Patent ID: 7104939
Filing Date: 2006-09-12
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A freestanding back therapy and multiple exercise station on which performance of various therapeutic, stretching, bending, twisting, extension and inversion exercises may be carried out utilizing the user's weight for fully flexing and decompressing the spine and strengthening the trunk and back muscles of the user, comprising: a frame of tubular construction having a pair of generally rectangular laterally spaced sides, each of said sides formed of a straight elongate horizontal tubular floor engaging base member having front and rear ends, a front vertical tubular member and a rear vertical tubular member each secured at a bottom end to said base member intermediate its ends and extending upwardly therefrom in parallel spaced relation, a tubular horizontal top member extending between upper ends of said front and rear vertical tubular members, a cushioned forearm pad on each said horizontal top member, and an upper dual grip member having a vertical handgrip and a horizontal handgrip at an outer end of each said horizontal top member; a pair of lower horizontal handgrips each extending outwardly from a front side of each said front vertical tubular member a distance below said upper dual grip member to be gripped by a user when performing exercises and each having a support surface adjacent to said front vertical tubular member for receiving and supporting objects thereon; a first and a second pair of parallel vertically spaced padded tubular cross members connected at opposed ends with each said rear vertical tubular member and extending transversely therebetween to serve as lower foot supports for supporting a user when performing various exercises; a central tubular upright member having an elongate vertical lower portion disposed centrally between said rear vertical tubular members connected at a lower end with said first and second padded tubular cross members and extending vertically upward therefrom parallel with said rear vertical tubular members, a backrest pad mounted on a front side of said vertical lower portion, a tubular upper portion above said backrest pad extending angularly upward and forward from said vertical lower portion, and a third pair of padded tubular members above said backrest pad extending laterally outward from opposed sides of said vertical lower portion to selectively serve either as handgrips or as elevated leg or foot supports when performing exercises; a pull-up bar at an outer end of said central tubular upright member upper portion having opposed ends extending laterally outward from each side thereof to be gripped by the user when performing exercises; a pivot arm pivotally connected at a lower end to said central tubular member vertical lower portion above said backrest pad and having a top end releasably connected with said vertical lower portion, and a fourth pair of padded tubular members extending laterally outward from opposed sides of said pivot arm, said pivot arm being selectively positionable between a first position generally parallel with said vertical lower portion, wherein said fourth pair and said third pair of padded tubular members are aligned in substantially parallel vertically spaced relation to provide elevated foot support surfaces on which the user may place the instep of his or her feet to support or suspend their body when performing inversion exercises, and a second position extending angularly upward and forward from said vertical lower portion, wherein said fourth pair of padded tubular members are disposed near the center of said frame to serve as elevated handgrips to be gripped by the user when performing body lifting exercises; a cylindrical cushioned roller removably and rotatably mounted at opposed ends between said frame laterally spaced sides to extend transversely therebetween to serve as a back engaging roller or a seating surface when performing exercises; said cylindrical cushioned roller positioned relative to said first and second pair of parallel vertically spaced padded tubular cross members extending between said rear vertical tubular member and said third pair of padded tubular members above said backrest to allow the user to selectively engage their feet on either of said first and second pair of padded tubular cross members or on said third pair of padded tubular members and selectively support either of their lumbar area or abdomen on said roller such that their upper body will be in an inverted position with their head below their feet; and foot supports on said laterally spaced sides on which the user may stand to assume positions on said roller or when performing exercises.