Portable exercise stepping stool

• US 5,226,865 A
• Filed: 12/07/1992
• Issued: 07/13/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/1992
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Taan K. Chin
• Original Assignee: Taan K. Chin
• Inventors: Chin, Taan K.
• Primary Examiner(s): Mancene, Gene
• Assistant Examiner(s): Thomas, L.
• Application Number:
  US07/986,265
• Time in Patent Office: 218 Days
• Field of Search: 482/51, 482/52, 108/144, 108/157, 248/188, 248/165, 297/439
• US Class Current: 482/52
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 23/0458 Step exercisers without moving parts with movable steps A63B22/04

Abstract

A portable exercise stepping stool includes a pair of base members and a top plate. Each base member is an arch from a side view and the lateral sides thereof are arch-shaped which is thicker at a bottom portion thereof and thinner at an upper portion thereof. A pad is provided at one corner of each leg of the base members for absorbing stepping impact by an exerciser. The top plate has two lateral insert members each for engaging with an associated groove which is formed in and extends along a height of an inward side of the base members. The top plate and the base members are secured together. The stepping stool further includes a stepping plate detachably mounted to a bottom thereof. At the bottom of the stepping stool is a socket member for receiving a plug member on one side of the stepping plate which also has a socket member on the other side thereof for further receiving the plug member of another stepping plate.

Claims

1. A portable exercise stepping stool comprising a pair of base members (10, 20) and a top plate (30), each said base member (10, 20) being an arch (12, 22) with two legs from a side view and the lateral sides thereof being arch-shaped which is thicker at a bottom portion thereof and thinner at an upper portion thereof, a pad (14) is provided at one corner of each leg of said base members (10, 20) for absorbing stepping impact by an exerciser;

said top plate (30) having two substantially parallel lateral insert members (31) each for engaging with an associated groove (15) which is formed in and extends along a height of an inward side of said base members (10,

     20), a protrusion (13,

     23) projecting upward from an upper surface of each said base member (10,

     20) for mating with a cutout (33) in both sides of said top plate (30), providing a positioning effect, and means for securing said top plate (30) and said base members (10,

     20).

2. The stepping stool as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a stepping plate (40) detachably mounted to a bottom of said stepping stool, said bottom of said stepping stool being a socket member for receiving a plug member (41) on one side of said stepping plate (40) which also has a socket member (42) on the other side thereof for further receiving the plug member of another stepping plate (40).

3. The stepping stool as claimed in claim 2 wherein a pad (43) is mounted to said socket member (42).