Exercise devices – Involving user translation or physical simulation thereof
Patent
1993-12-13
1995-06-20
Apley, Richard J.
Exercise devices
Involving user translation or physical simulation thereof
482 52, 482908, 472 90, A63B 2304, A63B 2100
Patent
active
054256917
ABSTRACT:
An aerobic exercise platform comprises a rigid base having a smooth and slick surface for practicing sliding exercises. Elastic or rigid holding elements are securable to a series of anchoring points located about the periphery of the base. An alternate embodiment of the invention combines a sliding exerciser with a stepping exercise stool. The stool is constituted by the two symmetrical halves of an enclosure housing a web wound around a drum. When the two halves of the enclosure are spread apart the web is deployed. The slick upper side of the web acts as a sliding surface. Alternatively, the web may be a completely separate sheet, stored in the enclosure or attached between the spread apart halves for sliding exercises. Additional features such as extensions for raising the height of the stool and bumpers for protecting the user's feet and providing an angled sliding surface may be stored within the enclosure. The angled sliding surfaces and stabilizing poles provide ski-type exercise capability.
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Apley Richard J.
Buchaca John D.
Charmasson Henri J. A.
Clark Jeanne M.
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