Patent ID: 8702575
Filing Date: 2014-04-22
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A physical exercise/therapy apparatus comprising: at least one rail having a first end portion that is supported on a floor and a second end portion; a vertical support member that receives, holds and allows rotation of the second end portion of the at least one rail so that the at least one rail is held at a selected inclination angle θ relative to the floor; a user support platform that moves along the at least one rail between the first end portion and the second end portion of the at least one rail; an input device, located adjacent to or on the user support platform, to receive and implement a command for a change in at least one control parameter associated with an exercise/therapy workout by the user; and an actuation mechanism, associated with the vertical support member, that translates the second end portion of the at least one rail along the vertical support member by a selected amount in response to receipt of a control signal from the input device, without requiring that the user dismount from the user support platform and without requiring that the user interrupt an exercise/therapy workout.