Total body strengthening toning workstation and method of using same
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
A63B-021/00
A63B-021/062
A63B-021/06
출원번호
US-0067634
(2011-06-16)
등록번호
US-8485947
(2013-07-16)
발명자
/ 주소
Nizam, Nash
출원인 / 주소
Nizam, Nash
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28
초록▼
A stand-alone exercise apparatus includes a seat to support a user in a position thereon, and upper and lower body exercising assemblies which are configured for activation either sequentially or simultaneously to permit the concurrent exercising movement of his or her upper body area and lower body
A stand-alone exercise apparatus includes a seat to support a user in a position thereon, and upper and lower body exercising assemblies which are configured for activation either sequentially or simultaneously to permit the concurrent exercising movement of his or her upper body area and lower body leg muscles, respectively, without necessitating that the user stop exercising when switching from upper body exercises to lower body exercises. The lower body exercising assembly includes a lower frame assembly which is operable to provide resistance exercise to the user's leg muscles, and which includes a selectively reciprocally movable pedal, platform or bar which is coupled to a suitable resistance mechanism, and which is engagable by the user's feet and/or legs as they are moved together in unified movement to effect leg extensions or curls. The upper body exercising assembly includes one or more reciprocally movable frame members, hand pulleys or swing arms coupled to a resistance mechanism, and which are engagable by the user's hands and/or arms. The resistance mechanisms used to provide the selected resistance to the upper and lower exercising assemblies are operable independently from each other, and enable the user to select the degree of resistance to each of the upper and lower body exercising assemblies separately.
대표청구항▼
1. An exercise apparatus to effect simultaneous upper and lower body strengthening in a user, the apparatus comprising, a seat having a seat back support for supporting said user in an exercising position with said user's spine juxtaposed thereon, the back support being inclined from vertical at a d
1. An exercise apparatus to effect simultaneous upper and lower body strengthening in a user, the apparatus comprising, a seat having a seat back support for supporting said user in an exercising position with said user's spine juxtaposed thereon, the back support being inclined from vertical at a downwardly sloping angle selected at between about 10° and 60°,a lower frame assembly including a foot support actuable in movement by the extension and retraction of said user's legs, the foot support being movable along a first path of movement from a first raised position to a second lowered position,a first resistance mechanism coupled to the lower frame assembly and operable to selectively vary resistance to foot support movement,an arm exercising assembly actuable to exercise arm muscles of said user when in the exercising position, the arm exercising assembly including at least one reciprocally movable member which is selectively movable by said user's hands or arms along a second path of movement from an initial rest position to a displaced position moved therefrom, the second path of movement extending generally in a direction oriented at between about 80° and 280° relative to the downward inclination of said seat back,a second resistance mechanism coupled to said arm exercising assembly and operable to vary resistance to movement of said arm exercising assembly independently from said first resistance mechanism,wherein with said user in said exercising position, simultaneously actuating said lower frame assembly and said arm exercise assembly to effect simultaneous upper and lower body exercise, whereby,the exercising position comprises positioning the seat with said back support inclined from vertical such that the user can reach the lower frame assembly with said user's feet engaging said foot support while said user's hands engage said arm exercising assembly, in actuation of said lower frame assembly, said user engages said foot support with his or her feet to alternately extend and retract said user's legs together in unison in leg press-type exercises to move said foot support between the first raised and second lowered positions, and whereby in movement of the foot support from the first raised position to the second lowered position, the lower frame assembly maintains an orientation of the user's shins in a position generally parallel ±45° to the angle of inclination of the seat back, andas said user's legs are extended, the user simultaneously urges said reciprocally movable member with said user's arms from said initial rest position towards said displaced position. 2. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein said back support is positioned inclined at an angle selected at between about 30° and 60°. 3. The apparatus as claimed in claim 2 wherein as said foot assembly is moved to the lowered position, said lower frame assembly maintains said user's shins in said orientation in generally parallel ±25° to the angle of inclination of said back support. 4. The apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein each said reciprocally movable member moves from the initial said rest position to said displaced position in a direction selected at between about 90° and 270° relative to the downward direction of inclination of the seat back. 5. The apparatus as claimed in claim 4 further including positioning said first resistance mechanism to provide a pre-selected maximum leg resistance force selected at less than about 300 lbs, and positioning said second resistance mechanism to provide a pre-selected maximum arm resistance force of less than about 200 lbs. 6. