Exercise devices – User manipulated force resisting apparatus – component... – Having common force transmitting support frame for user and...
Patent
1992-07-15
1993-12-28
Apley, Richard J.
Exercise devices
User manipulated force resisting apparatus, component...
Having common force transmitting support frame for user and...
482100, 482 98, 482133, 482142, A63B 21062, A63B10300
Patent
active
052735087
ABSTRACT:
Method and apparatus for exercising the muscles of the upper legs and lower torso wherein the exerciser is placed on his/her side in a generally horizontal position on a support including a movable portion which rotates about a vertical axis in response to forces generated by the exerciser. At least two vertically extending pads are secured to the movable support portion to receive the exerciser therebetween. The pads serve to position and retain the exerciser as well as to transmit forces from the exerciser to the movable support portion to rotate the same. A weight stack is connected to the rotatable support portion by a drive mechanism located below the support portion and connected to the bottom of a weight rod included in the weight stack. During the exercise, the movable support portion is rotated by the exerciser from a start position in one direction against the resistance of the weight stack and then returned to the start position whereupon the exercise is repeated. At least one of the pads is removable from the movable support portion, and in one embodiment, one of the pads has a recessed intermediate portion to accommodate portions of the exerciser's body.
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Brochure of Nautilus Sports/Medical Industries-4 pages.
Apley Richard J.
Mouzavires William E.
Reichard Lynne A.
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