Cooperative exercising apparatus

A two person cooperative exercising device for an exercising individual and a partner comprising:

• frame means for supporting a pulley arrangement for transmitting a force related to a downward gravitational weight of an partner to an individual as a resistive exercising force;
• harness means for supporting an partner to apply a gravitational related force of the exercising partner to a pulley arrangement, the harness means suspended from the frame means;
• exercising means for transmitting a resistive force for exercising to an exercising individual;
• a pulley arrangement including line means for transmitting the gravitational related force of the exercising partner from the harness means to the exercising means, the pulley arrangement coupled to the frame means;
• the frame means comprising:
• upper lateral support means for supporting the pulley arrangement to moveably support the exercising partner means;
• base means for supporting the pulley arrangement to the partner related force for the exercising means;
• and in which
• the pulley arrangement comprising a first pulley group couppled to the upper lateral support means and a second pulley group coupled to the base means;
• the line means comprising a coupling, upper line means for transmitting the gravitational related partners force to the coupling and lower line means for transmitting the partners force transmitted to the coupling to the exercising means, the coupling interconnecting the upper and lower line means, the upper line means extending about the upper pulley group and the lower line means extending about the lower pulley group, the lower line extending about the lower pulley group in multiple paths in relationship to the upper line to provide an advantage to exert a multiple force reduction to the exercising means;
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• means for adjusting the partner's gravitational related related force, the force adjusting means coupled to the pulley arrangement and adjustable by the partner to provide an adjusted gravitational related force and the adjusted gravitational related force transmittable to the exercising means whereby the exercising partner may supply and adjust the significant portion of the force transmitted to the exercising individual, thus providing cooperative participation apparatus for an exercising program.

A two person cooperative exercising device comprising:

• frame means for supporting a pulley arrangement;
• excercising means for transmitting a resistive force for exercising to an exercising individual;
• a pulley arrangement including line means for transmitting the gravitational related force of the partner from the partner support means to the exercising means, the pulley arrangement coupled to the frame means;
• harness means for supporting an partner and providing a force related to the gravitational weight of the partner;
• means for adjusting the partner's gravitational related force, the adjusting means coupled to the pulley arrangement, adjustable by the partner and transmittable to the exercising means;
• upper lateral support means for supporting the pulley arrangement to support the harness means movably along a vertical axis;
• base means for supporting the pulley arrangement to receive the partner's gravitational related force for the exercising means;
• the pulley arrangement comprises a first pulley group coupled to the upper lateral support means and a second pulley group coupled to the base means;
• the line means comprising a coupling and upper line means for transmitting the partners gravitational related force to the coupling and lower line means for transmitting the partners force transmitted to the coupling to the exercising means, the upper line means extending about the upper pulley group and the lower line means extending about the lower pulley group in multiple paths in relationship to the upper line means to provide an advantage to effectuate a multiple force reduction to the exercising means;
• adjustable force means, other than the means for adjusting the partner's gravitational related force, for controlling the force transmitted to the exercising means, the adjustable force means controllable by the partner;
• the harness means coupled to the adjustable force means whereby the combination of the weight of the partner combined with the effect of the adjustable force means provide range of suitable exercising resistance for the exercising individual;
• the first and second pulley groups effectively reducing the weight applied by the gravitational weight of the individual in the harness means, while the adjustable force means adjustably increasing the effective exercising resistance;
• the exercising means coupled to the lower line, whereby the force established by the adjustable force means and the force exerted by the second partner is transmitted through the pulley arrangement to the upper line and to the bar;
• spaced apart upright means for supporting the upper support means from the base means;
• cable means for maintaining the base means in tension with the upper means to prevent collapse of the structure while in use, yet allow the frame to be collapsible when not in use, the
• frame means comprising a generally square configuration;
• the base means comprising a pair of spaced apart longitudinal members and a plurality of transverse 70 members interconnecting the longitudinal members;
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• means for coupling the cable means to maintain an exercise clearance region comprising transverse cross members disposed at opposing ends of the upper support member, the cable means comprising cable lines extending from ends of the cross members to the central region of the base means in spaced apart relationship on opposing sides of the base means, thereby providing a collapsible two person exercising device providing an adjustable force related to the weight of the partner.