Patent ID: 8876676
Filing Date: 2014-11-04
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A portable exercise chair including a chair frame, a chair seat and a resistance system, said chair frame including an upper back portion and a lower leg portion, said resistance system including a first and second resistance arrangements, each of said resistance arrangements including first and second resistance hubs and a stretchable resistance member, said first resistance hub on said first resistance arrangement releasably and swivelly connectable to a first side of said upper back portion, said first resistance hub on said second resistance arrangement releasably and swivelly connectable to a second side of said upper back portion, said second resistance hub on said first resistance arrangement releasably and swivelly connectable to a first side of said lower leg portion, said second resistance hub on said second resistance arrangement releasably and swivelly connectable to a second side of said lower leg portion, said stretchable resistance member of said first resistance arrangement engaging said first and second resistance hubs of said first resistance arrangement, said stretchable resistance member of said second resistance arrangement engaging said first and second resistance hubs of said second resistance arrangement, each of said stretchable resistance member includes first and second ends, said first and second ends each including a resistance member connector, each of said first and second resistance hubs of said first resistance arrangement including a top surface having a top opening, a bottom surface having a bottom opening and hub passageway connected to said top and bottom openings, said bottom surface of said first resistance hub facing downwardly when said first resistance hub is connected to said chair frame, said bottom surface of said second resistance hub facing upwardly when said second resistance hub is connected to said chair frame, said resistance member connector on said first end of said stretchable resistance member having a size so as to not be able to fully pass through said top opening and hub passageway of said first resistance hub, said resistance member connector on said second end of said stretchable resistance member having a size so as to not be able to fully pass through said top opening and hub passageway of said second resistance hub, said resistance member connector configured to be connected to one or more exercise devices that include devices selected from the group consisting of hand handle, foot handle, foot connector, ankle connector, hand connector, ankle connector, and connector strap, said chair frame being a foldable frame, said lower leg portion of said chair frame including two front legs and two rear legs, and including a foot rest arrangement pivotally connected to said two front legs, said two rear legs, or both said two front legs and said two rear legs, said chair seat being pivotally connected to said two front legs, said two rear legs, or both said two front legs and said two rear legs, a raise rod connected between said foot rest arrangement and said chair seat so that said foot rest arrangement and said chair seat fold at the same time when the foldable frame is folded, said chair frame including two upwardly extending L-shaped hub connectors on said upper back portion each for removably receiving a respective one of said first resistance hubs, and two downwardly extending L-shaped hub connectors on said lower leg portion each for removably receiving a respective one of said second resistance hubs, said hub connectors having a rotation limitation arrangement that limits the degree at which each resistance hub swivels on said hub connectors.