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US 2003/0153441 A1Published application
Platform-based cable exercise device and method
OwnerJeffrey Berns, Stephen Ihliinventors
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Abstract
A portable exercise device has a base with a pair of contact surfaces suitable to receive the feet of a user, and first and second retracting cables connected to the base. First and second independent springs are biased to retract the cables onto the respective take-up reels. A user-variable, common resistance mechanism includes two brake drums connected to associated take-up reels by one-way clutch mechanisms. Methods of using the device are also disclosed.
Claims12
A portable exercise device, comprising:
- a base having a pair of contact surfaces suitable to receive the feet of a user;
- first and second retracting cables connected to said base;
- first and second means to rewind said first and second retracting cables from a withdrawn position, respectively;
- said first and second rewinding means being independent of one another;
- common means to adjust a resistance to the withdrawal of said first and second retracting cables, said common adjustable resistance means being adjustable by said user.
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A method of exercising comprising:
- securing a portable exercise device by applying a user's weight to a base portion of said portable exercise device;
- withdrawing first and second independently retracting cables connected to said base against a common resistance means adjustable by said user;
- returning said first and second retracting cables to said base via first and second means to rewind said first and second retracting cables, said first and second means to rewind being independent of one another;
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- said common adjustable resistance means being independent of said first and second means to rewind and being inoperable during rewinding of said first and second retractable cables.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.