PORTABLE EXERCISE DEVICE FOR THE POSTERIOR MUSCLE CHAIN

• US 20120208682A1
• Filed: 02/11/2011
• Published: 08/16/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/11/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Martin Lanell Kueckelhan
• Original Assignee: Martin Lanell Kueckelhan
• Inventors: KUECKELHAN, Martin Lanell
• Granted Patent: US 8,936,540 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 482/131
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/024 with screws or pins in the earth
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/027 using player's own weight, e.g. on a platform
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/4039 contoured to fit to specific body parts, e.g. back, knee or neck support arrangements for attaching exercising apparatus to the user's body A63B21/4001; handles, pedals, bars or platforms A63B21/4033
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2210/50 Size reducing arrangements for stowing or transport
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 23/0211 moving torso with immobilized lower limbs

Abstract

A portable exercise device for the posterior muscle chain. The portable exercise device can include a first anchor and a second anchor, the anchors being oriented substantially vertically, and at least one central member coupled to and extending between the first anchor and the second anchor. The anchors can include a housing, a handle portion rotatably disposed at a first end of the housing, and an anchoring portion operatively coupled to the handle portion and disposed at a second end of the housing.

Claims

1. A portable exercise device for the posterior muscle chain, comprising:

a first anchor and a second anchor, the anchors being oriented substantially vertically; and

at least one central member coupled to and extending between the first anchor and the second anchor.

2. The portable exercise device of claim 1, each of the first anchor and the second anchor further comprising:

a housing;

a handle portion rotatably disposed at a first end of the housing; and

an anchoring portion operatively coupled to the handle portion and disposed at a second end of the housing.

3. The portable exercise device of claim 2, further comprising:

a first end member coupled to and extending outward from the first anchor; and

a second end member coupled to and extending outward from the second anchor.

4. The portable exercise device of claim 2, wherein the anchoring portion is a corkscrew.

5. The portable exercise device of claim 2, wherein the anchoring portion is an auger including a helical flight.

6. The portable exercise device of claim 1, wherein the first end member and the second end member are oriented substantially horizontally.

7. The portable exercise device of claim 1, further comprising at least one vertical support member coupled to the at least one central member.

8. The portable exercise device of claim 2, further comprising at least one vertical support member coupled to each of the first end member and the second end member.

9. The portable exercise device of claim 1, further comprising at least one padding member coupled to the at least one central member.

10. The portable exercise device of claim 2, further comprising at least one padding member coupled to each of the first end member and the second end member.

11. A portable exercise system for the posterior muscle chain, comprising:

a portable exercise device, the portable exercise device including a first anchor and a second anchor, the anchors being oriented substantially vertically, and at least one central member coupled to and extending between the first anchor and the second anchor; and

a mat including a resilient support pad.

12. The portable exercise system of claim 11, the resilient support pad comprising at least one knee supporting portion.

13. The portable exercise system of claim 12, the resilient support pad further comprising a thigh supporting portion.

14. A portable exercise device for the posterior muscle chain, comprising:

means for anchoring the portable exercise device in a granular medium;

means for engaging a user'"'"'s lower legs such that, when the user is in a kneeling position and is pivoting the torso and upper legs away from the portable exercise device, the engaging means limits the vertical movement of the user'"'"'s lower legs,

the engaging means being coupled to the anchoring means.

15. The portable exercise device of claim 14, wherein the anchoring means comprise a rotatable handle portion operatively coupled to an auger portion.

16. The portable exercise device of claim 15, further comprising a corkscrew portion disposed adjacent the auger portion.

17. The portable exercise device of claim 14, further comprising means for stabilizing and supporting the portable exercise device, coupled to the engaging means.

18. The portable exercise device of claim 14, further comprising padding means coupled to the engaging means.