Chair exercise apparatus
AssigneeBalanced Body, Inc.
InventorsKen Endelman, Yunhui Liu, Harbir Singh
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Abstract
A Pilates chair exercise apparatus has a frame configured to rest on a horizontal surface, an inverted Y shaped seat support member fastened to an upper portion of the frame, a seat fastened to an upper end of the seat support, and a pair of parallel arms each having a proximal end fastened to the frame and a foot support fastened to a distal end of each of the arms, wherein each arm is biased away from the frame. One foot support carries a retractable member therein configured to engage a portion of a corresponding opposite foot support to selectively lock the foot support and the corresponding opposite foot support together.
Claims9
A chair exercise apparatus comprising:
- a frame configured to rest on a horizontal surface;
- an inverted Y shaped seat support fastened to an upper surface portion of the frame, the inverted Y shaped seat support having two lower ends merging upward into a common upper end, the two lower ends being fastened to the upper surface portion of the frame;
- a seat fastened to the common upper end of the inverted Y shaped seat support;
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- a pair of parallel arms each having a proximal end fastened to the frame and a foot support fastened to a distal end of each of the parallel arms, wherein each arm is biased away from the frame toward the seat, wherein one foot support carries a retractable member therein configured to selectively extend out of the one foot support so as to engage a portion of a corresponding opposite foot support to lock the one foot support and the corresponding opposite foot support together, wherein each foot support includes a hollow tube having one end fastened to one of the parallel arms and the retractable member is carried in the one end of the hollow tube in the one foot support so as to be extendable into the hollow tube of the corresponding opposite foot support and a push button actuator fastened in the hollow tube connected to the retractable member.
A chair exercise apparatus comprising:
- a frame configured to rest on a horizontal surface;
- an inverted Y shaped seat support fastened to an upper surface portion of the frame, the inverted Y shaped seat support having two lower ends merging upward into a common upper end, the two lower ends being fastened to the upper surface portion of the frame;
- a seat fastened to the common upper end of the inverted Y shaped seat support;
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- a pair of parallel arms each having a proximal end fastened to the frame and a foot support fastened to a distal end of each of the parallel arms, wherein each arm is biased away from the frame toward the seat, wherein one foot support carries a retractable member therein configured to selectively extend out of the one foot support so as to engage a portion of a corresponding opposite foot support to lock the one foot support and the corresponding opposite foot support together wherein the retractable member is actuated by a push button actuator extending out of an opposite end of the one foot support.
A chair exercise apparatus comprising:
- a frame configured to rest on a horizontal surface;
- an inverted Y shaped seat support fastened to the frame, the seat support having two lower ends merging upward into a common upper end;
- a seat fastened to the common upper end of the inverted Y shaped seat support;
- a pair of parallel arms each having a proximal end fastened to the frame and a foot support fastened to a distal end of each of the parallel arms, wherein each arm is biased away from the frame toward the seat, wherein one foot support carries a retractable member therein configured to engage a portion of a corresponding opposite foot support to selectively lock the one foot support and the corresponding opposite foot support together;
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- a push button actuator assembly carried within the one foot support, wherein the push button actuator assembly includes a push button that extends out of an opposite end of the one foot support.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.