Folding portable exercise apparatus
US6743159B1 · kind B1 · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 19, 2003 |
| Grant date | Jun 1, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 19, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63B23/1281
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A folding portable exercise apparatus having a contoured chest bar and a contoured lap bar. Two pairs of rods connect the bars. Each pair of rods is joined by a coil spring. An adjustable belt may be fastened around underneath the user. The device may be used to exercise the upper abdominal muscles, the triceps, the biceps, the pectoral muscles, the latissimus muscles, the back and lower abdominal muscles and the leg muscles such as calves, quadriceps, hamstring and gluteal muscles. The device may be disassembled and folded into a compact arrangement for storage and travel by detaching the coil springs from one pair of rods. This allows the device to be separated into components. The four rods may lie in the cavity along the major length of the respective chest bar and lap bars. The belt, springs and thumbscrews may then also lie together within the cavities and when closed produce a compact package the length and width of the chest bar and lap bar.
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