Karate kick exercise apparatus
US4964629A · kind A · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 9, 1989 |
| Grant date | Oct 23, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 9, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63B2244/106
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
Apparatus useful in practicing a karate kick is provided. The apparatus includes a frame, a vertically adjustable platform affixed externally to the frame, a rotatable slide assembly having a forward end and a rear pivot end, the rear pivot end being affixed to the frame adjacent the platform, the slide assembly extending internally within the frame. A foot slide block assembly is slideably engaged in the slide assembly so as to slide from an initial rest position adjacent the rear pivot end to a final fully-extended position adjacent the forward end of the slide assembly. The foot slide block assembly has a resistance mechanism affixed to the slide block which resists movement of the slide block assembly from the initial rest position to the final fully-extended position, whereby, when a user stands on one foot on the platform, suitably adjusted for the user's height and places his other foot on the slide block in the initial position and gives a kick, the slide block slides in the slide assembly to the final position restrained by the resistance means, thereby giving the user exercise for those muscles specifically associated with the kick.
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