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US 8,075,463 B2Granted
Exercise device
AssigneeImplus Footcare, LLC
InventorsAlden M. Mills, John G. Holland, Kevan Hollenback, Mark Eastwood, Jeff W. Sand, Ian C. MacColl, Stephen G. Hauser, Lucas B. Ainsworth
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Abstract
An exercise device for achieving desired abdominal contractions during exercise movement includes a back support and a pair of leg blades removably attached to the back support. The device includes an adjustable back blade attached to the back support and extending upward from the lower end along a centerline of the back support, and a neck support assembly attached to the back blade.
Claims23
An exercise device, comprising:
- a back support,
- a chassis attached to an underside of the back support,
- a pair of adjustable leg blades removably attached to the chassis,
- an adjustable back blade removably attached to the chassis and extending upward from the chassis along a rear centerline of the back support, and
- a neck support assembly attached to the back blade,
- wherein the chassis includes a pair of spaced outer columns, each outer column having a plurality of vertically aligned slots in spaced relation to one another for securing an end of a corresponding leg blade therein, the slots of the outer columns providing a plurality of differing leg blade lengths for the device.
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An exercise device, comprising:
- a back support,
- a chassis attached to an underside of the back support,
- a pair of adjustable leg blades removably attached to the chassis,
- an adjustable back blade removably attached to the chassis and extending upward from the chassis along a rear centerline of the back support,
- a neck support assembly attached to the back blade, the neck support assembly including a handle, and
- a user gripping the handle to perform an exercise is limited by the device to achieving an inclined angle from horizontal of 30 degrees or less;
- wherein the back blade is flexible to facilitate lateral movement of the back blade with respect to a longitudinal axis of the back blade as the user grips the handle and moves upward or downward during exercise.
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An exercise device, comprising:
- a chassis for supporting a user's weight thereon,
- a pair of adjustable leg blades removably attached to the chassis,
- an adjustable back blade removably attached to the chassis and extending upward from the chassis along a rear centerline of the back support, each of the back blade and leg blades having identical latch members formed at ends thereof, and
- a neck support assembly attached to the back blade, wherein the chassis includes a plurality of spaced slots on a rear side thereof shaped so as to receive one of the latch members of the back blade and leg blades so as to form an interference fit, the neck support assembly having a slot identical to one of the spaced slots on the chassis to receive a latch member of the back blade to form an interference fit.
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An exercise device, comprising:
- a back support for supporting the weight of a user thereon,
- a chassis attached to an underside of the back support,
- an adjustable back blade removably attached to the chassis at a lower end thereof and extending upward from the chassis along a rear centerline of the back support,
- a clicker device attached to the back blade for imparting an audible or tactile response to indicate that the user has reached a desired exercise position or exercise orientation on the device,
- a cushion pad attached to a rear side of the back support so as to sandwich the chassis, back blade and clicker device there between, and
- a neck support assembly attached to an upper end of the back blade.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.