US2006350A

US2006350A - Foot exerciser

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Publication number: US2006350A
Application number: US702350A
Authority: US
Inventors: Gartner Henry Simon
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1933-12-14
Filing date: 1933-12-14
Publication date: 1935-07-02
Anticipated expiration: 1952-07-02

Description

H. S. GARTNER FOOT EXERCISER July 2, 1935.

Filed Dec. 14, 1933 m M WM m #7 4 f y. r

M. 0 H w Patented July 2, 1935 v Y Y UNITED STATES r'ArsNr-oFF c-E Application December 14, 193$,Serlal No. M32550 3 Claims. .(Cl. leg-+57)- The invention relates to therapeutic devices for the outer arch, and the curve C to the longitutreating the foot. It has for its main objects to dinal arch.- If the foot is now moved back and provide a device for aiding in correcting deforth, the exerciser will roll back and forth on formities of the feet, such as, for example, fallthe floor and back and forth under the foot.

5 ing arches; for aiding in strengthening and re- This imparts movement to every articulation in 5 I storing strained and infeebled voluntary and inthe foot.

voluntary muscles of the feet; and for aiding in As previously said, the tread-surfaces of the loosening up adhesions and contractions, restorexerciser are provided with flat faces l2 and I3. ing correct articulation of all the parts of the As these faces passover the floor, a vibratory mofeet, and stimulating circulation. tion is imparted to the exerciser, which motion, 10.

.Another object is to construct the device so is in turn, transferred to the foot. This vibrathat various tendons and nerves in the leg will toiy motion is very effective in restoring circualso be acted upon and exercised. A further oblation, breaking up adhesions and generally reject is to provide a device of simple construction, storing the foot to normal condition. It was also which can be manufactured at a very low cost. previously stated thatthe diameter of the flange These and various other objects and advanis preferably made larger than the other tread tages will be readily understood from the folsurface. The flange being of larger diameter, it lowing description and from' the accompanying follows that it causes its end of the exerciser to drawing of a preferred embodiment of the invenmove faster when the exerciser is rolled over the tion in which, however, modifications may be floor. In other words, it causes the exerciser to 20 made without departing from the scope of the roll in a large arc and thus, at one extremity of appended claims. In the drawing its movements causes the foot to toe-in and Fig. l is a side view of the exerciser, at the other extremity to toe-out. This is a Fig. 2 a front elevation, I very beneficial exercise for all the tendons and Fig. 3 a top view of Fig. 2, v nerves in both the foot and the leg. 25

Fig. 4 a plan view of a modified form of the ex- To particularly exercise the metatarsals and erciser together with a base plate which may at D X t be of the feet is placed Oh the times be used with the exerciser, and enlargement l l, while the exerciser is in the posi- Fig. 5 a cross-section of this plate taken on tion shown in Fig. 1, and the heel allowed to rest line 55 of Fig. 4. on the floor. The metatarsal bones will conform 30- Referring now to Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the exercisthemselves transversely to the curve of the ener is preferably made of wood and in one piece, largement II. If the toes are now bent and but may, of course, be made or molded of any stretched, both these and the metatarsal arch other suitable material. It is made in the form W be exe cised.

rests on a flange in formed at one end and on is p a d on t floor n the u ht p s t enlargement ll formed at the other end. The Shown in The tees ar p d Over the flange I0 is preferably of larger diameter than Sp r ob l4 and cupped around this knob the enlargement H. The reason for this will be with t a of pp t and ifting the exexplained later. The flange, as well as the tread eieisel' With the t s. 40 of the enlargement, is provided with a plurality Referring HOW to Figs. 4 a d While the of fiat faces 12 and 13. The object of these faces exerciser ordinarily is d directly on t e floor, will also be explained later. The roller is curved in some instances, as, for mpl Whe the in a particular manner between the flange and is covered with a Soft Carpet, the base pla e 4.5 the enlargement, and a spherical knob I4 is 15 s u h p Which is'prefelebly made '45 formed on the end of the roller. of the contour shown, is provided with two arou- .The exerciser is employed in the following ated tracks I! and F8 in which the flange IQ is manner. When it is desired to exercise the whole guidede track 1 is used when the left foot foot, the exerciser is placed on the floor l5, as s being exercised d t a k l8 wh n th right shown in Fig. 1, and the user, while seated or f is being exercis The base plate is else 50 standing, places thesole of the foot on top of providedwith a socket H5 in which the exerciser the exerciser. When the exerciser is so placed ay be inserted t pp it in the Vertical D I that the outer side of the foot abuts against the tion shown in F g. 2.

flange III, the curve A is counter-conformative to While Figs. 1, 2 and 3 show the flat faces H the transverse arch of the foot, the curve B to and I3 aligned on the flange I0 and the enlarge- 5 of a roller which, when laid on a flat surface, T pa ul y is the s, t x s r 35 ment I l, these faces may be staggered as shown on the exericser in Fig. 4. The knob M, instead of being made integral with the exerciser, may be made of soft rubber, or similar material, and secured to an undercut; boss 20, as plainly shown in Fig. 2. The exerciser might also be constructed with an inner recess in which, for example, foot powder might be stored, and the knob l4 used as a closure for this recess.

Having described my invention and its objects, what I claim as new and wish to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. A foot exerciser of the class described, consisting of a roller shaped to form arches counterconformative to the arches of the human foot and having a traction surface at each end, and a plurality of fiat faces formed on said traction surfaces for causing vibratory motion to the foot conformative to the arches of the human foot and having a traction surface at each end, one of said traction surfaces made of larger diameter than the other so as to cause the exerciser to roll in an arcuated path .when' manipulated by the sole of the foot, and a plurality of flat faces formed on said traction surfaces to impart vibratory motion to the foot when the exerciser is 1 rolled over a hard surface. r

3. A foot exerciser of the clas's decribed consisting of a roller shaped to form-arches countere 1 foot when being rolled over .a surface by thev foot, an enlargement formed on each end of the exerciser upon which it is rolled, one of said enlargements constituting an exerciserfor the ball of the foot, a plurality of flat faces formed on said enlargements to cause vibratory movement to the foot as the exerciser is rolled.

HENRY SIMON GART ER.