Finger and toe exercising band

Abstract

The present invention is directed to a finger or toe exercising device. The finger or toe exercising band comprises a continuous band with no twists with a center bond that may partition the continuous band with no twists into a left loop and a right loop. The left loop and the right loop may be of equal size. The continuous band with no twists may be made of an elastic material and may be operable to exercise fingers and toes. As a non-limiting example, a left big toe may be placed within the left loop, a right big toe may be placed within the right loop, and the left big toe may be pulled away from the right big toe to provide resistance training for the toes. Other toes, fingers, and combinations thereof may be exercised in the same way.

1 . A finger or toe exercising device comprising:
 an elastic tape member with constant width and constant thickness having a flat first surface and a flat second surface constructed to form a continuous band with no twists;   the continuous band pinched together and connecting flat first surface to flat second surface at an approximate midpoint to form a left loop and a right loop, the left and right loops being of approximately equal size;   the left loop and the right loop being constructed and sized to slip over a left human digit and a corresponding right human digit respectively;   whereby, an exercise may be performed by placing the left and right loops over two corresponding human digits and moving the left and right human digits apart.   
     
     
         2 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the left and right human digits are toes. 
     
     
         3 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the left and right human digits are fingers. 
     
     
         4 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the continuous band is formed by connecting a linear piece of elastic tape end-to-end with no twists. 
     
     
         5 . The device of  claim 4 , wherein the connecting is made by sewing, adhesive, or thermal bonding. 
     
     
         6 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the continuous band is made by slicing an end-section from a hollow cylindrical tube of elastic material. 
     
     
         7 . The device of  claim 1 , further comprising a family of similar elastic tape members fashioned to different sizes and with different elastic strengths. 
     
     
         8 . The device of  claim 7 , wherein different members of the family may have different constant thicknesses of different constant widths. 
     
     
         9 . The device of  claim 8 , wherein different members of the family are marked with indicia indicating dimensions or elastic resistance. 
     
     
         10 . A finger or toe exercising device comprising:
 an elastic tape member with constant width and constant thickness having a flat first surface and a flat second surface constructed to form a continuous band with no twists, wherein the continuous band is formed by connecting a linear piece of elastic tape end-to-end with no twists.   the continuous band pinched together and connected first surface to first surface at an approximate midpoint to form a left loop and a right loop, the left and right loops being of approximately equal size;   the left loop and the right loop being constructed and sized to slip over a left human finger or toe and a corresponding right human finger or toe   whereby, an exercise may be performed by placing the left and right loops over two corresponding human fingers or toes and moving the left and right human fingers or toes apart.   
     
     
         11 . The device of  claim 10 , wherein the connecting is made by sewing, adhesive, or thermal bonding. 
     
     
         12 . The device of  claim 10 , further comprising a family of similar elastic tape members fashioned to different sizes and with different elastic strengths. 
     
     
         13 . The device of  claim 12 , wherein different members of the family may have different constant thicknesses of different constant widths. 
     
     
         14 . The device of  claim 13 , wherein different members of the family are marked with indicia indicating dimensions or elastic resistance. 
     
     
         15 . A method of exercising with the device of  claim 10  comprising:
 (a) with both feet flat against a flat surface, placing the left loop around the left big toe, and placing the right loop against the right big toe, then: 
 (b) pulling the feet apart; 
 (c) rotating both feet with heels remaining stationary, and big toes of each foot moving away from big toes of the other foot. 
 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 15 , further comprising repeating steps (a)-(c) using other corresponding toes. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 15 , repeating steps (a)-(b) using thumbs instead of toes. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17 , using other corresponding fingers. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 15 , further comprising:
 (d) with the left foot against a flat surface, and the left hand with palm facing up, placing the left loop around any toe on the left foot and the right loop around any finger of the left hand;   (e) pulling the left hand up to create tension.   
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 19 , repeating steps (d)-(e) using the right foot and the right hand.