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Exercise assisting apparatus

US7931573B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 12, 2008
Grant dateApr 26, 2011
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Expiry dateMay 12, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA63B2225/096
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An exercise assisting apparatus includes a seat supporting buttocks and a foot base supporting the bottom of the feet, and is arranged to swing the seat for contracting leg muscles. An elevator mechanism regulates a position of the seat. A display and manipulator unit has a physique designating section providing a plurality of classes classified according to the user's height, and a moving direction instructing section with pushbuttons instructing the moving direction of the elevator mechanism. The elevator mechanism is controlled by an elevator controller, and includes a position adjusting section configured to read out a position of the elevator mechanism corresponding to the physique designated at the physique designating section for rough adjustment of the position of the elevator mechanism and a position modifying section configured to make a precise adjustment of the position of the elevator mechanism while the moving direction instructing section is manipulated.

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