Exercise devices – User manipulated force resisting apparatus – component... – Utilizing force resistance generated by user only
Patent
1993-02-09
1994-06-21
Apley, Richard J.
Exercise devices
User manipulated force resisting apparatus, component...
Utilizing force resistance generated by user only
482114, 482133, 482148, 482907, A63B 2100
Patent
active
053224930
ABSTRACT:
A leg muscle stretching and conditioning device in the form of a belt made from flexible material, and a pad member having a slot through which the belt is passed. The pad member is slidable along the belt and preferably includes a plurality of alternating ridges and grooves along its lower surface to permit the pad member to be slidable over a wide variety of surfaces. In use, the user applies one foot on the belt to hold the belt in position and to prevent movement of the belt in a direction along the belt longitudinal axis. The other foot of the user is placed on the pad member so that the user's heel is received within a recess formed on the top surface of the pad member. This foot is moved to convey the pad member along the belt and support surface employing the frictional force between the pad member lower surface and the surface over which the pad member is moved to insure stability during performance and to guarantee gains achieved. The belt and pad member are substantially flat, for use on a flat surface, so that a user executing a split maneuver has his body fully supported by the surface on which the invention is supported.
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"Flexerciser" advertisement made by Saitama Kako Co., Ltd. dated Nov. 1983.
Apley Richard J.
Mollo Jeanne M.
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