Reclining exercise chair

• US 7,276,018 B2
• Filed: 10/12/2002
• Issued: 10/02/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/15/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Steven Boyd Studdard
• Original Assignee: Steven Boyd Studdard
• Inventors: Studdard, Steve B.
• Primary Examiner(s): BAKER, LORI LYNN
• Application Number:
  US10/269,692
• Publication Number:
  US 20030087737A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,816 Days
• Field of Search: 482/142, 482/92, 482 95- 96, 482101-102, 482121-131, 482/112, 482/148, 482/140
• US Class Current: 482/142
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/02 using resilient force-resisters
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/04 attached to static foundation , e.g. a user
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2210/02 incorporated in chairs
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 23/03575 Apparatus used for exercising upper and lower limbs simultaneously

Abstract

An exercise chair with a base frame with upright sides that support a pivoting backrest with a pivoting left arm and a pivoting right arm and a seat therein, with pivotally coupled leg members all that function sitting up or lying down. Each arm member has a reciprocating handle and each leg member has foot pegs. Resistance is provided to each member by being pivotally coupled to bidirectional resistance hydraulic cylinders. The rear side of the backrest has pivotally attached, laterally, telescoping arms, each supporting a floating pulley with a cable looped through it with one end of the cable connected to a system of pulleys with spring resistance, and the other end of the cable, having a handle that can be pulled by the users hands or extended to the feet.

Claims

1. A reclining exercise chair comprising:

a base member with width, length, and height, substantial enough to support a front vertical member and a rear vertical member with said rear vertical member supporting a horizontally mounted pivot that supports a vertically mounted backrest member with opposite ends including an upper end and a lower end and said front vertical member supporting a horizontally mounted rotary support;

a seat member with a front end and a back end supported on said horizontally mounted rotary support and said back end of said seat member being supported by a horizontally mounted pivot that is supported by said lower end of said backrest member, said base further comprises struts secured on a frame arm assembly at a plurality of adjustment areas of said frame arm assembly.

5. The reclining exercise chair of claim 1 wherein said reclining exercise chair is covered with fabric material and cushions on said pivotaily mounted seat member and said pivotably mounted backrest member and said pivotally mounted arm member and said pivotally mounted leg member.

6. The reclining exercise chair of claim 1 wherein said pivotably mounted seat member, said pivotably mounted backrest member, and said pivotably mounted members can be connected to electric motors, hydraulic, and pneumatic power supplies.

7. The reclining exercise chair of claims 1 wherein said seat member and said pivotably mounted member comprise elongated, perforated flanges that extend lengthwise on said seat member and said pivotably mounted member.

8. The reclining exercise chair of claim 1 wherein said backrest beam supports a plurality of horizontally mounted spindles stacked one above the other wherein each said spindle is covered with a resilient material.

17. The reclining exercise chair of claim 1 wherein said reclining exercise chair comprises:

(a) a base frame with horizontal members having front ends and back ends and left sides and right sides;

(b) corner members upwardly mounted to said horizontal members of said base frame;

(c) a rear pivot rod support extending and connecting said left rear corner member to right rear corner member;

(d) backrest support members having lower ends and upper ends and front sides and back sides being upwardly mounted to said rear pivot rod support with said lower end of said backrest support members having a horizontally mounted pivot rod extending left to right that pivotally supports a flexible elongate connector that has upper ends and lower ends with said upper end of said flexible elongate connecter pivotally coupled to said horizontally mounted pivot rod that which is pivotally supported by said lower end of said backrest members and said lower end of said flexible elongate connector that is pivotally coupled to a horizontally mounted pivot rod having left ends and right ends extending outward, connecting to back ends of seat support members, and

(e) seat support members having front ends and back ends with said back ends of said seat support members being supported by said horizontally mounted pivot rod that is pivotally connected to lower end of said flexible elongate connector and said front ends of said seat support members being supported by a horizontally mounted rotary support means that is supported by said front corner members, said;

front end of said seat support members support a horizontally mounted pivot support which pivotally supports leg members each having upper and lower ends and each having substantial horizontally mounted lower front and upper rear pairs of opposite foot bars at said lower ends of said leg members and inwardly extending there from and said foot bars each having an outer layer comprising a resiliently deformable foamed material;

(f) said seat support members underside includes a perforated elongate surface mounted parallel to said seat support members;

(g) said leg members rearward sides include a perforated surface mounted parallel to back side of said leg members;

(h) resistance means with upper ends and lower ends is mounted inside of said leg member and connected to said lower end of said resistance means is a member that extends upward to the inner outside of leg member;

(i) a bidirectional resistance means having front ends and back ends with said front ends of said bidirectional resistance means pivotally coupled to said perforated elongate surface that is mounted to said rearward side of said leg members and said back end of said bidirectional resistance means. being pivotally coupled to said back end of said perforated elongate surface that is mounted to said underside of said seat support members;

j. said backrest members support a horizontally mounted pivot support that extends from left side to said right side of said back rest members and extends to such a length so that said pivot support that is supported by said backrest members is pivotally coupled to arm members that have front ends and back ends with each said arm member being pivotally mounted on said left side and said right side of said backrest members;

k. a perforated elongate surface is mounted parallel to underside of said arm members;

l. a bidirectional resistance means having front ends and back ends with said back ends of said bidrectional resistance means being pivotally coupled to said perforated elongate surface at rear of said underside of said pivotally mounted arm members;

