This application claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 119 (a) of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Patent Application Serial No. 2018-35186, filed Apr. 25, 2018, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
The disclosure of the present patent application relates to exercise facilities, and particularly to a movable track (the track may be moved to different locations) designed to provide healthy exercise by walking in bare feet while executing a marathon.
Scientists performed a study through which they discovered that walking can prevent Alzheimer's disease, which is annually diagnosed in thousands of patients. Researchers from Cambridge University advise anyone who wants to reduce the risk of being affected with Alzheimer's disease to walk for twenty minutes, three times a week. It was found that one-third of Alzheimer's cases in Britain come from lifestyles including obesity, smoking and hypertension, and in particular, lack of sports activity. The researchers pointed out that physical activity ensures a regular supply of oxygen-rich blood to the brain, which prevents accumulation of the protein that causes Alzheimer's disease in the brain. Thus, the researchers emphasized that in the absence of any effective treatment for Alzheimer's disease, adults are able to reduce the risk of being affected with this disease by walking. Specialists of Yoga and bioenergy espouse the importance of walking on sand, stones and dust or gravel, and even on grass, which provides an enormous benefit to the participants' bodies. In addition, there are over 7200 nerve endings in the sole of the foot that are connected with body tissues and organs.
Prior art methods for providing these types of exercise involve the use of existing field or path types, such as grass fields, dirt fields, sand fields, concrete, big, smooth rocks, tiny pebbles, tiny sticks, bark, sand, mud and bodies of water. To use these outdoor facilities, users must travel to the location of the fields. In addition, rain, heat and cold weather make the use of these outdoor facilities limited, uncomfortable, and even unhealthy. Self-contained sports complexes can provide exercise activities, such as swimming, biking, running and walking. Again, users must travel to the location of the complex to take advantage of the facilities.
Thus a movable track for barefoot walking solving the aforementioned problems is desired.
The movable track for barefoot walking is designed to provide healthy exercise and to prevent and heal chronic and casual diseases by walking in bare feet while executing a marathon on the movable track. The movable track for barefoot walking includes a movable/portable, lightweight, waterproof, fiberglass platform or base having a connected assembly of walking surface sections thereon. Each section has unique physical and medical benefits for use by a marathoner. The sections may include a first section having high and low areas of ground to make oxygen flow to the abductor muscle of the body and promote collagen flow to all body tissues; a gravel and stone section having rough stones to touch reflexive points in the feet and stimulate neurological signals in the brain; a sand section, which helps to reduce stress and distress, in addition to burning more calories than walking on a hard surface, protects the cardiovascular system, promotes the immune system, and stimulates the sweat glands and sensory endings in the sole of the foot; a grass section that affects the entire electromagnetic field in the body, as touching the grass with bare feet activates nerve endings that nourish body organs (including lungs, spleen, stomach, brain, and kidneys) with energy that helps to get rid of negative energy from the entire body; a water section for strengthening leg muscles and gristles (articular cartilage) of the knee (patella), helps to increase flexibility and strength of muscles and stimulates brain cells and memory strength; and a clay section that promotes balanced pressure on over 7200 nerve endings in the foot connected with body tissues and organs. Provisions are made within the confines of the track for a water tank, pumping capabilities, clothing storage, bath facilities and appropriate controls.
These and other features of the present disclosure will become readily apparent upon further review of the following specification and drawings.
Similar reference characters denote corresponding features consistently throughout the attached drawings.
Other features of the movable track for barefoot walking 100 that can be seen in
The details of the plumbing system 200 for the movable track for barefoot walking are shown in
The plumbing system 200 also includes two temperature control basins or extensions. A first temperature control extension 30 is located under the sand section 13, for providing heated or cooled water to heat or cool the sand therein in a controlled manner. A second temperature control extension 32 is located under the water section 15 to cool or heat the water in the water section 15 in a controlled manner. The two extensions 30 and 32 include a number of loops to maximize heat transfer to and from the sand and water in the respective sections. The two extensions 30 and 32 are connected to the control unit 21, which includes pumps (not shown) and heating and cooling unit (not shown) for providing the heated or cooled water to the extensions 30 and 32. The details of the control unit 21 are described with respect to
The details of one of the fixing joints 41 are shown in
The details of one of the multiple bubble-type outlets 31 are shown in
The details of the control unit 21 are shown in
It is to be understood that the movable track for barefoot walking is not limited to the specific embodiments described above, but encompasses any and all embodiments within the scope of the generic language of the following claims enabled by the embodiments described herein, or otherwise shown in the drawings or described above in terms sufficient to enable one of ordinary skill in the art to make and use the claimed subject matter.
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