Carriage sit box for reformer exercise apparatus
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1. A sit box for use on a carriage of a reformer exercise apparatus, the sit box comprising:
- a unitary block shaped body having a rectangular flat top surface portion merging via curved wall portions into an upright front wall, an upright back wall, an upright left side wall, and an upright right side wall, wherein the upright front wall, the upright back wall, the upright left side wall and the upright right side wall terminate at a flat bottom parallel to the rectangular flat top surface portion, the rectangular flat top surface portion having a plurality of features providing a gripping surface for contact with a user'"'"'s body, wherein the flat bottom has a plurality of spaced recesses including at least two spaced vertical recesses therein adjacent to the upright front wall, each of the at least two spaced vertical recesses adapted to receive therein one shoulder stop of a pair of shoulder stops projecting from the carriage of the reformer exercise apparatus, and wherein a vertical height of each of the at least two spaced vertical recesses, as measured along the respective upright left and upright right side walls and from the flat bottom upward toward the rectangular flat top surface portion, is greater than a horizontal width of each of the respective at least two spaced vertical recesses.
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Abstract
A sit box for use on a reformer exercise apparatus carriage is a unitary body having a rectangular flat top surface portion joining four curved portions. Each curved portion merges with one of an upright front wall, an upright back wall, an upright left side wall, and an upright right side wall. The walls terminate at a generally flat rectangular bottom parallel to the top surface portion. Each wall curves to merge with an adjacent wall. Each of the left and right side walls has an outwardly open vertical recess therein adjacent the front wall to receive within each recess one of a pair of shoulder stops projecting from the carriage.
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1. A sit box for use on a carriage of a reformer exercise apparatus, the sit box comprising:
a unitary block shaped body having a rectangular flat top surface portion merging via curved wall portions into an upright front wall, an upright back wall, an upright left side wall, and an upright right side wall, wherein the upright front wall, the upright back wall, the upright left side wall and the upright right side wall terminate at a flat bottom parallel to the rectangular flat top surface portion, the rectangular flat top surface portion having a plurality of features providing a gripping surface for contact with a user'"'"'s body, wherein the flat bottom has a plurality of spaced recesses including at least two spaced vertical recesses therein adjacent to the upright front wall, each of the at least two spaced vertical recesses adapted to receive therein one shoulder stop of a pair of shoulder stops projecting from the carriage of the reformer exercise apparatus, and wherein a vertical height of each of the at least two spaced vertical recesses, as measured along the respective upright left and upright right side walls and from the flat bottom upward toward the rectangular flat top surface portion, is greater than a horizontal width of each of the respective at least two spaced vertical recesses. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A sit box for use on a reformer exercise apparatus carriage, the sit box comprising:
a single polymer body having a rectangular flat top surface portion and four curved portions each merging with one of an upright front wall, an upright back wall, an upright left side wall, and an upright right side wall, wherein the walls each terminate at a generally flat bottom parallel to the rectangular flat top surface portion, the rectangular flat top surface portion having a plurality of features providing a gripping surface for contact with a user'"'"'s body, wherein the upright left and right side walls each has a vertical recess therein adjacent to the upright front wall adapted to receive within each vertical recess one of a pair of shoulder stops extending upward from the reformer exercise apparatus carriage when the sit box is positioned on the reformer exercise apparatus carriage thereby capturing the sit box on the reformer exercise apparatus carriage, and wherein a vertical height of each vertical recess, as measured along the respective upright left and upright right side walls and from the generally flat bottom upward toward the rectangular flat top surface portion, is greater than a horizontal width of each respective vertical recess. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A sit box for use on a reformer exercise apparatus carriage, the sit box comprising:
a single solid body having a rectangular flat top surface portion joining four curved portions each merging with one of an upright front wall, an upright back wall, a left side wall, and a right side wall, wherein the walls terminate at a generally flat rectangular bottom parallel to the rectangular flat top surface portion, the rectangular flat top surface portion having a plurality of features providing a gripping surface for contact with a user'"'"'s body, wherein each wall curves to merge with an adjacent wall, wherein the left and right side walls each has an outwardly open upright vertical recess therein adjacent to the upright front wall adapted to receive within each outwardly open upright vertical recess one of a pair of shoulder stops projecting from the reformer exercise apparatus carriage, and wherein a vertical height of each outwardly open upright vertical recess, as measured along the respective left and right side walls and from the generally flat rectangular bottom upward toward the rectangular flat top surface portion, is greater than a horizontal width of each respective outwardly open upright vertical recess. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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