diff --git a/examples.py b/examples.py
index 364a696..0017c3c 100644
--- a/examples.py
+++ b/examples.py
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 from progressbar import AnimatedMarker, Bar, BouncingBar, Counter, ETA, \
     AdaptiveETA, FileTransferSpeed, FormatLabel, Percentage, \
     ProgressBar, ReverseBar, RotatingMarker, \
-    SimpleProgress, Timer, UnknownLength
+    SimpleProgress, Timer, UnknownLength, \
+    BrailleBouncer
 
 examples = []
 def example(fn):
@@ -222,6 +223,16 @@ def example20():
         pbar.update(i + 1)
     pbar.finish()
 
+
+@example
+def example21():
+    """Progress bar with braille bouncer widget"""
+    widgets = [FormatLabel('Braille Bouncer: value %(value)d - '), BrailleBouncer()]
+    pbar = ProgressBar(widgets=widgets)
+    for _ in pbar((i for i in range(180))):
+        time.sleep(0.05)
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     try:
         for example in examples: example()
diff --git a/progressbar/widgets.py b/progressbar/widgets.py
index dd3c6ef..2019e81 100644
--- a/progressbar/widgets.py
+++ b/progressbar/widgets.py
@@ -357,3 +357,42 @@ def update(self, pbar, width):
         if not self.fill_left: rpad, lpad = lpad, rpad
 
         return '%s%s%s%s%s' % (left, lpad, marker, rpad, right)
+
+
+class BrailleBouncer(Bar):
+    def __init__(self, marker='\u28FF', left='\u2847', right='\u28B8', fill=' ', fill_left=False, finish_animation=True):
+        super().__init__(marker, left, right, fill, fill_left)
+        self._charidx = -1
+        self._inverse_animation = False
+
+    def update(self, pbar, width):
+        """Updates the progress bar and bouncer animation."""
+
+        chars = ['\u28C0', '\u28E4', '\u28F6', '\u28FF', '\u283F', '\u281B', '\u2809']
+        chars_reverse = list(reversed(chars))
+
+        left, marker, right = (format_updatable(i, pbar) for i in
+                               (self.left, self.marker, self.right))
+
+        width -= len(left) + len(right)
+
+        if pbar.finished:
+            return '%s%s%s' % (left, width * marker, right)
+
+        position = int(pbar.currval % (width * 2 - 1))
+        if position > width: position = width * 2 - position
+        lpad = self.fill * (position - 1)
+        rpad = self.fill * (width - len(marker) - len(lpad))
+
+        # Swap if we want to bounce the other way
+        if not self.fill_left: rpad, lpad = lpad, rpad
+
+        self._charidx += 1
+        if self._charidx % 7 == 0:
+            self._charidx += 1
+            self._inverse_animation = not self._inverse_animation
+
+        if self._inverse_animation:
+            return '%s%s%s%s%s' % (left, lpad, chars[(self._charidx - 1) % 7], rpad, right)
+        else:
+            return '%s%s%s%s%s' % (left, lpad, chars_reverse[((self._charidx - 1) % 7)], rpad, right)