Exercise device
OwnerSherman U. Robles, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
An exercise device having a foot harness securable about a foot of a user; a thigh harness having a rigid plate member securable about a thigh of a user; and a tension adjusting mechanism connected between the foot harness and the thigh harness. The tension adjusting mechanism includes a tubular housing having an elongated passageway formed therethrough terminating in a first and second housing end; a spring plate, slidably disposed within the passageway, having a first and second plate side; a spring having a first and second spring end; a flexible, fixed length, tension member having a first and second tension member end; and a positioning member in connection with the spring plate for allowing the user to selectively position the spring plate in a desired position within the passageway.
Claims20
An exercise device comprising:
- a foot harness securable about a foot of a user;
- a thigh harness having a rigid plate member securable about a thigh of the user;
- and
- a tension adjusting mechanism connected between said foot harness and said thigh harness;
- said tension adjusting mechanism comprising:
- a tubular housing having an elongated passageway formed therethrough terminating in a first and second housing end;
- a spring plate slidably disposed within said passageway having a first and second plate side;
- a spring having a first and second spring end;
- a flexible, fixed length, tension member having a first and second tension member end;
- and
- positioning means, in connection with said spring plate, for allowing the user to selectively secure said spring plate in a desired position within said passageway;
- said tubular housing being rigidly attached to said rigid plate member, said first spring end being tensionally connected to said first plate side, said second spring end being tensionally connected to said first tension member end, said second tension member end being tensionally connected to said foot harness, said first housing end having a tension member aperture formed therethrough, said flexible tension member being disposed through said tension member aperture.
An exercise device comprising:
- a foot harness securable about a foot of a user, said foot harness having a rigid foot bracket forming a harness aperture therethrough;
- a thigh harness having a flexible wrapping member, means for fastening said thigh harness to a thigh of the user and a rigid plate member;
- and
- a tension adjusting mechanism connected between said foot harness and said thigh harness;
- said tension adjusting mechanism comprising:
- a tubular housing having an elongated passageway formed therethrough terminating in a first and second housing end;
- a spring plate slidably disposed within said passageway having a first and second plate side;
- a spring having a first and second spring end;
- a flexible, fixed length, tension member having a first and second tension member end;
- and
- positioning means, in connection with said spring plate, for allowing the user to selectively position said spring plate in a desired position within said passageway;
- said positioning means comprising:
- an elongated rod having a first and a second rod end, said elongated rod having a threaded portion;
- a handle;
- and
- a ball joint member;
- said tubular housing being rigidly connected to said rigid plate member, said first spring end being tensionally connected to said first plate side, said second spring end being tensionally connected to said first tension member end, said first housing end having a rounded tension member aperture formed therethrough, said flexible tension member being disposed through said rounded tension member aperture in a manner such that no right angles contact a portion of said tension member, said second tension member end being disposed through said harness aperture and tensionally connected to said foot harness;
- said handle is connected to said first rod end, said ball joint member is connected to said second rod end, said second housing end has an internally threaded rod aperture centered and formed therethrough, said elongated rod is threaded into said rod aperture, said spring plate has a socket formed therein open to said second plate side, said socket rotatably entraps said ball joint member in a manner such that when said handle is rotated said spring plate is longitudinally displaced along said passageway.
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