US 4,746,116 AGranted

Universal physical exercising device

OwnerTaichi Inadainventor

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Abstract

A universal physical exercising device includes in combination: a collapsable base supporting frame; a horizontal frame rotatably connected to the base supporting frame through a pair of pivot joints; an adjustable vertical frame structure with a handle member and a pair of vertical sides longitudinally pivoted to a center portion of the horizontal frame; and an elliptical pedal member with foot straps and safety belt fixed at a lower end of the vertical sides of the vertical frame structure. The base supporting frame and the horizontal frame are also provided with a plurality of detachable connecting members for holding the horizontal frame in stationary condition for allowing the vertical frame structure to be operated as a single unit while the vertical frame structure also includes a plurality of anchoring elements for being optionally connected to the horizontal frame so as to be consolidated together for performing either swinging or rotation exercises therewith.

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Dependent claims

In a universal physical exercising device including a collapsible base supporting frame, a rectangular horizontal frame pivotally connected to an upper end of said collapsible base supporting frame and an adjustable vertical frame structure having an L-shaped portion formed at a lower end thereof pivotally coupled to said rectangular horizontal frame;

the combination therewith comprising:
(a) a hand holding means provided at an upper end of said adjustable vertical frame for gripping at alternate positions during various exercises;
(b) pedal means affixed to said L-shaped portion of said adjustable vertical frame structure, said pedal means having a pair of foot toggle elements and a foot engaging safety member provided thereon;
and
(c) anchoring means respectively provided on said collapsible base supporting frame, said rectangular horizontal frame and said adjustable vertical frame for detachably securing said horizontal frame to said collapsible base supporting frame and said adjustable vertical frame to said rectangular horizontal frame in performing various exercises, whereby exercises which require a swinging to-and-fro, moving left-and-right and rotating 360 degrees can be either vertically or horizontally performed accordingly, said pedal means being of elliptical shape and said foot engaging safety member comprises a safety belt, said elliptical pedal means further comprising a belt fastener provided at a middle portion of said safety belt, an adjusting mechanism, including a sliding track fixed along a center line between said foot toggle elements, a sliding block with a lock catch movably provided on said sliding track for detachable engagement with said belt fastener, and an adjusting rod disposed at said sliding block so that, by operating said adjusting rod, said safety belt can be properly adjusted about the user's heels.

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the combination therewith comprising:
(a) an hand holding means provided at an upper end of said adjustable vertical frame for gripping at alternate positions during various exercises;
(b) pedal means affixed to said L-shaped portion of said adjustable vertical frame structure, said pedal means having a pair of foot toggle elements and a foot engaging safety member provided thereon;
and
(c) anchoring means respectively provided on said collapsible base supporting frame, said rectangular horizontal frame and said adjustable vertical frame for detachably securing said horizontal frame to said collapsible base supporting frame and said adjustable vertical frame to said rectangular frame in performing various exercises, whereby exercises which require swinging to-and-fro, moving left-and-right and rotating 360 degrees can be either vertically or horizontally performed accordingly, said pedal means being of elliptical shape and said foot engaging safety member comprises a safety belt, said hand hold means comprising:
(a) a pair of opposing U-shaped hand members separately provided at a top portion of said adjustable vertical frame adapted to be held by the user while performing 360 degree rotating exercises;
and
(b) a pair of horizontal handle members fixedly connected at a lower end of said opposing U-shaped hand members adapted to be held by the user while performing swinging exercises, wherein one of said horizontal handle members is formed in a curve similar to the curvature of the user's back with soft padding disposed around a periphery thereof for the abutment of the user's back so that, during said exercises, the user can choose gripping positions on either the opposing U-shaped hand members or said horizontal handle members accoridng to the particular exercise to be performed therewith.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.