Exercise devices – Support for entire body of user – Including hold down for foot or ankle
Reexamination Certificate
2011-06-28
2011-06-28
Baker, Lori (Department: 3751)
Exercise devices
Support for entire body of user
Including hold down for foot or ankle
Reexamination Certificate
active
07967738
ABSTRACT:
Exercise apparatus for use by handicapped persons for exercising their hips and legs. In one embodiment, an apparatus with a supporting structure and a seat mounted on the supporting structure. A cushion comprising a pad for splaying the knees of a user is mounted on the supporting structure. In another embodiment, there is a docking station suitably adapted for wheelchair users with a supporting structure protruding therefrom. A cushion is mounted on the protrusion for splaying the knees of the user. In yet another embodiment, a semispherical shaped seat is mounted on a supporting structure that can be adjusted to position a user near a handlebar structure with a supporting structure protruding therefrom. A cushion is mounted for splaying the knees of the user. Optionally, the cushions in the example embodiments may further comprise a patella pad. A knee spreader ball detached from the exercise apparatus permits training without the fixed cushion and, in a further form permits transport of a user without tangling the feet of the user.
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Baker Lori
Tucker Ellis & West LLP
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