Treatment table and exercise device method and apparatus
OwnerGary Grahaminventor
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Abstract
An exercise and therapeutic apparatus having a kick plate that is adapted to be stored in an operable position where it is in a substantially vertically orientated manner where the kick plate is in a more vertically orientated or positioned orientation with respect to a frame and a carriage is movably attached in a substantially horizontal direction where a resistance system provides resistant movement of the carriage with respect to the frame. The kick plate is further adapted or operatively configured to be re-orientated in a stowed position where an upper surface of the kick plate operates in conjunction with an upper surface of the carriage to function as a table like support.
Claims20
An exercise apparatus for an individual comprising:
- a) a frame having a foot end, a head end, a leftward portion, and rightward portion;
- b) a carriage having a footer portion, a header portion, a vertically upward surface, a vertically downward surface, a leftward lateral side and a rightward lateral side, the carriage being movably coupled to the frame to travel back and forth longitudinally along the frame;
- c) a plurality of elastic members coupled to the frame on a first end and removably coupled to the carriage on a second end,
- d) where a vertically extending member of the carriage comprises an attachment system where said surfaces define a plurality of slots of attachment regions positioned vertically to approximately correlate to the lateral position of elastic members of the resistance system, and
- e) a kickboard movably attached to the frame toward the foot end of the frame such that said kickboard is rotationally positionable in a horizontal and a vertical position having a vertically upward surface and a vertically downward surface when in the horizontal position and the vertically upward surface of the kickboard when in the horizontal position is substantially aligned with the vertically upward surface of the carriage when the kickboard is in the stowed position and sufficiently proximate thereto said carriage for supporting the individual positioned on the upward surface on the kickboard and the vertically upward surface of the carriage so the kickboard and the carriage surface areas collectively operate as a treatment table.
Therapeutic device for an exercise participant, comprising:
- a) a frame, comprising a longitudinal and lateral axis and having a headward region and a footward region in opposing longitudinal regions of the frame,
- b) a kick plate comprising first and second portions each having first and second surfaces, the kick plate pivotally attached in the footward region of the frame, the kick plate operatively configured to be orientated in an extended orientation and a retracted orientation,
- c) a carriage movably attached to the frame and operatively configured to reposition along the longitudinal direction, the carriage having an upper surface,
- d) a resistance system, comprising a plurality of elastic members, the elastic members being operatively configured to be selectively attached between the frame and the carriage to supply selective amount of resistance to resist movement of the carriage from the footward region to the headward region, and plurality of lateral control wheels coupled to the carriage configured so that the plane of rotation of the lateral control wheels is in a plane parallel with the longitudinal movement of the carriage along the frame and the lateral control wheels are in contact or intermittent contact with an L-shaped bracket coupled to the frame wherein the L-shaped bracket prevents the carriage from becoming detached from the frame and reduces friction between the carriage and the frame,
- e) whereas the kick plate when positioned in the retracted orientation, the second surface and a surface is adjacent to the upper surface of the carriage to perform as a treatment table and when the kick plate is in an extended orientation, the first surface of the first section is provided for the exercise participant to place a force thereon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.