Inclinable recumbent exercise device
OwnerRobert James Lageinventor
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Abstract
An inclinable recumbent exercise device includes a rigid support base having front and rear portions, and extending along a plane from the front portion to the rear portion; a seat engaged with the base at the rear portion; a kinetic element engaged with the support base, and having first and second moveable leg engagement elements; and a fulcrum element positioned below the base. The base is pivotal about the fulcrum element from a first base position, in which the kinetic element is at an initial position, to a second base position, in which the kinetic element is at a subsequent position above the initial position and the seat.
Claims12
An inclinable recumbent exercise device, comprising:
- a rigid support base having front and rear portions, said base extending along a plane from the front portion to the rear portion;
- a seat engaged with said base at the rear portion;
- a kinetic element engaged with said base at the front portion, said kinetic element having first and second moveable leg engagement elements;
- a leg moveably engaged with said base at one of the front and rear portions;
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- a fulcrum element positioned below said base and between the front and rear portions, such that the front and rear portions pivot about said fulcrum element to move said kinetic element from a first distance from a floor to a second distance greater than the first distance, and the front portion being positioned above the rear portion relative to the floor;
- wherein said base is pivotal about said fulcrum element from a first base position, in which said kinetic element is at an initial position, to a second base position, in which said kinetic element is at a subsequent position above the initial position and said seat.
A method of adjusting an inclinable recumbent exercise device comprising a rigid support base having front and rear portions, the base extending along a plane from the front portion to the rear portion, a seat engaged with the base at the rear portion, a leg moveably engaged with said base at one of the front and rear portions, a kinetic element engaged with the base at the front portion, the kinetic element having first and second moveable leg engagement elements, and a fulcrum element positioned below the base and between the front and rear portions, such that the front and rear portions pivot about the fulcrum element to move the kinetic element from a first distance from a floor to a second distance greater than the first distance, with the front portion being positioned above the rear portion relative to the floor, said method comprising a step of:
- pivoting the base about the fulcrum element from a first base position, in which the kinetic element is at an initial position, to a second base position, in which the kinetic element is at a subsequent position above the initial position and the seat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.