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein said arm exercising assembly is selected from the group consisting of an outward shoulder press exercise apparatus and a chest press exercise apparatus, and wherein said user moves each said reciprocally member, along said second path of movement, each said reciprocally movable member moves in a direction generally perpendicular ±10° relative to a direction of inclination of the seat back. 7. The apparatus as claimed in claim 6 wherein the exercise apparatus is a free standing unitary exercise apparatus and prior to actuation of the lower frame assembly, said user adjusts the first resistance mechanism to pre-select a desired resistance to foot support movement, and said user adjusts the second resistance mechanism to pre-select a desired resistance to said at least one reciprocally moveable member. 8. The apparatus as claimed in claim 7 wherein in actuation of said lower frame assembly, in said first rest position said foot support being spaced towards said seat and engaged by the soles of both of said user's feet with said user's legs in a partially bent orientation, and in said second position said foot support being moved vertically downwardly to a distal location and engaged by the soles of said user's feet with said user's legs in a substantially fully extended orientation and said user's shins oriented generally parallel ±20° to the angle of inclination of the seat back. 9. An exercise apparatus to effect muscle strengthening and toning in a user, the apparatus comprising, a seat having a seat back support for supporting said user's spine in an exercising position thereagainst, the back support being fixedly positioned inclined in a downwardly sloping direction from vertical at an angle selected at between about 10° and 60°,a lower frame assembly actuable by said user to effect leg muscle exercises, the lower frame assembly including a foot support which is reciprocally movable relative to the seat between a first position, wherein said foot support is engagable by said user's feet with said user's legs bent and the user's shins in general alignment ±45° with the angle of inclination back support, and a second position moved away from the seat, wherein said foot support is engagable by said user's feet with said legs in a generally outstretched position while maintaining the user's shins in general alignment ±35° with the angle of inclination of the back support,a first resistance mechanism coupled to the lower frame assembly and operable to provide a user selected resistance to foot support movement,an arm exercising assembly actuable to exercise arm muscles of said user when in the exercising position, the arm exercising assembly including a reciprocally movable member which is selectively movable by said user's hands and/or arms from an initial rest position and a displaced position moved therefrom in a direction oriented at between about 80° to about 280° relative to the downward sloping direction of the back support,a second resistance mechanism coupled to said arm exercising assembly and operable to provide a user selected resistance to movement of said reciprocally movable member independent from said first resistance mechanism,wherein in use of the apparatus, the exercising position comprising providing the seat with the seat back support inclined from vertical in a position whereby the foot support is engagable by said user's feet while said user's hands or arms engaging said arm exercising assembly, said user simultaneously activates said lower frame assembly and said arm exercise assembly whereby, in actuation of said lower frame assembly, said user engages said foot support with both of his or her feet to alternately extend and retract said user's legs together in unison in leg exercises to move said foot support between the first position and the second position, andwith or immediately following each extension and retraction of said user's legs, said user moves said hands and/or arms to reciprocally move said reciprocally movable member against the resistance of the second resistance mechanism from said initial rest position to said displaced position. 10. The exercise apparatus as claimed in claim 9 wherein said user moves said reciprocal movable member from the rest to said displaced position substantially simultaneously with the extension of said user's legs, said first resistance mechanism providing a range of resistance forces selected less than a maximum of about 250 lbs, and said second resistance mechanism providing a range of resistance forces selected less than a maximum of about 150 lbs. 11. The apparatus as claimed in claim 10 wherein said arm exercising assembly is selected from the group consisting of an outward shoulder press exercise apparatus and a chest press exercise apparatus, and wherein said reciprocally movable member comprises a rigid frame which is movable in a direction generally perpendicular ±10° the angle of inclination of the back support. 12. The apparatus as claimed in claim 9 wherein as said user extends his or her legs to move the foot support from the first position to the second position, said user substantially simultaneously moves the reciprocal member against resistance of the second resistance mechanism from the initial rest position to the displaced position. 