Hand exercise device

Abstract

A hand exercise device 100 and method for exercising human hands 102 and digits 104 comprising a plurality of separate digit sleeves 110 wherein the diameter and length are such that the separate digit sleeves 110 slide over finger and thumb digits 105, 106 of a human hand 102; a magnetic element 120 is attached with the separate digit sleeve 110 at or near a distal end 116 of the separate digit sleeve 110, wherein the magnetic element 120 will facilitate a desired exercise in multidirectional movements when the magnetic element 120 is approximated near another magnetic 129 or ferrous metal surface 150. The hand exercise device may include a flat or wavy ferrous material 150, 151, 152 or a randomly disposed magnetic field 161 to aid in exercising the hand.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]The present application is a Continuation-In-Part of the parent U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12 / 422,728, filed Apr. 13, 2009, titled Hand Exercise Device, currently pending. The present application is related by the same inventor for both applications, David Gordon Bearden. The parent application U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12 / 422,728, filed Apr. 13, 2009 is hereby incorporated in its entirety by reference.FIELD OF INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates to hand exercise device and methods. More specifically, the hand exercise device and method uses magnetic attractive and repulsive forces for increasing strength, improving function, and providing rehabilitation to the muscles, soft tissues of the fingers, wrists, hands, and forearms of the human arm.BACKGROUND OF INVENTION[0003]Hand exercisers are a well-known method of exercising the muscles of the fingers, hands, wrists, and forearms to increase the strength / function of t...

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Benefits of technology

[0008]The hand exercise device in another embodiment may include separate digit sleeves in the form of a glove. Yet another embodiment of the hand exercise device may include magnetic elements that are magnets and one of the separate digit sleeves is a thumb separate digit sleeve for a thumb, and the thumb separate digit sleeve magnet is attached with the thumb separate digit sleeve and orientated with an opposite polarity with the magnets for finger separate digit sleeves for finger digits such that the magnet for the thumb separate digit sleeve is attracted with the magnet for the finger separate digit sleeve such that an extension contraction exercise is produced when the thumb separate digit sleeve and the finger separate digit sleeves are pulled apart. Still another embodiment may include the hand exercise device wherein the magnetic elements are magnets and wherein one of the separate digit sleeves is a thumb separate digit sleeve for a thumb, and the thumb separate digit sleeve magnet is attached with the thumb separate digit sleeve and orientated with a like polarity with the magnets for finger separate digit sleeves for finger digits such that the magnet for the thumb separate digit sleeve is repulsed with the magnet for the finger separate digit sleeve such that an erratic flexion contraction exercise is produced when the thumb separate digit sleeve and the finger separate digit sleeves are moved toward each other. A further embodiment of the hand exercise device may include the magnetic element attached with the separate digit sleeve with a cavity wherein the cavity allows the interchange of the magnetic elements for adjusting the magnetic element's strength between weak and strong.

[0019]Another embodiment of a method for exercising a hand and digits of the hand with a means for hand exercise with magnet forces, a means for securing a magnet on a distal end of the digit and a randomly disposed magnetic field, may comprise the steps of: inserting at least one digit in at least one means for securing a magnet on the distal end of the digit; placing the hand with the means for securing the magnet on the distal end of the digit in a magnetic proximity of the randomly disposed magnetic field; and moving the means for securing the magnet on the distal end of the digit in a forward and aft motion from a first randomly disposed magnetic field to a next randomly disposed magnetic field such that snap forces are created in the digit and provide exercise, strength, and rehabilitation of the digits, and hands.

Problems solved by technology

Hand exercisers are a well-known method of exercising the muscles of the fingers, hands, wrists, and forearms to increase the strength / function of these body parts along with rehabilitating the soft tissue (cartilage, ligaments, tendons, nerves) but these hand exercisers have fallen short in many aspects.

These previous reference devices have used many types of resistance methods that provide the desired exercise, but many have been limited by their mechanical design to provide only a benefit to one group of muscles such as the flexor or extensor muscle groups.

However, Jacobson does not provide for moving or exercising individual fingers, nor does it utilize an opposable thumb to accomplish a higher level of reconditioning for the human hand.

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