Adaptable bi-directional range-of-motion exercise apparatus providing repose configuration
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising means for receiving a body extremity of a user, said means for receiving a body extremity receiving a directional force provided by the body extremity, means for maintaining the means for receiving a body extremity in a predefined plane during movement, and means for providing resistance to movement upon application of the force to the means for receiving a body extremity, said force resulting in only a limited movement of the means for receiving a body extremity.
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Abstract
A resistance exercise apparatus is provided which includes structures for receiving a body extremity of a user, the means for receiving a body extremity subject to a force provided by the body extremity, structures for maintaining the means for receiving a body extremity in a predefined plane during movement; and resistance providing devices to impose resistance against the movement of the body extremity. Versions of the apparatus may positioned on a floor, on a wall, or be free standing. Various embodiments of the invention are particularly suited to provide range-of-motion exercises for legs, arms, and hands of the user for both recreational strengthening and physical therapy applications.
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40 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising
means for receiving a body extremity of a user, said means for receiving a body extremity receiving a directional force provided by the body extremity, means for maintaining the means for receiving a body extremity in a predefined plane during movement, and means for providing resistance to movement upon application of the force to the means for receiving a body extremity, said force resulting in only a limited movement of the means for receiving a body extremity.
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19. An apparatus for working any one of a plurality of muscle groups in the human body the apparatus comprising
a self-supporting base, a pair of upright parallel posts defining a plane, each post including top, middle and bottom portions, the bottom portion of each post being fixedly attached to the base, a horizontally disposed bar having two ends and extending between the middle portions of the posts, means for slidably mounting the two ends of the bar to the middle portions of th posts, and means for providing resistance to the movement of the bar when subjected to a force exerted by the human body within the plane such that movement of the bar is limited to less than the full range of motion of the body.
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27. An exercise apparatus comprising:
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frame means;
means for supporting the frame means on a non-horizontal surface;
means for receiving a body extremity of a user, said means for receiving a body extremity receiving a directional force provided by the body extremity. means for maintaining the means for receiving a body extremity in a predefined plane during movement in a first direction and in a second direction, the second direction opposing that of the first direction, both directions being contained within the predefined plane;
means for holding the means for maintaining at any one of a plurality of angular positions, and means for providing resistance to movement in both the first direction and in the second direction upon application of the force to the means for receiving a body extremity in either the first direction or the second direction, said force resulting in movement of the means for receiving a body extremity and such that the position of the means for receiving can be anthropometrically adjusted to suit different users and accommodate working different muscle groups. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. An apparatus for exercising a human extremity including a plurality of fingers and a palm, the apparatus comprising:
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means for receiving the plurality of fingers;
means for receiving the palm of the user'"'"'s hand;
means for resisting the movement of the plurality of fingers;
first means for adjusting the position of the means for receiving the palm in a first plane in relation to a first point in space;
second means for adjusting the position of the means for receiving the palm in a second plane in relation to a first point in space, the second plane being different than the first plane;
third means for adjusting the position of the means for receiving the palm in a third plane in relation to a first point in space, the third plane being different than the second plane; and
means for locking the position of the means for receiving the palm so that the position of the means for receiving is anthropometrically adjusted to suit different users and accommodate working different muscles and the position of the means for receiving the palm can be adjusted such that at least partial range-of-motion exercises can be performed. - View Dependent Claims (40)
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