Patent ID: 6162153
Filing Date: 2000-12-19
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
An exercise machine, comprising:a base, said base having a forward end and an after end and including first and second receiving means, said receiving means disposed between said forward end and said after end;first and second parallel support bars, each of said support bars having a forward end and an after end and being sized, shaped, and disposed to fit slidably within one of said first and second receiving means, respectively;front and rear connecting bars;said front connecting bar joining said first and second support bars at their forward ends;said rear connecting bar joining said first and second support bars at their after ends;a body support platform, said platform having a forward end and an after end, and being fixedly attached at its forward end to the front connecting bar and being fixedly attached at its after end to the rear connecting bar;a resistance device, said resistance device having an upper end and a lower end and being removably attached at its upper end adjacent the forward end of the body support platform and being removably attached at its lower end adjacent the forward end of the base;a first pulley, said first pulley being fixedly attached adjacent the after end of the base;a cable tightening means, said tightening means being fixedly attached to the first and second parallel support bars;a cable, said cable having a first end and a second end and being fixedly attached at its first end to the rear connecting bar, passing through the first pulley, and being fixedly attached at its second end to the cable tightening means; andwhereby, when the cable tightening means is operated by a user in either of a first and a second direction, the after end of the body support platform is urged toward the base against the resistance device and the weight of the user.