Patent ID: 11904204
Assignee: TS MEDICAL LLC
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 19:
20. A method for exercising muscles in an ankle, foot, and/or leg of a user, comprising:
with a foot of the user positioned within a foot support portion of an exercise device and a leg of the user positioned within a leg support portion of the exercise device:
rotating the foot support portion relative to the leg support portion in a first direction of rotation about a pivot axis of the exercise device and against a force exerted by a resistance mechanism of the exercise device in a second direction of rotation, opposite to the first direction of rotation;
rotating the foot support portion relative to the leg support portion in the second direction of rotation about the pivot axis and against a force exerted by the resistance mechanism in the first direction of rotation; and
sliding each of the foot and leg support portions relative to a heel cup positioned between the foot and leg support portions during rotation of the foot support portion relative to the leg support portion in the first and second directions of rotation.