Abdomen exercise machine
OwnerWei-Teh Ho, Willy Ho +1inventors
InventorsWei-Teh Ho, Willy Ho, Michael Edward Casey
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Abstract
An exercise machine applicable for strengthening users abdominal muscles is described. The machine can include a track frame and a support frame adjustably coupled to the track frame. The track frame can include 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.
Claims10
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 adjustably coupled to the track frame at the lower end and the higher end to provide support for the exercise machine, the support frame causing the track frame to be inclined from the lower end resting on a floor to a desired height of the higher end above 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.
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 at the lower end and the higher end to provide 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.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.