Undertaking
Patent
1984-12-06
1987-06-02
Apley, Richard J.
Undertaking
272DIG4, 128 15, A63B 1700
Patent
active
046697241
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part application of another international application filed under the Patent Cooperation treaty Apr. 5, 1984 bearing Application No. PCT/EP84/00098, and listing the United States as a designated country. The entire disclosure of this application, including the drawings thereof, is hereby incorporated in this application as if fully set forth herein.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a physical training apparatus which comprises a stand and a bar rotatable around a horizontal axis with a dropped axis, where the distance of the bar relative to the rocker axis can be changed.
2. Brief Description of the Background of the Invention Including Prior Art
A physical training apparatus is employed for the full training of muscles and joints and of the human breathing and motion organs. It can comprise a stand and a bar tiltably disposed at the stand, where the bar is provided with body support provisions (hip and upper body supports), foot supports and handlebars. The dropped axis of the bar can be provided with an adjustable distance of the bar relative to the tilting axis such that the bar with resting body can be maintained at an indifferent balance position (U.S. Pat. No. 2,566,351, U.S. Pat. No. 3,794,023, German Patant Application Laid Open DE-OS No. 2,854,142, European Patent Application EP-Al No. 0,093,387).
The use of the conventional apparatus of this kind is made difficult by the constructional configuration of such apparatus as well as by the coaching of the user by an instructor, since the anomalies in the body shape of the user as well as an easy accessibility to the apparatus for the user and the coach have not been considered.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
1. Purposes of the Invention
It is an object of the present invention to provide an improvement of the conventional physical training apparatus relative to their adaptation and accessibility for the user. It is a further object of the present invention to provide a physical training apparatus where the feet rest firmly, and the handlebars can be individually adjusted in their relative position.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a physical training apparatus where the right hand side and the left hand side can be individually adapted to the specific requirements of the user by separate mechanisms.
These and other objects and advantages of the present invention will become evident from the description which follows.
2. Brief Description of the Invention
The present invention provides a body training apparatus comprising a stand, a bar supported by the stand tiltable around a horizontal dropped axis, means for changing the distance of the bar to the horizontal axis, support means for the body at the hip and the upper trunk and support means for the feet and the hands. These spport means are adjustable along the bar, and the support means on the right and left side of the training body are separately adjustable along the longitudinal direction of the bar.
The body training apparatus can have a right and a left foot support means which are separately adjustable as to their respective longitudinal position along the bar. Each foot support part can comprise a foot sole support tiltable crosswise to the foot, which foot sole support can be provided with a rotary support at a distance to the support surface which can be shorter than the radius of curvature of the foot support surface. Each foot support part can further comprise two additional supports for the foot which engage the foot above the instep and above the heel, respectively, and which can be supported by a yoke and can be adjusted in their relative position. The yoke can be tilted and adjusted in its relative position to the foot sole support. Each foot support part can further comprise remote controlled means for arresting the position of the foot support means relative to the bar. The remote control means for arresting the position can be
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Apley Richard J.
Bahr Robert W.
Kasper Horst M.
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