Undertaking
Patent
1980-09-12
1983-10-04
Pinkham, Richard C.
Undertaking
272134, 272DIG4, A63B 2106
Patent
active
044074956
ABSTRACT:
An elongated horizontal bench having first and second end portions is provided. An elevated support portion spaced horizontally outwardly of and above one end portion of the bench is supported from the latter and an elongated generally horizontal lever is pivotally supported intermediate its opposite ends from the support portion for oscillation about a horizontal axis transverse to the lever and the bench and with one end portion of the lever projecting toward and overlying the aforementioned one end portion of the bench. An elongated lever-type leg exercise frame is pivotally attached at one end to the other end portion of the bench for oscillation relative thereto about an axis transverse to the frame and the bench and the other end of the frame includes foot and/or leg engageable abutment structure. The aforementioned one end of the lever includes handgrip structure and weight structure is carried by the lever intermediate the handgrip structure and the first-mentioned axis. An elongated tension member extends between and is anchored to the other end of the leg exercise frame and the other end portion of the lever and the opposite end portions of the bench include low level tension member guide structure with which the mid-portion of the tension member is engaged and upwardly from which the opposite end portions of the tension member extend toward the leg exercise frame other end and the lever other end portion.
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Browne William R.
Jacobson Harvey B.
Pinkham Richard C.
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