Patent ID: 6767314
Filing Date: 2004-07-27
Classification: A63B,Y10S

Abstract:
An exercise apparatus for enabling exercise by way of selective levels of body weight resistance, the exercise apparatus comprising:a rail-riser rod; an exercise bar; a riser assembly, the riser assembly comprising a pair of parallel, vertical riser members, riser spacer means for maintaining the riser members in parallel relation, and an appendage exercise assembly, the riser spacer means thus creating a rail-receiving track between the riser members, the riser members each having a superior riser end, an inferior riser end, and a plurality of equally-spaced, laterally-aligned riser-rod-receiving apertures between the superior riser end and the inferior riser end, each inferior riser end having a rear portion and a front portion, the riser-rod-receiving apertures having cooperative riser aperture pairing, the riser aperture pairing for cooperatively receiving the rail-riser rod, the appendage exercise assembly comprising a cord-riser rod and a pair of cord assemblies, the cord-riser rod being selectively inserted laterally through a first user-selected cooperative riser aperture pairing, the cord-riser rod having laterally-aligned cord assembly attachment ends, the cord assembly attachment ends extending laterally from the riser members when selectively inserted therethrough, the cord assemblies each comprising cord-riser rod attachment means, a length of cord, and an appendage-engaging assembly, the appendage-engaging assemblies each further comprising an appendage-engaging portion and cord attachment means, the lengths of cord each having a cord-riser rod attachment end and an appendage-engaging assembly attachment end, the cord-riser rod attachment means removably attaching the cord-riser rod attachment ends to the cord assembly attachment ends, the cord attachment means attaching the appendage-engaging portions to the appendage-engaging assembly attachment ends for enabling exercise; a carriage assembly, the carriage assembly comprising a rail assembly and a seat assembly, the rail assembly comprising a pair of parallel, angled rail members, rail spacer means for maintaining the rail members in parallel relation, a riser-engaging end and a foot platform end, the angled rail members each having a guide wheel portion, a runner wheel portion, and a plurality of spaced, laterally-aligned exercise bar-receiving apertures between the riser-engaging end and the foot platform end, the exercise bar-receiving apertures having cooperative bar aperture pairing, the bar aperture pairing for cooperatively receiving the exercise bar, the exercise bar being selectively and removably inserted laterally through user-selected cooperative bar aperture pairing for further enabling exercise, the riser-engaging end having a pair of laterally-aligned rail-rod-receiving apertures, the rail-rod-receiving apertures having cooperative rail aperture pairing, the rail aperture pairing for cooperatively receiving the rail-riser rod, the riser-engaging end being received in the rail-receiving track, the rail-riser rod being selectively and removably inserted laterally through a second user-selected cooperative riser aperture pairing and the rail aperture pairing, thus removably attaching the carriage assembly to the riser assembly, the seat assembly comprising a body support platform and roller means for movement, the body support platform having a body contact upper portion and a rail-engaging lower portion, the rail-engaging lower portion having a pair of laterally-spaced roller means attachment portions and a hover portion intermediate the laterally-spaced roller means attachment portions, the laterally-spaced roller means attachment portions each having a plurality of runner wheels and a plurality of guide wheels, the runner wheels being spatially located for operative engagement with the runner wheel portions, the guide wheels being spatially located for operative engagement with the guide wheel portions; and a riser support assembly, the riser support assembly comprising a rear support assembly, a front support assembly and lateral support means, the rear support assembly comprising a pair of rear stabilizer members and a pair of rear stabilizer rods, the rear stabilizer members each having an anterior rear end and a posterior rear end, the anterior rear ends being pivotally attached to the rear portions, the rear stabilizer rods each having a rear stabilizer member attachment end and a rear riser member attachment end, the rear stabilizer member attachment ends being pivotally attached to the rear stabilizer members, the rear riser member attachment ends for releasable fastening attachment to the riser members, thus enabling users to orient the rear stabilizer members at right angles to the riser members for providing rearward support to the riser assembly, the front support assembly comprising a pair of front stabilizer members and a pair of front stabilizer rods, the front stabilizer members each having an anterior front end and a posterior front end, the posterior front ends being pivotally attached to the front portions, the front stabilizer rods each having a front stabilizer member attachment end and a front riser member attachment end, the front stabilizer member attachment ends being pivotally attached to the front stabilizer members, the front riser member attachment ends for releasable fastening attachment to the riser members, thus enabling users to orient the front stabilizer members at right angles to the riser members for providing front support to the riser assembly, the lateral support means being removably affixed to the inferior end to provide lateral support to the riser assembly.