Exercise devices – User manipulated force resisting apparatus – component... – Having common force transmitting support frame for user and...
Patent
1993-04-14
1994-11-08
Bahr, Robert
Exercise devices
User manipulated force resisting apparatus, component...
Having common force transmitting support frame for user and...
482112, 482137, A63B 2100
Patent
active
053622979
ABSTRACT:
Disclosed is an exercise machine suitable for exercising upper body muscles of an exerciser in a wheelchair. The machine comprises a base frame having a front end and a back end; two spaced apart columns upwardly extending from the base frame at the front end thereof; means for restraining backward movement of the exerciser. An operating arm is pivotally mounted between the columns at an upper region thereof, the operating arm comprising: (i) an upwardly extending first lever pivotally mounted to the columns; and (ii) a downwardly extending second lever fixedly connected to the upwardly extending first lever, the downwardly extending second lever terminating in a grip bar for the exerciser, the operating arm pivoting to permit upward/downward and forward/backward movement of the grip bar. Means is provided for restraining lap movement of the exerciser using the machine. A restraining force is attached to the arm to resist movement of the exerciser.
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Alexander Andrew
Bahr Robert
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