Sporting and exercising spring shoe

Claim 1

A sporting and exercising unit; comprising: a foot receiving member; a spring member attached to and disposed at the bottom of said foot receiving member; said spring member comprising a spring-leaf-like portion forming a closed loop and shaped to permit backward and forward rocking of a user; said spring member being shaped to form an oval shape; said oval being formed from two separate layers, each said layer comprising a flexible material, said layers being joined to each other at the ends thereof; said layers being joined by separate joints, each said joint comprising; a ring member having a bar extending centrally thereacross, said bar having an opening extending centrally therethrough; a circular member having an opening extending diametrically thereacross; a second bar having an opening extending centrally therethrough; said circular member being disposed between said layers at a respective end thereof, the opening of said circular member extending centrally of said layers; said ring being disposed at one end of said layers outwardly of said circular member such that the top part of the ring overlies the top layer and the bottom part of the ring underlies the bottom layer, said bar of said ring abutting said circular member, the opening of said bar of said ring being aligned with the opening in said circular member; said second bar abutting said circular member on the other side thereof, the opening of said second bar being aligned with the opening of said circular member; and a respective rod member extending through said aligned openings of each respective joint.