Recoiling exercise bench
First Claim
1. An exercise device comprising:
- a platform having a thickness, a top side, a bottom side, a first edge and a second edge extending along a length dimension, and a third edge and a fourth edge extending along a width dimension;
a left housing having a top wall, a bottom wall, a first side wall and a second side wall, the housing extending along the third edge of the platform and the second side wall having a first channel of predetermined height and length formed therein;
a right housing having a top wall, a bottom wall, a first side wall and a second side wall, extending along the fourth edge of the platform, the second side wall having a first channel of pre-determined height and length formed therein;
the third edge and fourth edge of the platform each having a retainer bar attached thereto each retainer bar having a cross-sectional dimension greater than the thickness of the platform, and of the height of said first channels, respectively; and
a floor surface engagable vertical recoil assembly positioned on the bottom side of the platform intermediate said third edge and said fourth edge and including means to resist forces applied to the platform from the direction of its top side to its bottom side sufficient to function as a platform resistive and restoring force during operation.
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Abstract
An adjustable, recoiling aerobic exercise bench (20) which reduces the generation and transmission of impaction forces on a user'"'"'s joints while performing conventional and power step exercises including a resilient platform (22) slidingly disposed in a left and right housings (36 and 38) which function to support the platform (22) above and relative to an exercise floor surface (42); a lateral platform recoiling assemblies is disposed between the platform ends (24 and 26) and inside lateral walls of the housings (36, 38) and adapted to generate lateral, resistive, restoring forces when platform (22) is moved downward during operation of the device (20); vertical platform recoiling assemblies (62), which includes a plurality of rigid tubular spring retainers, telescoping springs (90) mounted the undersurface of the platform and of sufficient length so as to make contact with the exercise floor surface (42) to thereby generate a vertical platform resistive restoring force when platform (22) is downwardly compressed.
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1. An exercise device comprising:
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a platform having a thickness, a top side, a bottom side, a first edge and a second edge extending along a length dimension, and a third edge and a fourth edge extending along a width dimension; a left housing having a top wall, a bottom wall, a first side wall and a second side wall, the housing extending along the third edge of the platform and the second side wall having a first channel of predetermined height and length formed therein; a right housing having a top wall, a bottom wall, a first side wall and a second side wall, extending along the fourth edge of the platform, the second side wall having a first channel of pre-determined height and length formed therein; the third edge and fourth edge of the platform each having a retainer bar attached thereto each retainer bar having a cross-sectional dimension greater than the thickness of the platform, and of the height of said first channels, respectively; and a floor surface engagable vertical recoil assembly positioned on the bottom side of the platform intermediate said third edge and said fourth edge and including means to resist forces applied to the platform from the direction of its top side to its bottom side sufficient to function as a platform resistive and restoring force during operation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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