m. said front end of said bidirectional resistance means is pivotally coupled to front end of a vertically mounted perforated lever member haying upper ends and lower ends at one of said perforated areas of said vertically mounted perforated lever member with said upper end of said perforated lever member is pivotally coupled to said pivot support that supports said arm member and said lower end of said perforated lever member is pivotally coupled to a first connecting rod member that has front ends and back ends with said back end of said first connecting rod member being pivotally mounted to said lower end of said perforated elongate lever member and said front end of said first connecting rod member being upwardly extending and pivotally mounted to a second rod member that has front ends and back ends with said front end of said second rod member being placed horizontally and above first said rod member and being pivotally mounted to said front end of said first rod member from above said first rod member and said back end of said second rod member rearwardly extends into said front end of said arm member;

sandwiched within horizorntally and vertically rotatably mounted spools that extend from left side to right side and from top to bottom and inside said front end of said arm member;

n. a horizontally and rotatably mounted handle means is connected to said front end of said first connecting rod member;

o. a second bidirectional resistance means having upper ends and lower ends with said lower end of said second bidirectional resistance means pivotally coupled to said horizontally mounted pivot that supports said back ends of said seat support members and upper end of said second bidirectional resistance means being pivotally coupled to said perforated elongate surface that is mounted parallel to said underside of said arm members;

p. said backrest members with said back sides and said lower ends supporting a resistance means having upper ends and lower ends with said lower end of said resistance means being supported by said back side and lower end of said backrest support members and said upper end of said resistance means being support by a lower end of a first flexible elongate connector having upper ends and lower ends with said upper end of said flexible elongate connector being wound around a first rotary guidance means that is mounted to a spindle that is rotatably and horizontally mounted to said upper end of said backrest members and a second rotary guidance means that is mounted under first rotary guidance means onto said spindle;

(q) backrest members with second flexible elongate connector with opposite pairs of ends having one end wound onto second rotary guidance means in the opposite direction of said first flexible elongate connector and the opposite end of said second flexible elongate connector extends laterally outward and being situated through the eye of a cable guide that is horizontally, and pivotally mounted to said back side of said upper end of said backrest members and said second elongate connector extends further in said lateral outward direction and is wound around a rotary guidance means that is rotatably coupled to the outer end of a beam with the other end of said beam being inserted into the end of a hollow beam respectively that is pivotally and horizontally mounted to the back side of said backrest members;

below said spindle thereof;

(r) said opposite end of said second flexible elongate connector is fastened to a handle means and said pivot that is supported by said backrest members supports a holding means that is rotataby mounted to said pivot that is supported by said backrest members and said holding means contacts said beams that are respectively rotatably and horizontally mounted to said backside of said backrest members below said first and said second rotary guidance means.

2. A reclining exercise chair comprising:

a base member with width, length, and height to substantially support a vertical member that supports a pivotally and horizontally mounted rotary support with said rotary support supporting a seat member with a front end and a back end with said front end of said seat member supporting a horizontally mounted pilot with said pivot supporting a leg member with an upper end and a lower end with said upper end of said leg member being supported by a horizontally mounted pivot that is supported by said front end of said seat member and said lower end of said leg member supporting a horizontally mounted lower front and upper rear pair of foot bars mounted at said lower end of said leg member with said foot bars extending horizontally to one side of said leg member;

a resistance means with a front end and a back end with said front end of said resistance means being pivotally coupled to said leg member and said back end of said resistance means being pivotally coupled to backrest member, said base further comprises left and right struts secured on a left and right frame arm assembly at a plurality of adjustment areas of said left and right frame arms.

10. The reclining exercise chair of claim 2 wherein said resistance means comprises of a plurality of connectors made of resilient material.

3. A reclining exercise chair comprising:

a base member with width, length, and height to substantially support a vertical member that supports a pivotally and horizontally mounted pivot that Supports a pivotally mounted backrest member and said backrest member supports a horizontally mounted pivot support that extends from left side to right side of said backrest member extending to such a length so that said pivot support that is supported by said backrest member is pivotally coupled to a resistance means with said front end of said resisting means being rotatably coupled to a gripping means and said resistance means pivotally coupled to a second resistance means having an upper end and a lower end with said upper end of said second resistance means being pivotally coupled to said resistance means, and said lower end of said second resistance means being pivotally coupled to a horizontally mounted pivot with said horizontally mounted pivot being supported by the back end of a seat member that is supported by the lower end of said backrest member.

9. The reclining exercise chair of claim 3 wherein said resistance means comprises of aplurality of hydraulic cylinders.

4. A reclining exercise chair comprising:

a base member with width, length, and height to substantially support a pivotally mounted member with opposite ends and said pivotally mounted member supports a resistance means with said resistance means being wound onto a rotary guidance means and said rotary guidance means is rotatably mounted to said pivotally mounted member and said rotary guidance means is connected to a flexible elongate connector having opposite ends with one end of said flexible elongate connector wound onto said rotary guidance means conjointly with said resistance means and said flexible elongate connector is wound onto said rotary guidance means in the opposite direction of said resistance means and said opposite end of said flexible elongate connector is wound onto a second rotary guidance means and said second rotary guidance means is rotatably mounted to a second pivotally mounted member with opposite ends and said second pivotally mounted member is pivotally mounted to first said pivotally mounted member and said opposite end of said flexible elongate connector is fastened to a gripping means.

11. The reclining exercise chair of claim 4 wherein said second pivotally mounted member is comprising a plurality of respectively mounted tiers.

12. The reclining exercise chair of claim 4 wherein said second pivotally mounted member is a curvilinear track.

13. The reclining exercise chair of claim 4 wherein said rotary guidance means are selected from a group of at least one of a pulley, cams and spindles.

14. The reclining exercise chair of claim 4 wherein said flexible, elongated, extended, connector means are selected from a group of at least one of a cable, rope, belt, strap and chain.

15. The reclining exercise chair of claim 4 wherein said resistance means comprises a plurality of springs.

16. The reclining exercise chair of claim 4 wherein said resistance means is a plurality of connectors of resilient material.