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US 2014/0005006 A1Published application
Abdomen exercise machine
OwnerWei-Teh Ho, Willy Hoinventors
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Abstract
An exercise machine applicable for strengthening users abdominal muscles is described. The machine can include a track frame including a pair of parallel rails to provide gliding support for movement along the parallel rails. Two sliding assembly may be movably mounted on the parallel rails respectively. Each sliding assembly may be configurable to move together or separately along the parallel rails. Two seat pads may be adjustably secured to the two sliding assembly respectively. Each seat pad may be rotationally adjustable to change angular relationship between the seat pad's longitudinal direction and movement direction along the parallel rails.
Claims11
An exercise machine comprising:
- a track frame having a first elongated gliding rail and a second elongated gliding rail in parallel, the track frame including a higher end and a lower end;
- a support frame coupled to the higher end of the track frame to provide support from a floor supporting the exercise machine, the support frame causing the track frame to be inclined while the lower end of the track frame rests on the floor;
- a first mounting assembly and a second mounting assembly movably mounted on the first and second elongated gliding rails, respectively, wherein the first and second mounting assemblies are capable of gliding along the first and second elongated gliding rails up and down between the higher end and the lower end of the track frame;
- a first knee pad rotatably mounted on the first mounting assembly, wherein the first knee pad is capable of rotating relative to the first mounting assembly with respect to an axis that is perpendicular to an axis along the first elongated gliding rail while the first mounting assembly glides up and down along the first elongated gliding rail;
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- a second knee pad rotatably mounted on the second mounting assembly, wherein the second knee pad is capable of rotating relative to the second mounting assembly with respect to an axis that is perpendicular to an axis along the second elongated gliding rail while the second mounting assembly glides up and down along the second elongated gliding rail.
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An exercise machine comprising:
- a track frame including a pair of parallel rails to provide gliding support for movement along the parallel rails, wherein the parallel rails have a higher end and a lower end, the higher end elevated at a height above the lower end for steepness of the movement;
- a support frame adjustably affixed to the track frame, the support frame providing elevation of the height for the parallel rails;
- two sliding assemblies movably mounted on the parallel rails respectively, the sliding assemblies configurable to move together or separately along the parallel rails;
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- two seat pads adjustably secured to the two sliding assemblies respectively, each seat pad having a longitudinal direction, the seat pad rotationally adjustable to change angular relationship between the longitudinal direction and movement direction along the parallel rails,
- wherein each seat pad separately forms a leg cushion to receive a leg position of a user to allow the user to move both legs in opposite directions along the parallel rails,
- wherein the seat pads are attachable together longitudinally aligned to form a knee cushion to receive a kneeling position of the user towards the longitudinal direction, the angular relationship allowing the user to move and kneel in different directions to impose a twisting effect.
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An exercise machine comprising:
- a holding frame to provide hand holding support for a user;
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- a track frame to provide movement support for the user, the track frame comprising
- a first rail and a second rail affixed to the holding frame in parallel,
- a first moving assembly movably mounted on the first rail,
- a second moving assembly movably mounted on the second rail,
- a first seat pad adjustably secured to the first moving assembly, adjustment of the first seat pad allowing the first seat pad to rotate on the first moving assembly, and
- a second seat pad adjustably secured to the second moving assembly, adjustment of the second seat pad allowing the second seat pad to rotate on the second moving assembly,
- wherein the first seat pad and the second seat pad are configurable to receive separate leg positions from the user to move both legs in opposite directions along the first and second rails, and
- wherein the first and second moving assembly are attachable together to form a single cushion having the first and second seat pads rotationally adjusted to be aligned towards a direction to receive a resting position for the user to move both legs together along the first and second rails.
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