Exercise devices – Involving user translation or physical simulation thereof
Patent
1991-09-03
1992-10-27
Apley, Richard J.
Exercise devices
Involving user translation or physical simulation thereof
52 57, 52 74, A63B 2200
Patent
active
051585103
ABSTRACT:
A support belt having a removably affixed elongated tether which is attachable to an exercise machine, and a method of use thereof. The belt may be adjustably affixed around a person's waist, and includes a centrally grooved pad for placement adjacent the spine in the lumbar area of the wearer. The tether is manually adjustable in length for initial large increment adjustments as required for different exercise machines and individuals, and includes one or more elastic members to allow for automatic small increment length adjustability to provide shock absorption, a generally constant level of pressure against the user, and for freedom of movement during use. One end of the tether removably affixes to eyelets or rings affixed to the support belt. The opposite end of the tether is structured for removable attachment to a central structural member of an exercise machine directly in front of the user's abdomen. The invention comfortably supports and urges the wearer into a substantially upright position to take strain off back muscles while using an exercise machine of the type allowing alternating leg movements such as a stair stepping machine or stationary bicycle and the like.
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Apley Richard J.
Donnelly Jerome
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