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A compact and readily portable foot holding apparatus for performing sit-ups and like exercises is disclosed. The device has a general “T”shaped appearance formed from a flat cross bar member having a pair of foot holding straps thereon and a substantially flat elongated member. One end of the elong

A compact and readily portable foot holding apparatus for performing sit-ups and like exercises is disclosed. The device has a general “T”shaped appearance formed from a flat cross bar member having a pair of foot holding straps thereon and a substantially flat elongated member. One end of the elongated member is designed to engage the top surface of the cross member in a manner such that when the user sits on the opposite end of the elongated member, the user\s weight resists upward movement of the cross bar and foot straps. In some embodiments an exercise mat is incorporated for comfort and in all cases the apparatus can be easily assembled and disassembled without tools.

대표청구항 ▼

A foot holding apparatus for performing sit-ups and like exercises comprising: (a) a rectangular mat adapted to lie flat in a substantially horizontal plane when placed on a generally flat supporting surface, said mat having a first sleeve portion therein extending across the width of the mat near o

A foot holding apparatus for performing sit-ups and like exercises comprising: (a) a rectangular mat adapted to lie flat in a substantially horizontal plane when placed on a generally flat supporting surface, said mat having a first sleeve portion therein extending across the width of the mat near one end thereof and presenting an uppwer sleeve surface, said mat also having a pair of spaced-apart foot holding means attached to the upper sleeve surface; (b) a generally rectangular flat cross bar member having a single top and a single bottom surface, said member having a relative narrow width and thin thickness with respect to a length dimension thereof, said cross member adapted to lie flat in a substantially horizontal plane and to be inserted into the sleeve; and (c) a separate generally rectangular substantially flat elongated member having a single top and a single bottom surface, said elongated member having a relatively narrow width and thin thickness with respect to a length dimension thereof, said elongated member adapted to lie flat in a substantially horizontal plane and to be positioned over said cross member in a manner whereby at least a portion of one end of said elongated member engages the top surface of the cross bar at the approximate midpoint of the cross bar and an opposite end of the elongated member extends away from the sleeve and is positioned under the mat and upward movement of the sleeve portion of the mat and attached foot holding means is resisted by the mass of a user applied through the mat to the opposite end of the elongated member.