13. The apparatus as claimed in claim 12 wherein the user actuates the lower frame assembly to effect the exercise of quadricep muscles of said user's right and left legs in substantially unified movement, in said first position said foot support being spaced towards and positioned vertically beneath said seat and engaged by the soles of said user's feet, and in said second position said foot support being pivoted to a distal location spaced downwardly therefrom and engaged by the soles of said user's feet with said user's legs in a substantially fully extended orientation and said user's shins oriented generally parallel ±25° to the angle of inclination of the seat back. 14. The exercise apparatus as claimed in claim 9 wherein said exercise apparatus comprises a free standing unitary apparatus, said foot support is moved along a generally downwardly curving arc as said lower frame assembly moves from said first position towards said second position. 15. An exercise apparatus to effect simultaneous arm, leg and core muscle group exercises in a user, the apparatus comprising, a seat having a seat back support for supporting said user's spine in an exercising position, the back support being oriented in a downward inclined first direction relative to vertical at an angle selected at between about 25° and 50°,a lower frame assembly actuable by said user to effect leg muscle exercises, the lower frame assembly including a foot pedal which is engagable by the soles of said user's feet in reciprocal movement relative to the seat between a first rest position to a second position moved downwardly therefrom,a first resistance mechanism coupled to the lower frame assembly to provide a selected resistance to foot support movement towards the second position,an arm exercising assembly actuable to exercise arm muscles of said user when in the exercising position, the arm exercising assembly including a reciprocally movable member which is selectively movable by said user's hands and/or arms between an initial rest position and a displaced position moved therefrom in a second direction oriented at between 80° and 280° relative to the first direction, anda second resistance mechanism coupled to said arm exercising assembly to provide a selected resistance to the movement of reciprocally movable member towards the displaced position independent of said first resistance mechanism, whereby positioning the apparatus to support the user in the exercising position with said user's spine is in juxtaposed contact with said seat back inclined relative to vertical whereby said user's feet concurrently engage said foot pedal while said user's hands and/or arms engaging said arm exercising assembly,actuating said lower frame assembly, whereby said user engages said foot pedal with the soles of both of his or her feet, and symmetrically extends and retracts said legs in unison in leg exercises to move said foot support between the first and second positions, with the first resistance mechanism and foot support providing a resistance leg force to said user's legs in a direction ±35° the direction of inclination of the seat back, and said user substantially simultaneously moves said reciprocally movable member from said initial rest position to said displaced position, with the second resistance mechanism and reciprocally movable member providing a resistance arm force to said user's hands and/or arms in a direction generally opposite to the second direction. 16. The apparatus as claimed in claim 15 wherein a first pulley system mechanically couples the first resistance mechanism to the lower frame assembly, and a second pulley system mechanically couples the second resistance mechanism to the arm exercising assembly, wherein prior to actuating each of said lower frame assembly and said arm exercising assembly, said user selectively varies the first and second resistance mechanisms to pre-select desired leg and arm resistance forces, and further whereinin the first rest position, the foot pedal being spaced a vertical distance below the seat, andin the second position the lower frame assembly orienting said user's shins in general alignment ±35° with the downward inclination of the seat back. 17. The apparatus as claimed in claim 15 further comprising fixedly securing said seat back inclined at an angle of between about 30° and 45°, from vertical, wherein in said first rest position, said user's feet engage said foot support with said user's legs bent and the user's shins in general alignment ±25° with the angle of inclination back support; and in said second position said user's feet engage said foot support with said legs in a generally outstretched position while maintaining the user's shins in general alignment ±25° with the angle of inclination of the back support. 18. The apparatus as claimed in claim 15 wherein the user extends and retracts said user's legs to exercise quadricep muscles of said user's right and left legs in substantially unified movement, and wherein, in said first rest position said foot support being spaced towards said seat at a proximal location selected to be engagable by said user's feet with said user's legs in a partially bent orientation, and in said second position said foot support being pivoted to a distal location spaced downwardly therefrom and engaged by said user's feet with said user's legs in a substantially fully extended orientation. 19. The apparatus as claimed in claim 16 wherein as said user's legs are extended, first resistance mechanism and said lower frame assembly provide a resistance leg force in an opposing direction generally parallel ±25° to the direction of inclination angle of the seat back. 20. The apparatus as claimed in claim 15 wherein each said second direction is oriented at between about 90° and 270° relative to the first direction.
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