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Exercise apparatus

US6699162B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 26, 2002
Grant dateMar 2, 2004
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 15, 2022

Classification

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

Abstract

Exercise apparatus with a base plate, a pair of opposed flanges extending perpendicularly from the end and side of the base plate, each the flange having a an aperture that receives a pin that acts as a shaft, an inverted U shaped frame, the ends of the U shaped frame being connected to the shaft pins so that the U shaped frame can rotate about the shaft pins, a plurality of radially spaced apertures in each the flange, a single aperture in each said inverted U shaped frame that aligns with said radially spaced apertures, a pair of connecting pins to retain said inverted U shaped frame to said flanges in a fixed position with respect to said base plate, a foot retaining assembly slidibly mounted in a horizontal manner with respect to the base of said inverted U shaped frame, said foot retaining assembly comprised of a plurality of foot retaining bars attached at each end to a side plate, a pair of retaining pins that can fix said foot retaining assembly higher or lower along said inverted U shaped frame. A preferred embodiment includes wherein a pair of guide rods can be inserted so that they extend horizontally out from said flanges to the front edge of said base plate. A preferre…

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