balance trainer according to  claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of attachment locations has a female thread portion, and each of the plurality of stops has a male thread portion that can be screwed into engagement with the female thread portion, and a surface of each stop in opposition to the floor surface is substantially hemispherically shaped.