This patent application discloses a “Eye-Hand and Body, Coordinating and Enhancing Aid Device,” that strengthens, body balance and coordination, with emphasis on hands, feet, midsection and the eyes, as it relates it, increasing quickness and accuracy with coordinated control. The device, may also assist in physical therapy research, through quantitative studies, showing graphic improvements, in a patient's strength, focus and coordination, through charted forms of exercise, ranging in increasing intensity, the patient undergoes, using the device, which measures the patient improvement, of a designated area of injury.
The field of the invention is vast, and ranges from everyday workers maintaining their balance, or who need to maintain their balance, while performing their daily task, to children who play in back yards or out on the parks, as well as, other enthusiast, who exercise or play for enjoyment or who work in any of the perspective fields of exercise or play. This equipment can also be used, as a way, just to enjoy the passing of time, while a user, betters their body's reflexes, balance and enhances their quickness and strength.
The related art, ranges, from various types of equipment, that take the form of a bat, created by Blaine Melnyk, with discrete ball striking surfaces; to an item called a “Chaos Ball,” the user catches, to help coordination. Another item is a unit, that a user, steps into, for the ascertaining, of connecting, with a projectile that moves; and, there is an apparatus, that's made for user, to sit in a chair, and place an object, into various different types of slots, for the improvement of the user's eye hand coordination and speed. Still another form of a device in this area is an apparatus, to measure eye-hand coordination of a subject user, via a tablet interfaced with the processor that was created by L. C. Wilkins. However, those inventions do not glow in the dark and they are not very tiny in size. These two differences taken together, help create a beneficial environment, that results, in a way, to make highly skilled improvements, in the user's eye-hand coordination skills.
The Invention is a new and useful piece of equipment, for use, in the area, of hand-eye coordination, body balance control, and, the mastering, of the increase, of that control. The apparatus measures, a total of, an inch and a quarter (1-¼″) along it's length; and, it measures one-half (½″) inch, across it's width. The invention is not confined, to a particular shape; but, it is, inhibited by it's size. This is because, if the invention were larger, the difficulty required to control it, would decrease, with this increase of it's size, and, make it easier, to be controlled by it's user. This decreasing is relative in value, to the benefits awarded to the user, that result in an enhancement, of their balance and fitness, that is derived, directly due, to the bodily response of visual conception, when grasping a moving object. This eye-hand coordinator, can come in many different shapes, and, each shape awards the user, a bit of a difference, in the way that it, leaves the vertical surface, on to which it is tossed. Shapes may range from triangular to boxy, as well as, other polygons; but, these shapes are limited, to the predefined length and width specified. This invention is coated, with a phosphorus paint, that allows the user, to gain an additional degree of fitness, due to it, growing in the dark; and, through this attribute, this will increase it's difficulty, of mastery and control, for the eye-hand coordinator, making it more difficult, to connect with, as it deflects from a surface, back towards the user, that is using the device, in the dark.
The invention comes with two (2) boards; one board having the measurement of twenty inches square (20″) and, the other board, having the measurement of fifteen inches square (15″). The invention can be used, with or without, the accompanying eye-hand coordinator complementing boards. Different surfaces will give the device, different to deflections, off any rigid vertical surface. The degree of deflection, varying back toward the user, is a result, of the object's speed and velocity, as the device moves, through space time, hitting the board or other solid vertical surface. Only part of the outer portion, of the boards, are painted with the glow in the dark substance, to cause it to illuminate, in park places, once it is charged with light, from a source of sun or other light.
These illuminated boards, gives the user, a point to aim, and too, it helps develop the user's skills, because, it is being done in the dark. As the invention hits a solid vertical surface, depending upon, the degree of speed, when it sticks that surface, the device leave it's user, in a scurrying action to catch it; or, trying to catch it with a far less hurrying motion. The boards can be covered, in a variety of various textures, each to offer, their own unique, deflection properties, once on the boards, as the device, hits up against them, on a solid vertical structure. These deflections can range, from boomeranging back, in same direction it was tossed, to this device, dropping straight down, to the surface below. After the user tosses, the invention onto any vertical surface, they then attempt, to catch the coordinator, with their hands, or toss it back up against the vertical surface, with their feet, or utilize some other part of their body, to continue with a rhythmic exercise, moving the device, back and forth, up against the vertical surface, that it was tossed or thrown. The utilization of the invention in the dark, too, will increase user's of eye-hand and body coordination.
These board are made from a thin ply of plastic sheeting and is coated with different layers of elastomeric paint, or other materials, which gives it, various consistencies, for it's deflection properties, when struck by the coordinator. The coordinator device itself, can be made, from various materials, that can range from wood, to light forms of plastic.
For the rectangular and triangular shapes, these devices can be cut, from a long thin lengths of material; as well as various other shapes. Once cut, a one-sixteenth inch ( 1/16″) hole, is drilled in each item. These holes are for setting the coordinators, onto an thin spikes, extending from a board, placed there to hold these devices, so they can be painted. After being cut and drilled, any loose debris or protrusions, are removed from the coordinators. They are then placed in a cleaning solution after drying; and, then each coordinator, is set onto a separate spikes, where it will be finished, through the process of sealing and painting after primer, with a glow in the dark color.
The invention as shown in
Once the cutting and drilling are completed, loose ends are removed by sanding; and, unfinished pieces, are soaked in a cleaning solution. Then they are dried. After drying, they are fitted onto the finish board by way of item #2 of
The boards accompanying the coordination devices, are depicted in
There are eight such sections, on each of the boards.
I suggest a variety at least five (5) coordinators accompany these two (2) boards, for user benefit and enjoyment; but, no more than ten (10). I believe that the best way to get this product on the market would be to give away them, to schools, hospitals, old folks homes, stores, other associations and organizations. In return, I would ask them, if they are willing, to hold contest, and may be, have a prize, for the contestants.
Another design that can be used is depicted in
The invention as claimed is not confined to a specific design nor is the enhancement board confined to a specific size. Both the coordinator and board may also be fitted with electronic devices to offer a number of different attractions so as to make the board light up when struct, or when there is a score, to further add to the attractiveness of a user's workout, as well as a way, of using this device, to play any number of different games, with a varied amounts numbers of players. Another alternate material, that can be used, is paper; and, it as depicted, in
This device is also very unique, because, when it is cut into strips in lengths of thirty-six inches (36″), it can also, be glued onto, the uppermost top part, of a standard cammode, with the glow in the dark side, turned outward: and, any excess length can be trimmed away. The device will then allow an outline of the bathroom bowl, to be found in the dark.
Finally, using a piece of paper strip, one foot (1′) long and, one and one-quarter inches (1¼″) wide, you can fold the strip twice, (2) times, along it's length. This fold is to be a little less than one-third (⅓) the total width of the strip, along it's length; and, now, once (1) more, beginning at the end this fold's down the entire length of the strip. Then the small excess that will be left, along is folded onto its length. In the middle, bring the two (2) ends together in a fold, applying a fast drying glue, to bond the device, together, in it's middle. After the device is dried, it's folded portions, are opened, from both of it's ends, back, to the device's middle; but, not, the glued middle section. The result is shown in
This device is finish painted, on the side, opposite where it is glued. Once done, the invention can held on fold in the middle, shown in