Exercise devices – User manipulated force resisting apparatus – component... – Utilizing weight resistance
Patent
1994-01-18
1996-10-08
Apley, Richard J.
Exercise devices
User manipulated force resisting apparatus, component...
Utilizing weight resistance
482136, A63B 2304
Patent
active
055625789
ABSTRACT:
An exercise apparatus for exercising the adductor muscles of the legs includes an adjustment mechanism for adjusting the angular starting positions of the leg receiving assemblies. The exercise apparatus includes a base, two support legs which extend outwardly from opposite sides of the base, a seat on the base, and two leg receiving assemblies for receiving the legs of a user seated on the seat. The leg receiving assemblies are pivotably mounted to the base so that they are pivotably movable between a spread apart position and a parallel, together position. The apparatus further includes a cabled weight assembly for normally urging the leg receiving assemblies toward the spread apart position. The cabled weight assembly includes a stack of weights connectable to an apertured weight bar. The adjustment mechanism consists of a pair of sliding adjustment arms having a first end which engages the respective leg receiving assembly and a second end which is slidably received and secured in a sleeve assembly mounted on the adjacent support leg. arms are slidably adjustable in the sleeve to a plurality of predetermined positions and each position of the arm corresponds to a different angular starting position of the leg receiving assembly. The weight bar is vertically displaced when the angular starting position of the leg receiving assembly is adjusted. The weight bar has more apertures than there are weights in the stack such that the entire weight stack may be utilized regardless of the starting position of the leg receiving assemblies.
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Apley Richard J.
Mulcahy John
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