Abdominal exercise machine
AssigneeAb Coaster Holdings, Inc.
InventorsWallace Brown, Robert W. Nelson
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Abstract
A machine, apparatus, and method for targeting the abdominal and oblique muscle groups. The abdominal exercise system includes a frame, carriage, and an upper body support. In one embodiment, the user places at least a portion of their lower body on the carriage. The user leans their forearms and elbows against an angled upper body support while grasping a set of handles to secure the user's upper body. In turn, the user swings the carriage back and forth along an arcuate path beginning at a position behind the upper body support and ending at a position in front of the upper support, thereby contracting and relaxing the abdominal muscle group.
Claims14
An exercise machine to work a user's abdominal muscle group, the exercise machine comprising:
- a frame;
- an upper body support attached to the frame;
- and
- a swing assembly attached to the frame, wherein the swing assembly includes a swing arm connected to a carriage, the carriage traversing back and forth an arcuate path defined by the swing arm and capable of pivoting in front of the upper body support.
An exercise method for targeting a user's abdominal muscle groups and to isolate an upper and lower abdominal muscle group in a biometrically neutral position, the method comprising:
- placing at least a portion of a user's lower body on a carriage;
- positioning a user's upper body to an upper support;
- and
- using an abdominal muscle group to swing the carriage back and forth along an arcuate path, the path beginning at a position behind the upper support and ending at a position in front of the upper support;
- and
- pulling the user's lower body laterally on the carriage along the arcuate path thereby performing a contraction of a user's oblique and transverse abdominal muscles.
An exercise method for targeting a user's abdominal muscle groups and to isolate an upper and lower abdominal muscle group in a biometrically neutral position, the method comprising:
- placing at least a portion of a user's lower body on a carriage;
- positioning a user's upper body to an upper support;
- and
- using an abdominal muscle group to swing the carriage back and forth along an arcuate path, the path beginning at a position behind the upper support and ending at a position in front of the upper support;
- wherein positioning a user's upper body to an upper support includes leaning a user's forearms and elbows against the upper support while grasping a set of handles of the upper support to secure and hold the user's upper body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.