Patent ID: 9687408
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: A61H

Claim:
1. An exercise support apparatus comprising: a plurality of leg rods, each leg rod of the plurality of leg rods configured to be connected to a waist region and a foot region of a user and including a linear motion actuator, wherein each leg rod includes a rail and a slider configured to be connected to one another at overlapping sections of the rail and the slider, and wherein the rail and the slider are each curved such that an operation of the linear motion actuator performed on one or more of the overlapping sections changes an amount of overlap between the overlapping sections and results in a curved trajectory of at least one of the rail and the slider at a point of connection between the rail and the slider; a plurality of waist connecting sections, each waist connecting section configured to connect one end of a respective leg rod of the plurality of leg rods to the waist region; and a plurality of foot region connecting sections, each foot region connecting section configured to connect another end of the respective leg rod to the foot region.