Patent ID: 9604093
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: A63B

Claim:
1. An exercise device, comprising: (a) first and second elongated, longitudinally extending support members, each comprising an integrally formed elongated, longitudinally extending sliding surface; (b) at least one laterally extending brace member holding said first and second support members in a generally parallel spaced apart relation to each other; (c) a heel support device being generally located and extending between said first and second support members, said heel support device having a generally upwardly directed surface configured and operable to receive and support a heel of a user's foot for longitudinal sliding movement of said heel support device between said first and second support devices; said first and second elongated support members and said heel support device being configured with a sliding connection, said sliding connection operable such that in operation said heel support device is slidably supported for sliding longitudinal movement on said sliding surface of said first elongated support member at a first side of said heel support device by said sliding surface of said first support member and is slidably supported for sliding longitudinal movement on said sliding surface of said second elongated support member at a second side of said heel support device by said sliding surface of said second support member for sliding longitudinal movement relative to first and second said support members, wherein during operation substantially all weight exerted by a heel of a user's foot on said heel support device is carried on said sliding surfaces; and wherein: said sliding connection comprises: (i) a pair of elongated sliding grooves on said first and second elongated support members providing said elongated sliding surfaces and (ii) first and second sliding protrusion elements of said heel support device received respectively in each of said respective elongated sliding grooves of said first and second elongated support members.