Claims
- 1. An exercise system for one or more persons comprising:at least one movable game element; at least one striking means that is movable by a person towards the game element, the movement of said striking means being resisted by inherent resistance; and an exercise-inducing resistance system including means for providing an additional second and substantial exercise inducing resistance to movement of the striking means as the striking means is moved by the person towards the game element while said game element is moving, whereby the person performs exercise by overcoming the resistance of the resistance system while moving the striking means to engage the moving game element.
- 2. The exercise system of claim 1, further comprising a scoring device.
- 3. The exercise system of claim 2, wherein said scoring device registers the force required to move the striking means towards the game element.
- 4. The exercise system of claim 3, wherein said scoring device registers the speed of the striking means as it moves towards the game element.
- 5. The exercise system of claim 1, wherein the person stands on a surface and the striking means is vertically movable away from the surface on which the player is standing toward the moving game element located in a vertical plane substantially above the surface.
- 6. The exercise system of claim 5, wherein said resistance system is attached at one end to the surface on which the player is standing and on the other end to the striking means.
- 7. The exercising system of claim 6, wherein said striking means is connected to at least one handle for a user's hand.
- 8. The exercising system of claim 6, wherein said striking means includes an elongated flat surface for striking the game element.
- 9. An exercise system of claim 1, wherein said game element is attached to a tether.
- 10. The exercise system of claim 9, wherein said tether is elastic.
- 11. The exercise system of claim 1, wherein said game element is attached to a pivoting pendulum.
- 12. The exercise system of claim 1, wherein said game element is attached to a pivoting pendulum.
- 13. The exercise system of claim 1, wherein said game element moves along a playing surface, and said striking means moves along the playing surface to engage the game element.
- 14. The exercise system of claim 13, wherein said playing surface is inclined.
- 15. The exercise system of claim 1, wherein said exercise system includes two striking means configured so that a player can cause one of the striking means to strike the game element to cause said game element to move in the direction of another player.
- 16. An exercise system for two or more persons comprising:at least one game element; at least two striking means, each striking means being movable by a person toward the game element, the movement of said striking means being resisted by inherent resistance; and an exercise-inducing resistance system including means for providing an additional second and substantial exercise inducing resistance to movement of the striking means as each striking means is moved by a person towards the game element, whereby a person performs exercise by overcoming the resistance of the resistance system while moving the striking means to engage the moving game element.
- 17. The exercise system of claim 16, further comprising a scoring device.
- 18. The exercise system of claim 17, wherein said scoring device registers the force required to move each of the striking means towards the game element.
- 19. The exercise system of claim 18, wherein said scoring device registers the speed of each striking means as it moves toward the game element.
- 20. The exercise system of claim 16, wherein said striking means includes an elongated flat surface for striking the game element.
- 21. The exercise system of claim 16, wherein said game element is attached to a tether.
- 22. The exercise system of claim 21, wherein said tether is elastic.
- 23. The exercise system of claim 16, wherein said game element is attached to a pivoting pendulum.
- 24. The exercise system of claim 16, wherein said game element moves along a playing surface, and said striking means slide on the playing surface to engage the game element.
- 25. The exercise system of claim 24, wherein said playing surface is inclined on opposing sides of a central ridge.
- 26. An exercise system for one or more persons comprising:at least one game element; two or more striking means, each being movable by a person toward a game element, the movement of each striking means being resisted by inherent resistance; and at least one exercise inducing resistance system including means for providing additional exercise inducing resistance to movement of said striking means as each striking means is moved by a person toward a game element, whereby a person performs exercise by overcoming the resistance of said resistance system while moving a striking means toward said game element.
- 27. The exercise system of claim 26, wherein said game element is moving as the person moves a striking means toward said game element.
- 28. The exercise system of claim 26, wherein the motion of said striking means is in a linear direction away from the person moving the striking means.
- 29. The exercise system of claim 26, wherein the movement of said striking means is not directed in an arch pathway.
- 30. The exercise system of claim 26, wherein the movement of said striking means toward said game element is not guided in a predetermined pathway.
- 31. An exercise system for one or more persons comprising:at least one game element; at least one striking means that is movable by a person toward a game element, the movement of said striking means being resisted by inherent resistance; and at least one exercise inducing resistance system including means for providing an additional exercise inducing resistance to movement of a striking means as said striking means is moved by a person toward a game element, whereby a person performs exercise by overcoming the resistance of a resistance system while moving a striking means toward a game element.
- 32. The exercise system of claim 31, wherein the movement of said striking means is not guided toward a predetermined pathway, said resistance system, or any apparatus connecting said striking means with said resistance system.
- 33. The exercise system of claim 31, wherein the striking means engages the game element in a first location and subsequently engages the game element in a second location different than the first location.
- 34. The exercise system of claim 31, wherein the game element moves in a reciprocating manner.
- 35. The exercise system of claim 31, wherein the game element is not intended to move in a predetermined pathway.
- 36. The exercise system of claim 1, wherein the means for providing an additional second and substantial exercise inducing resistance to movement of the striking means as the striking means is moved by the person towards the game element while said game element is moving provides resistance to movement in the direction away from the player.
- 37. The exercise system of claim 1, wherein the striking means is located between the player and the game element.
- 38. The exercise system of claim 16, wherein the game element is located between two striking means.
- 39. An exercise system comprising:at least one movable game element; at least one striking member that is movable by a person toward the game element, the movement of said striking member being resisted by inherent resistance; an exercise-inducing resistance system including means for providing an additional second and substantial exercise inducing resistance to movement of the striking member as the striking member is moved by the person towards the game element while said game element is moving, whereby the person performs exercise by overcoming the resistance of the resistance system while moving the striking member to engage the moving game element; and a scoring device that registers the force required to move the striking member towards the game element.
- 40. The exercise system of claim 39 wherein said scoring device registers the speed of the striking members as it moves toward the game element.
- 41. An exercise system for two or more persons comprising:at least one game element; at least two striking means, each striking member being movable by a person toward the game element, the movement of said striking members being resisted by inherent resistance; and an exercise-inducing resistance system including means for providing an additional second and substantial exercise inducing resistance to movement of the striking members as each striking member is moved by a person towards the game element, whereby a person performs exercise by overcoming the resistance of the resistance system while moving the striking members to engage the moving game element; and a scoring device that registers the force required to move each of the striking members towards the game element.
- 42. The exercise system of claim 41, wherein said scoring device registers the speed of each striking member as it moves toward the game element.
- 43. The exercise system of claim 31, wherein said game element is moving as the person moves a striking means toward said game element.
- 44. The exercise system of claim 31, further comprising a scoring device.
- 45. The exercise system of claim 44, wherein said scoring device registers the force required to move the striking means towards the game element.
- 46. The exercise system of claim 44, wherein said scoring device registers the speed of the striking means as it moves towards the game element.
Parent Case Info
This is a divisional of application Ser. No. 08/871/198, filed Jun. 9, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,090,019 which is a divisional of application Ser. No. 08/296,152, filed Aug. 25, 1994, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,637,061, which, in turn, is a Rule 60 continuation of Ser. No. 07/781,364 filed Oct. 23, 1991, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,366,427, all of which are incorporated herein be reference.
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