EP0806226A2 - Appareil d'exercice pivotant pour les muscles abdominaux - Google Patents

Appareil d'exercice pivotant pour les muscles abdominaux Download PDF

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EP0806226A2
EP0806226A2 EP97300641A EP97300641A EP0806226A2 EP 0806226 A2 EP0806226 A2 EP 0806226A2 EP 97300641 A EP97300641 A EP 97300641A EP 97300641 A EP97300641 A EP 97300641A EP 0806226 A2 EP0806226 A2 EP 0806226A2
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Charles Ho
Michael E. Casey
John A. Gennaro
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Concord Chase Inc
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B23/00—Exercising apparatus specially adapted for particular parts of the body
    • A63B23/02—Exercising apparatus specially adapted for particular parts of the body for the abdomen, the spinal column or the torso muscles related to shoulders (e.g. chest muscles)
    • A63B23/0205—Abdomen
    • A63B23/0211—Abdomen moving torso with immobilized lower limbs

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  • the present invention relates to exercise apparatus, and relates more particularly to an abdominal exercise apparatus for exercising the muscles of the abdomen which apparatus is supported on pivoting means, such as stands on which the apparatus moves in a pivoting motion about the pins in said stands.
  • FIG. 1 shows an exercising apparatus specifically designed for exercising the muscles of the abdomen, which comprises a base frame 2' for supporting on the ground, a substantially U-shaped frame 1' fastened to two opposite ends of the base frame 2', and two elbow cushions 3 mounted on two opposite ends of the U-shaped frame 1' for supporting the operator's elbows.
  • the U-shaped frame 1' is fixedly fastened to the base frame 2' for allowing the operator's head and upper body to pass, the exercising apparatus needs much storage space when not in use.
  • the exercise device or apparatus is movably connected to, and supported on, pivoting means, such as a pair of stands or feet by means of a pin, bolt or similar device such that the elbow tube of the exercise apparatus pivots freely about said pin.
  • pivoting means such as a pair of stands or feet
  • the apparatus moves in a fixed arc of a circle wherein said pin serves as the center of said circle.
  • the apparatus does not move through a rocking motion along the floor or the support surface. Rather it moves through a pivoting motion about the connecting means comprising the pivoting means, such as a pin in a support stand.
  • an abdominal exercising apparatus in accordance with the present invention is generally comprised of a base frame 2, a substantially U-shaped frame 1 fastened to two opposite ends of the base frame 2, a back cushion 6 fixedly secured to the base flame 2, and two elbow cushions 3 mounted on two opposite ends of the U-shaped frame 1.
  • the U-shaped frame 1 is comprised of a transverse tube 12, two parallel connecting tubes 11; and two elbow tubes 10 respectively connected to two opposite ends of the base tube 12 by the connecting tubes 11 to hold the elbow cushions 3.
  • the connecting tubes 11 are respectively and detachably connected to the two opposite ends of the transverse tube 12 by detachable connecting means, such as plug joints or the like and then fixed by a removable fixing means, such as a screw, bolt, pin or the like.
  • the elbow tubes 10 are respectively turned about a respective pivot bolt 5 at one end of each connecting tube 11, and then fixed in the operative position by a removable fixing means 4, such as a screw, bolt, pin or the like. Therefore, when the removable fixing means 4, such as a screw, bolt, pin or the like are removed from the connecting tubes, the elbow tubes 10 can be turned about the respective pivot bolts 5 from the operative position to the collapsed position closely attached to the connecting tubes 11 to minimize the storage space.
  • the exercise device or apparatus comprises pivoting means, such as a pair a pair of stands or feet which may be connected to the elbow tubes of the apparatus by means of a pin, bolt, pin-like devise, or similar device, such that the elbow tube of the exercise apparatus pivots freely on or about said pivoting means.
  • pivoting means such as a pair a pair of stands or feet which may be connected to the elbow tubes of the apparatus by means of a pin, bolt, pin-like devise, or similar device, such that the elbow tube of the exercise apparatus pivots freely on or about said pivoting means.
  • the apparatus moves in a fixed are of a circle wherein said pin serves as the center of said circle. This embodiment may be described by reference to Figures 4, 5 and 6.
  • Each of the two pivoting means 22 is connected to one elbow tube 10 of the apparatus by means of a pin or pin-like device 30 which extends horizontally through an opening 28 in one opposing wall 26 of the pivoting means, through the diameter of the elbow tube, and through an opening 28 in the other opposing wall of the support means 26 of the pivoting means 22.
  • the pin 30 comprises a shaft 32 of lesser diameter communicating between two ends 34 of larger diameter. Said ends 34 are of sufficiently larger diameter than the openings 28 such that the pin 30, after insertion, cannot be readily dislodged from the opposing walls 26 of the pivoting means 22 by the normal motion of the apparatus in use.

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EP97300641A 1996-02-02 1997-01-31 Appareil d'exercice pivotant pour les muscles abdominaux Withdrawn EP0806226A3 (fr)

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US595694 1996-02-02

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EP0806226A3 EP0806226A3 (fr) 1998-01-21

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US4583731A (en) * 1984-01-04 1986-04-22 Crivello James P Spinal exercising apparatus
DE3632124A1 (de) * 1986-09-22 1988-04-07 Dietmar Danisch Trainingsgeraet
FR2715075B1 (fr) * 1994-01-20 1996-04-05 Richard Wrighton Dispositif d'aide au mouvement des pieds.
US5577987A (en) * 1994-07-07 1996-11-26 Precise Exercise Equipment Co. Abdominal exerciser device

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