Aerobic step device

• US 5,842,955 A
• Filed: 09/02/1997
• Issued: 12/01/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 09/02/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: William T. Wilkinson
• Original Assignee: William T. Wilkinson
• Inventors: Wilkinson, William T.
• Primary Examiner(s): DONNELLY, JEROME W
• Application Number:
  US08/922,237
• Time in Patent Office: 455 Days
• Field of Search: 482/51, 482/52, 248/188.2, 248/911, 108/144, 446/117, 206/505
• US Class Current: 482/52
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 23/0458 Step exercisers without moving parts with movable steps A63B22/04

Abstract

An aerobic exercise step device includes a base and two end modules which may be engaged with the base at each end of the base in different positions for providing different elevations. In addition, a central module is provided which may be selectively mounted on top of the base to provide a further height adjustment or may be stored in the base with the feet in the central module being exposed to provide yet another height adjustment. The central module may also function as a separate step.

Claims

1. An aerobic exercise device comprising a platform having a block like base with a planar upper surface and a lower surface, said base having a pair of opposite ends, first locking structure in said lower surface of said base at each of said ends, an end module having first complementary locking structure for selective engagement with said first locking structure for elevating said base, additional locking structure at said lower surface of said base displaced from said first locking surface, and additional complementary locking surface on said end module located generally perpendicular to said first complementary locking surface for selective engagement with said further complementary locking structure for providing an additional height adjustment of said base

said first locking structure comprises holes in said lower surface of said base, said first complementary locking structure comprising posts on said end module, said additional locking structure comprising a slot in said base and said additional complementary locking structure comprising a tongue extending from said module, said module further including a wall extending outwardly from said module perpendicular to said tongue to provide a support surface for said base when said tongue is inserted in said slot.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein said further locking structure comprises poles in said upper surface of said base, said further complementary locking structure comprising legs located and shaped to selectively fit in said holes, and said legs providing a support structure whereby said central module may comprise a separate step.

3. The device of claim 2 wherein a portion of said upper surface of said base is exposed on each side of said central module when said further locking structure and said further complementary locking structure are engaged to provide three separate stepping platforms comprising a portion of said upper surface of said base on each side of said central module as two of said platforms and said upper surface of said central module as a third platform.

4. The device of claim 3 wherein an exposed cavity is formed in said lower surface of said base, and said central module fitting in said cavity.

5. The device of claim 4 wherein said posts of said central module extend outwardly from said cavity and terminate at a distance below the outer surface of said end modules when said end modules are engaged with said base whereby said central module posts comprise a support surface for said base when said end modules are disengaged from said base to provide a further height elevation.

6. The device of claim 1 wherein said lower surface of said base is planar and parallel to said upper surface whereby said base has three height adjustments resulting from said lower surface of said base being mounted directly on the floor for a first height adjustment and resulting in the engagement of said posts in said holes for a second height adjustment and resulting in the engagement of said tongue in said slot for a third height adjustment.

7. The device of claim 1 including further locking structure in said upper surface of said base, a central block-like module having a planar upper surface and a lower surface, and further complementary locking structure at said lower surface of said central module for selective engagement to provide an exercise platform above said platform of said base.