SQUATTING APPARATUS WITHOUT SPINAL COLUMN COMPRESSION

• US 20080020911A1
• Filed: 07/18/2007
• Published: 01/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Juliao Martins Castello Neto
• Original Assignee: Juliao Martins Castello Neto
• Inventors: Castello Neto, Juliao Martins
• Application Number:
  US11/779,453
• Publication Number:
  US 20080020911A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 482/100
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2023/0411 Squatting exercises
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/06 User-manipulated weights
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/0615 pivoting about a fixed horizontal fulcrum
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/0628 for vertical array of weights
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/4047 Pivoting movement weight pivoting A63B21/0615
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 23/0405 involving a bending of the knee and hip joints simultaneously A63B23/0476 takes precedence

Abstract

A squatting apparatus without spinal column compression, includes a platform for supporting feet of a person, a supporting structure at a height greater than that of said platform, a lever pivotally connected to said supporting structure by a hinge that allows vertical movement of the lower lever, the lower lever having an arrangement to support a weight load thereon, a cushioned backrest connected adjacent a front part of said lever to be supported on a lumbar-sacral region of the person, and handles for grasping by the person such that the person assumes a bent over position when the cushioned backrest is supported on the lumbar-sacral region of the person, without compressing shoulders or spinal column of the person.

Claims

1. A squatting apparatus without spinal column compression, comprising:

a platform for supporting feet of a person, a supporting structure at a height greater than that of said platform,

a first lower lever pivotally connected to said supporting structure by a hinge that allows vertical movement of the lower lever, the lower lever having an arrangement to support a weight load thereon,

second and third levers pivotally connected to said supporting structure by respective hinges above said lower lever,

an adjustable telescopic part interconnecting said lower lever to at least one of said second and third levers,

a front part connected with forward ends of said second and third levers to define a parallelogram formed with the second and third levers, and

a cushioned backrest connected with the front part to be supported on a lumbar-sacral region of the person.

2. A squatting apparatus without spinal column compression according to claim 1, further comprising a structure that supports the platform, and an arrangement for adjusting a horizontal height of the structure.

3. A squatting apparatus without spinal column compression according to claim 1, wherein the platform has a height which is fixed.

4. A squatting apparatus without spinal column compression according to claim 1, further comprising handles for grasping by the person such that the person assumes a bent over position when the cushioned backrest is supported on the lumbar-sacral region of the person, without compressing shoulders or spinal column of the person.

5. A squatting apparatus without spinal column compression according to claim 1, wherein the weight load includes ring weights.

6. A squatting apparatus without spinal column compression, comprising:

a platform for supporting feet of a person,

a supporting structure at a height greater than that of said platform,

a disk rotatably mounted on an axle, the disk connected with a weight load,

an arm connected with said disk, and

a cushioned backrest connected with a free end of the arm to be supported on a lumbar-sacral region of the person.

7. A squatting apparatus without spinal column compression according to claim 6, wherein said disk includes an arrangement for adjusting the position of the arm and the cushioned backrest.

8. A squatting apparatus without spinal column compression according to claim 7, wherein said arrangement includes:

a plurality of openings in said disk,

an arm extension extending from said arm at a position of said axle, said arm extension including an opening at a free end thereof in selective alignment with said openings, and

a pin extending through said opening in said arm extension and a selected one of said openings in said disk.

9. A squatting apparatus without spinal column compression according to claim 8, further comprising a weight stack and a cable for connecting said disk to said weight stack.

10. A squatting apparatus without spinal column compression according to claim 6, further comprising a structure that supports the platform, and an arrangement for adjusting a horizontal height of the structure.

11. A squatting apparatus without spinal column compression according to claim 6, wherein the platform has a height which is fixed.

12. A squatting apparatus without spinal column compression according to claim 6, further comprising handles for grasping by the person such that the person assumes a bent over position when the cushioned backrest is supported on the lumbar-sacral region of the person, without compressing shoulders or spinal column of the person.

13. A squatting apparatus without spinal column compression, comprising:

a platform for supporting feet of a person,

a supporting structure at a height greater than that of said platform,

a first lower lever pivotally connected to said supporting structure by a hinge that allows vertical movement of the lower lever, the lower lever having an arrangement to support a weight load thereon,

at least one additional lever pivotally connected to said supporting structure by at least one respective hinge above said lower lever,

a connecting part interconnecting said lower lever to said at least one additional lever, and

a cushioned backrest connected adjacent a front part of at least one said lever to be supported on a lumbar-sacral region of the person.

14. A squatting apparatus without spinal column compression according to claim 13, wherein said connecting part interconnects free ends of said lower lever and said at least one additional lever.

15. A squatting apparatus without spinal column compression according to claim 14, wherein said cushioned backrest is supported at a lower end of said connecting part.

16. A squatting apparatus without spinal column compression according to claim 13, further comprising a structure that supports the platform, and an arrangement for adjusting a horizontal height of the structure.

17. A squatting apparatus without spinal column compression according to claim 13, wherein the platform has a height which is fixed.

18. A squatting apparatus without spinal column compression according to claim 13, further comprising handles for grasping by the person such that the person assumes a bent over position when the cushioned backrest is supported on the lumbar-sacral region of the person, without compressing shoulders or spinal column of the person.

19. A squatting apparatus without spinal column compression according to claim 13, wherein the weight load includes ring weights.

20. A squatting apparatus without spinal column compression, comprising:

a platform for supporting feet of a person,

a supporting structure at a height greater than that of said platform,

a lever pivotally connected to said supporting structure by a hinge that allows vertical movement of the lower lever, the lower lever having an arrangement to support a weight load thereon,

a cushioned backrest connected adjacent a front part of said lever to be supported on a lumbar-sacral region of the person, and

handles for grasping by the person such that the person assumes a bent over position when the cushioned backrest is supported on the lumbar-sacral region of the person, without compressing shoulders or spinal column of the person.