Exercise device

• US 5,393,287 A
• Filed: 10/06/1993
• Issued: 02/28/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 10/06/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Dimitrios Papapaschalis
• Original Assignee: Dimitrios Papapaschalis
• Inventors: Papapaschalis, Dimitrios
• Primary Examiner(s): Apley, Richard J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): BROWNE, LYNNE HAMBLETON
• Application Number:
  US08/132,187
• Time in Patent Office: 510 Days
• Field of Search: 482/142, 482/54, 601/49, 601/52, 601/115, 601/128, 601/131, 601/23, 601/24, 601/122, 5/933, 5/448, 5/652, 108/115
• US Class Current: 482/142
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 15/00 Massage by means of rollers, balls, e.g. inflatable, chains, or roller chains
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/0138 incorporated in furniture
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/068 using user's body weight
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2210/50 Size reducing arrangements for stowing or transport

Abstract

An exercise device which includes a series of rolling spindles upon which the person using the device rests their body, the spindles being a series of crest and valleys to create rollers which rub against the body of the user when exercising. The device includes a central section and two end sections which can be folded down at right angles to the central section to form a table with inserts to fill in the corner spaces. In the alternative, the end sections may be folded under the central section so as to make a compact device for ready storage.

Claims

1. An exercise device which can be folded into a compact package and used as a table, said exercise device comprising:

a pair of side rails, generally parallel to one another and in a spaced relationship, each side rail having a rectangular cross section and having an inside surface and an outside surface and further having a central section and two end sections the end sections being located on opposite ends of the central section, each end section being shorter in length than the central section;

hinges affixed to the two end sections and to the central section at opposite ends of the central section;

means for rigidly connecting the pair of side rails to one another;

each side rail having a hole therein located generally centrally in the central section of each side rail and another hole at the end of each end section of the side rails most remote from the central section;

each end section of each side rail further having an opening extending longitudinally into the end section at the end thereof adjacent the central section having an opening extending longitudinally into the central section at both ends of the central section of the side rails.

a series of roller spindles mounted rotatably generally at right angles between the pair of central side rails and generally equidistant from one another, each roller spindle having a series of rounded crests and valleys adjacent to one another;

each rounded crest and each valley being substantially the same in size and shape, each roller spindle having a crest opposite valleys on adjoining roller spindles; and

handles and foot supports removably and interchangeably mounted in the holes in the central section and the end sections;

2. An exercise device according to claim 1 further including:

four corner inserts each including a flat rectangular member with a block extending at right angles from the rectangular member with one dowel fixedly mounted in the block and at right angles to the flat rectangular member and another dowel slidably mounted in the block generally parallel with the flat rectangular member, each slidable dowel being adapted to fit into one of the openings in the central section and the fixed dowel being adapted to fit into one of the openings in the end sections.

3. An exercise device according to claim 1 further including:

four corner inserts each including a flat rectangular member with a block extending at right angles from the rectangular member with one dowel fixedly mounted in the block and at right angles to the flat rectangular member and another dowel slidably mounted in the block generally parallel with the flat rectangular member, each slidable dowel being adapted to fit into one of the openings in the central section and the fixed dowel being adapted to fit into one of the openings in the outside section; and

two central inserts;

each including a flat rectangular member with a dowel fixedly extending generally at right angles from the flat rectangular member, the dowel being adapted to fit into one of the holes in the central section of the side rails.

4. An exercise device which can be folded into a compact package and used as a table, said exercise device comprising:

a pair of side rails, generally parallel to one another and in a spaced relationship, each side rail having a rectangular cross section and having an inside surface and an outside surface and further having a central section and two end sections the end sections being located on opposite ends of the central section, each end section being shorter in length than the central section;

hinges affixed to the two end sections and to the central section at opposite ends of the central section;

an inner pair of support dowels extending generally at right angles between the central section of the pair of side rails and being affixed to the inside surfaces of the central section of the side rails;

an outer pair of support dowels, one pair extending generally at a right angle between one end section of side rails and the other pair extending generally at right angles between the other end section of side rails, both the inner pair of support dowels and the outer pair of support dowels being located adjacent the hinges, each side rail having a hole therein located generally centrally in the central section of each side rail and another hole at the end of each end section of the side rails most remote from the central section, both of said holes being at right angles to the support dowels, the end section of each side rail further having an opening extending longitudinally into the end section at the end thereof adjacent the central section and the central section further having an opening extending longitudinally into the central section at both ends of the central section of the side rails;

a pair of cross rails each one fixedly mounted between separate outside section of the side rails adjacent to the end of the outside sections remote from the central section;

a series of roller spindles mounted rotatably generally at right angles between the pair of central side rails, each roller spindle having a series of rounded crests and valleys adjacent one another, each rounded crest and each valley being substantially the same in size and shape, each roller spindle having two ends, each end being a shaft of generally constant circular cross section, one shaft on one end being longer than the shaft on the opposite end, the diameter of the shafts being generally equal and being slightly smaller than the diameter of the valleys, each roller spindle having a crest opposite valleys on adjoining roller spindles; and

handles and foot supports removably and interchangably mounted in the holes in the central section and the end sections;

four corner inserts each including a flat rectangular member with a block extending at right angles from the rectangular member with one dowel fixedly mounted in the block and at right angles to the flat rectangular member and another dowel slidably mounted in the block generally parallel with the flat rectangular member, each slidable dowel being adapted to fit into one of the openings in the central section and the fixed dowel being adapted to fit into one of the openings in the outside section;

two central inserts, each including a flat rectangular member with a dowel fixedly extending generally at right angles from the flat rectangular member, the dowel being adapted to fit into one of the holes in the central section of the side rails; and

a pair of rollers mounted on the outside surface of the central section of one side rail.

5. An exercise device which can be folded into a compact package and used as a table, said exercise device comprising:

a pair of side rails, generally parallel to one another and in a spaced relationship, each side rail having a rectangular cross section and having an inside surface and an outside surface and further having a central section and two end sections the end sections being located on opposite ends of the central section, each end section being shorter in length than the central section;

hinges affixed to the two end sections and to the central section at opposite ends of the central section;

means for rigidly connecting the pair of side rails to one another, each side rail having a hole therein located generally centrally in the central section of each side rail and another hole at the end of each end section of the side rails most remote from the central section, said means for rigidly connecting the pair of side rails including an inner pair of support dowels extending generally at a right angle between the central section of the pair of side rails and being affixed to the inside surfaces of the central section of the side rails and an outer pair of support dowels, one pair extending generally at a right angle between one outside section of side rails and the other pair extending generally at right angles between the other outside section of side rails, both the inner pair of support dowels and the outer pair of support dowels being located adjacent the hinges and a pair of cross rails each one fixedly mounted between a separate outside section of the side rails adjacent to the end of the end sections remote from the central section.

a series of roller spindles mounted rotatably generally at right angles between the pair of central side rails, each roller spindle having a series of rounded crests and valleys adjacent one another, each rounded crest and each valley being substantially the same in size and shape, each roller spindle having two ends, each end being a shaft of generally constant circular cross section, one shaft on one end being longer than the shaft on the opposite end, the diameter of the shafts being generally equal and being slightly smaller than the diameter of the valleys, each roller spindle having a crest opposite valleys on adjoining roller spindles; and

handles and foot supports removably and interchangeably mounted in the holes in the central section and the end sections.