Finger exercise device

Abstract

The invention is an improved finger exercise device. The device includes a frame and a plurality of finger holds positioned in an arc. The finger holds may be horizontal, or may include an inclined surface declining from the front of the device to the back of the device. The device may include a back plate connecting a top arc of the frame to a bottom arc of the frame. The finger holds may be displaced from the back plate, or extend outward from the back plate. The finger holds may be wider in a front to back direction than the top arc of the frame, or the bottom arc of the frame.

1 . A finger exercise device, including a frame and a plurality of finger holds, the frame including a bottom arc portion having an upper surface, the finger hold positioned on the upper surface, the plurality of finger holds including a central finger hold, each of the finger holds having a minimum position, the finger holds on either side of the central finger holds having a respective minimum position, each minimum position being lower as the finger holds are further from the central finger hold. 
     
     
         2 . The device of  claim 1  wherein the frame includes a top flange for suspending the device. 
     
     
         3 . The device of  claim 1  wherein the frame includes a top arc, the bottom arc being wider than the top arc. 
     
     
         4 . The device of  claim 1  wherein the frame includes an eye. 
     
     
         5 . The device of  claim 3  wherein the device includes a back wall, the back wall extending between the top arc and the bottom arc. 
     
     
         6 . The device of  claim 5  wherein at least one of the finger holds are spaced apart from the back wall. 
     
     
         7 . The device of  claim 1  further including corner arcs, the corner arcs joining the bottom arc and a top arc. 
     
     
         8 . The device of  claim 1  further including a tangent portion located between the finger holds and a corner arc joining the bottom arc. 
     
     
         9 . The device of  claim 1  wherein the finger holds include a horizontal portion. 
     
     
         10 . The device of  claim 1  wherein the finger holds include a horizontal portion and an inclined portion. 
     
     
         11 . The device of  claim 10  wherein the inclined portion is behind the horizontal portion. 
     
     
         12 . The device of  claim 1  wherein at least one finger hold includes an inclined surface inclining downward from the front of the device to the back of the device. 
     
     
         13 . The device of  claim 1  wherein the finger holds include a vertex where one arc of a finger hold meets the arc of an adjacent finger hold. 
     
     
         14 . The device of  claim 13  wherein the finger holds adjacent to the central finger hold each have an outer vertex having a maximum height that is equal to or lower than the minimum position of the arc of the central finger hold. 
     
     
         15 . The device of  claim 13  wherein the vertex of at least one finger hold is rounded. 
     
     
         16 . The device of  claim 1  wherein the frame includes an aperture positioned above the central finger hold, an eye positioned in the aperture. 
     
     
         17 . The device of  claim 1  wherein the minimum position of the arcs of the finger holds adjacent to the central finger hold are lower than the minimum position of the arc of the central finger hold. 
     
     
         18 . The device of  claim 10  wherein the inclined portion of at least one finger hold is inclining downward from front to back.