Toe exercise apparatus

Abstract

The apparatus includes: a heel resting board mounted at a rear portion of an outer frame section, the outer frame section being an outer frame of the entire apparatus; a pair of right and left sliding exercise boards mounted in front of the heel resting board and being movable forward and backward relative to the outer frame section; springs for constantly biasing the pair of right and left sliding exercise boards forward; convex sections disposed on each sliding exercise board at positions corresponding to base portions of a user's toes when the user rests his/her heels on the heel resting board.

1 . A toe exercise apparatus, comprising: 
 a heel resting board mounted at a rear portion of an outer frame section, the outer frame section being an outer frame of the entire apparatus;    a pair of right and left sliding exercise boards mounted in front of the heel resting board and being movable forward and backward relative to the outer frame section;    biasing portion for constantly biasing the sliding exercise boards forward; and    a convex section disposed on each sliding exercise board at a position corresponding to base portion of a user's toes when the user rests his/her heels on the heel resting board.    
     
     
         2 . The toe exercise apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising a hinge mechanism for liftably supporting the heel resting board relative to the outer frame section; and 
 tilting and supporting portion for fixedly supporting the heel resting board at an angle with the heel resting board being lifted up and tilted at the angle.    
     
     
         3 . The toe exercise apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the heel resting board has a surface having uneven texture so that a frictional force between a user's feet bottoms and the heel resting board is increased and the user's feet bottoms are stimulated by the uneven texture when the user rests his/her feet on the heel resting board.  
     
     
         4 . The toe exercise apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein the tilting and supporting portion comprises a bar-like object, and the bar-like object has a fitting projection formed thereon, so that the bar-like object is mounted on the outer frame section by fitting the fitting projection into a fitting hole formed in the outer frame section.  
     
     
         5 . The toe exercise apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising measuring portion disposed between the sliding exercise boards and the outer frame section for measuring toe power.