Exercise apparatus

• US 5,653,670 A
• Filed: 04/11/1994
• Issued: 08/05/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 09/04/1992
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Balanced Body Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Ken Endelman
• Inventors: Endelman, Ken
• Primary Examiner(s): Crow, Stephen R.
• Application Number:
  US08/225,502
• Time in Patent Office: 1,212 Days
• Field of Search: 482/140, 482/148, 482/908, 482/145, 482/142, 482/144, 482/133, 482/72, 482/123, 482/129, 482/130, 482/93, 482/94, 482/134, 482/138
• US Class Current: 482/142
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/00072 by changing the length of a lever
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/023 Wound springs
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/0428 the ends moving relatively by linear reciprocation
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/055 extension element type
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/0552 Elastic ropes or bands
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/154 using special pulley-assemblies
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 22/0087 with a seat or torso support moving during the exercise, e.g. reformers A63B22/0076 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2208/0204 Standing on the feet
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2208/0214 Kneeling
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2208/0228 Sitting on the buttocks
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2208/0242 Lying down
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2208/0247 with legs in a kneeled 90/90 position
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2208/0252 supine
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2208/0257 prone
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/09 Adjustable dimensions
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 23/0355 A single apparatus used for either upper or lower limbs, i.e. with a set of support elements driven either by the upper or the lower limb or limbs
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 23/03575 Apparatus used for exercising upper and lower limbs simultaneously
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 482/908 Adjustable

Abstract

An exercise apparatus utilizing a platform which is slidable on a frame. The platform moves on the frame against a resistance force provided by a spring connected to the platform and the frame. A foot support connects the frame and includes a contact surface which is adjustable along first and second dimensions.

Claims

1. An exercise apparatus comprising:

a generally horizontal frame having a pair of spaced parallel track members, said frame supporting said track members in a generally horizontal plane above a floor;

a movable platform adapted to ride on said parallel track members for supporting at least a portion of a user'"'"'s body; and

at least one stretchable resistance member connected between said platform and said frame, whereby said platform may be moved along said track members by a user exerting a force between said platform and said frame;

said frame further comprising a foot support comprising a pair of horizontal mounting bars fastened to said frame for adjustable movement of said foot support in a first direction parallel to said horizontal plane, a horizontal spanning bar slidably mounted on a pair of angled upright members slidably fastened to said horizontal mounting bars for independent adjustment of said foot support in a second direction of said foot support toward and away from said horizontal plane, and a flat plate member spanning between said horizontal spanning bar and a portion of said frame, said plate being supported in a vertical position by said horizontal spanning bar, said angled members, and said pair of horizontal mounting bars fastened to said frame.