Patent ID: 9446284
Filing Date: 2016-09-20
CPC Classification: A63B

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus for carrying out a squat exercise comprising: a base comprising a substantially horizontal base surface and a toe stop indicator; an anterior knee guide configured to block an anterior surface of a left knee of a user and an anterior surface of a right knee of the user from moving more forward than the toe stop indicator as the user carries out the squat exercise; two lateral knee guides configured to respectively contact a lateral surface of the left knee of the user and a lateral surface of the right knee of the user as the user carries out the squat exercise; two vertical supports, each vertical support being coupled to the corresponding lateral knee guide configured for each respective knee of the user; two lateral hinges respectively connecting each vertical support to the base, each lateral hinge being laterally rotatable about an axis perpendicular to the respective vertical support, wherein each lateral hinge is adapted to provide lateral rotation of the respective vertical support away from an initial exercise position to a final exercise position, wherein the initial exercise position is defined by a center-facing angle of substantially 90 degrees between the horizontal surface and the respective vertical support, and wherein the final exercise position is defined by a center-facing angle of greater than 90 degrees between the horizontal surface and the respective vertical support; and two rotation stops configured to prevent inward rotation of each respective vertical support past the initial exercise position to a center-facing angle less than 90 degrees between the horizontal surface and each respective vertical support.