Compact, multi-choice exercise apparatus

US6443877B1 · kind B1 · utility

Inventors

• Dietrich Hoecht · Loganville, US
• Fred Bohm · Naila, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 10, 2000
• Grant date: Sep 3, 2002
• Expiry date: Feb 10, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A63B2208/12
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

Provided is a weighted cable resistance apparatus, primarily for rehabilitation and therapy, and equally effective for recreational exercising. A frame with a perpendicularly attached seat form a rigid structure. The structure is supported on leveling screws or lockable casters for transport to bed-confined patients. Dead weights within the frame and the rigid seat structure stabilize the apparatus against overturning during use of the apparatus. At each end of the frame is attached a horizontally pivotable assembly, called a ‘module’. Each module contains weights which are, in turn, connected to a cable and to pulleys controlling the cable path. Vertically pivotable arms are mounted on the front of the is modules. The cables are guided to the end of the arms and past the exit pulleys, whereupon exercise tools can be connected. The twin module design provides simultaneous exercising with any two limbs. Horizontally and vertically selectable exercise tool positioning, and the freely rotating exit pulleys, offer unrestricted range of motion in a nearly hemispherical space. Additional features may be attached to the seat, such as a security stabilizer frame for unsteady us…