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Device for multiple torso exercises

US6231489A · kind A · utility

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35Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMay 24, 1999
Grant dateMay 15, 2001
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 24, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S482/907
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An exercise device comprising a frame structure constructed and arranged to be supported in an operative position on a horizontal surface so as to extend longitudinally therealong. An exercise support is fixedly mounted on one longitudinal end of the frame structure in a position spaced above the horizontal surface when the frame structure is supported thereon in an operative position. The exercise support is constructed and arranged to enable a user to engage the user's feet with the exercise support or grip the user's hands on the exercise support. A seat is carried on the one end portion of the frame structure in longitudinally spaced relation with respect to the exercise support. A plurality of rollers made of yieldable material is rotatably supported on the frame structure in an upwardly arched array extending longitudinally upwardly from the seat and arching downwardly toward an opposite longitudinal end of the frame structure to rollingly support a user thereon. The seat has a downwardly inclined position enabling a user to accomplish back decompression, lower back or side stretches while supported supine, prone or on a side respectively on the seat and the rollers with the …

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