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US 2014/0274618 A1Published application
Abdomen exercise machine
OwnerWei-Teh Ho, Willy Hoinventors
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Abstract
An exercise machine applicable for strengthening a user's abdominal muscles is described. The exercise machine can include a base frame to provide ground support, a mounting assembly rotably mounted over the base frame, a backrest assembly movably coupled to the mounting assembly via one or more pivot joints for swivel movements along the base frame and a handle assembly adjustably affixed to the backrest assembly to allow a user sitting on the seat pad to induce the swivel movements via the backrest assembly.
Claims17
An exercising machine comprising:
- a base frame to provide ground support, the base frame having a seat pad disposed between a front portion and a rear portion of the base frame;
- a mounting assembly rotably mounted over the rear portion of the base frame, the mounting assembly having at least one pivot joint including a swivel pivot joint having at least two rotable structures associated with two rotating axes, and wherein the swivel pivot joint allows swivel movements simultaneous rotating around at least the two rotating axes;
- a backrest assembly movably coupled to the mounting assembly via the at least one pivot joint for swivel movements along the base frame, the backrest assembly including backrest pad and backrest support structure affixed to the backrest pad, the backrest pad having a front end and a rear end, the backrest support structure coupled with the swivel joint at the front end of the backrest pad to support the swivel movements for the backrest pad;
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- a handle assembly adjustably affixed to the backrest assembly to allow a user sitting on the seat pad to induce the swivel movements via the backrest pad
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An exercising machine comprising:
- a base frame to provide floor support, the base frame arranged longitudinally between a front side and a rear side, the base frame including a seat pad affixed on top of the base frame;
- a pivoting frame rotably mounted on the rear side of the base frame, the pivoting frame having a backrest assembly, a mounting assembly and a handle assembly, the backrest assembly capable of swivel movements along the base frame,
- wherein the backrest assembly has a backrest pad affixed to a backrest support structure, the backrest rest support structure pivotally coupled with the mounting assembly,
- wherein the mounting assembly has at least one rotable joints including a swivel pivot joint, the base frame engaged with the mounting assembly via the swivel pivot joint for the rotatable mounting to allow angular relationship between longitudinal directions of the seat pad and the backrest pad,
- wherein the handle assembly is affixed to the backrest support structure to allow a user to make push/pull force to cause the swivel movements of the backrest pad, and
- wherein the angular relationship allows twisting effects on the user while exercising with the backrest pad via the swivel movements.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.