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US 5,433,690 AGranted
Side jump and body twist exercising apparatus
OwnerStewart B. N. Gilmaninventor
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Abstract
An exercise apparatus wherein a supporting base carries a rotatable platform oscillated by a drive from a hand held support that stabilizes the person exercising, characterized by an upstanding fence on the platform and over which the person jumps from side to side, the degree of rotation being variably controlled by the person.
Claims17
A jump and twist exercising apparatus for controlled enforcement of natural body movements, and including;
- a supporting base with a first vertically disposed turning axis and a forward extension with a second vertically disposed turning axis spaced from and parallel to said first axis,
- a platform rotatably carried by bearing means on the first mentioned turning axis and having opposite side portions with standing room defined by a barrier member of vertical height therebetween and extending diametrically through the turning axis,
- a body support comprised of a handlebar with a stem rotatably carried by bearing means on the second mentioned turning axis and having opposite side hand grips at a height to be grasped for body support and control,
- and drive means for inversely turning the platform and barrier with respect to manipulative turning of the handlebar by a person jumping the barrier from one side portion of the platform to the other.
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