Exercise devices – User manipulated force resisting apparatus – component... – Utilizing inertial force resistance
Patent
1993-12-06
1995-09-12
Apley, Richard J.
Exercise devices
User manipulated force resisting apparatus, component...
Utilizing inertial force resistance
482 94, 482106, 482108, 482134, 482139, 482142, 482908, A63B 2214, A63B 2302
Patent
active
054493358
ABSTRACT:
A system for exercising a user's midsection muscles. The system includes a spotting fixture having a base, side frame members and a central vertical member arranged in a tripod configuration. C-shape arms are supported atop the side frame members and central vertical member. The C-shape arms partially wrap around the user who stands on the base. At each end of the C-shape arms are swivel mounted mechanical hands that engage the hip or waist area of the user, thus holding the user's lower body immobile during the exercise routine. The mechanical hands adjust laterally into and out of slots formed in the C-shape arms as well as adjust vertically with telescoping lateral frame members. Free weights such as a twisting baton can be held by the user to increase the exertion level during the exercise regime. A receptacle located in the base allows storage of the free weight or twisting baton.
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Apley Richard J.
Better Shape-up, Inc.
Hwang Victor K.
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