Leg press
AssigneeCybex Interational, Inc.
InventorsRaymond Giannelli, Scott Sechrest, Arnold Gillen, Gary Lurken, Stephen C. Wendt
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Abstract
An exercise apparatus that includes a frame, a rest member on the frame for receiving a user's feet, and a first and a second arm that are pivotably interconnected to each other such that the arms are pivotably movable between a start or rest position and an extended position. The first arm is coupled to the frame. A seat is provided for supporting the user and carried by the second arm. An inclined base support member is disposed under the second arm and is for supporting the second arm during the movement between start and extended positions. A carriage may be associated with the inclined base support member.
Claims30
Exercise apparatus comprising:
- a frame;
- a rest member on said frame for receiving a user's feet;
- a first arm and a second arm that are pivotably intercoupled to each other at a pivot point such that the arms are pivotably movable between a start position and an extended position;
- said first arm coupled to said frame;
- seat for supporting a torso of the user and mounted on said second arm;
- the seat rotating during movement between the start and the extended positions, the user's torso following rotation of the seat;
- an inclined base support member disposed under said second arm for supporting said second arm during movement between the start and extended positions.
Exercise apparatus comprising:
- a frame;
- a first arm and a second arm that are pivotably intercoupled to each other such that the arms are pivotably movable between a start position and an extended position;
- said first arm coupled to said frame;
- a seat for supporting a torso of a user and mounted on said second arm;
- the first and second arms being intercoupled at a pivot point that rotates the seat mechanism during movement between the start and extended positions;
- an inclined base support means;
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- means for securing said inclined base support means in said frame and under said second arm and for supporting said second arm during the movement between the start and extended positions.
A reversibly extending exercise apparatus comprising:
- a frame;
- a first and a second arm pivotably interconnected to each other at a pivot point such that the interconnected arms are pivotably movable between a start position and an extended position that rotates a seat mounted on one of the arms;
- a support defining a predetermined path of travel along which the second arm travels;
- wherein a torso of a subject seated within the seat follows rotation of the seat during movement between the start and extended positions.
A reversibly extending leg press apparatus comprising:
- a frame;
- a pivotably interconnected pair of reversibly extendible arms supported from said frame;
- a seat mechanism mounted on one of the arms, the seat mechanism rotating on extension of the arms enabling rotation of a subiect's torso when seated within the seat mechanism;
- a support guide mechanism;
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- means for slidably or rollably supporting one of said arms on said support guide mechanism.
A reversibly extending exercise apparatus comprising:
- a pair of pivotably interconnected arms on which a torso of a subject is mountable on a chair mechanism mounted to one of the arms;
- a support and guide means forming a part of a frame of the apparatus;
- said support and guide means for supporting one of said pair of pivotably interconnected arms;
- wherein the arms are reversibly extendible by forcible extension of the legs of the subject between a rest position and an extended position;
- the arms being extendible away from each other such that the subject is positioned in an upwardly prone position at all times between the rest and extended positions, the chair mechanism rotating during movement between the rest and extended positions enabling conformation of the subiect's torso to the rotational movement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.