Portable, upper body, exercise machine
OwnerAnthony Scelta, Nestor J. Palaciosinventors
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Abstract
A housing containing a hand cranked, flywheel type resistance mechanism is mounted upstanding from a base. The base is formed by a housing supporting pillar member from which a thigh brace depends and a lap rest adjustably and releasably secured to extend horizontally from the pillar member by engagement of selected vertically spaced ribs on the pillar and a pillar receiving slot in the slot. The flywheel type resistance mechanism comprises a friction band in encircling frictional engagement with a flywheel thereby to resist rotation thereof. An adjustable band tensioner is provided to adjust the frictional resistance to rotation. A body belt is releasably attached to the pillar to secure the apparatus to a user's waist.
Claims19
A portable, upper body, exercise machine by which users may exercise their upper bodies while in a sitting position comprising:
- a base;
- a flywheel housing mounted on said base to upstand therefrom;
- a flywheel mounted in the flywheel housing for rotation about a horizontal axis;
- means mounted in the housing for resisting rotation of the flywheel;
- hand crank means operatively connected to the flywheel and extending from respective opposite sides of the flywheel housing:
- the base comprising a horizontal lap rest and an elongate thigh brace vertically depending from a central location of said lap rest and extending, in the longitudinal direction, between a front and a rear of the lap rest so that, when the lap rest is supported by a lap of a user with the thigh brace held between thighs of the user, the flywheel can be rotated against the resistance by a user operating the hand cranks to obtain upper body exercise.
A laptop, upper body, exercise machine by which users may exercise their upper bodies while in a sitting position comprising:
- a base comprising a horizontal lap rest and an elongate thigh brace vertically depending from a central location of said lap rest and extending, in the longitudinal direction, between a front and a rear of the lap rest;
- a housing mounted upon the base above the lap rest;
- a manually operated reciprocal motion producing mechanism mounted in the housing;
- and,
- means mounted in the housing for providing resistance to the reciprocal motion so that, when the lap rest is supported by a lap of a user and the thigh brace held between thighs of the user, the reciprocal motion producing mechanism can be operated against the resistance by the user to obtain upper body exercise.
A portable, upper body, exercise machine by which users may exercise their upper bodies while in a sitting position comprising:
- a base having a front and a rear;
- a flywheel housing mounted on said base;
- a flywheel mounted in the flywheel housing for rotation about a horizontal axis and having a plane of rotation extending forward and rearward;
- means mounted in the housing for resisting rotation of the flywheel;
- hand crank means operatively connected to the flywheel and extending from respective opposite sides of the flywheel housing;
- the base comprising a seat extending horizontally below the flywheel and an elongate vertical thigh brace extending forwardly and rearwardly between the flywheel housing and the seat in the plane of rotation of the flywheel so that a center of gravity of the flywheel passes through the thigh brace and so that the flywheel can be rotated against the resistance by a user operating the hand crank means to obtain upper body exercise while sitting on the seat with the thighs of the user in longitudinal gripping engagement with the thigh brace to prevent lateral movement thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.