Exercise devices – User manipulated force resisting apparatus – component... – Utilizing resilient force resistance
Patent
1996-03-08
1998-02-17
Reichard, Lynne A.
Exercise devices
User manipulated force resisting apparatus, component...
Utilizing resilient force resistance
482137, 482133, A63B 2104
Patent
active
057186596
ABSTRACT:
The exercising machine includes a free-standing support structure that has first and second pivotally interconnected legs. Each leg has an upper and a lower leg with a foot at the lower end of each leg. In the operative state of the machine, the form an free-standing, inverted y-shape with the feet on the ground. For compact storage, the second leg can be pivoted alongside the first leg. In addition there is a seat which is pivotally connected relative to the first leg so as to move between an operative condition in which it projects laterally from the first leg and an inoperative condition in which the seat lies alongside the first leg, once again for storage purposes. There is a backrest on the first leg above the seat. A cross-bar spans across the upper end of the first leg at a horizontal attitude and elastic resistance elements are supported by ends of the cross-bar on either side of the first leg. A guide arrangement guides the elastic resistance elements so that they are selectively accessible to a person seated on the seat, at different elevations above and below the seat and on either side of the seat. This enables the person to perform a wide range of different exercises by gripping the elastic elements and stretching them against their resilience. In one version of the invention, the guide arrangement includes arms pivoted to the cross-bar with the resistance elements being attached to the ends of the arms. In another version of the invention, the cross-bar is rigid.
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