Manually operated stretching apparatus
AssigneeStretch Power, LLC
InventorMichael S. Reed
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Abstract
An exercise device for stretching the lower back and leg muscles of a user includes a flexible footrest and a handle device. The handle device is designed to be grasped by the hands of a user and the cable is attached, at one end, to a footrest or fixed location. The other end of the cable is engaged by a rotatable member in the handle device; and a pawl and ratchet mechanism in the handle device rotates the rotatable member to draw the cable member into the device. A reciprocating lever member is operated by the user, grasping the handle member to effect incremental stepwise rotation of the rotatable member through the pawl and ratchet mechanism.
Claims17
An exercise device for stretching the back, neck and leg muscles of a user including in combination:
- a handle body, having a handle member designed to be grasped by the hands of a user;
- a fixed position member;
- a flexible cable with first and second ends, secured at the first end to the fixed position member and engaged by a rotatable member in the handle body;
- a pawl and ratchet mechanism in the handle body for rotating the rotatable member to draw the flexible cable member into the handle body;
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- a reciprocating lever member coupled with the pawl and ratchet mechanism and operated by a user reciprocating the handle member relative to the handle body to effect incremental stepwise rotation of the rotatable member through the pawl and ratchet mechanism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.