Exercise devices – User manipulated force resisting apparatus – component... – Utilizing weight resistance
Patent
1993-12-13
1995-05-30
Apley, Richard J.
Exercise devices
User manipulated force resisting apparatus, component...
Utilizing weight resistance
482103, 482133, A63B 2106
Patent
active
054197490
ABSTRACT:
Exerciser for exercising arms and legs including an arrangement for raising one leg in stretching fashion in any desired direction. Once a leg is stretched, the leg can be connected to the weights to lift them. The machine can also be used for boxing exercises. According to the invention there is provided a leg and arm exerciser having a vertically slidable weight, a strap for attachment to at least one of an ankle or a hand, a pulley and rope connecting the weight with the strap for raising the weight with the leg or arm, and a frame for supporting the weight and the pulley and rope. There is also provided a knee strap connected to the frame by a rope guided by a slidable pulley for supporting the knee in a raised position. The weight includes a plurality of weight elements, and wherein the plurality of weight elements is adjustable according to a desired heaviness of the weight, and wherein the frame has at least two forward uprights, a vertically adjustable cross member vertically adjustably arranged between the forward uprights, and at least one first pulley of the pulley and rope rotatably attached to the cross member.
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Apley Richard J.
Mulcahy John
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